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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Judith's Exhibit
Hello everyone, here is a reminder about Judith Burngen's upcoming exhibit:
Please join me for the Artist's Reception for
Portraits of Cuba on Friday June 28th, 7-9 pm.
The location is the All Souls Unitarian Church
4501 Walnut (across the street from the Kemper Museum).
I've learned that some assume it is the
Unity Church on 47th in the Plaza.
The show ends July 19th. Gallery hours listed
below. The Gallery is also open from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays if you can't make the Reception. Judith
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Aperture | June 10, 2013
The Aperture
Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club
Established April 1963
jococameraclub.org
jococameraclub.blogspot.com
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
{Long Lips Farm} | Field Trip - July 20, 2013
If you have any questions, please contact Erin Schuerman.
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Aperture | May 13, 2013
The Aperture
Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera ClubEstablished April 1963jococameraclub.orgjococameraclub.blogspot.com
Meeting: May 13, 2013 (second Monday)
Meeting AgendaThis is it, time to download your contest entries on a flash drive and bring them to the May meeting. If you need to review the rules again for the End-of-the-Year Competition, they have been included toward the end of this newsletter. Gretchen Cole will be collecting and organizing the images for submittal to the judge. We will feature Show & Tell at this meeting. Bring five to seven images; your choice of subjects.This is also our annual business meeting to elect new officers and board members and to discuss next year's End-of-the -Year Competition. Carol Barlau will reveal the new subjects for next year.
Notes from Our Last Meeting-President Steve Wall presided over the meeting.- After discussing some club business issues Steve passed the microphone to Bruce Hogle who introduced Scott Bean our guest speaker for the evening. Scott grew up in Kansas and has produced many beautiful images of different areas of the state. - A field trip is planned to Long Lips the butterfly farm in Paola on 7-20-2013. The cost is ten dollars per person.- Steve suggested National Geographic Live at the Kauffman Center to the members.- The meeting was adjourned.
At The Galleries – Michael Stone (Photography currently on display)
Images Art Gallery, 7320 W. 80th Street, Overland Park, KS (913-232-7113)
"The 2013 Juried Show" Images Art Gallery presents their ninth annual jurored art exhibition. Among this year's selected entries are 27 photographs, including images by Johnson County Camera Club members Dona Corben, Marla Craven, Wayne Hickox, Charlotte Jackson, Dennis Littleworth, Curtis Olinger and Richard O'Kell - Closes May 11.
Tim Murphy Art Gallery (top floor), Irene B. French Community Center, 5701 Merriam Drive, Merriam, KS (913-722-7750). Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-3pm, and Sunday 2-4pm."Northland Exposure Artist's Gallery" A group exhibition by members of this artist owned and managed gallery located in downtown Parkville, MO. Among the works featured are images by JoCoCC member Dona Corben, and photographers Roger Cissner and Tom Holle - Closes May 11.
Community Art Gallery, Community Christian Church, 4601 Main, KCMO (816-561-6531).
"Photographs From Bhutan, China and Vietnam" Adventure photographer, Charles Porter, presents a series of striking images (made during short stays in each of these Asian nations) that illustrate the unique quality of location, people and culture - Closes May 14.
All Souls Gallery, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO
"Painted" Photography by Aaron Daugherty - April 22 thru May 17.
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.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Block Building, 4525 Oak, KCMO (816-561-4000).
Revocup Coffee, 11030 Quivira (behind McDonalds), Overland Park, KS (913-663-3695).
Community Art Gallery, Community Christian Church, 4601 Main, KCMO (816-561-6531).
All Souls Gallery, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO
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.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Block Building, 4525 Oak, KCMO (816-561-4000).
Revocup Coffee, 11030 Quivira (behind McDonalds), Overland Park, KS (913-663-3695).
The Editor’s Corner – Bill Staudenmaier
Spring is trying hard to establish a foothold in eastern Colorado, today was an exceptionally nice day for early May. We worked in my daughter’s yard in Fort Collins, my wife raking and trimming the dead remains out of the gardens, while I worked at removing and disassembling a chain link fence on the northeast side of the house. So why are we back in Colorado again just two months past our last trip here?
My daughter’s husband is in Hawaii on a business trip and she flew to Hawaii to meet him for a short vacation. All of this has gotten complicated, but this was the only way it would work out. Tony had to be there early for a meeting and will be getting back a few days after she returns. Rebecca is an art and biology teacher so she had to arrange for time off. We agreed to take care of our grandchildren while they are in Hawaii. The kids will be in school all day so we will have to find something to keep us busy. But that won’t be a problem. We might even find time for a walk around “Old Town” if another sunny day crops up. Now back to the fence.
My daughter wants to put in a wooden fence and a gate in place of the chain link on the side of the house. The section I have removed will furnish parts to repair the area where her back fence was damaged. Some large limbs came down off her Cottonwood tree during the last heavy snow and ice storm and bent the top pipe of the fence. Most of the upper pipe support there is bent and twisted, but that’s not the main problem. The fence fabric has years of growth from an invasive (according to a CO website) flowering shrub which managed to work itself in around the open spaces in the wire through the years. Because of that I’m not going to put a lot of effort into this. My daughter likes these flowering shrubs called Cotoneasters (never heard of them in Kansas) so I doubt she will let me take them all down to the ground along the fence line at the back of her lot. And since her back fence borders on a busy road, unlike her neighbor who has a nice wood fence which even I could climb over, the chain link fence is not easy to traverse. Rambling misshapen, the chain link fence and shrubs provide a barrier that would stop anyone trying to climb over. So my solution is to simply slip a new top rail through tangled leaning branches such that the repair matches the remainder of the fence. When the bushes start to leaf out and bloom you won’t be able to see the fence anyway; repair problem solved.
It may be my imagination but Colorado Cottonwoods have upper branches that are a lighter color gray, almost white, compared to Kansas Cottonwoods. The heavier bark on the bottom of the older trees also seems to have deeper furrows in comparison. When the light is right this texture shows up quite nicely. It seems to create an appearance of strength. I’ve told myself I need to find a significant stand of Cottonwood and just shoot pictures of the branches and huge trunks lining a quiet stream. Doubt that anything would come of it, but it might make a pleasant field trip. Meanwhile back at the fence.
Today I finished work on the chain link fence. Unless you really look hard you can’t find the repaired area. No Cotoneasters were destroyed in the repair process and a successful integration of the natural world with a barrier has restored the sought for balance.
Rules Summary for the Year End Photo Contest 2012-2013
Gretchen Cole and Pat Woods will be collecting and organizing the images for this year’s judge, Wayne Thompson. The following rules apply.
Entries are due at our May 13, 2013 meeting. Only those who have paid their membership dues may enter. Only images shot on or since our May 14, 2012 meeting to present May 12, 2013 are eligible. Re-processed images or images recorded prior to May 14, 2012 are not eligible for the 2013 contest. Copying portions of images from past images for insertion into current contest images is also prohibited if they pre-date May 14, 2012.
Judging results will be presented at our June 10, 2013 meeting.
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.
Please remember to adjust the size of your images at 72 in the resolution box and then 1024 pixels for the longest side. Save all your images to a Flash Drive as a JPEG. Check each 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. Label each image with your last name, one underscore, category code, and number as follows.
Architecture = ARCloudscapes = CLPattern Interrupted = PICritters = CRHappiness Is = HIPeople = PESquare = SQSaturated = SAVintage = VI
Place each category you are entering in a separate folder on a Flash Drive labeled with your first and last name so it can be returned to you. All images will be copied to a DVD for the judge’s convenience. The following is and example of how to designate your file identification.New Folder = AR
Photographer_AR1.jpgPhotographer_AR2.jpgAnd so on. Before turning in your images please verify that they are readable.
Should you have questions contact Gretchen Cole at gretchencole@comcast.net or Pat Woods at p-woods@kc.rr.com .
Images for Show and TellThere 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 ContestSubmittals 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 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
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