Lecture January 18 at the Palm Beach Zoo

Zoo Lecture: Thursday, January 18th
Into the Wild: Challenges of Wildlife Filmmaking by Tom Fitz

You’re invited to our award-winning Conservation Leadership Lecture event at the Palm Beach Zoo sponsored by Bank of America! Explore the challenges in wildlife filmmaking as we travel into the wild with Emmy award-winning documentary cameraman, Tom Fitz.

Doors open at 6 pm for this intriguing event, please enter through our admission gate. Cocktails & passed hors d’oeuvres included. Animal encounters will take place throughout the cocktail hour. Please purchase tickets in advance online at http://www.palmbeachzoo.org.

January 2018 Club Meeting Info

Hello LCC Members,

Our next club meeting is on Tuesday January 9 at 6PM at the North Palm Beach Library.

Our monthly photo assignment is ‘BLACK & WHITE’

The photo assignment images must be sent by Sunday Jan 7

Send images to  jefforns@comcast.net up to ten images sized 72 dpi with the long side 1000-1200 PIXELS!.. If you do not know how to resize and export your images please let us know so we can help you! Also, images must be sent as attachments…..Not  embedded in the e-mail!

OUR PROGRAM WAS SCHEDULED TO BE WILLIAM LEONARD’S ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY. WILLIAM HAS SOME MEDICAL ISSUES AND WON’T BE ABLE TO ATTEND. SO, OUR PROGRAM WILL BE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY BY OUR OWN PRESIDENT SANDRA WITH THE ABLE ASSISTANCE OF ROBERT EUSTICE.

We will also discuss setting dates for the following upcoming meet ups.

WAKODAHATCHEE

GREEN CAY

MORIKAMI

MIAMI ZOO

BETHESDA-BY-THE-SEA & SOCIETY OF 4 ARTS

GATORLAND (KISSIMMEE)

AND OTHERS

Lighthouse Camera Club – 2018 Learning Opportunities

Hello LCC members,

Happy New Year, everyone!

I am happy to announce that I have developed a series of photography classes, one for each month. These sessions will cover a wide range of topics from beginner to advanced, and will be held at the North Palm Beach Library on the last Wednesday of each month. Each session will be 60-90 minutes.

The first session will be on JANUARY 31, 2018 AT 6:00 PM

This will be a basic introductory class covering:

  • Basic camera modes
  • Camera handling and the use of tripods
  • Shutter speed, aperture, ISO and composition basics
  • Downloading photos from your camera to a computer

Bring your camera!

There will be a signup sheet presented at the January club meeting.

Members: Free

Non-Members: $20.00 (Includes 2018 club membership) Please RSVP seats are limited.

Feel free to contact me with any questions  lighthousecameraclub@gmail.com

Steve daPonte

Lighthouse Camera Club – Learning Opportunities

Hello LCC members,

Happy New Year, everyone!

I am happy to announce that I have developed a series of photography classes, one for each month. These sessions will cover a wide range of topics from beginner to advanced, and will be held at the North Palm Beach Library on the last Wednesday of each month. Each session will be 60-90 minutes.

The first session will be on JANUARY 31, 2018 AT 6:00 PM

This will be a basic introductory class covering:

  • Basic camera modes
  • Camera handling and the use of tripods
  • Shutter speed, aperture, ISO and composition basics
  • Downloading photos from your camera to a computer

Bring your camera!

There will be a signup sheet presented at the January club meeting.

Members: Free

Non-Members: $20.00 (Includes 2018 club membership) Please RSVP seats are limited.

Feel free to contact me with any questions  lighthousecameraclub@gmail.com

Steve daPonte

November Club Meeting

NOVEMBER MEETING!

THIS MONTH’S MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, NPB LIBRARY AT 6:00 PM……………AND OUR MONTHLY THEME IS ‘GEOMETRIC SHAPES’, PLEASE SEND ALL IMAGES FOR THE MONTHLY THEME TO jefforns@comcast.net, ALTERED IMAGE AND CRITIQUING (AND ANY OTHER SUBMISSIONS) AT 72 dpi WITH THE LONG SIDE AT 1200 PIXELS.

WALT SCHOELLNAST WILL PRESENT A SLIDE SHOW ON HIS AND CAROLYN’S  TRIP TO ALASKA

SEND JEFF ANY IMAGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CRITIQUED…..IT IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN AND IMPROVE

 ALL IMAGES FOR THE ABOVE MUST BE SENT TO JEFF BY SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12th.

October Meeting Full House

The October meeting was our annual pizza party and we also installed our exhibit. A great big thanks to all that assisted in the installation of the images and the party clean up.

Our guest speaker was club member Douw Smit which gave an awesome and informative presentation about Africa. If any club members are interested in a trip to Africa Douw will be going back in 2018. He is originally from Africa and is a wealth of knowledge.

We also had two new members join our club David Fenderson and Darleen Rowe.

LCC Photo Contest THE NEW CLUB LOGO!

THE NEW CLUB LOGO!

Send your best photos of the Jupiter Lighthouse!

Time is running out to send in your images!!!!

The photos should be tight shots of the Jupiter Lighthouse as this is for a new Logo that will be used on the website and in print for publications.

EACH MEMBER CAN SUBMIT UP TO 2 IMAGES, THE USUAL 72 dpi WITH THE LONG SIDE AT 1200 PIXELS.

EMAIL YOUR IMAGES TO jefforns@comcast.net BY TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12

THE BOARD WILL SELECT 10 IMAGES TO BE VOTED ON BY THE MEMBERSHIP. THE BOARD WILL MEET ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19 AND JEFF WILL SEND THE TEN SELECTED IMAGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. VOTING WILL BE CONCLUDED BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. TO VOTE YOU JUST EMAIL ME YOUR WINNER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE!

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE OCTOBER MEETING,TUESDAY THE 10th. THE WINNER WILL GET A $25.00 GIFT CARD!

August Meeting Info

Hi LCC Members,

Reminder on Tuesday August 8, we will have our first meeting at the North Palm Beach Library. At 6:00 pm social meet and greet and the meeting will start at 6:30 PM

Our August presentation will be William Leonard. He has been to our club before. William will do a presentation on architectural photography.   Feel free to google him and check out his website !

The Library is located at:  303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach

GOOGLE MAP LINK
on the west side of U.S. 1, just north of Northlake Boulevard. There is a lot of parking and the building is handicap accessible.

 

This months theme is REFLECTIONS

Please note: 

The theme photo submissions should be images shot in 2017 as these are photo assignments. The only exception is when the theme is photographers choice.

The theme images should be e-mailed to Jeff no later than Sunday August 6

All images MUST be submitted as attached jpeg files (not embedded in the email), at 72 dpi, with the long side not exceeding 1200 pixels. If you need help with sending images please ask and someone will reach out to help you.

 

 

Lighthouse Camera Club on Instagram

Hi LCC members,

I have started an Instagram for the club if your on Instagram use Hashtag #lighthousecameraclub direct message @lighthousecameraclub

The August meeting will be at our new meeting location.

!!! INFO FOR THE NEW MEETING LOCATION !!!

The North Palm Beach Library Second Tuesday of the Month
Starting on Tuesday, August 8th doors open at 6:00 for meet and greet,  meetings will officially start at 6:30 and end at 8:30-8:45 and we can get in the Library at 6:00 for a half hour of Meet & Greet!