Tracy Camera Club

Club member Mickey McGuire won photo of the month with Camelias. Congratulations!

Flower photo captures Tracy Camera Club’s Photo of the Month A black and white photo of a flower captured the judge’s eye and was named the Tracy Camera Club Photo of the Month for May.

Our subject of the month for May is "Shoot through objects"! We have a small workshop at the beginning of our last camera club meeting led by Geoffry Faulkner. We reviewed some posts about shoot-through and looked for inspiration. Geoff brought a few props to have people try to take some pictures on their own and get started for their submission for May.

Here is one of the photos, the illustrious and most-photographed subject at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts -- "The vase". This photo was lit by a few small LED light cubes and photographed by shooting through a plastic bag with a hole cut out to provide the sharp subject in the middle.

What are your plans for Shoot Through for next month? The ideas we came up with are:

Plastic bag, cut open at lens to see subject clearly
Plastic wrap, spray with water to make micro-lenses on the wrap.
Foliage, find the gap. Bring foliage close, subject far. Foliage in shadow
Glass ball, prism, water glass, water bottle, fish bowl, eyeglasses, etc.
Magnifying glass
Paper, torn, cut
Empty picture frame
1" Copper pipe held up to lens

Tracy Camera Club will be at this event taking photos for the public!

Join us at the Grand for our annual Dia de los Mu***os Family Day event! We'll have vendors, photo opportunities, hands-on activities, a community art show, and a community altar; free and open to the public! Save the date: October 25, 10 AM - 2 PM
City of Tracy - Local Government Downtown Tracy