Welcome!

We are a full service photography club providing social, cultural, and educational opportunities to all photographers from the early beginner to advanced amateurs and professionals. Please plan to attend our next meeting at the Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 SW Broadway Street (map) and find out what we are all about! (read more...)

Upcoming Events

Next general meeting 2/2/10

Competition Theme: - Sticky

Program:
Roundtable discussion - "Thinking Outside The Box"

Come join us! Visitors are always welcome!

Next Board Meeting 1/26/10

Next Field Trip:

January 16th - Dudley Farm in Newberry, FL (Details here)

This trip was postponned from January 9th due to weather (brrrrr!)

Other Local Events

See calendar of events...


Competition Themes for 2010

  • January - Motion (doesn't count for points)
  • February - Sticky
  • March - OPEN
  • April - Shadows
  • May - Mirror - Must see subject AND mirror image
  • June - Texture
  • July - OPEN
  • August - Silhouette
  • September - High Key
  • October - Fill the Frame
  • November - OPEN
  • December - Best of 2010

Al's Photo Tips

What is the difference between a $300 telephoto and a $1800 telephoto?

I went to the McIntosh Festival last Saturday. For those that ask "What is the difference between a $300 telephoto and a $1800 telephoto, here is the answer. 70-200 Nikon VR f2.8 at 200mm(wide open) This lens wide open has extremely narrow depth of field. This is a GOOD thing because you can isolate your subject from the background. The subject pops out. If you shot the same with a tele lens that had a f5.6 maximum aperture (like the 18-200VR $600) you could easily make out detail in the background. Of course you could fix that in Photoshop by isolating the subject and doing a gaussian blur on the background but...(more - with photos!)


See all of Al's Photo Tips as well as other archived Tools Tips and Techniques...


 

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Featured Image


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© Lisa Crigar

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News

NCFPC is now DIGITAL!
Our January trial run of the digital projected competition went very well! There were 57 entries in total from 25 different members and they can be seen HERE! I would like to give a special thanks to our guest speaker Wallace Weeks who also volunteered to judge and critique our competition images. I feel sure his insightful and constructive critiques helped many of our photographers to see where their images could be improved. Thanks Wallace!


Membership Renewal Reminder

February begins a new membership year! Please remember to download, fill out, and bring a NEW MEMBERSHIP FORM (here) along with a check for your 2010 annual dues to the February meeting. We would like ALL MEMBERS to turn in a new form. Only members who are current with their dues can participate in club competitions including February's STICKY competition.


New Members

Kyle Culley
Roger Foley
Terry Kellog

Website Links

Attention Members! We now have graphic web "buttons" for you to use when linking your personal website to the NCFPC site. You can find them on the "Sponsors & Links" page.