May Meeting Notes

GRANBY CAMERA CLUB
MEETING NOTES FOR May 5 2008
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Rob Fisher opened the meeting and welcomed our guests. We introduced ourselves and shared how we have our photos printed. There was a wide variety from printing our own to when in a panic rush to CVS. Some use on line Shutterfly and Snapfish as well as Ritz Camera in Simsbury and Moto Photo in Avon. Costco was also an option. It was noted that Kirkland Photo Paper from Costco is excellent and is most reasonably priced.
Treasurer’s Report: Balance $376.86
Old Business:
1. New Members Information Packet
Ideas to be included: our goals, history, fees, day, time and place of meetings, scavenger hunt information, critiquing criteria, activities and programs. Rob, Harry and Tracy will be working on this.
3. Granby Library Exhibit
The 2nd Annual GCC Photo Exhibit will be displayed at the Granby Public Library beginning May 31st and will remain at the Library through June. For July and August, this exhibit will be set up again in the community room of the Senior Center. We would hope that each member will supply one photo.1. Photo size - 5x7 White or Black Matte Black Frame Frame Size 8x102. Write your name on the back of the photo.3. Wrap it and bring it to the Library between the 19th and 27th of May.4. Give it to any staff at the main circulation area and let them know it is for the GCC exhibit.5. The exhibit will be setup on Saturday May 31st at 10 am. Del and Tracy Blumberg will set up the exhibit - They could use one more volunteer (notify dshilkret@cox.net)6. Rob will supply the graphic poster and name labels to be attached to the photos.7. Del will check with the Library on the 27th to determine if more photos are neededand will notify the club if that is the case.8. An announcement of the exhibit will be in the next issue of the Drummer.Thanks to you all for supporting this exhibit.
4. Holcomb Farm Contest
You can check out the Holcomb Farm Web site for details. http://www.holcombfarm.org/
5. Scavenger Hunt
Each month the person who announces the words for the next month will pick the next person to choose words. Paula will ask Peter for his list and put in on the forum for those who need help! Also on the forum are the words we have used before. We can repeat words that have not been used for a year or so!


New Business
1.Field Trips
Look on the forum for postings of field trips. If someone has an ideas and date, they will inquire as to who would like to join them.
Some of our ideas were:
May: Stanley Park for more flowers and Lost Acres Orchard
June: Innisfree Gardens, Elizabeth Park, Mystic Sea Port Wooden Crafts,
Salmon Brook Historical Society’s Garden Tour
2. Next Meeting: June 2:Painting with Light
Rob will lead a demonstration. Those that wish can bring their camera and one more tripod.
3. September meeting: Camera Club on Parade will feature a video presentation of camera club member’s pictures.
4. Member Ideas:
a. A suggestion was made for developing a book specific to Granby. It was suggested that it be posted on the forum to see who would be interested in working on this type of project.
b. Another idea was to develop an electronic club gallery where members could have their photos available for viewing. We could look for links such as the Chamber of Commerce.

5.The scavenger hunt words for this month will be : Mirror, Stone, and Favorite Picture
6. Winners of this month’s scavenger hunt:
Mud: Rob
Chaos: Tracy
Favorite : Rob

Program for the Evening: Flash Photography
Wendy Van Welie, Indigo Images Studio was our guest speaker.
Wendy shared her knowledge and experiences with flash photography. She went over the following subjects: flash and light fall off, coping with red eye, flash exposure and how the camera controls exposure, flash range, and working with a second flash. A hand out covers these and other ideas to help us in our flash photography.
Some things to think about:
Flash photography is always a challenge
Digital is Different:
Digital flash exposure is different than film
Light fall off is different for digital
Four types of flash we use: in camera, pop up, add on, and ring flash
In the add on flash, ETTl works with the internal metering system of your camera.
Use the spot meter in your camera
White balance. If you shoot raw you can do this in your computer.
Many thanks to Wendy for such an informative program. Be sure to check out her web site: http://www.wendyvanwelie.com/


Our Next meeting:
Monday, June 2, 2008 at 7:00 PM at The Granby Senior Center
Program: Painting with Light