Educational Materials

PRESENTER: RICH SEARS

Date: Wednesday, January 15
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Meeting Location:
ENTRANCE: EVENDALE BELL TOWER ARTS PAVILION. Located at 3270 Glendale Milford Rd (TURN ONTO KINGSPORT DRIVE} near Reading Rd (US 42). Enter: LOWER LEVEL

PROGRAM: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Submit and Review Your Best Images Since 2018
Our audience’s turn for recognition and rewards. Yes. You, submit your best images shot since 2018. Prizes: Gift Cards. So, what do I have to do? Submit images per directions below. Step up to the mic and tell us:
Why You Took Your Image

Describe how you took the image, composition, lighting, and techniques used.
Tell us how you adjusted the image in post-production.

DEADLINE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 11TH AT MIDNIGHT
SUBMIT UP TO THREE IMAGES (<2MB) IN JPEG FORMAT TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/PpbFqz/9876
FINE PRINT: Rename Your File Accordingly Begin with either 1st, 2nd or 3rd, your priority number. Then your last name, first initial and Title of your image. NAME is required only for administrative Purposes. For Example: “1 Jones D Shadows” Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting.

IMAGE SIZING: reduce all images to Resolution of seventy-two, and, for horizontal images 1920 pixels wide. For vertical images 1080 pixels high. • OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members.

COMPETITION: PANORAMA IMAGES WITH NO SCALE REFERENCES. Land Scapes, Water Scapes, City Scapes. Avoid or delete anything that will lend scale to your image
SAME SPECIFICATIONS AND DEADLINES AS ABOVE.

BIO:
As Organizer I aim to maintain an active club emphasizing educational options, activities and socializing and enjoy assisting other photographers. Seeking varying photographic opportunities and learning. I enjoy nature photography, landscape, wildlife, macro, infrared, and existing light. Developed and managed a photofinishing lab and studio. Displayed: WC Liberty Chamber Alliance, Miami University VOA Learning Center, and Butler County Parks District Headquarters.

HAVE YOU TRIED OUR TWO OTHER ONLINE MONTHLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. EVENING COLLEGE held the second Tuesday evening, 6:30 PM Est. September through May. 1 TO 2 HOUR. Some Homework may be required.

Then our “SHOOT AND DEBRIEF DISCUSSION” Hosted by Joel Belsky and driven by members. Discussion of Why and How Submitted Images were shot. Then Why and How the images were Processed. Held Online the Fourth Thursday, 6:30 – 7:45. January – November.

Details

Limited to members who are current on dues or new members.

This program is viewable online. Link will be sent to those registered one day prior.

During our class in October we were instructed to get out, take some creative images and even apply some creative applications. Before submitting up to 3 images, title them with “#1 or #2 or #3 (your assigned priority to have them reviewed), your name and image title. LINK TO UPLOAD IMAGES TO COMING.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND AS A LOCAL EVENT MEMBER CURRENT ON DUES, OR AN AWAY MEMBER, OR A NEW TRIAL MEMBER. Register below before 3:30 pm on the 24th to receive your link to attend.

SHOOT AND DEBRIEF MEETING – October 24 , 6:30 – 7:45 PM ONLINE

Theme: OPEN : Can be anything: color, black & white , monochrome or sepia.

HOST: Joel Belsky

The meeting will be an open-mic group discussion about the photos captured with the goal of encouraging and helping improve our work.

RESIZE YOUR PHOTOS in order to fill the screen during the Zoom session else your image may appear small. If using Lightroom use Export / Imaging Sizing / Resize to Fit and enter 2800 pixels for landscape images or 1800 pixels for portrait images. Enter a resolution of 72 pixels per inch to get the recommended number of pixels.

• Rename your image files: first and last name, #1 for first priority, #2 for second priority and #3 for third priority and Image Title, as in this example John Smith 1 Downtown Cincinnati.jpg

Upload up to three images for discussion by Tuesday, October 22 , at the OVCC SmugMug Web-Site (NOT HERE ON this MEETUP SITE!! )

Copy & paste the following URL into your browser to upload:

Be prepared to discuss the camera setting information

• Lens used (e.g. 70-200mm) AND focal length of shot (e.g. 90mm)
• ISO, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, filters, if used
• Post processing techniques of note
• NOTE: most of the above will already be in the meta-data if you check Lightroom to include it during your export.

**MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: write Rich at [email protected]

Details
Our records show our founding members met beginning December 2023 at a restaurant in the village of Reading Ohio, a Cincinnati suburb. Dennis Lee captured the first known image of six members at a booth.

Our remaining co-founder, Rick Hartigan, oversaw our club until mid-2019. Rick loved guiding us through the hills of North Carolina, in and around Smokey Mountains and at Acadia National Park. Rick plans to attend.

Today our club is one of the most active photography clubs in Ohio. We average over sixty events annually. We provide educational training through three monthly in-person and or online meetings. From classes on trending topics; classic critique competition with educational presentations to members sharing the how’s and why’s of their photography and processing.

We would love to see everyone. Come on out, we will behaving fun.
Prior to our party send a few images of interest. See our finer images from our galleries. Hear how we were then and what we are up to now (a lot).

We will be partying at where we now meet in the Village of Evendale, Bell Tower Art pavillion, 3270 Glendale-Milford Rd. Along the hill coming up from Reading Rd, take a left at traffic signal onto Kingsport Drive. Up a short slope and you found us.

Anniversary cake and beverages.

rsvp: [email protected]