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April 2...Hank ErdmannnLake Effects PhotographyPhotoChatter@peoriacameraclub.comHank Erdmann is a professional natural history photographer who residesin Will County, Illinois. He has photographed throughout NorthAmerica, making the Midwest his primary geographic area of interest.A love of history, especially of the Great Lakes, kindles a special interestin the ports, shorelines, islands and natural areas of Lakes Michigan andSuperior and their surrounding environments. Hank leads workshops inthe Great Lakes regions, and a variety of wildflower workshops in the ForestPreserves and Prairies in Northern Illinois. His favorite subjects are:Lighthouses, Leaves, Water, Barns, Patterns, Winter, Rivers, and Nature inAbstract. Join us on Tuesday night for an evening with Hank as he takesus on a nature photographic journey through the Midwest.http://www.hankphoto.comApril 9th & April 23rd...Ruhland DoubheaderThis April we get a twofer from the ever-loveable Tom Ruhland. At thespecial meeting on the 9th, Tom will give a multimedia presenation onHow to Create a MultiMedia Presentation. Then on the 23rd Tom willshow us how to make a Photobook using the Lightroom "Book" module.Don't miss these presentations!

April 2ndLake EffectsPhotographyApril 9thMultiMedia Presentations -Tom RuhlandApril 16th - (Extended)Turn in Pres. Special:Shadows.CICCA Prints DueShow Nature 4 &Photojournalism 2April 23rdPhotoBooks - Tom RuhlandApril 27thIllinois Railway MuseumOuting TripMay 7thWild & Wonderful WeatherPeoria Camera Club Competition HandlersCATEGORY HANDLER E-MAIL & PHONENATURE Tom Ruhland tomr@peoriacameraclub.com — 309-274-2467OPEN David Bowers dbowers@mtco.com — 309-263-7355CREATIVE Roger Knief rgknief@att.net — 605-321-5406PHOTOJOURNALISM Bill Snyder will_snyder@hotmail.com — 309-376-2070PRINTS William Goad goadw@yahoo.com — 309-697-4045EOY (End of Year) Tom Ruhland tomr@peoriacameraclub.com — 309-274-2467PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL Tom Ruhland tomr@peoriacameraclub.com — 309-274-2467URBAN LANDSCAPE Tom Romanowski troman47@ix.netcom.com — 309-692-0842HOI FAIR William Goad goadw@yahoo.com — 309-697-4045CICCA Bill Snyder will_snyder@hotmail.com — 309-376-2070PSA Pete Anderton Pete-sr@juno.com — 309-685-8288INSECT SALON Steve Herrick sycodivr@hotmail.com — 309-879-2682Membership DuesStill just $20. Pay at the meeting or send a check to ourtreasurer, Joe Virbickis at 424 Gillman, Washington, IL 61571.

Programs & CompetitionsScheduleCICCA Spring Salon in MayWhat are you going to enter?It’s that time of year again for the CICCA Spring Salon. Some key dates: I need to have alldigital entries NO LATER than Sat. April 20th. I’ll not be able to accept any entries past thisdate as there’s just too much processing work to perform before I have to meet my deadline.I’ll pick up your print entries at the Club meetings. This makes the meeting on Tues.April 16th the latest date to submit your prints. The competition is being hosted by theStreator Camera Club on May 18th.1 - All prints 8 x 12 or smaller must be mounted on an 11 x 14 board. No boards smaller are allowed.2 - All prints larger than 8 x 12 must be mounted on a 16 x 20 board.3 - Digital Images resolution can now be entered at a higher resolution of up to 1400 horizontal by 1050 vertical.Try to submit images in sRGB.4 - Any entry made gives CICCA the right to publish a low resolution copy of your image if it wins for viewing byother CICCA clubs.Please feel free to email or call me if you have any questions. Thanks!Bill Snyder, PCC CICCA Rep309-376-2070will_snyder@hotmail.com

Creative Three1 st PlaceThe Artistby Tom RuhlandBest of Show2 nd PlaceMagnolia Curveby Sue Marx3 rd PlaceGwozdz andThen Some...by Jeff Jones

The Challenge Continues...KodaRoamers vs Peoria Camera ClubOur Peoria Camera Club is the host for this Challenge, we havechosen “Power” as the theme...Here are the rules:• “Power” images can be anything that exhibits or implies power.• Images must have been exposed after January 15, 2013.• Image submissions must be digital.• Image size limits are 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels high.• File naming convention is:image# 14 - your competition number - title - .jpgExample: 001-14-079-Steam Engine.jpg• If you do not have a competition number call Rich Seeman at309-361-8902 or email him at RLS1940@hotmail.com.• Turn in is between November 1st and December 1st.• Send up to 8 “Power” images to Rich Seeman atRLS1940@hotmail.com.From all images submitted, a PCC team will select 50 to be enteredfrom our club. If possible, everyone submitting images will have atleast one image entered in the Challenge. The judging is tentativelyscheduled for January 14, 2014.Power

1 st Place - Evening Glow by Julie DodgeNature Three2 nd PlaceInky Cap Trioby J. Weidman3 rd PlaceOspreyby Tom Romanowski

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1 st PlaceBest of ShowLooking OutTom RomanowskiOpen Three2 nd PlaceStriped Blanket FlowerCarl Close3 rd PlaceCars in LightsSue Marx

I want to thank the Peoria Camera Club for hosting my talk and tothank everyone who braved the weather to come out.As a follow up the Peoria Historical Society website collection searchcan be found here:http://www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org/!/collectionsYou can search our images that are on CARLI here:http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_bra_peoria.php?CISOROOT=/bra_peoriaOur Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/PeoriaHistoricalSociety?fref=tsYou can view our Historypin Channel here: http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/6257182/The Image Permanence Institutes Graphic Atlas for identifying Photo Processes is located here:http://www.graphicsatlas.org/If PCC or anyone is interested in donating photos or other material PHS could always use some good digitalcameras, lens, flashes, lights, large format scanners,computers, medium format cameras (dream big younever know!) contact me at rkillion@peoriahistoricalsociety.org or 309-674-1921.If you are donating photographic material you do not have to give up right to the photos but you do need togive PHS usage rights. Items donated to the collection are shown to a collection committee that makes thefinal determination on whether they are accepted into the collection. When you bring potential donations inyou are given a temporary receipt. After the meeting if the items are accepted you will receive a thank you/tax letter and two copies of a deed of gift for your records. You sign and return one to PHS. Once accepteditems are cataloged and put into the collection. Items are then available online at the links above. Research,library, and archival type items are placed on deposit in a climate controlled vault at Bradley Special Collectionsand are available for researchers. We Have over 1,000 linear feet of material! It is closed stacks andpeople have to get buzzed in, sign in, fill out a research form and the items are brought out to them so thatwe can insure their conservation for future generations. Other items are put on display at our Office, FlanaganHouse, or Pettengill Morron House. We display things whenever we can, bring things out for exhibits,and loan things to the Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria Public Library, Wheels O’ Time, Three Sister’s Park ,as well as other organizations.There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer at PHS for those who might be interested. One of the primaryways we have documented Peoria in the past are Photographers photographing things before, during, andafter they are torn down and the new is built. We also have many many other opportunities for people witha variety of interest. We have volunteer house guides, trolley guides, researchers, catalogers, people transcribingdocuments, volunteers scan and photograph the collection so we can share it online, and peopledonate carpentry, electrical, and general handyman skills. If you have the skill and the interest PHS is likelyto have a need.Again I enjoyed my time with the Peoria Camera Club. The talk was rather broad as I did not know everyone’sinterest. I would be happy to put together more specific presentations on Old Photographic techniques forexample, and I am open to suggestions.Robert L Killionrkillion@peoriahistoricalsociety.org or 309-674-1921

Tropical Insect Photography WorkshopInstructors | Piotr Naskrecki | John Abbott | Alex Wild | Thomas Shahan |Venue | Caves Branch Jungle Lodge | www.bugshot.net/events |September 22-29, 2013 – Enrollment limited to 20Cost: $3295/$3180 (bungalow/suite)Improve your macro photography inthe rich tropical forests of Belize!orchid bees - army ants - caveinvertebrates - tropical butterflies –katydids – millipedes - treehoppers - dungbeetles – aquatics – tarantulas - rarerainforest invertebratesDetails & program online at:www.bugshot.net/events

Illinois RailwayMuseumOn Saturday April 27, 2013 we will be goingto the Illinois Railway Museum in UnionIllinois. This is America's largest railwaymuseum. They have a variety of operationaltrains and trolleys, several railway cars,locomotives and other equipment. Thereis also an area best described as a railwaybone yard. This makes for some interestingphoto opportunities. This is a large placeso allow for a long all day trip. The museumgrounds opens at 9:00 AM. Union Illinois isabout a three hour drive from Peoria so wewill be leaving early. We will meet at ImmanuelLutheran Church at 6:15 AM and leavefor the museum at 6:30. Many of us will stayall day and get home late afternoon or evening.If your schedule will not allow this wecan try to match you up with someone to carpool on Saturday that will return earlier. Ifyou want information about the museum goto http://www.irm.org. If you have any questionscall me at (309) 339-6112 or e-mail atcarlwclose@mchsi.comThank you to all the members whohelped make the Rod Planck Seminara success. It takes the wholeteam to make it work. Pencil inMarch 22, 2014 for the next seminar.We are communicating with travelphotographer Bob Krist.Photo Lab DiscountNations Photo Lab (http://www.nationsphotolab.com/index.aspx)isoffering us a 25% discount for firsttime users, one time only, can’t becombined with other offers and offerexpires 5/1/13. At checkout usepromo code PCC25.Free while they last before they go to the landfill:4 by 4 foot projection screen.Kodak slide projector.23 carousels (15 140's and 8 80's)Jack Weidman (309) 691-5847