OVCC FEBRUARY MEETING/ SUSAN MILINKOVICH “LEARN TO SEE”

 Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Location:  Streaming Only

PRESENTATION: “LEARN TO SEE” Presented by Sharon Milinkovich

When we come upon a scene that stops us dead in our tracks, the next question is discerning what it.

was that stopped us. The one thing that often fails us is the inability to see, to really see, what it was.

that stopped us in the first place. So how do we learn to see? How do learn to move from taking a

snapshot to take an expressive photograph? Join us as we explore the process of learning to see.

BIO: SUSAN MILINKOVICH

 Susan Milinkovich began photographing with her father when she received her first Brownie camera in elementary school. Her dad gave her the gift of “seeing” a photograph and both parents gave her a love of nature and an appreciation for the beauty to be found in our everyday world. Susan has attended workshops with nature photographers John Shaw, Charlie Waite, Charlie Cramer, John Barclay, Tillman Crane, Kathleen Clemmons, Bill Lea, and Will Clay. While Susan enjoys capturing the larger landscapes, it is the intimate details of a landscape, structure or flower that draws her attention and tells a story. Susan has participated in exhibits at galleries around the Cincinnati area and has been a part of Cincinnati’s PhotoFocus. Susan leads photo walks, teaches classes and workshops, is president of one of the camera clubs she attends, and is an ongoing instructor at the photo workshops at the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont. You can see Susan’s photography at www.susanmilinkovich.com

CRITIQUE THEME: Geometric Shapes

The geometric shape/pattern can be made of anything. Lines, circles, squares, triangles, etc. Abstract works are not allowed, the geometric shape must be something present in the real world, something that we’ve seen and shot. It must be a characterizing element of the picture but doesn’t need to be the only subject of it. The trick is in learning to find objects with appealing shapes and to capture them in an equally appealing way. Organic shapes occur frequently in nature (hence the name). They include curves, such as those you might see in the petal of a flower, and irregular shapes such as those you might see on a rock face. Geometric shapes, on the other hand, are straight and symmetrical. As you might have guessed, geometric shapes are found more often in the man-made world than in nature–they include things like buildings, roads, and bridges. Samples: Examples:     https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=1067&q=Geometric+shapes+Photography&oq=Geometric+shapes+Photography&gs_l=img.3..0j0i8i30.3037.8655.0.9887.21.19.2.0.0.0.149.1085.18j1.19.0.ekpsrh…0…1.1.64.img..3.18.983.qL3PQEYAP-Q&udm=2

LINK TO ATTEND: send your name and email to:  ovccrs@gmail.com

CRITIQUE DIRECTIONS:

SUBMIT UP TO THREE IMAGES – LANDSCAPE: 2800 X 1800p/ PORTRAIT 1800 X 1200p IN JPEG FORMAT TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345

PRIOTIZE YOUR IMAGES: #1 #2 #3 SHOULD WE EXCEED OUR LIMIT.   FINE PRINT: RENAME FILE: as an example: “#1 #2 OR #3  Tom Brown Landscape Grandeur.”

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT MIDNIGHT

FREE