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October 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on October 5, 2019 by Art ArizpeOctober 5, 2019

Our next meeting is Thursday, October 17th at 7:00 pm.

Our program this month is presented by our own Tom Hausler, “Traveling with Tom“. We hope to see you there!

Agenda:

  • 7:00 – 7:10
    • Welcome and Introduction of New Members and Guests
  • 7:10 – 7:25
    • 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.
    • Calls for Entry
    • Naturescapes Recap
  • 7:25 – 8:25
    • Program – Traveling with Tom – Tom Hausler
  • 8:25 – 9:00
    • Critiques: Travel

Traveling with Tom

About Tom:

“My current life pursuit is nature, wildlife and bird photography. This ties in perfectly with my love of the outdoors. I grew up in the Texas Panhandle, mainly outdoors; my back yard was one square mile.

I started getting interested in photography around 2011, when I was in the Master Naturalists with Art Arizpe and bought a little Sony camera. In 2013 I got more serious and purchased a full-frame Canon.

Capturing wildlife in their own habitat is challenging but rewarding. When I am in the field it’s about the thrill of the chase and I can’t wait to capture the next image.

My travels have taken me to Ecuador, Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, Iceland,Peru, New Zealand and Egypt. Some of my favorite areas to photograph are the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

I enjoy hiking, exploring, and taking photos in national and state parks, and local natural areas.”

Critiques: Spring

To prepare your images, resize the long side to 2000 pixels, resolution of 72 ppi, color space sRGB, and name them 1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_LastName.jpg.

You may ask for a critique on your images or simply “Show and Tell.”

Please email them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, October 15th. Please put “October Critiques” in the subject line.

Officer Elections and Committee Memberships

Our officer election will be in November. Please consider volunteering or nominating a fellow member for an officer position.

The club officers are:

  • President: provides overall leadership to the club; presides at meetings; determines the meeting agenda in concert with other officers and coordinators.
  • Vice-President: presides in the absence of the President; coordinates meeting programs.
  • Secretary: records meeting attendance; maintains permanent records of meetings and club documents, keeps minutes of Executive Committee meetings.
  • Treasurer: receives and disburses club funds; maintains itemized records of receipts and expenditures; provides annual financial report to Executive Committee.
  • Membership: maintains accurate email distribution list of club membership; may send mailings on behalf of other officers and coordinators.

You will also have an opportunity to sign up for a committee. Please consider helping your coordinators in

  • Programs
  • Hospitality
  • Workshops
  • Field Trips

Membership Dues

Annual membership dues are $12.00. Dues for new members are reduced to $6.00 after July 1 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. 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.

September 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on September 1, 2019 by Art ArizpeSeptember 1, 2019

Due to the unavailability of our meeting space, our September 19th meeting is cancelled.

However, on September 7th, we have the openings of the Naturescapes exhibition and our HCPC companion exhibition Seeing Reds.

Come to our alternate meeting, and support your club and your fellow photographers!

Reception and Awards Presentation
September 7th, 5-7pm
San Marcos Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins Street, San Marcos TX

Be aware that it’s a Texas State University football game day — first home game of the season — so traffic will be heavy. Plan accordingly!

Our next regular club meeting will be Thursday, October 17th, and our program will be Travels with Tom Hausler.

The theme for critiques will be “Travel.”

Don’t forget to join us at the reception!

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.

August 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on August 2, 2019 by Art ArizpeAugust 2, 2019

Our next meeting is Thursday, August 15th at 7:00 pm.

Our program this month is an extended Member Share session. We all have experience to share about how we process/develop our images. This is your opportunity to share that experience!

We hope to see you there!

Agenda:

  • 7:00 – 7:10
    • Welcome and Introduction of New Members and Guests
  • 7:10 – 7:25
    • 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.
    • Calls for Entry
    • Naturescapes Update
  • 7:25 – 9:00
    • Program – Before and After: How I created this image – Members

Before and After: How I Created This Image

We all have experience to share about how we process/develop our images. This is your opportunity to share that experience!

Information about all software processing software is welcome.

There are 3 ways to share:

  • Send the “before” and “after” version of your image and explain specifically what you did to process it. What did you try? What didn’t work? What did work?
    Send your 2 sets of files to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, August 13th, 6 pm, and put August Before and After in the Subject line.
    To prepare your images, resize the long side to 2000 pixels, resolution of 72 ppi, and Rename them 1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_LastName.jpg. You are invited to ask for a critique on your images, or simple “Show and Tell.”
  • Send a pdf or slideshow/powerpoint of screen shots showing us specifically what you did and how it did or didn’t work on up to 2 images. Bring the file on a memory stick or USB drive. Or send your pdf to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, August 13th, 6 pm, and put August Before and After in the Subject line.
    Please let me know if you plan to bring files to share.
  • Demo what your do on up to 2 images using your processing software. The demo should take no more than 5 minutes for each image. You will need to bring your own computer and software. Our display TV has HDMI inputs, so you will need to be able to connect using that.
    Please let me know f you plan to bring your computer.

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.

July 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on July 11, 2019 by Art ArizpeJuly 11, 2019

Our next meeting is Thursday, July 18th 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.
Hill Country Photography Club Posted on June 7, 2019 by Art ArizpeMay 20, 2023

Holly Moore

Holly Moore, PPSA, recently received an acceptance to the Texas Photographic Society’s 2019 Annual International Exhibition.

The Exhibition is a traveling exhibit beginning at the Art League of Baytown on July 3rd-August 31st. The photographs will then travel to the Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene for display from November 21st, 2019 – January 18th, 2020 and then to Odessa College from February 3rd – March 2020.

The Society collected 1,000 images from nearly 200 entrants. The Judge , Arthur Meyerson chose 50 works from 47 artists. Holly’s photograph is titled “Abandoned” and was taken at the Carrie Furnace Historical Landmark in Pennsylvania.

June 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on June 6, 2019 by Art ArizpeJune 19, 2019

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 19th. 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.
Hill Country Photography Club Posted on May 4, 2019 by Art ArizpeMay 20, 2023

Mike Zarella

Congratulations to Mike for winning the following:

  1. 2019 Galveston Featherfest Photo Contest Week Two, Honorable Mention – Lucky Heron, Unlucky Fish
  2. 2019 Texas Night Sky Festival Best of Show Award – Pedernales Barn Under the Full Moon
  3. 2019 Galveston Featherfest Photo Contest Week Four, First Place – Nighthawk in the Rain
  4. 2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Plant Life and Fungi of Texas, First Place – Claret Cup Cactus
  5. 2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Wildlife Vertebrates, First Place – Gray Fox Posing
  6. 2019 Migration Celebration Nature Photography Contest, Nature-Themed Photo/Digital Art – Super Blood Moon Eclipse

Great work, Mike!

May 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on May 4, 2019 by Art ArizpeMay 4, 2019

Please join us at our next regular meeting on May 16th! 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.

April 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on March 31, 2019 by Art ArizpeMarch 31, 2019

Please join us at our next regular meeting on April 18th! Our program is “Photography Book Design: A look at the thinking about and process of book design and production” by Julie Savasky

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: Address president vacancy, and enlist members for creating bylaws

7:25 – 8:25 Program: Photography Book Design – Julie Savasky

8:30 – 9:00  Critiques: Spring

Photography Book Design: A look at the thinking about and process of book design and production

Julie Savasky is an Austin-based graphic designer. After 22 years at an international design consultancy, Pentagram, she now operates her own design practice which focuses on solving client’s communication problems through storytelling, brand awareness and culture.

Her body of work includes editorial design, identity, strategy, web design and environmental graphics and has won awards from Graphis, Communication Arts, Society of Publication Designers, and Texas Institute of Letters among others. Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southwestern University.

Her website is 508creative.com.

Critiques: Spring

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 Tuesday, April 16th. Please put “April 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.

March 2019

Hill Country Photography Club Posted on March 1, 2019 by Art ArizpeMarch 2, 2019

Please join us at our next regular meeting on March 21st! 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 19th. 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.

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