February 2016 - Central Iowa Camera Club

Central Iowa Camera Club
north Central CaMera Club CounCIl MeMber
Marshalltown, Iowa
Volume 41
Issue 7
2016
Warm Greetings to You, CICC Members!
Photo Exhibit #2
Club Meeting
The second CICC exhibit in the Fisher Community Center feaMarch 3rd
Fisher Community Center
tures photo images by Danny Barker and the winners of the Feb7:00 pm
ruary Open Contest. This exhibit will be on display in the ConferProgram
ence Room A through Thursday, April 7 whenever the Community
Center is open. There are spectacular photos from our club members on display; be sure to drop in to Fisher Center to see the
Impact
Originality, imagination
work of our members!
interpretation, subject,
Congratulations!
interest, mood, humor,
Winners of the Open Contest held at the February 4 CICC meeting
etc.
include:
Composition
Color Print: Linda Eastman, Mark George, Mary Giese, Caralee
Arrangement of all
Hutchens, Beth Murtha, Ed Siems
elements within the
picture area so that the
Black/White Print: Jim Davis, Mark George, David Giese, Mary
subject matter is
Giese, Walt Huffaker, Denise Isaacson, Beth Murtha, Ed Siems,
presented as a
Amy Snyder.
harmonious well balanced
photograph.
Prints by these photographers will be included in the current exhibition.
Technique
Digital Color Images: Linda Eastman, Eric Dobbs, Mark George,
Focus, Lighting, color
rendition, exposure, print
Diana Mick, Ed Siems, Amy Snyder, Bill Williamson
quality, mounting.
Digital Black/White Images: Walt Huffaker, Caralee Hutchens,
Wilbur Hutchens, Diana Mick, Amy Snyder, Jim Svec, Bill Williamson
Thank YOU! The Feature Photographer of the current exhibit is
long-time CICC member and board member, Danny Barker. We
appreciate Danny’s numerous stunning images of butterflies as
Student Membership $10.00
well as the colorful landscape photos on exhibit.
Single Membership $20.00
Thank you to the judges, score keepers, ribbon writers, contest
Family Membership $27.00
chairperson and the technology experts who prepared and operated the digital competition at the February meeting. Thanks,
Club Photographer, Duane Freese for your behind the scenes work
before and after each contest/meeting.
Marshall County Conservation Board’s Photo Contest Winners
Announced Congratulations CICC members Linda Eastman,
Diana Mick, and Ed Siems who won awards in this fifteenth annual competition. All prints entered in the contest are on display
at Grimes Farm Conservation Center through the end of March.
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March 3rd Meeting
Speaker at the March meeting will be local artist and photographer, Mike Gilchrist. “Picking the Time/Picking the Light” is the topic of Gilchrist’s presentation. CICC members will learn how to create a photo notebook to schedule photo field
trips to record images. Smart Phone users who have TPE installed or are interested in using this app might want to install it before arriving at the Fisher Community Center on
March 3.
Would YOU like to be a CICC Featured Photographer? Any CICC member who has a
body of work collected in print form is welcome to apply to be the Featured Photographer
as part of a club photo exhibit in the Fisher Community Center. I encourage you make a
brief written application to David Giese at dagiese@mchsi.com. Please include the following information in your application:
o Dates in the exhibit cycle you would be available (April & May, June & July, August &
September, October & November, December & January),
o Subjects your prints would include
o Sizes you typically print
o An indication of: color prints only; black & white prints only; or a combination of prints.
You might include contests you have won, exhibits in which you have displayed your
work, or any other information which would be helpful to the board in selecting Featured
Photographers.
Annual Story County Photo Contest Entries in the Story County Photo Contest must
fall into four categories: Landscapes (within Story County Conservation Parks and areas-these photos may include structures); Flora and Fungi (specific plants or fungi--macro or
micro); Fauna (macro or micro); Connecting People and Recreation (people enjoying
Story Conservation Areas). Contest rules are available at
EEaves@storycountyiowa.gov. The parks in Ames and in the surrounding Story County offer a wide variety of photo opportunities. The deadline for entering photos in the Story
County Photo Contest is between March 7-26.
REMINDER: The April 7 CICC photo contest will focus on Travel Photos. Those of you who
travel the state, the United States, or the World will have the chance to enter and share a
photo documentation of your travels.
Looking forward to seeing you at our next CICC meeting on March 3!
Note: Please remember you can only have a total of 5 prints or digital entries combined.
All digital entries must be sent to Jim Svec (jlsvec@gmail.com) by 3:00 P.M. on the Thursday the day of the meeting. No more digital entries will be accepted after this time!
CICC President
Dag
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About TPE
Thu Feb 4, 2016 at 11:59
The Photographer's Ephemeris™
The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) helps plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes. It’s a map-centric sun and
moon calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.
Created for photographers by a photographer in 2009, TPE is a software tool available for desktop and mobile devices to help you plan outdoor photography
shoots to ensure the best possible natural light.
History
TPE was conceived in 2008, following a weekend landscape photography course in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. After a classroom session that required use of paper-based topographic maps, protractor, calculator, pencil and ruler, it seemed like an equivalent digital tool built on internet mapping services
might be something whose time had come.
The original TPE for Desktop (an Adobe AIR application) was released in beta in March 2009, and quickly found a following online. An iPhone app was released in
April 2010, and was expanded to include a dedicated user interface for iPad tablets later that year. TPE for Android was released in November 2011.
In September 2014, the original TPE for Desktop was replaced by a modern, browser-based web app. The new app supports all the features of the original, but
offers the opportunity for much easier integration and linking with other apps in the TPE family and beyond.
Our iOS app reached version 3.0 in early 2015, and has been enhanced significantly over the past year to include Location Synchronisation (for both iOS and the
web app), Skyfire, Night Mode, and more.
We’ve also improved integration with TPE’s sister app The Photographer’s Transit, a digital field of view and shot planning application. The Photographer’s Transit
is available on both iPhone and iPad as of version 2.0, released in December 2015.
Name
Mark George
Mark George
Ed Siems
Linda Eastman
Caralee Hutchens
Linda Eastman
Mary Giese
Beth Murtha
Mary Giese
Open Contest Club Winners February
Color print
Adv.
Adv.
Adv.
Int.
Int.
Int.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
45
45
42
41
40
38
34
33
31
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
I'm watching you
Let's play
Cardinal
Surrender
Yellowstone in February
Oh hum
A heavenly show on Blaine's birthday
Happy girl
Marigold
Mark George
Ed Siems
Jim Davis
Walt Huffaker
Denise Isaacson
David Giese
David Giese
Amy Snyder
Mary Giese
Beth Murtha
B/W print
Adv.
Adv.
Adv.
Int.
Int.
Int.
Int.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
39
31
31
32
30
29
29
33
30
29
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Hm
1st
2nd
3rd
Mustang
Old barn
Elegant chandelier
Bicycle
Silent sentinal
Castle in clouds
500 year old oaks and still growing
American picker picking up grandma
Fungus
A form of communication
Mark George
Digital slide
Adv.
42
1st
Cozumel lighthouse
Adv.
Int.
37
37
3rd
1st
Doom on you
Dahlia diva
Bill Willamson
Ed Siems
Linda Eastman
Linda Eastman
Eric Dobbs
color
Adv.
Int.
Int.
Amy Snyder
Nov.
Dianna Mick
Nov.
Dianna Mick
Nov.
40
2nd
36
2nd
37
1st
35
30
27
3rd
2nd
3rd
Conure parrot
Alberta falls
Cathedral
Bunnies in water
Four hearts
Pink
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Wilbur Hutchens
Adv.
34
1st
Russian bus driver does not smile
Bill Williamson
Adv.
30
2nd
Perfectly still
Walt Huffaker
Int.
38
1st
Light house
Walt Huffaker
Int.
36
2nd
White bike
Caralee Hutchens
Int.
35
3rd
Snowing in Steamboat Springs
Dianna Mick
Nov.
33
1st
Watering cans
Amy Snyder
Nov.
30
2nd
Lit limo
Amy Snyder
Nov.
29
3rd
Causeway
Color Print Nature
Digital slide b/w
January N4C Club Winners
Color Print Nature
2nd Linda Eastman
Digital Nature
HM
HM
Ed Siems
Bill Williamson
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Club Contests
2015-2016
President
David Giese
641-752-5258
Vice-President
Ed Siems
641-751-4386
Secretary - Treasurer
Teresa Vokoun
October
December
February
April
May
June
Open
Nature
Open
Travel
Wheels
Open
641-485-0626
Sharp Focus Editor
Jim Svec
jlsvec@gmail.com
N4C Representative
Jim Svec
641-752-5265
Contests
Jim Davis
http://centraliowacameraclub.com
Impact
Originality, imagination
interpretation, subject,
interest, mood, humor,
etc.
Composition
Arrangement of all
elements within the
picture area so that the
subject matter is
presented as a
harmonious well balanced
photograph.
Technique
Focus, Lighting, color
rendition, exposure, print
quality, mounting.
Photographer - Duane Freese
Field Trips - Ed Siems
Yearly Awards
Jim Davis
Webmaster - Jim Svec
jlsvec@gmail.com
Danny Barker
Wilbur Hutchens
Caralee Hutchens
Mary Giese
Linda Svec
Deadline
Sharp Focus articles are due to the
Editor no later than 10th of every month!
The Central Iowa Camera Club exists to
promote the understanding and practice of
photography in Central Iowa. Membership
is open to persons without regard to their
photographic knowledge, experience, sex,
age, race, or creed.
Meetings are held at Fisher Community
Center at 7:00 p.m., the first Thursday of the
month - September through June. Programs
are planned to be of interest to beginning
through advanced photographers and to
those who enjoy viewing the photographic
art.
www.n4c.us
Dues are $10.00 student, $20.00 single, $27.00
family, and are due the first meeting in
September.
2005-2016
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