Category: Club Meetings

For your planning purposes, here is a calendar of the planned presentations at the fall 2017 meetings of the Pagosa Springs Photo Club:

Sept 13: Randy McCormick will be giving a presentation on using your photos to give viewers a sense of place: “Sea to Summit – We’re All Connected”, which will feature his photography from the Everglades to the Continental Divide.

Oct 11: John Farley will demonstrate how to use your still photographs to create a video with musical background, using Photo Story. He’ll illustrate using some of his own photos from various travels.

Nov 8: Andy Butler will lead a discussion of ways in which we can make our photos stand out from the billions of other images being created in today’s digital world. This will include the creation of your photographs from visualization, camera technique, to post-processing.

We don’t plan to have a meeting in December. If anyone would like to help plan a group get together/holiday party, please contact me (abutler@mac.com).

We are also beginning to put together a club program schedule for 2018. If you have a subject you’d like to hear about (or present), or know someone outside our club that we might ask for a presentation, let me know. I am hoping that the majority of our programs will continue to contain information/techniques/ideas that will help us all become better photographers, as well as beautiful images to inspire our own creativity.

—Thanks! Andy Butler

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will hold its August meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Community United Methodist Church on Lewis Street.

Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m.

The August Photography Club program will be presented by June Russell. She will show and discuss pictures taken during a three-month cruise from Tokyo to London. Continue reading “Photo Club August Meeting”

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club July meeting will be on Wednesday, July 12, at the Community Methodist Church, 434 Lewis Street.

Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Our program for the evening will be by Joseph T. Sinclair of Vallejo, California. He will give a presentation on phone camera photography, including tips on what to buy and how to use it to get the best possible photos. His presentation will apply to all smart phones. Joe is an award-winning amateur photographer (San Francisco Bay Area) and has been taking photos for over 60 years. Photography Club members are invited to bring 10-12 pictures on a flash drive to share, with one or two for critiquing if desired. Long time photographers and those just starting out are welcome.

Interested photography enthusiasts are welcome to attend at no charge for the first meeting. Any and all are invited to join for annual dues of $25 (individual) or $35 (family). For more information, please contact our club president, Andy Butler (512-581-1470).

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, June 14, at the Community Methodist Church, 434 Lewis Street.

Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be our club treasurer, Susanne Russell, who has been a professional picture framer for over forty years. Our topic for the meeting centers on how to prepare your photograph for presentation. We will discuss considerations, options and recommendations for sizing, printing and framing. Both beginners and enthusiast photographers should find the information helpful. Photography Club members are invited to bring 10-12 pictures to share on a flash drive, with one or two for critiquing. Long time photographers and those just starting out are welcome.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact our president, Andy Butler (512-581-1470).

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, May 10, at the Community Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Our speaker for the evening will be our club president, Andy Butler. He will present a program “Buttons and Dials, Oh My,” which will discuss how to use your camera’s controls to make creative photographic decisions.

Both beginners and enthusiast photographers will likely find the information helpful.

Everyone is invited to bring 10- 12 pictures on a flash drive, with one or two for critiquing. Longtime photographers and those just starting out are welcome.

April 12, 2017 Photo Club Meeting

Our next Photo Club meeting is coming up on the 12th of April at the Methodist Church. Club member Gregg Heid will be the presenter. We will learn the f/5.3 critiquing method and apply it to some of Gregg’s photos from South America as well as some of yours. So don’t forget your memory sticks and be ready to start around 6:00 for a little chat. The meeting starts at 6:30.