Announcements

Last updated on 6/1/2010.

Meetings

Placer Camera Club meets the third Tuesday of each month except August at 7:00pm in the Beecher room of the Auburn Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn, CA. Visitors Welcome! Come as early as 6:30 to gather informally.

You are welcome to bring photos that you want to get feedback on or help with.

Next Meeting - Tuesday, June 15

The June meeting will be an assigned theme photo evaluation night. Each member can enter a maximum of 2 images that fit the theme of portrait and must be projected images only - either digitals and/or slides. You must be a club member to submit a photo for evaluation. This is your chance to receive feedback on your work. We encourage all members to participate.

We'll also announce the results of our annual photo competition and will view the winners. Good luck to all who entered this year. If you haven't viewed our previous competiton results, surf over to our Competitions page to see the results and over to our Photos page to take a look at some of the photos.

Club Officers

We elected our officers at the June meeting. Thanks to all past and future officers for your work keeping the club going strong.

President - Mike Schumacher
Vice President - Richard Myren
Treasurer - Judy Hooper
Secretary - Tony Middleton
Member at Large - Howard Godfrey

Education Committee

The Club has established an education committee whose duties are to plan and co-ordinate educational presentations for our meetings. Starting at the November meeting, we will have a short 10 to 15 minute educational presentation at every meeting. The committee will also be in charge of all presentations, big and small, at our meetings. If you have a subject you would like to see covered in a short presentation, please e-mail one of the committee members. We want to know what you want to see at the meetings.

The committee will also be a clearing house for photo shoot locations and photo related information that is time sensitive and needs to be put out before the next newsletter. You can report your information such as migrating birds, spring flower locations, fall color locations, etc. to one of the committee members and the committee head will report to the entire club via e-mail.

Information that is not as time sensitive can be sent to me for publication in the next newsletter.

Let's freely share information between meetings.

The committee members are:

Howard Godfrey - hill@wizwire.com (committee head)
Bruce Gregory - bgregory45@sbcglobal.net
Jim Bennett - jrbennettn@netscape.net

Photo Ops

These photography sites have been provided by club members. Check this item often because the best time for pictures is when the conditions are right. Please send information about particularly good places to the webmaster listed at the bottom of any web page.

For more photo ops, click here.

• California Department of Fish and Game - Visit their web site for wildlife information - www.dfg.ca.gov/viewing/.
• Consumnes River Preserve and Sandhill Crane Preserve - The Consumnes River Preserve off Twin Cities Road, Staten Island Rd. and the Sandhill Crane Preserve on Woodbridge Rd. feature cranes, egrets and hawks in substantial numbers during the fall months. You may even be lucky enough to see some of the Sandhill cranes dancing. You'll do best if you have at least a 300mm lens. Visit these web pages www.cosumnes.org, www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/3/cranetour and www.dfg.ca.gov/viewing/cranes.html for more information.
• Fall Color - If you're interested in finding good fall color, visit Carol Leigh's Fall Color section of her Website at http://www.calphoto.com/fall.htm.
• Golden Gate Raptor Observatory - The annual fall raptor migration has started. A trip over to the Marin Headlands is your best bet for capturing them with your camera. The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory's hawkwatch site is the place to go. Visit their web page at http://enature.com/outdoors/hawkwatch/hw_chart_02.asp for a chart showing the fall timeframes for the best viewing of 12 raptor species. Also visit the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory by clicking on the Hawk Hill Map link.
• High Country of I80 - This area off I80 is good for photos of yellowing aspen/poplars. The colors vary by elevation. Some of the best color can be found at Cisco Grove and along the Truckee River as I80 winds down the mountains towards Nevada.
• Nevada City and Grass Valley Fall Color - The Joint Chambers of Commerce of Nevada County put together a nice flyer that includes maps that show where you can find the best fall color in Nevada City and Grass Valley. Click here for a copy.
• Sacramento Bee - Dave Henry - The Sacramento Bee has a fall leaves page at www.sacbee.com/leaves/ that is worth a look.
• Valley Rice Fields - The rice fields north and east of Marysville attract thousands of Tundra Swans and Greater White-fronted Geese during the fall and winter months. Wander the back roads through the agricultural areas. The birds scare easily, so keep your distance and use a telephoto lens.

Photo Competitions

The results of the club's annual competitions can be found from the Competitions web page. The winning photos have been added for your viewing pleasure. You'll find them from the Photos web page.

The 2009 Gold Country Fair was an outstanding success for club members. Awards went to 6 Placer Camera Club members. The member results can be found from the Competitions web page.

The following competitions allow you to enter your work into special events. Check this item often as the contents will change as competitions come and go. Please send competition information you come across to the webmaster listed at the bottom of any web page.

• BetterPhoto.com Monthly Contests - BetterPhoto runs a contest each month that includes categories for a monthly theme as well as 9 others. If you're interested, check it out at their contest web page.
• Sierra Club Online Monthly Contest - The Sierra Club Trails online community runs a special theme contest each month. If you're interested, check it out at their contest web page.

Workshops

If you're interested in photography workshops, check these out:

• Gladding McBean hosts photographic workshops each year. The Viewpoint Photographic Art Center has a Gladding McBean workshop scheduled for January 16-18, 2010. I was not able to find anything on the web except for the announcement. Please contact the art center at (916) 441-2341 or via e-mail to vp@viewpointgallery.org for information.
• Gladding McBean hosts photographic workshops each year. The Viewpoint Photographic Art Center has a workshop scheduled for March 5-7, 2010. Please use the provided link to access their information and registration form or contact the art center at (916) 441-2341 or via e-mail to vp@viewpointgallery.org.

For Sale

If you have something to sell, please contact Mike Schumacher at (530) 367-4505 or at radioman@ftcnet.net to advertise it in the newsletter. If you'd like to advertise it here, please contact the webmaster listed at the bottom of any web page. Members are not charged.

• Gary Kramer lists the following item for sale:
  
  Canon 70-200 f4L IS lens. The lens is 1 year old and is one of the sharpest zooms that Canon makes. The lens is surplus now that Gary has another zoom lens. BH sells it for $1200. Selling for $1050.
  
  Contact: Gary Kramer 916-253-3442 or e-mail at gary@gbkramer.com.
  
  
• Tony Middleton lists the following items for sale:
  
  Canon EOS 20d digital SLR with 18-55mm kit lens. Selling for $400 b/o.
  
  Contact: Tony Middleton 916-630-1487 or e-mail at t.k.middleton@att.net.
  
  

Looking For

If there is something you're looking for, please contact Mike Schumacher at ( 530) 367-4505 or at radioman@ftcnet.net to advertise it in the newsletter. If you'd like to post it here, please contact the webmaster listed at the bottom of any web page. Members are not charged.

Huey Monitor Calibration

The club has a Huey monitor calibration system that you can use to adjust the colors you see on your computer display. Please contact Judy Hooper at (530) 888-8308 for details.

Dues

Placer Camera Club membership runs from September to July since the club takes an annual break and does not meet in August. Annual dues of $25 are due in September.

Web Page Banner Images

The banner images used on our web site have been provided by club members. These images will be changed periodically as more images are submitted. The provider of each banner image will be listed near the bottom of each web page. If you would like to submit one of your images for use as a page banner, please send it as an attachment to the webmaster listed at the bottom of any web page.

All images must have been taken somewhere in Placer County and must be sized to approximately 840 pixels in width (the really important size) and 175 pixels in height so they fit well on the top of a web page. If you're looking for a good size to use with the Photoshop Crop tool, try setting the width to 11.67 inches and the height to 2.43 inches. These settings will give you a slice of your image that has the proportions desired for a banner.