Topeka Camera Club

October Winners

Melissa Turkin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:27:49 +0000

Congratulations to the following people:

Kaleidoscope by Verla Hershell 1st Place Digital Creative

Inside Out by Don Thun Honorable Mention Digital Creative

Mountain Stream by Greg Hoglund Honorable Mention Nature Print

Wonderful job everyone!!

November 2011 Meeting

Melissa Turkin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:06:38 +0000

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library’s Marvin Auditorium Room 101A at 6:30 P.M. We will be postponing the program: Portrait Photography until next month while we secure our guest speaker. We will look at our N4C digital winners and entries, but we will also be looking at Prints in addition. If time allows, our President, Scott, would like to talk about the Topeka Camera Club Constitution in preparation for the end of his leadership. He would also like to discuss the type of projector we are going to purchase for the club. Please bring any and all suggestions for this purchase.

Our theme for this months photos is Kids at Play/The Zoo. Please submit no more than 5 images to scott’s e-mail or bring them with you to the meeting on a flash drive. Please make sure to correctly size and lable your photos before submission. If you don’t have a member number, please contact Scott to receive one. If you are unsure of how to resize and lable your photos, please read the Monthly Photo Contest Requirements post on this website.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting where names become faces and faces become friends!

What A Great Convention! Time to Get Back to Work.

Melissa Turkin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:14:55 +0000

Ok, it’s been a couple of weeks, so it is time to get back to work. After the convention, I decided to rest for the first week. It was a lot of work, but everyone pulled together and got things done. I want to thank everyone who pitched in and helped. I also want to thank the Ramada for doing such a great job with the convention. Everything went very smoothly, and the food was wonderful. A very special thank you to Wolfe’s Camera for donating the wonderful door prizes for the convention.

Last week, I took the time to go through the pictures I took at the convention. I enjoyed the Topeka tour. I saw things that I didn’t even know happened in Topeka! The Topeka High running of the halls was a special highlight. Thank you to the Civil War Re-enactors for coming out to Ward-Meade Park and firing off the cannon. The graciously posed for many, many photos. Thank you again to everyone! Awesome Job!!

Now, our next meeting is 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, October, 4th at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library. Please read the board in the rotunda to find out which room we are in. The program will be on panoramas and unusual croppings. The theme of the meeting is reflections and shadows, so bring your best reflection and shadow photos! Looking forward to seeing everyone there where names become faces, and faces become friends!

August 2011 Meeting

Melissa Turkin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:12:16 +0000

Wow! It is hard to believe that summer is almost over, and our first Topeka Camera Club meeting for the 2011–2012 season is upon us. Tuesday, August 2nd, we will meet at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library at 6:30 P.M. I believe we are meeting in the Marvin Auditiorium 101A, but double check the signs in the lobby. This month’s program is a review of the N4C contest rules including resizing images and labeling them. Everyone needs to submit one digital image for each category (Photojournalism, Creative, Nature, and Pictoral) in preparation for the September contest. With the N4C Convention right around the corner, we will have a lot of things to cover. Hope everyone can make it!

May 2011 Meeting Happenings

Melissa Turkin — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:48:42 +0000

First, I want to convey our deepest apologies for the mixup at May’s meeting. Scott, our President, thought he had the library booked through May. Unfortunately, this was not the case. For those of you who made the trek to the alternate site, thank you for your good naturedness about it. For thouse who didn’t make it, please consider coming to our June meeting. We will have a picnic for this meeting, so details will follow.

On to what happened at the meeting! Greg and Scott talked about the Springbrook meeting they attended at the end of April. Greg created a wonderful photo essay of their trip.

Scott purchased 4 $25 gift certificates from Wolfe’s before he left to take to Springbrook and raffle off. Wolfe’s generously matched our purchase, so we had 8 $25 gift certificates to raffle off. We also talked about the upcoming N4C Convention and went over the schedule. We are planning to do a dry run of the tours in July or August to make sure they will run smoothly in September. August 8th is the deadline for Convention reservations.

We discussed possible photo themes and programs for next year from the photos everyone sent in. A list of themes was generated and will be presented at June’s meeting.

We had two winners in April’s N4C contest! Greg Hoglund took 3rd place in the Digital Photojournalism for his photo, “Mable takes Flight,” and John Sanders received an Honorable Mention in Digital Nature for his photo, “Owl.” Congratulations to Greg and John!

Our last scheduled meeting for the 2010–2011 year is June. For any new people, our year runs from September to May. We have a picnic in June, and take the summer off to travel and take more photos for next year. This year though, we are hosting the Annual N4C Convention September 9–11, so we will possibly have regular meetings throughout the summer. We have a lot to do and September will be here before we know it! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Scott or anyone on the e-mail list.

May 2011 Meeting

Melissa Turkin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:49:12 +0000

The May 2011 meeting will be held at the Topeka Library on May 3rd at 6:30pm. Please see the signs in the lobby for the exact meeting room being used.

This month we will be deciding on the Themes and Programs for the upcoming year. Please bring your list of ideas for themes and programs to be discussed.

We will also look at the N4C winners from April. If you have any photos you would like to have submitted for the N4C contest, please e-mail correctly formatted photos to Scott Udey by 4:00pm on Tuesday, May 3rd or bring them on a flash drive or CD. If you are not sure how to format your photos, Dave Navarro has a post on here called “The Monthly Photo Contest Requirements” that will be helpful.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Taking pictures in the snow

dnavarrojr — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:01:49 +0000

With the blizzard/snow conditions we have, you might be tempted to run outside and take some pictures. But when you do, the color might be off or they might look underexposed. Here’s some tips you might find useful:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Kansas Lawn and Garden Show

dnavarrojr — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:15:02 +0000

This year, along with all the other exciting activities, the Kansas Garden Show will again sponsor a Photography Contest coordinated by the Topeka Camera Club. The Show will be held at the Kansas Expo Centre in Topeka on February 18, 19 & 20, 2011. Photographs will be exhibited at the photographer’s own risk.

The following criteria will apply to your entries:

Horticulture must be the focal point of all pictures with the exception of Kansas Wild Flowers and Trees of The Wild categories. The definition of horticulture is the cultivation of a garden or orchard or the art or science of growing flowers, fruit, and vegetables.
Photos should be no smaller than 5 x7 and no larger than 8 x 12, mounted on board stock or matted. Pictures may not be framed or under glass.
Categories include:
A. Kansas Wild Flowers
B. The Rose
C. Spring Blooms
D. Summer Blooms
E. Trees of The Garden/Yard
F. Trees of the Wild
G. Gardenscapes
H. Animals/Insects in The Garden
(Ribbons will be awarded to the first three places in each category. Honorable Mention ribbons may be awarded at the Judge’s discretion.)
Limit of 3 photographs per category per photographer with no more than 12 total entries.
Entries may be turned in beginning February 8 through the Entry deadline of 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 11, 2011 (a week before the garden show). Entries will be accepted at the Shawnee County Extension Office located on the Kansas Expo Centre grounds at the southwest corner of Maner Conference Center (enter at 18th and Western).

Please submit the following information only on the back of your photo entry:

Indicate the top of your photograph so it will be oriented properly for display.
Category to be entered.
Name, address, zip code, phone number and e-mail address of the photographer.
Any photo information, if known, such as type of camera and exposure settings.

Photographs may be picked up at the close of the Garden Show, 5:00 p.m., Sunday, February 20, or at the Extension Office the following week. Any photos not picked up after February 25 become the property of the Topeka Camera Club and may be discarded.

We encourage you as an exhibitor to enter as many photographic categories as possible. Photographs that have previously won should not be re-entered. Your cooperation in this respect is appreciated. If you have friends or acquaintances that might be interested in exhibiting, please pass along this information.

For questions, please call the Extension Office at 232‑0062 Ext. 100.

Exhibitors in the Photography Contest will be granted one free admission to the Kansas Garden Show in appreciation for their contribution. If accompanied by another person the second person must pay.

Nikon D-Movie and Multimedia Seminar

dnavarrojr — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:35:31 +0000

Bill Frakes & Laura Heald will be giving a free seminar at K.U. on Friday Evening (December 3rd) at 7:00pm on the Nikon D-Movie features:

Nikon Professional Services presents a special seminar for professional photographers featuring award-winning photographer and educator Bill Frakes along with pioneering visual storyteller Laura Heald. During this two hour seminar, they will discuss using the latest in High Definition video equipment to take storytelling to new heights. Frakes, a staff photographer at Sports Illustrated, has garnered many awards including a staff prize for the Pulitzer Prize at the Miami Herald. His commercial clients include Apple, Nikon, Coca-Cola, Nike and many more. Heald is a versatile, multi-faceted story-teller who co-founded Straw Hat Visuals, a media company based in Jacksonville, Florida.

This free Nikon sponsored seminar is open to the first 250 signees who register online. This three hour seminar is scheduled for Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Big 12 Room Kansas Union on the campus of the University of Kansas.

You can get more information and sign up for FREE here: http://kumultimedia120310.eventbrite.com/

2009–2010 Photo Contest Winners

dnavarrojr — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:09:02 +0000

The 2009–2010 N4C Photo Contest Winners have been posted. You’ll find details on this page.