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Harriet Beecher Stowe House Photo Tour

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NOTE: This was originally scheduled for April 6 but had to be moved back one week to April 13th due to the OVCC Fine Arts Seminar being planned for April 6. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

A private tour of the Harriet Beecher Stowe house is planned for April 13 from 3-4 pm. A tour guide will provide stories about the house and the famous anti-slavery author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.

In 1832, at the age of 21, Harriet Beecher moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to join her father, who had become the president of Lane Theological Seminary. There, she also joined the Semi-Colon Club, a literary salon and social club whose members included the Beecher sisters, Caroline Lee Hentz, Salmon P. Chase (future governor of the state and Secretary of Treasury under President Lincoln), Emily Blackwell and others.

It was in the literary club that she met Calvin Ellis Stowe, a widower who was a professor at the seminary. The two married on January 6, 1836.[6] He was an ardent critic of slavery, and the Stowes supported the Underground Railroad, temporarily housing several fugitive slaves in their home.

There are no restrictions on taking photos, however, it was noted that most of the artifacts from the Stowe family were taken with them when they moved from Cincinnati. After touring the house we will walk 2 blocks to the German Cemetery to explore the names on the graves and take a few more images.

Parking – there is room for 10 cars at the house (lot east side of house off Foraker Ave.), beyond that there is street parking on Foraker on the south side of the house.

Entrance Fee – $4 if less 9 persons or less attend, $3 if 10 or more persons attend.

What to Photograph – shots of the house, interior, neighboring structures, German Cemetery

Directions – off I-75 South take the Martin Luther King exit and head east, turn south onto Gilbert Ave. and east on Foraker Ave.

ARTISTIC AND FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM – 5 SEATS LEFT

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READ THIS BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER: You cannot register at this site. After reading our announcement, follow the link below to the Arts Alliance to register. Ignore our system saying one is going. PHOTO BY: Tom Croce Photography Brought to you by the Ohio Valley Camera Club and our Partner, The Arts Alliance DOORS OPEN NOT BEFORE 1:10 pm . We ask you not disturb our presenters or staff during setup. SKILL LEVEL: For Advanced Amateur Photographers and above. SEE BELOW FOR REGISTRATION. Presentations by four of our region’s finest photographers. Each will present and serve on a panel to advise and answer your questions – recommended submitting your questions by March 31st to [email protected] for priority handling. Enter “Symposium Question” in Subject line. Our four presenters are: Robert Coomer fine art photography, specializing in the Art of Decay and prints on distressed steel. He is also well versed in traditional wildlife and nature photography. Robert Coomer’s steel prints are an original and incredibly unique process that he has developed. It is a fascinating, nature driven process, and the results are well worth the months invested. Tom Croce www.tomcrocephoto.com is one of the finest, award winning nature and landscape photographers in SW Ohio. Some of his most beautiful work is called “Sacred Earth.” Through his images Tom works to create environmental portraits that are expressions of the emotion and feeling of a place at the time of making the exposure, and to create images that capture a sense of time and place. Tina Gutierrez www.tinagutierrezarts.photoshelter.com fine art photographer/freelance. Unique portraiture and underwater photography. Her work reflects her passion for music, instruments, and musicians. Depicting classical balance and beauty in the human form is the hallmark of Tina’s work. She has a wide range of talents as a photographer and she is also passionate about the Renaissance Lute, which she plays skillfully. Tina is an Adjunct Professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.” Elle Pollard www.ellepollardcreativemedia.com/new-index impassioned for the great outdoors, Elle creates images that will make a difference in our fragile and precious environment. Her work of wildlife is incredibly impressive as she captures animals in their environments with such beauty. OBJECTIVE: MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE As a discerning photographer you have invested your time, effort and some coin to come this far. Why not step up to the pinnacle in photography, Fine Art Photography. LOCATION: Sinclair Community College, Mason 5386 Courseview Drive (off Kings Mills Rd.) PARKING: Some parking in front of first building (Large “B” Sign” more to back. Turn into Sinclair Campus, Enter Building B (first building off Courseview Drive) street or back (main) side. Inside the street entrance proceed down hallway and turn right to Community Room. Inside the rear turn left by welcome desk to Community Room. Again, room will open 1:10 PM. REGISTRATION: https://photographysymposium2019.eventbrite.com DO NOT REGISTER ON OUR MEETUP SITE BE COURTEOUS: AS THIS EVENT MAY FILL UP, DO NOT BE A NO SHOW, CANCEL IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND AND PERMIT SOMEONE ELSE TO ENJOY.

City Scapes. Prep for April Critique

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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/

MARCH MEETING: General Wildlife/ How to Improve Wildlife Photography Near Home

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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.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS -INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

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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

American Sign Museum, CLOSED

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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

27th Annual Bockfest Parade, Largest Bockfest in America

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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

FEBRUARY MEETING: CRITIQUE AND “BURNING MAN” PROGRAM

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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.

Faces of Addiction Exhibit

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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.

Still Life Photo Shoot (Fernald Visitor Center)

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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