Eastern Maine Camera Club

We had a surprise visitor at our meeting Thursday.  Lindsey Mills from Channel 7 News stopped by to interview Brian Vanden Brink, our January speaker. 

Brian's presentation was very engaging, featuring interesting architectural images from all over the country. 

We took a short break and Lindsey interviewed Brian.  If you missed her story on the news don't worry, you can still catch it online at the following link:

http://www.foxbangor.com/news/local-news/478-photographer-brian-vanden-brink-visits-the-eastern-maine-camera-club.html

Be sure to check out Brian's web site too:

http://www.BrianVandenBrink.com

Here's the information from our web site Event Calendar, please note the special date and time:

December 13 – 6:00 PM – Holiday Party – Mary Hartt will provide lasagna. Please bring salads, deserts, and your favorite non-alcoholic beverage. The theme for our party this year will be "Show and Tell." Have a photography tip or technique you would like to share? Or how about some photos that you are particularly proud of, and would like to talk about "how you did it?" Depending on the number of people who want to participate in this, you will have up to five (5) minutes to present something to the club after the dinner. You can bring digital images or prints to show as part of your presentation.

Please email Don or Jeanne if you are panning to bring something, so they can co-ordinate that. You can use the contact form to get in touch with them, or email them directly if you know their addresses.

Click Here For Contact Officers Form 

On Thursday November 29th, 2012, Eastern Maine Camera Club is hosting the New England Camera Club's (NECCC) Inter-Club Competition.  NECCC is a non-profit umbrella group for 84 camera clubs in the New England states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont).  The Council was established in 1937 and incorporated in 1963. http://www.neccc.org

This will be a unique opportunity for club members and THE COMMUNITY to see nearly 300 of the best color prints from 28 camera clubs around New England.  Best of all, it will be FREE. As always Eastern Maine Camera Club will be accepting donations for the Frank Howd Scholarship. You can get more information about the scholarship here: http://easternmainecameraclub.org.

This is our first time hosting this event in a long time. Here's what we expect to happen.  We'll be starting around 5 PM, at the Parks and Rec Building at 647 Main Street in Bangor.  There will be three judges.  Each of the images will be brought out and placed in a light box where the judges will view then score the image.  After it's scored the image will be removed from the light box and taken back to it's shipping container.  The scores will be recorded and passed on to NECCC who will tally the scores and declare the winners.  The results will then be posted on their web site: NECCC Inter-Club Competetion Information.

The judging could easily last a couple hours, possibly more.  The public is invited to attend.  There will be some seating available behind the judges, so people will be able to sit and watch as the images filter through.  People are welcome to come and go as they please, we just ask that everyone try to be quiet and limit disruptions. 

For more information you can contact Eastern Maine Camera Club with this form:

http://easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

We are excited to have Ron Davis speaking at our November 1st meeting.  Ron will speaking to us about Penguins and Hummingbirds.  You can find more information about Ron at his website:

http://www.ecophotointernational.org/

The meeting will start at 6:30 PM as usual, on Thursday November 1 2012 at Bangor Parks and Recreation; 647 Main Street, Bangor, Maine.

Come and bring friends, this meeting is open to the public. Light snacks will be available. For more information use our contact us form located at: http://www.easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

Here is some more information about Ron, taken from the about page of his website:

EcoPhoto International is a non-profit endeavor of Ronald B. Davis to provide photographic services for projects in field research, environmental education, and conservation. Its operations are carried out entirely by Ron and an assistant. Ron is a scientist and educator who has used photography to enhance his work for over 40 years. He is a biologist, ecologist, and photographer with a PhD in zoology from Cornell University. His expertise includes ecology of forests, lakes, and wetlands, and Quaternary paleoecology. His photos focus on nature and persons studying it, teaching about it, and protecting it.

Ron has been a long-term faculty member at Colby College and the University of Maine, and has held short-term research appointments at Yale University, University of Washington, Trinity College Dublin, University of London, and the Norwegian Forest Research Institute.

Ron has illustrated his lectures at universities and other venues around the world with his outstanding images of a wide range of natural history subjects. His photographs have appeared in scientific and popular publications. He is a world traveler who has photographed wildlife and their habitats, and persons engaged in field research and conservation projects in many parts of North America including Alaska, Central and South America, Caribbean islands, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and East and South Africa.

We are thrilled to have Ilya Askinazi speaking at our October 4th Camera Club meeting.  Ilya will be speaking to us about Black and White Fine Art Photography. 

If you're undecided about attending I strongly encourage you to take a few minutes to look over Ilya's web site at http://ilyaaskinazi.com.  After checking out his beautiful images be sure to take a look at the "About"  section to learn more about Ilya.  I feel sure that if you spend a few minutes looking at his images and learning about Ilyas history that you will not want to miss hearing him speak. 

The meeting will start at 6:30 PM as usual, on Thursday October 4th 2012 at Bangor Parks and Recreation; 647 Main Street, Bangor, Maine.

Come and bring friends, this meeting is open to the public. Light snacks will be available.  For more information use our contact us form located at: http://www.easternmainecameraclub.org/contact-us.aspx

August 2012

To: Eastern Maine Camera Club current and prospective Members

From: Jeanne Caron EMCC President

Hello Everyone! Here we are into August again. What a busy summer. I hope everyone has taken time to get some shooting in. We have some fun new categories this year……..stretch those comfort zones! Check the great EMCC website for the schedules and specifics.

It should be an exciting and educational year with great speakers as always, field trips and classes, and the new Creative Nights concept, with a variety of topics to build our skills.  We will also host the NECCC Interclub Print Competition for the first time in many years. More information will follow on this exciting addition to our schedule.

Congratulations to all the club member entrants into the Bangor State Fair competition. The club had a very respectable showing, with many members winning ribbons. Thanks to all of you who gave of your time and effort to make this event happen.

Club dues are now due! Please take the time to fill out and send the attached membership application form with a check to our club treasurer, preferably before our first meeting.

Our first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 6^th at 6:00 p.m. We will have a gathering and cookout. Burgers and hotdogs will be provided. Please bring a salad and/or dessert, a chair, and your own drinks. Please RSVP with what you will bring using the contact form on our website. Watch for an email update with directions.

I look forward to the 2012-13 season and my second term as club president. Thank you for your confidence. Thanks to the great executive committee members for all the work they do.

See you in September,

Jeanne Caron

EMCC President

It's time to pay our dues!  If you would like to mail your dues now this form will give you all the information you need - Annual Membership Form.

In order to enter competitions new members will need to pay their dues by our first meeting on September 6th.  Larry will be available at that meeting to collect dues, or you can mail a check in advance using the form above.

Existing members will need to pay before the first competition on September 20th in order to be eligible. 

Shortly after September 20th we will be synchronizing the web site and Facebook group with our current paid member list.  Member access will be disabled for those that have not paid. 

If you have any questions you can use this form to contact the Camera Clubs Officers. 

At the last club meeting we talked about getting a new banner for spring.  Here are some details about the image.  If you have and questions feel free to contact us.  

Photo Details:

Photos should be 998 pixels wide, and 175 pixels tall. The words Eastern Maine Camera Club will be horizontally centered on the image and right justified. Images should account for that by having clean space on the left half of the image. Look Don's Dog Sled image at the top of the page for an example.

If you have an image you think would work good email it to info@easternmainecameraclub.org.  

Bob Darby will be the speaker at the Feb 2nd Club meeting. Bob 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.