Ogden Camera Club Print Show

Our print show is hung and will be on display at the Ogden Art Gallery during the month of April. Thanks to all of those who brought entries for this years show! We received slightly over 30 entries to be judged by Joshua Winegar of Weber State University Photography Department . The show debuts Friday night, April 3rd during the art stroll. Please show your support by attending this event. We added a Peoples Choice award, that will be voted on by those in attendance, along with the Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mentions.

The topics for the print show were:

Open
Domestic Animals
Waterfalls
Action Space

Hope to see you there!!

6th Annual Moab Photography Symposium

April 30th—May 3rd - The Moab Symposium is your home for stimulating work and discussion on the subject of personal creative photography. The symposium is open to photography enthusiasts of all backgrounds and all ages. Our theme for this year is: “Tradition and Beyond.” We’ll explore the world of working photographers as well as those who create unique and substantial bodies of work. See http://www.moabphotosym.com/ for more information.

Sage Grouse in Henefer

Club member Jim Haley is reporting that the Sage Grouse are out in Henefer for all those interested in wildlife photography. "I went out there this morning and saw about 150 birds fly in just before dawn. They were dancing pretty good and just as we were getting our cameras ready an eagle flew into the mess of them and scattered them to the four winds."

Below is that map that Bill Singleton displayed in our recent meeting. Take I-84 South-east and exit at Henefer. Travel South on Highway 65 for about a mile. Slow down to avoid hitting birds that might be in the road.


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Here's that sound these birds make and the dance they display.

NEEDED: Club officer volunteers

Elections for next year's club officers and committee chairs will take place in April. It would be great to have some volunteers for these positions to place on the ballots. If you would like to volunteer for one or more of the positions listed below, please send an email with "Volunteer" as the subject to photos@ogdencameraclub.org. State your name and position(s) you would like to be nominated for. Our club will to continue to improve with adequate participation of it's members.

Elected Positions

Officers:
President
Vice President
Treasurer

Committee Chairs (Board)
Judging - All things related to monthly/annual competitions
Events - Coordination of all club annual events
Planning - Coordination of workshops, meeting technical discussions/training
Social - All things related to club parties, meeting refreshments
Public Relations - Brochures, Newsletters, and Web

Free Photo Software

Here are some free software packages that were mentioned in our meeting tonight.

Gimp - An acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

Shape Collage – Create picture collages in less than a minute with just a few mouse clicks. Photos are automatically and intelligently placed using a machine learning algorithm. Use photos on your computer or from the web to make collages.

Qtpfsgui - An open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.

Picturenaut - Born in the German photo community. It has been in the works for almost two years, with consistent improvements according to user feedback. That's why the first official release is already Version 2.1, marking a new milestone in making high quality HDR Imaging accessible and easy.

Flower Photography Mini-Clinic

Professional photographers, Rich Legg and Ann Torrence, will be presenting another free mini-clinic at the Salt Lake City Main Library on April 2nd. This mini-clinic will teach how to capture great flower photos. The class will demonstrate the methods for capturing stunning floral photos without spending a fortune on equipment. This class is open to anyone and will have useful information for photographers of all skill levels.

Date: Thursday April 2nd
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Location: Salt Lake City Main Library - 210 E 400 South, Conf. room #4, 4th floor
Cost: FREE!

Note: The last mini-clinic had over 80 people in attendance. They ask that you pre-register by posting a response to the Photowalking Utah Flickr Group.

SuperFly Open 2009

There will be some excellent photo opportunities this weekend, March 13 - 15, at the Superfly Open at the Powder Mountain Resort. Last year’s event attracted over 50 of the best snowkiters in the world. After the success of the 2008 Superfly Open, it is expected that this year’s competition will grow substantially. Competitions during the festival include freestyle, kitecross and big air. Visit SuperFlyOpen.com for more information.

Rocky Mountain Outdoor Writers and Photographers Conference

March 25 - 29 at Zion's National Park. The four-day conference of this group of professional and advanced amateur outdoor photographers and writers includes craft improvement workshops, field trips, guided hikes, and photography instruction. Admission: $50 Registration Fee Members, $75 non-members, plus lodging and meals. Visit www.rmowp.org for more information.

February Photo Contest at KSL.com

Congratulations to Ogden Camera Club member Kevin Mikkelsen for having this amazing photo become a finalist on KSL.com for the month of February.

Farmington Bay

The Ogden Camera Club had many adventures to Farmington Bay during the month of February. Here's some photos from our members.

Bill Singleton


Cody Taylor


Lynn Taylor


Mark Taylor


Shaun Nelson

RMSP Weekend - Salt Lake City

Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP) is bringing one of its Weekend events to Salt Lake City Utah on March 21-22, 2009. Each year RMSP travels around the country teaching a unique brand of photography education. RMSP Weekends are two fun-filled days, loaded with information about the latest tools and techniques in photography.

2009 Bear River Refuge Amateur Photo Contest

Details are now available for the 2009 Bear River Refuge Amateur Photo Contest. Photographers may submit up to three images of: bird life, other wildlife, plant life, scenic, creative nature and recreation/education. Photos should be 5” x 7” and may be black and white or color. Images should be printed on glossy photo paper. They must not be matted or framed. Entries must be received by August 31, 2009.

Tundra Swan Day at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Some great photo opportunities are always available at The Bear River Bird Refuge. On Saturday, March 14th at 10:00 AM, join Terry Halbert for an exciting workshop designed to help you take better digital photos. He’ll discuss equipment usage, composition, computer issues, etc. Bring
your camera & manual, a list of questions and photographs you have taken for discussion or critique. Cost is $1.00 per person or $5.00 per family. Pre-registration required at (435) 734-6436 or email: bearriver@fws.gov.

Ogden Camera Club Supports Digital

Effective immediately members are allowed to post process/enhance their digital photography as outlined in the provided handout from our February meeting.

Remember along with your normal competition entries this month you can also submit up to two digital photos pertaining to the competition categories. Those entries should be sent to digital@ogdencameraclub.org. There will be no scoring for these entries. They will be reviewed and critique given. I would also ask that you send a before and after image for each. This will allow members to see the changes that were made to enhance the photo and make for a better learning experience. By placing the before and after image up on the screen members can get a better feel for the types of changes allowed. We will continue to do this through May. Beginning in June these entries will be scored according to club rules.

2009 Photo Categories

Our 2009 photo competition calendar year ends in June. These are the remaining photo categories for monthly competitions:

April 2009
Open
Self portrait

May 2009
Flowers (macro)
Churches

Print Show 2009
Open
Domestic animals
Waterfalls
Action space

Picture of the year is open. You may submit up to four photographs.

Club Membership

Membership in the Ogden Camera Club is open to all individuals interested in any form of Photography. Dues are $25.00 per year for a family and $20.00 per year for an individual. All skill levels are accepted from the basic amateur to the professional shooter.

Photo Competitions

Digital files should be a .jpg properly sized for viewing on the clubs projector. Native resolution is 1280x720 pixels. Horizontal images should be sized to a width of 1280 pixels and vertical images sized to a height of 720 pixels maintaining aspect ratio to prevent distortion. Overall file size should be less than 1 megabyte (1,000 kilobytes). File names should contain your name, photo category, and title.

Photos should be emailed no later than the 25th of each month for the following month’s competition. They may be delivered to the addresses below or emailed to photos@ogdencameraclub.org.