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OPEN TO Event Members Current on Dues, their guests, and New Members

What: a guided photo walk of Devou Park and the adjacent Kenton Hills neighborhood (I will talk about the history of the more significant sights along the way). This photo walk is reserved for dues paying members and trial members only. Contact Rich Sears at ovccrs@gmail.com if you want to become a member. An optional lunch is available after the walk (see details below).

Description: The 704 acre Devou Park is a beautiful oasis just minutes form urban Covington and is known for its beautiful views of downtown Cincinnati. On this walk you will visit or pass the park’s golf course, playgrounds, picnic areas, an amphitheater, and Prisoner’s lake. An optional stop will occur halfway through the walk at the Behringer-Crawford Museum.

Meetup Location: Drees Pavilion (790 Park Ln, Covington, KY 41011) leaving at 10 am Sharp!

Difficulty: Moderate plus, 2 miles (a walking map will be available at the start for attendees, for now see the map above)

Parking: free parking at Drees Pavilion

Rain Date: in the event of rain the walk will be moved back one day to Sunday, May 26th

Behringer-Crawford Museum – the BC is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the unique arts, heritage and culture of Northern Kentucky as part of the Ohio Valley. Founded in the former Eubank-Devou family 19th century home, the museum opened to the public in 1950 as a natural history museum based on the collections of William Behringer, an avid collector, traveler, diarist and Covington resident, featuring fossils, minerals, animal specimens and other oddities from his world travels. Today it has evolved into an interactive. multi-dimensional cultural center offering education, art, music and history to generations of visitors. It is open on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm. Cost is $9 for adults and $8 for seniors age 60+. For those who want to stop in we will spend about an hour there before completing the second half of our photo walk.
You can read more about the BC at this link: https://www.bcmuseum.org/

Optional Lunch: At the end of the photo walk drive 1 mile to the Devou Golf Center’s 19th Hole Grill & Bar located at 1201 Park Drive, at 1 pm.

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Welcome to the Cincinnati Parks Krohn Conservatory
2024 Butterfly Show, Butterflies In Space Photography Night!
Photographers and tripods welcome!
Come get some great shots of our butterflies!
This is intended for adults only (18+).

TO REGISTER USE FOLLOWING LINK

The 2024 Butterfly Show is inspired by the story of the caterpillars and butterflies taken to the International Space Station in 2009, where they successfully adapted to a zero-gravity environment and became known as “astro-pillars” and “butter-nauts”. Visit Krohn Conservatory’s Butterflies in Space! and learn about the innovative ways butterflies and plants lived high above the planet. We have created a galactic landscape of blossoming plants and beautiful butterflies for you to enjoy. Explore our own take on the space station while the real “stars” of the show flutter and swirl throughout the room like a colorful cloud of stardust. Be sure to visit Krohn Conservatory for a Butterfly Show that is really “out of this world”.

Featuring K & R Photographics
https://www.krphotodigital.com/
This photography pass is a one-time purchase for admittance to all the Butterfly Show Monday Photo Nights. Space is limited to 50 guests so that tripods/other photography equipment can be used. The pass does not allow entry during normal operating hours.

Dates:
Monday May 20th
Monday June 3rd and 17th
Monday July 8th and 22nd
Monday August 5th

Time:
Each Monday is from 6pm – 8pm
The tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
ONLY 50 PASSES ARE AVAILABLE. PROVIDES ENTRY INTO ALL SIX EVENTS. NO INDIVIDUAL EVENT TICKETS WILL BE AVAIALBE. CHARGEONLY $25.
**TO REGISTER:
ALSO REGISTER WITH OVCC SO WE KNOW WHO TO EXPECT.

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Creative Flower Photography Workshop
Limited to Event Members current on dues, their GUEST, and our New Members. An apology to our Online members, as Meetup apparently still has issues when we attempt to send emails to custom mail lists.

Date: Wednesday, May 15th
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON OUR MEETING DATE.

Deadline for submitting images this meeting only will be 10:00 PM ON MAY 14TH

There will be no online presentation or recording due to logistics.

SPECIAL PROGRAM. You are in for a real treat. Pam De Camp, artistic photographer extraordinaire, is conducting a WORKSHOP at our May meeting, “Creative Flower Photography.”

Pam will go over:
Focus Stacking, Light Painting, Intentional Camera Movement and Post Processing

Here is what you need to bring:
Camera…batteries, memory cards
** A zoom lens with a collar/foot Required
Optional macro lens
Tripod
Cable release if they have one.
Pam will provide:
Backgrounds
Focus rail for focus stacking (it will be mounted on a tripod, and I have the plate for it)
Flowers
Lights
Pam will go over:
Focus Stacking
Light Painting
Intentional Camera Movement
Post Processing
CRITIQUE: See Details Below
Minimalist photography focuses on simplicity & its artistic style can be encapsulated by the quote, “less is more.” Minimalist photographers achieve this effect by casting aside all the unnecessary components in creating their works.[10]
“As an approach in photography, minimalism or minimalistic photography could be taken by the photographer in all genres. No matter you are a portrait, architecture, landscape etc. photographer, minimalist photos are always an option as long as you have a minimal look toward your surroundings” -Milad Safabakhsh, Founder of Minimalist Photography Awards.[11]
Minimalist photography often features a single subject with nature as the background, or nature itself as both background and subject. Common motifs in minimalist works include geometric or repeating patterns, contrast in lines and texture, and emphasized depth and distance. This last element is often used to express a feeling of vastness and to try and capture the feeling of being in an incredibly open space in nature. Ref. Wikipedia.
WE ARE NOW MEETING AT THE EVENDALE BELL TOWER ARTS PAVILION -LOWER LEVEL. Located at 3270 Glendale Milford Rd (TURN ONTO KINSPORT DRIVE} near Reading Rd (US 42)
ABOUT: PAM DECAMP

Pam Decamp is an award-winning fine art photographer who travels the United States and abroad. She is a contributor/writer to the online photography resource Photo Focus. PhotoFocus.com I write articles on travel, mobile phone photography and product reviews. Decamp lives in southern Ohio; she captures images off the beaten path and gives them special attention in post-processing. Images of leaf covered roads, mountain vistas, and whimsically nostalgic scenes inspire her viewer to experience the beauty of our nation. Pam holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) in Film and Photography.
SUBMIT UP TO THREE IMAGES (<2MB) IN JPEG FORMAT
IMAGE SIZING: reduce all images to Resolution of 72, and, for horizontal images 2800 pixels wide. For vertical images 1200 pixels high
TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345
FINE PRINT: We can only guarantee critiquing your first image IF You Rename Your File Accordingly: it includes FIRST, your priority number 1, 2 or 3. Then your last name, first initial and Title of your image. NAME is required only for administrative Purposes. For Example: “1 Jones D Shadows”
• OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members.

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UPDATED POSTING 3/25/24 – DETAILS ARE FINALIZED FOR THE UPCOMING PHOTO CONTEST.

The Montgomery Arts Commission will host Exposure: Montgomery Photo Competition, the City’s 36th annual photo competition on Sunday, May 5th at 1 pm (in person) at the Terwilliger Lodge, Dulle Park (see map). This is a great opportunity to submit up to 3 images for a locally judged show!

In addition, the public is invited to an in-person “Sneak Peek” reception on Saturday, May 4, also at the Terwilliger Lodge, Dulle Park from 12-4 pm.

The competition, open to beginners and serious amateurs alike, is the longest-running photo contest in the region (since 1987). Judging is based on photos that capture technical brilliance, originality or a unique point of view, and are chosen from both adult and student categories. Up to 10 winners in each category will be awarded $100 each.

The 2024 Judges include:
Allie Blankenship (Cincinnati Art Museum)
Arabeth Balaska (Cincinnati Museum Center)
H. Michael Sanders (UC Blue Ash)

Photographers may submit up to three photos April 1-30 at Montgomery City Hall from 8 am to 4:30 pm. A non-refundable entry fee is $10 per photo for adults, and $5 per photo for students of high school age and below. Cash, checks (payable to the City of Montgomery), and Visa/MC, American Express, or Discover cards are accepted. Entry requirements, including information on how to properly mount photos for display, and the entry form for each image, are below. Details for the event will be found at the Montgomery web-site at this link TBD.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW
You need to submit your prints between ~April 1-22 at Montgomery City Hall, located at 10101 Montgomery Road from 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday. There are rules for submitting images you must obey per the ENTRY INFORMATION (available at link below). There is free public parking at the Terwilliger Lodge.

2024 ENTRY INFORMATION (see link)
· Each entry must be an original photograph of the competitor’s own creation.
· Entries must be in a photographic medium: black and white, color or experimental (which is to say you can print on metal or plastic as well).
· Each entry must be securely mounted on a stiff backing suitable for hanging. New in 2021: matting is NOT required for a photograph to be exhibited so long as it is stiff enough to hang.
· Dimensions of each entry including any matting must be at least 8” x 10” but not more than 16” x 20”.
· The Entry Form must be clearly visible and affixed securely to the entry’s backing material and marked with the accurate orientation for hanging the image.
· Entries in frames and/or under glass are not accepted.
· Entries signed or otherwise identified on the photograph’s front will be eliminated from consideration (no watermarks).
· No more than 3 entries per competitor will be accepted.
· Any entry displaying subject matter deemed by the judging panel or the Arts Commission as unsuitable for public display to an audience of all ages shall be rejected for all purposes of the competition.

ENTRY FORM: https://www.montgomeryohio.gov/documents/2024-photo-contest-brochure-and-entry-form/

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ALL MEMBER EVENT. Maximum 10 Attendees.

Visit the Raptor, Inc. complex, where their educational birds will be displayed for your photographic pleasure. Birds are perched and hand held by the handlers. Photographers are as close as 10-15 feet from the birds and have lots of time to shoot. Tripods and telephoto lenses of 200-400mm are recommended, however, not necessary. NO FLASH.

RAPTOR INC. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of local birds of prey via rehabilitation, education and research. Location: 961 Barg Salt Run Rd., Milford, Ohio.

SUNDAY, MAY 5 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

ATTENDANCE: MAXIMUM 10

TO REGISTER: MAIL YOUR PAYMENT OF $22 PER ATTENDEE. As a private event we must meet their minimum attendees before they can bring in their staff from afar. Only Receipt of Payment Reserves Your Attending. Pay by check made out to Ohio Valley Camera Club, mailed to 6691 Fox Hunt Ct. West Chester, Ohio 45069. Specify Date and Provide Email for possible contact. Does your name on your check match your name with OVCC – if not change in your Profile (thumbnail photo in upper right of landing page.)

All non-photographer guests are required to pay, simply because of the space limitations and Raptor, Inc. policy.

All monies are for the benefit of Raptor, Inc. to help them continue their great efforts.

Refunds: full refund available up to April 30th. Afterwards you will be issued a credit for a future date.

Additional Dates in 2024: September 15th.