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SCHEDULE 2012-2013

The Cape Cod Viewfinders meet in Brooks Free Library, 739 Main Street, Harwich Center, which is on the corner of Main Street (Rte 39) and Bank Street.

Meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from September through May.  At various times, teaching workshops are presented before selected meetings from 6:30 to 7:00 PM. There are no meetings during July and August.

In addition to the regular meetings, there are field trips and exhibitions scheduled.

For details on upcoming programs and competitions, please check our home page.

Date

Short Program
(6:30 p.m.)

Long Program
(7:00 p.m.)

Notes

Sep 5

Overview of 2012-13; New Directions (Karchmer) Kick-Off Program: Programs, Events, Competitions (Members of the Board) Deadline for dues
Sep 19

  Competition #1
Prints: Open, Nature, Portraiture
Projected: Open, Nature, Portraiture
Judge: Barbara Rozavsky
 
Sep 22   Arnold Arboretum, W. Roxbury, MA
click here for details
Saturday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity
Oct 3

Printing, Matting, and Framing: Questions to Ask (M. Donovan) Program: Art of the Landscape
Mike Blanchette
Click here for details
 
Oct 17

  Competition #2
Prints: Open, B&W, T1: Macro/Close-up
Projected: Open, Nature, Macro-Close-up
Judge: Ken Weidemann
 
Oct 27   Revolutionary War Reenactment and Colonial Faire at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
click here for details
Saturday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity
Nov 1-30   Orleans Camera CCVFCC Member Exhibit
Click here for details
Member exhibit: Details TBA
Nov 7

Two Creative Visions: John Whitmarsh on slow shutter photography; Barbara Ford Doyle on the digital photo transfer process Program: Introduction to the Collection of the Griffin Museum of Photography
Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director
Click here for details
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER, 

will be rescheduled

Nov 12   Beach Walk with Carol Dobek (location to be announced)
click here for details
Friday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity
Nov 21   Day before T’giving (Competition moved to November 28)  
Nov 28

 

 
Competition #3
Prints: Photojournalism, Nature, Artistic
Projected: Open, Photojournalism, Pictorial Nature
Judge: Paul Smith

Dec 5 Different Paths to iPhonegraphy (Karchmers et al.) Program:
Photoshop/Elements - Layers & Beyond and HDR Basics.
Hazel Meredith, MNEC
 
Dec 12   

 
Holiday Party (at the home of Michael and Suz Karchmer at 6:00 p.m) [No December Competition]
Dec 31   First Night, Chatham photo shoot   Shooting Opportunity - Check with Ron Snider for details
Jan 2   Happy New Year: NO MEETING  
Jan 16   Competition #4
Prints: Open, Pictorial Nature, T2: Scapes
Projected: B&W, Nature, T2: Scapes
Judge: Rick Cloran
 
Jan 23   Program: NECCC Recorded Commentary Service
Brewster Ladies Library, 7:00 p.m
VF members can have their images critiqued by a NECCC-assigned judge; session includes a group discussion
Jan 30

  Viewfinders host NECCC Spring Print Competition Inter-Club Competition
Feb 3   Juried Photo Contest Opening Reception, Creative Arts Center, Chatham 3-5 pm
Click here for details
Contest open to non-members only
Feb 6 Member Slide shows from Fall Field Trips      Program: Presentation by Bruce Myren of Cambridge, MA, a large-format photographer and art/photography educator with affiliations at RISD, Amherst College, Northeastern University, and the Art Institute of Boston. Check out Myren's web site at  brucemyren.com
Feb 17   Chinese New Year Street Celebration, Boston, MA
canceled due to weather
Sunday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity
Feb 20   Competition #5
Prints: B&W, Nature, Portraiture
Projected: Open, Pictorial Nature, Portraiture
Judge: Ken Wiedemann
Note that this meeting starts at 6:45, rather than 7:00!
Mar 6 Member discussion and show from Chatham First Night          Program: "The Art of the Finding the Shot", Steve Heaslip, Award-winning Chief Photographer, Cape Cod Times  
Mar 20   Competition #6
Prints: Open, B&W, T3: In a Public Place
Projected: Artistic, Nature, T3: In a Public Place
Judge: John Fuller
 
Apr 3 "Artistic" Visions, John Whitmarsh and Barbara Ford Doyle      Program: "Trends and Creativity in Photography Today," [Paula Tognarelli, Curator & Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA)  
Apr 17   Competition #7
Prints: Open Nature, Travel
Projected: Open, Nature, Travel
Judge: Andre Bourque
 
Apr ??
(to be determined)
  Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
click here for details
Saturday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity; 1:15 p.m. ferry from Woods Hole (cost about $16 round trip)
May 1 - 30   Orleans Camera CCVFCC Member Exhibit
Click here for details
Member exhibit: Details TBA
May 1 Feedback on the Martha's Vineyard Field Trip Program: "Amazing Bird, Wildlife, and Scenic Photography from Alaska, Florida, and throughout New England", Charlie MacPherson, The Amazing Image  
May 15   Image of the Year (IOY) Competition
Judge: Jake Mosser
 
May 25   Plimoth Plantation and Mayflower
click here for details
Saturday Field Trip: Shooting Opportunity (cost about $25)
May 29

Feedback on Plimoth Plantation trip Program: "Members Slide Shows"  
Jun 1 – 29 (tentative)   Member Exhibit: Brewster Ladies Library, Brewster
Click here for details
Details TBA
Jun 5   Banquet/Awards Tentative; venue TBD

 


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