Kicking off the new (calendar) year
Greetings all,
Our first meeting of the fall is coming up this Wednesday (Sept. 8th) and I wanted to take a moment and welcome everyone back. I hope you’ve had a great summer and have had a chance to get out and make some photographs. If you have, we’d like you to share one or two of them with us this Wednesday for our “What I Shot This Summer” program. Either bring some prints or send us some files electronically. This will be a chance to introduce yourself, talk a little bit about what excites you about photography, and share some of your work with us. We’ve changed the email address to which you send in your digital competition entries, the new address is:
contests@arundelcameraclub.org
Please make a note of it and use this address for the program on Wednesday so we can iron out any kinks in the submission process. Kindly submit your digital files by Monday evening so that the new contest chairs have time to get things organized. We’ll take images on thumb drives on Wednesday evening if necessary, just arrive a little early so we have time to move the files.
There is an open theme for competitions in September, so anything goes. The competition for digital images and Monochrome prints will be held on September 15th. and the competition for slides and color prints will be held on September 29th.
Our field trip for September will be to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on either September 18th. or 19th. We usually take a look at the weather before deciding on a the actual day. You can either travel to the zoo on your own, or join us for car-pooling or caravan-ing (is that even a word??). We’ll fine tune the details the week before the field trip. This will be an excellent opportunity to photograph animals, which happens to be the contest theme for October.
Rounding out September, our program on the 22nd. will be on food photography. Steve Buchanan, a professional shooter who specializes in food, will be doing a live demonstration at the meeting just like he’d shoot for a restaurant, magazine article, or the like. Come see what it takes to make items on the menu look so mouth watering. As a bonus, you’ll also learn why you’d never want to eat the items photographed. 
He’ll explain what a food stylist does, talk about compositional and lighting decisions, and answer any questions you might have. It should be a really fun evening.
For general information and questions about the club, check out our website: http://www.arundelcameraclub.org.
That’s all for now, hope to see you Wednesday.
-Chip Bulgin
2010 June 26 – Blackwater NWR
This weekend (June 26th and 27th) is the official club field trip to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC. For anyone going on Sunday or not planning to attend this festival at all, a group of us are planning to head down to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday June 26th. From there we’re going to loop around Hoopers Island for lunch and then hit the Taylors Island Wildlife Management Area on the way home. As always, everyone is invited. You may follow us from the Park and Ride or meet us at Blackwater on your own.
If you’re coming please let me know via e-mail (john@johnmilleker.com) and also specify if you’re going to follow us from the Park & Ride or just meet us there. We want to get an early start but don’t want to leave anyone behind. We would prefer to arrive at Blackwater no later than 8am.
-John
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Meet at 6am:
Severna Park Park & Ride
Intersection of Ritchie Highway RT 2 and Jones Station Road
To arrive at 7:30-8am:
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.fws.gov/blackwater/
$3 per car
Lunch:
Old Salty’s Restaurant
(410) 397-3752
After Lunch:
Taylors Island Wildlife Management Area
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/taylorsisland.html
May 19 – Annual Club Banquet will be held at Deep Creek Restaurant
Annual Club Banquet will be held at Deep Creek Restaurant
May 19, 2010
Drinks at 6:30, Dinner to be served at 7:30
Paid reservations should be in by the May 5th club meeting. Four entrees are offered and all come with warm bread and butter, a Caesar salad, unlimited soda and coffee, and a starch and vegetable du jour. Most dinners are $30 and the club will pay for the tax and tip. Crabcakes are an additional $2.00 per meal. Alcoholic beverages are not included. Members are asked to bring a dessert. Coordinate these with Sunny please. If you have questions, please talk to Sunny at a club meeting, call her at home at (301) 261-6181, or send her an email at sunnyfrank@verizon.net. Mail your check and dinner selection to Sunny Frank, 1703 Peartree Lane, Crofton, MD 21114. Make checks payable to the Arundel Camera Club.
Dinner Selections:
- Filet Milano – an 8oz filet mignon, finished with a creamy woodland mushroom sauce. Served over garlic mashed potatoes.
- Baked Salmon Strudel – Fresh filet of Salmon, spinach, artichoke hearts and boursin cheese wrapped and baked in phyllo dough and finished with a fresh cream dill sauce.
- Chicken Marsala – Sauteed chicken breast, in a reduced Marsala wine and woodland mushroom sauce, served over garlic mashed potatoes.
- Deep Creek Crab Cakes – Two all jumbo lump broiled crab cakes. Served with a baked potato. (Additional $2.00 per guest)
Deep Creek Restaurant is located at 1050 Deep Creek Avenue, Arnold MD 21012. Their telephone number is (410) 757-4045.
Bring your cameras! Deep Creek is on the water and does have a small dock area.
Volunteer for your club
Greetings all,
I’ve talked with Michelle Barkdoll and we still need volunteers to fill the following positions:
- VP of Contests/Competition
- VP of Programs
- VP of Programs Co-Chair
Please consider volunteering, as the club can’t really function without these positions. I can’t speak for the program chair, but the competition chair primarily consists of contacting potential judges 4-6 weeks ahead of the date and writing a note of thanks afterwards. It doesn’t take too much time.
Thanks,
-Chip
May 19 – Annual Club Banquet will be held at Deep Creek Restaurant
Annual Club Banquet will be held at Deep Creek Restaurant
May 19, 2010
Drinks at 6:30, Dinner to be served at 7:30
Paid reservations should be in by the May 5th club meeting. Four entrees are offered and all come with warm bread and butter, a Caesar salad, unlimited soda and coffee, and a starch and vegetable du jour. Most dinners are $30 and the club will pay for the tax and tip. Crabcakes are an additional $2.00 per meal. Alcoholic beverages are not included. Members are asked to bring a dessert. Coordinate these with Sunny please. Please submit your reservation using the from below to Sunny Frank. If you have questions, please talk to Sunny at a club meeting, call her at home at (301) 261-6181, or send her an email at sunnyfrank@verizon.net. For those who might not be able to make a meeting, your check and dinner selection can be mailed to Sunny Frank, 1703 Peartree Lane, Crofton, MD 21114. Make checks payable to the Arundel Camera Club.
Dinner Selections:
- Filet Milano – an 8oz filet mignon, finished with a creamy woodland mushroom sauce. Served over garlic mashed potatoes.
- Baked Salmon Strudel – Fresh filet of Salmon, spinach, artichoke hearts and boursin cheese wrapped and baked in phyllo dough and finished with a fresh cream dill sauce.
- Chicken Marsala – Sauteed chicken breast, in a reduced Marsala wine and woodland mushroom sauce, served over garlic mashed potatoes.
- Deep Creek Crab Cakes – Two all jumbo lump broiled crab cakes. Served with a baked potato. (Additional $2.00 per guest)
Deep Creek Restaurant is located at 1050 Deep Creek Avenue, Arnold MD 21012. Their telephone number is (410) 757-4045.
Bring your cameras! Deep Creek is on the water and does have a small dock area.
March 31: SPRING BREAK / SCHOOL CLOSED / NO MEETING
“Easter/Spring Break. All schools closed March 29-April 5 for students, teachers and school-based Unit-IV employees. ”
All, Chip just called. Turns out this is spring break and the school is closed. So no meeting this week.
Sorry about that. I don’t have kids, so it never occurred to me.
2/10/2010 – Meeting Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Anne Arundel County Public Schools - For Wednesday, February 10 through Friday, February 12, ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED due to inclement weather.
2/3/2010 – Meeting Cancelled Tonight
The Arundel Camera Club only meets if the Severna Park High School is open and does not meet when we are not allowed into the schools. The link below will tell you the status of the classes at the schools.
http://www.aacps.org/
Contribution to the Maryland zoo in honor of Howard
A Friend Gone Too Soon
It is with great sadness that we must bid farewell to a friend. Howard Penn, passed away suddenly Monday November 24. Howard apparently suffered a heart attack while he was out for a walk near his home. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Howard’s wife Beth, their daughter, Rachel, and all of Howard’s friends and relatives.
Howard has been interested in photography for over 30 years. He was am a member of the Arundel Camera Club and has been the president for the last 10 years. In addition, he has been an Education Docent at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore for 6 years. He was a professor of mathematics.
You can view many of his pictures on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/howardpennphoto/.
Beth Penn has asked that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Maryland Zoo of Baltimore.
Mac User Group
Here is the info on the Mac user group that meets at Severna Park Library, Usually first Saturday of each month. www.annapolisappleslice.com
Welcome
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