Orlando Camera Club

*** Effective October 1st - OCC meetings will now start at 6:30 pm ***

Message from the Club President

Welcome to the Orlando Camera Club, now entering our 5th year, with a membership that has grown to nearly 500. In our ranks you will find everyone from raw beginner to seasoned professional, and all find much to engage and interest them.

Part of the reason for the Club's success is our focus on meeting our members' educational needs with monthly seminars and occasional workshops. Newer photographers, and those wanting to expand their horizons, can also take advange of our mentoring program to address their individual needs. Education, as well as fun and fellowship is also provided by our regular field trips.

The Orlando Camera Club runs monthly themed competitions that are judged by local professionals. Starting in October 2008, we are making the transition to an entirely Digital Format. For details on how to enter, please review the competition rules.The competitions provide an excellent opportunity to improve through seeing the work of others, as well as through the constructive critiques of our expert judges. Additional competition opportunities are provided by the Club's membership of the Florida Camera Club Council which runs several print and digital competitions throughout the year.

Please consider joining us, or being our guest at one of our meetings on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month at the Marks Street Senior Center Ballroom. We have a great Club and many wonderful and friendly members. Your photography - as well as ours - will benefit from your membership. As President, I have the luxury of a talented and energetic Board and with their help and your support, I am confident that the OCC will enjoy another wonderful year.

Anna Cary, President

OCC MEMBER NEWS & INFORMATION

Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk

Saturday July 18th at Orlando Wetlands Park. Meeting time is 5:45 AM to be in position for SUNRISE at 6:37 AM. - 10:00 AM. This walk will be led by Milton Heiberg from Milton Heiberg Studios. This walk is limited to 50 participants and it is filling up fast. For more information and to sign up visit Milton Heidberg's website (click the the Worldwide Photo Walk link on the front page) or visit the official photo walk website for this group.

Fifth Avenue Art Gallery: Call for Florida Artists

Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition September 2009. See pdf file for details.
Contact Mark Mittleman at: 100percentpureflorida@gmail.com

FCCC – 2nd Tri-Annual Competition 2009

Now accepting entries for Digital, Color & Monochrome Print categories. Download the rules for entry here. Deadline for each category are list below.

Digital: May 17th - June 9th
Color & Monochrome Print: May 25th

Digital Infrared Photography Course

Deb Sandidge will be teaching online at BetterPhoto. For details on her digital infrared photography course starting in July, go to: BetterPhoto/CourseOverview.

You can follow Deb on Twitter.

MORE & BETTER IMAGES FROM YOUR TRAVEL

A handout by Wallace Weeks. Download it here.

OCC eLibrary Update

New books have been added to our every growing collection of photography and digital imaging books. Stop by our eLibrary section of the website to see the extnesive list of great titles.

Orange Audubon Society's 2009 Photo Contest

Announcing Orange Audubon Society’s 2009 Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest. Orange Audubon Society’s 2009 (21st Annual) Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest gives nature-loving shutterbugs two categories of competition with prizes totaling $1,050. This year’s themes are “Florida’s Vertebrates and/or Scenics” and “Florida’s Invertebrates and/or Wildflowers”.

For more information download this Word document. For the official entry form with complete contest rules download this PDF file.

Single Image HDR Talk by Bill Grisaitis

We've posted a two part document created by William Grisaitis that covers his lecture on Single Image HDR. You can get both parts here:

Single Image Hdr by BillGrisaitis.pdf (Caution: Large file - 30 mbs)

Image Resizing for OCC Competitions

Our board members have put together a great document that may help some of our members with sizing their digital images correctly for monthly competitions. If you are needing a little help, please feel free to download this excellent PDF file containing helpful instructions on resizing your images using a variety of different software applications. If you have any questions please feel free to email our Competition Chair, Nancy Brown, and she'll be glad to help you.

Sponsor News

Harmon Photo & KEH - June 27th

KEH (www.KEH.com) the largest Used Camera Dealer is coming to Harmon Photo on Saturday, June 27th 9am-4pm. They will be buying your used camera equipment for cash. Come and see what your old gear is worth!

Bill Bachmann Cuba Tour Oct 2009

Bill will be directing another Cuba Photo Mission in late October/early November 2009. This will be a 13-day trip, with the opportunity to see time stand still in the 1950's before the embargo started. Shoot stock photos and write stories about the Cuba of today. For more information, contact Bill at bill@billbachmann.com.

New photo classes at Harmon Photo

Details of the new classes at Harmon Photo School are now available. OCC members benefit from a 10% discount and will figure highly as presenters on these courses. Please note that the OCC discount does not apply to workshops. Please visit their web site and support your local dealers. Harmon also offers discounts on printer ink and paper at their stores.

Special deals from Hunt's Photo

Currently, Hunt's Photo, an OCC Sponsor, has special deals on a wide range of products. Call Gary Farber at 800-221-1830 Ext 2332 for more details.

Help Wanted

Digital Competiton Assistance Needed

Are you computer savvy, with a passion for EXCEL, and a knack for Windows? If so, we could use your expertise in handling the digital competition entries. This is a great opportunity to see how the judging process works! Requires availability to receive the entries during the weeks before the competition (deadline is the Wednesday prior to Competition), and also the availability to be present on competition night, to run the image slideshow for judging and critiquing. We are hoping to have 3 or 4 members to be part of a rotating team.

For more information on how you can help, please contact Reg Garner at rgarner@orlandocameraclub.com

Miscellaneous

Orlando Magazine

They are looking for submissions for their back page, submit images of Orlando taken from any perspective, not just limited to skyline photos -- could be people, architecture, animals, landscapes, objects, sports or anything artsy.

Contact Orlando Magazine's Art Director; Jason Jones for more information. email Jason Jones at Orland Magazine.

Photodex Pro Show Gold - OCC Discount Code

Photodex is excited to offer all OCC members a chance to create great slideshows at home! A special limited discount for the OCC may be redeemed with this flyer for any ProShow® Gold or Producer purchase. You can have ProShow Gold, normally $79.95 for only $64. You can save even more by ordering just the electronic version — normally $69.95 for only $56. Just mention the code below when you call our sales and support line listed at the bottom of this flyer (click link to download).

CODE: Y3QK1QVB
EXPIRES: July 2, 2009

Visiting Orlando?

Check out our Visitor's Page for information about where to shoot in Central Florida, camera stores and other useful information. You're welcome to drop by one of our meetings - we'd love to meet you.

OCC Polo Shirts

Did you know you can order your very own OCC Polo Shirt...you choose the size & color and we'll have the Club logo embroidered on it. Cost is: $27.00 + shipping.

Contact Walt Hamler at the next club meeting to order.

Monthly Competition Winners
- Best in Category -

*** IMPORTANT *** Competition Rules Update

There is a new policy on competition entries, which is that only one entry per member is allowed from now on for the OCC monthly competition.

June 2008 - Curves

Class A - Color Category

"Morning Light "
Submitted by William Grisaitis

Class A - Monochrome Category

"On The Tracks"
Submitted by Shawna Braunstein

Class B - Color Category

"Curved Vase "
Submitted by Tony Cooperider

Class B - Monochrome Category

"View From The Edge"
Submitted by Joan Sandler

Note: Winners of previous competitions and all their great images can be seen in our Best in Category gallery

Orlando Camera Club Wins 2008 Award
** Best Nature Portfolio by a Camera Club **

The Orlando Camera Club (OCC) has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Windland Smith Rice International Award for best nature photography portfolio by Nature's Best Photography magazine. Based on overall excellence, the OCC portfolio was selected by the magazine from among 84 camera club portfolios worldwide.

Nine representative images from our portfolio have been published in the 2008 International Awards Collector’s Edition Issue of Nature's Best Photography magazine. These images are also being exhibited at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History in Washington DC in a show that runs through May 3, 2009. In formal recognition of the winning portfolio, the OCC will receive an etched glass award and a cash prize.

Our portfolio of 20 images was selected as best representing the categories in the competition from the three hundred fifty images originally submitted for consideration by OCC members.

The nine OCC photographers honored this year were: Wayne Bennett, Ken Blye, Diane Chenault, Reg Garner, Bill Grisaitis, Susan Germyn, Deborah Sandidge, Jim Urbach, and Bob Young.

You can see the all of the winning images at Windland Smith Rice International Awards 2008 Winners

B&H Photo "Profit Sharing"

The OCC urges our members to support our local sponsors. However, if you wish to order from B&H Photo online, please do so through the link on the OCC Home or Sponsor page, as the club will receive 3% of the purchase price.

OCC recently sponsored high school student Malica Alexandre to attend the Bill Fortney Seminar, Digital Photography Kickstart, an all day event which was hosted by OCC and Colonial Photo.

Pictured from left to right are: Wayne Bennett, past president; Malica Alexandre; Bill Fortney; Anna Cary, president.

Round of Applause

Deb Sandidge will be a featured photographer in the upcoming Summer Edition of Nikon World Magazine.

Pom Pom's Tea House - Photographer of the Month

Emily Neale Doyle will be displaying her Fine Art Photography at Pom Pom's Teahouse for the month of June. Images are focusing on abstract interpretations of the urban landscape. For more information download this flyer.

Orange County Audubon, 21st Annual Chertok Photo Contest Winners:

Eileen Fuchs from Kissimmee won an Honorable Mention for: Alligator, photographed in the Everglades. Diane Chenault also won an HM for Skimmer Doing Headstand photographed on the west coast.

Jim Urbach won 1st Prize for Snowy Plover with Chick

Please note that all OCC meetings are now held on the 2nd and 4th MONDAYS of each month in the BALLROOM of the Marks Street Center, starting at 6:30 pm.

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