Meeting Tonight, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 7:00 p.m.

The monthly meeting of the Berrien Springs Camera Club will take place on Wednesday, May 3, 1t 7:00 p.m. in the Berrien Springs Public Library meeting room at 215 W. Union Street in Berrien Springs. This month will be the final judging of 2016-2017 accepted/honors photos. It promises to be an excellent overview of what the BSCC members can create.

Expand your interest, test your skills in competition with others, learn about composition and have fun with your hobby, attend interesting programs by experienced photographers, join us this Wednesday.

Refreshments will be served.

Photo by Suzanne Anderson, Golden Boy, Digital of the Month, April 2017

April 2017 Last Competition

Berrien Springs Camera Club held its last competition for the year. As always, the meeting included some beautiful photos, with topics from angles to wild life. Our judges, Joni King, Ruth Steinhagen and Sandy Hanson, did a great job of judging 81 photos. They were willing to stay afterwards and give critiques for a few of the photos. Pranay Gaikwad, 269 Photography, also helped critique and demonstrate a few tips on editing with Lightroom. April 2017 digital of the month was awarded to Suzanne McDonough's Golden Boy. Thanks to Leroy Patterson and the McDonoughs for snacks. 

See you next month, May 3, for our End of the Year Final Competition. We'll be judging all the acceptable photos from the 2016-2017 BSCC season. 

Suzanne McDonough's Golden Boy

BSCC met Wednesday for a motivating presentation by Greg Constantine. His presentation titled Standing Still had an interesting premise that black and white photography can be more intense, keeping the viewer engaged. Black and white photography removes all distractions, so the strength of the composition shines through. Ordinary subjects can be made extraordinary when one learns to look for texture, shape, patterns, and light. Greg suggests standing still long enough to see a great photo come into view, wait for the cloud to move into position, a person walking into an interesting view, the boat aligning with the moon. A good discussion about what makes a photo work followed Greg's presentation. 

Greg Constantine

Thank you, Greg, for providing a new perspective on photography. Thanks to Jeff, Madeline and Suzanne for providing the snacks.  

Allowing for the maximum spiral, Greg positions the camera a just the right spot.

Waiting for these two people to meet in the center made this photo more interesting