Remember, all tri-state photography enthusiasts are invited to participate in the Dubuque Camera Club.

Eighteen people attended the Dubuque Camera Club meeting on Oct. 2, 2017. Club president Ron Tigges shared some images that he took during Presidents, Pixels and Pines.

Four of our club members attended the 2017 N4C convention in South Dakota: Ron, Jennifer, Ellie, and Lois. Their insight will be very important when we host the event next year.

One of the activities that happens at the annual convention is an awards ceremony for the Annual Best of N4C Contest Winners. Our club did awesome this year!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to these outstanding photographers:

• Gary Fagan
• Jose Garcia
• Kevin McTague
• Gen. Bob Felderman

[See the Best of N4C winners gallery here.]

Exhibit alert! Take your friends and family to see photography by Dubuque Camera Club members at the Dubuque Museum of Art. Dimensions of Photography is on display in the upstairs balcony through October 29. More info at dbqart.com

Due to a scheduling conflict, we decided to cancel the Oct. 16 meeting. Our next meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 @ 6:30 p.m. Submissions for the monthly N4C competition are due before the start of the next meeting. Get them in early!!! 

Remember, the dimensions have changed. The longest side can now be up to 1920 pixels. See the competition page on the club’s website to learn more.

Reminder: If you need to pay your annual dues for the 2017-2018 season, contact club treasurer DeWayne Beecher

Welcome back everyone, and welcome new members! For those of you who could not attend the September 5 meeting, we have several new and very talented members.

Remember to grab your name tag at the beginning of each meeting. We will get new ones for the new members. The club president stressed that people should speak out and ask lots of questions throughout the evening and at every club meeting.

We reviewed how to submit, where to submit, and how many submissions we can have in each N4C competition. Please refer to the competition page on our website for more information: dubuquecameraclub.com/competition

Don’t forget that submissions are due this Sunday night before. And there cannot be any spaces between words in a file name. You can use commas instead to separate things out.

The N4C 2017 Convention will be in Rapid City, South Dakota. Eleanor, Lois, Jennifer and Ron will be in attendance.

An official announcement will be made soon, but Ron let the group know that the 2018 N4C convention will be in Dubuque, Iowa on September 14 and 15th, 2018. We will be sponsoring this event, and we will need some help coordinating things. Jennifer Tigges will have an update at the next meeting.

We have five new members as of tonight. Several have excellent talents as videographers, bloggers, and filmmakers. It is always great to have some new talent to learn from and participate with us. Andreas Exner (a new member) has a website you can check out here.

Ongoing: The Dubuque Camera Club exhibit continues at the Dubuque Museum of Art. Thursdays are free days. Please enjoy three other photographic exhibits and take a friend. On October 11 at 1:00 p.m., Ron Tigges will be doing a lunch and learn presentation there on a camera technique used in one of the pieces.

Our next meeting will be held on Monday, September 18th at 6:30 p.m. We will be judging the Digital Travel category of the N4C competition. To qualify to be a judge, you need to be a member for at least a year. Stop out and see how it is done. It is very helpful to know the judging process so you know what to submit.

Thank you to John Leicht and Sue Vise for taking notes for us.

N4C Clarifications- from N4C President Linda Rutherford:

Although I have covered these topics extensively in my president’s
messages for the bulletin, there continue to be questions asked. Please
communicate this information to all your club members. The first
addresses concerns regarding the change in image size for digital images.

Rules for All Categories of Digital Images

8. Image Size
According to the minutes of September 30, 2016 the longest side must be
no more than 1920 pixels. The file size must be no more than 500KB.
This means no one should have their image disqualified if it is smaller than
that. The rule change is merely to accommodate those clubs that have
upgraded to a larger size projector without having to downsize all their
entries. No club needs to upsize their entries either.

Altered Reality
Creative is now referred to as altered reality. Please use AR in the
category spot on both digital and prints. This is where entries that have
been altered via creative methods, cloning, or adding textures should be
submitted.