The Weekly is a publication of the Jacksonville Camera Club. It provides a heads up of the coming events and announcements of a timely nature. It contains both Club events and other items of interest to members. If you have feedback or something to announce please see directions in the sidebar. Thanks for reading.
Coming Events
Next Meeting: April 6, 2023
Don't forget to bring a photograph to enter into April's People's Choice: Topic is: Flower and or Bugs.
- The April 25 presentation at the Ponte Vedra Branch Library by Joe Brady has been cancelled. There was an issue with the branch library community room and SOTW was not available that night.
- The Club Facebook page now regularly features a photo challenge. A different theme will be announced, and members are encouraged to submit a photo to that theme. There are no winners and no points will be awarded. This is just a chance to show off your work.
- For those who submitted images for the F3C print contest, the results will be available on March 30.
- For everyone who wants to try some local AstroPhotography. At sunset on March 28, 5 planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars Jupiter, Uranus and the moon) will be briefly (20 to 25 minutes)visible in an arc line just above the western horizon. Weather permitting.
- The 2023 Florida Birding and Photo Fest will be held from April 19-23 in St. Augustine. Charise contacted the organizers and obtained the registration code to allow the club members to attend for free, The code is CAMCLUB2023
- Another photo opportunity will be on May 13 and 14 in Callahan, The Jacksonville Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held. There is a daily fee for entry.
Schedules
To view all upcoming events, including future Meetings, Outings, Contests, etc., please visit the Schedules page on our website.
The March Outing to the Alligator Farm in St Augustine has been postponed until Saturday April 15
The program for April 6 will be a club critique. Members are encouraged to submit up to 3 images. Details and the place to send the images will be posted on the Club Website
Club Contests
The next print competition starts in April. Prints will be collected at both April meetings.
Educational Opportunities
all this information with links can be found on the Education page
On March 27 there will be a free class on Wedding Photography.. Also Canon Presents: Long Exposures – Light & Magic Class on March 30, 2023, 6-7:30 pm EDT. Check out the Education page to sign up.
There will be another Photoshop Virtual Summit in April--The Photoshop Creativity Virtual Summit. It will be held April 17-20 and will be focused on using Photoshop in your creative projects. The list of teachers is impressive and there will be an Early Bird special price.
As we have a possible Astro/Photography event on March 28, I have added a new tutorial from PhotoPills people. This is a PhotoPills for Beginners video. If you have never tried this app, this YouTube video is very useful. Depending on the platform you are using (Windows, Mac, Linux) you can find this app for sale on the appropriate app store. It is currently $10.99.
Also, Blake Rudis of f64 Academy has a new tutorial about using the color curves inside the curves adjustment. It is quite comprehensive and worth looking at. I personally don't think this is for Photoshop beginning users, but if you have used curves to adjust your images, I think you can handle it. The tutorial is quite comprehensive and explains the color theory behind adjusting color quite well.
Find the Club...
...on Facebook!
Our Facebook Group is very active with many members posting their photos. Many members have posted their photos from last week's outing. Be sure to check it out for activities of interest, winning photos, and more!
...on the Blog!
Don't forget to check back with our Blog Page often. There is good information posted frequently that you won't want to miss!