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Our Introduction to and Understanding Photography program is open to all OVCC members with no requirement for dues.

This is the fifth of six classes of An Introduction to and Understanding 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 workflow and backing up your 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:

• Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 2)

The six session series will cover:

1. Introduction to Photography
2. Exposure, Part 1
3. Exposure, Part 2
4. Intro to Composition & Specific Image Setups (Part 1)
5. Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 2)
6. Image Storage Workflow & Backing Up Your Photos

Attend any or all of the classes!

The Zoom session will be conducted on-line with each session following one week after the prior session. A link to a pdf copy of the presentation will be emailed after each session to attendees.

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.

Zoom Session Info
Registration Linkhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdu2qrjsiGNfKSd0_IegdCM509AX_a8gz#/registration

Meeting ID: 951 3826 9989
Passcode: 333007

Note: the Intro to Adobe Lightroom will a separate two-part course this year.

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UPDATED ZOOM LINK JUST ENTERED, OR USE CODES AT BOTTOM.
REMINDER: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS SESSION!!

Our Introduction to and Understanding Photography six-part program is open to all OVCC members with no requirement for dues.

This is the fourth of six classes of An Introduction to and Understanding 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 an introduction to Lightroom. 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 Composition
• Composition Rules & Elements
• More Rules of Photography
• Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 1)

The six session series will cover:

1. Introduction to Photography
2. Exposure, Part 1
3. Exposure, Part 2
4. Intro to Composition & Specific Image Setups (Part 1)
5. Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 2)
6. Image Storage Workflow & Backing Up Your Photos

Attend any or all of the classes!

The class will be conducted on-line. A link to a pdf copy of the presentation will be emailed after each session to attendees.

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.

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.

Zoom Session Info
Registration Linkhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdu2qrjsiGNfKSd0_IegdCM509AX_a8gz#/registration

Meeting ID: 952 9973 4112
Passcode: 126566

Note: the Intro to Adobe Lightroom will a separate two-part course this year.

Details

Our Introduction to and Understanding Photography six-part program is open to all OVCC members with no requirement for dues.

This is the third of six classes of An Introduction to and Understanding 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 an introduction to Lightroom. 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:

• Auto, Program, Aperture, Shutter, & Manual Camera Modes
• Equivalent Exposure Values
• Using the Different Exposure Metering Modes
• Setting White Balance, What is 18% Gray?
• Exposure Compensation
• Understanding Focusing
• Histograms
• Different Exposure Techniques(ETTR)
• Putting It Altogether

The six session series will cover:

1. Introduction to Photography
2. Exposure, Part 1
3. Exposure, Part 2
4. Intro to Composition & Specific Image Setups
5. Camera Settings for Specific Images (Part 2)
6. 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. A pdf copy of the presentation will be emailed after each session to attendees.

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.

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.

Zoom Session Info
Registration Linkhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdu2qrjsiGNfKSd0_IegdCM509AX_a8gz#/registration

Meeting ID: 979 1125 4228
Passcode: 070380

Note: the Intro to Adobe Lightroom will a separate two-part course this year.

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Tour Lower Downtown. Capture City Scapes between Mehring Way Pete Rose Way and Fifth Street. Included will be Smale Park, Government Square, Fountain Square, Ferris Wheel, and buildings along the way.
Meet at the Joe Morgan Statue, entrance to Great American Ball Park (100 Joe Nuxhall Way). We plan to depart 10:00 am.
Suggested Parking: Street Parking at the Banks. On Saturdays parking meters are not enforced until 2:00 pm., according to Downtown Cincinnati Inc. Or, Underground Great American Ballpark Underground Garage. Enter off Broadway at Second Street. $10. https://www.parkme.com/lot/189339/central-riverfront-cincinnati-oh
OPTION: Lunch at BurgerFi. 161 East Freedom Way, above parking garage. Gourmet all natural burgers from certified angus, free of steroids, antibiotics and hormones. Also Chicken Sandwich, Veggie Burger, and plant base beyond Burger. https://burgerfi.com/

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NEW LOCATION: Maplewood Kitchen and Bar, 5065 Deerfield Blvd., Deerfield Towne Center. Enter Shopping Center at Main Entrance with Signage. Restaurant just to your right. Upon entering Maplewood, head right to the meeting room.

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

TOPIC: GENERAL WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

OUR CRITIQUE: MARK KRAUS

BIO: I am a Nature Photographer living in Cincinnati, Ohio. My passion is photographing wildlife indigenous to the Southern Ohio area. I have
always loved doing things outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Now I bring many of those skills to my photography. I like to show views of wildlife many have not seen before. A good portion of my
photos are taken at local parks around the greater Cincinnati area.

I have been photographing on and off for about 30 years. About 15 years
ago I made photography a serious hobby, almost an addiction. Changed
totally to digital 8 years ago and never looked back.

Mark has always loved Macro Photography Mark explains, “When I was
starting out years ago I couldn’t get enough of John Shaw books. I
think his book Close-ups in Nature is what started my addiction. I also
like photographing any type of wildlife especially birds and small
animals. If it gets me outdoors or in the woods I will find something
to photograph. And even if I don’t get a shot, it will still be a
great day.”

Mark has won several awards over the years and have had images picked as top photos on the Nikonians web site for Macro and wildlife subjects. This is a web site for Nikon shooters from all over the world. In addition
to have images chosen they did a web interview.
Link https://www.nikonians.org/reviews/i-am-nikonians-mark-kraus-pipco-interview/tag/i_am_nikonians/p/all

My web site: www.markkraus.us

PART 2: Education: How to Improve Wildlife Photography Near Home.

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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.

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Tuesday Evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 PM March 5 through April 23
(Yes, one class has already be conducted prior to our club’s ability to post)

Get the most from your digital camera! Join instructor Tom Croce for this intermediate to advanced class in digital photography. Improve your photos with control of composition and subject matter.
COST – $100
Student annual membership fee required to attend classes. CALL 424-2717 OR REGISTER AT www.middletownartscenter.com

MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER
130 N. VERITY PARKWAY, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 45042
INSTRUCTOR: TOM CROCE

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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.

The fee for this meet up is $12.00.

We are now offering you three ways to make your payments.

Pay with your credit card by going to the following link:
https://squareup.com/store/ohio-valley-camera-club/item/american-sign-museum

Pay through PayPal by going to the following link.
http://www.ohiovalleycameraclub.com/index.php/meetup-site/paypal

Pay by check by making your check payable to OVCC and mailing to:
OVCC
5979 Wind St.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227

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OPTION: Capture some Cincinnati views from atop a twelve story tenant building next door to Arnolds. Meet outside Arnolds Bar 1/2 hour early (4:15pm). We will head to 224 E. 8th street and meet our building host. ADVICE IN COMMENT SECTION BELOW YOU WILL BE COMING EARLY.

“Bockfest” is an annual beer festival held in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio on the first full weekend of March. It is the oldest German-style bock beer festival in the United States.[1] It drew an estimated 20,000 attendees in 2013[2] and 30,000 in 2014.[3] Bockfest originated from the 1992 special release of a beer by Hudepohl Brewing Company. Hudepohl released a bock beer under the name of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, the largest pre-prohibition brewery in Cincinnati. Bockfest is a celebration of bock beer, Cincinnati’s brewing heritage, the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, and the coming of Spring.”

The Bockfest Parade is Cincinnati’s funkiest and most entertaining parade. It can be watched from the street or from a number of participating venues along the route.

Friday night of Bockfest, March 1, is the perfect way to end your week and kick off the best festival in Cincinnati! Watch the best parade in town. OVCC will focus on the opening Friday evening parade meeting in front of Arnolds Bar before 5:00 PM. The parade will start to form their, 210 East 8th Street and kicks off at 6:00 PM. Catch people preparing to participate in the Parade. Sunset will be at 6:30 PM.

The Bockfest parade is traditionally lead by a goat pulling a keg and the reigning Sausage Queen along with the official parade marshal. It travels up Sycamore Street to 12th Street to Main Street to Bockfest Hall and ends with the blessing of the bock beer. This officially marks the beginning of a weekend of festive celebration that might end in blaming a goat on your horizontal position. Goats, the German Renaissance, beer, irreverence and originality are all highly esteemed aspects of a parade entry. There are no fire trucks for the kids. In the past, entries have included faux-monks pulling a Trojan goat, futon queens, German beer bands, a four-poster bed pulled by slave labor, goats on Segways, a leather-clad whip wench with a huge whip, and patriotic chants of “drink more beer.” As usual, you can bring your favorite canine to walk with “The Bocking Dogs.”

Go to http://www.bockfest.com/ for full weekend information

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The Montgomery Arts Commission will host Exposure: Montgomery Photo Competition, the City’s 35th annual photo competition on Sunday, April 2 at 1 pm (in person) at the Terwilliger Lodge, Dulle Park (see map). This is a great opportunity to submit up to 3 images for a locally judged show!

In addition, the public is invited to an in-person “Sneak Peek” reception on Saturday, April 1, also at the Terwilliger Lodge, Dulle Park from 12-4 pm.

The competition, open to beginners and serious amateurs alike, is the longest-running photo contest in the region (since 1987). Judging is based on photos that capture technical brilliance, originality or a unique point of view, and are chosen from both adult and student categories. Up to 10 winners in each category will be awarded $100 each.

The 2023 Judges include:
Emily Bauman, Cincinnati Art Museum
Michael Sanders, UC Blue Ash Electronic Media Communications

Photographers may submit up to three photos March 1-22 at Montgomery City Hall from 8 am to 4:30 pm. A non-refundable entry fee is $10 per photo for adults, and $5 per photo for students of high school age and below. Cash, checks (payable to the City of Montgomery), and Visa/MC, American Express, or Discover cards are accepted. Entry requirements, including information on how to properly mount photos for display, and the entry form for each image, are below. Details for the event can be found at the Montgomery web-site at this link:
https://www.montgomeryohio.gov/exposure-montgomery-photo-competition/

WINNING ENTRIES will be displayed at Pella Windows & Doors in Montgomery from April 5-May 3. The rest may be picked up the Montgomery City Hall April 4-21 (after that they become the property of Montgomery)

IMPORTANT TO KNOW
You need to submit your prints between March 1-22 at Montgomery City Hall, located at 10101 Montgomery Road from 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday. There are rules for submitting images you must obey per the ENTRY INFORMATION (available at link below). There is free public parking at the Terwilliger Lodge.

ENTRY INFORMATION
· Each entry must be an original photograph of the competitor’s own creation.
· Entries must be in a photographic medium: black and white, color or experimental (which is to say you can print on metal or plastic as well).
· Each entry must be securely mounted on a stiff backing suitable for hanging. New in 2021: matting is NOT required for a photograph to be exhibited so long as it is stiff enough to hang.
· Dimensions of each entry including any matting must be at least 8” x 10” but not more than 16” x 20”.
· The Entry Form must be clearly visible and affixed securely to the entry’s backing material and marked with the accurate orientation for hanging the image.
· Entries in frames and/or under glass are not accepted.
· Entries signed or otherwise identified on the photograph’s front will be eliminated from consideration (no watermarks).
· No more than 3 entries per competitor will be accepted.
· Any entry displaying subject matter deemed by the judging panel or the Arts Commission as unsuitable for public display to an audience of all ages shall be rejected for all purposes of the competition.

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“LIMITED TO DUES PAYING MEMBERS OR TRIAL MEMBERS ONLY”

SUBMISSION DEADLINE March 28 , AT MIDNIGHT

Welcome to the March Shoot and Debrief ( Birds of any kind and doing anything )

Between now and Tuesday , March 28 , – determine what photos you would like to share.

Tuesday 28, by midnight, upload a maximum of 3 images.

Thursday, March 30 , 6:30 to 7:30 DEBRIEF SESSION Online

Up to 3 Images to be posted by midnight Tuesday , March 28, per the following instructions:

1. Resize photo:

• Resolution 72
• Horizontal Images 1440 pixels wide OR
• Vertical Images 930 pixels highTo upload your photos,

2. 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

3. 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 use
• post processing techniques of note

4. Upload your images by navigating to EVENT LISTING, then go to
   PHOTO LINK near the bottom, click and upload images.

Those participating are asked to review all photos in the album, and formulate questions for the photo creator.

Thursday, March 30 or prior , those registered for the event will receive an e-mail from Joel Belsky with a link to join the meeting from 6:30 – 7:30.

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 the specific image )**

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