Please join us Thursday, October 19^th, 7:00 pm, at First Lutheran Church  for our next meeting.

You won’t want to miss it! It will be a visual treat to sit back and be inspired by the beautiful imagery of the natural world by Michael Lustbader.

Our Naturescapes Reception and Awards Presentation was well attended last Saturday.  If you haven’t seen the shows – Naturescapes and Companions – try to get to San Marcos early and take a look before the meeting, San Marcos Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins St.

Hopefully we will have a slideshow of it for our meeting, but it’s always better to see it in person.

Congratulations to these club members who took home awards:

• Tom Hausler, Best in Show
• Mike Davis – Award of Merit and Award of Excellence
• Mike Zarella – Award of Excellence,
• Alice Le Duc – Award of Excellence and NPSOT Best Adult
• Winifred Simon – SMGA  Award
• Carol Serur – Award of Excellence

Agenda

6:30 – 7:00 Set up for the meeting. Visitation time for early arrivals

7:00 – Welcome and Member News

7:25 – Program: Through My Lens with Michael Lustbader

8:30 – Member Photo Share, Theme – Theme: Wheels (or I’ve Been Around)

Program:  Through My Lens

Over the past 30+ years, Michael Lustbader’s images of the natural world have been published by National Geographic Publications, Audubon, Sierra Club, Eastman Kodak, Oxford Scientific Films, and literally hundreds of other book, calendar, and paper product companies, world-wide.

Michael has co-authored “Close-up Photography–Capturing Nature’s Intimate Landscapes” and “How to Photograph Close-ups in Nature” in addition to “Butterfly Dreams—The Seasons through Haiku and Photographs”, a compilation of his images with original translations of traditional Japanese haiku by William J. Higginson.

Member Photo Share:  Theme this month is Wheels (or I’ve Been Around)

“All vehicles have ‘em.  Then there’s the Great Mandala = the wheel of life.”   Bill Galloway

Please resize and rename your 2  images as follows:  1FirstName_LastName.jpg, 2FirstName_Last Name.jpg, and resize to 2000 pixels on the long side.  NOTE: Send them by email to photos@jerrysargent.com by October 17^th to insure they will be shown at the meeting.(Note: As always, if you prefer to submit something other than the theme topic, you may do so.)

Dues

Annual dues are a bargain at $12 per year. If you haven’t renewed, you may pay at the meeting, or use our PayPal by using this link, or you can mail your check to Winifred Simon at 600 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, TX  78676. (Only paid members may post on our HCPC Members Facebook page.  If you are a paid member and cannot access the account, ask Charlie Kreitler, our admin, to allow you access.

Social Media

We have two Facebook Pages — Public and Members Only.   

If you have any news or stories you’d like to have included in the newsletter, please send them to hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

Reminders

Naturescapes & Companions Exhibitions at the San Marcos Activity Center’s Walkers’ Gallery through October 27^th.

Sacred Springs Powwow this weekend, Oct. 7 – 8 at the Meadows Center (formerly Aquarena Springs)  Saturday 10 – 5, and Sunday  11-5. Here’s a link: https://www.sspowwow.com/