Field Trip!
August 23rd, 8am. Join the group at Saint Leo’s Catholic Church, 1920 N 102nd St, Omaha, NE 68114 (102nd and Blondo).
Why? To photograph the beautiful flower garden, bees, bugs and butterflys in the early morning light.
Macro (closeup) photos will be collected in October for display at the Bellevue Library. So this is a perfect opportunity to get those shots.
Five important announcements for upcoming events
Field Trip!
August 23rd, 8am. Join the group at Saint Leo’s Catholic Church, 102nd and Blondo.
Why? To photograph the beautiful flower garden, bees, bugs and butterflys in the early morning light.
Macro (closeup) photos will be collected in October for display at the Bellevue Library. So this is a perfect opportunity to get those shots.
Location change for September.
The September 18th club meeting will be held at Camp Brewster. Camp Brewster is just north of Fontenelle Forest at 1313 Bellevue Blvd N, Bellevue, NE.
Our usual meeting place will be in use during the Fontenelle Forest Feather Our Nest event.
Camp Brewster Map – click here
Dues will be collected at the September meeting.
$20.00 for individuals and $30.00 for a family membership.
September 18th club meeting.
We will be sharing our summer photos. Anything Goes from your summer.
Please send your photos to Howard Carson as soon as you’re able, giving him some time to arrange things before the September meeting.
Email photos to Howard at: HCarson@ibldgs.com
Bring photos for Fontenelle Forest and Bellevue Library.
At the September meeting, we will be collecting prints for new displays.
For the Forest: Subject – Fontenelle Forest Landscapes.
All photos MUST have been taken in Fontenelle Forest Nature Center or one of the Forest properties – Camp Wa-kon-da, Neale Woods, the Wetlands or Camp Logan Fontenelle.
For Bellevue Library: Subject – Vacation
Any photos from any vacation, even if it is sitting on the porch and sipping a cold drink.
We hope to see you on August 23rd at St Leo’s, and September 18th at Camp Brewster.
An opportunity to support Fontenelle Forest!
Submit a photo for the annual Feather Our Nest fund raiser
This is a chance to help out Fontenelle Forest. Submit a photo to be auctioned at the Feather Our Nest annual fund raising event. The Forest would like 8-10 photos from our club. See all details below.
Digital submissions MUST be received by Donna Gray by August 1st.
File Name: 2025-FF-Feather-Our-Nest-Fundraiser-.docx
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Forest Lawn
Contest Photo Pickup – Saturday, June 28th from 9am to 10:30am
Pickup will be on Saturday, June 28th from 9am to 10:30am
Please arrive as early as you are able.
Important: The Best of Show, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winning photos will be moved and displayed at the Bellevue Library (space permitting). You do not need to pick up Best of, 1st, 2nd & 3rd place entries.
All other entries, including Honorable Mention, need to be picked up.
If you have questions or unable to pick up at this time, please contact Donna Gray, Email: djg618@yahoo.com
Hitchcock Humanities Map – Google Map Link
June 19, 2025 Meeting – Photo Contest Results and Critique
Meeting Starts at 7:00 PM
Peter Carbonell is our judge and will critique our photos and announce the winners in each category
Located at Bellevue University, Hitchcock Humanities Bldg
Photo Meet up at Forest Lawn Cemetery Rescheduled
From Howard Carson;
The June 12th photo meetup at forest lawn cemetery has been postponed to Wednesday June 25, at 5 pm.
Meet at the entrance at 5pm.
Photo Contest Entries Hung
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Thank You
To Kathleen Crawford-Rose and Mary Headley for checking in photos. Terry Turner, Brent Headley, Glenn Tolles and Phil Mininni for hanging the photos.
Schedule for June is:
Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Judging and critique by Peter Carbonell. Awards presentation.
Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10 AM Pick up your photos at the Bellevue University. If you can’t pickup your photos at this time, please let Donna Gray, Graydj1956@gmail.com or Kathleen Crawford Rose, katcr@cox.net know. All the winning photos except third place photos, will be hung at the Bellevue Library for display.
Send your photo files;
To Donna Gray, Graydj1956@gmail.com as soon as you can. Photos will be used at the critique by the judge.
Additional Leadership
Lorraine Feldhausen, Diane Kinney, and Howard Carson have stepped up and volunteered to head the photo club for the 2025-2026 year. We still have no President or Vice President. The club should revise the club charter and get the Fontenelle Forest administration to sign off on this.
Raptor Shoot May 15
Our Raptor photo shoot will be May 15th starting at 6:30 PM at Camp Brewster. There will be a brief meeting after the shoot. Come and have fun! Kathleen originally mailed out time start at 6:00 PM.
The entries for the annual contest will be 10:00 am on May 24th at the Bellevue University Gallery. Entry forms will be available at the Raptor Shoot Meeting. Contest rules are attached to this message. Remember to email your entries JPEGs to Donna Gray. Her address is: dig618@yahoo.com
Our next display at Fontenelle Forest Gallery will be Fontenelle Forest Landscapes. Please bring prints to the May meeting, the contest mounting or the June meeting.
The next display at the Bellevue Library will be the winning contest entries.
Photo Contest
The entries for the annual contest will be 10:00 am on May 24th at the Bellevue University Gallery. Entry forms will be available at the Raptor Shoot Meeting. Contest rules are attached to this message. Remember to email your entries jpegs to Donna Gray. Her address is: dig618@yahoo.com
http://www.fontenelleforestphotoclub.org/2025-photo-club-contest/ is the link for contest rules.
Treasurer’s report
April 2025 balance $780.75
No income and no expenses
Pending expenses
Contest Ribbons $176.92
Contest Judge $125.00
Raptor Team donation $150.00
April Meeting Minutes
Steps to winning a photo contest
That is about it for now. Hope to see you all at the Raptor Shoot. All are welcome, members and non-members alike. Bring young photographers too! Please comment below with anything our your mind. I will try to get the answers to you and I will try not to upset you or your day.
Phil
Cell Phone Photography _ Android
Below is a Word document of Herb Thompson’s outline from his presentation on cell phone photography. It has links for some of the things he presented. His presentation was mostly on Android phones. He also went the several extra steps above by setting up several stations with lighting for member’s to take photos of flowers with their cell phones. One thing I found out there are several differences in android phones. I recommend we all get out our individual operator’s manual and look up all your camera functions your phone can do.
He also recommends to utilize YouTube as a resource. Search for your particular phone and photography.
Thank your very much Herb!
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A iPhone video example, 20 minutes:
Where to Go
Here is a list of places to go for photo opportunities and photo club field trip ideas compiled by Lorraine Feldhausen, Diane Kinney, and Howard Carson.
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