Scavenger Hunt
Take all of your photos before between August 22 and September 4. No photos from your archives! Ten categories have been decided upon, but you don’t need to submit photos in every category. Prizes for first, second and third place will be awarded based on voting by those who participate in the scavenger hunt and submit at least 5 entries. If you submit a photo in all 10 categories you will also win a prize. Following the September 12 deadline for submitting photos, a gallery of all photos will be placed on our website. Voting instructions will be emailed to all who submit photos.
- Hope this provides everyone with some inspiration and motivation to try something new after these many months of the pandemic!
- An email will be sent to every paid member with the categories and complete instructions on submitting photos.
N4C News
Great Blue Heron with Nesting Material by Don Specht *In contention for N4C’s Best of the Best*
Normally N4C announces their annual awards at the September convention, but that has been cancelled. Even so, I expect that the awards will be announced some time in September. This year members of our club have 72 images that will be judged again for N4C’s annual “Best of the Best” awards.
Contests will resume in September and Ken Wolter has kindly agreed to coordinate our club’s entries. The deadline for entry is the 10th of each month and the categories include Altered Reality, Black and White, Journalism, Nature, Pictorial and Travel. In September our club will be responsible for judging the Pictorial contest. We will not be allowed to enter images to contests that we judge.
Please see this page for the N4C rules and how to enter contests.
We will meet at 2:00 pm in the Phipps lobby on Sunday, December 15. After cruising the streets of Hudson, capturing all the seasonal impressions, we’ll meet up in our normal meeting space at 3:30 for hot chocolate and cookies.
One of the benefits of membership in the Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs (TCACCC) is the free annual competition. Individuals will be able to submit up to 20 images in five categories: Contemporary, Nature, Realistic, Color Prints and Monochrome Prints. Our club will also submit 20 images by our members that will compete against other member clubs. The rules and entry forms are posted 
The City of Hudson wants to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season! They will have holiday parking starting November 28th, 2019 through January 2, 2020. During that time, visitors and citizens will be allowed to park free for the first 3 hours. After that initial 3 hours is up, you will be expected to pay for more time. For the free 3 hours you will not need to go to a pay station or use the passport app. The only time you will need to use that is to pay for the time after your 3 hours is up.
Mike Chrun will share a presentation on “Winter Photography on the North Shore”. The presentation concentrates on photographing several of the unique conditions that can be found on the North Shore in the winter: ice formations, large waves, and “sea smoke.” Preparation, equipment, timing, and locations are covered. There is general information on cold weather photography that can be used elsewhere; but, basically, the talk is about when and where to go and how to be prepared. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm.
Thanks to Bryan Leonard for posting this on our Facebook group. “A warning to our members, any visitors attending one of our meetings and guest speakers/judges. This fall, the city of Hudson is making parking changes. The cost is not changing, but the hours are. The new rules will be paid parking Monday through Saturday from 10am – 8pm. The paid time at a meter used to end at 5pm and I think Saturday was free (not sure on that one). So, be sure to plug the meter before attending any of our meetings. Oh, by the way, the meters are going away too. There will be pay stations where you can pay by coin, card or phone app.” The full story from our Hudson paper this week is 
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Group Outing