Rockbridge Camera Club

02/29/2024

March's First Friday Exhibit at the Nelson Gallery features three Emerging Artists: Chelsey Dudley, Ashley Leonard, and Caleb Workman. Please plan on attending the Opening Reception on 3/1 at 5-7pm!

01/15/2024

UPDATE: Unfortunately, tonight's meeting has been cancelled due to the weather; we hope to see you in February.

Come join us for a very basic and introductory foray into the world of Photoshop AI where we will discuss and demonstrate some of the basic uses for AI in Photoshop. Chuck Almarez will demonstrate some basic techniques and work through several examples of the new Generative Fill layer possibilities. We’ll work solving real problems with real examples, eg, how to make your 2x3 image format fit an 8x10 space without cropping. Or how about creating a pano out of your 4x5 image without cropping, plus a few tips and tricks and things to look out for in Photoshop AI.

We will meet in The Piovano Room of the Rockbridge Regional Library, Main Street, Lexington beginning at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, January 16.

03/01/2023

Keri Gould's photographs on display at the Nelson Gallery, opening reception on March 3 at 5:00pm

We've re-opened after a two-month hiatus and we have a great new exhibit of Keri Gould photographs entitle "Light's Revelations." Our First Friday opening reception is March 3rd from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. It's a beautiful way to begin our 2023 exhibit schedule.

02/23/2023

Reminder: February Camera Club Assignment



The assignment for February is Trilogies. Refer to the earlier post information for the description. This assignment is due on or before Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Email your submittals to [email protected].

02/21/2023

Our February 21 (Tonight!) Rockbridge Camera Club meeting will be at 6:30 pm in the Sunnyside House at Kendal. Please note the location change, as the library meeting room is still unavailable. Directions to Kendal:

From Lexington, once you get to the intersection of Lime Kiln Road and Enfield Road, go uphill on Enfield. At the top of that hill, Kendal is on your left, clearly marked with a sign.
Take the Kendal road to the 4-way stop, and continue straight ahead, and you will see the old farm house (Sunnyside House) straight ahead just past the parking area (and that is where you should park).
Enter Sunnyside by the door that faces the parking lot, and once inside make your way to the left where we'll meet in the “Great Room.”


(for GPS directions use 160 Kendal Drive, Lexington, VA 24450. This will get you to the Kendal campus, then follow the above directions to Sunnyside.)

02/03/2023

The assignment for February is Trilogies.

Summary: February 2023 Trilogies

A lot of photography is conceived as individual images. Previous Assignments have introduced some cohesion among the images we shared by virtue of their stemming from the assignment itself. But this month we'll be thinking of trios of images that go together such that the whole is more than the sum of the parts. Unlike "triptychs," trilogies do not admit simply taking one scene and dividing it into 3 parts. Choosing your unifying element is an important part of this month's assignment. You may submit 3 sets of images (trilogies for this assignment.

References: book "Trilogies 2022".
Go to this link for more information and for a link to examples of trilogies.

www.lenswork.com/tlg

Many thanks to Ted Burrowes for this assignment suggestion!

DueDate: On or before Saturday, February 25, 2023
This Assignment was stimulated by a recently published book. (Above)

Email submissions to [email protected]. This assignment is due on or before February 25, 2023.



The submittals for January (Light Painting the Still Life Image) are available for viewing on rockbridgecameraclub.com.

The Rockbridge Camera Club is open to all who are interested in improving and sharing their skills and enjoyment of photography, whether they are amateurs or professionals. It is the mission of the Club to educate, inform, and inspire.

01/21/2023

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12/09/2022

09/17/2022

RCC September Meeting - COME SEE US!

When: Tuesday, September 20, starting at 6:30pm

Where: Rockbridge Regional Library

Schedule for the Evening:
• Welcome & Introduction: New Members & Returning “Old Timers”
• 2022 Modified ShotLuck: Send your favorite three photos taken between January to July for a modified ShotLuck presentation at the September meeting.
• Please send the images ASAP but not later than Friday, September 16 to [email protected]." rel="ugc" target="_blank">[email protected].

We’ll show these at the meeting and may ask you to comment about anything unusual or unique about the subject or the processing.
• Presentation for September meeting: Get Off Your “A” to Take Better Pictures!

07/10/2022

Heads up all you animals. September is the 13th annual "Art 4 Arf" at the Nelson Gallery. Come purchase a canvas and get creative!

05/06/2022

01/30/2022

January Submittals for Leading Lines



The January submittals for Leading Lines are now available for viewing on rockbridgecameraclub.com. We had 34 photos submitted that captured the essence of leading lines.

Now that the 365/52 Photo Challenge has ended, the Rockbridge Camera Club is starting a new challenge "Your Assignment is...", for 2022.  Each month we will assign a photographic technique, and you may submit images taken using that technique. 

11/05/2021

Nelson Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, November 5th from 5-7pm

“Rockbridge on Canvas” on display November 5–30, 2021

The Nelson Gallery & Historic Lexington Foundation Present
“Rockbridge on Canvas” on display November 5–30, 2021
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12 acclaimed regional artists and photographers will be featured in a juried show and Plein Air exhibition
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Opening Reception: Friday, November 5th from 5-7pm

08/31/2021

Ida is coming to town. Be safe down there.

5:21 p.m. - Warning EXPIRED.

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A Tornado Warning has been issued for parts of Carroll County until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rotation is fairly broad around Fancy Gap, and it's moving NNE. Crossing I-77 as of 4:58 p.m.

08/30/2021

😮😮

08/29/2021

LANDFALL

Ida made landfall as a Cat 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon shortly before 1 PM.

Grand Isle getting hammered by the inner eye wall.

08/27/2021

Watch out Gulf coast!

That escalated quickly. Ida is a hurricane near western Cuba.

Once it moves into the Gulf, all bets are off.

This thing likely turns Cat 3 or higher between now and landfall Sunday night.

08/26/2021

BREAKING: Tropical Storm Ida has formed.

Landfall along the Gulf Coast Sunday.

08/19/2021

🥲 Prayers for the missing people and their families.

North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper, issued a State of Emergency in response to devastating flooding in western North Carolina.

08/06/2020

Reception on Friday, 8/7 (5pm-7pm);
Exhibit on display from 8/5-8/29.

Nelson Gallery Presents - August 2020 Guest Artist Exhibit

featuring Sue McCoy

Show Opens Wednesday, August 5th
Limited Reception On
Friday, August 7th, 5-7 pm

06/05/2020

The Nelson Gallery will open its doors to this excellent exhibit on Wednesday, June 10 at 11:00am. Please come visit us. We respectfully encourage you all to protect yourselves and others by wearing a face covering. It's possible to express yourselves creatively and artistically while protecting our community. Thank you.

Project Horizon, the Rockbridge area organization dedicated to eradicating domestic, sexual and dating violence through education, advocacy, empowerment of survivors and by being a sanctuary for victims, will be presenting a Juneteenth Art Show (part of a multi-year project) based on the theme "No one is free until we are all free." “Juneteenth” honors the emancipation of the Confederacy’s last slaves in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. The Museums at W&L are proud to sponsor efforts to share the work of local artists, honor a historic moment, and consider the lasting legacy of the fight for freedom.

Artists’ works will be displayed in local storefronts and at the Nelson Gallery beginning TODAY (June 5) through June 30. A People's Choice Award for the public's favorite work of art within the show will be awarded at the conclusion of the show -- to vote for you favorite, visit https://pollunit.com/polls/sxbuhgkyedsuxco9tqslvw.

You can read more about the Juneteenth Art Show and its sponsors/supporters at https://www.thenews-gazette.com/content/artists-invited-participate-juneteenth-art-exhibition.

To view more work that addresses the legacy of slavery, abolition, and one of the first modern social justice movements, the Museums’ online exhibition, “Breaking the Chains: Ceramics in the Abolition Movement” is also currently viewable at https://exhibits-ucah.omeka.wlu.edu/exhibits/show/breaking-the-chains.

05/12/2020

Webinars — Joseph Rossbach Photography

Looking for an opportunity to enhance your photo processing skills? Joseph Rossbach, an awarding winning photographer who has previously provided a workshop to
RCC) will be holding two webinars in June that you may be interested in:

June 6 - 5:00pm EDT - Creative Black and White Processing in Lightroom and Photoshop

June 19 - 5:00pm EDT - Advanced Exposure
Blending

Webinar prices are $25 each. I attended two earlier this month and they are well worth the money. Both lasted 1 1/2 to 2 hours long. The webinar is recorded and Joe posts it on a private YouTube channel. It is available to you "forever".

For more information on the webinars and to register please click here: https://www.josephrossbach.com/photography-webinars

Can't travel or get outside to practice your photography? Want to keep your skills in tip-top shape in between workshops and photo trips?  Attend a live webinar event & learn photography skills, tips, and tricks--and get a dose of inspiration and energy--right from the comforts of your home or any...

04/03/2020

Nikon is offering free online photography classes for all of April

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204243/nikon-free-photography-classes-april

All 10 photography classes in the Nikon School are free until April 30th.

03/13/2020

CANCELLATION
The Rockbridge Camera Club meeting for the month of March is CANCELLED due to the state of emergency declaration by Governor Northam regarding the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent library closure attached below.

We’ll keep in touch with the library about the April meeting and will keep you updated about future meetings. Meanwhile, thinking on the positive side of things, we’ll be looking forward to the presentation on “Drone Photography” in April. Also, keep working on getting your images together for the annual Shot Luck show in May.

Please spread the word among your photography friends who may not have received this.

01/11/2020

Nelson Gallery temporarily closed for remodeling. Will reopen 1/22; reception on 1/24 at 5pm.

The Nelson Gallery will be closed until January 22 for remodeling. We will have a grand-reopening reception on Friday, January 24 from 5-7pm. Thanks for your patience - - and patronage.