Our next meeting is Thursday, July 18^th at 7:00 pm.

Drones and photography … our fellow member Terry Brim will explain guidelines for using a drone, how he uses his drone(s), and his subsequent processing to capture amazing images.

We will have also have a short demo, weather permitting.

Hope to see you there!!!

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:10  Welcome and Member Share (if you have news to share and want to show an image with it, please submit by Tuesday before the meeting. Put SHARE in the subject heading, please.

7:10 – 7-25 Business: Proposed Bylaws, Special Election

7:25 – 9:00 Program – Photographing with Drones – Terry Brim

Photographing with Drones

About Terry:

“I’ve had a life-long love of cameras and photography. I started playing with my parent’s cameras as a youngster (always without film), took pictures with Kodak 110 pocket cameras as a teenager, and obtained my first real camera, a Canon A1, after graduating high school.

I shot film for many years (but always on the shoestring budget of a cash-strapped college student) until selling my camera gear shortly after buying our first (and still current) home. My wife and I bought a couple of early models of small digital cameras after we had kids, but it wasn’t until they got older and started getting involved in sports that I purchased my first digital SLR, a Canon 40D. After 8 years, three camera bodies, and many hundreds of thousands of frames captured, our kids graduated high school and ended their sports careers.

After our kids graduated I began exploring other photo subjects – from macro, landscapes, wildlife, architecture, and even astrophotography. I had begun to see amazing images on the web taken from camera drones and started researching them myself.

In March of 2017 I purchased my first drone – and was immediately hooked. Having a drone opened up whole new worlds of photography for me, sunrises and sunsets became favorite subjects, and cityscapes and landscapes were viewed from new vantage points. After obtaining my first drone my DSLR saw little use – I’d venture to guess that 90%+ of my photography is now captured with my drone. My eye is always on the sky or my immediate surroundings in search of new opportunities for capturing aerial images.”

Dues for 2019 are $12.

New members joining after the first of the year will pay a prorated amount. You may pay by check at the next meeting or mail to our treasurer, Winifred Simon, at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676, or pay using PayPal.

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. Carolyn Whiteside is the administrator of this page – thank you Carolyn!
• 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.

UPDATE:

The program for Thursday’s, June 20th, meeting has changed. Due to Terry Brim’s mishap with his drone recently, his presentation will be at the July meeting. That said, we have MORE time for YOUR critique images – either Still Life, or anything else you want to share. Critique deadline has been extended through 6:00 PM today. Check your email for submission details.

Also, we will discuss proposed By-laws for our club. We will introduce them briefly to you at the meeting.

Hope to see you there!!!

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:10  Welcome and Member Share (if you have news to share and want to show an image with it, please submit by Tuesday before the meeting. Put SHARE in the subject heading, please.

7:10 – 7-25 Business: Proposed Bylaws, Special Election

7:25 – 9:00 Critiques – Still Life (or open!)

This program has been postponed until July – Photographing with Drones

About Terry:

“I’ve had a life-long love of cameras and photography. I started playing with my parent’s cameras as a youngster (always without film), took pictures with Kodak 110 pocket cameras as a teenager, and obtained my first real camera, a Canon A1, after graduating high school.

I shot film for many years (but always on the shoestring budget of a cash-strapped college student) until selling my camera gear shortly after buying our first (and still current) home. My wife and I bought a couple of early models of small digital cameras after we had kids, but it wasn’t until they got older and started getting involved in sports that I purchased my first digital SLR, a Canon 40D. After 8 years, three camera bodies, and many hundreds of thousands of frames captured, our kids graduated high school and ended their sports careers.

After our kids graduated I began exploring other photo subjects – from macro, landscapes, wildlife, architecture, and even astrophotography. I had begun to see amazing images on the web taken from camera drones and started researching them myself.

In March of 2017 I purchased my first drone – and was immediately hooked. Having a drone opened up whole new worlds of photography for me, sunrises and sunsets became favorite subjects, and cityscapes and landscapes were viewed from new vantage points. After obtaining my first drone my DSLR saw little use – I’d venture to guess that 90%+ of my photography is now captured with my drone. My eye is always on the sky or my immediate surroundings in search of new opportunities for capturing aerial images.”

Critiques: Still Life

Please resize your images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename as follows: 1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_LastName.jpg.

Remember, when showing your images, you may ask for a critique or suggestions for improvement from members, or simply “show and tell” your image.

Please email them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Wednesday, June 19^th. Please put “June Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2019 are $12.

New members joining after the first of the year will pay a prorated amount. You may pay by check at the next meeting or mail to our treasurer, Winifred Simon, at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676, or pay using PayPal.

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. Carolyn Whiteside is the administrator of this page – thank you Carolyn!
• 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.

Please join us at our next regular meeting on May 16^th! Our program is “Still Life in New Times” by Barbra Riley. Still life art has been around for millenia. Classic still lifes are foods, flowers, objects arranged artfully on a cloth or table. But what of contemporary objects? Our program will speak about and demonstrate how we can photograph lovely still lifes that represent our modern world, and we can practice!

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:10  Welcome and Member Share (if you have news to share and want to show an image with it, please submit by Tuesday before the meeting. Put SHARE in the subject heading, please.

7:10 – 7-25 Business: Calls for Entry, Club President Nominees

7:25 – 9:00 Program: Still Life in New Times – Barbra Riley, Mini-Workshop

Still Life in New Times

Come prepared to participate in a “mini-workshop.” We will have time to practice making images of a contemporary still life.

Bring your camera and a tripod if you have one, charged batteries, and your memory card. Barbra recommends your bringing the lens(es) you are most comfortable with.

Barbra Riley was born in Brooklyn, and she studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and California State University where she received her BA and MA in Art. After graduation, Barbra ran her own art and design studio in New York City. She designed, photographed, and worked with printers and bookbinders on commercial projects while she continued to produce and exhibit her own water-media paintings, hand-colored photographs and works on paper.

In 1978 began teaching at what is now Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She taught photography, book arts, and watercolor painting, in addition to developing the digital curriculum in photography and commercial design for the Art Department, and curated exhibitions for the Weil Gallery. She also conducted classes and workshops abroad. In 2016, Barbra retired from teaching to spend more time in her art studio at Canyon Lake.

Barbra Riley’s photographs and paintings have been widely exhibited for more than 40 years. She has been included in exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California. In Texas, she has exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Houston Center for Photography, Laguna Gloria Museum in Austin, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, and The Art Museum of South Texas as well as dozens of other exhibition spaces. Currently, 20 large painted photographs by Riley (commissioned by the SPURS, NBA) are featured in the new AT&T Center Collection of Art in San Antonio.

Her website is https://barbrariley.com

Dues for 2019 are $12.

New members joining after the first of the year will pay a prorated amount. You may pay by check at the next meeting or mail to our treasurer, Winifred Simon, at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676, or pay using PayPal.

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. Carolyn Whiteside is the administrator of this page – thank you Carolyn!
• 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.

Please join us at our next regular meeting on March 21^st! Our program is “Photographing Nature : Making Lemonade” by Carolyn Whiteside.

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:20  Welcome and Member Share (if you have news to share and want to show an image with it, please submit by Tuesday before the meeting. Put SHARE in the subject heading, please.

7:25 – 8:25 Program: Photographing Nature : Making Lemonade– Carolyn Whiteside

8:30 – 9:00  Critiques: Open Theme – Before and After

Photographing Nature : Making Lemonade

Carolyn became serious about photography after retiring from Hays High School.

Shortly, thereafter, she began participating in art shows at Kerrville, Salado, Rockport, and Gruene. Now, she has retired again.

Realism that shows the gentle and beautiful aspects of nature best describes Carolyn’s photography. When the viewer makes a personal connection with the photograph she feels she has been successful.

Carolyn’s photos have been published in Hill Country Magazine, Hill Country Alliance Calendars, Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, and Cowboys and Indians Magazine. They have also been in gallery exhibitions at the Rockport Center for the Arts, A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas Photographic Society: 21, and the Naturescapes Exhibits at the Walker’s Gallery in San Marcos.

Some of the businesses that have a collection of her photos include: Airport Embassy Suites in San Antonio; Lexus and Subaru Dealerships at the Dominion in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley; Dr. Layfield’s Orthodontics in New Braunfels; Hocheim Prairie Insurance in Cuero; and, Gruene River Grill in Gruene.

Critiques: Open Theme – Before and After

Please resize your images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename as follows: 1FirstName_LastName_Before, 1FirstName_LastName_Edit, etc.

Remember, when showing your images, you may ask for a critique or suggestions for improvement from members, or simply “show and tell” your image.

Please email them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, March 19^th. Please put “March Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2019 are $12.

New members joining after the first of the year will pay a prorated amount. You may pay by check at the next meeting or mail to our treasurer, Winifred Simon, at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX 78676, or pay using PayPal.

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. Carolyn Whiteside is the administrator of this page – thank you Carolyn!
• 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.