2009-2010 Schedule (All meetings at 6:30 PM, unless otherwise noted)

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September 3 - 6:00 pm-8:00 pm at the U. Maine Museum of Art at 40 Harlow St. Bangor. The wonderful exhibit includes 2 photographers. David Hilliard who has multi paneled panoramas and Connie Imboden who harnesses in black and white the seductive quality of water, manipulating it's reflective nature with dramatic results. Christopher Frost's has whimsical sculptures too. To start the year off we will have a BYO sandwich/dinner and drink and we will add a dessert buffet to that. We can eat inside or out depending on the weather, and then Gina will give us a gallery talk. Look forward to seeing everyone there to kick off the new year.  If you are interested in joining EMCC, email Joel Holcomb or Mary Hartt for details.

September 17 - Competition – Open

September 24 - Joel Holcomb and Don Darling will give a brief demonstration on macro/close-up photography using a variety of macro equipment.  We will also discuss some club business to get the opinions of the general membership.

October 1 – Speaker - Lawrence Whittemore will talk on HDR.  See some of Lawrence's HDR photos on Flickr.

October 15 – Competition – Nature

October 29 - Liz Grandmaison will talk on STILL LIFE

November 5 – Speaker - Mike Leonard will talk on AFTER DARK

November 19 – Competition – “Still Life”

December 3 – Holiday Party – Topic TBD - Bring 6-8 of your best images.

January 7 – Speaker - Fred Field.  (The following was used to promote a talk Fred gave in Brunswick.)

                           "What do you do when a publisher calls from out of the blue and asks you to produce a photo book about Maine? "Do it --and then thank your lucky stars," says Portland-based photojournalist Fred Field. This "out of the blue" experience happened to Field and he will present some of the work from his resultant book entitled Maine Places, Maine Faces. Many of the fascinating stories behind places and faces from far flung areas of Maine will be revealed during this photojournalistic tribute to Maine and her people."  

January 21 – Competition – “Macro/Close-up”

February 4 – Speaker - Lisa Burton will talk on THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN BUSINESS.

February 18 – Competition – “Color”

March 4 – Speaker - Joel Holcomb will give an in-house workshop on Portrait Lighting Basics.

March 18 – Competition – “Portraits”

April 1 – Speaker - Butch Moor will speak on aerial photography.

April 15 – Competition – Open

April 29 - TBD

May 6 – Speaker - Wildlife photographer Mark Picard will be our speaker.  Click here for his website.

May 20 – Awards Night

June 3 - TBD

 

 

"Thanks to Sally Arata for all the hard work you do to arrange for our fabulous speakers."

 

 

Definitions of competition topics:

 

Open:  Any subject matter in good taste is acceptable.  (Back to Top)

 

Nature:  Images submitted in the nature category should not show any evidence of "the hand of man."  This includes, but is not limited to, such things as cut grass, cultivated flowers, bird feeders, roads, buildings, or jet contrails in the sky.  Exceptions are banded birds and animals whose natural habitat are man-made structures; e.g. barn swallows.  (Back to Top)

 

Still Life:  An artistic arrangement of single or multiple inanimate objects in a setting that emphasizes the fact that the subject is in fact inanimate, e.g., fruits or vegetables in a bowl, flowers in a vase, chess pieces on a board; it can be almost anything, so use your imagination.  There should be no humans, animals, or insects visible in the image.  (Back to Top)
 

Macro/Close-up:  It can be almost any relatively small subject, something that you would not ordinarily see up close with the naked human eye, as long as it almost fills the frame at or close to your camera's closest focusing distance.  For a "classical definition" of macro photography, please click on this link.  (Back to Top)
 

Color:  Any subject exposed and composed such that the color of the main subject, or relation between the subject's color and it's environment is obviously the predominant theme of the photo.  This will usually involve, but is not limited to, strong, saturated colors, or the juxtaposition of saturated with muted colors. (Back to Top)

 

Portraits:  Pretty darn self explanatory, as long as they are of people. i.e., No animal portraits.  The exception would be a portrait of a human family or individual that includes the family pet(s), as long as the people are still the prominent subjects in the photo.  (Back to Top)