Our next meeting is Thursday, January 16^th at 7:00 pm.

Our program this month is a combination of Member Share and Before & After.

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
  • Discuss ideas, suggestions, and goals for our club.  Please fill out the member survey which was emailed and bring it to the meeting or send it back through email.  We’ll tabulate the responses and present them at the February meeting.
• 7:25 – 9:00
  • Program – Member Share and Before & After – Meeting Attendees

Member Share and Before & After

• Member Share: tips and hints.

The member share is always fun, and you’re sure to learn something new. Do you have camera gear, lighting equipment, computer program, website, or a framing or printing trick that has made your photography life better? We all want to know!

Bring that piece of equipment for show-and-tell or bring in a USB stick with screen captures. You can also show us on your own laptop, but please let us know via the club gmail account in advance.

• Before and After

We all have experiences to share about how we process/develop our images. This is your opportunity to share that experience! You can send 2 sets of “before-and-afters.”

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? You are also invited to ask for a critique of your images.

Send your 2 sets of files for up to 2 images to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 14th, at 6 pm, and put January 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 can talk us through your editing steps.
  • Or 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, January 14th, at 6 pm, and put August Before and After in the Subject line.
    Please let us know via the club gmail account if you plan to bring files to share. or
  • Or demo what you 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.
    Please let us know via the club gmail account if you plan to bring files to share.

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.

Our next meeting is Thursday, November 21^st at 7:00 pm.

Our program this month is presented by our own Rosemary and Bill Galloway, “Winter Photography in Yellowstone National Park“. 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
  • 2020 Officer Election – see below
  • Holiday Gathering
• 7:25 – 8:25
  • Program – Winter Photography in Yellowstone National Park – Rosemary and Bill Galloway
• 8:25 – 9:00
  • Critiques: Winter

Winter Photography in Yellowstone National Park

About Bill and Rosemary Galloway

Lakeway residents Bill and Rosemary Galloway have taken photographs (beginning with black and white film) for more than 50 years.

Bill was given his father’s Argus C-3 when a teenager. The camera had traveled to Europe in World War II, so it was not only a tangible piece of history, but introduced Bill to the basics of photography: exposure, depth of field, and framing. Bill increasingly turned to color, both for recreation and in his profession as a geologist.

Rosemary became the family portrait artist, a position she retains.

An introduction to the emerging power of digital photography on a winter photo safari to Yellowstone reinvigorated their enthusiasm for their favorite subjects, landscape, wildlife, wildflowers, and travel.

Photography safaris have taken them to the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New England, the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone, and the national parks of the Southwest. Closer to home, they have for many years walked the trails of Inks Lake State Park and traveled the byways of the Texas Hill Country, documenting the profusion and diversity of wildflowers, birds, and butterflies that grace the Hill Country. Their photographs have appeared in Texas Co-Op Power and Lakeway Voice magazines, Hill Country Alliance calendars, and online in the National Habitat Adventures Wildlife Photo of the Day series.

Critiques: Winter

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, November 19^th. Please put “November Critiques” in the subject line.

Officer Elections and Committee Memberships

Please consider serving your club as an officer. The term of office is 1 year – January through December.

Many hands make light work!

All paid members may vote in the election of officers. Our officers positions 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.

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

However, on September 7^th, 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 17^th, 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.

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.

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.