Enchanted Lens Camera Club

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Guest Speaker | Royce Bair March 6th

Speaker’s Meeting with Royce Bair
Topic: Night Photography
Thursday, March 6th via Zoom | @ 7PM

Royce Bair
Royce Bair has been a professional magazine and illustrative advertising photographer for three decades. He is one the early innovators of a genre of night photography some call “nightscapes,” and has often been called “the founding father of landscape astrophotography.” His unique images have received worldwide newspaper and magazine syndication. Royce believes the foreground is just as important as the starry night sky, and may need additional natural or artificial light enhancement for better recognition and aesthetic appreciation. Lecturing throughout the world, Royce has taught various ways to accomplish this, including his public service website on “Low Level Lighting” methods.

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Exhibition Judge | Laurie Klein February 20th

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ELCC Exhibition & Photo Critique
Judge: Laurie Klein
Theme: Black & White, or Infrared
February 20th| Zoom Meeting @ 7PM

Renowned photographer and educator, Laurie Klein, is regarded as one of the most influential infrared photographers in the world. Laurie holds a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA from Ohio University. She is the author of Infrared Photography: Digital Techniques for Artistic Images, Infrared Photography: Artistic Techniques for Brilliant Images and Photographing The Female Form with Digital Infrared all published by Amherst Media and Hand Coloring Black and White Photography published by Quarry Publishers.

Laurie teaches regularly at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Maine Media, Peter’s Valley Center, numerous other schools and venues, and in her own boutique workshops.

Selected additional credits:

• She is an educator at Ohio University, Western Connecticut State University, Bridgeport University, and Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
• Keynote speaker at Photogenesis, PPA Midwest Tour, and Chicks Who Click conference
• Published in Shutterbug and PPA magazines
• Exhibited at Manifest Gallery, PhotoPlace Gallery, Fairfield Museum, The Dyer Gallery, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, VisArts Center, Holiday House of New York City, Peirce Ball Gallery, Sadelier Gallery, Sherman Hines Museum of Photography Permanent Collection, Oklahoma Museum of Art Permanent Collection
• Lecturer at B&H Optic Conference, The Societies of London, WPPI, and Imaging USA

To see Laurie’s photography, go to her website at https://www.laurieklein.com/

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Our Meetings

Join us in September 2024  as we begin activities for our new 2024-2025 club year. Our monthly meetings, Speakers, Exhibitions, Casual Critique, and Mentorship are held via Zoom, except for September, January, and June, which we have live meetings. Marauders are monthly outings.

To request information about attending any of our meetings, click at the bottom of this page to request more information.

Yearly membership dues are $50.00 for individuals, $75.00 for couples, and $25 for students.

Anyone interested in photography is welcome to become a member.

Membership entitles you to:

  • Mentorship and Workshops
  • Monthly Local Photo Outings
  • Monthly Exhibition and Photo Critique
  • Communicating with Members via our Email List
  • Portfolio Project Participation

Follow us on Social Media- We are on Facebook, Instagram and Flickr

Image Gallery – Check out some of the amazing photos taken by our members

 

November Featured Member – Pam Dorner

 

Make it moody- Why Every Photographer needs a Fog Plan 

 

 

Schedule for 2024—2025

  Monthly Speakers

September 7th (Saturday)
In Person Meeting at JCC | 2:00-4:00PM
Speaker: Brent Hall
Topic: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: How to Get into Astrophotography

October 3rd
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Richard Bram
Topic: Street Photography: A Restless Life

November 7th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Padna Inguva|Roland Shainidze
Topic: Creating Cityscapes

December 5th 
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Eric Bowes 
Topic: On the Line: High-Angle Adventure Photography

January 11th (Saturday)
(St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE @ 2-4PM)
Speaker: Nathaniel Paolinelli
Topic: Stories in Frame: A Photographer’s Journey Across Cultures and Communities

February 6th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Joe & Mary Ann McDonald
Topic: The Tail of Seven Tails

March 6th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Royce Bair
Topic: Night Photography

April 3rd
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Jake Werth
Topic: TBD

May 1st
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Pam Dorner
Topic: TBD

June 7th
(In-person Meeting  2-4 PM)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE) Speakers: Maria Baca/Helen Johnson
Topic: Portfolio Project Showcase Presentation & Art Exhibition

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End of Year Social

June 21st

(In-person Meeting 2-4 PM @ St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE)

Exhibition Judges

Changed to Wednesday September 18th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Judge: Angie McMonigal
Assigned Topic: Abstracts

October 17th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Nick Rapaz
Assigned Topic: Environmental Portraits

November 21st
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Peter Boehringer
Assigned Topic: Sunrise, Sunset, Golden
Hour

December 19th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Marc Muench
Assigned Topic: Smoke/Fog/Steam

January 16th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Ted Jackson
Assigned Topic: Relationships/Interactions With The Elderly

February 20th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Judge: Laurie Klein
Assigned Topic: Black & White or Infrared 

March 20th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge:  Jory Vander Galien
Assigned Topic: Night Photography

April 17th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Gary Crabbe
Assigned Topic: TBD

June TBD
End of Year Awards
Judges: TBD

Casual Critique

Host Mark Werner
Critiques by Emily Mount

Casual Critique provides an opportunity for members to have their photos critiqued by an expert as well as receiving comments from the members in the audience. Club member Mark Werner will host this year’s Casual Critique along with Emily Mount, a professional photographer who has worked as a naturalist and photography instructor for Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic traveling on expeditions around the world.
http://www.emilymountphotography.com/

For additional information about the Casual Critique program, please click on the link Casual Critique.

Dates for Casual Critique Classes
All classes will be via Zoom from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Thursday, September 26, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Thursday, February 13, 2025 (Please note
that this meeting has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled) Rescheduled: TBD

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025