(All meetings at 6:30 PM at Bangor Recreation Center, unless otherwise noted.)
Welcome to the Eastern Maine Camera Club's 2011-2012 season!
September 8, 6:00 PM - We will have a welcoming get-together that will be for current members and those definitely planning to join the club. Details and an RSVP will be sent by email and snail-mail to all of last year's members, and any who contact us before the meeting. If you are interested in joining EMCC you can get in touch with us using this link to the "Contact Us" form.
September 14 (Wednesday) - Mini-seminar on preparing images for our digital projection competitions. This is for current and new members ONLY. It will be held at Dysart's Restaurant at 6:30 PM.
September 22 - EMCC Competition – Open
A brief class on judging images in the competition will be presented at 6:00 PM. You must be a member and have attended a judging class to judge in the competitions. The regular meeting and competition will begin at 6:30.
September 29 - Extra meeting - Club member Ed Dixon will give a mini-seminar on sharpening digital photos. Ed has become known for his exceptionally crisp and sharp images in our competitions. It will be very helpful to the rest of us to get a glimpse of his techniques. The "Cemetery Walk" we originally planned for this date has been rescheduled.
October 6 – Speaker - Greg Hartford - www.acadiamagic.com
October 13 – New date for Cemetery Walk – For members only, will meet at the State St. entrance to Mt. Hope Cemetery at 5:00 PM.
October 20 – Competition – Nature
A brief class on judging images in the competition will be presented at 6:00 PM. You must be a member and have attended a judging class to judge in the competitions. The regular meeting and competition will begin at 6:30. This will be the last judging class of the season, unless members request another one.
October 27 - Extra Meeting - In-house workshop on "How to Prepare a Slideshow." We will cover methods using three different software packages, ranging in price from free to several hundred dollars.
November 3 – Speaker - Charlie MacPherson - www.theamazingimage.com
November 17 – EMCC Competition – Water
December 1 – 6:00 PM – Holiday Party – Our plan is to have members show us slideshows they may have made following our slideshow workshop on Oct. 27. These slideshows should be approximately 3 to 5 minutes in length.
January 5 – Speaker - Michael Leonard
January 19 – EMCC Competition – Fog
February 2 – Speaker - Bob Darby 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
February 16 – EMCC Competition – Cemeteries
March 1 – Speaker - John Orcutt
March 15 – EMCC Competition – Winter
March 29 – Possible Extra Meeting – TBD
April 5 – Speaker - David Middleton
April 19 – EMCC Competition – Open
April 26 - Possible Extra Meeting TBD
May 3 – Speaker - Greg Hartford
May 17 – Dinner and Awards Night. Speaker, John Rivers.
May 31 - Possible Extra Meeting - 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)
Water: Images where water in it's liquid form is the obvious and predominant subject. For example, if you were to enter a photograph from the Kenduskeag Stream canoe race, the image should make you think "White water with a canoe on it," rather than "A boat on a stream." (Back to Top)
Fog: Images that evoke the depth and mystery of fog, or its ability to convert an otherwise mundane scene into something magical. (Back to Top)
Cemeteries: Images that convey the sense of memory, history, or respect for those that have gone before that we all feel when visiting a cemetery. These scenes may also be presented as attractive landscapes, since that is often what their designers intend for the benefit of all who visit. (Back to Top)
Winter: Images that say anything you want to about winter. You may want to convey how cold it is, fun with winter sports, the beauty of a twilit winter landscape, or whatever special meaning winter has for you. (Back to Top)