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| June 2005 FOP Meeting Minutes Friends of Photography – June 9, 2005 Meeting Notes by Tammy Dohner
NEXT MEETING – SUNDAY, JULY 10, 3 PM. (Yes, a different day and time, and yes, a different place – it’s at Becky Keene’s house. A separate email will be issued with directions to her house.)
ATTENDANCE: Winnie, Marjory, Tony, Yvonne, Tammy D., Jim, Donna, Heidi, Becky, Amber, Greg, Kerrie. Special invited guest – Michael, who is new in town.
ABSENT: Alicia, David, Mitzi, Tammy C, Ruth, Jenny, Malcolm, Mark, Shane, Beverly, Larry, Rebecca.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) Thursday, June 23 – There is an event at McGregor Park featuring fireworks – a great night photography opportunity with water, reflections, etc., etc. – bring the kids. (Or dump them off on a relative and go have fun there yourself. Yee-haw!) 2) Café 541 art changeover – per Tony, our exalted potentate of art-supporting restaurants – may occur at your convenience. If you have a photograph there, change it. If you don’t have a photo there, as my daddy would say, "carry your happy butt down there" and hang one. 3) Alter Gallery on Legion St – is accepting work for a new show on Sunday, June 12. Work accepted from 1-3. There is a fee of $3. An email with details was forwarded previously by your goddess of words. 4) Border’s Café – Winnie, our habitual award winner, is hanging a show there June 30. They always need work. The place can accommodate 9 or 10 prints. Good opportunity to showcase your stuff. Contact Kay Hester at Border’s. It’s easy. Really.
BUSINESS: 1) PICNIC – Our July meeting, a picnic with officer elections, is slated for Sunday, July 10 at Becky Keene’s. Spouses are welcome to attend. Becky, our high priestess of culinary delights, will prepare ribs and chicken.
ACTION: Everyone please decide what you will bring to the picnic. Some sort of email will be circulated to sign up for side dishes and desserts. Another email will be forthcoming with directions to Becky’s house. (All this “forthcoming email” stuff sounds a whole lot like procrastination, and I’m not clear on the identities of some the magical sprites who will allegedly be issuing these emails.)
2) PHOTO SHOOT: Donna, our land baroness of the 100 acre woods, has offered use of her property for a photo shoot. DATE: Saturday, June 25. TIME: meet at 9:45; begin shooting at 10. Donna, who seems to have blessedly escaped the sudden procrastination epidemic, has already emailed directions to her place and suggestions for attire.
ACTION: Go there. Remember this is in a wooded area, and heed Donna’s expert advice about bug repellent, leg coverage, creek stomping shoes, etc. (Seriously.) Shoot photos and bring your prints to the picnic.
3) OFFICER ELECTIONS: The July meeting is our election day. Nominations, slated for the June meeting, did not actually take place. (More procrastination? Cripes! What are we turning into?) Nominations will take place by email. (We are going to burn up cyberspace in a blaze of email!)
ACTION: Respond to the emails about nominations. Greg claims “it only takes FIVE seconds” to respond to an email. Try to prove him wrong by getting it done in, say FOUR seconds. Think of the sense of accomplishment you’ll feel.
MEETING ADJOURNED.
April 2005 FOP Meeting Minutes Friends of Photography – April 7, 2005 NEXT MEETING -- THURSDAY, MAY 12, 7 PM. ATTENDANCE: Winnie, David, Marjory, Mitzi, Ruth, Tammy D., Malcolm, Mark, Jim, Amber, Rebecca, Greg, Kerrie. ABSENT: Alicia, Tony, Yvonne, Tammy C, Jenny, Donna, Heidi, Becky, Shane, Beverly, Larry. ANNOUNCEMENTS: ACTION: We still need gallery sitters for the following
times: Friday, April 15 from 12 -2 and Saturday, April 16 from 2-3.
Please contact Greg. - Reminder: Borders Café is always looking for artists to display work. Several local groups hold meetings there! Contact Kay Hester at Border’s – 648-9028 or 906-7049. Other Announcements: BUSINESS: ACTION: Suggestion to increase scholarship amount. Concern expressed about ability to maintain the increased amount in the future, and whether it’s better to hold at $500 per year than to have to decrease it later. MOTION, VOTE in FAVOR to maintain scholarship at $500 ($250 per semester). A check for $250 will be issued to APSU to fully fund a $500 scholarship for 2005/06. 3) SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: Mitzi met the scholarship recipient, who would like to meet us! Caitlyn will be our guest at the next meeting and will bring work to share with us. 4) RIVERS & SPIRES POSTER: The DAC printed a poster listing all art events during Rivers & Spires, which includes a listing for our Front Page Deli show. ACTION: MOTION, VOTE in FAVOR of contributing $25 to the DAC for the cost of poster production.
6) WORKSHOP: The figure study workshop is Saturday, April 9 at 9 am. Supply lists and directions to Beverly’s studio were distributed. Participant cost is $10, and may be more if a bunch of us forget to show up – the bottom line – the nude model is guaranteed $100 for her bravery. Bring any cool props you may have (fabrics, objects, etc.). Coffee, sweets, cheese and fruit will be provided. ACTION: MOTION, VOTE in FAVOR of reimbursing reasonable amounts for workshop snacks. ASSIGNMENTS: Review / discussion of work from lighting assignment. MEETING ADJOURNED. March 2005 FOP Meeting Minutes Meeting
Notes - March 10, 2005 MEETING ADJOURNED. February 2005 FOP Meeting Minutes Friends of Photography – February 10, 2005 Meeting Notes by Tammy Dohner
NEXT MEETING -- THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 7 PM. LOCATION TBA.
ATTENDANCE: Alicia, Winnie, David, Yvonne, Tammy C., Tammy D., Jenny, Malcolm, Mark, Jim, Donna, Beverly, Larry, Amber, Rebecca, Greg
ABSENT: Marjory, Tony, Mitzi, Ruth, Heidi, Becky, Shane, Kerrie
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Kind Wishes and Happy Thoughts to: - Kerrie – her dad is recuperating. She’s been shuttling back and forth to see him. - Heidi – who is housebound with bronchitis. - Tammy D. – whose grandmother recently passed away. Darkroom: - The APSU darkroom is available to us Sundays only. You MUST sign up to use the darkroom. Member Shows: - Larry’s Toadal Vision show will be at Paris Landing in April, Montgomery Bell State Park in May. - Greg currently has work on exhibit at Borders Café - Speaking of Borders Café … they are looking for an artist to display work beginning March 1st. There is room for as many as 12 pieces on the new hanging rods. Contact Kay Hester at Border’s – 648-9028 or 906-7049. Other Announcements: -
Super cool lecture at APSU, Room 401 on Monday, Feb 14 at 7 pm by digital
photography pioneer Dan Burkholder. Malcolm sent out an email with details
on Feb 5. BUSINESS 1) MONEY: Bank balance is currently at $1,001.44. We will soon be issuing a check for the Friends of Photography – Carlos B. Brewer Memorial Scholarship Fund at Austin Peay. If you have not paid them yet, dues are now due. [$20 gets you a year of shooting assignments, exhibit opportunities, camaraderie and so much more. Operators are standing by.] Five people still owe dues for 2004-05. 2) WEBSITE: If you haven’t already, please submit images to Larry for your individual photo gallery.
Greg has promised (threatened?) to visit the home of any member who needs assistance in scanning, posting, or otherwise making images ready for their website gallery.
Larry the Web Guru says the classified ads will be up in about a week. Reminder – the classified section is available to post equipment you want to sell, as well as equipment you want to buy. The Web Guru also says the web crawlers and bots are starting to pick up on the site, which means more visits.
Bio sheets were handed out. Please list any special interest, areas of work, etc. the bios will be linked to individual galleries once more are submitted. We’d like to post photos of members with the bios. (If you are really camera shy, get creative, dig up a photo of your pet iguana or your favorite stick figure drawing.)
Web Goddess Amber asked for any cool links to other websites that we can link to from our site – things like photo supplies, frames, etc. - that would be of interest / value to other members. Please send them to her. 3) WORKSHOP I: The computer workshop is still a possibility. It will cover various photo-related topics/issues and Photoshop. With the existing university class schedules, the only available time to use the equipment is a Saturday. TENTATIVE DATE / TIME: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 9-NOON. We must be finished and gone from the computer lab by 2:00. There is no fee. Bring a CD or Zip Disk with images. Equipment is Mac. 4) WORKSHOP II: A figure study workshop is in the works – most likely on a Saturday. The studio space is small, so group size will be limited to about 10 photographers. Yes, “figure study” means the model will be nekkid. Malcolm and Mitzi are securing a model – the rate is about $100 for a ½ day, the cost of which would be divided amongst the participants. FORMAT: Continuous lighting -- B&W is recommended. General principles of posing and lighting will be covered. Bring ideas you may have. The workshop may be split into a “learning” component and a “shooting” component. Details TBA. 5) THE BIG FOP SHOW at DAC: Our exhibit Abstracts is here!
PLACE: Downtown Artists Co-op (DAC) Gallery, Franklin St.
WORK DUE: Monday, February 14, 3-6 pm. Pieces can be delivered early – Beverly will be working at the Gallery on Saturday, Feb 12 if you want to drop work off then. BUT, come the 14th at 6 pm – “If it ain’t there then, it ain’t in.” Show will be hung Tuesday, February 15.
PREPARATION: Use WHITE mats and BLACK frames. Please label your work on the back with title, your name, medium (i.e. silver gelatin print, Polaroid emulsion transfer, digital image, etc.), and sales price. This information will be used in the exhibit listing.
Show tasks: Tammy D. is prepping the item numbers for the works. Tammy C. will type the exhibit list and make copies.
PRICING / SALES: The DAC Gallery will receive a 20% commission on sales of works in the show. (FYI -- This is a very reasonable commission.) Historically, artists have donated all or part of the sales price of works from the shows to the scholarship fund. Suggested contribution to scholarship fund is at least 20%. Please consider the commission and donation when you price your work.
RECEPTION: Thursday, February 17, 5-8 pm. Postcard invitations have been mailed from the DAC mailing list. Additional cards were distributed at the meeting.
GALLERY TALK: Thursday, March 3, 5:30 (First Thursday Art Walk). Please attend, and be prepared to discuss your work. Please bring a snack or beverage. It is customary to serve refreshments during First Thursday Events – and with F&M covering our big reception, and the DAC allowing use of their mailing list, it’s the least we can do to repay the hospitality and support we are receiving for this exhibit.
END OF SHOW / WORK PICK-UP: Sunday, April 3 (Time TBA). Winnie and Mark have volunteered to staff the gallery for pick-up.
6) NEXT SHOW: FALL. We know, we know. We haven’t even put Abstracts on the walls yet, and we’re talking another show, BUT, L&N Train Station is available for September and October – there are two big rooms there. We have had some terrific shows there in the past. ACTION: We will need to let the person scheduling shows if we want the slot, which means we will need to decide soon. Food for thought: Our fearless leader suggests our next show be all Black and White. January 2005 FOP Meeting Minutes Friends of Photography – January 6, 2005 Meeting Notes by Tammy Dohner NEXT MEETING -- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH AT 7 PM. LOCATION TBA. ATTENDANCE: Alicia, Rebecca, Amber, Mark, Jim, Tony, Yvonne, Heidi, Shane, Larry, Jenny, Malcolm, Mitzi, Tammy D., Greg, Becky K., Beverly, Tammy C., David. ABSENT: Donna, Ruth, Marjory, Winnie, Kerrie ANNOUNCEMENTS: * BUSINESS *
Greg’s speechifying: “The site is valuable to us as a group – it’s an opportunity to share ideas and provide announcements of individual shows. Your gallery is important – It’s yours – use it, enjoy it.” [Yadda, yadda and blah, blah, blah. I’m paraphrasing here.] Larry says: If you send your images in more than one batch, please let him know. It’s easier to post nine images at once than it is to go back and add “just one more.” Please submit images all at once, once a month. [Technical jargon omitted.] Please, someone (everyone!) have a camera handy at our reception so we can post event photos on the site. If you have photos from our recent (and still lingering in random spots in spite of 63 degree temps) snowfall/ice blizzard, please send them to Larry for a Snow Gallery on our site. [Let’s educate them darned Yankees that the South is not all white shoes, tee shorts and balmy weather. Not all the time, anyway.] *
PLACE: Downtown Artists Co-op (DAC) Gallery, Franklin St. WORK DUE: Monday, February 14, 3-6 pm. It can be delivered early – BUT, come the 14th at 6 pm -- “If it ain’t there then, it ain’t in.” PREPARATION: Use WHITE mats and BLACK frames. Label on the back with title, your name, medium (i.e. silver gelatin print, Polaroid emulsion transfer, digital image, etc.), and sales price. (See checklist for additional info on preparation, size limitations, etc.) RECEPTION: Thursday, February 17, 5-8 pm. We need to provide staff to pour wine and clean up after the event. Becky K is checking with the APSU Sorority that provided help with wine service at past receptions. FOP members will handle clean-up. GALLERY TALK: Thursday, March 3, 5:30 (First Thursday Art Walk). Please attend, and be prepared to discuss your work. EXCITING NEWS: F&M Bank is paying for the reception catering and 1500 invitations. (Fred Landiss and F&M Bank are important supporters of arts and culture in Clarksville). Invitations will be designed by BLF Marketing. INVITATIONS, etc.: We are responsible for the postage, addressing, and sending of the invitations. We have access to the DAC mailing list of 1200 names. Beverly volunteered to pick up the invitations from the printers and attach the mailing labels. FOP members will have cards to mail to friends, family, associates, arch rivals, evil ex-es, former classmates, etc. PUBLICITY: Malcolm will issue a press release. Rebecca will post event to community announcements at radio station (Q 108). All members are encouraged to promote exhibit and reception via emails, word-of-mouth, wearing a sandwich board at work and any other reasonable means.
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MEETING ADJOURNED. December
2004 FOP Meeting Minutes Dear
FOP -- The Composition Assignment, AT THE RIGHT, is due at January's meeting. By
a vote of 16 yes, 3 no and 3 unanswered. Funds will be used to pay for
food at the Party on Tuesday. Tony has arranged to meet costs at around
5 or 6 $ per person for food. He is planning on serving their Gourmet
Pizza. If you DO NOT prefer that, other items on the menu are available. If
you want to have your own gallery of photos, please send Larry a couple.....they
must be jpeg, 72 dpi, no larger than about 5x7.) He will try to schedule
a "scanning time" at his house, where we will scan prints,
negatives or if necessary shoot your image with a digital camera to
get it posted. If you can't make it out to his house Amber is also available
to scan images 11x8.5 or smaller or to digitally photograph work during
the day. November
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Assignments For Feburary Show: Get on Board! Choose a job! DAC reception: Thursday February 17th 5-8 1) Card Committee: The invitations need to be in the mail at least 15 days before the opening. * someone to pick up our cards from Allegra Printing (552-3618) when they are finished & bring them to the DAC gallery for mailing. * someone to contact Peggy Bonnington (bonnipeg@charter.net) & ask her to print the address labels for our invitation and make arrangement to get them from her. She usually drops them off at the DAC. * Someone to organize a labeling party. Three or four members meet at the DAC and put labels on the cards and take them to the P.O.
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someone to confirm what foods people will be bringing *
arrange for someone to keep the trays full BIG FOP SHO @ THE DAC Exhibition details "Abstracts" Thursday, February 17 through Saturday, April 2 Reception: Thursday, February 17, 5:00 to 8:00 Artists' Talk: Thursday, March 3, 5:30 (First Thursday Art Walk) DAC hours: Wednesday 11- 4, Thursday through Saturday 12 - 8 Preparation of pieces:
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Keep in mind that the gallery is relatively small, and we want the photographs to have breathing room. We don't want to hang pieces one over the other (unless, possibly, they are quite small, like 8 X 10 frame size). Note: These are frame sizes
2 16 X 20 pieces These limits are based on the linear footage of the gallery (119 feet) and 25 potential contributors. Each person will have 57 inches of wall. However, we may not have that many people showing . . . Therefore, you may bring an extra piece or two (labeled extra), and we will hang some of these if space permits. If you want to show a piece larger than 16 X 20, let Malcolm know (glassm@midsouth.net), and he'll figure the limits. Deadlines We
will stick to these deadlines, so give yourself plenty of time. If it ain't there then, it ain't in. Pick-up: Sunday, April 2, from 2:00 to 5:00 Work not picked up at that time will be stored in the back room at the DAC.
Composition: Texture, Shape, Color, and Form Because our next show at the DAC is entitled ABSTRACTIONS we need to start thinking and shooting with that in mind. Abstraction can be tricky because so many of us are not used to looking at a subject in an abstract way. So that is the callenge--to start looking at subject matter from a different point of view. Using a roll of 36 exposures B&W or color film try using the following elements of design/composition. 1. Shoot 3 shots using REPEATING PATTERNS 2. Shoot 3 shots using CIRCLES OR CIRCULAR PATTERNS. 3. Shoot 3 shots using TRIANGULAR SHAPES 4. Shoot 3 shots that contain LINES 5. Shoot 3 shots that contain TEXTURES. 6. Shoot 3 shots that contain ABSTRACT REPRESENTATIONS OF COLOR.
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