The BLIND PHOTOGRAPHY challenge hosted by Steve Hewett and Chris Moore in downtown Sumter this past Saturday, Aug. 21, was a HIT!

Everyone who came enjoyed the event, the review of images afterward at the ‘club house’ was fun. So make sure to attend the September meeting as each photographers’ TOP FIVE images will be on display for you to check out.

Got a ‘page turner’ — share it!

Do you have a photography book that you own and have finished reading? Would you like access to a great collection of subject matter and special interest?

Then look no further than the new SDCC Club Library!

We have a permanent home for our collection and would like to broaden our current selection and need your help! We’d like for you to share (loan) the books that you currently own, thus sharing them with the other club members to enjoy and therefore giving you access to some new reads. Let’s all pitch in and share, it’s fun, you should try it!

Want to know more about our permanent home for this collection? Then email me back and let me fill you in on our latest club project that the library is apart of, we’ve already started the work on this long term project.

FYI: I did a quick inventory of some of my books alone, cost ranging from $19.95, $29.95, $34.95, $46.95 and even upwards of $80 (textbook I taught out of at CCTC) — all at your disposal just for being a member of the Sumter Digital Camera Club.

Another means of improving to better serve you!

Thanks,
Chris

Got this from Steve Hewett this morning …

For those that missed getting the dates for the state and county fair entries and want more information here is the recap from last night.

South Carolina State Fair

Open Registration Period- July 1, 2010 through September 1, 2010 No registration fee

Late Registration Period- September 2, 2010 through September 10, 2010 $25.00 Registration fee

• Entries must be framed and ready to hang (wire across the back not sawtooths or anything else)
• Entries should be behind glass/plexi (recommended since there will be kids present likely with some food in hand)
• Total width of the frame and photo should not exceed 48 inches by 48 inches.
• No more than 2 photos may be entered.

Sumter County Fair

Open registration as soon as the form is available online and MUST be returned to the fair office by 12pm September 24, 2010

• Entries must be dropped off on September 25, 2010 between 10:00am and 2:00pm. anything later will not be accepted.
• Entries must be framed and ready to hang (wire across the back not sawtooths or anything else)
• Entries should be behind glass/plexi (recommended since there will be kids present, likely with some food in hand)
• No more than 2 photos may be entered.

Every year that I (Steve Hewett) have entered the state fair I have had both entries on exhibit during the fair.  So long as the photos are of good quality and not something that the judge sees a lot of (Gervais Street Bridge in Columbia for example) you should be able to have your work displayed.

For the county fair the club has always had pretty good participation and we also sponsor an award so what better way to show our support for the event that to keep up the numbers of entries for the club.  Both shows can be entered for a minimal cost in terms of framing and printing and have the entries do well.  I think the first year I entered the county fair I spent $5 for an 11′x14″ print from adoramapix.com, $5 for a white pre-cut 16″x20″ mat with 11″x14″ opening, and $10 for a black metal frame from Walmart.  The club has also had good luck going to hobby lobby during a frame sale and getting frames for even cheaper.  If you need help picking entires for either show, shoot Chris Moore or myself an email with somme photo possibilities that you would like to enter.

I hope to see you at the fairs!

Steven Hewett

Think that you are being outshot by superior equipment and hundreds of dollars in software? Think you can take a great photo no matterwhat kind of camera you have?

Your media is film. There is one ISO, one shutter speed, one Aperture and 27 chances to get it right.

Can you do it?

Saturday, Aug. 21

Downtown Sumter

shutters open @ 9:30 a.m.

This event is open to all members of the Sumter Digital Camera Club, your friends and those that are interested in photography.

For more information or to sign up for this event email us back or shoot Steve Hewett (habu333@gmail.com) an email TODAY!

09:30
Shutters Open!  [Shoot begins]

11:00
Meet up at Rotary Centennial Plaza [Corner of South Main and Liberty Street]

11:15
Drop ‘em off for processing [Walgreens]

11:30
Lunch w/ the gang!  [Angel’s on Main]

01:30
What did we get?   [TBA]

After picking up our processing, we’ll narrow our best  shots, lay them out and share them with the group. What  did we get? What worked? What went wrong? What  could we have done different?

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]

You’ve got to start narrowing down your entries for the photography contest during this year’s art show. We’ll share more information and entry forms once they are updated on the fair’s site.

I am in talks with an instructor that is interested in teaching our area.

This will be a 12-hour class, probably broken into 2/3 hour segments. William Jordan IV from Chapin is our guy and his picture was just featured on this month’s cover of Nature Photographer.

Express your interest by emailing me back or giving me a call.

Express your interest by emailing me back or giving me a call.

All things digital in Sumter!
www.sumtershutterbugs.com

Are you currently using Lightroom? Thought about buying it? Wanting to learn more about how it works?

If you answered YES, then you’re not alone.

Therefore I’d like to start the conversation toward holding a workshop on Lightroom. I just installed my full versions of Lightroom 3 along with Photoshop for my new Mac (my trial versions ran out earlier this week). So now I’d like to learn more about Lightroom and see some workflow, tools and functions of this program in action by those that are using it.

We’ve talked about sharing some workflow/management via different programs at a meeting, but we also have discussed having a workshop or two as well. We haven’t had one in a while, so now is as good as any time to revive them.

My initial thought is that we can hold a jam session or two or three. So if this is something that interests you, email me a day or two in the next week that you could get together, once we get some folks that are interested, we’ll kick it off and have a jam session. (FYI: Just let me know for example, any day after 6pm or Saturday afternoon, etc.)

What do you bring?

• Your laptop loaded with Lightroom (you can download a fully functioning 30-day trial from Abode if you don’t have it)
• Some images that you’ve photographed and would like to edit
• Something to drink
• Notebook and something to write with

Alright guys, I look forward to hearing from those that are interested.

Thanks,
Chris

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