To help you plan your shots in advance, you may want to make note of these mini-competition themes:

January 2010: Your interpretation of “Tiny”
February: New Bern bears
April: Tryon Palace
May: Spring in New Bern
June: Your interpretation of “Hot”
July: New Bern Historic District and Downtown
August: Vacation or trip photos
September: New Bern Events
November: Fall in New Bern
December: Season’s Greetings—create a card


2/6/10 CPC Newsletter material due
This is YOUR newsletter. We encourage members to submit material. Examples include: tell us how you used your photos; tell us what photo contests you have entered/won; interesting websites you have found; new/different ideas on how to use photos; book reviews (related to photography); interesting opportunities; a “how to” article; your winning photos from the last meeting; product reviews; a trick or tip on better or interesting photos; an equipment tip or trick; photo-related items that you would like to sell; ideas you think the club should pursue; interesting/photographic places to visit; trainings that you attended and what you learned; photo safaris or adventures you have had; places where your photos are displayed; upcoming photogenic events not listed in our calendar; ideas for our website; ideas to recruit new members; your thoughts on or what you learned at the last meeting; and the list goes on.

2/20 Club meeting
9:30 AM Centenary United Methodist Church. Program: retouching old photos. Speaker: Joan Bottcher. Making new photos look old. Mini-comp theme: “New Bern bears.” Usual categories. Just for fun—no points, no voting—please bring in something you have created that uses a picture that you took, but is not just a printed picture, a card or a photo book. Members are asked to “show and tell” their favorite equipment, gadgets and gizmos (e.g., bags, lenses, storage devices, hoods, straps, extenders, tripods, filters, etc.)

March 2010 New Bern
Library. CPC is the Artist of the Month at the Craven County Library. Theme is black and white with a 40's and 50's look...more on this later. POC is Cindy Ridlon, phone: 252-638-2577.

3/6 CPC Newsletter material due to Phil Morse pmorse@suddenlink.net
This is YOUR newsletter. We encourage members to submit material. Examples include: tell us how you used your photos; tell us what photo contests you have entered/won; interesting websites you have found; new/different ideas on how to use photos; book reviews (related to photography); interesting opportunities; a “how to” article; your winning photos from the last meeting; product reviews; a trick or tip on better or interesting photos; an equipment tip or trick; photo-related items that you would like to sell; ideas you think the club should pursue; interesting/photographic places to visit; trainings that you attended and what you learned; photo safaris or adventures you have had; places where your photos are displayed; upcoming photogenic events not listed in our calendar; ideas for our website; ideas to recruit new members; your thoughts on or what you learned at the last meeting; and the list goes on.

3/20 Spring competition
Club meeting. 9:30 AM. Centenary United Methodist Church. See major competition rules in download section. Photos taken between 1/1/09 and now are eligible.

4/3 CPC Newsletter material due to Phil Morse pmorse@suddenlink.net
This is YOUR newsletter. We encourage members to submit material. Examples include: tell us how you used your photos; tell us what photo contests you have entered/won; interesting websites you have found; new/different ideas on how to use photos; book reviews (related to photography); interesting opportunities; a “how to” article; your winning photos from the last meeting; product reviews; a trick or tip on better or interesting photos; an equipment tip or trick; photo-related items that you would like to sell; ideas you think the club should pursue; interesting/photographic places to visit; trainings that you attended and what you learned; photo safaris or adventures you have had; places where your photos are displayed; upcoming photogenic events not listed in our calendar; ideas for our website; ideas to recruit new members; your thoughts on or what you learned at the last meeting; and the list goes on.

4/3 CPC Spring Field Trip to Duplin Winery
The club’s spring field trip will be to the Dupin/Wayne County area—about a 1.5 hour drive from New Bern. First we’ll visit the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park near Seven Springs. http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/clne/main.php Next we will do lunch at Duplin Winery’s Bistro (in Rose Hill) and will tour the winery. http://www.duplinwinery.com/ After lunch we will visit nearby Kenansville’s Cowan Museum http://www.cowanmuseum.com/ and Liberty Hall http://www.libertyhallnc.org/ We hope you will attend. Since most of the trip is indoors, weather should not be as much of a factor as it had been in our last two outings.