{"id":17998,"date":"2011-12-21T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=17998"},"modified":"2011-12-21T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:38:14","slug":"camera-club-christmas-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/12\/21\/camera-club-christmas-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Club Christmas Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rex Dolby<\/p>\n

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Camera Club Christmas Dinner (Photo submitted.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pictures of the Wassenberg Camera Club’s outstanding print and slide for 2011 are included with this week’s club news.\u00a0Will Hawkins won the print division with his close-up of a dewy rose, while Jodi Hattery’s picture of a cardinal during a snowfall was selected as the best slide of the year<\/p>\n

In my November 23rd column I offered some suggestions for taking pictures during the holidays with a slant toward Thanksgiving.\u00a0Nearly all those suggestions would also apply at Christmas time as well.\u00a0One subject, however, that is\u00a0of addedinterest at Christmas time is outdoor lighting, and it is\u00a0about\u00a0that subject that I offer the following suggestions.<\/p>\n

Scout potential sites ahead of time to see when the lights are on.\u00a0Ideally, it will\u00a0be a little<\/p>\n

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Feathers & Flakes, best slide of year, by Jodi Hattery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

before sunset.\u00a0Make sure you have a tripod, extra batteries (cold really\u00a0shortens battery life) and plenty of memory on\u00a0camera’s card.\u00a0 If possible, gamble a little that there will be some snow on the ground to reflect the light before the lights are turned off or\u00a0taken down.\u00a0Whenever you do decide this is the evening to shoot, try to arrive a little before sundown while there is still light to show the surroundings.\u00a0Start too soon and the lights won’t show and if you’re\u00a0too late, the surroundings won’t show.<\/p>\n

Once you’re set up, take a number of pictures as the light from the sky fades. Otherwise, since the human eye records a greater range of light than a camera,\u00a0you might miss the\u00a0ideal time.\u00a0 From that series pick the one where the brightness of the lights and surroundings are, or nearly,\u00a0equal depending on your taste.\u00a0 That window\u00a0of prime time<\/p>\n

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Dewy Rose, best print of year, by Will Hawkins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

shooting may only span 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

For regular lights, set the white balance on tungsten.\u00a0 For LED lights, you’ll have to try a number of settings to find the one that provides the most acceptable color results.\u00a0 You may want to try a cross-screen filter.\u00a0 It will turn every pinpoint of light into a\u00a0multi pointed star.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Wassenberg Camera Club’s next meeting will be at\u00a07 p.m. on\u00a0Thursday, January 12, at the Wassenberg Art Center. \u201cCelebrations\u201d will be the competition theme\u00a0for prints and slides that evening.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

Contact the art center at 419.238.6837 via wassenbergdirector@embarqmail.com<\/a> or visit our website at: wassenbergartcenter.org<\/strong><\/a>. The Wassenberg Art Center is located at 643 S. Washington St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rex Dolby The pictures of the Wassenberg Camera Club’s outstanding print and slide for 2011 are included with this week’s club news.\u00a0Will Hawkins won the print division with his close-up of a dewy rose, while Jodi Hattery’s picture of a cardinal during a snowfall was selected as the best slide of the year In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 08:19:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}