David Seibel - Bird Photography Class

Nature Photographer David Seibel is offering a bird photography class through the Lawrence Parks & Rec Department.  The class will be held each Wednesday night in April.  Registration is limited to 12 participants, so don't delay if this interests you!


LINKS:

• Bird Photography with David Seibel
• Online Registration

Also, be sure to check out:

• Birds In Focus
• Birds In Focus on Facebook

Edward Robison Workshops

Edward Robison will be hosting the Prairie Fire Experience Photography Workshop at the Flying W Ranch.  This workshop is for all skill levels and will begin on Friday March 30, 2012 and will conclude on Sunday afternoon April 1, 2012.


For more information, or to register:
Prairie Fire Experience Photography Workshop


Another seminar being offered by Edward Robison 
in March 2012:
Iphone and Ipad Photography Seminar

KCPT's Explore My KC

Calling on all photographers to show us yours -- photos of the KC region, that is.  Join in KCPT's Explore My KC and begin the adventure.  First, submit your photos of the KC region, then vote on the favorites from your contemporaries or yourself.  Use Facebook and Twitter to share and promote your photos and solicit votes.  Check online at exploremykc.com for current, specific challenges to test your skills or to find one of your photos used as a lead-in.  The adventure culminates with the top-rated photographs being featured in an Explore My KC photography book.  So come on.  What are you waiting for?  Grab your camera and begin your photographic adventure today.

LAPC 3rd Annual Explorers of Light Seminar

Linn Area Photo Club is proud to announce our 4th Annual Canon's Explorers of Light Seminar featuring photographer Clay Blackmore on March 24th.  This free seminar is sponsored by LAPC, Canon, PhotoPro and Porter's Camera. 

Please visit our website at www.linnareaphotoclub.org to register.

We are again, providing a box lunch for interested attendees for $9, please select the seminar and lunch option when registering.  Directions to the seminar are also available on our website.

 

On Sunday March 25th, Clay will be hold an all day Master’s class.  This will be a hands on workshop.  The cost for the workshop is $199.  Please see the attached flyer and visit our website to register.  Registration is limited, please sign up early.

 

If you have any questions or need additional information, please email: 

Bob Lancaster at vice-president@linnareaphotoclub.org or 

Ken Boardrow at public-relations@linnareaphotoclub.org.

 

Please forward this to all your fellow camera club members. 

 

The Linn Area Photo Club looks forward to see you again this year.

 

Bob Lancaster
Vice President LAPC
vice-president@linnareaphotoclub.org

National Geographic Live!

Four presentations offered by the Kauffman Center in a package.


TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 – Helzberg Hall
Photographer Annie Griffiths presents ‘A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel’


TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 – Helzberg Hall
Underwater explorer Kenny Broad presents ‘Extreme Cave Diving: Exploring the blue holes of the Bahamas’


MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 – Helzberg Hall
Wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mattias Klum presents ‘Being There on Expedition with National Geographic’


MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 – Helzberg Hall
Primatologist and Nat Geo WILD TV Host Mireya Mayor presents ‘Pink Boots and a Machete’


For more information:
National Geographic Live!

Mireya Mayor, Nat Geo Wild Correspondent

Monday, MAY 21, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Kauffman Center:  Helzburg Hall


Mireya Mayor, Nat Geo Wild Correspondent


PINK BOOTS AND A MACHETE


Often described in the media as “a female Indiana Jones,” Mireya Mayor is not your typical scientist. Both as an anthropologist working in the jungles of Madagascar, and as a wildlife correspondent for National Geographic, this city girl and former Miami Dolphins cheerleader has found herself sleeping in a rain forest hammock amid poisonous snakes, being charged by gorillas, scaling rocky cliffs, and diving with great white sharks. As a two-time Emmy Award-nominated field correspondent for the National Geographic Channel, Mireya Mayor has reported to audiences worldwide on pertinent wildlife and habitat issues.


Tickets are not on sale at this time.  (as of January 11, 2012)

For more information, please go to:
Kauffman Center Tickets

Mattias Klum, Wildlife Photographer

Monday, April 23, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Kauffman Center:  Helzburg Hall


Mattias Klum, Wildlife Photographer


BEING THERE: INSPIRING CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL WORLD


Take an awe-inspiring journey around the world, featuring unique perspectives on some of Earth’s natural wonders—the Okavango Delta, Iceland’s glaciers, and the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Your guide? One of the most important natural history photographers of our time—and one of National Geographic Live’s most highly acclaimed speakers. Through Klum’s camera lens, you’ll get an up-to-date report on the state of our planet. And, you’ll marvel at the beauty of the natural world captured in striking new photographs and high-definition video from his most recent expeditions to the world’s last wild places.


Tickets are not on sale at this time.  (as of January 11, 2012)


For more information, please go to:
Kauffman Center Tickets

Publishing Photo Books with Blurb

At the January meeting we discussed publishing your own photo books with Blurb.  While there are MANY companies out there that offer great products, this is one that several members had experience with.  I have attached some of the videos we watched, and some we didn't get to.  Blurb has many how-to videos online as well, that can instruct you on some of the more advanced features.





Storytelling Series: Daniel Milnor from Blurb Books on Vimeo.






Street photography and Instagram photobooks by @koci from Blurb Books on Vimeo.




(ABRIDGED VERSION BELOW!)


Getting Started with Blurb Booksmart from Blurb Books on Vimeo.






A Photographer's Take on Blurb ProLine from Blurb Books on Vimeo.






Storytelling Series: "Last Call" by Judith Stenneken from Blurb Books on Vimeo.



If you are interested in other tutorials, please visit the Blurb website:
Blurb Tips and Tutorials


Happy Publishing!

The Aperture | 01-09-12

Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club

Established April 1963

jococameraclub.org

jococameraclub.blogspot.com

Meeting:    January 9, 2012 (second Monday)

Time:           6:30 P.M. (chat time), 7:00 P.M. meeting

Location:  Asbury United Methodist Church

          Music Room

          75^th St. and Nall Avenue, Prairie Village, Kansas

(Park behind the church;  meeting entrance is near the corner on the back of the building near Nall.)

Meeting Agenda for January

The program for our next meeting will feature information on self-publishing.  We will spend the first half of the evening focusing on the software and products offered by Blurb.  The presenters include Erin Schuerman, Bruce Hogle and Brian Schoenfish.

The second part of the evening will feature member Show & Tell images.  Surely you took some photos over the holidays.  Maybe you even got a new camera or accessories from Santa Claus that you just had to try out.  Bring five images to share with the membership.   Please see the requirements for image sizing listed herein.

Bio Sheet for our Spotlight Section

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to be featured in our newsletter.   This is your chance to let the other members learn a little about you and your photography.   Please send your bio sheet to Erin Schuerman, Program Committee Chair, at .

Notes from Our Last Meeting

-President Steve Wall presided over the meeting.

-The December meeting is the annual print exchange; several beautiful images were presented.

-A Bingo type random number system determined who got what print.

-Meeting attendance was down from the usual, but similar to most December meetings.

-Show and Tell images were viewed by the membership in the second half of the meeting.

-Following the conclusion of the programs the meeting was adjourned.

At The Galleries – Michael Stone  (Photography currently on display):

Irene B. French Communiry Center Art Gallery (Top Floor) 

5701 Merriam Drive, Merriam, KS

(913-322-5550)

Hours:   Monday thru Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday 9am-4pm, 

                Saturday 9am-3pm, and Sunday 2-4pm.

       "Annual 2011 Student High School Visual Arts Competition" This wonderful juried exhibition, selected from the 641 entries submitted representing 20 high schools, features 158 works of art. Of which, 47 are photographs and 32 are computer generated images. This is a definite "must see" exhibit. However, time is short  -  Closes January 7.

Revocup Coffee 

11030 Quivira (behind McDonalds), 

Overland Park, KS 

(913) 663-3695.

Hours:   Monday thru Friday 6:30am-7pm, 

                Saturday 7am-5pm, and Sunday 8am-5pm.

          "Photography by Ernie Lowden" JCCC member Ernie Lowden's 17 photographs offer the viewer a broad range of subject matter and pictorial genre, from traditional landscapes and nature, to subjective abstraction  -  Closes January 28.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Block Building

4525 Oak, KCMO 

(816-561-4000).

Hours:   Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-9pm, 

                Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday noon-5pm.

          The Photographs of Brett Weston This exhibition features 39 photographs, and presents a concise survey of the career of Brett Weston, son of famed photographer Edward Weston. Brett's work exemplified the modernist aesthetic. In the details of everyday things, he combined fact and form, objective reality and abstraction. Reports from those who have already seen the exhibit agree, its a "Do not miss!" experience for any serious photographer  -  Closes April 1.

The Editor’s Corner – Bill Staudenmaier

What is it about January that prompts us to look backward and forward?  Make resolutions we can’t (or just don’t intend to) keep.  Consider this season of the year as a time for new beginnings.  The past is what it is, and hopefully, we have learned something from it.  Life is somewhat like a chess game.  Plan your moves in the present, with an eye for the future, and what your opponent might have in mind.  Yet none of us are good at predicting the future; it is all one big guess.

Thinking grand thoughts of what might have been, thoughts that can never be brought to reality now, often fraught with pain.  What was cannot be changed, and can never be again.  To this extent high school reunions are somewhat a farce.  They bring together those of us who feel the need to connect with what was, in an attempt to establish a relationship with what is.  But we’ve all gone our separate ways and the connections, except for the few that we have forged along the way and maintained, cannot reclaim that which was.

I have a few friends I keep in touch with, though not with any regularity, and perhaps that is the value of our connection.  We owe each other nothing, just some minor recollections, past connections of places and events, areas where we might have shared a common interest.  To this end we meet, on an irregular basis, reminisce or catch up on current events in our lives, and try to solve the problems of the world.  These are of course the fallacies of our lives, such that in reality, we care little for that which was, other than to retrieve the commonality of our days.    So we stumble and stroll through what we perceive to be our life.  We see but we do not comprehend what this world is about. 

For those in a far away country suffering from starvation, there is no appropriate future.  There is no hope for what can or might be.  It is all summed up in the here and now of what is and what must of necessity be.  Today never ends for these people nor is the view beyond the window of any greater dimension.  The photographers and news groups that cover world events many times face danger themselves to get the defining photos and the verbal explanations of world events.  For some this danger is sort of a high, a euphoria that builds upon the fear of the unknown.  It becomes something that needs to be experienced.  Is it really heroism or a temporary chemical imbalance that causes one to make a rational decision in an irrational set of circumstances?  The incentive is there of course for the photographer to capture the defining moment in an insurrection.  To what final end, or what lasting glory; perhaps recognition of images well executed.  Should we always take the safe path and never experience danger?  This leads nowhere except to safety and comfort.

Unfortunately, we in our time and place, find comfort in our photography.   Become complacent.  Don’t attempt to challenge ourselves.  But in not challenging ourselves we will not advance.  So let’s resolve for the New Year to blaze new paths.  Find subjects that excite us.  Stretch the boundaries of creativity.  Set the groundwork for our future.   

 

Images for Show and Tell

There is always a possibility at all of our meetings (if time permits) for member images to be shown and discussed.  Please see the information below regarding sizing of images.

All images should be sized for 1024 pixels on the longest dimension and saved in jpeg format at 72 dpi.  Images should be renamed to include the artist’s last name in the first characters of the title.  Check your image, if it looks blurry or pixilated (unintentionally), you may have started with a low resolution or highly cropped image.  In this case, you may need to increase the setting in the resolution box to improve the image; but be sure to retain 1024 on the longest side.  Submit JPG files on a flash drive tagged with your name.  Drives will be returned after the images have been loaded into the computer for projection.

Subjects for the Year-End 2011-2012 Photo Contest

Submittals for our Year-End-Contest are due at our May 2012 meeting.  Only images shot since April 2011 are eligible.  There are nine subjects to choose from.  You may select a maximum of six subjects with a maximum of two entries for each of the six subjects chosen.  A professional photographer will judge the contest, with the results to be presented and discussed at the June 2012 meeting.

2011-2012 Year-End-Contest Subjects

• Abstract                                                 
• Autos/ Transportation/Wheels                                                    
• Close Up
• Curves                                                     
• Rusted/Busted/Old/Dilapidated                                                 
• From Below
• HDR                                                           
• Nostalgia                                                                                      
• “Wild” Things     

Please patronize the following area businesses when you need photographic supplies or camera repairs.

Overland Photo Supply, Inc.    

8967 Metcalf,    Overland Park, KS  66212                                

(913) 648-5950,    FAX (913) 648-5966,         

e-mail – sales@overlandphoto.com,    

Hours: M-F 10-7,  Sat 10-5

Crick Camera Shop      

7715 State Line Rd,  Kansas City, MO  64114   

(816) 444-3390,      

e-mail - crickcamera@sbcglobal.net      

Established in 1946

The Aperture, newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club, is published monthly.  Meetings are held the second Monday of each month, unless otherwise announced, at the Asbury United Methodist Church.  Short articles written by club members, or selected from other sources of possible interest to club members, may be sent to the editor for inclusion in the newsletter.  Membership dues of $25.00 for one year are to be paid during the month of September, which is the beginning of the club year.  Anyone who joins the club after March 1^st. will not be required to pay dues and will not be eligible to participate in the year end competition.

For additional information or questions on the Johnson County Camera Club, activities, meetings, and membership contact the following members:

President  -  Steve Wall   913-782-6339   seeque2@gmail.com

Vice-President  - Erin Schuerman  913-322-3959   schuermanerin@gmail.com

Treasurer  -  Michael Stone   913-469-5724    mstoneopks@kc.rr.com       

Newsletter Editor  -  Bill Staudenmaier    913-381-0264    wstaude@sbcglobal.net 

Program Committee Chair  -  Erin Schuerman  

Program Committee Members  -  Steve Wall, Brian Schoenfish, Carol Barlau, Ernie Lowden, Marciana Vequist, Mark Higgins, Mary Cleveland, Shari Stanberry, Bruce Hogle

At The Galleries, by Michael Stone - January 2012

by  Michael Stone 

Photography currently on display:

Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery (Top Floor)

5701 Merriam Drive

Merriam, KS

(913-322-5550)

Hours:  Monday thru Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday 9am-4pm, 

               Saturday 9am-3pm, and Sunday 2-4pm.

      "Annual 2011 Student High School Visual Arts Competition" This wonderful juried exhibition, selected from the 641 entries submitted representing 20 high schools, features 158 works of art. Of which, 47 are photographs and 32 are computer generated images. This is a definite "must see" exhibit. However, time is short  -  Closes January 7.

Revocup Coffee

11030 Quivira (behind McDonalds)

Overland Park, KS 

(913) 663-3695.

Hours:   Monday thru Friday 6:30am-7pm, 

                Saturday 7am-5pm, and Sunday 8am-5pm.

         "Photography by Ernie Lowden" JCCC member Ernie Lowden's 17 photographs offer the viewer a broad range of subject matter and pictorial genre, from traditional landscapes and nature, to subjective abstraction  -  Closes January 28.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Block Building
4525 Oak
KCMO 
(816-561-4000).

Hours:   Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-9pm, 

                Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday noon-5pm.

           The Photographs of Brett Weston This exhibition features 39 photographs, and presents a concise survey of the career of Brett Weston, son of famed photographer Edward Weston. Brett's work exemplified the modernist aesthetic. In the details of everyday things, he combined fact and form, objective reality and abstraction. Reports from those who have already seen the exhibit agree, its a "Do not miss!" experience for any serious photographer  -  Closes April 1.