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March 19, 2018 meeting notes
Sixteen people attended the Dubuque Camera Club meeting on March 19, including one new member. The March 5 meeting was cancelled due to severe winter weather, so this was the first time we’ve met since February. Jennifer started the meeting with a few announcements.
The N4C Spring Mini-Convention will be held on May 4-5-6 at St. Thomas More Center, in Panora, Iowa. Find more information on the N4C website. On Sunday morning (May 6) at 9:00 a.m., representatives of the Dubuque Camera Club will promote Blufftops & Visions to attendees of the mini-con with a Dubuque tourism-related slideshow.
SAVE THE DATE for Blufftops & Visions
The 62nd annual N4C convention will happen right here in Dubuque on September 13-14-15, 2018. Our club will be hosting this adventure! Workshops, photo shoots, good food, and talented photographers to learn from and meet.
We are currently finalizing the details to determine the keynote speaker(s). That information will be announced when it becomes available. To stay up-to-date, sign up for the Blufftops & Visions email list.
“We need people to commit to that weekend,” said Jennifer. Fun activities on convention weekend will probably include a riverboat cruise on Saturday afternoon, and getting a tour INSIDE the historic Shot Tower.
Estimated ticket cost for the entire convention, including meals, will be around $199. (This figure could changes, and does not include lodging.) There is some discussion of a discounted price for club members, volunteers, and students. Tamron, Canon, and Hunts Photo are confirmed as vendors/presenters.
Remember, in order to make this a powerful experience, we will need financial sponsors. Ask your employer or a business that you know!
We will also need donations of small items for “swag bags.” They need to be 80 to 150 in quantity, and suitable for an out-of-town visitor. Dubuque tourism stuff or photography-related stuff would be ideal, but other items can work too.
A preliminary planning session for the September convention is tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 6. Contact Jennifer or Pamela if you are a club member and would like to attend.
The Linn Area Photo Club (LAPC) will be holding their annual day-long photography workshop on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The speaker will be Chuck Kimmerle.
Lois and Ellie have gone to this event in the past. “It’s a nice day,” said Lois. “It’s very worthwhile.”
Location: New Covenant Bible Church, 3090 Center Point Rd., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52411. Cost is $30 for the day, including lunch.
Winning photographers
Much of the evening’s meeting was taken up by viewing returns from November 2017 and January 2018. These photos were submitted to previous monthly N4C competitions and have been returned to our club with comments and results.
Our club is awesome! Congratulations to the following photographers:
- Gary Fagan
- José García
- Shannon Woulfe
- Kevin McTague
- Andreas Exner
- Ronald Tigges
- Jennifer Tigges
- Kenneth Kiss
- Lori Burrows
- Gen. Bob Felderman
For complete results, see the winners’ galleries.
EASTER deadline. The deadline for the next round of submissions is on April Fool’s Day, aka Easter Sunday. Get your submissions in as soon as possible so our N4C reps (Cara and Ken) will have time to put them on the voting website.
Next Club Meeting: Monday, April 2, 2018 @6:30 p.m.
Recent N4C competition results
The Feb. 2018 N4C News Bulletin contains a list of November and January winners, as well the upcoming schedule for the mini-convention May 4-6.
February 2018 Meeting Notes
The first meeting of the month, on Feb. 5, 2018, was cancelled due to severe winter weather. Competition submissions were made as usual. Remember, Cara and Ken are our N4C representatives, and they handle the image submission process.
Being able to submit photos to the monthly competition is one of the perks (and challenges) of Dubuque Camera Club membership. If you have questions, please attend a meeting and ask! Our more experienced members will be happy to help!
Judging Criteria
Technique: Focus, lighting, color rendition, exposure.
Composition: Arrangement of all elements within the picture area so the subject is harmonious and well-balanced.
Interest: Originality, imagination, interpretation, subject, impact, mood, humor.
Technique: Focus, lighting, color rendition, exposure.
Composition: Arrangement of all elements within the picture area so the subject is harmonious and well-balanced.
Interest: Originality, imagination, interpretation, subject, impact, mood, humor.
Twelve people attended the meeting on Monday, February 19, 2018. The top priority on the evening’s agenda was judging the Digital Altered Reality category. There were 96 images, all of them unique, and many of them awesome!
José García, Greg Nauman, and Rick Noel served as volunteer judges. Each photo was judged on technique, composition, and interest. The DAR category showcases image manipulation, so we saw many examples of digital editing techniques. The images were of many different subjects and came from a variety of other photography clubs across the midwest.
Many comments — both helpful and critical — were offered by the group. A few of the photos were simply outstanding! Everyone who attended came away with creative ideas for our own photography.
Upcoming Meetings
- Monday, March 5 @ 6:30 p.m. We’ll go over N4C competition returns, and also select the new submissions. Because we judged Digital Altered Reality in February, our club can submit double (16 total images) in this category in March. Club members, send in your submissions before the meeting! The sooner the better!
- Monday, March 19 @ 6:30 p.m. Agenda to be determined. Possibly a workshop or presentation.
January 23, 2018 news release
January 23, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Photography Convention Coming to Dubuque
DUBUQUE — The Dubuque Camera Club will host the 62nd annual N4C photography convention on September 13-14-15, 2018. “Blufftops & Visions” will include photography seminars and presentations as well as field trips to photogenic sites in the tri-state area.
This is the first time the North Central Camera Club Council (N4C) has brought their annual photography convention to Dubuque, IA. The organization is made up of 43 midwestern photography clubs in nine states.
Lois Pancratz, who attended last year’s N4C convention in South Dakota, has been active with helping the Dubuque Camera Club to recruit keynote presenters. “I talked to many people, and they’re all very enthusiastic about coming to Dubuque,” she said. “These are people shooting all over the world. They’re world-class photographers.”
Blufftops & Visions convention headquarters will be located at the Holiday Inn of Dubuque/Galena at 450 Main Street. Up to 200 regional photographers are expected to attend. A welcome program will be held on Thursday night, with the keynote events scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
“We have a lot of local talent,” said Dubuque Camera Club president Ronald Tigges. “We’ll be able to host classes and offer photo shoots.”
The Dubuque Camera Club dates its history back to 1899. The club was chartered in 1942 as the Dubuque YMCA Camera Club. Today’s membership includes around 30 dedicated and skilled photographers interested in a variety of subjects and photographic styles.
The club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month from September through May. Meetings are held at E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center in the Mines of Spain Recreation Area. Anyone from the tri-state community with an interest in photography is invited to attend.
More information about the Blufftops & Visions convention is available at the Dubuque Camera Club website: www.dubuquecameraclub.com
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