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

Since Chuck Gallegos will be out of town, if you wish to participate in the exhibit and have not already responded, please respond to Chip Bulgin, (chip.bulgin@comcast.net). The gallery has space for about 35 +/- images, so I would expect to plan on no more than 2, and perhaps 1, depending on the response.

The dates of the show are from September 12 to October 17.  Images for hanging must be dropped off at the church conference room on the morning of Tuesday September 7, anytime Monday September 6, or the previous week if necessary (but closer to the hanging date is preferred).

36th Annual Pow Wow

MARYLAND STATE FAIRGROUNDS EXHIBITION HALL

2200 York Road, Timonium, MD 21093

http://www.baic.org/powwows/show/3

From Interstate 83 : Take Exit 17, Padonia Road, east to York Road,
south on York Road to Fairgrounds entrance on the right. {OR} Take Exit 18, York Road, east, to the Fairgrounds entrance on the left.

MTA: The Timonium Light Rail Stop is located a short walk from the entrance to the Fairgrounds near the Cow Palace. The MTA No. 9 bus line also serves the Timonium Park and Ride/Light Rail Stop. For detailed schedule information please contact MTA directly at 410-539-5000

Daily Admission: $5
Ages 0-3 are free

Saturday
Gates open: 10:30 am
Grand Entry: 12 noon
Grand entry: 6 pm
Gates close: 8 pm

Sunday
Gates open:11:00 am
Grand entry: 1 pm
Gates close: 6 pm

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

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/cameras-film/the-pinhole-camera-35-mm-matchbox

Dolphy

More information at the official web site http://worldwidephotowalk.com/

Baltimore walk http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/baltimore-md-us/

Georgetown walk http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/washington-dc-usa-georgetown/

Sorry for the short notice on this, but I just discovered it last night: World renowned nature and landscape photographer Art Wolfe is currently on a national speaking tour. He will be in Alexandria, Va giving a six-hour lecture/seminar on June 5th. The cost of the seminar is $195 and includes lunch. Link is here:

http://www.artwolfeworkshops.com/lectures.php

Check out his website, seriously good photography.

Chip