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NEW LOCATION: Maplewood Kitchen and Bar, 5065 Deerfield Blvd., Deerfield Towne Center. 3 Doors (end of first bldg) to South of The Rusty Bucket. Huge monitor and less noise. Upon entering, head right to the meeting room.

NEW: For showing before our meeting and during dinner everyone submit any number of images to our meetup site – Photo Section – February Folder (any topic).

TOPIC: “FUNNY” Can be people, animal, events, etc.

OUR CRITIQUE: Our own Fred Haaser

Fred started out in photography before age 10 using a B&W Polaroid swinger, moved to a full film kit in 1980, and then switching to digital starting in 2000. Today he is a serious amateur photographer using Pro equipment traveling on location in search of the best images possible. Fred retired from GE in 2016 after a 36-year career as an engineering manager developing 3 gas turbines for GE Aviation in Cincinnati. He is now working to capture images from all 60 US National Parks having completed 26 through 2018, and with a dozen or more planned for 2019.

PART 2: 2018 Burning Man Presentation – Everything You Want to Know

Burning Man is an annual festival that is a celebration of artistic self-expression held each year in Northwest Nevada in the Black Rock Desert. Selfless giving of one’s unique talents for the enjoyment of all is encouraged and actively reinforced. Some of these generous outpourings of creativity include experimental and interactive sculptures, buildings, performances, and art cars (‘mutant vehicles’).

These contributions are inspired by the yearly theme, which is chosen in advance by the organizers. Fred attended the 2018 Burning Man whose theme was “I Robot.” His goal will be to share with you the background of Burning Man, images, and a video to give you a full appreciation of this truly amazing American phenomenon. And Burning Man art is coming to the Cincinnati Art Museum in late April, so you will be able to see for yourself some of that self-expression.

OVCC will schedule a Meetup to visit the Burning Man at the Cincinnati Art Museum in April.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare your file for upload to the OVCC Critique site by following these procedures: 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 images. FINE PRINT: WE CAN ONLY GUARANTEE CRITIQUING YOUR FIRST IMAGE SUBMITTED, AND IF IT INCLUDES YOUR FULL NAME WITHIN THE 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 1026 pixels wide. For vertical images 736 pixels high. • Rename your file: Last Name, First Initial, Image Title, followed by #1 for first image and #2 for second image. Example: Sears, R. – My Image #1 Off Topic images will be deleted at the request of several members.
TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES on or after the FIRST OF THE MONTH
https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/q6jM3G/critique

We are asking all to chip in to help defray the cost of our appreciation gifting to our speakers. A great way for all photography levels to learn how to improve, along with having a great time.

Details

PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THIS MEET-UP. Also there are a few minor changes, found in the description below. If you had planned to attend on the 9th and are unable to attend on the 16th, please know that the cathedral will be open until noon on the 9th, and you are encouraged to stop by and view the exhibit, although Eric will not be present to chat with you about it.

One of our professional OVCC members, Eric Hatch, has been working for the past year on a project called “Faces of Addiction.” (Read more about it here: https://facesofaddiction.net/)

His work is on exhibit at Christ Church Cathedral’s Gallery South. Because the opening reception conflicted with the January OVCC meeting, we have arranged a special time for OVCC members to view the exhibit and chat with Eric about the project.

You may drop in and view the exhibit, beginning at 10:30, in Gallery South. Eric will be present from 10:30 until noon to chat with you and answer questions.

Parking is available in the Queen City Tower, just across the street from 318 East Fourth, or there is metered parking on the street. Inexpensive parking is available in the P&G garage, a couple blocks up on 6th Street, between Broadway and Sycamore. My recommendation is to use a meter, if you can find one close by, and add time as needed. I would start with 30 minutes and go from there.

The gallery is just inside the 318 East Fourth Street entrance, to your left.

Details

It’s Cold Outside … so let’s shoot indoors! It’s already been 3 years since our last still life photo event!

We’ll set up a number of still life tables to display what everyone brings, so everybody bring something to contribute. We’ll have 4, 5, or more stations for shooting. At the start we’ll gather into groups of several photographers. Each group will select a set of objects to display at their station, collaborate on the arrangement, and decide on a lighting scheme. Then all will take turns shooting this set up. After that some may want to adjust the lighting and shoot some more. When done, the group will move onto another station and either adjust the station or start over.

YOUR HELP – For lighting, we want everyone to volunteer some sort of lighting, if you can. It can be as small as a desk lamp to a full-sized studio light. Last time, table and desk lamps ruled. So, if you have a nice brass lamp or something cool to photograph, that will work. Please don’t bring priceless or antique items, as there may be a danger of mishandling or damage.

PLEASE bring a backdrop stand and/or cloth backdrop if you have one. Black and other dark colors seem to be the best, though, we do want a diversity of colors.

Everyone should post here what sort of backdrops, supports, and lighting they can bring, so that we make sure we have sufficient supply in that department.

As far as props goes, in the past, we had great success with food products (fruit, flowers, veggies, pasta, etc.), and wine with glasses. We did several interesting desktop type setups with books, spectacles, lamp, and assorted accoutrements (French for “stuff”). There was one interesting idea with maps, books, globe, telescope, old cameras, etc. Anything of interest like old bottles, utensils, unique bowls and other dishes, oriental items, curios.

There were also some interesting dayglow objects set up with dark background as well.

The sky is the limit. Be creative. Bring off-the-wall stuff and bring typical stuff. Old stuff is cool and adds interest.

The room/table setup will be from 8:30-9:00 am if a few volunteers will help with that (indicate in the comments if you can help with the room setup). Bring a few extension cords for the lighting. We have to be done cleaning up by 12:00 pm.

Here’s a link to some of the shots from a prior still life shoot.
https://www.meetup.com/Ohio-Valley-Camera-Club/photos/20406622/

Directions: https://www.lm.doe.gov/Fernald/Visitors_Center/Directions.pdf