Next meeting will be Thursday, August 18^th, 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 15^th, 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

Reminders

Next meeting will be Thursday, June 16^th, 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
• Upcoming Exhibits and Field Trips
• Program
• Photo Share

Program

“Storytelling with Photoshop” — presented by Carol Serur. You’ve probably seen some of the charming images and stories Carol shares on Facebook. This month she’ll show us everything she does to create those images and stories. Here are a few examples.

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.

June theme: Playfulness, Silliness, Nonsense, Codswallop, Acting the Maggot. Summer is upon us, and things can get downright frolicsome, so what does play look like to you?

For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end of Monday, June 13^th, and put June Photo Share – Playfulness 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
Full details can be found at Naturescapes 2022
Jeff Parker, Juror
Call for Entries: April 4th through June 27th
Notification of acceptance: July 25th
Dropoff: August 27th
Awards Reception: September 17th
Exhibit ends: October 28th
Pickup: October 29th

Club Companion Exhibit to Naturescapes
Entry Deadline: July 10th
Our club always puts on a members-only companion exhibit to Naturescapes. If you’ve never entered a photo exhibit, this is a great opportunity to participate and learn what all is involved. At the April meeting we decided to have the theme be “Bridges”. You can interpret “Bridges” any way you want, but it cannot be a nature photo (so it can’t be mixed up with Naturescapes). Submit up to three images, and you’re guaranteed to have at least one accepted.

ArtHop 2022
Full details can be found at Georgetown Art Center
Entry Deadline: July 31st
Cash prizes!

Wes Odell has this to say about ArtHop:

HCPC had a great showing at the 13th Annual Art Hop in Georgetown. Larry Alford’s “Tree Reflection” took 1st Place in Photography, while Nancy Naylor’s “Almost Heaven” took 2nd Place, and Carol Serur’s “Roseate Spoonbill” received an Honorable Mention. In addition, collectively, Larry, Nancy, Carol, Linda Avitt, Wes Odell, and Michael Penn Smith had 13 photos selected for this year’s show. Larry reported that members of our club have won 5 1st Places, and numerous 2nd, 3rd, and HM over the years. That certainly says a lot about the talent in our club! Congratulations!! This show will be hanging through October 31 at Georgetown Public Library and Georgetown Art Center. Both are in the heart of downtown GT, where it’s a fun place to spend a few hours in the area on these cool fall days.

Here is Larry’s beautiful winning image:

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

Reminders

Next meeting will be Thursday, April 21^st, 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
• Upcoming Exhibits and Field Trips
• Program
• Photo Share

Program

Scotland, presented by David Olson. “Spent a month last year in Scotland and was very taken, not only by the beautiful and rugged scenery, but by the history of the land, all the way back to the Bronze Age. My intention is not to bore you with vacation pictures, but impart some of the awe and emotion I felt being immersed in the Scottish Highlands.”

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.

April theme: Flowing, Flapping, Fluid (verb). From a skirt blowing in the wind, to a flag unfurling, to a meandering stream. What does flowy look like to you?

For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end of Monday, April 18^th, and put April Photo Share – Flowing, Flapping, Fluid 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

“Electric Easel” Round Rock Arts at the Downtowner
Individuals
Entry Deadline: August 10 (Call for Entry not yet out)
Exhibit 9/14 – 11/11
(Art forms created with digital tools, technology, or innovative non-traditional art materials.)

Structures of the World: Works on Paper
The call for entry is now open for the TTU Office of International Affair’s summer exhibit – “Structures of the World: Works on Paper”. Eligible mediums include drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and of course, photography. Full details can be found at Structures of the World. Thank you, Wes Odell, for sending us this Call for Entry!

Naturescapes
Full details can be found at Naturescapes 2022
Jeff Parker, Juror
Call for Entries: April 4th through June 27th
Notification of acceptance: July 25th
Dropoff: August 27th
Awards Reception: September 17th
Exhibit ends: October 28th
Pickup: October 29th

Club Companion Exhibit to Naturescapes
(Full details and photo theme coming soon!)

Field Trips

Pioneer Flight Museum, in Kingsbury
The Pioneer Flight Museum, is located at 190 Pershing Lane, Kingsbury, Texas. The Museum has a fly-in scheduled for May 7th. This will be a fantastic photo op.
This isn’t an “official” club field trip, but it’s a fun, interesting place to visit. I highly recommend making a trip out there.

Hill Country Photo Club Table, Art Squared Market, San Marcos, Saturday, April 9th
Come spend an hour or two at our table at Art Squared. We’ll be advertising our club and our May exhibit with the SM Art League. These kinds of events can be a lot of fun, so come on down!
For more info contact hcphotoclub@gmail.com. Please let us know if you’re able to table-sit for awhile.

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

Reminders

We hope you stayed warm and survived the ice storm!

Next meeting will be Thursday, February 17th, 7 pm, at First Lutheran Church of San Marcos, 130 West Holland Street in San Marcos.  (Masks are required at the church.)

On the agenda:

• Welcome
• Member
• News Share and Discussion
• Program
• Photo Share

PROGRAM:  Mountain Wildflowers of Oregon, presented by Alice Le Duc
Photo Share:  You may send up to two images to share with the group.  (You can send in any photos you’d like.  It doesn’t have to be the monthly theme.)  Tom Delaney has given us the following photo themes.

February:  I’ve been waking up to a lot of fog recently, so this month the theme is fog, smoke, steam, cloudy.  Can be actual fog, or steam from a hot water tap, or a thermal pool, or anything that obscures but not blocks out the scene.

March: Curves and snaky lines are often used in photos, so let’s see what we can do with the opposite. The theme is angular, crooked, jagged, zigzag.  Most often you’d find these lines in architecture, but also maybe a tree branch, or pavement, or a path.
For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end of Monday, February 14th, and put February Critique – Fog, Smoke, Steam, Cloudy 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:  Our Photo Opportunities Coordinator, Wes Odell, has put together an impressive list of upcoming shows.

PALACE THEATER, Georgetown on the Courthouse Square

HOPEFULLY MARCH and APRIL  (We don’t yet have confirmation that this exhibit will happen, but Wes is diligently trying to get a commitment.  If this exhibit does NOT happen, we can use the submissions for a future show.)

NO FEE

Hill Country Photo Club Members Only

THEME:  Open theme, but with an emphasis on Nature

PLEASE SEND ONE OR TWO jpg THUMBNAILS  TO WES ODELL “JUST IN CASE” THIS EXHIBIT HAPPENS.  odellphoto11@gmail.com     (Include Title, Price, Contact Information). 

DeWitt County Shutterbugs Annual Open Contest, (Cuero, Texas)

Individuals

$5 per entry, no limit on entries

Ten Categories

Prizes

Entries being Accepted Feb 16 through March 23

ONLY 11 x 14 mounts with prints of various sizes, and with some unique requirements on presentations.

Entry rules attached to this email

“Electric Easel” Round Rock Arts at the Downtowner

Individuals

Entry Deadline:  August 10  (Call for Entry not yet out)

Exhibit 9/14 – 11/11

(Art forms created with digital tools, technology, or innovative non-traditional art materials.)

Georgetown Public Library for next year (2023)

Individuals and Groups

Call:  Open March 1 – May 15

Library.georgetown/art    (then look under:  “Exhibiting your work in the library”

Some question about HCPC having a tent and promoting HCPC membership.

Hill Country Spring Photo Show, San Marcos Art League

Open to members of Hill Country Photo Club

$10 entry fee

Open theme

Exhibit will be during the month of May

Entries accepted February 20th through March 13th

This will be very similar to the photo show with the Art League last November.  Everyone who participated really enjoyed spending time at the Art Center and meeting all the “artsy” people.  Again, participants will all be expected to work as a docent at the Art Center, but the hours will be reduced.

Field TripsArt Squared Market, on the square in San Marcos, Saturday, March 12th.  Here’s a chance to test your street skills!  This will be a fun and informal field trip/photo contest with the San Marcos Art League.  To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Art Squared Market, members of our club are invited to mingle and take photos at the market.  Then you can submit two of your best photos, and the Art League will choose the photo(s) that best capture the flavor of the market.  This will be very informal, and all entries will be used by the Art League for advertising, Facebook, etc.  The payoff will be recognition for your work.  Exact details for submitting photos TBA.  
For more info contact hcphotoclub@gmail.com
Llano Earth Art Fest, Grenwelge Park, Llano, March 11-13.  This isn’t an official Field Trip, but we talked about this at a meeting.  The Galloways showed some pictures taken there, and it looks really amazing.    Llano Rock Stacking Festival
Pioneer Flight Museum, in Kingsbury, Saturday, March 26th.  David Olson has put together a joint field trip with the Kissing Tree Photo Club at the Pioneer Flight Museum, located at 190 Pershing Lane, Kingsbury, Texas.  This will be on a Saturday, when volunteers will be there working on cars and planes.  We’ll be allowed to take pictures all around the place and of people working on the old planes and cars.  Most of the volunteers arrive around 9:00 am and will take a lunch in Luling.  The Kissing Tree group will arrive about 10:30.   
You also might be interested to note that the Museum has fly-ins scheduled for May and November.
For more info contact David Olson at photos@mtnolson.com
Hill Country Photo Club Table, Art Squared Market, San Marcos, Saturday, April 9th.  Come spend an hour or two (or three!) at our table at Art Squared.  We’ll be advertising our club and our May exhibit with the SM Art League.  These kinds of events can actually be a lot of fun!  
For more info contact hcphotoclub@gmail.com

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

Reminders

I’m happy to say that our in-person meetings are beginning to get back to “normal” — at least post-covid normal.  If you didn’t attend last month, you missed out on a super interesting presentation by Neil Decker with a lot of photos about color mutations in flowers.  Thanks, Neil!

The next meeting will be Thursday, November 18th, 7 pm, at First Lutheran Church of San Marcos, 130 West Holland Street in San Marcos.  (As far as I can tell from the website, masks are still required at the church.)

On the agenda:  

Welcome
Member News Share and Discussion
PROGRAM:  Adirondacks, presented by Charlie Kreitler

Photo Share:  You may send up to two images to share with the group.  (You can send in any photos you’d like.  It doesn’t have to be the monthly theme.)  As usual, Tom Delaney, co-president, has come up with a challenging, thought-provoking theme. 

Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end ofMonday, November 15th, and put November Critique – Juxtaposition in the Subject line.

To prepare your images, resize the long side to 1000 pixels, resolution of 72 ppi, color space sRGB, and name them 1FirstName_LastName.jpg and 2FirstName_LastName.jpg.  For example, 1Linda_Avitt.jpg.
The change in number of pixels is due to trying out a different slide-show program.

News

In case you haven’t heard, the San Marcos Activity Center had a major pipe burst and pretty much turned into a shallow lake.  Because of that, Naturescapes and Curves, Circles had to be quickly pulled down and people had to drop everything to come pick up their photos.  Thank you, Carol Serur and Art Arizpe, for your immediate response!

If you get the chance, stop by the San Marcos Art Center to see our new club show, Hill Country Fall Photo Show.  You’ll see a variety of art pieces, along with some great photos.

Wes Odell has shared the following link, which you might enjoy.  https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/10/13/1045692906/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2021-winners

Membership Dues

Reminders