Dinner will be at the forest. Show up at 7:00 PM on December 19. There will be a slideshow. And Sue Mininni is working on table center pieces that each table will raffle off for their table’s center piece. Hopefully you all have already signed up to attend and indicated type of dish to share. The club is getting fried/baked chicken and sodas/coffee.
Photo Displays
Bring your photos to December meeting (Pot Luck) for the forest and library displays.
“Bridges” for the Bellevue Library
“Birds of Fontenelle Forest” for the forest display
December Meeting Slideshow
I have received photos from 6 members. I would like to see more members send me photos, 3,4,or 5 photos. There is no particular theme other than to think “Anything Goes”. Send me your photo files to webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org
Treasurer’s Report
From Kathleen Crawford-Rose
Greeting all.
November 1 balance $752.77
Income from dues 20.00
Expenses 0
November 30 balance $772.77
In Closing
If you cannot make it to the Pot Luck Dinner, I want to wish you all a Very, Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Happy Holidays to all of you! And did I mention we are looking for a couple of volunteers to be our president and vice president. I know this is sounding old, but we need you. Please comment below or send to me anything that is on your mind. Send to webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org
Don’t forget to send me your photos for the slideshow.
Consider this your homework assignments for the the rest of the year and next.
Greetings!
We are trying to make photography for display at Fontenelle Forest and the Bellevue Library a little easier for everyone. For 2025, these will be the “homework” assignments for the display photos at both locations. Knowing the topics in advance, should make it easier for those wanting to participate to have photos ready to go when needed. So, when you are out and about, keep the list handy!
The first display for January, 2025, will be:
Fontenelle Forest: Birds of Fontenelle Forest – prints due at the November and December meetings.
Bellevue Library: Photos of Bridges taken anywhere. Prints due at the November and December meetings.
Meeting starts at 7 PM on Thursday November 21, 2024 at Fontenelle Forest. Enter building at the north entrance down the boardwalk. Our speaker will be Aaron Frey from Rockbrook Camera. Aaron has become a traditional speaker at our November’s meetings. He will be showing and discussing new photographic equipment to our members, All our welcome.
Financial Report
This was submitted to the Fontenelle Forest administration.
October Report
Beginning balance $622.77
Income from dues 130.00
Balance Oct. 31 $752.77
Meeting’s Minutes
A relative new addition to our menu at the top of the home page is “Meeting Minutes” If you have missed a meeting, you can catch up by clicking on “Meeting Minutes” at the top of the home page.
Photo
by Keith White
Photo Displays
Good afternoon everyone.
We are trying to make photography for display at Fontenelle Forest and the Bellevue Library a little easier for everyone. For 2025, these will be the “homework” assignments for the display photos at both locations. Knowing the topics in advance, should make it easier for those wanting to participate to have photos ready to go when needed. These are in no particular order and we may not use all of them in 2025 but they can carry on through 2026.
So, when you are out and about, keep the list handy!
The first display for January, 2025, will be:
Fontenelle Forest: Birds of Fontenelle Forest – prints due at the November and December meetings.
Bellevue Library: Sunrise/Sunset photos taken anywhere. Prints due at the November and December meetings.
Happy shooting!
Donna
Fontenelle Forest
Bellevue Library
Birds
Bridges
Mammals
Sunrise/sunset
Spring in the Forest
Vacations
What’s in the Water
Pets
F.F. Landscapes
Reflections
Plants /Fungi
Contest Winners
Fall In the Forest
Macro
Holidays
Video for Printing Photos
Seems to be a commercial, but has some good hints.
The photo contest entries and the winners have been put on our website’s homepage slide show. https://www.fontenelleforestphotoclub.org/ is the link to the website. Please watch the slideshow and through the comments or mail me at webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org any omissions, mistakes…etc you may find. I will correct them.
New Member
We would like to welcome Lorrie Taylor to our club.
Donna Turner
Old Member
From Donna;
Good morning,
I had a phone call from Jeff Grill who is the late Essie (Ethel) Grill’s son. Essie was a former member of the Fontenelle Forest Photography Club. She passed on at the age of 101. Her son came across several boxes of slides of wildflower photos taken by his mother. These slides are of wildflower photos taken all over the USA. Jeff was wanting to know if the Club or any of its members might be interested in these slides.
I told them the Club itself wouldn’t be interested but that I would pass on the information to the membership. If you are interested, give Jeff a call.
I also stated he might check with local schools, etc., to see if anyone might be interested but that slides might be a hard sell due to technology issues.
Fontenelle Forest apparently is not interested as they gave Jeff my name.
Kathleen and Phil, please forward to the membership and put something on the website.
I have received photos from 6 members. I could use more.
Photo by Keith White
Treasurer’s Report
Photo Club Treasurer’s Report
September 1 balance $322.77
Income from due diligence 300.00
Expenses none
September 30 balance $622.77
Raging River
Photo by Margaret West
You May Have Noticed…
I have inserted a couple of photos from two of our members. The photos are from their summer photos they have sent to me. I am thinking of putting photos from our members into these post to show off to the world. Our post are being see around the world. My proof is the number of emails I receive from Russia, Germany, and other countries. Not all of them are wholesome, oh well! If you wish to see your picture taken by you on these post, I will set up a folder and place photos in it that I will draw from and place in these post. Send to webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org If you send me a photo, indicate “for post/blog”. I would recommend putting a copyright symbol in your photo. I will ask one of you to tell us how to do that. Better yet please comment below on how to do it.
Photo Tips Video
Comment Below
Please leave a comment below. I will also like to hear from you on what you would like to see in my post/blogs. Hope to see you all at the October meeting. Remember to bring your dues in if you have not already done so.
I was unable to procure a speaker for the October meeting. So let’s have a “Show Off Your Favorite Photos from this Past Summer” night at our meeting.
Send me 4 or 5 of your favorite photos you have taken this summer. I will put them together and present them to our members. Remember you will be asked about your shots and maybe press you on how you took them.. Send your .jpg files to me; webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org .
I have copies of all the photos entered in our past contest. I am working on putting them on the home page of our website’s slide show. It has been a very busy summer with other time consuming activities, which may be a good thing. I am not posting as many times as in the past.
And Another Thing
Please comment below! I will post a reminder before the October meeting about the meeting. I will have a treasurer’s report. If you haven’t paid your dues, please bring them to the October meeting. Again you have to also be a member of Fontenelle Forest to be a member of the photo club. Updates on the photo displays for the forest and Bellevue Library will be given.
We are having our first meeting of the calendar year on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at Fontenelle Forest.
Ni Drehmann
Ni is our guest speaker for the September 19 meeting. She is a Photo Journalist at Wildlife Photographer. She will be talking about her journey into photography. From Ni “I was going to talk about how I got started in photography and the current projects I am working on specifically with the gray wolves of Yellowstone and Colorado. A thesis photography documentary I’m working on. “
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer’s report for August, 2024
No income and no expenses.
Balance remains $322.77
Mary..Dick and Patrick keefe and I will bring treats to the Sept meeting.
Kathleen
Dues Are Due
For the first time since the club’s inception dues have been increase. Your dues. $20.00 for single and $30.00 for family. To be a member of the Fontenelle Forest Photography Club, you must also be a member of the Fontenelle Forest. The present forest admin staff will audit our member’s list to make sure our members are also members of the forest.
Please bring your dues at the September meeting!!!
Photo Displays
Photo Displays
In October, after Feather Our Nest, we will put up a new display in our Fontenelle Forest Gallery. The topic is Fall in Fontenelle Forest. This is not just fall foliage but wild flowers, animals, fungus, etc.
AT the end of Sept. WE will also be putting up the first photo display in the new Belleuve Public Library. The topic here is also Fall but anything goes here. Show off your beautiful fall shots from anywhere.
Volunteers Needed!
We are still looking for a president and vice-president. We should discuss where there are other areas of administering our club.
I have had a wonderful summer off the grid. Not living and breathing photo club. Now it is time to get back to work.Please comment below about anything.
Congratulations to all our winners. There were not as many entries this year as in the past. Now is a good time to start thinking about next year’s photo contest. This year’s came way too soon for me. We all need to start thinking about all those hints mentioned by our two judges.
We hung the winning photos at the Bellevue Library for display.
Perhaps now is the time to think about doing our contest digitally. This would remove the print process variable. Let me know in the comments below how you feel.
I will be posting all the photo entries soon! I haven’t decided yet whether to place on the website’ home page slideshow or link them to the Zen photo gallery.
