Message
from the Club President
Welcome to the Orlando
Camera Club!
As President this year, I heartily welcome you to one of the BEST camera clubs in the world! The Orlando Camera Club offers both members and guests resources to help them become better photographers. This year will be exciting for its members as we upgrade the club database and competition software to make the experience fun and simple. We have new programs and speakers from around the world stopping in to share with us how to make the photographic experience fun, easy and exciting!
Our mission is to educate people through our programs, resources and links to become better photographers. Our members range in ages from 12-90 years. There are all levels of photographers in the club and most are very willing to help each other develop their skills and talents. We offer opportunities for everyone to become a part of this ‘family’ of photographers.
We meet as a group on the 2nd and 4th Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm at the Marks Center in downtown Orlando. On the 2nd Monday we have juried critiques of digital images submitted by members. On the 4th Monday, the focus is on bringing together people for education and typically we bring world class professional photographers in for seminar workshops to share the latest and greatest techniques and images.
Please plan on visiting us at one of our meetings. You will become more informed, better at imaging and will hopefully have fun meeting others with a passion for creating images that shape our world. You will gain valuable experience and have fun learning with our members. I encourage you to visit and get involved with the one of the many committees and programs offered by the club.
Passionately Photographing,
Keith Thomas
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OCC
MEMBER NEWS & INFORMATION
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Remember: OCC meetings
start at 6:30 pm ***
OCC Membership Renewals
OCC club year begins on September 1st
Please use the Pay Now button below
Individual Membership is $45 Family Membership is $55 Student Membership is $25
(Student Membership requires proof of being a full time student)
You may pay with your PayPal account or with Debit or Credit Card as a guest. Please add a note to seller with the following information:
• First and Last Name
• New member or renewal
• Member Id if renewal
• Family members if Family Membership
Only NEW members need to register on the
OCC Member Forum
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Orange Audubon Society's
2012 (24th Annual) Kit and Sidney Chertok Florida Nature Photography Contest
Contest Deadline
May 17, 2012
Please click on the
Orange Audubon Society banner
above for more contest information.
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Orlando Camera Club
"Night Portraiture" Field Trip
May 18, 2012
with Barry Kirsch. Please visit the OCC Field Trips forum for details.
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Orlando Camera Club
Guest Speaker
Vinny Colucci
"Four Keys for Making Great Images"
May 28, 2012
Vinny Colucci's Website
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"Rain"
Competition
June 11, 2012
The OCC Member Forum is available for members to upload their June "Rain" Competition Photos.
Please visit the June 11, 2012 meeting to see the results of the "Rain" competition.
All entries must be sumbitted by midnight of Monday, June 4, 2012.
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Orlando Camera Club
Novice Group
"Bootcamp"
June 25, 2012
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Orlando Camera Club
Volunteers Needed
Volunteer Photographers
Please visit the OCC Volunteers section of the OCC Member Forum for details.
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Join the new Orlando Camera Club Facebook page
Please visit here to join.
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Novice Group Meetings
For information on the Novice Group, please visit the OCC Member Forum
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Bill Bachmann has great opportunities ahead for 2012
Bill's BACHMANN TOUR OVERDRIVE (BTO) group trips are with a great group of people that love to travel... many of them are OCC members. He has a full Peru/Ecuador/Galapagos Island trip in November 2011, and then his Cuba Mission in March of 2012 filled up quickly. He then organized a June 2012 African Safari to Kenya & Tanzania in June 2012 and it filled up in three days!! But there are three separate events that you may want to consider.
Click here for more information on Bill Bachmann's Oppportunities for 2012
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
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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.
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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.
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Monthly
Competition Winners
- Best in Category
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May 2012 Competition Winners
"Passion"
Class
A - Color Category
"Abandon"
Submitted by Shelley Lake
Class
B - Color
Category
"Yes Sir!"
Submitted by Jay Connors
Monochrome
Category
"Passion on the Fly"
Submitted by Wayne Bennett
Creative Category
"Passion on a Platter"
Submitted by Christian Mildh
Competition
Final Scores (.pdf) - May 2012 "Passion" Competition Scores
Note:
Winners of previous competitions and all their great
images can be seen in our Best
in Category gallery
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OCC
Annual Competition Year End
Winners
2010 - 2011
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Overall Best in Show
"The Last Carvings"
Submitted by Christian Mildh
First
Place - Color
"A"
"Woman in a Red Hat"
Submitted by Shelley Lake
First
Place - Color
"B"
"Red Splash
Submitted by Jim Hardiman
First
Place - Monochrome
"The Year of the Rabbit"
Submitted by Fabio Ventura
First
Place - Creative
"The Last Carvings"
Submitted by Christian Mildh
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The OCC Suggestion Box
We want to hear from you.
We are continually looking for ways to improve the OCC.
If you have susggestions, please click
here
to go to the OCC Member Forum and select the NewTopic button.
Thank you.
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Parking Issues at
Marks Street Center - Please use the parking lot
in front of Marks Street Center, the parking lot behind
the Center (the large parking lot on the north side) is
a private parking lot and NOT available for us to use. We’ve
been advised that any unauthorized cars parked here could
be towed.
