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Laguna Hills



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May Club Events

Printable copy of the Events Flyer (PDF, 180 KB)

Monday,May 13
Speaker: Bob Ring, President of Laguna Woods and President of the Laguna Woods Village Historical Society
Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2; Refreshments at 6:30 pm, program at 7:00

Bob will bring the Historical Society to life through a short video and an explanation of the Society’s benefit to the community. He will highlight the Society’s website which will become the source for information on our history. Bob will talk about the up‐coming 50th Anniversary of our Village and what the Historical Society is preparing for the celebration. The Camera Club can help by providing a visualization of the past, the present and the future of the Village for this important occasion. He will also show a slideshow commemorating the Village’s 25th Anniversary, which he reproduced in ProShow Gold. All in all, it will be a special evening all about the community we 'think we know all about' and how very lucky we are to live in Laguna Woods Village. Please join us ‐ you'll be glad you did.

$2 donation for non‐member guests.

Tuesday, May 14
Photography Workshop: Preserving and Digitizing Your Photos and Slides, Presented by Mike Bajc of Digital Arts Plus.
1:30pm CH 4 Photography Classroom

Mike is an expert on the preserving of photographic materials, be they prints, slides, negatives, or movies. He will explain why this is important and demonstrate how materials can be improved by the preservation process. He’ll explain how to do it or have it done and what to watch out for in the process. This is important to everyone who has photographic material that they don’t want to be lost.

Members $3 donation – Non‐members $5 donation

Monday, May 27
Digital Projected Image Critique
Clubhouse 3, Dining Room 2; Refreshments at 6:30 pm, program at 7:00

Join us on Monday, May 27 in Dining Room 2 of Clubhouse 3 to view projected images submitted by members and critiqued by a professional judge. Categories are Pictorial I, Pictorial II, Monochrome, Special Subject: Nature—Flora. For details, see the 2013 Digital Evaluation Rules (PDF) and follow them carefully. Send your correctly sized digital images as attachments in a single email message to lhccdigital@gmail.com. images sent to any other email address may be excluded from the critique. Entries are due by May 23. Members who submit images will receive a notification of receipt by email.

$2 donation for non‐member guests.

Nikon School Photo Class

Disclaimer: The following announcement is posted as a service to Club members. The Laguna Woods Camera Club does not endorse any commercial products or enterprises.

The Nikon School is offering two photography classes on April 27 and 28 at the Irvine Marriott.

Here is the link that describes Session 1, being held on Saturday.

Here is the link that describes Session 2, being held on Sunday.

Each class is priced separately.

Pacific Coastal Cruise

Join fellow Camera Club members on a Pacific coastal cruise from May 4 to 11, 2013. Your ship departs from Los Angeles and visits Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Avalon, Ensenada, and San Digeo. This is a popular cruise, so book early! More are details are on the flyer (PDF, 336 KB). Non-members are welcome, and you do not need to be a photographer to enjoy the trip!

Digital Lab Resources Available for Members

Camera Club members have new and updated resources available for use. For details, see the Resources page.

Volunteer Opportunities

Digital Critique Team Needs Backup Members

One of the major functions of your Camera Club is to hold professional evaluations of your digital photos at least 5 times a year.  This activity requires that a team of members are trained to perform the following tasks:

The Digital Critique is one of the few Camera Club activities that almost everyone likes to participate in, and we feel the need for an additional team of substitutes who can step in as needed. Training will be made available.

Would you like to be part of this process and work behind the scenes so that the club can continue to make these evenings as productive and interesting as possible?

Please contact Burt at 768-6390, or Pat at 598-9138 if you would like to join in this activity or want further information.

Digital Lab Substitutes

Your Camera Club Digital Photo Lab at Clubhouse 4 has opportunities available and we would like to add your name to the list of Substitutes who fill in when Supervisors have appointments, vacations or are feeling under the weather.

This is a great opportunity for you to use your Digital Photo Lab computers to edit your photos, create photo prints on one of the high quality printers, scan your slides and negatives to digital images or scan and repair treasured photos to create digital images.

Please contact the Third Vice President at lhcc@lhcameraclub.com. 

Education Committee

This volunteer committee reviews and approves training curriculum, evaluates training presenters and schedules training classes and workshops. The committee operates under the guidance of and is appointed by the LH Camera Club Fourth Vice President. If you have experience in developing or presenting training classes, have already developed training classes that you would like to offer to club members or have developed a workshop of approximately one and one half to two hours that you would like to present at a Special Interest Workshop, please email lhcc@lhcameraclub.com, Subject: Education Committee. Please also let us know if you would serve as a training assistant.