Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
This is an Archive Page for the January, 2021 News Page. Some Links may no longer work as the site has changed.
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 @ 9:00AM
The General Meeting, in Kilaga Presentation Hall usually features a guest speaker on a specific aspect of photography. It also is a forum to discuss current and upcoming events of interest.
Summaries of General Meeting Presentations are archived HERE
YouTube links to General Meeting videos are HERE
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
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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
Enhancement SIG - 1st Wednesday @ 9:00AM
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 @ 9:00AM
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 - 3rd Wednesday every other month
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. New. this year, every other month the topics will be enhancement techniques.HERE
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Randy Snook is an author, photographer and educator based in Northern California. He has taught photography full-time at Sierra College in Rocklin, California for the past fifteen years. Before that, he was an advertising photographer in Sacramento. Randy has published two books, "Fathers & Sons: photographs, quotes and essays" and "Many Ideas Open The Way: a collection of Hmong Proverbs." In 2007, he received his MFA in Art from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His photographic interests are broad and eclectic. Projects range from photographing around the world for a variety of Christian ministries, to alternative photographic processes to illustrating children's books.
January Virtual General Meeting
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 9:00 AM
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Randy Snook
Professor, Photography
Sierra College
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Dear Lincoln Hills Photo Club Members,
I have volunteered to host our next Learning Sig workshop on “Landscape Photography” this month. I would like some help in making this presentation more successful. Please send me 2 or 3 of your favorite landscape images. Below is a list of some aspects that I plan on discussing and showing examples. If you can send images that represent or support one of those aspects, that would be very helpful. I feel that if we have many of the member’s images, instead of all Truman’s images, it will make for a more enjoyable meeting.
See you on the 17th! Truman
Send your images to: truman@otruman.com
P.S. Your name will be on your images.
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Some Aspects of Landscape Photography To Be Covered:
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"Light, Light and Light! “ Most important - Season, Time of day, Atmospheric Conditions & Others...
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Composition, Composition and Composition - Thirds, Horizons, Bullseyes, Heroes, Borders...
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Location, location and location ! - Oceans, Mountains, Deserts, Cities/Villages, Water...
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Foreground, foreground and foreground - Rocks, Flowers, people, buildings, Vehicle...
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Reflections, reflection and reflections ! - Water, Mirrors, Windows, Shiny Surfaces...
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Skies, Skies and Skies ! - Clear, Cloudy, Foggy, Smoky, Lightening...
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Be prepared, be prepared and be prepared - Guides, Postcards, Lenses, Apps (ex. Photo pills)
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Lines, Lines and Lines - Roads, Rivers, Clouds, Gardens, Fields...
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Yuk, Tripods, Tripods & Tripods - Sharpness, Organization, Low light, Milky Waterfalls...
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Filters, Filters and Filters - Polarizers, Neutral Density, Star, Warming...
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Post photo work can greatly improve your images - Exposure, Sharpness, Saturation, Contrast...
Virtual Learning SIG: Hosted by Truman Holtzclaw LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 9:00 AM
(See GoToMeeting link below)
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/364708717
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (312) 757-3121
Access Code: 364-708-717
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/364708717
Host: Truman Holtzclaw
See Bill Kress's Newly Updated Gallery
Click on Photo to go to his Gallery Page on this Website
Photos by Bill Kress
Upcoming Field Trips
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.
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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 - Buonarotti's Restaurant
We are currently exhibiting in Buonarotti's Restaurant. We are sharing the opportunity to exhibit with the Painters Group on a four month rotation during 2021. We hung our photos on July 2 2020. Photographers participating include Rhonda Campbell, Wendy Gotcher, Pete Henshaw, Stephanie Huntingdale, Phil Huntingdale, Vicki White, and Loren Winckler.
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Our next opportunity to exhibit in Buonarotti's will be determined based upon the Coronavirus restrictions affecting the opening of restaurants in Placer County.
Photo by Vicki White
Current Exhibit - Kilaga Springs Spa
Photographs for the current Kilaga Springs Spa Exhibit were hung on Sunday, February 9th and will be there through December 2020. Currently there are photographs from Club Photographers: Jim Wronkiewitcz, Ron Nabity, Mary Beth Quallick, Truman Holtzclaw, Jim Moon and Klara Kleman
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.
Photo by Jim Moon
Current Exhibit: Simple Pleasures Fall/Winter Exhibit
The Fall/Winter 2020/21 Exhibit started on November 2 and will run through February 2021. The theme for our Fall/Winter exhibit is Macro Photography (close up), flowers, trees or your favorite photo. Photographers include: Rhonda Campbel, Stephanie Huntingdale, Klara Kleman, Ron Nabity, Steve Stewart, Charlie Schuman, and Vicki White.
Photo by Stephanie Huntingdale
Orchard Creek Rotunda Exhibit
The Orchard Creek Rotunda Exhibit was scheduled to take place in August and September. This is a special exhibit. Due to the uncertainty of when the Lodge will reopen, we do not have an exact date to submit your entries.
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There is only one criteria for the Orchard Creek Exhibit - you must have exhibited at Simple Pleasures at least once as a Club member. Digital Files and your Application are due to Rhonda Campbell - Rhonda.photoart@gmail.com. Due to the uncertainty of when the Lodge will reopen we do not have an exact date to submit your entries. Check back in a few weeks for the deadline to submit your application and digital files.
Photo by Rhonda Campbell
Simple Pleasures
Application
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:
Buonarotti's
Application
Photo Display
Guide
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 Club Facebook page is accessible to all residents of Sun City Lincoln Hills.
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
