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Hello Ludmilla,

 

You have a strong leading line coming into the composition from the lower right corner of the image. I like the image and find it interesting. I think it would have been even more compelling if you had a subject at the shoreline at the lower right hand corner of the building for the leading line to point to.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Guy

<p><strong>Parv - </strong>Sorry to hear that you have lost interest in the club. We also just recently had a mentoring session. About four hours at an organizations property with whom we have partnered in the past. Although the event was modestly attended, those that did attend gave the effort high accolades. I recieved several notes of thanks.<br>

The most challenging thing for me is to keep coming up with ideas, events, presentations that will keep the club members interested and learning, which is my where I focus all of my energies. So far it has been working. The club is two years old this month.<br>

The newsletter is still going strong. Published every other month. Yes members have to be reminded to make contributions and yes only a few members offer articles. Never the less I am still very enthusiastic about the newsletter. Our editor does a phenomonal job with it. I brag it up to everyone. Regretably it is sent only to members and not available on line. There was one edition published to the blog. The blog really isnt going anywhere but if one wanted to see that issue the blog address is here.<br>

<a href="http://viewfinder.lightcatchersphotoclub.com/">http://viewfinder.lightcatchersphotoclub.com/</a> <br>

By keeping the focus on improving members skills we have been able to keep and grow an increasing number of members.<br>

Best Regards,<br>

Guy</p>

<p><strong>Parv</strong>,<br>

What an interesting thread. I joined a young club (Lightcatchers) here in Wisconsin about eight months ago. The club is now 14 months old now I think. Twenty to thirty five members attend monthly. Currently there are no dues although that has been discussed. We have a President and a Vice-President, no other formal structure.<br>

The club member composition is similar to yours except I'm not sure any of us would consider ourselves to be masters. We meet one night per month in an art center that allows us to use the space rent free for our meetings and also provides wall space for displaying members work. We are also blessed to have a member who is very accomplished in creating a wonderful newsletter for us.<br>

We have volunteer committees to make decisions regarding upcoming topics/speakers, website creation, and wall display/theme who meet for 1/2 hour prior to the regular meeting. The regular meeting is scheduled to last for 1 hour but it is not uncommon for it to go longer. I lead the topic/theme committee. Topics and themes have consisted of guest and member presentations as well as theme based photo sharing. I have not been able to incorporate a 'critique' portion yet. We are focusing on photography basics to help the less advanced members improve. We have not yet had any 'in club' competitions but members are made aware of different competitions in the area. The club has had one successful field trip to date and has more scheduled for 2011.<br>

Finding ways to encourage less advanced members to participate fully in the various club activities is continually on my mind, so I share your concern in that regard. Overcoming members 'shyness' in displaying their work is a challenge, especially when the more advanced members have very nice work.<br>

<strong>Matthew</strong>, I agree that with your statement that "a serious club requires a process that strongly encourages members to improve." Hopefully our club never looses sight of that.</p>

<p><img src="../photo/11797646" alt="" />First time trying one of these posts, so I hope I get it right. Fun shot that I took at my grand daughters birthday party. Canon 40D, EFS 17-55</p>

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