18 people were in attendance.
Competition
Digital Creative and Digital Travel each had one more spot to fill. After last night’s meeting these are probably already filled. Please vote using your club member in the comments for up to 5 votes in each category.
Reminder that submission guidelines, link for voting and more information can be found at our website competition page here.
Special Events
The Dubuque Camera Club gave a presentation about nature photography at the Mines of Spain on March 5, 2017.
Mines of Spain Nature Photography — Dubuque Camera Club
March 5, 2017, 1:00 p.m. | E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center at the Mines of Spain
This was a success with almost 50 in attendance. Thanks goes out to Kevin McTague for teaching us about backyard birding, Ken Kiss for sharing about the Owls in the Mines of Spain including some owl pellets, and Ron Tigges for the overview of the N4C, nature photography and macro photography.
Dubuque Museum of Art Summer Exhibit
August-October — We have chosen a name/theme of the exhibit “Dimensions of Photography”
We would have various photos from different categories or types of photos along with a description of that type of photography. We will go with metal prints again. Gary Fagan brought a sample of a metal print from ACI. They currently have a special running if you have other printing needs.
N4C Spring Seminar
Because of a schedule changes with the IDNR, the Springbrook seminar has changed the location and the date to May 5-7, 2017. It will be called the Iowa Camp-In – Mini-Convention and held at Saint Thomas More Center, between Guthrie Center and Panora, Iowa. More information is available on the N4C website
Bird Banding at EB Lyons Center
Sunday, March 19th at 1:00 p.m. is another photo op while birds are being caught outside in mist nets, brought inside to be weighed, banded and finally released.
Future Meetings
Club meeting, March 20, 6:30 p.m. Special guest Steve Kelly from ACI labs will teach us about various printing techniques and samples of papers. Think all printing is alike? Come check this out and see the large array of papers and products available today. Thank you to Gary Fagan for help with getting Steve to drop by.
April 3 Regular Club Meeting- reminder that submissions are now due March 26th and we do not submit in Digital Pictorial category this month.
April 17 – Judging Digital Pictorial
February Competition Results
Digital Black and White — some tough competition!
- “Braving the Storm” by Gary Fagan, Honorable Mention
- “Picking Flowers” by Jose Garcia, Honorable Mention
- “National Archives at Night: Bob Felderman, Honorable Mention
- “Nap Time” by David Smethers, Honorable Mention (with a perfect score)
Digital Journalism
- “Flipping Around” Jose Garcia, Honorable Mention
Digital Nature
- “Protect Me” Gary Fagan, Honorable Mention
There were many merit awards received as well. Great job, everyone.
Technique Review
Ron Tigges spent the rest of the night showing some examples of various techniques that could be utilized for the Dubuque Museum of Art exhibit.