Orlando Camera Club

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.

Message from the Club President

Welcome to the Orlando Camera Club!

The mission of the Orlando Camera Club is to provide its members, from beginners to professionals, with educational and skill building opportunities in the art of photography. Membership in the Orlando Camera Club is open to anyone with an interest in photography and all skill levels are welcome.

The Orlando Camera Club strives to address the needs of photographers at all skill levels through mentoring, community service, field trips, photo competitions and educational programs. The Orlando Camera Club was founded only six years ago and today, has nearly 500 members. Last year, the club won first place for Camera Club Portfolio in the 2008 Windland Smith Rice International Awards and their images displayed in Washington DC at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

The Orlando Camera Club meets twice a month (2nd and 4th Mondays) at the Marks Street Center in Downtown Orlando. We have an exciting year planned that includes three Canon Explorers of Light, world renowned professional photographers, book authors and more. You can see the details of scheduled programs by clicking on Club Info in the navigation bar above.

Please come join us at an upcoming meeting.

Reg Garner
President, Orlando Camera Club

OCC MEMBER NEWS & INFORMATION

*** Remember: OCC meetings start at 6:30 pm ***

July 26th Guest Speaker - Joe Drivas

Shooting for Stock Photography
www.joedrivas.com
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The Orlando Camera Club is now on Facebook

Click here to join.

The OCC Competition Rules

March 2010 Rules
Have been reformatted to make them easier to read and understand.

Click here for the updated rules.

The Mentoring Program

The Mentoring Program is specifically for members of the Orlando Camera Club that need help with anything regarding photography. If you have any questions or need help with any aspect of photography, just email me, “Carey Cordell” with what you need help with and what type of equipment you are using. I will send a request to our list of mentor volunteers and hopefully someone will have the knowledge and time to help you. It’s as easy as that.

Carey Cordell - careycordell@orlandocameraclub.com

The OCC featured on Youtube at the Vierra Art Gallery Photo Show
Click here to see the Youtube video.

OCC 2009 Banquet photos are up!

You can view them here: Club Events

Shooting Product & Still Life Images by Wallace Weeks

A complete set of notes from Wallace Week's great presentation on Still Life and Product photography can be found here.

PLUG-IN EXPERIENCE!

Check out Rick Sammon's latest website, called the Plug-in Experience to see some great images created using a variety of Plug-ins supported by Photoshop and Lightroom. To find out how to submit your own images for publication on the website, go here: The Plug-in Experience

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.

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, Winnie Gustafson, and she'll be glad to help you.

Sponsor News

New OCC Double Exposure Sponsor Reedy PhotoProcess

Travel to Cuba in March 2011

Bill Bachmann, professional photographer and proud OCC sponsor, is quickly filling his fourth (and last) mission to Cuba taking place on March 27- April 10, 2011. He has taken three other groups --and many OCC members -- in the last two years and is thrilled with the mission and adventures. We are taking medicines to Cuba legally right out of Miami to help the common Cuban people and it is wonderful indeed to see Cuba today, before it changes into an American playground with McDonald's and WalMarts! All the 1950's cars slowly go by, the buildings are faded and wonderful to photograph, and the Cuban people are just a joy to interact with all over the country. And all the supplies that we bring are so helpful to a country that is struggling so much & in need of such help.

If you are interested in the information of the trip, Bill needs you to email him soon before it fills up, He is traveling Northern USA now, but will respond right away if you email him at his traveling email of billbachmann@yahoo.com This is a wonderful opportunity to help out Cuba, see & record digitally the many faces of Cuba. Many of you have seen or heard from the many OCC members that have traveled with Bill. Check out his award-winning website at www.billbachmann.com and email to the yahoo traveling email if really interested.

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.

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 Orlando Magazine.

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.

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 Kathy Urbach at the next club meeting to order.

Monthly Competition Winners
- Best in Category -

July 2010 Competition Winners
"Humor"

Class A - Color Category

"Studying the Course"
Submitted by Reg Garner

Class B - Color Category

"Slim Chance"
Submitted by Tony Cooperider

Class A - Monochrome Category

"AHHHHH!"
Submitted by Winnie Gustafson

Class A - Creative Category

"Trick or Treat"
Submitted by Frederic Krueger

Competition Final Scores (.pdf) - July 2010

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

FCCC Digital Year End Winners
- 2009 -

First Place - Color "A"

"Letitia Smoke"
Submitted by Arturo Macias

Second Place - Color "A"

"Snowy Day "
Submitted by Diane Chenault

First Place - Monochrome"B"

"View from the Edge"
Submitted by Joan Sandler

Print Category
Second Place - Monochrome"B"

"Under the Pines"
Submitted by Dirck DuFlon

Third Place - Monochrome"B"

"Sawgrass"
Submitted by Dirck DuFlon

Round of Applause

Audubon Magazine Jan-Feb2010 Issue

Orlando Camera Club member Jim Urbach has two of his images published in the -Feb 2010 issue of Audubon Magazine. Both images received an honorable mention by this highly esteemed magazine. Congratulations Jim Urbach.

2009 Nature's Best Winners

Diane Chenault & Wayne Bennett have been awared with having one of their Highly Honored images on display among 40 others at the Smithsonian. Here is list of winners for this year's Natures Best contest winners.

5th Annual Exhibit of The National Arts Program in Seminole County

Kurt LeBlanc won 1st Place Winner in the Intermediate Category with his image entitled "Black Skimmer Juvenile", taken on the Florida West Coast.

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
- Bill Wohlfart won 3rd Place for Grasshopper, photographed near Lake Apopka

Suggestion Box

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 email us.

Thank you.

Suggestion 06/20/10

Suggestion: Can there be better differentiation between competition categories?

Response: The Board will be sure and stress that at the general membership meetings. If there are questions hopefully they can be answered then. It appears that the problem comes in when differentiating the creative from the color categories.

Suggestion 06/20/10

Suggestion: Is there a way to help identify members of similar interest by the use of color identification badges and have quarterly round table discussions with members of similar interests and a facilitator? This way if you were interested in nature photography you would be able to easily identify those other members that share that same interest.

Response: The Board thought this was a good idea and gave it some considerable thought. We may be able to use different color stickers that could be put on badges signifying the particular area of interest.

Also coming up on Monday June 28th there will be tables with experts from different categories of interest to help you evaluate your images. It is a great way to get some feedback. As a result of the discussion surrounding your suggestions we are looking at a program that will offer an open panel discussion for questions and answers.

Suggestion 06/20/10

Suggestion: Can we have our photography displayed in public places?

Response: The Board mentioned some places where we did just that. Recently as 2 months ago we had images on display in Melbourne. We also had some on display at UCF so stay tuned and we will try and make these opportunities more available and bring them to the attention of the membership on a more regular basis.

Help Wanted

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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