WOW Photo Club April 15 and April 18 Events

Our meeting this month will be at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall on April 15 after the WOW dinner at 5:45 PM.  This will be our first “friendly” competition.

On April 15 our competition theme is “Family Photography: family, friends and pets.”

Pictures should be of family members, pets or friends. The pictures can be candid, posed photos or the subjects doing something (horseback riding, cycling, kayaking, hiking, working on pottery, playing a musical instrument or sports . . . Etc).

Our “subjects” must be the main focus of the composition. The picture must say . . . "it's about them."

All photos must be 8x10 inches or larger and can be matted or not matted.  Each member is allowed up to 3 photo entries, and they can be color or black and white.

Please do not write anything identifying the photographer so as not to influence the membership (ourselves) who will be voting on the photos.  Numbers will be attached to the bottom of each photo and placed on a table so we can view and compare the photos.  We will put our selections (votes) in a box that will be tallied for the winners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

This collage illustrates types of family/friend’s photos

* If there is time after the competition we can have a Q&A session if anyone has questions about photography, printing or editing.

Pickett’s Mill field trip is back on for Saturday, April 18.

Rained cancelled out field trip early in March so we are trying again.  Here’s what, Eliza Nobles, our Activity Planner, wrote:

Date: April 18, 2009 Time: We are going to try and meet earlier. We have agreed on a meet time of 9:00 am in the church parking lot. We want to be back in time for other activities at the church.

Lunch: We are going to eat at the Briar Patch in New Hope after wards.

Just check the earlier February 24 blog entry for a detailed description of the trip, but remember that we’ve moved up the meeting time to 9 AM.

http://wowphotoclub.blogspot.com/2009/02/wow-photo-club-field-trip-on-march-14.html

If you are coming please RSVP by email to ehnobles@comcast.net or by posting a comment below. Just use "anonymous" from the drop down menu. Our field trip should be lots of fun!

Waldy  (770-241-6383)

Wednesday, March 18

Hello Friends! We had a very informative meeting last Wednesday. First of all, we all would love to give a big THANK YOU for all that Kim showed us. She had a wonderful presentation (along with candy,) that taught us some wonderful techniques. Kim gave us lots of great tips like " Tilting is good" and "Learn the rules then throw them out the window!" She had a creative Power Point and was able to show us examples of all the techniques she was explaining. We are truly grateful for her knowledge and her drive to share. Kim has come a long way from a corporate trainer to a professional photographer and she is proof that taking pictures is a well developed art. Her testimony has inspired us all. We also discussed our next attempt at a Picket's Mill trip. Date: April 18, 2009 Time: We are going to try and meet earlier. We have agreed on a meet time of 9:00 am in the church parking lot. We want to be back in time for other activities at the church. Lunch: We are going to eat at the Briar Patch in New Hope after wards. In Christ, Eliza Nobles

WOW Photo Club Outing (Saturday 14) and Preview for March 18 Meeting

Rain might have cancelled out Pickett’s Mill field trip, but it didn’t dampen our spirit.  We had a fun and interesting meeting in the church’s Fellowship Hall in lieu of the field trip.

Our Saturday Meeting:

Waldy demonstrated uploading and navigating our WOW Photo Club Group site on Flickr.  Using Jim’s LCD projector and the churches wireless network we were “live” on our Flickr site.

Jack didn’t waste anytime joining and uploading some of Molly’s photos.

Jim also got in on the act an uploaded his South African Lion, while poking fun at Chris’ Sleepy lion . . . all in friendly fun!

We finished our meeting by talking about the features of our camera and discussing some shooting tips.  Waldy spoke about various settings of the typical camera (light meters and shooting modes).  We we all awed by the unique features of Eliza’s little Canon Elph with it’s selective color mode.

Eliza’s selective color photo on Flickr.

Club members photographing each other (John trying out his new Nikon D200) . . . practice makes perfect!

Preview to Wednesday, March 18 meeting:

Meeting will be at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall (below the main sanctuary).  Don’t forget the tasty WOW dinner at 5:54 PM in the Family Life Center (the gym, behind the church).

For our main event, Kim Davidson, will be talking to us about Family Photography. This will be a great program to prepare us for many family events such as Easter and the vacation season. Check out her website: http://www.kdavidsonphotography.com/

For our Members' Show 'n Tell segment let's bring 1 or 2 photos of our families, friends, or pets. By limiting the members to 2 photos it will give everyone time to participate. They can be photographs or digital images on CD or Jump Drives.

See you there!   - Waldy