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The Coastal Photo Club was conceived in 1991 and has grown and flourished since then. The club, based in New Bern, covers much of eastern North Carolina drawing members from as far as Greenville, Morehead City and Swansboro. Over the years we have grown to 124+ members with skill levels ranging from novice to professional, and skill sets running the gamut. These include photo shooting, image editing, and digital manipulation. In addition to regular monthly meetings and competitions we also conduct training and mentoring sessions, take field trips to interesting shooting locations, and give back to the community through photography-related service projects. We are a learning and teaching group, our purpose is to promote the hobby and art form of picture taking and we welcome interested parties of any and all skill levels.
upcoming FIELD TRIPSFort Macon Park (High contrast portraits & Seascapes) ~ 18 July 2018
Oriental, NC Dragon Boat Races ~ 11 August 2018
The latest mini-topic was an explanation of aspect ratios. You can download it by clicking on the graphic below.
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Mr. & Mrs. Sirkin: Points of View
Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present “Mr. & Mrs. Sirkin: Points of View in the Main Gallery at Bank of the Arts from July 5th to August 2nd, 2018. An artistic couple with their own style and mediums, Scott and Susan Sirkins’ work explores times and locations from their own personal experiences. Craven Arts Council will host an opening reception on July 13th from 5pm to 8pm, during the downtown New Bern Artwalk. New York natives, the Sirkins moved to New Bern in 1989, raising a family and building their ½ Hour Photo chain. Susan’s work focuses primarily on impressionistic oil painting, often on the “never cease to amaze” natural beauty of eastern North Carolina, including seascapes, forests, swamps, and estuaries. She seeks to highlight and preserve the fragile and precious treasures of North Carolina. Scott is photographer of 50 years, documenting the social activism of the 70’s. His large black and white canvas prints depicts the coming of age social awareness of the time, and reveals a relevance in today’s political climate. Admission to all galleries at the Bank of the Arts is free and open to the public. The Bank of the Arts is open from 11am to 5pm, Tuesday thru Saturday, with extended hours for Artwalk the second Friday of each month. June Meeting
The June meeting's presentation was on Abstract photography given by Lynne Goodwyn. The quarterly sell-swap-give away table was set up, To McCabe described how he was able to take his winning landscape photo (our "How I Got That Shot segment) and the photo critique corner was up again. Chairman of the rules committee, Sue Williams, reported on the work in progress on revisiong the major competition rules and the usual monthly mini-comp was also held. Photos by Jeanne Julian below. New Public Service Page
CPC does a number of project during the year and we have just added a new page accessible under the "About us" tab at the top of each page or by clicking on the headline of this new section. Links Thanks to Wayne Lytton here's a link to more than you thought you would want to know about Photoshop blending modes.
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CLUB EXHIBITS
We have several semi-permanent exhibits of club images free to the public. Please feel free to drop in and see our work at the following locations.
We have several semi-permanent exhibits of club images free to the public. Please feel free to drop in and see our work at the following locations.
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Carolina Colors Golf Club
3300 Waterscape Way New Bern, NC 28562 (252) 772-7022 |
Pamlico Heritage Museum
10642 Hwy 55 e Grantsboro, NC |
You can now review programs presented at our meetings. Our presenters are furnishing us with their visual programs when available so you can review what you watched. (unfortunately without the lecture that went along with it.) Click here for access.