Mentorship News

Mentorship is one of the great things being offered by the Enchanted Lens Camera Club (ELCC).  Each month we offer classes for free to members.  The Mentorship Classes are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the offices of Dekker/Peritch/Sabatini, 7601 Jefferson NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109.  Monthly Casual Critique sessions are held on the last Thursday of the month.  Most classes are "come one come all", however occasionally there will be a hands-on class that will have a limited number of people we can handle.  Those will be classes you will need to sign up for and a sign up sheet will be provided.  

Listed below is a sample of what we are offering to begin the 2012/13 ELCC year.  

Our first event will take place on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th starting at 7:00 with a short social event designed for members to get to know each other and to expand their circle of friends.  This will be followed by an introduction to the monthly Casual Critique meetings with LeRoy Perea.  The monthly Casual Critiques are a hugely popular meeting that takes place on the last Thursday of the month These sessions are designed to get feedback on your images from the point of view of a judge, so if you are concerned about an image that you are thinking of submitting to the monthly Exhibition, this is a great chance to get some feedback before you submit.  It is also a great opportunity for those people who are not yet comfortable with the exhibition process to get feedback in a non-rated informal setting.  These evenings are filled with a lot of humor in a very relaxed atmosphere.  

In October, Keith Bauer will be doing a 3 session class on the Fundamentals of Photography.  Keith has taught this class for us many times and it is always successful.  Those classes are scheduled for OCTOBER 9, 16 and 23.  

In NOVEMBER we are starting out with a class comparing several of the less expensive editing software packages that are available for those of you who are just starting to edit and are not sure quite where to go or what to do, and this class will be held on NOVEMBER 6.  This class will be followed by a class on cutting your own mats, since the exhibition rules have changed and you may only submit one digital image per month.  However you can submit 2 or 3 print images and they should be matted.  This would be one way of reducing the expense of displaying your images.  This class will be held on NOVEMBER 20.  

Please check the Calendar on the ELCC website for information on Mentorship seminars throughout the remainder of the year. To read the calendar, place your cursor over the entry and a box will open with more details.  If you take advantage of the on-line calendar, you can plan ahead to make sure that you are able to attend all the classes that are important to you.  The F-Stop newsletter will also contain updated info throughout the year and we do send out reminder emails.

If you have any other suggestions and/or would like to present a class yourself, please let me know. I can be reached by email at Paigeriffic1@gmail.com.

The Mentorship Committee is excited about this next club year and working with all of you to make it really special.  
 

One-on-One Help

Some of our experienced members have offered to do one-on-one training with newer members.  Below is a list of those volunteers, their contact information, and the programs they can help with.  So go ahead and contact them and see what you can set up.  Is this a great club or what!!!