Tag: Weather

July Meeting, All About Weather

Dramatic clouds near Pagosa Springs, by Shawn Prochazka

The July  meeting of the Pagosa Springs Photography Club will be held on Wednesday, July 10, at the Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St. We will begin with social time at 6 pm, and the meeting will start at 6:30 pm. Please enter the Church through the side door next to the parking lot. This month’s presentation will feature Arleen and Shawn Prochazka , of the Pagosa Weather team, discussing weather topics of interest to photographers . 

When it comes to landscape photography, weather and light can make or break an image. Some of our most dramatic lighting in the Four Corners can come during or after summer monsoon storms. Arleen and Shawn from Pagosa Weather will give a weather presentation focused on clouds, determining the ideal photographer’s light, and a peak at the summer monsoon forecast. Pagosa Weather is a nonprofit weather forecasting and community outreach program, and is your local source for weather. Arleen and Shawn love to share their years of military weather forecasting experience. They are the National Weather Service (NWS) Archuleta County Weather Ready Nation (WRN) ambassadors, and also the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network coordinators for Archuleta County. Both Shawn and Arleen members of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and members of the Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce.

The presentation will be followed by our monthly image share, for which Photography Club members may bring up to five images each to share and discuss. This meeting will also be available on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to members; others who wish to attend may request the link by email to abutler@mac.com .

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club welcomes everyone who enjoys making and viewing great photography. The Club sponsors educational programs, image sharing and discussion, and outings to help our members improve their photography.  For more information about the Club, and to download a membership application, visit our website at https://pagosaspringsphotoclub.org/about/ .

Travel Photography: Iceland, Aug 14

Öxarárfoss waterfall
Öxarárfoss waterfall, in Þingvellir National Park, © Andy Butler

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will meet at 6 PM, August 14, at The Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis Street. Our speaker this month will be Andy Butler, with a presentation on Travel Photography: Iceland.

Join us for socializing at 6 PM, followed by a brief business meeting and presentation at 6:30 PM. Anyone interested in improving their photography is invited to attend, whether a novice or experienced photographer.  Club members are encouraged to bring up to 10 photos on a thumb drive to share with the group after the presentation, if time permits. 

For the August presentation, Photography Club president Andy Butler will use images from a trip to Iceland to illustrate various aspects of travel photography. Topics will include planning, tips for creating more compelling travel photos, choosing your gear, and keeping your images safe while traveling. Andy’s major photographic interests include landscape, nature and travel photography.

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club promotes educational, social and fun interactions between all who enjoy making and viewing great photography.  Membership is just $25/calendar year for individuals and $35 for families. To join or renew, fill in the member application form and mail it with a check for your dues to the address shown on the form, or bring it to one of our meetings.

January 9: Photographing the Weather

The first meeting of the Pagosa Springs Photography Club for 2019 will be held on January 9, at the Community United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 434 Lewis St. Join us for socializing at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Experienced photographers and those just starting out are welcome.

Our presentation this month will be given by John Farley. He will speak about Photographing the Weather.  In his talk, John will discuss some things he has learned during more than twenty years in the field photographing interesting and unusual weather phenomena, and will share some of his favorite weather photographs.  He will cover such topics as learning about the weather, how to photograph potentially dangerous weather safely, and good Internet sources for weather information and for weather photography techniques.  He will also share some of his techniques for getting good weather photos, and will specifically discuss several different techniques for lightning photography.

John Farley is a digital photographer residing in Pagosa Springs.  Since John’s retirement in 2006 after 30 years as a sociology professor, he has turned to photography as his primary activity.  He considers the sky to be among the most interesting subjects for photography, because even in the same location, it is never the same twice.  Although John likes to shoot weather, landscape, and wildlife/animal photos, his favorite images are ones that combine two or all three of these elements in interesting ways.  John’s photography has appeared in Weatherwise and Colorado Country Life magazines, in the photo book A Year or So in the Life of New Mexico, in several of John’s sociology books, and at art galleries and exhibits in Madrid and Farmington, NM, Alton and Edwardsville, IL, and in Pagosa Springs.  His work has also been shown in the Annual New Mexico Photographic Arts Show (on six occasions), and at the Photo Arts Santa Fe Photographers Market.  John’s weather videos have appeared on the National Geographic Channel and on The Weather Channel.

For our image share this month, Club members are encouraged to bring their 10 best (or favorite) images from 2018 (OR 10 images illustrating lessons learned in photography).