Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Grand Season Finale - Monday, June 15th

Photo by Chad Doherty

I can tell you this coming meeting has the best collection of images so far this year. The last meeting of the season is the greatest of times and at the same time a little sad for me. You all have made the club a pleasure and the level of artistry is amazing. Summer will spread us far and wide and we will have great chances for fine pictures. It will be sad for me because I will be turning over the club to new leadership. Many of the officers you know will be remaining in leadership positions. I will stay on the board as past president and will continue to support the club in any way I can. Please come to this last meeting.

We will spend a short time to elect our new officers. We will have a showcase of outstanding images as you can see from Chad's submission above. Matt will show pictures taken from the last field trip to a Blue Heron rookery and I will announce the president's Top 10 favorite pictures taken this year by members. Support your club by joining us and voting in our new officers. Thanks.

Colby

Friday, June 5, 2009

Grand Finale Showcase Deadline - June 8th

Photo by Chris Edwards

Our season finale showcase submission deadline is Monday, June 8th. The showcase will be at our last meeting of the season, June 15th. I know you have been saving your best for last. Also, if you haven't participated before...this is your chance. We want to see your pictures. The details on how to make submissions is repeated below. Hope to see everyone at the meeting. Check out Chris Edwards' early submission above.

Submission Procedures:
  • Up to three JPEG image files (any size or resize to 1024pixels maximum on a side to keep the file size reasonable)
  • Rename the files with your name and a sequence number (i.e., john-smith-1, john-smith-2, john-smith-3)
  • Email files to showcase@digitalphotoclub.us by Monday, June 8th (Don't be late)
    - If you don't want your pictures in the club website gallery put the phrase "Don't publish my pictures on the club website" in your submission email.

How Showcases Work

The goal of the Showcase is to have members submit three pictures of any subject or subjects of their choice and have them projected in a slide show at a meeting. The pictures can have been taken at anytime. Each member's three images will be displayed in order and the photographer will be asked by the moderator if they would like to comment on their pictures. Each contributor will have up to one minute total to discuss their images. There is no requirement to speak but all of us would like to hear the background behind your pictures, why you selected them and what you might have learned in taking the pictures. Though your commentary is encouraged it is totally up to each contributor.

A Warning About Web Galleries

Images posted on web galleries are subject to being copied and used inappropriately by others and without the photographer's permission . After discussion we have taken some steps to ameliorate this problem by using an Adobe Flash gallery and downsizing the pictures to 800 pixels on a side before posting. These measures are only an inconvenience to pirates. The fact is anyone with the will can digitally scrape an image off a screen. I can say that I have personally decided to post my own images in the club gallery. To me it is worth the benefits from sharing. Everyone should make their own decision about the risk versus the reward and decide whether to post or not.

Double Check

We want to make sure that everyone's picture makes it into the show. Check the following when you email your pics.

  • You should receive an automatic email reply:“Your email was received. If you attached images to the email they were also received. Thanks for participating! This is an automatically created response. Please don't reply to this message. We will contact you if there is any issue with your submission. Thanks.”
  • You should Receive a second short personal email during the week before the showcase or challenge when I add the pictures to the slide show.
  • Unless you requested to not post your pictures in a club website gallery your pictures will be included on the club website.
  • If you have second thoughts about the web gallery or have other questions please email me at president@digitalphotoclub.us

I have been enjoying your pictures and stories during the showcase and look forward to seeing the new submissions.

Thanks.
Colby