January 2012
2012 Officers
Janet Young - President
Tommy Hatcher - Vice President
Cindy Dean - Treasurer
Alison Houk - Secretary
Club Meeting
Our next club meeting will be held Tuesday, February 14th from 7-9 pm at the Prebyterian Church at the corner of State and 10th streets in downtown Bowling Green. Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of every month.
We are also having a more informal meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the WKU Alive Center located at 1818 31-W Bypass. This meeting usually has a main subject that's determined beforehand as well as Q&A about equipment. These meetings are also from 7-9 pm.
January Meeting Recap
Guest Speaker: Andee Rudloff
New Members: Kathy Durbin, Stacy Carter, Perry Thessen, Meredith Thessen, Dawn Quillen, Bill Collins and Theresa Smith.
The program began with guest speaker from SKyPAC (Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center). Andee Rudloff is the Educational Director, who is also wearing many other hats right now. Andee gave us information on upcoming events at the new center. One that is pertinent to the club is that on March 18th there is a Community Opening Day and they're looking for photographers to help photograph the event for their documentation of it. You would get photo credit. They will also have a call to artists for exhibits.
Our member presentation was from Donn Miertl. It was a beautiful slideshow called Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A group of photographers from the club went there and the photos were great, as was the music and the whole presentation.
The officers for 2012 were presented and are as follows:
President: Janet Young
Executive V-P: Tommy Hatcher
Vice-President: Ronnie Ryne
Secretary: Alison Houk
Treasurer: Cindy Dean
In addition to our elected officers, the following will round out our Board for 2012:
Program Director: Alan Reeves
Program Coordinator: Keith Bridgman
Education Instructor: Donn Miertl
Education Instructor: Ronnie Ryne
Travel Coordinator: Sheila Reeves
Travel Coordinator: Larry Burnham
Webmaster: Barry Freas
The US Bank Celebration of the Arts held at the Kentucky Museum at WKU runs from February 25 through March 31. The entry fee is $15 for up two entries. They will have a reception with awards presented on February 24 beginning at 6:30pm. Entry details can be found here:
http://wkunews.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/usbank-2011exhibit/
The club will have a month-long exhibit at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Gallery beginning in August. This exhibit will coincide with the August Gallery Hop. Stayed tuned for more information.
Our monthly photo contest has a new name and also a few changes to go along with it. The Monthly Club Challenge will be due 8 days prior to each 2nd Tuesday meeting. February's challenge assignment is "Still Life" and will be due by 4pm on February 6. Five categories will be offered as follows:
CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT: MANIPULATED
CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT: UNMANIPULATED
OPEN: MANIPULATED
OPEN: UNMANIPULATED
HDR
The difference between Manipulated and Unmanipulated:
Manipulated means you have changed the original photo, through software such as Photoshop.
Unmanipulated means it is turned in with nothing done to it that could not be done in a darkroom.
For example, you CAN crop, sharpen, adjust levels, contrast, color enhance, convert to monochrome/sepia, dodge and burn. You CANNOT clone out something, add something, liquify, etc…thus changing the original photo beyond its original means.
Open Category pictures can be ones taken at any time on any subject. Bring out your best work.
HDR is essentially averaging out the low, mid and highlights of either one or multiple shots of the same image and rendering the final image with the aid of digital software.
Photo entries will now be emailed to:
Sizing requirements: 1024 dpi on the long end with total file size not to exceed 300KB. We will have a How-To session at our January 24th meeting at the Alive Center to illustrate this resizing procedure. Additional changes such as posting your own entries to our website are forthcoming but will not be implemented until probably March.
Entries are still due by 4pm on the due date. New for this year, is a "pool" of judges. Each month, we will have 3 judges selected from the established pool. So, no longer do you need to worry about "winning" a contest and being called upon to judge the following month.
There will be focus group time at each meeting. The following groups will meet: Canon, Nikon, Point and Shoot, Print Analysis and Donn Miertl's Beginner's Class.
The Medical Center's new Wellness Center on Cave Mill Road will be having a grand opening on January 25th. Our Jenny Morehead has been selected as their first exhibit and will be there during this time. Congratulations, Jenny!
We look forward to an exciting year!
Alison Houk
Secretary
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