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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Digital World Club Orchid Group
The Digital World Club’s meeting on Monday, July 6th, at 1 pm will be you're ready to take your orchid
via Zoom as we are sheltering in place. growing to the next level (learn how
to help them thrive and rebloom), join

Watch your email for details on how to access our Zoom meeting. We us at one of our future meetings which
will be sending out the details to those people signed up to receive emails happens the first Saturday of the
from the DWC. If you haven’t signed up and want to receive emails or if month every other month.

you need help with Zoom, please contact us for assistance.
Please consider joining and learn
Rick Koehler - rpkoehler@comcast.net about the wonderful and interesting
Rebecca Jenkins - rcolgla952@icloud.com
world of orchids.
Debbie Ferris - debbie.ferris49@icloud.com
Jim Lindauer - jcal767@gmail.com
Shutter Bugs
Barbara Allen - ballen2620@gmail.com
Hello fellow Shutterbugs.
Helping Hands 2.0
We hope you are all doing well and staying safe. During these
challenging times life is far from normal and our Shutterbug activities
Helping Hands was finally able to return all cash
refunds to the cancelled Fashion Show and Luncheon have been somewhat limited for sure.
ticket holders the first week of June. We are proud to
say that we received an additional $420 in donations Our next meeting is scheduled for July 2nd at 2pm. We will be
and sent that to the Placer Food Bank on June 7th. conducting this meeting using Zoom. An invitation will go out to all
That makes the total sent to them $3750! We are so Shutterbug members with the link for the meeting.
pleased and proud that we were able to do this and we know that those Since we are still in relative isolation it might be a perfect time to
receiving benefit from it are incredibly grateful. And we are grateful for practice still life photography. Thanks to Norm Vig for this suggestion. If
the generosity of our community members who helped make this happen.
you have suggestions for what you would like to cover please let the
Helping Hands is always here for you. Although right now we cannot steering committee know so we can plan for that at a future time.
deliver meals to you, or run errands, we can still send cards. Please let us
know if you or someone you know is ill or has lost a loved one and we Still life is a separate photography art form. You can use found scenes or
will get a card out right away. Please email rbevmumm@gmail.com .
objects for still life or you can take complete control of the entire photo
We are hoping you are all continuing to be safe, healthy, social scene, including the background, the lighting, and the objects. It requires
distancing and wearing masks when you are out even though some pulling all those skills together to produce interesting still life photos. So,
places have opened up. I know it sure was nice to get a haircut!! we will show examples of how to control the lighting and composition to
create still life photos.
It will be great when we can all get together again!

We will show a 15-minute video and then show examples and discuss
Line Dancing
ways for you to setup still life shots with items you already have around
Since we are now required to "shelter in place" line dance class is the house and/or with inexpensive items.
temporary suspended, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the physical For this month’s theme we are encouraging you to take photos or
and mental benefits of dancing. Put on some music and dance around assemble collages of photos showing what you are doing during
your house. It will be the best "feel good" medicine you can give isolation.
yourself. So turn up the music and dance. Nobody is watching!

If you have questions about this assignment please reach out to one of
the steering committee members and we would be happy to fill in more
Orchid Group
details.
The Orchid Group wishes you all a healthy and safe shelter in place.
We will then leave at least an hour to show some of our members work
While you're home you may be thinking it would really be great to have from this project.
a new hobby since you have more time on your hands than usual. And
what could be more rewarding than growing an orchid! They bring a lot Stay safe and we’ll see in our Zoom. If you have never used the sharing
of happiness and peace to an otherwise hectic and stressful life. When process on Zoom, I suggest you attend one of the many training sessions

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