Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
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Upcoming Photo Club Meetings and Events
October 14, 2016
Field Trips
The Club is planning a six day Eastern Sierra trip to shoot Fall Colors, and the near "Super Moon" on or about October 14th to 19th. See Details below.
September 13, 2016
Exhibits
The Simple Pleasures exhibit runs through Oct 17 and features images of "Doors, Windows & Stairs" while the exhibit at the Art League of Lincoln runs through September 3. The Umqua Bank is an upcoming event running from September 13 to October 11. See write-up below.
September 14, 2016
The September General Meeting is scheduled for Sept 14th and will feature the Club's biannual Show & Tell Extravaganza. Get details below on this Page. To view an archive of previous General Meetings click HERE
The purpose of the Photo Enhancement SIG is to help you make your photos better using photo editing software. The next Enhancement SIG meeting will be on Wednesday September 7th at 8:30AM in the Multi-Purpose room at Orchard Creek. For more information go to the SIG's webpage HERE
September 28, 2016
Round Table SIG - 4th Wednesday @ 8:30am
The Round Table SIG will take place on on September 28th at it's usual time of 8:30am in the Multi-purpose room in Orchard Creek Lodge. For more information about the Round Table SIG click HERE
September 28, 2016
Print SIG - 4th Wednesday @ 10:30am
The Print SIG is scheduled for September 28th starting at 10:30am 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
Membership Renewal for 2016-17
If you have not renewed your membership by now we will assume you no longer want to participate and are sad to see you leave our club. You are welcome to rejoin at any time so feel free to contact us. For contact information see the "Our Team" section of this website.
Eastern Sierra Fall Colors and a mid-October Super-Moon
to be focus of Field Trip slated for October 14th to 19th.
The California Highway 395 Corridor on the Eastern Sierra from Mono Lake to the Alabama Hills will be the focus of the Club’s annual Fall Color Field trip scheduled to take place from October 14th to the 19th.
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The Eastern Sierra is California's showcase for Fall Colors and provids photographers with great opportunities to capture beautiful images of yellow, gold, and orange aspens against a backdrop of spectacular mountain peaks, streams and lakes.
In addition to the Fall Colors, the trip is also being scheduled to take advantage of a “Super Moon” that will reach its maximum fullness on the evening of October 15th at precisely 9:23 pm.
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Super Moon
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Wikipedia defines Super Moon as “the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.” It’s BIG and bright folks.
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The website, Space.com, has a dramatic graphical presentation that illustrates just how much larger the Super Moon can be.
Check it our here:
http://www.space.com/11161-supermoon-full-moon-science-infographic.html
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Those making the trip will have a variety of opportunities to photograph the moon as it rises and sets over some of the more iconic landscapes that abound on the "Other Side of California".
These opportunities include:
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Moonrise over Mono Lake on the evening of October 14th.
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Moonset over the Sierra Crest from a variety of locations near Bishop CA, and the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA on the morning of October 16th.
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With the Moon being at its maximum brightness during the trip, the group will also have an opportunity to try their hand at photographing under Moonlight in the Alabama Hills on the nights of October 16th and 17th.
Milky Way Galaxy
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As a bonus, the group wil also have an opportunity to photograph the Milky Way Galaxy over the Alabama Hills and the Sierra Crest on the night of October 17th. The Galaxy will be visible for approximately 97-minutes from 7:40pm to 9:16pm.
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The Galaxy photograph may be possible because the Galactic Core (brightest part of the Galaxy) will be in the Southwest while the Moon will be rising in the Northeast. To Photograph the Galaxy, the camera will actually be pointing away from the Moon toward the darker portion of the sky.
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A Menue Approach
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Trip participants enjoyed a pre-trip planning party at the home of Field Trip coordinator Les Thomas on Thursday, September 8th. A Field Trip planning and information package was distributed to help trip goers prepare for the trip.
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The trip itinerary and info package identified specific times and locations for two primary celestial photographic opportunities i.e., Moonrise over Mono Lake on 10/14, and the Moonset over the Sierra Crest on 10/16.
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The package also included information to help participants prepare to take photographs at night under the light of the Super Moon.
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Detailed location maps were also included to enable participants to set their own time table based upon their interest.
The package includes information for the primary locations for photographing Fall Color such as Convict Lake, Rock Creek Canyon, Lake Sabrina, and South Lake Road among others.
The Above photo Moonrise over Mono Lake by
Bob Baikauskas was photographed in October of 2013.
The Above photo Moonrset over Lone Pine Mt. and Mt. Whitney
by Bob Baikauskas was photographed in October of 2013.
The Above photo Fall Colors - Intake II
by Allen Adler is typical of the scenes during October.
The Alabama Hills is also a photographic wonderland with unusual rock formations and dozens of photogenic arches, the most popular of which is the Mobius Arch also know as the Swan. This area will serve as the subject for the Moonlight Photography activity on the nights of 10/16 and 10/17.
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For maps & Info package handouts go to our Field Trips Page HERE
If you have any ideas, questions, or suggestions regarding the trip you can email them to Bob Baikauskas HERE
Astrophotographer Tony Hallas well received
at August General Meeting.
The importance of Color Control was focus of talk.
Tony is a nationally recognized astrophotographer who has been shooting stars since 1986 and is a highly skilled photo printer having owned and operated a large custom, commercial photo lab for many years. Tony’s presentation was about how color works and how to manipulate it to make your image better. For a more detailed discussion of Tony’s presentation go to the General Meeting page HERE
Tony Hallas
Club Member's Show & Tell Images will be Highlight of the September 14th General Meeting.
Here's just a sampling of the photographs you'll get to see!
Get Your Photography Prints Ready for the
“Artisans in the Lodge” event.
It is that time of year again for talented artisans to show off their wares for all to see and BUY. The date is October 16, from 9 am to 3 pm in the Orchard Creek Lodge. If you are interested you should sign up as soon as possible since space goes quickly. The registration form contains all the pertinent information to sign up for this event. To get the registration form click the icon below.
Patrick Jewel
Registration Form
The BLOG is Here!!! Check it Out.
A new feature has been added to the club's website. It's a blog.
The new blog will replace the old bulletins that were published infrequently. The new blog posts will be shorter, more timely, usually cover only one topic and while there won't be daily posts they will be much more frequent. They will also be used for timely club announcements.
Perhaps the best thing is you will have the ability to comment on blog posts and respond to someone elses comments. You will even be able to put a photo in your comment.
The first blog post is already on the website. It provides more detailed information about how the blog will operate and how to post comments. The second blog post will appear Monday August 1st. More are already in the que and others are in the works so check frequently.
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To navigate to the new blog look for the BLOG link at the end of the main menu, or click HERE
We hope you will enjoy this new feature and participate by commenting on blog posts, responding to the comments of others, and asking questions.
Gary Stephens will be our Blogger!!
Opening Doors is Hosting Their Annual Festival of Flavors and Needs Art Donations For Their Silent Auction
The Sun City Lincoln Hills Community Association was contacted by Opening Doors, a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to empower human trafficking survivors, immigrants, refugees, and underserved area residents to achieve self-sufficiency by accessing opportunities to economic and social systems.
They support the region’s most vulnerable residents by providing safe places, skills development, business loans, and connections to community resources, assisting their clients to build financial and personal assets while maintaining their cultural identity and individual goals.
Their annual fundraiser, the Festival of Flavors, will be held October 22, at the Sierra 2 Center in Sacramento. The Festival of Flavors is an international food experience that also features excellent regional beers and wines.
They are in need of value items (prints) to be sold at the event’s silent auction. If you wish to learn more or contribute please contact:
Jim Claybaugh
Prosperity Project Director
(916)4922591 x210
(The information above was provided by Opening Doors and is presented here as a courtesy only and should not be considered a request or suggestion by the Photography Club)
Club Members have been very active in local Exhibit Ops
Simple Pleasures Exhibit for July 18th-Oct 17th to showcase images of Doors, Windows and Stairs.
Szabo-Daylilys
Dale Petersen
The beautiful image, (right) by Dale Petersen is representative of the images that are curently being showcased at the Simple Pleasures Restaurant now through October 18th.
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Here's a sampling of images from the Orchard Creek B&W Exhibit
Bill Szabo, one of our own club members has won honorable mention in two exhibits through the Art League of Lincoln. The first was in the Members Show where he entered “Road & Rail Bridges” and the second was in the Digital Art Show which featured his “Daylilys”. Congratulations Bill!
Szabo-Rails & Bridges
Bill Szabo Wins Honorable Mention
Umpqua Bank Exhibit Sept. 13-Oct.11
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We have an Exhibit Invitation from the Placer Arts League to display our images in the Bank. The deadline for application is Sept. 1st. This will be an open exhibit with no particular theme.
Art League of Lincoln Aug. 10-Sept. 3
This will be an open theme exhibit. Must be a member of the Art League to participate
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For additional information EMAIL Rhonda Campbell our Exhibits & Shows Coordinator.
Above are just a few of the Black and White photos that Club Members exhibited in the Reception area of the Orchard Creek Lodge this past August. Club Members exhibiting included: Bob Baikauskas, John Campbell, Rhonda Campbell, Jim Cormier, Bob Dale, Carole Haskell, Stephanie Huntingdale, Mike Johnson, Kate McCarthy, Pat Monda, Ron Parker, Dale Petersen, Steve Stewart and Vicki White.
High Winds make for tough shoot during Woods Lake Wildflowers Trip
Allen Adler
Mother Nature did not smile on the intrepid group that made a 3:30am departure from OC Lodge.
High Winds and chilly 54 degree temperatures greeted the group of five Club members who made the trip to Woods Lake to photograph wildflowers on July 18th.
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Making the trip were Allen Adler, Jeff Andersen, Bob Baikauskas, Pete Henshaw and Marion Randall.
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The group pushed onto the meadow making the half-mile hike to the meadow in the early morning light before the sun hit the Eastern ridgeline.
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You can check out some of the shots that were made on the trip dispite the high gusty winds. To view them go to our Archived August Field Trip Page HERE
A New Location added: Redding's Sundial Bridge
The Sundial Bridge is located in Redding’s Turtle Bay Exploration Park. The structure holds up a pedestrian bridge spanning the Sacramento River. During the day, the sundial actually works for a few mid-day hours. At night, the sundial structure it is nicely lit, and the bridge has a glass flooring which is lit from underneath. To learn more about this location, click HERE
The locations page is a collection of photography locations from individual member travels, and from past club-organized field trips. It’s goal is to serve as an inspiration to go somewhere and photograph something interesting. It can also help organize future field trips.
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We look forward to your contributions. To share a location with others, click the link at the top of the Locations page. To go to our Locations page click HERE
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