Arthur Morris of "Birds-as-Art" is holding another “The Art of Nature Photography; It Ain’t Just Birds” Weekend How-To Seminar in October, 2008.  This one is being held in Portland, Maine, so it will be much easier for anyone from Maine wishing to attend (the one in 2007 was in NY City). For details, click here, or visit the BAA website.

• UPDATE — Suzanne Trussell received the following email from Arthur Morris about what our club needs to do to qualify for discounts for the seminar:

• Howdy,  

  Thanks for inquiring about certification for your club for the Portland, ME Seminar.

  All of your club members will receive a $10 discount on their registration fees.  As per the original e-mail, we are offering a $20 per person discount if your folks sign up four at a time; if your club can get a group of ten together, we can offer a $30 discount per person.  The discounts shall apply for either weekend or single day registrations.  For group registrations, easiest would be to put all of the checks in a single envelope along with a list of names, e-mail addresses for each (required), and home and cell phone numbers.  If folks want to register individually by calling with a credit card, we could set up a group name once you let us know how many folks would be signing up with the group.

  In return, we ask that if you club has e-mail capabilities, that you forward the original e-mail notice of the seminar to the membership distribution list.  (Please e-mail us for the original announcement or click here:  http://www.birdsasart.com/Portland%20Seminar.htm)

  Barring (or in addition to) that, we could e-mail you a single sheet flyer to print for distribution at a club meeting.  

  Lastly, if the club has a web site, we would ask that you post this:   

  Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

  The Art of Nature Photography; It Ain’t Just Birds” Weekend How-To Seminar in Portland, Maine

  October 11-12, 2008

  Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High Street, Portland, ME 

  Sponsored by Canon USA, Hunt’s Photo, Delkin Devices, & Wimberley, Inc.

  For details, or to register, visit:

  http://www.birdsasart.com/Portland%20Seminar.htm 

  I am looking forward to seeing you then if not before.

  Best and love,

  Artie

   

Suzanne Trussell forwarded a message from Andrew Slater of the Friends of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.  They are having a photo contest again this year.  Here is the link to the information on their website  http://friendsofmoosehorn.org/contest.html  The email from Andy states that "Our photo contest has lots of prizes this year - Old town Kayak with paddles and life vests, really nice tripod and monopod and lots more. August 31st is the final entry date (postmark). No entry fee and the photos can be taken anywhere, Please no zoo shots. We want to show wildlife at its best."

Bangor Daily News Photographer Bob DeLong Dies.  (This is a link to the BDN article about Bob Delong's Passing.  Bob had a long association with EMCC, having judged entries for us at the Bangor State Fair Photo Contest.)

Here are the assigned topics for the 2008-2009 EMCC competitions.  These will be added to the EMCC calendar events, with suitable definitions, at a later date:

• Sports

• Churches

• After the sun sets

• Christmas cards

Frank H. Howd Memorial Photography Scholarship—Frank Howd was a founding member of the Eastern Maine Camera Club, and a passionate photographer for most of his life.  Frank tragically lost his life in an auto accident last year.  Donations were made in his memory to establish a scholarship fund for local youth who may be planning a career in photography.  This scholarship is now available for qualifying applicants.  One young photographer will be chosen to receive the scholarship, which may be used at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine.  An application form with more information can be viewed and printed by clicking here, or by using the link on our home page. 

We are going to a "Blog" format for the club newsletter.  This will be an online version of the newsletter that will be easier to update and will be available to anyone who is on the internet.  The new link to it is in the left-hand frame of this website just after the calendar link.  You can also navigate to it by clicking on the Viewfinder header at the top of the website page.

Sister Norberta forwarded this very interesting and heart-touching photo story about a wild polar bear and sled dogs. If animals can learn to get along like this, why can't we humans?

IMAGES NEEDED FOR NECCC AND ALL MAINE COMPETITIONS:

NECCC—

 

All Maine—No competitions announced for this year.

A "Classifieds" page has been added to this website for the exclusive use of club members who are interested in selling or buying photography related items.  Have a film camera you want to sell, or looking for a manual focus lens for an older camera you want to still use?  Send your "For Sale" or "Want to Buy" information to the webmaster (jcholcomb@gwi.net) to have your item added to the list.