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Greenfield Plant Farms will be open.

Greenfield Plant Farms has invited OVCC members to photograph their flowers What to expect. They are situated on eight acres at 726 Stephens Rd, Maineville Ohio. They have many greenhouses plus. They raise and sell flowers for the Cincinnati Zoo. Over 200 Annuals and over 500 perennials.

TO RESPECT EVERYONE’S SAFETY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME:
WE ARE DIVIDING ATTENDEES INTO TWO DIFFERENT ARRIVAL TIMES;
EVERYONE, THAT IS EVERYONE, IS TO WEAR A FACIAL MASK, OR YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY.
MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE OF AT MINIMUM 6’ AWAY FROM OTHERS.

NO ADMISSION FEES. YOU ARE TO REGISTER IN THEIR OFFICE (across from parking lot) AS BEING WITH OVCC. REQUIREMENT: EACH ATTENDEE IS TO DONATE A GOOD IMAGE FOR THEIR PROMOTIONAL USE. SUBMIT BY SAT MAY 16TH. Ideally, 240 + dpi, resolution 2 MB or finer. Process and send along with your name to me at: ovccrs@gmail.com.

A TRIPOD AND MACRO LENS ARE SUGGESTED. BONUS: THERE ARE BLUE HERRON NESTS VISIBLE FROM THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY.

Their regular operating hours are Mon – Sat 9 to 5pm and Sundays 11 – 5. NOTE THIS IS A SPECIAL ADMISSION TIME PRIOR TO OPENING FOR THE PUBLIC. WE MUST HAVE ASSURANCES AT LEAST A FEW MEMBERS WILL GUARANTEE ARRIVING AROUND 8:30 AM, SO AS NOT TO BRING WORKERS IN EARLY. If you just cannot make it on a Saturday, you are welcome to stop by any time, just expect a lot of people during popular times.

LINK LIST OF ANNUALS 220
https://www.greenfieldplantfarm.com/plants-and-products/annuals/

LIST OF PERENNIALS 500
https://www.greenfieldplantfarm.com/plants-and-products/perennials/

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In 2020 the OVCC is planning to provide a host of training sessions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers. Session 4 of 6 will be for beginners with an Introduction to Composition and Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 1).

I will also show the syllabus for future training sessions so you can see how you will build on what you learned in this session.

A link to the PDF file of the presentation will be emailed afterwards to those who signed up for this session.

This will be an on-line meeting using the GoToMeeting Application. If you missed our training session for this application you watch this 40 minute video recorded from that session at this link (yes, I know it is not Academy Award material, but you will get the basics).

WHEN YOU LOGIN TO GOTOMEETING PLEASE USE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME (MIN FIRST LETTER) SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

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In 2020 the OVCC is planning to provide a host of training sessions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers. This session will be for beginners who want to understand the basics of Exposure, Part 2.

I will also show the syllabus for future training sessions so you can see how you will build on what you learned in this session.

A link to the PDF file of the presentation will be emailed afterwards to those who signed up for this session.

This will be an on-line meeting using the GoToMeeting Application. If you missed our training session for this application you watch this 40 minute video recorded from that session at this link (yes, I know it is not Academy Award material, but you will get the basics).

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OVCC Intro to Photography – Exposure Part 2
Sat, Apr 18, 2020 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (EDT)

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APRIL MEETING WITH PAMELA DECAMP
VIA WEB CONFERENCING.

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https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/134546125

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United States: 1 (646) 749-3122.
Access Code: 134-546-125
ALL PHONES WILL BE MUTED DURING PRESENTATIONS.

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CRITIQUE TOPIC: PARTS OF ARCHITECTURE.

How many different architectural styles come to mind while thinking upon what styles peak your interest the most: Art Deco, Native American, Colonial, Contemporary, Country, Farmhouse, Federal Colonial, Modern, Mountain. Prairie, Spanish, Southwest, Tuscan Rustic, Tuscan, etc. Submit up to four different styles to be reviewed by our critic, Pamela Decamp.

PAMELA DECAMP BIO:
Pamela Decamp is an award wining fine art photographer who travels the United States and abroad. 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 viewers to experience the beauty of our nation. Pam balances her photographic experiences between portraiture, macro and landscapes. Her exploration in infrared photography has challenged her from the stark contrast black and white images from Jekyll Island, to the playful fantasy of false color in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her viewers have been given a taste of altered reality of the world around them.
Pam’s art has been on display in the state of Ohio’s Governors office, the southern Ohio, Portsmouth Museum of Art, the Huntington Museum of Art, and the Zanesville Museum of Art.
Pam holds a bachelor from Xavier University in Film and Art.

*Instructions For Submitting Images For Critique: Submit up to Four imagese TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345
Members may submit up to four 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 D Jones 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 1044 pixels wide. For vertical images 930 pixels high. • OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members. TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES on or after the FIRST OF THE MONTH.

7:40 PM MACRO EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION. Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. CAPTURING THE FINEST DETAIL IS ONE THE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MACRO AND CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPHY. Macro requires a specialized lens that will produce image size greater than life size and finer detail. IF YOU DO NOT OWN A MACRO LENS you may use a telephoto lens for our critique session. Depth of field is extremely small when focusing on close objects. A small aperture (high f-number) is often required to produce acceptable sharpness across a three-dimensional subject. This requires either a slow shutter speed, brilliant lighting, or a high ISO. Auxiliary lighting (such as from a flash unit), preferably a ring flash is often used (see Lighting section). IDEAS – See Smashing Magazines 35 Stunning Macro Photography Ideas and samples at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/35-examples-of-stunning-macro-photography

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This will be a repeat class for Exposure, Part 1. Some members have already taken this class when we were using the MidPointe Library conference room. Owing to the conference room size a number of persons were signed up for the repeat class, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 virus. However, the number of persons who can now attend an on-line session is such that anyone can attend this class.

In 2020 the OVCC is planning to provide a host of training sessions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers. This session will be for beginners who want to understand the basics of Exposure, Part 1.

Covered in this session will be a quick revisit to the all important Light Triangle Diagram followed by an in-depth presentation on how you and your camera should be used to set the exposure for your images. Owing to the amount of information, Session 3 will cover Exposure, Part 2, which is tentatively set to be on-line April 18.

I will also show the syllabus for future training sessions so you can see how you will build on what you learned in this session.

A link to the PDF file of the presentation will be emailed afterwards to those who sign up at the session to be on distribution.

This will be an on-line meeting using the GoToMeeting Application. If you missed our training session for this application you watch this 40 minute video recorded from that session at this link (yes, I know it is not Academy Award material, but you will get the basics).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyq2epsu06sfetc/2020-04-04%20GoToMeeting%20Training%20Session.mp4?dl=0

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IF YOU HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED A PRACTICE SESSION YOU NEED NOT ATTEND THIS ONE ALSO.

In preparation for continuing OVCC meetings on-line we are offering a training session using the app GoToMeeting I have set-up a practice session for this Saturday, April 4 from 2-3 pm. The goal of this meeting is for you to demonstrate you can access this meeting on-line as practice before the OVCC monthly meeting. I will remain on-line from 2-3 pm so that you can join the meeting, learn how to use the basic tools, interact, etc. For this session you only need a computer, however, if you have a laptop with a built-in camera you will be able to also project your image to the group.

Use the link below to download the GoToMeeting App before the session. I have posted a file at my Dropbox that explains the use of the GoToMeeting app at this link (this is a Windows explanation but the Apple version should be very similar).

OVCC On-Line Training Practice Session
Sat, Apr 4, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (EDT)

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United States: +1 (312) 757-3121

Access Code: 615-009-493

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