ANNUAL POTLUCK BANQUET

Date & Location: TBA

2019 Group Photo at Annual Banquet – Click to Enlarge

This is our time to come together as a Club to celebrate our recent season together and elect our officers and conduct Club business to take us into another year.  Here is what’s planned:

We will gather at the McLane Grange at 6:00 pm for a Potluck Dinner, Annual Business Meeting and a slide show of your favorite images from the past year. (see rules for images at the bottom of this page).  Social Committee chairperson Adrianne Cote will provide beverages, plates, and utensils.  Members will bring the food.

Directions for Potluck Signup:

Please sign up if you’re attending so we can plan for the number of people attending and be sure we have a good variety of food. Use the signup form at  https://bit.ly/OCCannualmeeting and tell us how many are in your party, whether you’ll help with setup and cleanup, and what dish or dishes you plan to bring.

Election of Officers

This is our annual business meeting for election of our four officers to one-year terms, for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.  A Nominating Committee is seeking nominees; let Dennis Plank, know if you’re interested in an elected position.  Incumbents can seek re-election and nominees can also be offered during the annual business meeting.

Scavenger Hunt Slideshow

This year, members will have two ways to participate in the Banquet Slide Show entertainment. Submit 5-10 of your favorite/best images taken between 6/1/2025 and 5/31/2026 or take images of our Scavenger Hunt words. You may do as much processing as you like, but you can only submit one image for each word.

2026 Scavenger Hunt Words

  1. Composition: Arrangement of elements in the frame (e.g., Rule of Thirds).
  2. Rule of Thirds: Placing subjects along imaginary lines or intersections for balance.
  3. Chiaroscuro: Dramatic use of strong contrasts between ight and dark.
  4. Forced Perspective: Creating optical illusions to make objects seem closer/farther or different sizes.
  5. Vignetting: Darkening of image corners can be natural or intentional.
  6. Lens Flare: Light streaks or haze from bright light hitting the lens.
  7. Motion Blur: Intentional blurring of moving subjects or camera movement.
  8. Macro: Extreme close-up photography.
  9. Candid Photography: Unposed, natural moments.
  10. Decisive Moment: Capturing a fleeting, meaningful instant (popularized by Cartier-Bresson).

Rules

  • All images must be JPEGS – no RAW or TIFF images.
  • The images must be 1024 or 2048 pixels on the long side. The resolution should not exceed 72 dpi.
  • Favorite /Best: Name your images as Bxx_Name_ImageName.jpg . B means Favorite/Best of 2024-25, xx is the number of the image, Name is your name and ImageName is the name of the image. For example the eighth image I submit would be named, B08_RosalindPhilips_BergyBit.jpg.
  • Please include a self Identification Image as your 11th image.
  • Please put your images in a folder with your name on it. Put the folder in 2025 Scavenger Hunt Images folder inside the OCC Member Sharing folder on Dropbox. I clear out the folder daily, so do not worry if you do not see your images in the folder.
  • Images are due no later than 11:59 pm on June 11, 2025.

    We will view the slide show at the Annual Meeting on June 24. Please contact Rosalind at or at 360-790-2814 with any questions.

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