Club Members Learned Flower Photography Tips at February Meeting

The Coastal Carolina Camera Club welcomed Mike Moats as its featured speaker at the Feb. 12 meeting of the club. Mike provided more than an hour of tips on flower photography and taking better macro photos.  He covered how to create unique and interesting flower images. Mike covered topics including equipment, soft focus, everything in focus, filling the frame, water drop flower refraction, shooting through subjects, creating and working with backgrounds. Other areas to be discussed are backlighting, focus stacking, diffraction and working with silk flowers. Mike has been frequently published over the past 20 years and has an online macro photo club with 2900 members in 29 countries.

Club meetings are monthly (except July) on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall of Shallotte Presbyterian Church, 5070 Main St. in Shallotte. Our next meeting will be March 12. Guests are always welcome. Membership is open to photographers of all skill levels. Meetings consist of informative programs on photographic techniques, topics, and software usage, member photo presentations and critiques, guest speakers and much more. 

Top Photos in Club Competition Selected

Members of the Club submitted photos in this month's intra-club competition judged by an experienced member of the Photographic Society of America. The members are divided based on experience and ability. Six photos were selected for recognition in two classes.  In Division B that includes the lesser experienced members, Ric Strickler was awarded first place for his image "Dawn on Oak Island".  In second place was John Medeiros' image of "Feeling the Music" and Gene Viviano's photo of "Dangerous Glacier Chasm" was named third place (photo unavailable).  In Division A, Jeff Hankey was awarded a blue ribbon for "No Turning Back."  Peter Riekstins' photo of "Peaking!!!" was named second place and Harold Sisken took the third-place photo "Pass Interference". Congrats to the winner and thanks to the photographers who submitted entries.

Division B       

Division A            

   Slide Shows Offer Members an Outlet for Wide-Ranging Topics

February Slide Show - "Still Life"

January Slide Show - "Nature's Reflections"

November Slide Show - "Monochrome"

October Slide Show - "Night Sky"

Field Trips

Although the club is still seeking a member to be the coordinator for field trips, we have several trips planned for the next couple months. 

March 14th, we will meet up at Huntington Beach State Park. at 8 a.m.  This is a great place for birding, but you also have the beach and Atalaya (castle) as photo interests.  This trip will be led by Rick Renda.  As the date gets closer, we will let you know when to register with Rick and any carpool arrangements made.

March 28th  Some members will be capturing special moments in the Special Olympics at the Town Creek Park in Winnabow.  This will be led by Ellen Sheehan.  We already have enough photographers signed up for this event. However, you can still attend the event and show your support.