April 2023
Please join us Thursday, April 20, 7:00 pm, at First Lutheran Church for our next meeting.
Art Arizpe will be presenting a program on his trip to see the migrating Monarchs in Mexico! He will share his photos and his experience there with his wife Mary.
Art will also present a short program on the backstory about Naturescapes, and pass out the postcards for our upcoming 19th Annual Naturescapes Photography Contest.
Agenda
6:30 – 7:00 Set up for the meeting. Visitation time for early arrivals
7:00 – Welcome and Announcements
7:25 – Short Presentation on Naturescapes
7:35 – 8:15 Program: Kingdom of the Monarchs with Art Arizpe
8:15 – end Member Photo Share, Theme – Theme: A River Runs Through It.
Program: Kingdom of the Monarchs with Art Arizpe. Photos from our visit to the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. About Art: Art is employed full-time as an electrical engineer doing chip design. He joined the Hill Country Photography Club in 2007 because he saw a newspaper article about the Naturescapes Photography Contest. He has served as President of the club and is currently the club’s webmaster. He became the Naturescapes Photography Contest Coordinator in 2011. He became a Texas Master Naturalist in 2007 and served as President of the Hays County Chapter from 2013 through 2015. Art enjoys the art of photography because he finds it challenging, creative, and lets him exercise his right brain.

Member Photo Share: Theme this month is “A River Runs Through it.
From Bill Galloway, “Of course, most of our hometowns – San Marcos, Austin, Georgetown, Wimberley—qualify. But rivers run through a lot of things and places. Dams, bridges, canyons, valleys come to mind. These offer chances to get creative in your search for rivers lurking in your photo collection.” (As always, if you prefer to share something other than the theme for the month, you may do so.)
Please resize and rename your 2 images as follows: 1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_Last Name.jpg, and resize to 2000 pixels on the long side. NOTE: Send them by email to photos@jerrysargent.com by April 17 to insure they will be shown at the meeting.(Note: As always, if you prefer to submit something other than the theme topic, you may do so.)
Dues
Annual dues are a bargain at $12 per year. If you haven’t renewed, you may pay at the meeting, or use our PayPal by using this link, or you can mail your check to Winifred Simon at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676. (Only paid members may post on our HCPC Members Facebook page. If you are a paid member and cannot access the account, ask Charlie Kreitler, our admin, to allow you access.
Social Media
We have two Facebook Pages — Public and Members Only.
If you have any news or stories you’d like to have included in the newsletter, please send them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com.
Reminders
If you have a Facebook account, you may join our club’s Closed Group page and keep up with current member news as well as postings of Calls for Entry that you may wish to enter, or share other important or interesting information with our group. Go to HCPC Members. You must be a paid member to post and use this account. It is the easiest and best way to keep current on photo opps and member news. Charlie Kreitler is the administrator of this page – thank you Charlie!
You may also send a write-up of Accomplishments and Awards information that you would like to share on our website by submitting your information in a concise manner, and email to Art Arizpe at webmaster@hcphotoclub.org.