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Upcoming Photography Club Activities

Chaco Phenomenon
Milky Way above Chaco Canyon © Andy Butler

Here are some of the activities we are planning this spring and summer for the Photography Club:

April 11: For our monthly meeting, Doug Coombs (http://www.dougsview.com/) will give us a presentation on tips for using Adobe Lightroom’s library module to import and organize photos on your computer.

May 9: Andy Butler will discuss techniques for night sky photography, particularly Milky Way photography. Later in the season, we plan to have a club outing to do this type of photography.

June 13: Randy McCormick will give a program “Sea to Summit—we’re all connected,” a photographic journey to the western Everglades on the southwest coast of Florida. If we look closely, we can see that many of the fundamental characteristics that underlie intact natural ecosystems are similar and can be experienced everywhere, whether in Florida or along the Continental Divide

Watch for our upcoming digital photo contest. We will officially announce the contest and rules by early summer, with submission around the first of August and display of the winners and other entrees at our September meeting.

Outings that we are working on include a photo shoot of the Cumbres & Toltec rail yard, a trip to the ghost town of Summitville and one or more summer outings for mountain scenery and wildflowers. Ideas for outings are always welcome!

Creating Close Encounters, March 14

Eight-spotted skimmer along a lake shore
An Eight-spotted Skimmer perched along the edge of Lake Forest, photo by Andy Butler.

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, March 14, at the Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. before our program. Both experienced photographers and those just starting out are welcome to attend.

This month’s program will be “Visualizing an Unseen World: Close-up and Macro Photography.” It will be presented by Club president Andy Butler.  Photographing the “unseen” small details of our world can add an extra dimension to your photography, and is something that can be done with a variety of cameras. Andy will discuss close-up equipment, technique & depth of field, lighting, and composition. Examples shown will include primarily flowers, butterflies and dragonflies.

Members may bring up to 10 images on  a flash drive to share with the group. Those of you who do close-up photography are encouraged to bring examples of your images for discussion.

For questions or information about the Photography Club, please visit our website, pagosaspringsphotoclub.org/news/.

Feb 14: Spain & Portugal’s Greatest Hits

Flemenco (left), Equestrian School (right)
Flamenco, Granada, Spain (left); Royal Equestrian School, Jerez, Spain (right), photograph ©Robert B. Green

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, February 14, at the Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. before our program. Long time photographers and those just starting out are welcome to attend.

Our program this month will be an encore presentation by Bob Green. In the fall of 2016 and 2017, Bob and his wife spent a month total traveling through Spain and Portugal: beginning in Barcelona, traveling through northern Spain via the Pyrenees and along the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, then south to Porto and Lisbon. From there, they proceeded east to Evora, Portugal and Seville, Spain. Then, they traveled south to Gibraltar (a British territory) and finally through Granada, Cordoba and Toledo, finishing their journey in Madrid, in the heart of Spain.

Bob took over 3000 photos on these trips. His talk will examine six widely-accepted principles whose exercise will lead to noteworthy, compelling images. “Spain & Portugal: Greatest Hits” will include the top 50 photos from his travels and he will point out how various “rules” come into play as we view the images.

Members may bring up to 10 images on a flash drive to share with the club after the presentation. Given the program date, members are encouraged to include some images which speak to the theme of “romance”.

January 2018 Program: Get it Right in Camera!, with Bob Green

Desert Dawn
Desert dawn captured in Arches National Park near Moab, UT. This image will be used as an example of the advantages of RAW processing. ©Robert B Green

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, January  10, at the Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. before our program. Tonight’s speaker will be club member Bob Green, presenting a program entitled Get it Right in Camera!

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November, 2017 Program: “Beyond the Pretty Picture”

Glacier Peak and clouds reflecting on Glacier Lake.
Glacier Peak and early morning reflections on Glacier Lake, in Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness, ©Andy Butler

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet on Wednesday, November 8, at the Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. before our program. For our program this month, Club president Andy Butler will lead a group discussion on “Beyond the Pretty Picture”,  exploring various ways that photographers can make their images stand out. Continue reading “November, 2017 Program: “Beyond the Pretty Picture””

October, 2017 Program: Bringing your photos to life in a video with music

Andes Mountain scene
The Andes and Lago Nahuel Huapi from the top of the Cerro Catedral ski area, near Bariloche, Argentina. Photo Courtesy of John E.Farley

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will hold Its October meeting on Wednesday the 11th, at The Community United 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 Photography Club normally meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the fellowship room of the Methodist Church.

The October Photography Club Meeting will feature long time member, John Farley as our speaker. John will give a talk and demonstration on how to bring photos to life in a video with music. He will begin with a video compilation set to music of his weather photos from 2014 through 2016. He will then demonstrate how to make a video of your photos set to music with the free Microsoft Photo Story 3 software. He will finish with a walk through the process of getting your pictures into Photo Story and setting them to music using photos he took last year on a trip to Argentina.

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