Quinebaug Valley Photography Club » Northeast Photography Enthusiasts

Thursday’s meeting will focus on developing a strategy for the upcoming year’s programing. Karen’s survey will serve as a starting point.

The first hour will be a photo shoot on the Audubon Grounds. Although you might come up with a competition photo, the primary goal is for people to shoot outside of their comfort zone. Our hope is that this will direct your thoughts about programs you feel you would enjoy and would improve your skills as a photographer. Shoot in manual mode, use your least favorite lens, choose less than optimal lighting…..

We’ll spend the latter portion of the meeting doing round table brain-storming directed toward developing programs that the majority of members will enjoy and find useful. Hopefully, your experience during the shoot will help you identify at least one program that you’d find helpful in your quest as a photographer .

To begin, lets postpone getting hung up on details and focus on programing for the total year. As a first go around… can we come up with twelve specific programs… if yes, lets pare it down to the best nine.

Some programs that seemed successful in the past: displaying prints, off camera flash, macro, models, studio lighting, post processing, … (do we want to repeat any… can we add more to the list)

If time and energy permits, we can systematically get into the specifics about each program.

The QVPC Annual Potluck Banquet will be held on Sunday, June 10th at 5:00 at the Audubon Center.  Tickets are available at the door or at the May 17th meeting.  Price of tickets:  $5 for Adults and $3 for Seniors (60 +) or students.  The ticket price helps us to defray the cost of the wonderful program this year entitled “Celebrating Nature and Wildlife” which will be presented by Ligia Dovale-Kiamco.  As many of you know, Ligia has traveled far and wide and is an award winning photographer.  If any of you have viewed her Facebook page or her website, you’ve seen some amazing images.
We ask each club member to bring a main dish and a dessert or appetizer, the club will provide beverages.   We will have a raffle as usual, donation of a raffle item in the price range of $10 to $15 will be deeply appreciated.   Suggestions:  Bottle of Wine, 6-pack Beer, Photography Book, Gift Certificate from local pizza place or restaurant, grocery store gift card, gas gift card….whatever…just something small that you might like getting yourself.

We look forward to seeing you and meeting your friends and family.  The program promises to be spectacular!!!   Start the summer off with a party and promise of photography outtings throughout the warm, sunny days of July and August.

Congrats again, It was great to be a part of the club to finally knock PSRI of the top podium spot. They’ll be aiming for revenge next year, so we need to put forth a strong effort to hold our position on top.

 Categories for print are:

 Open (3 image limit)

 Black & White (3 image limit)

 Novice (6 image limit – 3 Open, 3 B&W)

 Images taken during 2/16 Model Night Workshop (3 image limit)

Categories for digital are:

 Open (2 image limit)

 Nature (2 image limit)

 Novice (4 image limit – 2 Open, 2 Nature)

 Images taken during 2/16 Model Night Workshop (2 image limit)

Our judge for May 3rd will be Mary Doo. Mary has gradually become a serious nature and wildlife photographer after joining the Society of Rhode Island (PSRI) In 1998. Since then, she has won a number of regional and international awards. Mary served as President of PSRI from 2006 to 2008. To see some of Mary’s incredible work, visit her website at: marydoo.com

The first portion of the Program, beginning at 6:30,  will be devoted to taking photographs in or around the Audubon, with the emphasis on using manual mode and choosing situations that may be outside of the member’s normal comfort zone.

 The second portion of the program (approx 1 hour) will be a roundtable discussion focusing on specific ways the program committee can meet the educational needs of the club during the upcoming year. We hope to establish a very informal summer series which focuses on the fundamentals of photography by sharing and learning from each other.

Bring a camera and whatever you need to make an image. If you think you need help in a specific area there is a high probability someone else does too, and it is likely someone may have a solution.  We’re looking forward to a great year of learning.