Please join us Thursday, April 18^th, 7:00 pm, at First Lutheran Church!

Agenda

6:30 – 7:00 Set up for the meeting. Visitation time for early arrivals

7:00 – Welcome and Member News

7:15 – Program: An Introduction to Photoshop Layers by David Olson

8:15 – Member Photo Share, Theme: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles or Eclipse Images

Program:  An Introduction to Photoshop Layers by David Oson

This month’s program will be an introduction to Photoshop Layers. If you already use Photoshop, You’ll learn at least one new thing from David Olson’s presentation. If you have never used Photoshop, you will see the value of using both Photoshop and Lightroom if you are a LR user.

From David Olson: “I’m a retired engineer that has become a technical photographer through self-teaching. My motivation comes from a sense of adventure and great curiosity. They have gotten me into mischief and given me great joy and satisfaction. The adventure always has me going to new places and seeing new things. The curiosity pushes me to ‘walk over that next hill’ just to see what is there. And if I see something wonderful or intriguing, I want to shout “Look what I found”, I want to share what I see.

My curiosity has me photographing old doors, a discarded piece of machinery, a common view from a new angle, something different and new. My goal is to have people look at my photographs and not say “Oh he was there”, not to be just a record of where I have been or what I have done, but to feel what I did, whether in awe of beauty, excitement in or marveling at history. The best compliment I’ve had was a friend who said “… they (your photos) are no longer just snapshots, but you are now taking photographs.”

Procedure when arriving

Please find your name tag at the table when you walk in, then locate the attendance sheet on the table and check off your name. You can also see if you are up to date on your dues. If not, you can pay Winifred Simon at the meeting, or other options below.

Member Photo Share Theme:  Planes, Trains, and Automobiles or Eclipse Images

“Spring is here and, hopefully, summer will remain a few more weeks away. A good time to go somewhere. Unless you are a marathon walker, that means using wheels or wings. Those wheels and wings may provide the subject or accent element for great pictures. Antique cars, planes, wagons, cabooses, etc may be the whole focus of the trip. (I love steam trains.) For more flash and brawn there’s race cars, fire trucks, tractors, and big rigs. So get rollin”. – Bill Galloway

Please name your 2  images as follows:  1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_Last Name.jpg. No need to resize – just make sure it is a jpeg file. Send them by email to photos@jerrysargent.com by Tuesday, April 16^th 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

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.