July 18th 2011 MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Location: Zion Lutheran Church in Oshkosh
23 people attended (19members, 2 guests and 2 new members)
President Monty was not in attendance due to a bike accident which resulted in a broken leg. Vice president Nancy Montgomery and Lee Fenendael moderated the meeting.
Nancy announced that three Oshkosh Photography Group members recently won awards at the Rural Rembrandt 63rd Annual Show on 17 July in Wautoma:
Lauren Radke – 2nd place in the Mixed Media/Collage category
Lee Fenendael – 2nd place in the Photography category
Kathy Murphy – 3rd place in the Photography category
Ann reminded members of annual OPG picnic scheduled for August 16 in Menominee Park beginning at 6:00PM. Reminder to bring your camera to the picnic as there will be a photo scavenger hunt with prizes awarded at September meeting. There is a sign up sheet for the pot luck and e-mail reminders will be sent out too.
Ann also did a recap on the OPG photo shoot survey. 32 people responded. The board will continue to use this as a reference for future photo shoot locations. Also reminded members of cemetery photo shoot Aug 6 in Oshkosh and fall trip to High Cliff state park.
Guest speaker for the evening was professional photographer/artist/university instructor Don Stolley. He gave a presentation on Famous Photography/Photographers 1945-2011. He also provided a handout listing the names and subjects of some of their work. You can view some of his work at www.stolleystudio.com/index.html
Lee Fenendael put together what he calls a “Tribond Challenge” contest which entailed 3 photographs with the question “what do these all have in common.” Answers are to be submitted directly o Lee who will award prizes to winners.
Also, Lee to re-visited his Boiler Face Project which has undergone some modification (thanks in part to Gary Meitner) since the last meeting and asked us for input on his concept and images.
After a break for socializing, there was a sharing / viewing of photos from the project of the month “Abstract” and general photo sharing too. OPG has purchased a new projector for use at our monthly meetings. It still may need a bit more tweaking, but most attendees agreed that the images were brighter and clearer
There is no Photo Project for August meeting, but there will be a photo scavenger hunt at the OPG picnic