Red Wing Photo Club is a recent addition to the Camera Council, and only about a year old. They meet at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, which is a well know Art community. This year the Club has been invited to join the Summer Celebration of the Arts, July 10, 12 - 7pm, featuring the work of over 80 local, regional, and national artists and writers. Art sales, musical entertainment, food, cash bar, fun for the entire family! The photo club will have a 20x20 tent to display/sell photography from our members. We are working on having an attraction for the event. It might be a bald eagle from the National Eagle Center in Wabasha pending approval from the Anderson Center, or possibly take photos of visitors next to a "hot" car, or other attraction. The club Activities team is working hard on the possibilities.
As a sidebar, the club is also now offering several classes to the membership. “While we have taught a few of these through Community Education and actually made a few bucks, our goal is to provide solid educational opportunities to those members wanting more from their hobby. “
“Beginning Photography for P&S and SLR (3 hours)- correct posture, getting to know the menus, defining the terms, intro to exposure triangle, camera modes, composition. Intermediate Photography for SLR (3 hours)- exposure triangle, using aperture and shutter speed priority modes, ISO, histograms, exposure compensation, white balance; Advanced Exposure (2 hours) - manual mode, exposure metering, light reflectance and color, Zone metering, histogram analysis, bracketing and blending in PP. And then, Portrait Studio ( 2.5 hours) - lighting lighting lighting, working with models (subjects), composition and poses, equipment usage. “ (Wow!)
Future:
1.5 hour Deep Dive workshops they are working on include:
Advanced camera settings
White balance
Bracketing/blending, file formats
Composition, cropping
Intro to printing
Flash; on and off camera, fill, curtains
Lenses; purposes of different types, prime, zoom, fast, slow
“We have our year planned out for our monthly meetings as well (we meet every month, no shut down for us), including guest speakers, the Tamron Lens Company, picnic and holiday party, etc. All this does not include the weekly Photo Chats at our local Caribou Coffee, photo critiques, schedule of the various classes, photo shoots, photo walks, and the list goes on. We really try to earn the $35 per year for membership. We're over 100 members and continuing to grow. Our goal, however, is not to be big, just great. We continually reinvent our club which helps to keep it fresh, fun, and exciting. We do brainstorming sessions with the general membership making sure we are meeting expectations and moving in the direction the majority wants to see. We have a working Board of 13 Directors, each with a specific task they are responsible for. “ - Jeff , Red Wing Photo Club.
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