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March Meeting Topic

You won’t want to miss our regular meeting on Wednesday, March 9th!

Bob Green will be presenting the value of positive critiquing, 6:00 – 6:30 PM social time and the meeting to begin at 6:30 PM Don’t forget your flash drive of 5 – 10 pictures for showing and critiquing.

Since the April meeting will be of a different format I encourage you to bring a name, your own or someone else, for nominations for the President and Vice-President’s position and for Program Chair Person, to this meeting. Election of new officers will be in May. Please give this some serious thought and make it a point to do your part in keeping the Photography Club “alive and well”

Also, the next club coffee will be Wednesday, March 23rd, 9:00 am at Dorothy’s.

 

Thanks Jean Moats

Outing to Aztec Ruins and Ansel Adams Exhibit

Aztec Ruins National Monument and Ansel Adams exhibit outing, March 4 Continue reading “Outing to Aztec Ruins and Ansel Adams Exhibit”

February Meeting-Overland to the Arctic

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will hold its February monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 10, 2016 at the Pagosa Lodge (formerly Quality Resort, 3505 E. Hwy 160). Join us for socializing at 6:00 PM, followed by the program and short business meeting at 6:30 PM. The Photography Club normally meets the second Wednesday of each month year around at 6:00 PM at the Lodge.

The February program will be presented by local photographer Michael Rudd. Michael has been covering overland expeditions as a professional photojournalist for nearly 20 years. He will be discussing and sharing photos from a recent overland drive from Fairbanks, Alaska to the Beaufort Sea using the Cambridge Trans-America Expedition Land Rover from the original 1960 expedition. Members are encouraged to bring 15-20 photographs of recent photo opportunities on a flash drive or CD, for review and discussion following the presentation, time permitting.

Photography enthusiasts at all levels of ability are invited to attend Club meetings at no charge for the first meeting. If interested, you are invited to join for annual dues of $25 for individuals, $35 for a family membership, and $10 for a student membership.

Snowshoe to the Piedra Ice Flow

On Saturday, Jan 30, I am doing an outing to the Piedra Ice Flow. This is an area where water seeps down from the cliffs above the Piedra River to form a free-standing column of ice perhaps 30 ft tall and 6 ft or more in diameter flowing from the overhanging cliff to the river itself. Continue reading “Snowshoe to the Piedra Ice Flow”

January Photo Club Meeting

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will hold its initial 2016 monthly meeting Wednesday evening, January 13, 2016 at the Pagosa Lodge (formerly Quality Resort, 3505 E. Hwy 160). Join us for socializing at 6:00 PM, followed by the program and short business meeting at 6:30 PM. The Photography Club normally meets the second Wednesday of each month year around at 6:00 PM at the Lodge.

The January program will be devoted to an appreciation of member’s work. Members are encouraged to bring 15-20 photographs of recent photo opportunities on a flash drive or CD, for review and discussion at the meeting.

Photoclub Fall Outings

Save the Dates, for these two Photo Club outings.

On Oct 30, we are doing a gallery walk in Durango. We plan to meet for coffee in Durango around 9 AM, and then visit several photography galleries in down town Durango, including Open Shutter, Durango Arts Center (including PSPC member Linda Pampinella’s Fifth Corner gallery), Wildshots, and perhaps one or two more depending on time. Some of us are likely to gather for lunch afterwards. Let me know if you are interested by email to abutler@mac.com, more details to follow.

The next outing is more adventurous. On November 5, we will visit Bisti Badlands, south of Farmington, weather permitting. In Laurent Martrés’ book on Photographing the Southwest, he calls Bisti’s hoodoos and rock formations “wonderful, whimsical”. I will go down there in the morning, and spend some time hiking (up to 5-6 miles, relatively easy off-trail hiking). I have hiked there before and have GPS coordinates for some interesting rock formations, including the “egg factory”. The date was selected because it is the day before the full moon, so should permit interesting moonrise landscape opportunities (moonrise is around 4:40 PM; sunset 5:10 PM). I plan to camp near the parking area that evening (totally primitive camping, no facilities), but it’s also possible to photograph at Bisti, then make the hour drive back to Farmington and spend the night in a motel there. The following morning, one could either make the drive back to Bisti for sunrise, or explore Aztec ruins or other attractions in the Farmington area before returning to Pagosa Springs. Again, if you are interested in this outing, send me an email (abutler@mac.com) to stay informed as we work out the details.

—Andy Butler