Our 1st workshop of the New Year will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 7pm in the community meeting room at Sumter Mall (where we hold our monthly meetings).

This month’s topic is “How to Use Your Camera” and will be perfect for all of you who received new digital cameras for Christmas! Fellow SDCC member, Pete Lawrence, will be giving a walkthrough of basic camera settings (such as Program, Shutter, Aperture Priority, and Manual Modes, etc.). He will explain their function and purpose and let you know which setting will work best in certain situations.

Details provided by Pete: This will be hands on workshop so you will need to bring your camera and book. I will be talking about things that effect light; ISO, shutter speed and aperture. Then I will talk about the situations that suggest one mode over another on your camera. Which in turn will lead to discussing manual mode and then finishing with things that further effect exposure such as white balance.

The workshop is FREE for members of the Sumter Digital Camera Club. There is a cost of $10 for non-members or guests. It is only $25/year to join, so if you are interested in joining please let me know. Just one of the benefits of being a member.

Please send me an email (info@sumtershutterbugs.com) no later than Tuesday morning so that we know many to expect, have refreshments for and seating for.

What a way to start the New Year! We had a total of 28 attendees at our January monthly meeting. Laura Cardello from USC Sumter spoke about choosing pictures for a show and critiqued images brought in by several SDCC members. She also discussed the upcoming show that will be held at USC Sumter featuring the work of members of the SDCC in the Spring of this year. Several new members were selected for our board as replacements were needed following several vacancies in the end of 2007. Our first walk-a-bout of 2008 was held on the campus of USC Sumter. There were a total of five members present (I was unable to attend due to a death in our family). Don’t forget about our January workshop to be held on Jan. 22 at 7pm, meeting place: TBA this week. Check back often for updates on club happenings and if you have a question at any time email us at info@sumtershutterbugs.com.