CLUB NEWS

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All are Welcome - no matter what your experience

The Dorothy Hart Community Center is closed until further notice due to the Corona (COVID-19) Virus outbreak.

Fredericksburg Parks & Rec Closures

Next Meeting

Tuesday, October 13 @ 7pm

Meeting will be held in a Virtual format due to the Covid19 crisis

Critique Topic

Cell Phone Photography using knowledge from the August presentation

Send your critique images to Judy LaFratta

A link to the Virtual meeting will be e-mailed to each member about 2 days before the meeting

If you don't receive the link in your e-mail please contact Judy LaFratta

If you wish to participate in our Virtual meetings please e-mail fbgphoto@aol.com

Subject line should be: "Request to Join Virtual Meetings"

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

If Fredericksburg City Schools are closed our meeting will not be held.
If Fredericksburg City Schools are on delayed opening our meeting will probably be held as scheduled.

Check online at fredericksburgva.gov for latest information

If a meeting is to be cancelled due to inclement weather, you will be notified by email no later than 4:00 p.m., or you may call 540-498-0620 any time after 4:00 p.m. to find out if there is a meeting.

More Meeting Information

MINUTES OF CLUB MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Our club continued to hold its monthly meetings using the Zoom app. Twenty-one members participated. Judy LaFratta announced that the club has locked down the dates for our next Photo Show. It will take place from May 3 to May 9, 2021.

While we do have the capability to record our Zoom meetings, we couldn’t do that for Kathi Weinheimer’s presentation on Cell Phone Photography. The meetings that are recorded can be uploaded to Google for sharing. Only the presentations meetings will be recorded, not the critique meetings.

The theme for the next edition of “Shuttertalk” will be “Oddities.” Members can submit up to two photos to Norma Woodward at normawood@aol.com. The deadline for submission is Sept. 29.

Chris McClintock has two photographs in the juried show at FCCA. Odell Smith has photographs on display at CTBC Bank. Penny Parrish had two photographs accepted in Uniquely Stafford and one image in Art of Quarantine. David Boyd had two photographs accepted into the Potomac River Regional Art Show and two photographs in the show at FCCA. Whenever a member hears about any upcoming shows, please contact Norma so she can put that into the Newsletter.

The club still needs an Exhibit Coordinator. Anyone interested should contact Judy LaFratta. Norma Woodward said she would consider taking the position if another member could work along with her.

The presentation on Tangier Island has beenrescheduled for February 9, 2021.

Judy then began the critique portion by sharing her screen with the thirty-two photographs submitted on the theme of “Unique Views”, using knowledge from Norma’s presentation “A Different View.” The rest of the meeting was given over to discussion of the photos and suggestions for improvement.

Rosanne Rabito, Secretary

Featured Image for october 2020

"Fredericksburg Re-enactment"

by Helen Schwartz

Members can submit a photo to the Gallery and it's eligible to be Featured Image of the Month

Click to learn how

newsletter

Each month our Club Newsletter features a selection of photos on a theme.

You may submit a maximum of two photos, formatted the same as you would for a meeting critique or for your Gallery, to the Newsletter Editor, Norma Woodward, no later than two weeks before the meeting date.

Subject line of the e-mail should be the theme subject and your name

Schedule of Newsletter Theme Subjects and Due Dates

Month Theme Due Date

2020

October "Oddities" (Sep. 29 , 2020)

November "Family" (Oct. 27, 2020)

December "Weather" (Nov. 24, 2020)

2021

January "Food" (Dec.29, 2020)

February "Monochrome" (Jan.26, 2021)

March "Communication" (Feb.23, 2021)

April "Flora" (Mar.30,2021)

May "Waterfalls" (Apr.27,2021)

June "Cities" (May 25,2021)

July "Blue" (Jun. 29, 2021)

August "Abandoned" (Jul.27, 2021)

September "Animals" (Aug.31, 2021)

October "Trees" (Sep.28, 2021)

November "Vintage" (Oct.26, 2021)

December "Hobbies" (Nov.30, 2021)

See all Newsletters

Upcoming Events

2021 Annual Photography Show

May 3 - 9, 2021