Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Bureau County Republican - community room

Refreshments:  Crystal Johnson & Mike Vaughn

Meeting Topic:  Entering Competitions & Bring your top 5 images YTD to share

August 19, 2015 (3rd Wednesday) - Annual Picnic

Time:  6:00 PM
Location: City County Park - large shelter

Refreshments:  Please bring a dish to pass, place setting and a drink - the club will provide the meat.

Meeting Topic:  If you would like to bring your Bureau County images to share please do so, these are due on August 24.

September 23, 2015

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Bureau County Republican -  community room

Refreshments:  Shelly Grabill & ?

Show scavenger hunt images:  (Taken since 1/1/2015)

• American Flag
• Something Unusual
• Wet
• Pets/Animals
• Antiques
• Fire/Smoke
• Sky
• Old Windmills
• Sculpture/Statues
• Shadows/Silhouettes

Show and pick Calendar Images:  1 images for Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall - then we will vote on am image for each month.

Reminder - for October will pick our 4-club images for the November competition - which is Reflections - these can be taken any time.

Next Meeting: May 27, 2015 - 7:00 PM

The next meeting of Photography Unlimited will be on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:00 PM at the Bureau County Republican community room.

Refreshments:  Guy, Trudy & Barb

Meeting Topic:  
Mystery Shoot:  Email Kathy Costerisan (kathybctourism@yahoo.com) your images.  The topics for the mystery shoot were people, place and thing.

50 points of view - Take 50 images of an scene and bring in your favorite 3-5 images.  The scene should stay the same, you just change your composition.

Upcoming 4-Club Topic:

• November - Reflections (Can be taken anytime)
• May - America (Must be taken between May '15 - May '16)

Next Meeting: February 25, 2015 - 7:00 PM

The next meeting of Photography Unlimited will be on Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 PM at the Bureau County Republican community room.

Refreshments:  Jon McCutchen & Owen Johnson

Meeting Topic:  8X10 Presentation - 8 Members x 10 Minutes about any photography related topic.  If you have any materials to project, please send them to Crystal Johnson by 6 PM on Monday,  February 23 at clj7181@gmail.com.

1. Larry Smith
2. Mike Vaughn
3. Steve Beatty
4. Shelly Grabill
5. Danny Connor
6. Trudy Heinz
7. Barb Crew
8. OPEN

2015 Scavenger Hunt

The 2015 scavenger hunt topics have been selected.  All images should have been taken since January 1, 2015 and will be presented in the September meeting.

• American Flag
• Something Unusual
• Wet
• Pets/Animals
• Antiques
• Fire/Smoke
• Sky
• Old Windmills
• Sculpture/Statues
• Shadows/Silhouettes

Prairie Arts Council - Photography Exhibit

Below is the article from the Bureau County Republican regarding Photography Unlimited's upcoming exhibition.

Camera club shows ‘Unlimited’ talent

February exhibit kicks off 2015 gallery season

David Horst, a member of Photography Unlimited, captures the remains of a farmstead in this winter scene that will be one of the many photographs featured in the February exhibit at PAC. Horst lives in rural Tiskilwa and has enjoyed photography as a hobby for many years.

PRINCETON — The Prairie Arts Council will welcome Princeton’s Photography Unlimited club during the month of February as they exhibit some of their members’ most recent photographic works in the PAC gallery. This exhibit begins with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception honoring the photographers from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 6. Friends and the public are welcome to attend.

The group was formed on Jan. 12, 1978, and currently has 35 members. When asked about Photography Unlimited, past president Jon McCutchan said it’s quite an active group of people. He reported that the group has had workshops on portrait photography, macro photography, Photoshop focus stacking and HDR (high dynamic range). As a group, they have visited several destinations in the region doing “mystery shoots,” not revealing the location until the morning they gather for the three- to four-hour competition outing.

The group also has monthly photo challenges where they encourage members to find new shots of random topics around food, flowers and babies. They have enjoyed programs presented by accomplished professional photographers at their annual banquet, and often have members bring work from their own projects.

The group meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Bureau County Republican Community Room. Guests and interested new members are welcome to join them for these monthly meetings.

The Photography Unlimited exhibit will run through March 1 in the PAC gallery during open hours from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

http://www.bcrnews.com/2015/01/20/camera-club-shows-unlimited-talent/ahi7arj/