August 2022
Next meeting will be Thursday, August 18th, 7 pm, at First Lutheran Church of San Marcos, 130 West Holland Street in San Marcos.
On the agenda
- Welcome
- Member News Share and Discussion
- Naturescapes and Bridges Exhibits
- Program
- Photo Share
Program
“Laguna Seca Bird Photography Ranch”, “Backyard Bluejays”, “Basic Beginner Milky Way Photography” – presented by Linda Avitt.
This will be three short programs: Linda’s experience attending a bird photo workshop at Laguna Seca Ranch; how to capture bird action photos in a small back yard; and how you probably already own everything you need to take Milky Way photos and star trails.
Photo Share
You may send up to two images to share with the group. (You can send in any photos taken with any camera. It doesn’t have to be the monthly theme.) Tom Delaney has given us the following photo theme.
August Theme – the lazy summer doldrums are enveloping us. We need some action. The topic this month is: movement, motion. People must see movement in your photo, no movies allowed.
For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end of Monday, August 15th, and put August Photo Share – Movement, Motion in the Subject line.
To prepare your images, we no longer have to resize our photos! Save them with the color space sRGB, and name them 1FirstName_LastName and 2FirstName_LastName. For example, 1Linda_Avitt.
Calls for Entry
Naturescapes and /Bridges Upcoming Dates
Full details can be found at Naturescapes 2022
Jeff Parker, Juror
Call for Entries: Closed
Dropoff: August 27th
Awards Reception: September 17th
Exhibit ends: October 28th
Pickup: October 29th
Member News
Jerry Sargent has been interviewed by LVnTheLife. He’ll post a link to the video on our Facebook page as soon as it’s available. If you’d like to know more about LVnTheLife, here are a few links.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LVnthelife
https://www.instagram.com/lvnthelife/
https://www.tiktok.com/@lvnthelife?lang=en
https://www.lvnthelife.com/
Social Media
We have two Facebook Pages — Public and Members Only. Since we don’t currently meet in person, the Members Only page is the best way for our club to stay in touch, interact, and share photos, It’s an active page, and you can post your photos and ask for advice, feedback, or a critique. (If you’re a new member, you’ll need to request access to the group.)
If you have any news or stories you’d like to have included in the newsletter, please send them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com.
Membership Dues
Annual membership dues are $12.00. Dues for new members are reduced to $6.00 after July 1st each year.
You may pay by check at the next meeting, pay with Paypal here, or mail to our treasurer, Winifred Simon, at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676, or pay using PayPal.
Paid membership is required for participation in exhibitions, fieldtrips and most workshops, as well as listings in Member News and Member Links on hcphotoclub.org. If you are on our email list, you will continue to receive our emails and be welcome at meetings whether or not you have paid dues.
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.