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Image By: Fred Haaser

2020 Maple Knoll Fall Exhibition Information

What: A Photo exhibit open to the public.
Where: Maple Knoll Village, 11100 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
When: The exhibit runs Thursday, September 17 through Thursday, October 29, 2020
Opening Reception: Likely not this year.

EXHIBITION THEMES WILL BE ARTISTIC or CINCINNATI.
Tip: when selecting your images people generally purchase what they relate to.

REQUIREMENTS:

” Any sales of images will be managed directly between the artist and Maple Knoll. Maple Knoll will retain a percentage of the sale price (30%), so price you images accordingly.
” Once you have been notified that your image has been selected, you will be required to download, print, and fill out a written form to attach to each piece selected for the show.
” Individuals will be notified which photos were selected via a group email announcement.
” Submissions – Each person may submit up to five (5) images for consideration ). About 50 – 60 photos will be chosen for participation. Deadline for submission is July 20th to Auguest 3rd up to midnight. Selections will be announced on Tuesday, August 18th.

” Drop Off – Selected finished works must be dropped off at Maple Knoll Village offices on September 14th – 15th, 9am-4:30pm or by appointment – call (513)782-2462.
” Pick Up – Unsold pieces must be picked up at Maple Knoll: November 2nd – 3rd, 9am-4:30pm or by appointment. Any prints left will be donated to charity.
” All photos must have hanging hardware of some sort when delivered (sawtooth hangers are acceptable). Attach a small label with your name and the title of the work and contact information somewhere on the back of each work. Also, you MUST fill out an entry form which MUST accompany each work in the exhibit. You will be notified where to download a copy of that form at a later date, so keep an eye on the event page for this exhibition.

HOW TO POST SUBMISSIONS:
” Please post your entries to the following website link: https://ovcc2.smugmug.com/upload/SRGnLH/ExhibitatMk2020
” Upload your photo without digital matting, framing or personal watermark. Images will be watermarked by the club during their stay on the SmugMug site. They will be viewable there only in large format and will have right click disabled.
” You do not have to upload large files to the site for consideration. Try to keep your file sizes reasonable. 1400 pixels on the long side is more than enough for consideration of acceptance. Your print is what you are selling, not the digital file. So, try and keep them under 8MB.
” SAVE your image in jpg format and title with Your Name, Title of Piece, Type of Medium, Outside Finished Dimensions of the Piece, Price, Your Email and Phone before uploading. Any image without contact information will not be considered and deleted from the Gallery. If you are already a Smug Mug User, be sure to log out of your own account before trying to post in OVCC’S account.
” After you have uploaded your images, CLICK ON “DONE” in the upper right hand corner.
Title Example:
Jeffrey Smith, Heavenward, color film print on canvas, 16×24, $150, [email protected], 513-555-1010
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” Pricing information:
It’s important to consider your costs and the Maple Knoll cut when pricing your images. You should be able to profit a minimum of 10 to 30% after all the expenses to produce your work, including the Maple Knoll cut. This year it is 30%. Make sure you add at least 40% to the price, over and above what it cost you to produce the work.

If you have questions, please contact Rich Sears or Fred Haaser through the OVCC website or ask on the message board.

OVCC and Maple Knoll thank you for your participation.

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Image By: Fred Haaser

VIA WEB CONFERENCING. CHECK YOUR OVCC EMAIL THE MORNING OF THE PRESENTATION FOR LOGIN INFORMATION – add to your calendar.

READ If Not a Dues Paying OVCC Member: 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 July 15th Meeting to: [email protected] to be able to participate.

CRITIQUE: MOUNTAINS AND BIRDS. Everyone attending, no matter what your skill level is, should submit to experience learning by critique.

TRAVEL PRESENTATION ON Patagonia, South America Region

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. • 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.

FRED HAASER BIO:

Fred started out in Photography as a young teenager using a Polaroid Swinger, moved to full 35 mm film kit in 1980, and then digital in 2000. Today he is a serious amateur photographer using pro equipment traveling on-location in search of the best images possible.

Fred retired in 2016 after a 36-year career as an engineering manager developing 3 gas turbines for GE Aviation in Cincinnati. He is now Co-Organizer of the Ohio Valley Camera Club (OVCC), and working to capture images at all 62 US National Parks having completed 42 currently, and with 12 more planned for 2020.

See more of Fred’s work at:
https://500px.com/fredhaaser

Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]

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During these trying times, everyone will be required to wear a mask and allow for social distancing.

Historic 19th-century church with dramatic architecture, twin towers, stained glass & murals.

Mother of God Parish is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, Kentucky. Italian Renaissance Revival structure. The building was dedicated on September 10, 1871. This, their third building, sported a large portico supported by four Corinthian columns, two large towers and a central dome topped with a lantern and cupola. In 1875 a magnificent Koehnken Organ was installed in the church balcony. The official title of the parish is The Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, Parish. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Upon entering give everyone time to take a shot from the back, before proceding into the Sanctuary.

Bring a tripod and cable release for higher quality images.

Please give consideration to making a donation to Mother of God Church for their hospitality.

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YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND AS A LOCAL EVENT MEMBER CURRENT ON DUES, OR AN AWAY MEMBER, OR A NEW TRIAL MEMBER.

IMPORTANT:
“Due to continuing issues in communicating through Meetup write Rich directly for him to reply with Zoom meeting link. Also Meetup is garbling certain internet links. If you do not know Rich’s email his domain is at gmail. The balance is “ovccrs”. Also we are creating a backup system to store contact information. Rich also requests everyone send along their phone number.”
*********************[email protected]************************************

SHOOT AND DEBRIEF MEETING – July 25 , 6:30 – 7:30 PM ONLINE

Theme: *****DECAY***** Can be almost anything: A buildings’ interior or exterior , a zoomed in shoot of a particular piece of a larger object or flowers , trees, trains , planes and automobiles, etc… in any stage of decay , disrepair or ruin.

HOST: Joel Belsky

The meeting will be an open-mic group discussion about the photos captured with the goal of encouraging and helping improve our work.

RESIZE YOUR PHOTOS in order to fill the screen during the Zoom session else your image may appear small. If using Lightroom use Export / Imaging Sizing / Resize to Fitand enter 2800 pixels for landscape images or 1800 pixels for portrait images. Enter a resolution of 72 pixels per inch to get the recommended number of pixels.

• Rename your image files: first and last name, #1 for first priority, #2 for second priority and #3 for third priority and Image Title, as in this example John Smith 1 Downtown Cincinnati.jpg

Upload up to three images for discussion by Tuesday, July 23 , at the OVCC SmugMug Web-Site (NOT HERE ON this MEETUP SITE!! )

Copy & paste the following URL into your browser to upload:

Be prepared to discuss the camera setting information

• Lens used (e.g. 70-200mm) AND focal length of shot (e.g. 90mm)
• ISO, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, filters, if used
• Post processing techniques of note
• NOTE: most of the above will already be in the meta-data if you check Lightroom to include it during your export.

**MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: write Rich at [email protected]

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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 13th
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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PRIVATE TOUR: Moment in Time: A Legacy of Photographs / Works from the Bank of America Collection

PAYMENT OF $12 IS DUE BY TUESDAY JULY 16TH.

Moment in Time features more than 100 photographs dating from the invention of the medium in the 1830s through the mid-20th century. The exhibition includes compelling masterworks by William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Timothy O’Sullivan, Alfred Stieglitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Walker Evans, among others. All explored the breadth and depth of the camera’s ability to capture a moment in time.

Their interests ranged from perfecting photography’s technical capabilities to documenting the formal beauty of nature to exposing the social realities of America. All, however, explored the breadth and depth of the camera’s ability to capture a moment in time.
Reservations are required. Admission is free for Taft members, guests of members with guest pass, military, and youth (17 and under); $12 for adults. Includes admission to special exhibitions and the museum’s collection galleries.

Make payment to “Ohio Valley Camera club” and mail to: OVCC, 6691 Fox Hunt Ct., West Chester, Ohio 45069

Parking
The Taft offers limited free on-site parking for guests visiting the museum, the Museum Shop, and the Lindner Family Café during regular museum hours in the Taft’s on-site garage. The front gates and garage open 15 minutes before opening.
Please Note: cars left in the museum garage after hours will be towed.

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FOR A FUN EXPERIENCE PHOTOGRAPHING A SMALL TOWN FESTIVAL consider coming out to Montgomery’s Bastille Day, which is a sister-city celebration with a city named Neuilly-Plaisance, a suburb of Paris, France. Montgomery named the event Bastille Day after their July 14 independence day celebration. Montgomery Road will be closed in downtown Montgomery for the festival.

ENTERTAINMENT – Besides 14 food vendors (including Graeter’s) there will be a North Stage and a South Stage with live music playing, with a total of 9 live acts. Headlining will be The Mistics, and Cassette Junkies from 8-11 pm.

PARKING – free, at Montgomery Elementary, Shelly Ln. parking lot, and Swaim Park

### Are July 4th and Bastille Day Linked?

On October 17, 1781, at the Battle of Yorktown, the French Admiral de Grasse applied a successful naval blockade, denying aid and reinforcements to the surrounded forces of British General Cornwallis. The ensuing victory by Colonial forces under General George Washington, his subordinate General Lafayette, among others, and French forces under General Rochambeau, led to later victories in the war and eventually the signing of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, whereby Great Britain recognized the Colonies as a “free and independent nation.” Without the aid of France, it is unlikely that either America or France would have Independence and Bastille Days to celebrate. With both of these historical events celebrated in our community within a timeframe of two weeks, the link between the two nations is noteworthy.

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LIMITED TO EVENT MEMBERS CURRENT ON DUES, OUR NEW MEMBERS, AND GUESTS (2)

TO ATTEND IN PERSON AT EVENDALE VILLAGE ARTS PAVILLION CLICK ATTEND BELOW. IF YOU LIVE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AWAY YOU MAY CHOOSE TO VIEW ONLINE. WRITE ME BEFORE 3:00 PM ON MEETING DATE AT [email protected]. INDICATION OF ATTENDANCE AT THIS EVENT SITE WILL NOT GET YOU THE LINK.

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 3PM ON OUR MEETING DATE.

NOTE: CRITIQUE IMAGE SIZE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED

PRESENTER: TOM CROCE

PRESENTATION: THE GREAT PLAINS: A VANISHING ECO-SYSTEM
The Great Plains is the world’s most endangered and least protected ecosystem. Once covering approximately 1/3 of North America, over 90% of the original prairies and grasslands have been lost to agriculture. The change from a balanced, diverse ecosystem to one made up of monocultures has had a significant role in global climate change.

Travel with Tom through his photographs and storytelling to hear about the importance of this great region.

Conserving the remaining prairies and grassland while restoring others can store massive amounts of carbon, help mitigate the worst effects of climate change, and help restore the legacy of the American West.

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CRITIQUE: Outdoor Designs – can be by touch of hand, or something found in nature. Look for shapes, patterns and textures.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CRITIQUE IMAGES: FRIDAY, JULY 12, 10:00 PM: SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW!!!

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)

BIO:
Tom is an award-winning landscape and nature photographer with over 40 years of experience. His work has been published in Magazines such as “B&W Photography” , and Ohio Magazine, and has published books on “The Ohio Landscape”, “The Great Plains”, and “A Decade in the Mountians”.
You can look for an article on one of his wildlife adventures in the upcoming issue of “Capture Magazine”
He will also be releasing his second issue of his Zine – “The Great Plains – A Sea Of Grass”
Upcoming events – “From The Plains To The Mountains” Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, November 20th, 2024 – January 31, 2025
Opening Reception and presentation on November 24th at 2:00
Web site – www.tomcrocephoto

SUBMIT UP TO THREE CRITIQUE IMAGES – NOTE: UPGRADED PIXEL RESOLUTION – LANDSCAPE: 2800 X 1800 / PORTRAIT 1800 X 1200 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 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” Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting.

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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 13th
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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Visit The Franklin Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus Ohio. It is beautiful indoors and out. Flowers everywhere . Through the summer there is also Blooms & Butterflies , Bonsai Exhibit and the Chihuly Glass Exhibit ( thoughout the conservatory and grounds). The overall setting is a natural wonderland.
General Admission is $19.00, seniors are $16.00.
93 miles / 1 hour and 29 minutes from Mason, OH.

For those of you that would like to car pool I scouted out a spot in Mason ,close to 71, where you all can meet. Mimi’s Cafe is closed and so is Massage Envy. The address for your GPS is
“ 5050 Deerfield Blvd, Mason OH 45040”. It is in the front part of Dick’s Sporting Goods lot. I suggest meeting at 8:00 AM and leaving no later than 8:15. If there is interest let everyone know by adding your comment below. Please indicate if you want to drive or ride.