Eastern Maine Camera Club

Joel recently received word from Friends of Baxter State Park about a call for photographs for the 2015 Baxter State Park Calendar.  For more information look at page 3 of their Spring Newsletter:

http://www.friendsofbaxter.org/news/newsletters/FBSP_Spring13.pdf

You can find more information about Friends of Baxter at their web site:

http:\\friendsofbaxter.org.

We also received the invitation below from St. Joseph's Hospital.  At least two members, possibly more, had their photo's selected to be displayed in the lobby. 

You are invited to the St. Joseph Hospital dedication and blessing of the newly renovated Broadway Lobby, soon to be called the Demaso Lobby: A Place for Family and Friends.

Hope to see you Tuesday April 30 at 11:00 at the Broadway Lobby.

For more information please call 907-1740, the Office of Community Networks and Foundation at St. Joseph Healthcare.

The Eastern Maine Camera Club will feature Kevin Bennett on Thursday April 4th, 2013 at 6:30pm at the Bangor Parks and Rec, 647 Main St. Bangor. Kevin will show a selection of his wonderful images created while on the job as a photojournalist. He will also share how these pictures were created. The public is invited.

David Middleton an award winning photographer, teacher and author based in Vermont will speak at the Eastern Maine Camera Club on March 7^th at 6:30 pm. He has been a professional photographer for 30 years and has taught over 200 photography workshops. David is a Contributing Editor of Outdoor Photography Magazine. His talk, THE LOBSTERING LIFE, is based on his book of the same title. He will talk about the creative process, the practical aspects of figuring out what to photograph, how to find the subjects and also his behind the scene stories of getting the pictures. David will share what it is like to photograph all day on a lobster boat. The meeting at 647 Main St at the Bangor Parks and Rec building is open to the public.

On Saturday, March 9^th Bangor area photographers have an unique opportunity. David Middleton, award winning photographer, teacher and author based in Vermont will give a day long workshop.  Go to http://easternmainecameraclub.org/david-middleton-workshop.aspx for more information and to register for the work shop.

Here's the information from our web site Event Calendar, please note the special date and time:

December 13 – 6:00 PM – Holiday Party – Mary Hartt will provide lasagna. Please bring salads, deserts, and your favorite non-alcoholic beverage. The theme for our party this year will be "Show and Tell." Have a photography tip or technique you would like to share? Or how about some photos that you are particularly proud of, and would like to talk about "how you did it?" Depending on the number of people who want to participate in this, you will have up to five (5) minutes to present something to the club after the dinner. You can bring digital images or prints to show as part of your presentation.

Please email Don or Jeanne if you are panning to bring something, so they can co-ordinate that. You can use the contact form to get in touch with them, or email them directly if you know their addresses.

Click Here For Contact Officers Form 

On Thursday November 29th, 2012, Eastern Maine Camera Club is hosting the New England Camera Club's (NECCC) Inter-Club Competition.  NECCC is a non-profit umbrella group for 84 camera clubs in the New England states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont).  The Council was established in 1937 and incorporated in 1963. http://www.neccc.org

This will be a unique opportunity for club members and THE COMMUNITY to see nearly 300 of the best color prints from 28 camera clubs around New England.  Best of all, it will be FREE. As always Eastern Maine Camera Club will be accepting donations for the Frank Howd Scholarship. You can get more information about the scholarship here: http://easternmainecameraclub.org.

This is our first time hosting this event in a long time. Here's what we expect to happen.  We'll be starting around 5 PM, at the Parks and Rec Building at 647 Main Street in Bangor.  There will be three judges.  Each of the images will be brought out and placed in a light box where the judges will view then score the image.  After it's scored the image will be removed from the light box and taken back to it's shipping container.  The scores will be recorded and passed on to NECCC who will tally the scores and declare the winners.  The results will then be posted on their web site: NECCC Inter-Club Competetion Information.

The judging could easily last a couple hours, possibly more.  The public is invited to attend.  There will be some seating available behind the judges, so people will be able to sit and watch as the images filter through.  People are welcome to come and go as they please, we just ask that everyone try to be quiet and limit disruptions. 

For more information you can contact Eastern Maine Camera Club with this form:

http://easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

We are excited to have Ron Davis speaking at our November 1st meeting.  Ron will speaking to us about Penguins and Hummingbirds.  You can find more information about Ron at his website:

http://www.ecophotointernational.org/

The meeting will start at 6:30 PM as usual, on Thursday November 1 2012 at Bangor Parks and Recreation; 647 Main Street, Bangor, Maine.

Come and bring friends, this meeting is open to the public. Light snacks will be available. For more information use our contact us form located at: http://www.easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

Here is some more information about Ron, taken from the about page of his website:

EcoPhoto International is a non-profit endeavor of Ronald B. Davis to provide photographic services for projects in field research, environmental education, and conservation. Its operations are carried out entirely by Ron and an assistant. Ron is a scientist and educator who has used photography to enhance his work for over 40 years. He is a biologist, ecologist, and photographer with a PhD in zoology from Cornell University. His expertise includes ecology of forests, lakes, and wetlands, and Quaternary paleoecology. His photos focus on nature and persons studying it, teaching about it, and protecting it.

Ron has been a long-term faculty member at Colby College and the University of Maine, and has held short-term research appointments at Yale University, University of Washington, Trinity College Dublin, University of London, and the Norwegian Forest Research Institute.

Ron has illustrated his lectures at universities and other venues around the world with his outstanding images of a wide range of natural history subjects. His photographs have appeared in scientific and popular publications. He is a world traveler who has photographed wildlife and their habitats, and persons engaged in field research and conservation projects in many parts of North America including Alaska, Central and South America, Caribbean islands, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and East and South Africa.

We are thrilled to have Ilya Askinazi speaking at our October 4th Camera Club meeting.  Ilya will be speaking to us about Black and White Fine Art Photography. 

If you're undecided about attending I strongly encourage you to take a few minutes to look over Ilya's web site at http://ilyaaskinazi.com.  After checking out his beautiful images be sure to take a look at the "About"  section to learn more about Ilya.  I feel sure that if you spend a few minutes looking at his images and learning about Ilyas history that you will not want to miss hearing him speak. 

The meeting will start at 6:30 PM as usual, on Thursday October 4th 2012 at Bangor Parks and Recreation; 647 Main Street, Bangor, Maine.

Come and bring friends, this meeting is open to the public. Light snacks will be available.  For more information use our contact us form located at: http://www.easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

Bob Darby will be the speaker at the Feb 2nd Club meeting. Bob will be speaking about "the Ins and Outs of Architectural Photography", starting at 6:30 P.M. at the Bangor Parks & Rec on 647 Main St in Bangor. The public is invited.