Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
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
Field Trips
Find information on recent field trips HERE
Exhibits
Exhibitions offer club members an avenue to show their photographs. Some use these occasions as an opportunity to sell their work. Find information on current and upcoming exhibits below. Overview of our Exhibit Efforts can be found HERE
Board Meeting, OC Multipurpose Room - 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
This “member only” tool is used to communicate photography ideas, promising sites, area photography activities, and conversation.
To join, click link: LHPC Facebook
Lifestyles Photography Group
The Lifestyle Group provides photo journalistic services to Sun City Clubs and Community Association sponsored events and activities. The Group is accepting assignments. We welcome any Photography Club member who is interested in this type of photography to call Klara Kleman (the Group Coordinator). See the full announcement on the Lifestyles Page under the ACTIVITIES tab. HERE
The purpose of the Photo Enhancement SIG is to help you make your photos better using photo editing software. Meetings are in the OC Multipurpose 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
Learning SIG
The Learning SIG is 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. To review the past meetings, click HERE
The next Learning SIG meeting will be in January with a discussion of “ISO — The third side of the triangle".
Show Off Your Work at the March General Meeting
Show and Tell
Anything goes . . . well almost anything! Show us your best shots, best efforts or what did and didn't work. You choose the format-it can be images, presentations or videos. Got new gear? Tell us about it! Found an awesome new spot to shoot? Share! Just follow the tips below:
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Just like the General Meeting, all images and movies will be displayed from a PC
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Each presenter will have a maximum of 5 minutes
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Put your name on the folder containing your images/movie
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If the sequence of your images is important, prefix them with either a numeric system (e.g., 001, 002, ...) or an alphabetic system (e.g., AAA, AAB, ...)
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Image size: maximum of 1920 pixels horizontal, 1080 pixels vertical
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If you have a video file, format it as MP4
Looking forward to your presentation!
Wednesday, March 11th at Kilaga Presentation Hall
Photo by Bob Springer
February 2020 Presentation
Gary Wagner
Gary Wagner’s love of the photographic image began when he became the photographer for his high school newspaper in Kokomo, Indiana. He continued his education at Indiana University in Bloomington, eventually moving to Santa Barbara, California, to attend Brooks Institute of Photography. While at Brooks, Gary increased his artistic and theoretical knowledge of photography and the historical significance of the printed image. Earning a Master’s Degree in Photography from Brooks Institute, with the publication of his work on historical carbon printing, gave Gary a continued appreciation and passion for his art.
You may view Gary's website HERE.
You may view the video of Gary's presentation HERE.
Wednesday, February 12th at Kilaga Presentation Hall
Gary Wagner
THE LEARNING SIG PRESENTS A FLASH WORKSHOP
JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PHOTOS!
Club member and awesome photographer, Charlie Shuman, will share his expertise in flash photography. The November session was geared toward all skill levels and answers basic questions like, “When do I need flash?” Your assignment will be to bring some of your successes and failures to the January Learning SIG for group discussion. In February, we will present more advanced material for lighting your subjects. Bring your photos, cameras and user manuals to the next two sessions/
Charlie Shuman
February 5th Enhancement SIG to feature a photo "Compositing" challenge.
The idea of the challenge is to take a look at how different people interpret
and apply their personal touch to the same image.
We're gonna change things up for the New Year when it comes to the Photo Challenge slated for the February Meeting. We are going to challenge our members to create a composited "Moon Set" photo.
The subject will be the moon setting in the early morning over Lone Pine Mountain or Mount Whitney situated just West of I-395 and the Alabama Hills in the Eastern Sierra.
The final image should be a "Composite" created using the following four images.
Lone Pine Mountain
Morning Winter Sky
Moon
Star Field
Click on the above photos to go to Photo Challenge Page and the Hi-Rez Challenge images to download & process.
To participate in the challenge, download the high quality image files from the Photo Challenge Page. Click on the photos above to go to the page.
There are no rules other than you must still be able to recognize the photo as being derived from the original Lone Pine Mountain photo. You can substitute your own sky/clouds, moon or stars. Once composited you can turn it into a work of art such as a painting, sketch, cartoon, or abstract. It's up to you.
If you are using Photoshop you might want to try using the "Blend If" option which can be accessed from the top Menu by clicking on: Layers > Layers Style > Blending Options > Then use the Blend If controls.
Robert Thomas who runs www.photoblogstop.com has an outstanding description on how to use the luminosity blending mode to add a moon (or stars) to an image.
You can see the video presentation on You Tube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpLwD0ak2Zc
You can read his tutorial at:
https://photoblogstop.com/photoshop/adding-a-moon-to-your-landscape-using-photoshop-blending-options
Or, you can download a pdf file of the tutorial HERE
Enhancement SIG meets 1st Wednesday in Orchard Creek Lodge Multi-purpose Room at 8:30 AM
The Enhancement SIG will be coordinated by Kate McCarthy. The formats will include incorporating Photo Challenges, monthly review and critique (if requested) of members' work, and discussion of the various methods and programs for photo editing.
If members would like specific presentations on software and/or process, please let Kate know. We will look for members who can provide some experience in this area to lead that particular SIG. Our photo club has a wealth of experience and expertise, so the success of the Enhancement SIG will be a community effort.
Allen Adler Updates his Gallery
Click on Photo to go to his Gallery Page on this Website
Photos by Allen Adler
Upcoming Field Trips
Planners include Charlie Schuman, Truman Holtzclaw, Kathy Houston and Les Thomas.
Planners include Truman Holtzclaw and Bill Kress.
We are putting together a photo gallery of past field trips. To view it, click HERE
Upcoming Field Trips will be announced during our General Meeting and details will be included on this website on the ACTIVITIES - FIELD TRIPS page for your planning.
We have posted over 40 interesting locations on the RESOURCES -> PHOTO LOCATIONS page of our Website: click HERE to view the list of locations. Check these out to plan a trip on your own, and consider forming a small group of friends to go with you.
-- Les Thomas
Exhibits
Current Exhibit: Kilaga Springs Spa
The current Kilaga Springs Spa Exhibit will end Sunday, February 9th. Currently there are photographs from Club Photographers: Jim Wronkiewicz, Larry White, Shirley Windle, Debra Raach, Joy Paris, and Klara Kleman. The next exhibit period - February through July will begin February 9th. Please send your digital files and the Application Form to Klara at k17kleman@gmail.com by January 30th.
Themes of the photo images, which must be followed for each Spa room, are: Ponds, Beaches, Lakes, Meadows, Forests, Streams and also Landscapes and Flowers.
Simple Pleasures Winter Exhibit. January 6 - May 4, 2020
The Winter Exhibit theme: Where in the World...gave club members a chance to look through their photos to discover those hidden treasures from past trips, events, etc. The Winter Exhibit was hung on January 6 and will remain up until May 4. The exhibit included eleven photographers and 29 photos: John Campbell, Rhonda Campbell, Stephanie Huntingdale, Frank Kleman, Jim Moon, Ron Nabity, Mary Beth Quallick, Colleen Smith, Steve Stewart, Vicki White, Jim Wronkiewicz.
We have been given the opportunity to exhibit in Buonarotti's Restaurant from May through August in 2020. We will be sharing the opportunity to exhibit with the Painters Group on a four month rotation during 2020.
Send Vicki White (vickiawhite@me.com) no more than three (3) digital files and the Application Form by April 20, 2020 - this is the application deadline.
Photo by Stephanie Huntingdale
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:
Photo Display
Guide
Buonarotti's
Application
Simple Pleasures
Application
SCLH Photography Club Facebook Page
This is a place for SCLH Photography Members to have a conversation about photography, cameras, and places to shoot photography in the area. You can ask a specific "how to" or "where can I find..." or "how can I improve this shot?" or "thinking of going to.....does anyone want to come too?" You can post great photography-related websites that others might like. Use your creativity. The SCLH Photography Facebook page is restricted to the Club membership only.
There are a few rules.
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No politics, none, nada.
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The only things you can sell on this page are photography equipment that is usually sold within the club like reselling cameras, printers, etc. Nothing else. Nothing.
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Constructive criticism only when critiquing. (Don't tell us that it was a stupid, boring shot, We'll figure it out anyway.)
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If you are selling your photography, protect your copyright. You may not want that one up on the Internet on Facebook. Post a link to your photography website instead.
To join, use this link: LHPC Facebook
Volunteers Needed for Video Production
The Association’s Video Services Group (“VSG”), a sub-group within the Communications and Community Relations Committee, is seeking volunteers to assist with producing a variety of different types of video pieces. These videos are almost all intended for posting to our Association’s YouTube channel to be viewed by residents.
VSG is particularly interested in hearing from residents who have experience in all aspects of video creation. We want to hear from YOU if you would like to become involved with the planning, directing, camera operating, video editing, audio engineering, and/or assisting more experienced members of the group. If any of the foregoing piques your interest, please contact Peter Beckett via e-mail at videography@sclhca.com.
To learn more, click on the PDF icon:
