Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
This is an Archive Page for the January 2018 News Page. Some Links may no longer work as the site has changed.
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The Photo Club is comprised of residents of the Sun City Lincoln Hills community in Lincoln, CA.
Below is a list of our monthly meetings and activities
General Meeting - 2nd Wednesday @ 8:30am
The General Meeting usually features a guest speaker on a specific aspect of photography. It also is a forum for the President or Board Members to discuss current and upcoming events of interest to the membership.
Summaries of General Meeting Presentations are archived HERE
YouTube links to General Meeting videos are HERE
Field Trips
Find information on recent and upcoming trips HERE
Exhibits
Exhibitions offer club members an avenue to show their photographs. Some use these occasions as an opportunities to sell their work. Find information on current and upcoming exhibits and how to participate HERE
Lifestyle Photography Group - First Thursday
The Lifestyle Group provides photo journalistic services to Sun City Clubs and Community Association sponsored events and activities. To learn more visit the Group's page HERE
Board Meeting - One day before the General Meeting
Board Meetings are open to any current Photography Club member. Copies of the approved "Board Meeting Minutes" are posted HERE
The purpose of the Photo Enhancement SIG is to help you make your photos better using photo editing software. Meetings are held in the Orchard Creek Multi-Purpose room. For more info go to the SIG's Webpage HERE
Round Table SIG - 4th Wednesday @ 8:30am
The Round Table SIG provides an opportunity for any member to discuss any topic related to photography. It is the perfect forum for asking all of those, "How do I" questions. For more info about the Round Table SIG click HERE
Print SIG - 4th Wednesday @ 10:30am
The Print SIG will meet quarterly (January, April, June, October) in the Orchard Creek Multi-purpose room immediately following the Round Table SIG. The Print SIG provides an opportunity for members to present and discuss their prints and receive feedback from fellow Club members. To learn more about the Print SIG visit our page HERE
Learning Initiative
The Learning Initiative be structured by topic and technique. Topic examples may include street photography, vacation photography and night photography; while technique examples include composition, ISO, shutter speed, selective focus, etc.
January General Meeting Featured a presentation from Action Camera on Mirrorless Cameras
Truman Holtzclaw turns over the microphone to Action Camera's Rebecca Cody
Rebecca Cody, Sales Associate at Action Camera, presented a comparison between mirrorless and DSLR cameras.
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DSLRs have been around a very long time. A mirror reflects light up to a prism and into the viewfinder. When the shutter button is pressed, the mirror flips up, the shutter opens and the image sensor captures the image.
A mirrorless camera has a simpler light path. After the light passes through the lens, it falls on the image sensor, which captures a preview of the image. Pressing the shutter button captures the image. The mirrorless camera body can be of simpler construction and smaller.
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Rebecca favored Sony mirrorless cameras as having the most advanced features, the most important being stabilization, focus ability, and usability. She regarded the most serious disadvantage as battery life, although with recent models, this has been improved.
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During the presentation, Jeff Hanner recorded a video and you can find it in our video archive by clicking HERE
Photo Club’s Holiday Party -- December 13th!!
Just like last year, the Party was held in the Sportsman’s Bar at Meridians.
Dale Petersen prepares for the Holiday Breakfast
Holiday Breakfast tickets went on sale at the November General Meeting. Seventy tickets were sold.
Tickets were $10.00 per person which included breakfast, coffee and orange juice as well as tax and tip. The breakfast buffet and started at 8:00 am.
As always, the event was a sell-out. The main diffence this year was the absence of the time-intensive raffle. Responding to members' suggestions, the event was a relaxed social affair. Everyone had ample time to walk around and share holiday wishes with friends and exchange holiday photo ideas.
The party pictures from Truman are HERE
We have a few volunteers for Website Chairpersons for our LHPC Website
This January Bob Baikauskas, who has served as Webmaster for the Club website, retired his duties so he can once again focus on photography.
Our website is built using WIX, a website development platform that uses an easy drag and drop editor, so there’s no coding experience needed.
We have a great website content team providing great input for the NEWS, GALLERY, RESOURCE, SIGs and BLOG features.
By having several people serving as Website Chairpersons, focusing on website structure, the time requirement for each person should be only a few hours each month.
Lincoln Hills Photography Club
Next Enhancement SIG Meeting - Wednesday February 7th 2018
Enhancement SIG Image Processing/Interpretive Challenge
will resume in March 2018.
Image Processed by Truman Holtzclaw
The next meeting of the Photo Enhancement SIG will be open discussion. There have been some updates to a couple of photo editing programs we can discuss. If you are new to photo editing and have questions this would be a good meeting to attend. It would also be a good meeting to attend if you have a photo that you would like help editing. Bring it on a flash drive and our resident experts will help.
As always you can bring some photos on a flash drive and present them to the group. If so be sure and include the before version of the photo. We can also talk about any new gear we got for Christmas.
I hope to see you there.
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More details about this challenge can be found
Field Trip in February to Visit Yosemite's Beautiful Winter Scenics
Scheduled for February 20, 21 and 22, 2018
Bill Kress' Image from the February, 2016 Yosemite Field Trip
We did this trip in 2016 with fantastic results. Yosemite is always a magical place and winters can be the best for photography and avoiding the massive crowds of summer.
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One of our destinations is the natural Firefall phenomena that illuminates Yosemite’s Horsetail Falls every February. In addition to this spectacular event, The National Park is rich with photo opportunities ranging from well known locations like El Capitan and Half Dome to lesser known landmarks.
We even know the 14 secret locations touted by highly paid guides!
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We have 17 people signed up so far, from the announcement emailed to all members on December 12.
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Note that Lodging is a key for this trip. Book early and save.
You must have lodging booked to be included in the Pre-Trip Orientation Meeting and to receive a Trip Pack.
The First Session Will be January 16, 2018 in the Multipurpose Room at 9:00 a.m.
The Board has approved incorporating a Learning Initiative into Club activities. Learning will be enhanced in current SIGs, General Membership Meetings, field trips and Flash Mobs.
A Learning Initiave Steering Committee has been established to guide the Initiative and identify learning opportunities. Steering Group members will propose program agendas, help find subject experts, assist in coordinating ‘learning’ field trips, etc. The Steering Group presents its recommendations to the Board.
Rather than targeting an equipment group, ie: point and shoot cameras, the Learning Initiative will be structured by topic and technique which should benefit each equipment group at least some of the time. Topic examples may include street photography, vacation photography and night photography; while technique examples include composition, ISO, shutter speed, selective focus, etc.
Truman Holtzclaw and the WOW Factor
LHPC Board Approves Implementation of Learning Initiative
Carole Haskell Updates Her Gallery
Click on photo to go to her Gallery Page on this website.
Photo by Carole Haskell
It's time to get off your duff and submit images to create your own photo gallery or refresh your current gallery with new images.
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Club Member Individual Galleries can accommodate a total of 16 photographs.
Those needing guidance resizing their images should refer to the instructions posted on the Members Page HERE
"Field Trips and Other Adventures" Replaces "Colorful Summer" as Theme of the Fall Simple Pleasures Exhibit that will be on display until January 22nd.
Mold Room at Gladding McBean - Debra Raach highlights the concept of the theme - "Field Trips and Other Adventures" - our current exhibit at Simple Pleasures
Would you love to exhibit your photos at Simple Pleasures or some of the other great venues available to the Photo Club but don't know how to get started? Check out our Photo Display Guide, click on the PDF icon:
The exhibit features work by Club Members: Allen Adler, Rhonda Campbell, Bob Dale, Stephanie Huntingdale, Bill Jensen, Debra Raach, Steve Stewart, Larry White, Vicki White and James Wronkiewicz. On display until January 23rd.
Current: Kilaga Springs Spa
Kilaga Springs Spa Exhibits Pictures from Club Photographers including Allen Adler, Brad Senn, DeAtley Cahill, Klara Kleman, Mary Selfridge, Michael Johnson, Klara Klamen, Pat Monda, and Patrick Jewell. The pictures chosen for display were hung on November 5.
Upcoming: Long Exposure AND Motion
The upcoming Winter Challenge begins January 23 - "Long Exposure, effects on streams, stars, clouds, etc" AND "Motion Photography". Digital photos are due to Vicki White by January 10. Check out the Exhibits Page for more information.
Year-Long Challenge: California Missions
Don't forget our year-long challenge to photograph California Missions which ends July 1, 2018. More information available on the Exhibits page HERE
The BLOG is Here!!! Check it Out.
The latest blog post is on backing up your photos
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We all know we should backup our photos but how many of us do and more importantly are we doing it properly? The latest blog post gives my opinions and that of experts on backing up photos as well as other important files and presents links to articles that deal with the subject of backups. It will discuss backup software some which is free and some you have to pay for. It will also list cloud based solutions for backing up your photos and other important files.
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You may think you are doing everything right when it comes to backups but are you? Check out this blog post and then you can make an informed decision on whether to keep doing it the way you are doing it or switch to a different and hopefully better way.
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The For more information go to the Blog.
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We want to hear from You!
One of the nice things about the Blog is you have the ability to comment on blog posts and respond to someone else's comments. You can even put a photo in your comment. So far no one has commented on any of the posts. We were hoping members would get involved and express there opinions. In fact we encourage you to do so.
If you have any experience with, or opinions about, any of the information presented in the blog posts please share your thoughts with your fellow Club members. Post a comment. I would prefer the Blog be a conversation and not a lecture.
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One final reminder. Any member can make a Blog post. Just write it up and send it to me. You can even remain anonymous however you do have to tell me who you are but I won't use your name as the author.
To navigate to the blog look for the BLOG link at the end of the main menu, or click HERE
We hope you will enjoy this feature and participate by commenting on blog posts, responding to the comments of others, and asking questions.
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