The entry deadline for the CICCA Fall Salon is this coming Tuesday, Oct 16th. Prints must be turned in at the meeting. Digital should be sent to me as soon as possible. Please check out www.ciccaclubs.com for the proper protocol. Info is in the Documents section of the Fall Salon. Sorry for the short notice.
Tom Ruhland
CICCA Rep
Have you ever been asked to present your photography in front of a group and didn’t know where to start?
During this weeks meeting, club member Julie Dodge will present different strategies for “Creating Your Own Photography Program”. This will include how to: choose a topic; select and present your images; add topical notes; speak to the audience; and most importantly… keep their attention. Whether you’re creating a 15 minute show, or a full two-hour program, you’ll learn techniques that will help you feel confident when accepting an invitation to present, and when delivering your program.
This year, there will be opportunities for members to share more of their photography with the club besides competitions. If you have images to share, this is a program you won’t want to miss.
Tuesday, Sept 18, 7-9pm,
First United Methodist Church, Downtown Peoria.
Peoria Camera Club offers members opportunities to participate in photo competitions to help you improve as a photographer, and develop a critcal eye when composing and editing your photos.
With 12 different categories of photo competitions, all with different rules, regulations, and submission requirements, entering club competitions can be daunting. On September 4th, the first meeting of the new club year, PCC members Ray Keithley and Rich Seeman will present a program on participating in club competitions. Ray and Rich have participated in competitions for many years and are both seasoned judges. Together they will help you navigate the rules and offer suggestions so you can confidently participate and properly submit your images in club competitions.
The following topics will be covered:
▪ Benefits (to you and the club) of participating in competitions
▪ The 12 different categories and the rules for each
▪ Club competition levels, their purpose and benefit to you
▪ Finding competition information on the club website
▪ Resizing and renaming digital images for competitions
▪ The judging process
▪ Interpreting judges’ comments
▪ How to succeed in competitions
In the past year, rules have changed, competitions have been added and image handlers have changed. Come to this meeting and learn about how these changes affect you and how to improve your chances of earning acceptances and winning in Club competitions.
First United Methodist Church, 7-9pm
(Photo credit: Cradled in Moms Arms, Gail Chastain)
Peoria Camera Club will be presenting two Informational Sessions for the Heart of Illinois Fair Photography Exhibit on what makes a good competition photo, how to print and mount your photos, and how to enter your photographic prints in the fair. Choose from two dates, times, and locations.
Peoria Public Library, Downtown
Tuesday, June 12, 2-3:30 pm
Peoria Public Library, North Branch
Monday, June 18, 6-7:30 pm
Compete with other Central Illinois Photographers for cash prizes and ribbons, and start exhibiting your work in the community.
Presented by: Julie Dodge, Superintendent of HOI-Fair Photography Exhibit
Once again the Peoria Camera Club will be hosting the 2018 National Insect Salon, a Photographic Society of America-sanctioned Nature competition. Images must be submitted no later than September 22, 2018. The judging will be on 9/29/2018.
Go to the Insect Salon page for more detailed information.
(Featured Image “Cicada Killer” by Gail Chastain, one of the 2017 accepted images)
Photographer and artist Jason Reblando will give a talk about his recent photography book New Deal Utopias (Kehrer Verlag, 2017), which explores three planned communities built by the U.S. government during the Great Depression. His project explores the built environments and landscapes of Greenbelt, Maryland; Greenhills, Ohio; and Greendale, Wisconsin, collectively known as “Greenbelt Towns,” to evoke utopia both as an idea and a place in the American mind. He will also discuss fascinating historical context of the towns by incorporating archival photographs from the Farm Security Administration.
Jason received his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, and a BA in Sociology from Boston College. He is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines, an Artist Fellowship Award from the Illinois Arts Council, and a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, Camera Austria, Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, Marketplace, Real Simple, Places Journal, Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Reader. His photographs are part of the collections in the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Midwest Photographers Project of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He teaches photography at Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University.
PCC Members and ALL Central Illinois Photographers. As Superintendent of the Heart of Illinois Fair, I’m pleased to announce this year’s competition, theme, and dates. If you’ve never entered the HOI Fair Photography Exhibit before, it’s a great opportunity to print your amazing photos, compete with other photographers for big ribbons, cash prizes, and bragging rights, and show them off to your community.
I’ll be presenting a program on what makes a good competition photo, how to get started printing and mounting your photos, and how to enter them in the fair. There are two different dates, times and locations.
Peoria Public Library, Downtown
Tuesday, June 12, 2-3:30 pm
Peoria Public Library, North Branch
Monday, June 18, 6-7:30 pm
It’s easy to enter. See Rules link for details on Print categories, sizes, mounting requirements, and how to enter. Smartphone is the only digital entry, but follows the same entry process. Complete the Entry Form by July 1st to secure your commitment and order your entry tags.
HOI Fair Photography Competition Call for Entry
HOI Fair Call for Entry
HOI Fair Photography RULES
http://www.heartofillinoisfair.com/images/site/pageserver/file/2018/PHOTOPRINT18lettersize.pdf
HOI Fair Photography ENTRY FORM
http://www.heartofillinoisfair.com/images/site/pageserver/file/2018/AOENTRYFORM18.pdf
Henry Matthiessen is based out of Galena, IL and the owner of Stoned Art Studio. During his presentation Henry will cover the following topics:
Panorama Photography
Panorama photos deliver very impactful photo statements. We’ll explore the why’s and how’s of making stunning panorama photos, with demonstrations of how to execute, merge and post process via Lightroom and Photoshop giving you another medium to deliver excellent images to your viewers.
Artist Touch in Photography
Artists were the original recorders of events and emotions long before cameras were invented. We’ll discuss art techniques used by old masters as they relate to light, composition, and post process helping you deliver more impact in your photos to your viewers. Lightroom will be used to demonstrate how to take advantage of many of the art techniques.
For more information and to view some of Henry’s work, please visit: http://www.stonedartstudio.com/welcome.html
Here are the winning entries from the following competitions. Congratulations to all the winners. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers are the first three photos at the top.
Nature 4
Creative 2
Open 4
Hello PCC Members, I have been receiving emails regarding the upcoming Spring Salon. I am the new CICCA rep, so I thought I would fill you in before we have a train wreck on our hands. ( See what I did there). The turn in is on the 24th of this month, April for th
ose of you not aware. The cost for the Salon is 4 puny dollars per digital and print. That’s 8 dollars if you enter both digital and print. 4+4=8. Mom would be so proud. Please go to the ciccaclubs.com website, click on the spring salon documents menu and open the spring salon invitation to gain all of the knowledge needed to enter. If you need any assistance, please feel free to email me and I will try my best to assist you. You can also email the webmaster for CICCA, again me, so either way you can’t loose. Please put CICCA in your email title so I don’t send you to spam.
Tomr@peoriacameraclub.com
