Sixteen people attended the virtual meeting of the Dubuque Camera Club on Monday, February 1st, 2021. Because the club president was absent due to family illness, Bob Felderman led the meeting. He was assisted by N4C reps Cara Pusateri and Kenneth Kiss.
Top of the agenda was lining up three judges for our club’s virtual judging of the Digital Pictorial category this month. The following individuals volunteered their time and photography expertise:
- Andreas Exner
- Kevin McTague
- Bob Felderman
Cara will send out the spreadsheet to judges when she gets all the images together, on or about Monday, Feb. 15th. The judges will have a week to look them over, score, and write comments. We’ll discuss results and any tiebreakers at the following club meeting.
Due to this judging schedule, attendees at tonight’s meeting voted to push back the date of the next club meeting by one week, to February 22nd.
Congratulations!
The following club members were recognized in the January 2021 N4C competition:
- Ron Tigges, digital altered reality, honorable mention
- Kenneth Kiss, digital altered reality, honorable mention
- Kevin McTague, digital nature, merit award
- Will Hoyer, digital nature, third place
- Stephonie Schmitz, digital travel, merit award
- Stephonie Schmitz, digital travel, first place
- Kevin McTague, digital travel, third place
- Ron Tigges, digital journalism, merit award
- James Durrant, digital journalism, honorable mention
- Will Hoyer, digital travel, merit award
Our N4C reps are building up a stack of ribbons for this season’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention winners. Merit awards get paper. Next time the club meets in person, be prepared to collect any awards you have received. As Cara said, “An award’s an award. Everyone likes to have them!” (Stephonie already has plans for stitching her ribbons into a baby blanket!)
Other news and calls for images
New members. The club had a renewal of an inactive member. Please welcome Teresa Shepherd back into the club. If you or someone you know would like to join or renew a membership, click on “Pay Your Member Dues Online” on the home page. You can also simply click here.
Duluth photography convention. The N4C released its Feb. 2021 News Bulletin. It contains information about the 2021 N4C convention to be held in Duluth, Minnesota on Sept. 23-26. The convention will be hosted by the Duluth-Superior Camera Club. They plan a livestream as well as in-person events. Register by May 31 for an early bird discount. Click here to learn more. You can also follow updates on the Facebook event page.
Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial. The art museum is accepting entries to its Biennial exhibition through March 29th. There is a $40 submission fee for up to three pieces of artwork. More info here.
The Drift. Rountree Gallery in Platteville, Wisc., has a call out for art from people living within 100miles of Platteville. Submission deadline is March 5, 2021. There is a fee to enter. More information here.
Galena CFA — Animals. The Galena Center for the Arts is moving forward on another virtual exhibit. This one is themed “Animal Art—wild and wonderful.” Submissions are due March 23rd. For details, contact gallery manager Patricia Lehnhardt at gallerymanager@galenacenterforthearts.com
Smartphone camera workshop. The Shalom Spirituality Center in Dubuque is taking registrations for a daylong smartphone photography workshop on May 22. Cost is $40, including lunch. Click here for details.
Bedford virtual classes. Bedford Camera & Video has been hosting nice selection of virtual photography classes. They have more planned. Click here for details.
Share your news in the club’s Facebook group. If you know about any photography-related news or information that would interest club members, you are welcome to speak up during club meetings or share in the club’s Facebook group.
Next club meeting on Monday, February 22nd.
The next virtual meeting of the Dubuque Camera Club will be held on Monday, February 22nd at 6:30 p.m. Zoom info will be emailed to current club members. The club will review tiebreakers and look at the results of our club’s virtual judging of the Digital Pictorial category.
Remember, because we judged this N4C category in February, next month our club can submit double DP entries, 16 total for our entire club. Your next submissions are due by March 1st.
