How To Add GPS Location Data to Your Photos

At the November 12th meeting, club member Paul Douglas presented a 10-minute Instructional on how to Add GPS Location Data to Your Photos.  He was kind enough to post the presentation on his blog, which can be seen here:

pauldouglasphotography.com

Thanks, Paul!

The Aperture | November 12, 2012

The Aperture

Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club

Established April 1963

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Meeting:  November 12, 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

We will have a 10-minute mini program and a 10-minute instructional program.  Also you are encouraged to bring a maximum of five images per member for Show and Tell.

Dues

If you still owe dues please pay by check in the amount of $25, payable to the Johnson County Camera Club.  If you have moved since last year please contact our Treasurer, Michael Stone mstoneopks@kc.rr.com so he can revise his list.  If you have changed your email address since last year please inform our newsletter editor, Bill Staudenmaier wstaude@sbcglobal.net , so you can continue to receive the newsletter.  Mail your dues to:

Michael Stone

12319 West 107^th Terrace

Overland Park, KS  66210

Notes from Our Last Meeting

-Vice-President Erin Schuerman presided over the meeting.  She asked new members to say a few words. 

-Erin reviewed the upcoming year-end subjects list.

-Erin suggested members consider doing a 5-10 minute program in the coming months.  It can also be an instructional program.

-It was suggested that the club compile a list of places around town that would showcase JCCC members work.

-Photographer Jim Griggs presented a program featuring his images of Africa.

-Some minor business issues were addressed regarding problems with judges.  

-The meeting was adjourned. 

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

Art At The Center, Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, 11902 Lowell, Overland Park, KS (913-344-8656). Hours: Monday thru Saturday 8am-9pm, and Sunday 10am-8pm.

            "The Photographs Exhibition" The City of Overland Park's annual juried photography only exhibition offers a broad range of subject interest, techniques, and creative talent. This large exhibit features the work of 22 local photographers. Including images by JoCoCC members Marla Craven, Wayne Hickox, Mark Higgins, Dale Jamieson, Julie Johnson, Ernie Lowden, Crystal Nederman, Dick O'Kell. Dave Shackleford, Brian Schoenfish, Shari Stanberry and Steven Wall  -  Closes  November 11.

Images Art Gallery, 7320 W. 80th Street, Overland Park, KS (913-232-7113)

Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10am-5pm.

            "Photographs by Ric Cummings and Luke LeTourneau"  -  Closes November 12.

All Souls Gallery, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO

(816-531-2131). Hours: Monday thru Friday 9am-3pm, and Saturday 9am-noon.

            "Guatemala: The Past Is Present" Dale Jamieson, a JoCoClub member, attended a recent workshop adventure in Guatemala and found the patterns, textures and colors of this nation's culture and landscape, both inspiring and influencing his creative imagination  -  Closes November 16.

Ernie Miller Nature Center, 909 North K-7 Highway (westside of K-7), Olathe, KS (913-764-7759).

Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9am-4:30pm (closed noon to 1pm) and Sunday 1-4:30pm.

            "Art Fest 2012" This annual juried art exhibition honors artists and photographers residing in Johnson County. Among the photographers accepted are JoCoCC members Bruce Hogle, Dale Jamieson (Purchase Award), and Steven Wall  -  Closes November 18.

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" JoCoCC member Ernie Lowden's photographs offer the viewer a wide range of subject matter and pictorial genre, from traditional landscapes and nature, to subjective abstraction  -  Closes (eventually).

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.

            "Heartland: The Photographs of Terry Evans" Evans, a Kansas City native, is widely recognized as one of the nation's finest landscape photographers. Known for her stunning views of the Midwest, its people and its artifacts, the exhibit features 100 color and black-and-white photographs from her extensive body of work  -  Closes January 20. 

      Note: Artist's talk and presentation by Terry Evans, Atkins Auditorium, Saturday, November 10, 1-2pm. Public is invited, however, a reserved free ticket is required, call 816-751-1278.

            "Cabinet of Curiosities" This exhibition of photographic specimens explores the connections between science and art. It was inspired by the cabinets of the 17th Century, in which the owners assembled collections of objects that reflected the marvelous, unusual or extraordinary  -  Closes February 10.

 The Editor’s Corner – Bill Staudenmaier

Random thoughts of some particular value, or not. 

Autumn. The time is passing faster than we want to admit.  Daylight saving time requires a body clock adjustment for some. The leaves are showing color, some just turn brown and drop.  The chill winds have begun to blow, warning us that another bleak winter may be in the offing.  Across Kansas, the Cottonwoods, shown a bright yellow in late October.  On our way back home they had turned brown, less than a week, since our first passing. But perhaps it will be mild as last winter’s days.  My Maples still have light green leaves on the tree, yet those fallen to the ground have a pale gold tinge.  Even the learned prognosticators sometimes get it wrong.  I’m not going to speculate on what the coming weather will be, surely I’d get a wrong reading. 

Images. What determines a good photograph; I don’t really know, do you?  A few are deemed great or good at the least and I fail to perceive the point if there be any, of some of these images.  For example, I have a book setting on the desk to my right that I wonder whatever possessed the noted photographer to select the image that he used for the cover of this softbound work.  It is a black and white lightly sepia toned.  The subject is, well I guess, I’m not really sure what he assumed the real subject to be.  It shows an outdoor water faucet protruding from what appears to be the rather weathered wall of a house or building of some sort.  Perhaps it’s the abstractness that should capture your attention.  The eye, my eye, is drawn to the ragged edge of what appear to be wood shingles, but there is not enough there to really make any identification with certainty.  On the left is what appears to a dangling electrical cord poised over a black background, which is shared by a wall of sorts, which could be concrete.  Strong shadows, with the light from the right, up at a diagonal to the faucet, illuminate the scene.  But there is a horizontal shadow, or perhaps a paint discoloration that confuses me.  My eyes want to see the source of this.  It appears to be another pipe coming in from the right with insulation of some sort painted to match the shingles.  Back to the concrete edge, I can’t perceive this as concrete because I’ve seen sheets of cork that resemble this.  The image bothers me because I can’t determine, or do I need to understand, the source of water for the faucet.  Is it through the wall or from this pipe that comes in from the side? Is any of this real or a clever setup?  Who cares?  The main thing is whether you like the image, whether it somehow attaches itself to your mental fixation of what is or is not.  Why did this photographer take this image, to what end, to what hidden purpose?

Reading.  One of my favorite haunts for books is the Half Price Books store on Metcalf.  In the back on the right you will find the two-buck books.  They used to be a dollar, but I guess other folks started to discover their value.  Other than fiction and non-fiction they are in no particular order, especially once they’ve been plowed over by the customers.  I often purchase books of fiction by authors I’ve heard of, but really have no intention of paying full price for.  Now I suppose if I was one of these authors I’d be mildly disgruntled to find my work in this area.  But better to have someone purchase it at a steep discount and pass the book on than for it to be consigned to the paper-recycling heap.  Just remember, I remind myself, you don’t have to have it.  I started collecting a certain series of books at full price once on watercolor art work.  When I got to book nine I decided enough was enough.  Beautiful though these books may be I seldom pull one off the shelf to look at.

As the leaves continue to fall we gather them and grind them for use in the garden and our compost.  But this too will end.  Shortly the hunter-gatherers will forge through the aisles of the local supermarket in search of the makings for a meal.  Families will come together, to share once more, another Thanksgiving Day.

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 as jpeg.  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 2012-2013 Photo Contest

Submittals for our Year-End-Contest are due at our May 2013 meeting.  Only images shot since May 2012 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 2013 meeting. 

A comprehensive list of the rules may be found in the June 2012 newsletter which is on the JCCC website.

2012-2013 Year-End-Contest Subjects

Architecture                                Critters                                             Square

Cloudscapes                                 Happiness Is                                   Saturated

Pattern Interrupted                 People                                               Vintage                         

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

Overland Photo Supply, Inc.    8700 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, Carol Henderson, Bruce Hogle