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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
March competition winners class A
Saturday, March 28, 2020
The monthly scores for the March competition have been posted
The CURRENT competition score files are added here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19D4snXTUTtCKOyF4cQliDCSWHVb_KA9W
after each competition (2019-20 season)
Just a reminder that you can view the monthly image scores and the cumulative scores for the season here on our website: http://www.newhavencameraclub.org/p/monthly-competition-scores.html
Friday, March 27, 2020
March Images Now on the NHCC Website
Sunday, March 22, 2020
APRIL 18 AND APRIL 26 FIELD TRIPS CANCELLED
Sorry, Everyone, but it seems appropriate to do our part in limiting close contact with others until this coronavirus is contained. To that end, the next 2 field trips are cancelled, and we hope to reschedule them in the near future.
The two trips are April 18 to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and United House Wrecking, and April 26 to the Wadsworth Daffodil Festival in Middlefield.
Wishing you and your families stay healthy. We’ll all get together soon for more fun-filled photographic adventures!
The NNCC Trips Committee
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Competition Entries are due Friday, March 20
Entries are due by Friday, March 20, at 11:59 PM
Please Note: For the sake of everyone's health, we are not meeting at the Unitarian Church.
This year the image size allowed has changed. In the past, images could be up to
1024 pixels in height or width.
Now images can be 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high. This change is in keeping with
the New England Camera Club Council which has changed its image sizes for interclub competitions.
Here are some examples of images which can be submitted this year
a landscape which is 1400 x 1050
a vertical which is 800 x 1050
a square image which is 1050 x 1050
Note that the vertical dimension cannot be more than 1050.
If you accidentally forget to resize your images, Photo Contest Pro may still accept
them if they are not too far off. However, everyone should strive to resize their images to conform to the guidelines.
One last reminder - The assigned subject for March is Cemeteries and/or Gravestones.
Please stay safe.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Important Notice
Due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19 the New Haven Camera Club Board has decided to cancel the March Competition meeting scheduled for Monday, March 23rd. Please continue to submit your competition images as usual until the Friday, March 20th deadline. (See our blog for a reminder of deadlines, size of images and assigned subject.) We will be conducting our competition online or through email, with each judge scoring images from their own computers. This is a first for us so we are not sure of the exact date when the results will be available.
Our concerns for all our members' health and the need to slow down the spread of COVID-19 are the main factors motivating our decision to cancel our meeting. We hope everyone can stay healthy and safe. We will update you regarding future meetings as needed. Please check the blog periodically.
Please contact me or any other board member if you have any questions or suggestions. I hope that we can meet again soon and continue our fun photography adventure together.
But, in the meantime, thank you for your understanding,
Denise SaldaƱa
President New Haven Camera Club
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Join NHCC on Monday March 9th for “Creative Flower Photography” a presentation by Paul Peterson and Denise SaldaƱa
Join NHCC on Monday March 9th for “Creative Flower Photography” a presentation by Paul Peterson and Denise SaldaƱa
Where: Unitarian Society of New Haven 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden
When: come at 6:45, programs start at 7:00
Presentation is free and open to the public
About the Program:
Creative Flower Photography: Paul will demonstrate how he takes close up flower photographs indoors, using diffused sunlight as a light source. He has previously presented a program on Easy Close Up Photography. The upcoming presentation will be a shortened version of that program, updated for the digital age in which so much can be done to enhance the photograph after it is first captured. Denise will discuss flowers as a photographic subject. She will emphasize the importance of the background in flower photography and share some of her tricks for making backgrounds more appealing. She will discuss manual shooting and creating a soft background using a wide aperture. You will be able to see some of her own homemade backgrounds used in her photography. Denise will also display her light tent and her light box and explain how she uses these for her photography.
Come to a NHCC Meeting!
When: 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7:00 pm (September thru May).
Where: Unitarian Universalist church in Hamden; 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, CT 06517
Programs are free and open to the public
Thursday, March 5, 2020
UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS in APRIL - SAVE the DATE Sunday, April 26, 2020
1) Wadsworth Falls | Location: 751 Wadsworth St., Middletown CT
2) Daffodil Day at the Wadsworth Mansion, event takes place from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm and is free to the public. Live music, nature trails, A Place Called Hope Raptor presentation, food trucks, and of course, lots of daffodils.| Location: 421 Wadsworth St., Middletown CT
UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS in APRIL - SAVE the DATE Saturday, April 18, 2020
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Photo Contest Pro Now Open for March 23 Competition
The competition will be on Monday, March 23. Entries are due by Friday, March 20,
at 11:59 PM
This year the image size allowed has changed. In the past, images could be up to
1024 pixels in height or width.
Now images can be 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high. This change is in keeping with
the New England Camera Club Council which has changed its image sizes for interclub competitions.
Here are some examples of images which can be submitted this year:
a landscape which is 1400 x 1050
a vertical which is 800 x 1050
Note that the vertical dimension cannot be more than 1050.
If you accidentally forget to resize your images, Photo Contest Pro may still accept
Don't wait until the last minute to submit your images.
One last reminder - The assigned subject for March is Cemeteries and/or Gravestones.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Action needed: please take the NHCC survey
Click on the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHCC-SP20
or point your iPhone at the QR code to go to the survey.
You can take this survey on a computer, iPad, cell phone, etc.
Thank you to Bill Hoikala for designing this survey, our last one was May 2015.