Back in the swing of things …

As the summer winds down and school is gearing back up, regardless of whether you have kids in school or not, things seem to return to a normal state. Meetings and functions that occur regularly begin to take place again and we all fall back into our routines. That being said, we have a great month of activities for you at the Sumter Digital Camera Club.
AUG. MTG PREVIEW

We have another great meeting planned for you this month. SDCC member Jim Langlois will be presenting “What is photography” at our regular monthly meeting on Aug. 12 at 7pm.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

You need to make this meeting — and call your buddy that is a member too and make sure they are coming — because we have a unique opportunity that we’ll be presenting information about. We’ll need your approval and feedback to launch this one of kind experience for our club members, we’re so excited and can’t wait to share! =)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

Aug. 14 — Club work day, first thing in the morning, we’ll share more about this at the meeting
Aug. 21 — Club photo shoot [Look for another email this week just about this event]

Yes Virginia, there will be a meeting tomorrow night!

I hope you’ll join us for our monthly meeting tomorrow night, Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room at Sumter Mall.

I apologize for not getting an email out sooner. Our scheduled speaker, a photographer from out of town, was supposed to share about Macro photography. However she had a family emergency and isn’t going to make it, that takes us to a backup plan which I’m still ironing out.

It’s been a week: last night my projector crapped out on me while I was sharing at the Lake Marion Digital Camera Club in Manning. Not bad for a projector someone gave us, said it was broke, but it worked like a charm for a year and half/two years. However, thanks for Paul Wilkinson, he SAVED THE DAY and is bringing his projector to the meeting tomorrow night. Plus I unknowingly got into some poison ivy last week, it just showed up this weekend and doesn’t look/feel too good at the moment, got a doctor’s appt in just a few. I don’t wish that stuff on anybody!

Don’t forget your POM (Picture of the Month) and AOM (Assignment of the Month). This month’s topic was: ACTION

Thanks for your patience, understanding and I look forward to seeing everyone that can make it tomorrow night.
Chris

Have you been struggling with your flash photography? Not getting the results you’d like? Want to learn to take better pictures of your family and friends using flash?

If you answered YES to any of the above questions, then you don’t want to miss this month’s meeting of the Sumter Digital Camera Club! The monthly meeting is Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room at Sumter Mall.

Chris Moore will lead our discussion on using flash. He will be demonstrating different techniques using a model and by tethering his camera to a computer and projecting his results for everyone to view and discuss. Here is a list of ideas that Chris and his helpers plan to share/discuss:

• • • Using your on camera’s pop-up flash. Also some tips on how to adjust/tweak the flash along with an accessory that he finds helpful
    • Adding a speed-light/add-on flash. Various techniques including bouncing, diffusing, etc.

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WOW! I can’t think of any better way to celebrate your b-day/anniversary than with a group of your closest friends, a great presentation (speaker), good eatin’ and fellowship. For those of you that missed last night’s meeting, you missed a good one. A near record — if not new record — of 46 people were in attendance.

I promised and I’m delivering, here is a link to your photography terms (pdf) that I mentioned. Download, print, read and reread ‘em.

Happy shooting!

Chris

This month’s meeting marks the 5th anniversary of the Sumter Digital Camera Club — my how 5 years has flown by and the world has changed!

We have a party planned this meeting along with special guest, Ashley Ward, a Columbia based photographer that will be coming to share her work and some techniques to add “flare” to your images. Check out her website, click here. Ashley is a Lifestyle Portrait Artist. She provides her clients with on-location portrait photography — children and families — utilizing natural lighting.

The meeting will be held next Thursday, March 11, at 7pm in the community meeting room at Sumter Mall.

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Justin Lane is new to the Sumter Digital Camera Club, but he is no stranger to skate and automobile photography. He received his first camera in 2008 and says “… ever since then I have been taking photos non stop.”

His work is unique and edgy.

Join us this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room at Sumter Mall for our monthly meeting where Justin will share his portfolio. He will also share some tips & tricks that he uses.

Justin is a  freelance photographer and is currently a student at USC Sumter. To see a sample of Justin’s work, click here to visit his Flickr photo gallery.

Join us for our first meeting of the new year next Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room of Sumter Mall.

I hope that you and your family had a safe and happy holiday season. I also hope that Santa was good and brought you lots of new photography gear. With that being said make sure to bring your new toys and share what you got, we’d like to see ’cause we might want one too! =)

We have a great meeting planned this month. We’re going to go over some pointers of taking better pictures along some techniques to use when out in the field (taken from a new book I picked up). We are also going to talk about the coming year and projects we want to accomplish. And last but not least we’ll get to meet those new folks that say there on the way to learn how to use their new cameras.I can’t wait to see all your smiling faces on the 14th!

Don’t forget your dues!
Don’t forget to bring your dues to the January meeting. Dues are $25 for individuals, $40 for families and FREE for those students in K-12.

Show ‘em off why don’t you!
Make sure to bring your photos for the (a) the Photo of the Month and (b) Assignment of the Month contests. This month’s assignment/theme is LIGHT.

[NOTE: Pictures should be an 8×10 image, also we would like to change out the “Wall @ the Mall” so make sure to get your pictures to Renee Shelton at the end of the meeting to be included in the next change out.

Timeless Memories!

The Sumter Digital Camera Club’s very own Jennifer VanAllen from Timeless Memories will be giving our presentation this month. (Really, she is going to share this time. Chris forgot the projector last month and has been threatened to be flogged if he doesn’t bring it this month!)

Jennifer will be sharing about how she got started in photography, her growing photography business and also share a technique or two of how you can better your photographs. If you would like a sneak peek, check out her website at http://www.timelessmemoriesstudio.com/

Assignment of the Month: TREES
Bring your prints for the (a) Photo of the Month (b) Assignment of the Month Categories and (c) a friend!

Mark your calendars
We will be sharing details about this year’s Christmas social as well.  It will be held on Dec. 10, 2009 at 7 p.m.

*Come brainstorm w/ us*
Our next brainstorming meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. We will meet in the Chick-fil-a food court at Sumter Mall (eat w/ us if you’d like) and give suggestions as we plan for another great year in 2010. This meeting is open to anyone who is interested (members, past visitors and guests who would like to become involved, etc).