Our last meeting was a free-for-all, with members breaking up into different groups to discuss techniques and equipment. Ron Tigges brought his Camera Axe setup for high-speed photography. After getting the settings just right, they captured a balloon popping balloon with the sound trigger.

The Dubuque Camera Club had five Honorable Mention winners in the November N4C Competition! Congratulations to Kevin McTague, Cara Pusateri, Gary Fagan, and Ron Tigges.

In preparation for the holidays and family gatherings, Gary Fagan led this week’s meeting with a discussion of large group photography. Gary is a master photographer with thirty years of experience shooting group photos. He covered topics like balancing fill flash and ambient light in outdoor portraits, managing focus took keep everyone sharp, and posing everyone to make the best possible photo.

Upcoming Meetings

Our next meeting on Monday, December 1st, will be a free-for-all! Bring cameras, gear, laptops, or anything else you’d like to share. There will be no formal discussion, and everyone will be free to discuss with each other.

Following that, our Holiday Party will be on December 15th. This is a potluck party, so bring an appetizer, snack or dessert to share. Beverages and table service will be provided by the club.

We went over new submissions for November and the results from the October N4C Competition. Our club had three winning images in the October competition.

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We will be holding our annual holiday party on December 15th, and we’re currently seeking ideas from members for our next meeting on December 1st.

Last week’s meeting was focused on editing. We went over some basic RAW processing in Lightroom and Photoshop, and then took a quick group snapshot and edited it together on the projector.

Afterwards we broke up into a few groups and went over different editing software and techniques, including portrait retouching and HDR processing.

Last Monday marked our third meeting of the year. We’re up to 32 paid members currently, with more new faces showing up every meeting!

We went over new submissions for October and the results from the September N4C Competition. Our club had seven winning images in the September competition.

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We also went over winners from the yearly N4C competition. All winning entries throughout the 2013-2014 season were eligible for competition in a final end-of-the-year judging. Last season we had two winning images, both by Ron Tigges.

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