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DIGITAL PHOTO CLUB OF ANNAPOLIS
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
DIGITALPHOTOCLUB.NET
Meeting Agenda
6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Social time
7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Welcome to visitors and Club business
7:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Denise Silva – Enhancing Travel Photography
8:00 p.m. – 8:10 p.m. Break
8:10 p.m. – 8:25 p.m. Ego Alley, Don Patterson – Reflections
8:25 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Beginner’s Showcase / Open Q & A
**Please silence your cell phones**
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DPCA Membership Dues
For NEW Members only
February 1 through June 30
Half-price dues ($20)
Tell your friends!
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Welcome, Visitors & New Members!
Please stand and tell us…
Your name
How you heard about the Club
What camera(s) you use
What subjects you like to shoot
(birds, landscapes, portraits, etc.)
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Club Member Ted Foster
Celebrate and Inspire
Tell us if you’ve recently…
Been published
Won a prize in a photo contest
Been hired for photo shoots
Exhibited your work, or
Earned other recognition for your
photography
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DPCA Exhibits Director Annette Uroskie and Club Member Kim Kelly
Field Trips
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, February 11
Details to be posted on the DPCA web site
Leader Wayne Bierbaum – Gate NLT 6:45 am
Submission deadline February 20 for showing February 27
Send up to 10 photos to
The field trip 2016-2017 schedule is on the Club web site.
If you’d like to be a field trip leader, contact John Breen,
DPCA Field Trips Director [email protected]
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
February Field Trip -- Blackwater
Challenge #4 – Post Processing
Exhibits – 3
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Challenge #4: Post Processing 8
Submissions due by midnight, Monday, February 20
Can be taken anytime but must have been processed
between January 9 and February 20
Send up to 3 image sets, original and processed, to
Photos will be shown February 27
Make subject “Challenge 2/27/2017”
Challenge rules are on the DPCA Tech Blog
Exhibits
Gallery 333 – continues
Annapolis City Hall – reception
Hospice of the Chesapeake – Submission period coming
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Gallery 333 Exhibit
Gallery 333, United Unitarian Church
February 28: Pickup 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Details posted on DPCA website
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Poster image taken by Anne Weathersby
Annapolis City Hall Exhibit
February 3: Hanging
Thank you Mike Teems and John Breen
February 13: Reception 5 – 7 p.m.
Next Monday. Please attend
Bring a small cheese or fruit tray ready to serve
No sweets. City Hall to provide
March 24: Pick-up 9 - 11 a.m.
Details posted on DPCA website
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Poster image taken by George Sass
Hospice of the Chesapeake Exhibit
March 1 – March 13: Submission period
Exhibit run: March 20 to May 12
Details to be posted to DPCA web site
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Image from the Hospice of the Chesapeake web site
Initiatives in Progress
Website Review
Bylaws Minor Revision
Maryland Photography Alliance
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DPCA Website Review
Pat Paul, Director of Communications,
and committee are reviewing input
We will distill the comments for
discussions with Webmaster, Mike
DeLucia to see what is possible
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Bylaws Review
Goal: Fine tune after last year’s extensive
revisions
DPCA VP to lead
March 13: Presentation of changes to
members
April 10: Membership vote
Details to follow
Current bylaws are on the DPCA web site
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Maryland Photography Alliance
Annapolis Photography Workshop Group David Blecman
Arundel Camera Club Chip Bulgin
Baltimore Camera Club Richard Eskin
Baltimore Camera Club Roger Miller
Baltimore Camera Club Harry Bosk
Bowie-Crofton Roz Kleffman
Creative Exposure Baltimore Bonnie Schupp
Creative Exposure Baltimore Mary Braman
Creative Photography Society John Goff
Creative Photography Society Steve Sattler
Digital Photography Club of Annapolis Chris Edwards
Digital Photography Club of Annapolis Lauren Brice
Harford County Photography Group Brian Bohn
Harford County Photography Group Steve Sattler
Howard County Photographers Barry Page
North Bethesda Camera Club Steve Silverman
North Bethesda Camera Club Roy Sewall
Shutterbug Life Lynford Morton
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• Support Participating Organizations
• Greater understanding of in-state Clubs
• Combine resources
• Grow Membership
• Speaker & Judge Pool
• Train club members to judge
• Maintain a combined calendar
• Encourage inter-club activities
• Field trips
• Exhibits
• Workshops
Benefits & Opportunities
Membership Directory
Volunteer with the Red Cross
Spare projector for rent
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Membership Directory
Is available at the Membership Table
One per membership
For Corrections
Email [email protected]
Name, email, phone number
Explain exact correction needed
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Volunteer Opportunity 19
Greater Chesapeake Region American Red Cross
Shoot Red Cross events and disaster scenes (typically house fires)
On call for 24 hours per month in shifts of your choosing
Contact Cyndi Ryan, Regional Communications Director,
410-624-2082, [email protected]
For more details see the Volunteer Opportunities
info sheet on the DPCA web site
Image from the Greater Chesapeake Region American Red Cross
Projector Rental – 6 Mo. Trial
What: Backup DPCA Sharp XR-32X projector and remote
Cost: $20 per 24 hours
$150 deposit returned after the projector checks out OK
To reserve: Email [email protected] up to 3 months in advance. To check
availability see the equipment rental online calendar
Limit: Two 24-hour rentals per month per member
More details and rental agreement on the DPCA
web site under the Resources tab
POC: Chris Edwards,
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Ego Alley Presentations
We are looking for a few more Ego Alley presentations for
upcoming meetings
Send concept and availability to [email protected]
If we are unable to schedule for this year, we will schedule
ASAP in the 2017-2018 Club year
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Swap Meet
Maryland Photo Alliance – group meet possible
We need a Swap Meet coordinator.
Will you volunteer?
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Next Meeting 23
Monday, February 27
Patty Hankins –
Adding a sense of depth to your photographs
Challenge #4 – Post Processing
February Field Trip Photos -- Blackwater
Tonight’s Program
Denise Silva – Travel Photography & Post Processing
Beginner’s Showcase
Ego Alley – Don Paterson: Reflections
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Denise Silva
Road Runner Photography Tours
http://denisesilvaphotography.com/
“Denise was the featured photographer in the July/August 2015
Photoshop User Magazine Who’s Who in the KelbyOne Community
Article. Denise finds every aspect of photography rewarding. From in-
camera composition to post-processing, photography is meditative, creative
and challenging. Her passion is to capture images from landscapes to urban
decay and to share her experiences and knowledge with fellow
photographers. To this end, she and Don Rosenberger started Road
Runner Photography Tours.”
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Hour Two
10 minutes Break
15 minutes Ego Alley, Don Patterson – Reflections
15 minutes Beginner’s Showcase (7 images)
As time permits Open Questions and Answers
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