FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | DECEMBER 2016 45
We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in
the RCN main lobby room. Thus our December meeting
will be Dec. 20. Visitors are always welcome. We invite
all photographers, regardless of skill level, to join us for
our regular meetings, workshops, speakers, field trips,
and in-house demos. For example, at our November
meeting, our Chairperson, Irve Sturner, gave an excellent
demo and tutorial on the use of adjustment layers with
Adobe Photoshop software. It was very interesting and
informative.
For the November meeting, the assignment was twofold:
1) take a photograph using distortion. This could be from
using a lens that distorts (e.g. a very wide or fisheye
lens) or distorting the picture using software (e.g. using
Liquify command in Adobe Photoshop). 2) take a picture of
the Supermoon that appeared the day prior to our meeting.
The supermoon appeared on Nov. 14 and, according to CNN
online and scientists, this supermoon is bigger, in fact, than it has
appeared at any point in the last 68 years, and was the biggest of the
21st century. CNN online went on to say we won't see its like again
until 2034.
Special thanks to Camera Club member Bill Taylor for alerting us
to the supermoon's appearance and an excellent tutorial on the best
way to photograph it.
As usual, we then discussed and conducted a constructive critique.
We learn a lot about various techniques, software, and hardware to
enhance our work.
On Oct. 15, several of the club members went on a field trip to the
San Jacinto Wildlife Area. It is approximately 19,000 acres of restored
wetlands. A good time was had by all.
Now that the election and Thanksgiving are behind us, we'll be
discussing tips and tricks for holidays still in front of us. We hope to
see you soon at one of our meetings. ~ Lyle Cameron
Camera Club
A tea plantation in Ponte Del Gada, a beautiful island in the Azores.
Photo by Bill Christelman
