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2018 Naturescapes Exhibition

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These are the 60 photographs chosen by the 2018 Naturescapes Photography Contest Juror, Earl Nottingham.

Congratulations to all!

September 2018

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Learning Creativity

We are excited about our guest speaker this month, on Thursday, September 20th.

Nancy Cavender-Garcia will teach us how we can be more creative – that it is something that can actually be learned.

Naturescapes: Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 8th at the San Marcos Activity Center Walker’s Gallery for the Naturescapes Contest Awards Reception. It is also a time to recognize our members who have their work featured in our club’s exhibition.Both look fantastic! The reception will run from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, with the program beginning at 6:00. Please come support your club, get to know others who entered our club sponsored contest. Bring your family and friends!

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: Learning Creativity – Nancy Cavender-Garcia

8:30 – 9:00  Critiques: Before and Edit

Program: Learning Creativity with Nancy Cavender-Garcia

Learning Creativity!

Many believe that creativity is a gift bestowed to the geniuses of the world, but in reality, creativity is available to all. It simply needs to be nursed, cultivated and practiced. In a study by George Land and Beth Jarman it was found that non-creative behavior is learned. Nancy Cavender Garcia will highlight practices that will spark your creativity and help you develop the right muscles to intensify your creative skills.

Nancy Cavender-Garcia earned her BFA and MFA degrees in photography at the University of New Mexico. She has been practicing photography since 1984 and has extensive experience in traditional black/white photography, digital photography, non-silver processes, hand coloring photographs, pinhole photography and more.

Cavender-Garcia has been teaching since 1998 at various venues and now she aspires to help individuals achieve their goals in photography and add creativity to their lives through the workshops at The Creative Light.

Critiques: Before and Edit.

Please resize your 2 sets of “before and edit” images to 2000 pixels on the long side, and resolution of 72 ppi. Rename files as follows: 1FirstName_LastName_before.jpg, 1FirstName_LastName_EDIT.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, September 18th. Please put “August Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2018 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 2018

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68 Degrees: Barton Springs

Please join us for a summer-themed program which is rescheduled from June.

Austin photographer and educator Anthony Maddaloni will share portraits from his 68 Degrees: Barton Springs series.

NATURESCAPES UPDATE: Naturescapes and “Open” selections have been made. Please remember to deliver your photos on Saturday, August 18th, to the San Marcos Activity Center, from 10:00 – 6:00. If you are unable to drop off on that date, please ask someone to do that for you.

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:25  Welcome, Introductions, and Member News

7:30 – 8:15  Program: 68 Degress: Barton Springs – Anthony Maddaloni

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Recent Work

Program: 68 Degrees: Barton Springs with Anthony Maddaloni

Anthony Maddaloni has been teaching photography classes in Austin for almost 20 years, including at the University of Texas and at Austin Contemporary. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase, NY in 1996. He was a staff photographer for both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives during various legislative sessions from 2001-2006. He was also a staff photographer at UT’s Harry Ransom Center from 2006-2011.

His work is in private collections and he has had showings of his work in and around Austin since 2001. His photographs have been published in the New York Times as well as the Austin American Statesman and Shots Magazine.

Both a teacher and a working photographer, he teaches workshops in alternative process, portfolio building, digital photography, and black and white darkroom lessons.

His current projects include photographing the people at Barton Springs and also a City of Austin grant funded project titled Govalle Park, where he is photographing the baseball players.

Critiques: Recent Work

Please resize 2 images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename them 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, August 14th. Please put “August Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2018 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 2018

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 Antartica

Please join us, on July 19th, for a “cool” program in the heat of the summer. Club member Steven Touchstone will talk about his time spent in ANTARCTICA! He’s got some award-worthy images to share with us, and stories you won’t want to miss.

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:25  Welcome, Introductions, and Member News

7:30 – 8:15  Program: Antartica – Steven Touchstone

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Weather

Steven Touchstone ~ Photographer

“Photography is what I like to do. Now that I am retired from being a Helicopter Mechanic for 36 years I can spend more time at photography. I started photography around 15 while getting the photography merit badge in Boy Scouts for my Eagle Scout quest. I have learned a lot from The New York Institute of Photography, The Life Library of Photography by Time Life Books and the Outdoor Photographer magazines etc.

While working in Antarctica for 11 years I had some very unusual and out of this world sights. The best view in Antarctica , and a little bias on my part, is from the top of Touchstone Crag, in Helicopter Mountains. ​It was named after me in 2008. Getting to McMurdo was a experience of it own. Going through New Zealand and flying on a C-130, 141, at last a C-17. Several times I took a Round The World flight to and from New Zealand, so I got to see all 7 Continents. Although I did not get to spend as much time in each Continent as I would have liked, I think you will agree I got some good shots. Hope you like them.

I live in Canyon Lake, Texas and am a member of the Hill Country Photography Club and the New Braunfels Photographic Society.”​

Critiques: Weather

Please resize 2 images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename them 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, July 17th. Please put “July Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2018 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.

June 2018

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68 Degrees: Barton Springs

Please join us this month for a summertime-themed program. Austin photographer and educator Anthony Maddaloni will share portraits from his 68 Degrees: Barton Springs series.

Naturescapes Update:

The deadline for entering this year’s Naturescapes Photography Contest is approaching soon. Midnight June 25 is the deadline. Entries are coming in. Don’t wait until the last minute to get your entries submitted. Details for entering can be found on this link.

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:25  Welcome, Introductions, and Member News

7:30 – 8:15  Program: 68 Degress: Barton Springs – Anthony Maddaloni

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Summer

Program: 68 Degrees: Barton Springs with Anthony Maddaloni

Anthony Maddaloni has been teaching photography classes in Austin for almost 20 years, including at the University of Texas and at Austin Contemporary. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase, NY in 1996. He was a staff photographer for both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives during various legislative sessions from 2001-2006. He was also a staff photographer at UT’s Harry Ransom Center from 2006-2011.

His work is in private collections and he has had showings of his work in and around Austin since 2001. His photographs have been published in the New York Times as well as the Austin American Statesman and Shots Magazine.

Both a teacher and a working photographer, he teaches workshops in alternative process, portfolio building, digital photography, and black and white darkroom lessons.

His current projects include photographing the people at Barton Springs and also a City of Austin grant funded project titled Govalle Park, where he is photographing the baseball players.

Critiques: Summer

Please resize 2 images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename them 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, June 19th. Please put “June Critiques” in the subject line.

Dues for 2018 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.

May 2018

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Our third Thursday meeting on May 17 will be at Bracken Cave Preserve.

If you are on our mailing list, you have all of the information needed for this outing. There will be no meeting at Brookdale San Marcos North.

If we don’t see you on our field trip, please join us next month at our regular meeting place. Our guest speaker will be Anthony Maddaloni from Austin. You can check out his images on his website here.

More information on June’s meeting will be posted here soon.

Dues for 2018 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 2018

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Cell Phone Photography, Part 2

Special Note: We’re sorry we were forced to cancel the April meeting and program.

An event at Brookdale prevented us from using their facility. We hope that never happens again, but always check your email or Facebook before heading to a meeting. It was not possible to call everyone.

We were able to reschedule our meeting for May 10th, and hope your will be able to come.

We will continue our previous program on Cell Phone Photography.

Naturescapes Kick-off – Come see the new postcard, and take some home with you to share in your community. We need to get the word out to as many people as possible.

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:25  Welcome, Introductions, and Member News

7:30 – 8:15  Program: Cell Phone Photography, Part 2 – Carol Serur

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Pet or Animal Photography

Program: Cell Phone Photography, Part 2 with Carol Serur

We spent so much time going over basics in the first program, that we didn’t have much time to discuss some of the creative apps. I’ll demonstrate more of that with you, and have another “handy” handout for you to take home. Please bring the last one with you for reference. I’ll have a few extras if you missed the first program.

***Have your cell phones charged and ready to use for the program.

In addition, Rose Epps will share some good information about how to organize the icons/folders on your iPhone/iPad using iTools.

Also, if YOU would like to share some info with the group, please let me know ahead of time (or not…) that you would like to share with the group. We learn together, and I appreciate your input, as always.

Critiques: Pet or Animal Photography

In response to our last program, please submit 2 images with a pet or animal theme (or other if you wish). Please resize them to be 2000 pixels on the long side, and a resolution of 72. Rename your images as follows:  1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_LastName.jpg.

Email your images to hcphotoclub@gmail.com no later than Tuesday, April 17th. Please put April Critiques in your Subject Line.

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

Dues for 2018 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 2018

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Unique Aspects of Pet Photography

Our next meeting on March 15th will be a lot of fun, and of interest to all who have pets they love.

Our guest speaker, Janet Deltuva, is a pet photographer, and she will let you in on some secrets to getting better shots of your own pets, or perhaps take photos of other people with their furry friends. Get here early – or at least by 7. We will begin the evening with Janet’s program, followed by a short business meeting, and ending with Critiques.

Agenda:

7:00 – 8:00  Program: Unique Aspects of Pet Photography with Janet Deltuva

8:10 – 8:25  Business (we have a short survey for you to take concerning programming)

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Cell Phone Photos Before and Afters

Program: Unique Aspects of Pet Photography with Janet Deltuva

Janet Deltuva is a pet photographer and the owner of Ares & Emzy Photography, located in Boerne, Texas. She works with pets & their people primarily on location, with her K9 models, farm friends, or adventurous cats. She offers in-home sessions for indoor pets, as well as Limited Edition Studio Sessions, primarily as fund-raising events for animal charities.

Janet has been “owned” by a multitude of animals in her life to include: parakeets, cats, dogs, ferrets, Guinea Pigs, gerbils and more. She states that she is, “Currently owned by a retired Military Working dog named Ares and two cats named Pixie & Boudreux”. Her military working dog photographs have been featured on the cover and within the book, “Warrior Pups: True Stories of America’s K9 Heroes”, written by Jeff Kamen and published by Lyons Press.

Janet is a volunteer photographer for the families who foster military working dog puppies, The Guide Dogs of Texas, US War Dogs, Mission K9 Rescue and the Mal-FFunctions Dog Rescue. Janet is a United States Air Force veteran.

She earned her Bachelors of Fine Art in Digital Photography, with Honors from The Art Institute of San Antonio. Member: Hearts Speak Global Community of Artists Working for the Advocacy of All Shelter Animals PPA | Professional Photographers of America PPSA | The Professional Photographers of San Antonio.

Critiques: Cell Phone Photos Before and Afters

Note: If cell phone photography is not your “thing,” please submit before and afters on any topic.

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.

Email your 2 sets of images to hcphotoclub@gmail.com no later than Tuesday, March 13th. Please put March Critiques in your Subject Line.

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

Dues for 2018 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.

February 2018

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Making the Most of Your Cell Phone Photos

Please join me for our next meeting on February 15th.

Our program will be aimed at helping you get the most out of your cell phone images, whether it’s fine art you are trying to accomplish, or simply make your cell phone photos much more interesting to save and share, in addition to amazing your friends at what you can do with one finger!

Agenda:

7:00 – 7:25  Welcome, Introductions, and Member News

7:30 – 8:15  Program: Making the Most of Your Cell Phone Photos with Carol Serur

8:20 – 9:00  Critiques: Humor

Program: Making the Most of Your Cell Phone Photos with Carol Serur

In order to get the most out of this month’s program, you will be working along with me as I go through some basic editing software, and then take it to the next level with textures, BIRDS, and other fun elements.

Here are some apps you should download to your phone before our meeting. You will need to have an iTunes account in order to make purchases on your iPhone, or to even download free apps. If you think you might want to download some during the meeting, be sure you know your password.

Here are the most important ones to have on your phone for this tutorial program: (If you have an Android phone, some may not be available. Snapseed and Repix are definitely available for you.)

NOTE: If you prefer to edit photos on your iPad rather than cell phone, be sure to download apps FOR iPad onto your iPad. You will not get the best results if you are using apps meant for cell phones.

  1. Snapseed (a Google app – free)
  2. DistressedFX – $0.99 (you may purchase more options later if you want)

 

Optional apps: I’ll touch on these briefly, as time allows

  1. Squaready – Great free app for Instagram posting which allows full landscape or panoramas fit into IG’s square format.
  2. Repix – Free with in-app purchases (bokeh, raindrops, smoke,
  3. Stackables – $2.99 (many textures and looks with blending mode options)
  4. VividHDR – optional – wonderful app for landscapes (I’m not sure about pricing on this)
  5. Krop Circle – Just like the name says – cropping an image with a circle
  6. PhotoFunia – like the app says, for FUN!

 

Also, please have a few of your photos that you would like to edit, easy to find on your phone, or iPad. Landscape images with a gray, uncluttered background make excellent choices for an edit using textures, birds, etc.

Critiques: Humor

Please resize 2 images to 2,000 pixels on the long side and a resolution of 72. Rename them 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, February 13th, so Eric will have time to prepare them for the meeting.

Dues for 2018 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.

January 2018

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Happy New Year!

Please join us for our first meeting of 2018 on Thursday, January 18th at 7:00 PM. Come a little early if you want to visit with friends.

We will have a business meeting, and vote on officers. Additionally, we will be recruiting members to serve on a few committees.

Dues for 2018 are now payable – $12.00 per person for the whole year!! You can pay at the meeting, or use the convenient link to PayPal on this website.

Show and Tell: “Look what I got for Christmas!!” If you got some photographic gear for Christmas that you want to show off, bring it, or share with us what you got (yourself).

Critiques: You are invited to share 3 images which can be “Blizzard of 2017” or Favorite Photos of 2017. It can be a combination of topics, but 3 images total.

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.