From the Club President…
| For comfortable reading, we recommend that you either zoom the window in/out (CMD + or -, CTRL + or -), resize your window, or both to get about 12-15 words per line. |
The SCC board has been discussing how and when we will be able to meet face-to-face. We are hoping that we will be able to have regular meetings for next year and will limit our summer meetings to members who are vaccinated. Of course, we will monitor all of the pandemic guidelines and adjust our course as necessary.
Over the past year, I have heard from some members who really like the GoToWebinar meetings that we have had this year. One member said he liked to watch 0ur presentations while eating his dinner. Others have appreciated the GTW recordings that allow them to see presentations that they were unable to attend. And then there are those members who live outside the Sedona area and who would be unable to participate without the online meetings. GTW meetings have certainly been helpful for our speakers who can present their work from home, and I think that the format has made it easier to engage some excellent speakers from afar.
There are also many members who long to return to the days when we met face-to-face in the Lutheran Church. They miss the ability to connect with friends and to make new friends within the club. They miss the ability to see prints up close. And they miss the ability to interact with the speakers and pull numbers out of a hat for our raffles.
The board has investigated what it would take to have hybrid meetings combining local and remote speakers or attendees. The biggest problem we would have to solve is the low internet bandwidth at the church. Apparently, it will take thousands of dollars to connect to a high speed internet provider like Suddenlink. There is one combination that would likely work if we ever needed to have a remote speaker. That is, we could set up a normal webinar like we have done all year with a remote speaker, but the members would be in the church watching on the big screen using a single attendee link and a co-organizer who could facilitate questions, etc.
The board has decided that we definitely need to keep an active GoToMeeting account for small group interactions like SIG discussions, which have been invaluable for organizing those small groups. We will also try to keep some GoToWebinar access that might help us if we have problems getting a live speaker if we can find a smaller plan to fit our budget.
That’s all for now. Be sure to check out the information below including our April 26 speaker, our annual election of officers and directors, and the Sedona Photography Symposium.
Best wishes for good health and great photos,
Brad Kincaid
mailto:president.sedonacameraclub@gmail.com
Next Club Meeting
Creating Visual Impact in your Photography
Photographic artist Brenda Tharp will present to the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 26th. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, her online presentation will be via a Sedona Camera Club webinar.
Brenda specializes in landscape, nature and wildlife images, creating strong compositions with an attention to light, color, form and texture. She also creates story-telling photographs of people and places. Her goal is to transport viewers to the locations she has photographed and share her experiences. Her desire is that her images will inspire and bring joy to those that view them.
What makes us stop and take notice, and respond with emotion when we view a photograph? What makes one photograph more expressive than another? Brenda will discuss key elements that can make your photographs have more impact, from starting with the heart, to pre-visualizing, to using all the tools in your kit to bring that vision to fruition. She’ll cover several ideas that apply to different subjects in photography and talk about the importance of personal expression.
Photography is Brenda’s passion. She says: ”I love waking up early to capture the mist rising on the lake, or to witness the rainbow of dawn’s colors painted across the sky. A great photo takes planning, preparation and a bit of luck and timing, but it still feels like a gift when I’m out there and it all comes together.”
Eager to share her love for photography, Brenda has spoken to thousands of people across the country at venues including B&H Optic Conference, B&H Learning Center, The Mountaineers Club, American Society of Media Photographers, The Century Club, Photo Plus Expo, Carolinas Nature Photographers Association, North American Nature Photographers Association and The Royal Photographic Society (London) along with an ever-growing list of camera clubs and photo club conferences. She has juried several national competitions, teaches online, and has been featured in Rangefinder, Extraordinary Vision, PhotoArt and several podcasts.
Her images are widely used in ads, books, brochures, calendars, greeting cards, and magazines, including National Geographic Books, Sunset, British Gas, Chronicle Books, Sierra Club Magazine, Nature Conservancy, Audubon, The Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and Michelin Travel Publications.A self-taught photographer, Tharp is also an author. She wrote Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography and Expressive Nature Photography, co-authored Extraordinary Everyday Photography, and photographed the award-winning books Muir Woods: Redwood Refuge and Marin Headlands: Portals of Time. Find out more about Brenda at https://www.brendatharp.com.
Club Events, Photo Ops, and Board Updates
Sedona Photo Symposium
The Sedona Photography Symposium brings world-class photographers to Sedona, Arizona, August 12-15, 2021, for a series of presentations, workshops, field outings, and breakout sessions at the Sedona Creative Life Center. The program’s theme, “Unleash Your Inner Artist,” is geared to photographers of all levels of experience. The purpose is to offer those attending a diverse subject range allowing each to experience, learn, and return home a better photographer.
Keynote Speaker Deborah Sandidge will discuss “The Essence of the Image – It’s not what you see, but what you feel that makes for better pictures.” Deborah is a Nikon Ambassador, author and travel photographer who guides others to capture experiences and creative imagery, giving a sense of ‘being in the moment.”
In addition to Deborah Sandidge, professional photographers Dan Ballard, John Barclay, Karen Hutton, Brenda Tharpe, Mike Moats, Sean Parker and Rafael Pons of Photopills will also present at this year’s Symposium. Adam Schallau returns to conduct post-symposium workshops at the North and South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Pre- and post-symposium workshops on image processing, macro-photography, night photography, landscape photography, and PhotoPills extensive training are also on the program.
For a limited time, the Sedona Photography Symposium is offering to all Sedona Camera Club members a discount code worth $100 off of the admission price to the Main Symposium (current admission price is $399.00). The discount (promo) code (SCC2021) can be used by any Sedona Camera Club member when registering for the Main Symposium (does not apply to workshops or filled outings). You can purchase tickets to the 2021 Sedona Photography Symposium by clicking on the PURCHASE TICKETS page at www.sedonaphotosym.org. Be sure to enter the promo code by clicking on the blue ‘Enter Promo code’ link at the top of the ticket ordering window before proceeding to checkout. The promo code (SCC2021) will expire May 1, 2021.
Sedona Camera Club Election of Officers and Directors
Below is the slate of candidates for Officers and Directors of the Sedona Camera Club. Our bylaws require that we elect officers and one board member in April each year. However, because we have appointed some board members, we need to formally elect more than one director. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to elect our officers and directors online.
To cast your ballot, you must fill out the form linked below. You can only submit this form once.
- You must indicate that you either vote FOR OR AGAINST the slate of candidates. OR you can write in an alternate slate of candidates.
- You must enter your Member ID to validate your ballot.
- You must submit your ballot to be counted in this election.
Officers:
- President: Roger Kiel
- Secretary: John Gafford
- Treasurer: Robert Peake
- Program Chair/1st VP: Elaine Belvin
- Digital Chair/2nd VP: Timothy See
- Print Chair/3rd VP: Louis Pescevic
Directors:
- Director (1 yr): Tom Wardrup (elected 2018-19)
- Director (2 yr): Diann Bustamante (appointed December 2019)
- Director (3 yr): Steve Wells (appointed February 2021)
You will need to enter your Member ID to validate your ballot. According to our bylaws, you can submit your ballot anytime until our next meeting on April 26. However, it would help us to get a quorum if you vote as soon as possible. Click this link to access your ballot.
We will tally the ballot and announce the election results at the April 26 meeting. Thank you for your participation in this election.
