The Aperture
Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club
Established April 1963
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Meeting: June 10, 2013 (second Monday)
Time: 6:30 P.M. (chat time), 7:00 P.M. meeting
Location: Asbury United Methodist Church
Music Room
75th 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
This is our
final meeting and we get to find out how we did in the End of the Year
Competition. Judge Wayne Thompson will
attend this meeting and discuss our work.
Notes from Our Last Meeting –
by Gretchen Cole
Meeting
opened by President Steven Wall----introduction of guests---
Erin
announced upcoming events----turning in contest images tonight—July 20 field
trip to Long Lips Farm in Paola.
Donation is $10. Farm has
National Certified Butterfly Garden, including being a Monarch Butterfly
waystation. The property also has
woodlands and a 4 acre pond. Erin will
be at the farm at sunrise to “host” the club members. We will want to take care on the property by
showing respect for the flora and fauna
we find there.
Judy Burngen
announced a Flint Hills workshop Saturday June 29 sponsored by Canon. More information and additional classes can
be found at www.Crickcamera.com/classes.
Steve
announced that longtime Secretary Bill Staudenmaier and longtime Treasurer
Michael Stone will be “retiring” from their JCCC positions. Steve commended them for their many years of
service to our club. Thank you Bill and
Michael.
Election
of Officers for JCCC 2013-14---
Nominations
were made and seconded for the following positions. President, Erin Schuerman; Vice President, Curtis
Olinger; Secretary, Carol Barlau; and
Treasurer, Brian Schoenfish. Members
voted the new officers in with a majority.
Congratulations to the 2013-14 officers.
Erin
announced that Paul Douglas will manage the clubs Social Media outlets ie:
Facebook, Blog site and twitter. Thank
you Paul!
Year
End 2013-14 contest Guidelines:
- The members voted to have a yearend
contest for the 2013-14 year
- The members voted
to keep current guidelines pertaining to images eligible for entries taken
from May 13, 2013 thru May 12, 2014.
- Members voted to
keep 9 categories for next year and to be able to enter all 9 if desired.
(this represents a change). Total
number of images to submit will remain at 12. Members may enter no more than 2 images
in any one category.
- Members voted to
remove Photographer of the Year from the prizes at the end of each year.
- Members voted to
the following prize structure beginning 2013-14: 1st --$20 2nd --$15 3rd--$10 and HM $5. Best of Show will be selected from 1st
place winners with the prize of $20.
Erin
encouraged people to submit ideas to the Program Committee regarding ideas for
meetings and/or judges, or whatever suggestions you might have for future field
trips.
2013-14
Year End Contest Categories presented by Carol Barlau:
Astronomical----Dangerous---Flora---For
the Birds---Juxtaposition---Kansas/Missouri Icons---Negative
Space---Rocks---The American Experience---A short description to get you
thinking is included on a separate page.
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 2013 Juried Exhibition" The City of
Overland Park presents their annual jurored art exhibit, and among this year's
selected entries are photographs by Johnson County Camera Club members Crystal
Nederman, David North, Brian Schoenfish and Steven Wall -
Closes June 9.
Bohemian Gallery, 7939 Floyd Street, Overland Park,
KS (913-660-0600).
Hours: Tuesday thru Friday 10:30am-5pm.
"Gloria Baker Feinstein: Can You See Me
Now" On view is a mid-career retrospective of Feinstein's photographic
body of work. A look at people and places of the world around us, both near and
afar. Her photography is deeply personal and touchingly emotive in social
documentation and visual commentary
- Closes June 14.
All Souls Gallery, All Souls Unitarian Universalist
Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO(816-531-2131).
Hours: Monday thru Friday 9am-3pm, Saturday (call
first) and Sunday 9am-noon.
"Judith Burngen: Portraits of Cuba"
JoCoCC member Judith Burngen presents a stunning series of delightful yet
telling images of everyday citizens, life-styles, and locales she encountered
during recent visits to this unique and struggling island nation in the
Caribbean - June 22 thru July 19.
Note: Artist's reception will be held Friday, June
28, 7:00 - 9:00pm. Public is invited.
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.
"Invented Worlds: Photographs by Ruth
Thorne-Thomsen" Forty of her works spanning more than three decades are on
display. She uses the simplest of imaging devises, a handmade pinhole camera.
By making or arranging subjects to be photographed by this technique, she
creates a dreamlike vision of wonder and discovery resulting in a landscape of
imagination, blurring reality and myth. Besides creating her own camera, she
also made all the props in her photos
- Closes July 28.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick,
KCMO (816-753-5784).
Hours: Tuesday thru Thursday 10am-4pm, Friday and
Saturday 10am-9pm, Sunday 11am-5pm.
"Laura McPhee: River of No Return" Over
the course of five years, McPhee made nine trips to photograph and explore
Idaho's magnificent Sawtooth Valley. On display are more than two dozen
6X8-foot prints that capture the area's people, animals, the natural beauty and
their interrelationships, both good and bad
- Closes September 22.
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 frequently revised range
of subject matter and pictorial genre, from traditional landscapes and nature,
to subjective abstraction - Closes (eventually).
The Editor’s Corner – Bill Staudenmaier
Once I
began doing the newsletter for the club, my photography related columns began
to wander into other areas worthy of comment, or so I thought, and the reader
was lucky if I discussed anything at all about photography. I wondered if it was really necessary to
discuss photography point blank since all of life is a sort of a moving
photograph. I approached what I wrote
from the standpoint of trying to present a picture in words that might be of
interest. What I wrote didn’t appeal to
everyone, but from the email comments I’ve received through the years I know
that I hit a cord with many of you. I
don’t recall that I ever got any complaints or disagreements on my
writing. Perhaps most of you were too
kind to complain or correct my statements and facts. For those of you who didn’t read my column,
(not that you’ll be reading this one), I realize that not all writers produce
work that appeals to everyone.
Writing
is something that I always wanted to do.
I started off majoring in English but soon figured out that Business was
the route to making a living. I doubt
that I could have been a novelist; journalism would have been a better
choice. But all that aside, writing is
therapy for me. Each piece isn’t perfect,
even when it is finished, because it is never finished. It can always be adjusted to a much better
piece of work. This I think is the
beauty of digital photography also.
Adjustments to a given image can be made to the point of perfection in
the photographer’s mind. And a week or
so later more adjustments can be made to improve the image; again, never
perfect.
I would
like to thank JCCC members for putting up with my scribbling through the years. In
addition to photography, I want to get back into drawing and painting. One of many items on my bucket list if you
will, that needs to be addressed. So,
moving on……………
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.
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 1st.
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, Patricia Fries, Paul
Douglas
