Note: The board of directors has decided that in light of the ever expanding presence of the Omicron variant of COVID and recent family gatherings for the holidays, that it is in the best interest of our members to resume meeting via Zoom only. We will revisit this at the end of January to make a determination for future meetings.
The Zoom meeting invitation will be sent out Tuesday with the "room" opening up shortly after 6:00 pm and the meeting starting at 6:30 pm
Thank you for your understanding.
The Zoom meeting invitation will be sent out Tuesday with the "room" opening up shortly after 6:00 pm and the meeting starting at 6:30 pm
Thank you for your understanding.
January 4th: Short business meeting followed Pat Mingarelli presenting Wild Life Photography and concluding with Member Show & Tell.
January 18th: January Competition Reveal of member photos.
January 18th: January Competition Reveal of member photos.
Exhibits
Club Activities
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PSA News
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N4C News
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Be watching for the new PSA Website, launching soon!
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2022 Fall Conference Information
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PSA Photo Festival
Colorado Springs CO.
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Duluth Mn.
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Past Programs (2021)
February 2021
February 2, 2021- (Program) Guest Speaker Mark Gromko. Photography During Lockdown: Subjects Close to Home. Mark is the 2020-2021 N4C President, current VP and Treasurer of the Iowa City Camera Club. https://markgromko.smugmug.com/
See recorded program under Resources/Past OCC Programs
See recorded program under Resources/Past OCC Programs
March 2021
March 2, 2021- (Program) PSA Judge Jan Lee provided detailed critiques and offered her revisions to images submitted by club participants. See recorded program under Resources/Past OCC Programs.
April 2021
April 6, 2021 - (Program) Guest Speaker Shari Miller. Macrophotography.
Presentation Title:
"Embracing the Process, Practicing Gratitude: Learning to See Beauty in the Small Things"
Description: Using stories and lessons from her own journey, Shari will share how embracing the creative process allowed her inner artist, abandoned for decades, to emerge again and how a gratitude challenge led her to find - and photograph - beauty in the small things.
Shari is asking that each of us in attendance to "find some small bit of nature to have with them during the Zoom call. This could be a leaf, an acorn, a feather, a shell, a dried piece of plant, whatever! It will be used for one interactive part of the event. (As a former teacher, I prefer to be less of a "lecturer" and more of a "facilitator of a conversation!")
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Just a reminder that our 'show and tell' portion of the April 6 meeting will be somewhat constrained by time. Therefore we ask that images shared should be limited to four/member.
https://sharimillerphotography.smugmug.com
Presentation Title:
"Embracing the Process, Practicing Gratitude: Learning to See Beauty in the Small Things"
Description: Using stories and lessons from her own journey, Shari will share how embracing the creative process allowed her inner artist, abandoned for decades, to emerge again and how a gratitude challenge led her to find - and photograph - beauty in the small things.
Shari is asking that each of us in attendance to "find some small bit of nature to have with them during the Zoom call. This could be a leaf, an acorn, a feather, a shell, a dried piece of plant, whatever! It will be used for one interactive part of the event. (As a former teacher, I prefer to be less of a "lecturer" and more of a "facilitator of a conversation!")
😉
Just a reminder that our 'show and tell' portion of the April 6 meeting will be somewhat constrained by time. Therefore we ask that images shared should be limited to four/member.
https://sharimillerphotography.smugmug.com
May 2021
May 4, 2021 - (Program) Guest Speaker Marty Welter. Rodeo Photography.
Description:
The program will focus on an overview of the sport of rodeo including the seven events that make up the sport, along with the other important aspects including the behind the scenes personnel that make a rodeo successful. Visit Marty’s website at this link:
https://www.martywelter.com/rodeo101.html to take a quick look at Rodeo 101 and download a PDF handout which explains event descriptions to match the program. The goal for the program is to show what a good rodeo picture should look like for each of the seven events.
May 18, 2021 - OCC Competition Reveal Program Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
Description:
The program will focus on an overview of the sport of rodeo including the seven events that make up the sport, along with the other important aspects including the behind the scenes personnel that make a rodeo successful. Visit Marty’s website at this link:
https://www.martywelter.com/rodeo101.html to take a quick look at Rodeo 101 and download a PDF handout which explains event descriptions to match the program. The goal for the program is to show what a good rodeo picture should look like for each of the seven events.
May 18, 2021 - OCC Competition Reveal Program Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
June 2021
June 15, 2021- (Program and Activity on Light-Painting) Roger Feldhans will discuss and guide club members through how to do light painting. We are looking forward to resume our in-person meetings at Nebraska Methodist College. For this meeting, we will meet in Room 3204. This program is hands-on, and Roger is asking us to bring our camera, tripod, and remote shutter if we have one. Please bring a mask. At this time we are unsure if masks will be required for all or only unvaccinated.
July 2021
July 20, 2021 - Club Show and Tell
august 2021
August 17, 2021 - Program with Guest Speaker Aaron, from Rockbrook Camera, to share what’s new in the world of cameras and gear. Club Show and Tell to follow.
September 2021
September 7, 2021- Nikki McDonald will lead an interactive club participation program. This is a followup to members’ discussions on FB regarding how to determine whether a photo looks ‘better’ in color or black & white. Nikki will ask for club volunteers to submit images in both color and black & white. Nikki will guide us using Ps on how to add canvas, how to flip, and how to make a triptych, but with two sides for displaying color and ‘black and white’ side by side. Hopefully this will generate good club discussion.
September 21, 2021- OCC Competition Reveal Program
Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
September 21, 2021- OCC Competition Reveal Program
Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
October 2021
October 5, 2021 - Ken Smith will be our Guest Speaker, and he will share his expertise on astrophotography.
October 19, 2021 - OCC Print Competition Reveal ProgramClub member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. Assigned homework is ‘black and white’. All club members are invited to participate. More details to follow.
October 19, 2021 - OCC Print Competition Reveal ProgramClub member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. Assigned homework is ‘black and white’. All club members are invited to participate. More details to follow.
November 2021
November 2, 2021 - Guest Speaker (Zoom) Jerry Hug will share his expertise on iPhoneography. He will help us to fully utilize our new iPhones by sharing admins, editing tools, and best practices.
November 16, 2021-
OCC Competition Reveal Program
Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
November 16, 2021-
OCC Competition Reveal Program
Club member judges will offer constructive comments and suggestions on entered images. All club members are invited to participate.
December 2021
December 7, 2021 - Show & Tell featuring favorite travel locations of members including recommendations for best experiences.