Showcase Coming Up Oct 19th

Hello again - We had a speaker at this Monday's meeting that showed many of us prints that we haven't even imagined. Some were made on materials like heavy rag paper, wood veneer, and even metal sheets. Some were colored/painted by hand after the photo was printed on the material. It was remarkable simply as a process, and so were the beautiful results. Thanks to Barbara Ellison we got a glimpse into another aspect of how we can render our photos through an experienced expert's talk.

The next meeting, Oct 19, will have a Showcase. Watch out for the short schedule because the deadline for submissions to showcase@digitalphotoclub.net is this coming Monday Oct 12, one week ahead of the presentation as usual. So with this great weather you can make new photos now, or you can scare up something from your archives that you think is more impressive. You could even work on it with some creativity and make something new from something old. That's what showcases can do for you - make a target date to show us something no one has seen before.

All in the same evening Mike Kellogg, VP Programs, will give us some info on the differences between Photoshop CS 4 and Photoshop Elements. And we'll hear more about our club's communications from Laurie Brice, Tech Director.

In the meantime - speaking of short schedules - we all need to pay attention to the deadline on that same day for your submission (an electronic version) of whatever you'd like to show framed at the Bella Photo Art and Framing Gallery over the Christmas buying season.

Sound like a good time to sell something? It's the best.

All the important dates for the exhibit were shown by Robbie on Monday night but they're also here online: http://www.digitalphotoclub.net/pdf/program100509.pdf as part of the last meeting's presentations. Just run down through these slides to the Important Dates one.

So here are a couple of things for you to do on Columbus Day. Keep your eye on Monday, 13th for 1-3 submissions to the Showcase, and one or two entries to the juried show coming up for Nov-Dec. Is this a busy and involved club or what? Have fun.

Please don't forget my invitation for someone to step forward and become the Club's Treasurer. We must have someone in that office, and soon. Thanks for anyone considering it, and I'll be glad to chat with you to scope it out. I'll hound you all about this until we come up with a solution, so the sooner you volunteer, the sooner I'll get off the soapbox.

Don Dement - Pres.

PS - You can always go back and see in some detail what past meetings have done. Poke around on the website www.digitalphotoclub.net under the "Calendar" dropdown, which is where this URL came from.

And if you "follow" (over on the right side) my blog that you're reading, you'll get these notes without forgetting to take a look. It would make life easier for all of us if we could just post these notes, without email. Let's make that a habit. Try following. I follow other blogs in our club and it makes sense.