Summertime events

CCP Photography Club

Here are the details for the summer schedule of the club, as determined by your club officers:

Photo Safari, 3 PM, Friday 6/5, meet at 2nd & Market Sts, Walk to Penn's Landing.
-Weather Permitting! No rain at 2PM means we will meet. No Calls Necessary, MJ will wear a Red Hat!
-Please e mail M Joniec if you intend to participate. minimum 3 persons required to make it a GO!

Gallery Walk, 5 PM, Friday 6/5, meet at 2nd & Market Sts, First Friday in Old City

June Meeting Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 4pm, at school, B1-11
---very important to attend, Embroidered patches & Certificates of Achievement to be distributed to regular members

---View images from Photo Safari, Plan additional summer events


July Meeting Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 4pm, at school or elsewhere, To be determined by members


August Meeting Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 4pm at school

Bring your camera.... Bring a Friend...... New Members Welcome!!!!!





Very truly yours,


Michael J. Joniec

Seminar Tonight!

Do you panic when you have to discuss money with a client? Do you talk too fast, ramble or sound indignant? Do you give in too fast to a lower price or broad licensing terms?

Join Blake Discher for his highly acclaimed “Strictly Business 2” lecture on how to win jobs.

“Incredible information — Blake has removed the smoke and mirrors of our business.”
— Alicia Eschwege

Seminar topics:

* Learn how to prepare for a negotiation.
* Researching the client.
* Increasing your clout.
* Listening skills.
* When is it time to walk away?
* The follow-up is critical.

FULL DETAILS


When:
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
7:00 PM
Doors open half an hour earlier.

Where:
CCP Small Auditorium
Philadelphia, PA

Register today!


Pre-registration required to be eligible for door prizes.

Cost:
35.00 — ASMP Member
60.00 — Non-member
50.00 — Professional Association member*
0.00 — Special price for students and faculty of the academic institution donating meeting space for this seminar*
20.00 — Student*
Door Prizes:

A copy of Microsoft Expression Media (a $299 value)
A copy of The ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography book

This program is sponsored by
Microsoft

The CCP Photography Club
Meeting (Final Sp'09) Minutes 4/27/09


Attending: Liz(Secretary) Eddis, Walt Johnson, Earl(President) Weeks, Anne Enders, Len(Treasurer,Webmaster) Parry, Courtney Thall, Beverly(our Miss) Brooks, Megan Schuster, Doug(VP, LPA)Rivera, Antonio(Poster Man) McCall, Nate Stone, Ingrid Gendall-Conrad, Marilyn Lavins, Michael(Faculty Advisor) Joniec, and special guest appearances by Tony Wychunis, Art Danek, Allan Kobernick. ( That's 17 people! )


Meeting began at 4:00PM
-Meeting catered with hoagies, sodas, compliment SGA/Clubs & Organizations... Thank You!
-Photo Stories were told by walk-ins in exchange for food......Amber, Oscar, Art, Marilyn, Kobernick....... good stories!
-Art told us about local photographer, Al Horner, working at pre sunrise hours, only, in Jersey Pine Barrens.
-Gallery Prints to be picked up from Dada Gallery beginning Thursday, 4/30.
-Ngoc Tran sold a print at the group show & sale!!!!! Congratulations!!!!
-MJ spoke about photography at dusk of interesting astronomy scenes.... check out www.spaceweather.com
-No selections were made from student submissions to the Brother Print Samples contest.... better luck (and skills) next time!
-EMBROIDERED PATCHES........CCP Photography Club embroidered patches, design by V.P. Doug Rivera, have been ordered.
--When they arrive we'll distribute to regularly attending members, guest speakers, & remainder to be used as fund raisers @ $5.00 ea.
-Open Call for Entries..... Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, Colorado..... info www.cameraobscuragallery.com
--students are advised to enter as many "Open Calls for Entry" contests as possible, always!
-Walt suggests making e mail addresses available to the whole group...... 57 names on a group list..... so members can communicate directly with one another.
-Summer Schedule....... PhotoSafaris, Meetings, First Fridays..... interest was there, no vote taken on any topics.
-A group photo is desperately required.... are there any or could we meet one more time?
-Stay Tuned to club activities via www.ccpphotoclub.blogspot.com
Meeting Ended at 6PM


Special Thanks & Commendations:
-To all interested members..... thanks for your continuing support, & great feedback on photo topics!!!!!!!
-To guest speakers & tour hosts..... your hospitality & generosity are very much appreciated.... we learned much...... see you soon!
-To Earl Weeks...... for unwavering hands on involvement as liason between us & student/school government.
-To Doug Rivera.... for excellent design & production of Signage & PR materials
-To Liz Eddis..... for recording events in longhand with timely advisor interface.... fabulous!
-To Len Parry.... for webmaster timely postings and great internet suggestions.
-To Walt Johnson... for experience based advice on legal issues, institute navigation & experience, & e mail record keeping/publishing.
-To Courtney Thall... for ALWAYS being here, and phenomenal growth & development within photography... without any formal photo classroom instructions..... way to pay attention!
-To Anne Enders...... for constantly caring, showing unique photo memorabilia, supporting ALL members.... and great photos, too!
-To CCP Dept Photographic Imaging Faculty & Administrators..... for ongoing use of facilities, equipment, and encouragement....... Thanks!!!!
---We're just getting started.... imagine next year!
-To M Joniec....... for relaying info in a timely fashion..... and advice...... READ!!!!
-To Dawn Joniec... for patiently waiting, supporting, & proof reading during countless hours MJ's message writing...... you 'da bomb'!!!
-To CCP Clubs & Organizations, & Student Government Association...... for giving us the "Long Leash" to be creative & productive... A debt of gratitude, & thanks for the eats!



© COPYRIGHT 2009 by: Doug Rivera, Reproduction Prohibited w/o written permission.


Very truly yours,



Michael J. Joniec

Faculty Advisor

The CCP Photography Club

Last meeting, Hoagies, tell a story, show pics.

CCP Photography Club

The last meeting of Spring Semester, 2009, this Mon 4/27, 4-6PM, B1-11.

Catered.... Hoagies..... Yum!!!!!

Planned Guest Speaker has been Hospitalized.....

Look for possible last minute replacement.

Members to vote on summer activities.... PhotoSafari, First Fridays, Meeting frequency, etc.

Come on...... join with us... your work will get done with zest and enthusiasm, afterwords!

Hope to see you there!

"Nature With A Twist"..........

© Copyright 2009, MJDJ, Ronks, Pa, 4/09

Very truly yours,

Michael J. Joniec

Hoagies!!! Guest Speaker!

The CCP Photography Club

Last meeting of the semester this Monday, 4/27, 4-6PM, Rm B1-11.

-Guest speaker, photographer with experience, Reggie Wickham.

-Meeting to be catered (Hoagies)..... guests welcome but you must tell us a photo story.

-members to vote on continuing into summer

-members to plan photo safaris for summer months

Bring a Friend!

CCP PhotoClub meeting & Lighting Demo, 4/20/09

Attending: Earl Weeks, Doug Rivera, Walt Johnson, Samuel Montgomery, Mary Leszyczynki, Courtney Thall, Megan Schuster, Ann Enders, Visiting Guest Hinda Schuman, M Joniec.

Meeting began at 4PM in Studio B1-20.

-Last meeting of the semester will be next Mon 4/27.

-Guest Speaker, Reginald Wickham, will present his portfolio & memories of an ongoing and long career in photography (35yrs).

-Catering will be provided... Hoagies, this time!

-Members discussed ongoing activities in the summer season. Members to vote on meeting frequency and field trip destinations.

-Walt suggests sharing names on the e mail list so members can communicate directly. Members to vote next meeting.

-visitor, Hinda Schuman was welcomed and encouraged to participate in club activities whenever possible.

Lighting Demonstration:

Club Faculty Advisor, Michael Joniec, presented a demonstration of artificial light sources for indoor picture taking.

Electronic Flash, Compact Fluorescent, Tungsten, Laser & LED lighting were demonstrated and discussed.

Hinda Schuman & Ngoc Tran captured images as we went along.

The immediate beauty and impact of colored LED lights and careful positioning was realized by all attendees.

MJ posed for the large, flash lighting and experimental double exposure was demonstrated.

A hard boiled egg on watercolor paper was the subject on a tabletop set.

Members seemed to enjoy the show!

Here's an example of photos captured:

© Copyright 2009 by Ngoc Tran & Hinda Schuman. Permissions required for repro use.

Meeting ended at 6PM

Minutes compiled by MJoniec

Very truly yours,

Michael J. Joniec

PhotoClub meeting on Monday 4/20, 4-6PM.

Bring your image capturing device (CAMERA) & tripod to the PhotoClub meeting on Monday 4/20, 4-6PM.

We will meet in the photo studio (B1-20).

Artificial/Studio lighting demonstrations and experiments.

Light beam modifications for effects will be explored.

We'll examine Tungsten, Electronic Flash, Compact Fluorescent, and LED lights.

Table top set for demonstrations. Photos will be close ups.

Bring an object to be photographed (I'll bring a hard boiled egg).

Bring a surface to work on (I'll bring rough water color paper).

Wallpaper, formica, old wood, metal, leather/vinyl/course fabrics.... all make interesting surfaces as backgrounds.

Bring a flashlight.... LED or tungsten.

Bring a friend!

Hope to see you there!