Our slide show photos are now on the website homepage.
Forest and Library display photos
Kathleen says;
Greetings and happy holidays everyone.
Thanks to those who were able to participate in the December potluck/slideshow. It was FUN.
Please check through your images and pick our a MIDWEST SCENIC and or FALL AT FONTENELLE FOREST. We need several more of each for our new displays. We’d like to get them up as soon as possible.
Allen Kurth will be our speaker and he will talk about Adobe Lightroom. He will show his workflow and tips for using Lightroom.
Lightroom Video
In Closing
I want to say to all of you, I have had a ball being in this club and being your webmaster. I hoped all of you had a happy Holiday and wish for you to have a very, very Happy New Year. Please comment below what you would like to see your club do different for 2024. And don’t forget to be one of the lucky few who volunteer to be president and vice- president of the Fontenelle Forest Photo Club.
It is that time of the year. The club will provide fried and baked chicken. Members should bring a side dish to share. Dinner will begin shortly after the food arrives. If you haven’t already, let us know if you can come and how many. We need a count so we can have enough chicken. Send your info to the webmaster@fontenelleforetphotoclub.org and I will get that count over to Kathleen.
December Meeting Slideshow
We need your photos for the December meeting slide show. Please send your photo files to the webmaster@fontenelleforestphotoclub.org . They should all be submitted by December 19, Tuesday. This give me a couple of days to process photos into a slide show. The sooner the better.
Failed Post Notifications
It appears some of you are not getting notified when a new post is publish on the website. Some of the issues are spam filters on the individuals mail service. P;ease check your spam folders to see if the notification is there. I have asked Kathleen to email all of our members that a new post is on the website. Let me know or Kathleen if you do not see a notification.
Photo Displays
Kathleen says;
We still need some photos for the displays…
Midwest Scenic s for the library
And
Fall in Fontenelle Forest for the Forest display.
More Zoo Pics From Our Field Trip by Tom Boggs
Loess Bluffs Eagles and more
Brent and Mary Headley have been down to the bluffs and he says there are a lot of eagles and snow geese during “Eagle Days”
Past Meeting Minutes
I have received the minutes from October and November meetings. I will post them in another post to avoid fatiguing you guys too much!
A representative from Rockbrook Camera will be showing and talking about what’s new in photographic equipment. Check out their website https://www.rockbrookcamera.com/
Zoo Field Trip
9 club members plus one other from another club went to the Henry Doorly Zoo on Saturday, November 4, 2 hours prior to the zoo opening. It was amazing to be able to take photos with out the general public being there. I recommend you try one of these trips.
Forest Photo Display
We will be swapping out the raptor photos with the other raptor photos soon.
Treasurer’s Report
Oct. 1 balance: $858.55
Income dues 56.00
Expenses for
Display items 19.41
Oct. 31 Balance: $895.14
Still Need President and Vice-President!
Final Thoughts…
I am sure I’ve forgotten something. Comment below if you wish to add something to this post.
Thanks to Brent for providing us with an additional mat size. We now have two 8×12 inch mats for our displays. To the Nov. and Dec. meetings, Please bring:
MIDWEST LANDSCAPES photos for the library display
And
FALL AT FONTENELLE FOREST PHOTOS for the FF gallery
Photos should be 8×10, 8×12 or 11×14. Unmatted and boarderless (if possible) with your name and subject or location on the back.
Our November meeting will feature Aaron Frey, manager of Rockbrook Photography. He’ll have lots of new and wonderful photography equipment and gadgets to show us.
Zoo Field Trip November 4
We had 10 committed to go. One person has decided to spend another week in Florida. We are down to 9 people going. We need 1 more person. Contact Brent Headley. See previous post https://www.fontenelleforestphotoclub.org/potpourri-3/
At the Thursday Photo Club meeting, there was quite a bit of interest in a photo outing to Henry Doorly Zoo.
Photo Club goes to the Zoo Saturday, November 4th 8am to 10am. Admission to the zoo all day is included. Cost – $40. Pay at the zoo Sign up by Friday October 27th. The zoo requires signing a waiver to attend. If you would like to attend, please email Brent directly at bbqribsyum@gmail.com
Download waiver form for the zoo. Fill it out and bring with your $40 fee. Don’t forget to let Brent know if you are coming. We need at least 10 people. Only three so far have committed.
Mike Benkis, who gave a presentation to the club recently, will be our guide.
The exhibits Kingdom of the Night (we would get to see it with the lights on!), and the Aquarium have been recommended. They are close to the entrance (little walking). The zoo is checking on the indoor Jungle as an option – but that is not a certainty.
The $40 per person fee, includes admission to the zoo for the day. We are looking for a minimum of 10 people. More than 10 is fine.
If you would like to attend, please email Brent directly at bbqribsyum@gmail.com. Please sign up as soon as possible. At least by this coming Friday, October 27th.
We hope to see you there!
Photo Contests
Nebraskaland Magazine has a photo contest. entries are to be in by October 31, 2023. A little late notice eh? But if you have time to rush an entree to: https://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/photocontest/
For those of you interested in improving your astro-photography.
Printing Your Photos
Jay Davis will be sending me soon a list of resources and I will post in an upcoming blog.
November 16 Photo Club Meeting
Rockbrook Camera is our guest presenter. “What’s New in Photography” New equipment.
Zen Photo Gallery-Your Portfolios
Please consider utilizing this opportunity to show off your photos to friends, family, and the world. Take a look, click link below. If you would like to have your own portfolio, send me your .jpg files and I will generate your own portfolio.
Allen won our door prize from a drawing at the September meeting. Tickets for the drawing were handed out to members who paid their dues the night of the meeting. Congratulations Allen.
This hand made cutting board was made and donated by Phil Mininni for this drawing.
Takes place at the Fontenelle Forest Nature Center
Jay Davis
Jay Davis will be our speaker. His subject matter is “From Camera to Prints”. This should help those of us getting our photos to look like it looked on our monitors.
And, see below about bringing prints of Anything Green for the next Bellevue Library display.
Election of Officers
We are still looking for a President and Vice President. The new President and Vice President will have complete support of the Ex, as well as the support of the board members.
EX-President Phil will no longer be acting as the de-facto president. He will continue as Webmaster.
Annual Dues are due
Annual dues will remain at $12 for an individual, and $20 for a family. Members must also be current members of Fontenelle Forest.
Sign up for treats for the upcoming year
A sign up sheet will be circulated at the meeting. Dick and Patrick Keefe, and Kathleen are covering the September meeting.
Two More Great Reasons to attend the September meeting
Prize Drawing for the September meeting
Phil, your Ex-EX-President, is donating a handmade cutting board as a prize. These are nice! Tickets will be handed out to members who pay their club dues the night of the September meeting.
AND….
see the our New photo gallery, currently featuring raptor photos. There were a lot of raptor photos submitted, so if you don’t see yours on display right now, it will be rotated with the current photos.
Business
Treasurer’s Report and other comments from Treasurer Kathleen
Beginning and ending balance $591.83 No income or expenses this period.
The new raptor display looks GREAT! Please congratulate the members on the great photos they submitted. We have enough that we can exchange them in a couple of months.
Can’t remember if I mentioned that we received a nice thank you from the forest for our club donation to the Raptor Team.
Bellevue Library Displays
Currently on display: the winners of our 2023 photo contest. Next up: ANYTHING GREEN. Please bring your printed photos to the September meeting. And after Anything Green, MIDWEST SCENICS.
Upcoming meetings
October 19th meeting: Jay Davis is our scheduled speaker, and his subject is “From Camera to Print.” Jay is a professional Architecture and Commercial photographer, and past club member. https://www.jgdavisphotography.com/
November 16th meeting: Aaron from Rockbrook Camera will present our annual “great new equipment and gadgets from Rockbrook” meeting. Just in time to make your list for Santa. Thanks to Donna Gray for arranging this.
If YOU have any suggestions for future topics or speakers, please bring your ideas to the September meeting.
And Finally….
Speaking of Midwest Scenics, here is a short video “10 Fall Landscape Photography Tips.” This was not shot in the Midwest…
Congratulations to our winners. Jay Davis did a great job as our judge this year. He says he had a heck of a job. All the photos were great and it came down to technical qualities. Thank you Terry Turner for your power point presentation. I used it to put the photos on the homepage. I just resized them to fit the home page slideshow.
Too many Fauna photos
We did not have as many participants this year as in the past, the contest coordinators decided to go with no “Novice” class photos. Only two were submitted. The rest were submitted as “Advanced”. We had so many bird photos the contest coordinators decided to split fauna and put birds in there own class.
3 tied for Member’s Choice
Pick up Photos
July 8 at 10 AM. Please be prompt The winners, 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Best of Show will be hung at the library for display. All other photos should be picked up on Saturday morning on July 8 at 10 PM.
Bellevue Library
We mentioned that the 1st and 2nd place, and best of show would be hung in the library. Kathleen and Donna says there is room for the 3rd place winners as well.
September meeting is September 21 at 7:00 PM
Our theme for the night will be great photos of what we did this past Summer. Please send 3-4 photos to the webmaster before Monday, September 17. We will also have elections for officers. AND…
Drawing for September meeting
Your ex, ex president is donating a handmade cutting board as a prize. Tickets will be handed out to members, who will have paid their club dues the night of the meeting in September. I have been told I should sell my cutting boards. Some people say that they are that nice. I enjoy making sawdust and stuff.
We have decided to move the raptor shoot to the forest. It was originally scheduled for Camp Brewster. Due to construction, we would not be able to utilize the facilities at Camp Brewster. Kathleen was able to .arrange with the raptor group to show off the birds downstairs on the outdoor patio.
We will still meet at 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 18. The raptor lead, Kathy, will meet with us in the forest room where we normally meet and take us down to the lower patio where the birds will be shown. Please pass this along to other members if you have contact with them. Kathleen will send out an email to our members with a reminder also.
Once more, we will meet in the forest meeting room at 6:30 PM. Kathy will escort us downstairs and out to the patio. If by chance you arrive late you will need to find the stairs or elevator to get to the lower level.
As you are aware, our photo contest this year is shortened considerably during the time from set-up to judging because Bellevue University is having an in-house art show. There are only four days for the judge, Jay Davis, to judge the photos and prepare for the critique on June 15. It is critically important that digital files of all photos entered into the contest are received by Terry Turner prior to the critique so that a PowerPoint presentation can be made to be shown during the critique. The digital files are also made available to Jay Davis to assist in completing his critique.
All photos that are to be entered in the contest will have a digital copy sent to Terry Turner by June 7, 2023. Digital files can be sent anytime from now until June 7, 2023. Earlier would be better to avoid a last-minute crush of files. Include your name, entry information and title of photo. Any photo that has not had a digital copy sent to Terry by June 7, will be automatically disqualified. There will be no exceptions to this requirement.
