Our Introduction to and Understanding of Photography six part program is open to all OVCC members with no requirement for dues.
This is the first of six classes on an Introduction to and Understanding of Photography. The concepts that will be presented over the six sessions will cover the early history of photography, exposure, composition, camera settings for specific images, and how to backup images. The class is intended for beginners to intermediate level photographers. Even if you have been around photography for years you will learn something new in these sessions.
Today’s session will cover:
What is Photography?
A Short History of Photography
Why Photography? Why Do It At All?
A Few Words About Equipment
It’s All About the Light! Really!
The six session series will cover:
Introduction to Photography
Exposure, Part 1
Exposure, Part 2
Intro to Composition & Specific Image Setups
Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 2)
Image Storage Workflow & Backing Up Your Photos Attend any or all of the classes!
The class will be conducted on-line with each session following one week after the prior session.
Please join my Zoom session 15 minutes early, from your computer, tablet or smartphone. This extra time will allow you time to resolve most software issues or figuring out the controls for your camera and mic.
Zoom Link is on this page visible to those who RSVP.
Get the Zoom app now and be ready when your first meeting starts to avoid any delays in attending. Click on the Registration Link below to signup now and receive the session link back to your email.
We experienced failure four times yesterday attempting to communicate the Zoom Link to attendees. Instead we used two other methods. If you did not receive our link, and are a paid dues member or trial member TEXT Rich at (513)324-5643), No Calls will be accepted during our seminar, but text messages will.
Intro – The next full solar eclipse visible in the United States occurs on April 8, 2024 mid-afternoon, with the path passing amazing through Ohio! The next total solar eclipse in the US will not occur until 2044 & 2045, when most of us may be gone! This presentation will provide the information you need to get ready and photograph this rare event.
Availability – Attending this on-line presentation will be available to paid dues members, trial members, and their guests.
Presentation Outline
April 8, 2024, North American Solar Eclipse – Some Facts
Path Across the United States
Where to Photograph the 2024 Solar Eclipse
What Causes a Solar Eclipse & Different Types
Protecting your Camera and Eyes
Solar glasses & filters
Different Elements of a Solar Eclipse to Photograph
How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse
Recommended lens sizes
Exposure Guide
Resources
On-Line Zoom Session – this presentation will be provided using a Zoom Session. The session Zoom Link information for attendees who have RSVP is on this page!
OUR CLUB HAS BEEN APPROVED TO BRING OUR SINGLE LENS REFLEX AND MIRRORLESS CAMERAS. BUT OBVIOUSLY NO STUDIO LIGHTING OR MODELS.
Limited to our Event Members, Trial Members and up to 2 Guests.
The American Sign Museum is dedicated to the art and history of signs and sign making. The Museum is proud to be the largest public museum dedicated to signs in the United States! Covering more than 100 years of American sign history in 20,000 square feet of indoor space, the museum is a walk through the ages of sign technologies and designs. Some signs, still in their original shipping crates, remain pristine. Others proudly retain a weathered look. The storefront-laden Signs on Main Street display recreates a typical Main Street Any-Town USA, with shop windows full of sign-related artifacts. Current sign artisans have added to Main Street’s aesthetic by creating “distressed” signs to reflect the time period. See if you can tell which time period the signs fit into! Look for the revolving sign with an actual bullet hole. And don’t miss the Burma Shave sign sequence up above. Enjoy a full-size, reassembled, Mail Pouch barn sign in a room filled with local Cincinnati signs.
Public Tour: Join an ASM staff member for an enjoyable 45-minute look at the collection.
Fee: Adults $15 Seniors (65+) $10
We normally schedule a private tour for OVCC members and will do so if we have enough people.
AS AN EVENT MEMBER OR NEW MEMBER YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND
SHOOT AND DEBRIEF MEETING JANUARY 25TH, 6:30 – 7:30 PM ONLINE
THEME: Commercial Architectural Designs.
HOST: Rich Sears. Joel is snow birding.
REGISTER attendance on web portal:https://www.meetup.com/Ohio-Valley-Camera-Club/
The meeting will be an open-mic group discussion about the photos captured with the goal of encouraging and helping improve our work. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS YOUR IMAGES (where were they taken, camera settings, post processes and why you chose this specific image.
Vertical Images 1080 pixels high to upload your photos,
Rename your file:
#1 for first priority, #2 for second priority and #3 for third priority.
Based on the number of participants we may need to limit the number of photos shown during the debrief. #3 would be dropped for all participants in this case. First Name, then last Initial (for example – Joel , B. )
Title of image
Give camera setting information:
Lens used (for example 70-200mm) AND focal length of shot (90mm)
ISO
aperture
shutter speed
exposure compensation, if used
filters, if used
post processing techniques of note ” **MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: write Rich at ovccrs@gmail.com”
PRESENTER: SUSAN MILINKOVICH, Trainer, Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont.
OUR INAGURAL MEETING AT THE EVENDALE ARTS PAVILION. We just arranged for a new home within the I-275 Corridor for ease of access in Evendale at their “BELL TOWER ARTS PAVILLION” (3270 Glendale Milford Rd) off of Glendale-Milford Road St Rt 126 at near Reading Rd (US 42) with increased reliability from the newer technology offered by large screen monitors. WE ASK MEMBERS COMING FROM WITHIN 30 MINUTES AWAY TO ATTEND LIVE. FOR THOSE COMING OVER ONE-HALF HOUR AWAY YOU CAN ELECT TO VIEW OUR PROGRAM LIVE VIA OUR NEW WEBINAR PROVIDER, ZOOM. WRITE RICH AT ovccrs@gmail.com for link PRIOR TO 4:00 pm ON DAY OF MEETING.
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON OUR MEETING DATE.
1ST: PROGRAM: WHAT MAKES A WINNING PHOTOGRAPH Whether we are entering an image into a camera club or photography competition, posting our images on our website or social media page, or just framing our photograph to hang on our wall at home – we want our image to be the best that it can be. But how do we meet that goal? What do we need to pay attention to with our equipment, how do we capture the image in the field, and how do we edit the image in post-processing software? Join us as we explore some key points along the journey to creating winning photographs. We will discuss the questions we need to ask – and answer – when something draws our attention in the field. We will consider the technical skills we can use to frame and capture the subject. Then we will explore how we can take the vision we had in the field for that image and use our editing tools to achieve that vision. By using before and after examples of images, we will learn some tips on how to edit and create that winning photograph.
BREAK
2ND CRITIQUE: “ESSENCE OF LIGHT” Understanding the color of an object you are photographing is not the actual color of the object but instead the color that is being reflected off the object. Then factoring in daylight itself changes seven times daily and polarizing filters can further affect the quality of light, a photographer can manage the resultant color characteristics they are seeking. Hence the Essence of Light can include interesting shadows, backlighting, side-lighting, “God beams,” starbursts, high or low-key light, the Golden hour or Blue light hour, sunrise, or sunsets, and natural or artificial light. Plan the end color you want to capture ands set out and to it.
BIO: SUSAN MILINKOVICH Susan Milinkovich began photographing with her father when she got her first Brownie camera in elementary school. Her dad gave her the gift of “seeing” a photograph and both parents gave her a love of nature and an appreciation for the beauty to be found in our everyday world. While Susan enjoys capturing the larger landscapes, it is the intimate details of a landscape, structure or flower that draws her attention. Susan has participated in exhibits at Pop Revolution, Middletown Art Center, the Cincinnati Nature Center and Mohawk Gallery as part of Cincinnati’s PhotoFocus. Susan teaches classes and workshops on a variety of photography topics. Check out more of Susan’s photography at www.susanmilinkovich.com
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CRITIQUE IMAGES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 10:00 PM
SUBMIT UP TO THREE CRITIQUE IMAGES – NOTE: UPGRADED PIXEL RESOLUTION 1920 X 1080 IN JPEG FORMAT TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345 FINE PRINT: We can only guarantee critiquing your first image IF You Rename Your File eAccordingly: 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” Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting.
IMAGE SIZING: reduce all images to Resolution of 72, and, for horizontal images 1920 pixels wide. For vertical images 1080 pixels high
DIRECTIONS TO BELL TOWER ARTS PAVILION From the North, West and South Off of I-75 exit Glendale-Milford Highway heading East. Cross Reading Road and move into the left hand lane. Proceed one-quarter mile at the traffic signal turn left onto Kingsport Drive. Take the first right up a slope and park behind the building (Art Pavilion). Entrance door is at the right end. Grab a chair from the closet.
From the EAST Off I-71 exit Pfeiffer Roading heading West 2.7 miles to Kingsport Drive at traffic signal. Crossing Kenwood Rd Pfeiffer Road changes name to Glendale-Milford Rd. Crossing Plainfield Rd, you will have 1 and one-quarter mile to go to Kingsport Drive. Turn right onto Kingsport Drive. Take the first right up a slope and park behind the building (Art Pavilion). Entrance door is at the right end. Grab a chair from the closet.
THIS IS A LIMITED ATTENDANCE (10) EVENT AND IT IS EXPECTED TO SELL OUT. DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT UNTIL YOU ARE CERTAIN YOU WILL ATTEND, OR BE CERTAIN TO CANCEL >48 HOURS IN ADVANCE
Place sign in front windshield you are visiting Matt’s Studio if parking next door.
Matt Zory, www.matthewzory.com artisan / Creative and Artistic Photographer, Musician – assistant principal basswith the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, author, “The Remaking of Cincinnati’s Music Hall.”
Matt is driven to explore, create and rediscover. These past several months he has dwelled back into historic photo printing techniqes, specifically Platinum/Palledium Contact Printing. Matt has invited ten members of OVCC to come to Pendleton Arts Center and see his work and demonstration of this printing technique.
Platinum prints, also called platinotypes, are photographic prints made by a monochrome printing process involving platinum. For those who collect photographs, platinum/palladium prints are known for their beauty, archival stability and unique, one-of-a-kind print statement. The platinum tones range from warm black, to reddish brown, to expanded mid-tone grays that are unobtainable in silver prints. As with most historical photographic processes, a platinum print is made by placing the negative and emulsion-coated paper in direct contact. Therefore, the size of the photographic print is equal to the size of the negative.
Unlike the silver print process, platinum lies on the paper surface, while silver lies in a gelatin or albumen emulsion that coats the paper. As a result, since no gelatin emulsion is used, the final platinum image is absolutely matte with a deposit of platinum (and/or palladium, its sister element which is also used in most platinum photographs) absorbed slightly into the paper.
Platinum prints are the most durable of all photographic processes. It is estimated that a platinum image, properly made, can last thousands of years. Some of the desirable characteristics of a platinum print include: • The reflective quality of the print is much more diffuse in nature compared to glossy prints that typically have specular reflections. • A very delicate, large tonal range. • Not being coated with gelatin, the prints do not exhibit the tendency to curl. • The darkest possible tones in the prints are lighter than silver-based prints. Recent studies have attributed this to an optical illusion produced by the gelatin coating on RC and fiber-based papers. However, platinotypes that have been waxed or varnished will produce images that appear to have greater D-max than silver prints. • A greatly decreased susceptibility to deterioration compared to silver-based prints due to the inherent stability of the process and also because they are commonly printed on 100% rag papers.
Come prepared to celebrate the Holiday Season with your friends at OVCC for a wonderfull hilarious good time. Dress in HOLIDAY ATTIRE. All Members (Participating-Non Participating) are welcome.
ACTIVITIES
–*SUBMIT YOUR BEST 2019 IMAGES beginning MONDAY NOVEMBER 25TH TO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 9:00 PM. TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/5pbcWM/ovcckey
These images will not be critiqued. The taker will speak approximately one to two minutes about what they wanted to capture, any special preparation, implementation or processing to acheive their goal, etc.
–CHRISTMAS CHARADES – PRIZES
–DINNER
— LEFT / RIGHT GIFT EXCHANGE Try to bring wrapped presents valued between $15 – $25. Memory cards, flash drives, photography books, reflectors or diffusors, photo accessories, picture jigsaw puzzles, frames, photo printing paper, laptop travel bags or be creative. Everyone sits in a circle holding a gift. A Christmas-themed story will be read that includes the words “left and “right” several times each. Every time the word “left” is in the story, we pass a gift to the left; every time we hear the word “right”, we pass it to the right. At the end of the game, everyone gets to unwrap the gift they’re holding!
How a place is designed can trigger an emotional response by its occupants. “Emotion in architecture can often be linked to how well an architecture exudes a “sense of place” — where the emotion experienced of a particular architecture can be shaped by its “sense of place”. Often, “sense of place” can help an architecture take on a type of personality — and this personality can serve to trigger emotion in its building occupants because it connects with them.”
Submit up to three images of architecture you feel an emotional response per instructions below. *
AFTER DINNER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: PROCESSING TIPS IN LIGHTROOM.
PRESENTOR: STEVEN BULLOCK. One of our more popular presenters, a consummate commercial photographer: Architectural, Professional Sports, Commercial, Event Photographer. Voted/Awarded Best Photographer at National AAOC Juried Art Voted/Awarded Best Photographer at The Sarasota MASTERS Art Event Feb. 2016.
Steven is constantly on the go traveling throughout our country. Projects Profiles: NFL Football, Red Bull World Championship Air Races, Fashion, Kentucky Derby Red Carpet and Race, Red Bull Flutag, Forecastle Music Fair, Architecture—Retail, Residential, Multi-Family and Industrial photography and Construction. Classes—Instruction: “6 Steps—Pro Composition”, “How to Make Money in Photography and Build Your Photo Business, A Workshop – 1 Day Classroom, 1 Day Direct Hands on With Steve. Websites: stevenbullock.com & StevenBullock.smugmug.com
*INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING IMAGES FOR CRITIQUE: Do not upload more than one image at a time. Members may submit up to three images in JPEG FORMAT. • Depending on quantity of images submitted we may not be able to review all second and third images. FINE PRINT: WE CAN ONLY GUARANTEE CRITIQUING YOUR FIRST IMAGE SUBMITTED, AND IF IT INCLUDES FIRST THE NUMBER 1 (2 or 3) THEN YOUR FULL NAME AND TITLE. Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting. • Sizing: reduce all images to Resolution of 72, and, for horizontal images 1024 pixels wide. For vertical images 736 pixels high. • Rename your file:”1 (2 or 3) Last Name, First Initial, Title Example: “2 Brown, R. Father and Son” – Off Topic images will be deleted at the request of several members. TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES on or after the FIRST OF THE MONTH to: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/5pbcWM/ovcckey
Taking just a few people to see some beautiful western Dayton Waterfalls! Meeting at Barnes & Noble in Union Center. Please bring the following with you: towel, dry socks, WATER BOOTS are a must(a creek walk is required at the one waterfall), camera, filters(sunny day), tripod, water/coffee/pop, perhaps a change of clothes just in case!, notbook in case you wish to take notes of names, and your cards/batteries for your camera!
We will be seeing the following: Sunderland Falls, Patty’s Falls, Old Red Barn Falls, Ludlow Falls, and perhaps a few others time permitting! We can stop for lunch about noon at either three places that are along the route. Penn Station, Buffalo Wild Wings, OR McDonalds.
I have enough room for 4 people maybe 5 in my suv. One of the waterfalls has ONLY room for 2 vehicles. Rideshare is a must 🙂
I will be, facing Barnes & Noble, to the right of the book store the parking lot over to the right. I drive a Ford Explorer Limited champagne color. I’ll be standing by my vehicle watching for everyone!
We have arranged for a private and customized two-hour tour through our historical landmark: Cincinnati Music Hall. It is considered one of the best and most beautiful concert theaters in the world. We will be shooting in Corbett Tower, the Taft Room, Backstage, Auditorium and a variety of other public and private spaces. They astutely understand photographers – we prefer to be capturing and creating images.
Corbett Tower, overlooking Washington Park, has been transformed through the restoration of its original cove ceiling, featuring elegant stencil designs. Windows have been reopened, and their intricate tracery patterns have been meticulously recreated. One of Music Hall’s most popular event spaces, Corbett Tower also showcases the three beautiful crystal chandeliers which were formerly located in the Lindner Grand Foyer.
Meet South end of Music Hall at 1243 ELM STREET – SALES OFFICE. WE WILL BE PROCESSED IN AT 12:45 PM. Parking in area or across street in Washington Park Garage. Street Car Stop # 8.
AS A PREMIER OVCC EVENT: THIS MAY SALE OUT. In fairness to all, the first 25 Event members who have registered and paid in advance for this event will attend. As reminder, if you want to become an Event member, go to Events / Upcoming / “Events” on June 30, 2020 and follow directions. Event membership gives you access to over 40 events and meetings per year, just for sharing in the cost of administering our events.
