Capital Champlain

Capital Champlain SEPT 2023 Board Meeting
2023-09-11 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
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"Capturing the Action" of Motocross Racing
2023-08-06 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Claverack MX, 131 Tischauser Road, Claverack, NY, United States
We hope you’ll join us!!

June 25th Photo Op at The Rhinebeck Aerodrome
2023-06-25 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Rhinebeck Aerodrome, 9 Norton Rd., Red Hook, NY, 12571, United States
Rhinebeck Aerodrome – Sunday June 25th: The Sunday Show is our WWI dog fight spectacular with a hero, a heroine (Cheer!), the villainous Black Baron of Rhinebeck, scenery, pyrotechnics and a WWI tank. The supporting cast includes many antique automobiles. The stars are the historic airplanes including our 1909 Bleriot, the oldest regularly flying airplane in the Western Hemisphere; the Fokker DR-I Triplane, the most famous fighter of WWI; and a precise replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, which was the first aircraft to fly NY to Paris in 1927. While aircraft rotate on and off the flightline, usually 15-20 are flyable for our shows. (https://oldrhinebeck.org/)

Adult (Age 18-64)-–$28
Senior (Age 65+)–$21

PPA, Merits and Degrees
2023-06-19 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Moscatiellos, 99 North Greenbush Rd., Troy, NY, 12180, United States

June Board Meeting
2023-06-05 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Creative Exercise winner for "FENCES"
2023-06-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Field Trip to Bronx Zoo
2023-05-21 | Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd., The Bronx, NY, 10460, United States
Bronx Zoo – Sunday May 21th: Zoo open from 10am to 5:30pm
Details TBD on meet up location and carpooling.

May Member Meeting- Editing with Lightroom
2023-05-15 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Moscatiellos, 99 North Greenbush Rd., Troy, NY, 12180, United States
Live Event: Pay at Door
With Speaker: Rob Near
Please RSVP Below

Apr 17 Member Meeting Speaker Sherrie Fryxell on Art of Presentation for Competition
2023-04-17 19:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Moscatiellos, 99 North Greenbush Rd., Troy, NY, 12180, United States
Live Event: Pay At Door

BOD Meeting April 10, 2023
2023-04-10 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

March 20th Member Meeting: Speaker Clark Thompson on Sports Photography
2023-03-20 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Moscatiellos, 99 North Greenbush Rd., Troy, NY, 12180, United States
Live Event: Pay at Door
Speaker: Clark Thompson
Program: “Catching the Action” in Sports Photography
Clark is an avid sports photographer capturing action for youth, college, adult and professional sports throughout the Hudson Valley and New York city area.
Clark will share his years of experience stepping up to the challenge of “catching the action” in sports. Not unlike sports the key is in the practice.

Clark will share some successes and some failures. As we know you can’t win them all but you can have fun trying!

We will learn how a passion for photography and sports can become a profitable business with practice and perseverance.

About Clark

I started my pursuit by photographing semi-pro football leagues and now I can be found on many courts, tracks, and fields.
Clients include NBA’s D league Westchester Knicks, Women’s professional football New York Sharks, Triple Crown Sports, ZogSports NYC, New York Correction Boldest, USA Boxing Metro, local colleges, and various leagues for both men and women.
Currently, I am a board member of the Mid-Hudson Photography Club in LaGrange, NY former Vice President and still a member of Dutchess Regional Professional Photographers in Fishkill, NY member of Hudson Valley Professional Photographers of New York in New Windsor, NY, and member of Professional Photographers of America.
I have a bi-monthly magazine called Metro Sports Magazine featuring local athletes and teams.
Click the link below to view more images from Clark.
http://www.clarkshots1.com

Live Event
Pay at the Door
MEMBERS $25 (includes meal)
NON-MEMBER $45 (includes meal)

Mar 2023 CC Board Meeting
2023-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Zoom

Feb 2023 Member Meeting
2023-02-20 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Moscatiellos, 99 North Greenbush Rd., Troy, NY, 12180, United States
Live Event: Pay at Door
MEMBERS DISCUSSION: PLANS FOR 2023
Instead of a speaker this month Capital Champlain will be having a members discussion followed by a Merit Image Review.
Some of the things we’ll be talking about are… What are our plans for 2023? How will we grow our membership? Who will be our Board of Directors. Where will we be a year from now? Our industry is changing. Are we?
We will also be discussing the idea of suspending Roberts Rules and if so, what to replace them with. The formality and procedures create more work for the admin that may be unnecessary for a group this small. Let’s talk about it.
MERIT IMAGE REVIEW
Prepare to submit your work for review by our Master Photographers before entering in PPA’s Merit Image Review. Helping each other, helps us all.

Jan 16 Zoom Member Meeting Speakers and Image Review
2023-01-16 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Zoom
Zoom Meeting: No Charge
Capital Champlain will be zooming in the New Year as most of our members will be attending Imaging in Nashville the following weekend. We thought we’d stay home and gather via zoom. Our agenda will be out of the ordinary too!
Three of our incredibly talented Master Photographers and CC members will be sharing software and Photoshop tips that they use and may be a game changer in editing your images.

If you are working on a degree Ken Bovat has found a software that uses solar curves to find issues in your files that you can’t see with the naked eye. He will share this editing gem with us which he finds very helpful when preparing for Merit Image Review at PPA.

Rob Near will be sharing his research and results in finalizing a project for his church.
Over the years Rob has photographed many events at his church and they talked about creating a large mosaic image from all of these images. The challenge was to find software that would help him create the mosaic automatically. Rob will go over the options and processes of producing mosaics using TurboMosaic, the software that got the job done !

Our 3rd member and Master Photog, Mark Sweeney will talk to us about efficiency in Photoshop. Where the possibilities are endless!!

AND THEN… We will be having a Merit Image Review, critiqued by our Masters, followed by an Image Naming Party!
SO GET YOUR IMAGES READY!! The masters will critique your images based on the 12 elements of a merit image to prepare you for PPA’s monthly Merit Image Review.
THE MEMBERSHIP WILL JOIN IN AFTERWARDS. We will be offering up possible “Titles” for images going to Merit Image Reviews next year. Many refer to the Title as the 13th element. It could make the difference between a merit or non merit image.
Jim McLaughlin will be collecting the images and running the slide show. We can count on Jim to keep it interesting! Links to Jim (for images) and Zoom will be sent to all who RSVP!
