General Meeting, September 18 2012
David Wilkins, our President, welcomed 43 members to our September General meeting this evening.
The meeting started off with Douglas Wade introducing our guest speaker Jodi Champagne, who was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and was a mother at the age of 15. Her creative ventures were put on hold while she raised her family and then devoted herself to the corporate world of engineering. After retiring from the business world, she became consumed in the passion of photography; "It didn’t take long to have the ability to create a vision through the lens". She took a beginning photography course at AV College, and soon after got her first DSLR.
Her work began as portrait, wedding, family and sports photography and moved to a more artistic vision of seeing the world with compassion and heart.
Jodi’s passion today has taken her to the field of documentary, street and travel photography. Jodi is now shooting with a purpose, “I want to evoke emotion in my work”. She feels emotion has to be felt, recognized, and understood. Jodi travels all over the world to tell stories with every picture but also to have a cohesive body of work. She carries 2 cameras while shooting, a 24-20mm lens, and a 70-200mm lens. She stressed the importance of getting to know the cameras settings, and how to manipulate them very quickly to be able to get “the shot”, as often times you have but one chance to get “the shot”.
She is currently working with NGO’s (Non Governmental Organizations) and non-profits, has worked with Pony Highway Productions on their documentary projects and soon will be working on some new projects with DreamQuest Productions. She just become a part of National Geographic Stock photographers. Jodi’s work has been exhibited around the world as well as here in Los Angeles. Her work has been published on such items as DVD cover's, post card, advertisements, magazines and books.
Tylene Trout welcomed 1 new visitor to our meeting this evening.
There is a donation jar set up on the table. Now taking donations for December’s Holiday Dinner. If you sign up to bring the refreshments, there is up to a $30 reimbursement. Looking for an October volunteer !
Upcoming Programs –Oct – TBD, Nov – TBD, Dec – Holiday Dinner
Upcoming Workshops – Sept - “Portraiture & Posing” by Suzanne Gonzalez
Upcoming Competitions - Themes for the 2012-2013 year: Oct 16,2012 – Structures; Jan 15, 2013 – Pictorial; March 19,2013 – Close-Up.
Upcoming Field Trips –Oct 20–LA Arboretum, Nov 3 - La Purisma Mission Village Days, Nov 10 – Civil War Reenactment in Moorpark, Dec – Randsburg, Jan – Downtown LA/Disney Concert Hall Feb – Bolsa Chica Wetlands, May – Willow Springs, and Jun – Catalina Island
S4C: This is the time to now sign up for the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C). Please go to this link so that LPA members can sign up for their Universal Entry Number (UEN) at http://www.pcms-photo.org/s4c_entrants_homepage.html.
Please take the time to look at previous Standings and Catalogs, plus the 2011-2012 End of Year Banquet Presentations to get an idea of the competitions offered through this organization. If any member needs assistance, please let us know.
We hope more members will take advantage of the opportunity to compete and be involved with S4C this season. There is no cost.
Announcements: Next S4C Competition won’t be until September 30th for Oct 2012.
Newsletter- Terri Garner our temp Newsletter editor wants to remind the members they can submit articles and pictures to her for the newsletter by the 23rd of the month. We still need a permanent editor.
Friday Night Discussion Group - Friday Night Discussion Group are the 2nd & 4th Friday night at 630pm at Denny’s at 20th W and Ave K.
Saturday Monthly Breakfast- is held the 3rd Sunday of Month at Carrow’s on Ave K West.
