October 2022 – Hill Country Photography Club

There are so many interesting and accomplished photographers in our group, and this past year we’ve enjoyed a variety of wonderful programs every month. We have a great line-up through next January, and this is what we have to look forward to:

In October Patty Robertson will be presenting Wildlife Photography in Alaska, June 2023.
Tom Hausler and Warren Capps will team up in November to tell us about their trip to Newfoundland. Puffins!
Mike Davis, an excellent bird photographer, will present a program on hummingbirds next January.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, October 20^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
2023 Club Officers – please think about becoming involved as an officer!
Program
Photo Share

Program

“Wildlife Photography in Alaska, June 2023” – presented by Patty Robertson. If you’ve seen any of Patty’s work online or at an exhibit, you know we’re in for some spectacular photography and story. You definitely won’t want to miss this!

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.

October Theme – The topic this month is piebald. Merriam-Webster defines this as 1) composed of incongruous parts or 2) of different colors, especially spotted or blotched with black and white. I don’t want to restrict this to black and white, so think spotty or dappled.

For the Photo Share, send one or two images to photos@jerrysargent.com by the end of Monday, October 17^th, and put October Photo Share – piebald 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
Call for Entries: Closed
Exhibit ends: November 4th
Pickup: November 5th

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

Annual membership dues are $12.00. Dues for new members are reduced to $6.00 after July 1^st 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. Charlie Kreitler is the administrator of this page – thank you Charlie!

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.