CCCC 2012 January Newsletter - Champaign County Camera Club

Champaign County Camera Club
Founding Member of the Central Illinois Camera Clubs Association
Campus-Community Organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign
Please visit our website at www.champaigncountycameraclub.org/
NEWSLETTER for January through May 2012
General
Update on “Best in Show”
Promotion is well under way for the 11th
Annual Best in Show Photographic
Competition, February 18-26. Watch for
ads in the News Gazette every 2 weeks
beginning December 18. Watch for 60
second spots on WICD-TV in early in
2012.
Be sure to patronize our sponsors:
Larry Kanfer, Trophy Time, Illini Studio,
Framers Market, International Galleries,
Busey Bank, Lincoln Square, Better Image,
The Picture Lab, Urbana Park District and
The News-Gazette.
This year’s judges will be Lou McClelland
from Thompson-McClelland Commercial
Photographers; Craig McMonigal,
photography instructor from Parkland
College; and Mary Tangora, owner of
Wind, Water and Light Gallery in Lincoln
Square Village.
Please refer interested amateur
photographers to the Camera Club website
for an entry form. Entry forms can also be
downloaded from The Urbana Park District
and the News-Gazette websites. Many
thanks to club members who posted BIS
posters and passed along entry forms to
friends.
Reflections along the coast of Norway
© 2011 Jana Mason
Larry Kanfer workshop
Larry Kanfer will offer a three hour
workshop in September 2012 for camera
club members. The cost will be $50 per
person. Charissa Lansing will work with
Kanfer’s staff on the workshop scheduling.
Newsletter publication schedule
Club members are asked to provide
information and images to the newsletter
editor no later than the submission
deadline to be included in the subsequent
newsletter.
Rocky Mountain Reflection © 2011 Barry Brehm
Submission deadline
March 19
May 24
Publication date
March 26
June 1
February 6. Projected image
competition
A: Dusk till Dawn
B. Monochrome (open)
C: Weather
FRIDAY, February 17. Hang prints for
Best in Show. Chris Main, chair.
February 20. Critique of member images
February 26, 1:00 pm, Public critique
of Best in Show images by the three
judges. Recognition of winners. Lincoln
Square Village cross section of the mall.
Oregon Sunset Photographer © 2011 Mary Cattell
March 12. Print competition
A: Small
B: Large
C: Open (no size limit)
Club meetings and events
The schedule is subject to change,
although generally few changes have been
made to the schedule. We will meet in
Turner Hall. All meetings are on Monday
evening and begin at 7:30 pm unless
otherwise noted.
Hopper 9112011 © 2011 David Stone
March 26. Themed subject photo shows
Presenters are Gail Snowdon (Down and
Dirty), Chris Main (Berries, Flowers and
Leaves), and Barb Sandell. Topics are
chosen by the presenters.
Citrus and Lace © 2011 Chris Main
January 9. View images from selfportrait assignment For inspiration see
http://lourceyphoto.com/gallery/?album=1&gallery=6
April 9 (tentative) outside presenter
January 23. Education Presenter will be
Larry Kanfer. He will present a 40-minute
show on the creation of Barns of Illinois
and answer questions. We will meet at his
gallery at 2503 S. Neil St, Champaign.
Space is limited. Sign up with Charissa.
www.kanfer.com/
SATURDAY, April 28. Annual salon
May 7 Annual business meeting and
select images for I-74 challenge
FRIDAY, May 11 I-74 challenge –
The Closer, The Better. Hosted by
KodaRoamers
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Fall CICCA salon
Projected images
Nature
14 entries by club members – 4 Honors
Competition results
Club Competition
Reflections (open)
1. Reflections along the coast of Norway –
Jana Mason
2. Vanity – Chris Main
3. Infinity – Courtney Rushforth
4. Swan Mirrors- Charissa Lansing
HM – Jim Long, Gail Snowdon (2X), Casey
Diana (2X), Barry Brehm, and Barb
Sandell (2X).
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Rocky Mountain Reflection - Barry Brehm
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Hopper 9112011 – David Stone
Empty Can – Gail Snowdon
Mesquitebug Nymph – David Stone
5 Acceptances – Ted Wetekamp (2X), Barb
Sandell, Jim Long, and David Stone.
Lifestyles
1. Oregon Sunset Photographer – Mary
Cattell
2. Arm Art – Ted Wetekamp
3. Toe to Toe – Barry Brehm
4. Photographer – Helen Farmer
HM – Chris Main (2x), Jim Long, Ted
Wetekamp (2X), Gail Snowdon (2X), and
John Thomas.
Food (open)
1. Citrus and Lace – Chris Main
2. Pepper Seeds – Charissa Lansing
3. Egg – Casey Diana
4. Yum – Helen Farmer
Mesquitebug Nymph© 2011 David Stone
Pictorial
24 entries by club members – 2 Honors
• Chairs – Jim Long
• Rounding the West Turn – John
Thomas
11 Acceptances - Casey Diana (2X), Barry
Brehm, David Stone, Gail Snowdon, Henry
Kwong, Jim Long (2X), Charissa Lansing,
John Thomas, and Helen Farmer.
HM – Gail Snowdon (2X), Henry Kwong, Chris
Main (2X), Barry Brehm, and Helen Farmer.
Empty Can © 2011 Gail Snowdon
Chairs © 2011 Jim Long
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Realistic
6 entries by club members– 1 Honors
• Kissed with Dew – Charissa
Lansing
1 Acceptance – Ted Wetekamp
5 Acceptances - Jana Mason (2X), Mary
Cattell (2X), Martha Compton
Altered Reality
6 entries by club members
2 Acceptances – Martha Compton and
John Thomas
Kissed with Dew © 2011 Charissa Lansing
CICCA Events
The CICCA Courier is published quarterly
and distributed electronically. If you are not
receiving a copy, please contact Mary
Cattell.
Rounding the West Turn © 2011 John Thomas
Prints
Small monochrome
4 entries by club members – 1 Honors
• A Man. A Horse. Ted Wetekamp
Large monochrome
3 entries by club members – 3 Acceptances
Mary Cattell (3X)
Small color
13 entries by club members – 1 Honors
• Triberg Falls – Charissa Lansing
4 Acceptances - Charissa Lansing, Martha
Compton (2X), Ted Wetekamp
Arm Art © 2011 Ted Wetekamp
Large color
16 entries by club members– 3 Honors
• Green Bottles in Red Window –
Mary Cattell
• Dushanbe Mosaic – Mary Cattell
• Blue Bottles in Rustic Window –
Mary Cattell
Conferences
SWMCCC Summer Weekend of
Photography and Digital Imaging 2012,
Holland, MI, August 2-5, 2012
http://www.swmccc.org/WeekendOfPhotography.html
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PSA 2012 Conference, South Portland,
ME September 15-21 2013, Portland
Marriott at Sable Oaks
Infinity © 2011 Courtney Rushforth
PSA 2012 Conference, Burlingame, CA,
September 22-26, 2012, Marriott San
Francisco Airport Hotel
Egg © 2011 Casey Diana
The Champaign County Camera Cub was founded in November 1935. It is affiliated with the
Central Illinois Camera Clubs Association (CICCA), of which it is a charter member. It is
open to anyone with an interest in photography. For additional information, please contact one
of the officers: President: John Thomas <[email protected]>, Vice President: Dave
Stone [email protected] , Treasurer: Barry Brehm, Print Chair: Mary Cattell, 359-3050,
[email protected]. Digital Chair and CICCA rep: Jim Long, 333-2543, [email protected].
Newsletter Editor: Gail Snowdon. Webmaster: Erich Adickes, [email protected]. Dues
are $18 for continuing members and $9 for a first year of membership.
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