Yes, the OVCC just visited the Wright Patt Air Force museum on Veterans Day Nov. 11, however, the museum is offering the Plane Talks again on Pearl Harbor Day. Rather than make this a club visit I am mostly just announcing the event here to get the word out for those who might want to attend. I plan to attend and video record more of the plane talks by those who flew or maintained them. The chance to have a one-on-one conversation with the greatest generation is a truly rare and valuable opportunity, and one that won’t be here much longer.
There is no cost at the museum. You must wear a mask.
Plane Talks will occur a few times a year and allow visitors the opportunity to interact with various subject matter experts. The experts at these talks may include veterans, active duty, former pilots, crew members, engineers, navigators, and more. These experts will be stationed in the galleries near the aircraft or exhibit that relates to their expertise. These Plane Talks programs often occur on the anniversary of a significant Air Force or military event.
Parking is also free. If you haven’t been to the museum in years I have to mention that it is top-shelf, there is none better for aircraft.
The museum is huge, staying separated is not an issue.
CORRECTION: Fixed starting time as museum opens 4 pm.
The Tri-State Warbird Museum was formed in 2003 with a commitment to preserve the aircraft of World War II, educate visitors on America’s role in WWII, and to honor the veterans who fought and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Originally constructed as a 12,000 sq/ft hangar and 5,000 sq/ft museum display space at the Clermont County Airport, the Tri-State Warbird Museum was completed and opened to the public in 2004. Come out and photograph these rare aircraft with us.
Cost $12 per person Parking – no issues on a Wednesday
Other – we will plan to meetup at 3:45 pm outside and start our tour at 4 pm, so be sure to give yourself time to find the location if you’ve never been there before. In accordance with State Orders and CDC recommendations, they ask that all visitors wear masks. This is for the safety of visitors, staff, and volunteers. They ask that all visitors practice proper social distancing, and postpone your visit if you are experiencing COVID-19 like symptoms or have been in contact with someone sick within 14 days of your planned visit.
To Learn More you can visit their website at http://www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org/index.html
Directions: the museum is located a short distance off Route 32 between I-275 and East Fork State Park in Batavia.
VIA WEB CONFERENCING. LINK WILL BE SENT MORNING OF MEETING.
{READ ONLY IF you are not current on Dues: This ONLINE presentation is for OVCC participating members only. SEE INFO AT BOTTOM.}*
CRITIQUE BY TINA GUITIERREZ, Fine Art Photographer: “At Least One Person – Everyday Moments, Candid, Portraits, including Self Portraits, Head Shot, Action, Motherhood, Portraits, or Street Photography”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING IMAGES: Submit up to three images TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345 Further Detail Below.**
EDUCATION: talk+ Photography with a purpose and for a cause. The Camera as a powerful to for change. How to find your voice in that change. Creative ways to make a difference.
**Members may submit up to three images in JPEG format. 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. For Example: “1 Jones D Shadows” 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 1440 pixels wide. For vertical images 930 pixels high. • OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members.
TINA GUITEREZ BIO: Social justice, Arts, underwater and portrait photographer based in Cincinnati, Ohio. portraits and headshots of musicians and arts professionals. Photoactivist. I regularly photograph members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Linton Series, Concert Nova and faculty and students at CCM. I have also had numerous photographs featured on the cover of Movers and Makers Magazine as well as in one Grammy award winning CD and one Grammy nominated CD.
Tina is Currently an adjunct professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Tina’s practice is grounded in her study of art, movement and music. She is a longtime student of Developmental Movement and very deliberately composes the human figure and its activity. Tina is also a musician. She performs on the lute and Renaissance flute, and directs the early music chamber group, The Shakespeare Band. Her cultural connection to the Renaissance/Baroque period extends to The Visual world as well as music, especially sculpture. Depicting classical balance and beauty in the human form is a hallmark of Tina’s work. When not composing scenes in the studio or on-site, Tina is a freelance photographer with a broad clientele including The Cincinnati Symphony, Linton Chamber Music, Movers and Makers Magazine, Queen City Chamber Opera, Concert Nova, MY Cincinnati, UC-College Conservatory of Music, and Procter and Gamble. She has photographed many Grammy award winning musicians. Tina’s work has been widely exhibited, at FotoFocus 2018, 2019, and 2020 at The Cincinnati Shakespeare Gallery. she regularly exhibits at Washington Park Art Gallery, Kennedy Heights arts Center, The Art Academy, Xavier University and other spaces.
Community Art 2020 creator and co-producer of Scarcoronas.
Publications 2020 Chaeg – Korian Fine art photography and Books Magazine. Cover story. 2018 Fotofocus Exhibition Catalog re-Adorned, 80pps.
Television
2018 PBS -The Art Show – season 7 episode 7 Education, University of Evansville 4 years music –classical guitar.
Awards and grants, Teaching, Lectures & Workshops, Solo & Joint Shows, Group Exhibitions: far too many to list here.
Website: tinagutierrezartsphotography.com
NOT YET A PARTICIPATNG MEMBER: Participating members have already paid our annual dues of $20 or are Trial Members. Join our club at: https://www.meetup.com/Ohio-Valley-Camera-Club SEE LINK at upper right corner of landing page. THEN REGISTER Your Attendance Below and Send YOUR MEETUP NAME (e.g. Jane Smith) and mention the November Meeting to: [email protected] to be able to participate.}
DIRECT REGISTRATION AT LINK BELOW (also Register with OVCC below so we know who is attending.)
Lisa Langell, Phoenix Arizona, is a full-time, award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications including the cover of Outdoor Photographer magazine, plus numerous images in Arizona Highways, Ranger Rick, art galleries and more. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the North American Nature Photography Association. She is also a proud ambassador for Tamron, FotoPro, and H&Y filters.
Her passion for photography started in childhood–when bird watching ignited her lifelong love of nature and the camera. In 2010, she turned her passion for photography into a business—and in 2015 she successfully transitioned to photography full-time and left the corporate and consulting world behind. The journey with photography has been Lisa’s favorite–she loves combining her diverse background and skills into her photographic art and instruction. Bringing joy to others brings joy to her! She thrives on creating innovative learning experiences and pushing photographic boundaries. She equally enjoys enriching, stimulating, and expanding fellow photographers’ minds emotionally, creatively, and intellectually.
Photographing Abstracts: The Techniques Behind the Best Images.
Excellent Abstract photography does not happen by chance. It is rarely the accidental blurred shot that works as an elite abstract image. It is through careful photography and technique where the best images are created. So–expand your creativity! A whole new world of photography, creativity, and fun opens when you break the boundaries of traditional imagery and explore photographing abstracts! I will teach you the techniques behind creating the best images. Abstract photography is all about taking the everyday objects and transforming them into something creative and mostly unrecognizable in comparison to their original form. Through instruction, videos, audience-interaction and inspiration from your instructor and fellow participants, you will learn:
•How to apply basic compositional guidelines while using your creativity and vision to create abstract images
•How to use intentional camera motion (ICM) and motion blur•Patterning and its application to abstract photography
•How contrast, shadows, color theory, textures, edges, and more can help your design images that are artistic, ethereal, and fun
•How to present your abstract images for impactful, stunning wall art and more!
This session is always full of laughs, freedom, and creativity. It is a great class for any level of photographer with any camera–even a mobile phone.
Plane Talks allow visitors the opportunity to interact with various subject matter experts. The experts at these talks may include veterans, active duty, former pilots, crew members, engineers, navigators, and more. These experts will be stationed in the galleries near the aircraft or exhibit that relates to their expertise. These Plane Talks programs often occur on the anniversary of a significant Air Force or military event.
Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission, an one-hour documentary from our regional Public Media Connect (Dayton’s WPDT and Cincinnati’s WCET-TV), includes video from the 13-year restoration of the World War II Boeing B-17F bomber and unused film from the 1944 documentary, Memphis Belle: A Story Of A Flying Fortress.
Producer Richard Wonderling had access to 21-1/2 hours of film — 10 hours of the restoration shot by the Air Force Museum staff, and 11-1/2 hours from the 1944 film.
Sharon Woods is the oldest park in the Great Parks of Hamilton County system. It’s 730 acres, and is made up of a 2.6 mile shared trail that follows the shore line of the parks biggest lake. There is also a .7 mile gorge trail and a 1.0 mile fitness trail. There is a large playground, water vehicles for rent, fishing and a golf course. Most interesting to photographers is the beautiful trees that create wonderful fall colors in late October and early November. The best place to take photographs is from the 2.6 mile (easy) trail around the lake. There are many outstanding vantage points to shoot from. Entrance fee with pass is free, otherwise a single visit is $5.00 for Hamilton County residents and $8.00 for non-residents. An annual sticker is $10 for residents and $16 for non-residents.
VIA WEB CONFERENCING. LINK WILL BE SENT MORNING OF MEETING.
READ ONLY IF you are not current on Dues. This ONLINE presentation is for OVCC participating members only. Participating members have already paid our annual dues of $20 or are Trial Members. Join our club at: https://www.meetup.com/Ohio-Valley-Camera-Club SEE LINK at upper right corner of landing page. THEN REGISTER Your Attendance Below and Send YOUR MEETUP NAME (e.g. Jane Smith) and mention the October Meeting to: [email protected] to be able to participate.
CRITIQUE: LANDSCAPES & WILD LIFE PRESENTATION: PHOTOGRAPHY IN ALASKA
Professional photographer David W. Shaw will be joining us on-line from Fairbanks, Alaska to critique your submitted images and then after a 5 minute break he will present on photography in Alaska (and opportunities to join in workshops where he is the instructor).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING IMAGES: Submit up to three images TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345
Members may submit up to three images in JPEG format. 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. 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 1440 pixels wide. For vertical images 930 pixels high. • OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members.
DAVID W SHAW BIO: David is a Fairbanks, Alaska based professional photographer, writer, and photo educator. His images and writing have appeared thousands of times in publications across the world. He has written articles on the art of photography for magazines like Shutterbug, Professional Photographer, Amateur Photographer, Photo Technique, Bokeh, and others. He is also an instructor at the Digital Photography School and ExpertPhotography.
Dave’s writings on science and natural history have appeared in Sierra, Defenders, Alaska, Birds and Blooms, Birdwatching, UnDark, Scientific American, Ensia, and many others. He has a both undergraduate and masters degrees in wildlife biology and is an expert naturalist with a deep love for all wild things (but particularly birds).
Dave is a 20 year resident of Alaska and has spent most of those decades exploring the state’s many wild corners with his camera, and leading others on wilderness trips, photography expeditions, birding, and natural history tours. Internationally, he has traveled to dozens of countries on (almost) every continent, and loves sharing those places with others. He has guided on expedition ships in Antarctica and South America, birding and photo trips in South and Central America, and the list goes on.
UPCOMING: Classes—Instruction: Arctic Aurora Workshop: 13-17 March and 1-5 April, 2021
RESCHEDULED TO 10/17 DUE TO HEAVY DRIZZLE AT 12:30 PM ON 10/10. TREE COLORS MAY BE BETTER ALSO? OUR TOUR GUIDE HAS AGREED TO THE NEW DATE.
ALL ATTENDEES ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK WHENEVER OUR GROUP IS TOGETHER. IF YOU WANDER OFF ON YOUR OWN THEN A MASK IS NOT REQUIRED.
UPDATES:
We now have a docent (photographer Jerry Lynch) to show us around!
However, he informed us that the park will be closing at 5 pm starting Oct. 4th so I have moved the start time up 2 hours to 2 pm, which will provide 3 hours to see & photograph the 335 acres. You could arrive after 2 pm if your schedule doesn’t fit.
If you agree to give your photos to the Park they will waive your $8 entry fee. You will maintain your copyright and the park will provide a Photo Credit to you for any photos they may use. If you use your photo for commercial sales you will still be required to buy a Commercial Photographer Pass for $75.
The Ancient Sculpture museum is still closed to the public but as docent Jerry can get us in with masks and no-contact of doors, etc.
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum is a 335 acre sculpture park and outdoor museum combining the lure of nature with the dynamic presence of monumental art. Pyramid Hill’s rolling hills, meadows, lakes, gardens and miles of hiking trails provides the perfect backdrop to Experience Art In Nature in every season. In addition to the 80+ monumental outdoor sculptures, the grounds also feature a pioneer house dating to the 1820’s with an unusual arched ceiling.
Ancient Sculpture Museum – allows you to travel back in time and visit the Roman, Greek, Etruscan and Egyptian Empires. The Ancient Sculpture Museum houses over 60 pieces of sculpture where each piece is over a thousand years old.
We will meet up and then disperse maintaining safe distancing, which is easy given the size of the park. You can learn much more about the park at this link https://www.pyramidhill.org/
Admission: Adults: $8.00 for guests (members are free, see above if you are willing to give your images to the park)
Park Map: https://15fb8772-9e89-4dd2-8d55-c5844e9137dc.filesusr.com/ugd/ed0a34_c1f3717ad9db4985ae933b1143636aaa.pdf (copy and paste into your browser – ask at the Gate for a copy of the map).
Free Map App & Audio from the Artists: · Hear audio from or about our artists · Find images and locations of the sculptures · Learn about the sculptures and artists Instructions
Visit your app store and download Otocast
Open the app and find Pyramid Hill under locations
Parking: you are welcome to park your car and walk, or use your car to get around the park (like Spring Grove Cemetery).
Park Guidelines: Restrooms located at the Pavilion are OPEN All park water fountains are shut OFF We ask that all guests abide by 6 ft social distancing Guests are not allowed to gather in groups of 10 or more (so we can break up into smaller groups, most will likely wander on their own) Guests are not allowed to touch, climb, or sit on any of the sculptures
RAPTOR INC. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of local birds of prey via rehabilitation, education and research.
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.
You need not me be a member to attend and you may bring a guest, but all attendees, including non photographer guests, must pay the fee because of space limitations and Raptor, Inc. policy. All monies are for the benefit of Raptor, Inc. to help them continue their great efforts.
Cost is $22 per attendee. Payment holds your spot.
Sunday, October 11 Raptor Shoot 10:00 – 11:30 am
Preferably 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. We loose $2 if cc is used. Does your name on your check match your name with OVCC – if not change in your Profile – See Coment below.* To pay by check attempt to register, ignore request to pay by cc then send your check as instructed. Thank you.
10:00 AM – Meet across Elm street from the main entrance to Music Hall in Washington Park to capture nice architectural shots with deeper sky coloration.
10:30 AM – Meet in front of the steps to the Main Entrance for our 1 hour 15 mintue Outdoor Guided Tour and Shoot.
Explore Music Hall’s history, the symbolism and design of the architecture, the challenges at every step of construction, and the people who made it happen, along with information on the culture and society of the neighborhood in 1878.
Historians, preservationists, architecture enthusiasts and adventurers alike will gain new insight into why Cincinnati Music Hall truly merits its designation as one of the best and most beautiful concert halls in the world. Please note this tour does not go inside Music Hall.
COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES MASKS: All guests and guides are required to wear a mask or face covering. SOCIAL DISTANCING: Keep a distance of at least 6 feet.
**We have to submit our tour payment in less than one week, so your prompt payment of $16 is appreciated. As always, payment holds a spot.
Payment by check prefered : Send check payable to Ohio Valley Camera Club (not OVCC) to OVCC, 6691 Fox Hunt Ct., West Chester, Oh 45069 for $16 per person
