May 2018
May 7, 2018, Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
May 7, 2018 Nikon Mentor Group, 10am, contact Melinda Welker (mswelker@hotmail.com) for location
May 8, 2018 CIPC Meeting, Palmetto Room, 6.30pm
- Subject: Cell Phone Photography - covering iPhone and Android cell phone cameras.
May 31, 2018 Field Trip to Bluffton - Society of Bluffon Artists Gallery and Farmer Market
- 12:30 pm - Depart tennis court parking lot for Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery (SOBA), 6 Church Street, Bluffton
- 1:00 pm - Tour Exhibit: “Nature’s Elegance: National Parks and Beyond” - one man show of the work of photographer Bill Bogle
- To Follow: Street Photography at The Farmers Market on Calhoun Street (wander on your own with no constraints)
- 4:00 pm - Depart for home
- Contact Joan Eckhardt, joaneckhardt@me.com, if you are going to join us for an afternoon of shooting people and produce.
June 2018
June 4, 2018, Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
June 11, 2018 Nikon Mentor Group, 10am, contact Melinda Welker (mswelker@hotmail.com) for location
June 12, 2018 CIPC Meeting. Palmetto Room, 6:30pm. Photo Management - Cell Phone <=> Laptop/Desktop. Details to follow.
June 22, 2018 Popup Field Trip to Edisto Island
- We have a fun pop-up field trip planned for Friday June 22.
- We are going to shoot the sunflowers at the Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area on Edisto Island, about an hour north of Callawassie.! We believe they should be out in full force in all their golden splendor. When we are finished with the flowers we may extend our trip to check out the nearby beach on Edisto and try our hand shooting the water with long exposure shots.
- We will meet at the Tennis Courts parking lot at 3 pm in order to carpool. The drive is about one hour. And we’ll plan on stopping for a meal on the way home. It will be casual dining for certain. Several of us have previously enjoyed this trip, and I know you will too. Bring a tripod, water, bug spray, etc.
- Email Joan Eckhardt, joaneckhardt@me.com, if you have any questions and to let her know you are coming. This trip replaces our trip to the iris gardens at Swan Lake in Sumter. We’ll plan a trip there earlier in the spring next year when the iris are at their peak.
July 2018
July 19, 2018 Popup Field to "A Year in the Lowcountry" exhibit at Habersham
- We’re going to make a trip to Habersham on Thursday July 19 to see the exhibit of photographs entitled “A Year in the Lowcountry”. It is a collection of photographs by Jayne Parker, a talented local photographer who lives in Habersham.
- We will gather at 4:30 at our tennis courts and car pool to Habersham. The exhibit will be open from 5-7 pm. After our visit, those who would like to stay for dinner will go to the establishment of our choice. There are several options, including Berto’s - a Mexican place, Maggie’s, and Salumi e Formaggi (Italian).
- If you would like to come please respond to Mike Anderson at mike@andersonmail.com orJoan Eckhardt at joaneckhardt@me.com , including indicating whether or not you would like to stay for dinner. If we go to Salumi e Formaggi, I will call for reservations. If you are planning on dinner, please notify Mike no later than July 6th.
- I always enjoy seeing exhibits of talented photographers, and hope you will join me on this pop-up field trip.
August 2018
August 9, 2018 Popup Field Trip - Practicing Patience
We’re going to keep it local and simple on Thursday morning, 8/9. We’re going to stay on Callawassie and Practice Patience finding critters. Many of us look quickly for action, and move on when we don’t see something in the first 60 seconds of arriving at a scene. The purpose of this field trip is to force ourselves to stop, look, listen and wait. We’ll be looking for birds, butterflies, dragonflies, and anything that moves. If it’s a bird we see we’re going to wait for it to do something (lift its foot, open its mouth, eat a bug, start to fly). If it’s a dragonfly we’ll try to get a nice clean background. If it’s a butterfly, we’ll watch where it lands and get a get angle. We’re going to speak in whispers and use hand gestures. We’re going to practice patience.
This trip is limited to a maximum of 6 people. We’ll meet at the tennis courts at 7:30 and stay out until around 10 am. Bring water, sweat bands, bug spray and all the patience you can muster. If you have a golf cart available that would be super. We’ll be at the Sugar Mill Dock, the rookery on CI Drive, and where our eyes and ears take us.
Email me to let me know you’re interested. First 5 to respond will be in. joaneckhardt@me.com
August 27, 2018 Canon Model D Focus Group, Magnolia Room, 2:00-3:30pm
September 2018
September 3, 2018 Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
September 11, 2018 CIPC Meeting, Palmetto Room, 6.30pm Introduction to Photoshop.
September 24, 2018 Canon Model D Focus Group, Magnolia Room, 2:00-3:30pm
September 27, Columbia Zoo Field Trip
We travel to Columbia for the RIVERBANKS ZOO AND GARDEN. It’s a wonderful zoo, and always has something new to see. New animals you probably have not seen include a baby Western Lowland Gorilla born June 4, three lion cubs born April 10, and 2 Rock Hopper penguins born in mid June and making their public appearance Aug. 31.
Animal demonstrations are held every day. The schedule of what is happening will be available online that morning and when we check in. Examples:
Sea Lion demonstration
Penguin demonstration
Aquarium Dive
Gorilla Feeding
This will be a day trip. We will meet at the tennis court parking lot at 7:25, and leave promptly in car pools at 7:30 for the 2+ hour drive. I like to spend most of the day there, eating lunch on site. I suggest we leave the Zoo around 4 pm. However members of each car pool may make a decision together to leave earlier or later than that.
Admission cost for seniors (62+) is $17.95 pp. Check on line for coupons. Also, an “adult eTicket" can be purchased online for $16.95 through their website.
For more information about the zoo go to their website: https://www.riverbanks.org
If you would like to go, please email me (joaneckhardt@me.com) with the following information:
1. Your Name
2. Your Cell Number
3. Willing to drive OR prefer to be a passenger
October 2018
October 1, 2018, Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
October 9, 2018 CIPC Meeting, Palmetto Room, 6:30pm. Critique of Member-submitted photos
October 22, 2018 Canon Model D Focus Group, Magnolia Room, 2:00-3:30pm
November 2018
November 52018 Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
November 10-12,2018 Annual Photo Exhibit in the Clubhouse
November 13, 2018 CIPC Meeting, No Meeting - see Photo Exhibit above
November 26, 2018 Canon Model D Focus Group, Magnolia Room, 2:00-3:30pm
December 2018
December 3, 2018 Nikon Focus Group, Board Room, 1pm
December 11, 2018 CIPC Meeting, Heron/Osprey Rooms above ProShop, 6.30pm. Annual holiday party.
December 24, 2018 Canon Model D Focus Group, Magnolia Room, 2:00-3:30pm
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