OCC Minutes April 29, 2014

OCC Minutes April 29, 2014

Different Meeting Venue:  We met at the Hotshops at 6:00 after hanging our photos at 3:00.  Photos will remain displayed and for sale through June 1.

Hotshops project:  Tim White reported on how to report your own sales or another member’s sale and collect the money.  June 2 is the day for taking down the photos.  We discussed other details about handling the weekends.  Marty sent around a sign-up sheet.  Normally Hotshops is open 9:00 - 6:30, but this weekend it’s until 8:00 on Saturday and 5:00 Sunday.

Next Meeting May 6th:  This will be our business meeting covering elections, rule changes, etc.  We need lots of input on running the club next year.

N4C:   There is one month left for competition.  Please submit entries to Larry by May 10.  The N4C represents 11 states.  In April, the OCC had 29 entries by 9 members who won 11 awards in  these categories:

Travel:  Paul Bellinger, Mike Barker, Rick Yang
Pictoral:   Rick Yang
Creative:   Larry Headley, Mike Barker, and Rory Dillon
Journalism:    Rick Yang, Trish Place,
Nature:   Nikki McDonald, Rory Dillon

Club Projector for sale:  Irv Cobb’s church wants to offer $200 for it.  Gary moved to sell it to them at that price and the club voted to approve the sale.

Rebuilding Together:  Will need many photographers next April to document the changes made in the homes as they are updated and improved by volunteers.

Springbrook N4C:  Paul and Linda went to the N4C conference in April.  They saw a mock judging of images as a training session for clubs to help people judge by the rules and give positive comments along with helpful critiques.  Paul gave some specific examples of what could be learned by a mock judging.  He also explained the N4C scoring system which often comes down to several decimal places in close competitions, resulting in a score of 43 out of 45 only winning an honorable mention.  It’s really important to know the N4C rules before entering photos.

Paul and Linda recommended that club members go to N4C special meetings next year since we are hosting the 2015 conference.

Another lesson Paul demonstrated is “ETTR:  Expose to the right” of the histogram because the darker side is where the noise is when shooting jpg.  Histograms in the viewer of the camera are given for JPG but if you shoot in Raw you can recover some of the bright spots.  He learned this from photographer David Graham and dxomark.com is a website with specific data for cameras.

Paul also suggested a contest called “Choose the Spot” and members have a week to get a shot.  gotomypc.com and dropbox.com are apps for ipad that can later send photos to your computer.

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OCC planning meeting for the N4C conference:  On May 13, there will be an OCC planning meeting for the N4C conference in 2015.

Treats:  were provided by Linda Davis.