Club Site Has Moved

NOTICE:

The Catawba Valley Camera Club site has moved to http://cvcameraclub.org

Please bookmark and use the new link to reach the new site.

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Why Join a Camera Club

Check out the video “Why Join a Camera Club” by Sam Scherf.
It is listed down the right side under Videos.

Come and visit and check us out.

The Catawba Valley Camera Club meets at 7:00 pm on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the North Annex of the Arts Center in Hickory.  (See the schedule by clicking on the schedule tab at the top of this page.).  Directions to find us are listed in the right hand column.

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Club Member Gets Cover of Audubon Newsletter

Hey guys! The photo below of the egret is on the Audubon Wingspan e-newsletter cover is the one of mine that won Top 100 honors for 2012. I’m so excited that Audubon chose to include it.

Thank you for all your kind words and support.

Wink Gaines

Congratulations Wink

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Location Photography Session

Last Wednesday one of our club members, John Hildebran,  did a presentation to the club on Location Photography.

Clicking -HERE- will direct you to his presentation using adobe PDF Reader.

Be patient. It takes a while to load.

It was very informative.  Thanks John

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Schedule Change for April 2013

There as been a schedule change in April.  Please see the Schedule 2013 tab at the top of this page.

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Winners of the Public Image*ination Photography Contest for 2012

Here are the winners of the Catawba Valley Camera Club’s Image*ination Photography Contest for 2012.

These photographers were awarded certificates and cash prizes by our club president, Donny Teague at a reception at the Hickory Museum of Art on Friday, January 11, 2013.

Congratulations to all the winners.

From left to right:

Bonnie Aberle, Jane Miller, Greta Rhuberg, Meryl Johnson-Bell, Sherrie Wells, Casey Lee Setzer. (Sara Case was not present.)

 

Best of Show: Meryl Johnson-Bell “Back Stairs”

 

Adult Winners

 

First Place – Jane Miller – “Daddy’s Barn”

Second Place – Sara Chase – “Slate Lake Reflection”

Third Place – Sherrie Wells – “Another Time Another Lace”

Honorable Mention – Sara Chase – “Pacific Gazing in HI”

 

Youth Winners

First Place – Greta Rhuberg – “Olympic Kayak”

Second Place – Bonnie Aberle – “Inspiration”

Third Place – Casey Lee Setzer – “Long-exposure Fair Ride”

Honorable Mention – Greta Rhuberg – “Fairgrounds”

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IMAGE*INATION AWARDS UPCOMING

The Image*ination Awards will be January 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm at the Hickory Arts Museum.

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01/02/2013 – Layers and Masking Instructional

Robert Dant, club member, gave the Catawba Valley Camera Club a lesson on Using Layers And Masking at our Wednesday night meeting.  I think we all learned some new stuff even for those that already uses Photoshop for post production.  Thanks Robert for a very informative talk.

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Catawba Valley Camera Club – Images of the Year 2012

Recently, the Catawba Valley Camera Club held it annual End of Year Competition ceremony for 2012.  After a fine covered dish dinner, awards were presented to the following year end winners.

 

     

The Photographer of the Year

Accomplished Division

Donny Teague

  

The Co-Photographers of the Year

Intermediate Division

Tom Devlin

Stan Bolton

   

Those two awards were based on points accumulated during the year for participation in club activities, points gathered by winning first, second, or third place in competitions both in print and projection competitions.

     

Other awards presented were:

     

Print of the Year – Donny Teague

 

    

Projection of the Year – Chip Young

 

   

The Frank Miller Artistic Award went to Tom Devlin

  

 

  

Winners of the Print Images of the Year:

Accomplished Division

   

   

First Place: Donny Teague “Fast Flyer”

 

   

Second Place: Ed Lane “Crystal Lake”

   

  

Third Place: Mitzi Gellman “Smokey Mountain Elk”

   

  

Honorable Mention: Wink Gaines “Goose Take Off”

   

  

Winners of the Print Images of the Year:

Intermediate Division

   

 

First Place: Tom Devlin “Helen’s Birthday”

 

  

Second Place: Rich Hites “Reflections of Their Sacrifice”

 

   

Third Place: Ann Fitzsimmons “Garden Junco”

 

   

Honorable Mention: John Pascone “Venice Reflections”

 

  

Winners of the Projection Images of the Year:

Accomplished Division

   

   

First Place: Rick Bell “Ancient Crown”

 

  

Second Place: Donny Teague “Lily Soldiers”

 

   

Third Place: John Hildebrand “The Cleansing”

 

   

Honorable  Mention: Wink Gains “Hickory Cannon”

 

  

Winners of the Projection Images of the Year:

Intermediate Division

   

   

First Place: Stan Bolton “Mt Teton Barn”

 

   

Second Place: Stan Bolton “Leaping Ladies”

 

   

Third Place: Stan Bolton “Old Salem Gunsmith”

 

   

 Honorable Mention: Chip Young “Abandoned”

 

 

 

The Catawba Valley Camera Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, at 7:00 pm in the North Annex of the Arts Center in Hickory.  Meetings consist of competition among members as well as instructional lectures. Field trips are planned throughout the year to enable members to share and demonstrate techniques as well as spend time enjoying photography together.   The next meeting will be January 2, 2013. The program will be a program on Masking Overlays by Robert Dant.  The public is invited to attend, membership is not required.  Further information can be obtained from the club’s web site at Http://cvcclub.wordpress.com or by calling Mike Morrison at Viewmont Camera, 2215 North Center St, Hickory NC.

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Image*ination Photo Contest 2012

Come join us for this years

6th Annual public photo contest called IMAGE*INATION.

Entry deadline – Dec 17, 2012

Click on the following link for more information.

CVCamClub Contest2012

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