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December 10th Christmas Social!

Tuesday December 10th is our annual Christmas Social. It is a wonderful time to meet face to face, have dinner and chat with other photoclub members.

If you can come early, Ron is asking for additional help with setup. Please text Ron at (405) 714-2347 for details and arrival time.

The festivities start at 6:30 pm, group photo at 7 pm and dinner to follow. Member photos will be done before dinner and following dinner. Chris Summers has put together an Activity slide show featuring photos from all our activities by members who attended. No Share and Learn is due for this meeting.

Dinner from Italiano’s, drinks provided by the club and members are asked to bring a dessert or appetizer. This is the highlight of our year and hope to see many of you there.

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The Club needs help for a Santa Shoot

We have a request from Woodspring Forest HOA near Kingwood to photograph their Meet Santa Event on Sunday, Dec 1 from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. This is a local event that we photographed last year and are invited back again this year. The club enjoys helping our community by participating in these seasonal events. It would be very sad if we couldn’t find a few members to help.

What we need is a photographer or two and a few members to help set up, direct the children and families, and take down. We had a blast last year but unfortunately several of us are not in town for this event and we could use your talents to make this a memory for some young families.

For the photographers, we need you to bring your camera, tripod, extra camera batteries, and strobes or flash attachments. The club has a backdrop and Emily Murphy has a stand. For helpers, no additional equipment is needed but bring your camera if you want to get some candid photos. We’ll have a Dropbox for you to upload the photos. If you are not comfortable with post-processing that can be done after you upload your raw files. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer please contact me at:

President@kwphotoclub.com or talk to me at Tuesday’s meeting.

Be a Santa Elf for a few hours and share the joy of the season!

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Tuesday, Nov 19, Monthly Meeting Last Call for Share and Learn

Tuesday’s meeting is coming up quickly and the last assignment for 2024 is “Pick a Color”! I’ll be in town so your Share and Learn need to be uploaded by 3 pm Tuesday.

Thanks to the members who have already uploaded their photos: Chris Summers, Ellen Taylor, Emily Murphy, Jim Schepens, John Gray, and Michelle Henley.

Chris asked me to remind anyone who has participated in an activity in 2024 to upload their photos for the Annual Social Photo Reel to be played at the Christmas Social. Please use the following naming convention:

Date Event Name Photo# – 202410CaddoLakeChrisSummers1

With this information, he can group events.

This year has flown by. Plans are already in place for our December social. Ron Fovargue has the food ordered and is looking for additional people besides Elena and Richard Gonzallas to help setup, serve, and take down. If interested in helping please text Ron at (405) 714-2347. Group photo from 2022.

Hope to see many of you attend in person or online and your “Colorful” photos too!

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November 19th Assignment for Share and Learn

We’ve come to the end of this year’s Share and Learn assignments! Where did the year go?

Our last assignment is “Pick a Color”. Our May program by Bryan Hansel talked about color and color theory. He mentioned identifying colors as warm or cold and using a single color or a combination of colors. In the attached photo I have red cherries in my purple hat.

Below I have a link to a Photography Life article “How to Use Color in Photography”. It is a short article with a video for those who prefer to listen to the article. Good examples are included to illustrate his discussion on colors and the emotions of colors. It is a quick read for a review of some of what we heard from Bryan in May.

For the November 19th meeting I will be attending so photos will be in the agenda and need to be uploaded by 3 pm. I noticed that several people uploaded photos around 5 pm for the October meeting and they didn’t get uploaded to the agenda. So upload early.

Looking forward to your colorful photos!

How to Use Color in Photography

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October 15th Monthly Meeting – Share and Learn

It’s that time of the month that we need your Share and Learn photos! This month’s assignment is “Members Choice”! As of today, Chris Summers is the only member to upload his photos. Please join Chris and upload your favorite photos!

The attached photo was taken in Yellowstone on the Club’s winter trip in 2017. That snow was so light I fell right through it several times. Wonderful experience to see Yellowstone in the winter.

I will not be at the meeting (hoping to Zoom in) so the photos will be displayed from the Dropbox. To be certain they are included please have them uploaded by 5 pm. Everyone should have a Zoom link to the meeting as Chuck sends the same one out each month. Save it on your desktop or in your monthly calendar with a recurring monthly meeting.

Our speaker, Dave Clements, will be in person! He has addressed our club before and is always entertaining, Plus he will be selling books of his photography to support the International Rett Syndrome Foundation.

Hope we have a few Northern Lights photos uploaded from Thursday’s G5 storm. They have been all over the internet. Looking forward to seeing your favorite photos!

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October 15th Share and Learn Assignment “Members Choice”

October will let each member choose any photo from their collections. The assignment “Members Choice” will be an eclectic collection of photos.

The attached photo is one of my favorites. This sea turtle was just coming of out the water and I got down on the sand to photograph him. I love that he looked right at me. I think Hawaii is my favorite place to photograph. So much to see and do there.

Our October 15th meeting will be in person and on Zoom. Please save the Zoom meeting link that Chuck sends. Put it on your desktop so you have it handy, He does so much and he spends time at meetings sending links to members who can’t find their link. So watch for the meeting link and save it for current and future meetings.

I may be out-of-town for this meeting and if I am the Share and Learn will be run from Dropbox and should be uploaded by 5 PM. I’ll update this if I will be in town.

Good luck reviewing your photos for some favorites to share in October!

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September Gallery “Texas Travel Guide” and Agenda

Photo by Emily Murphy

Be an “Arm Chair” tourist with our photos from Texas. I’ve uploaded the Share and Learn Gallery for your enjoyment. Thanks to the nine members uploading some of their favorite Texas photos. The header has also been updated with a photo from each member. Zoom participants can also upload photos as Bill Beard did. I was surprised that we did not have more photos from some of our “Texas” activities. Maybe we’ll see more next month as the Share and Learn is “Members Choice”.

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If you want current information on the club please review the attached agenda. We are coming to the end of the year but we are not slowing down with our activities. The cooler weather is an opportunity to get out with your cameras and join a group of like-minded members for a fun day together. Check out the agenda for all the particulars for away trips and more local outings. Thanks for supporting your club as you are the club! Have a great month 🙂

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Upload your Share and Learn before Tuesday Sept 17

August is behind us and we are almost to the final quarter of 2024! Our goal is to make each meeting an event you don’t want to miss! An important part of our club is the Share and Learn activity. This gives members a chance to share an experience, a trip, or a club event that they enjoyed. This month the theme is “Texas Travel Guide”. If you have done any travel in Texas I bet you have a photograph or two that you could upload to share for our meeting.

The attached photo came from a club trip in April of 2016, We visited the area around Fort Stockton, The McDonald Observatory, and Big Bend. That was the first trip for me to photograph the night sky. Below are some of the group: Rob Murphy (husband of Emily Murphy), Dale Barrack, and Helen Dugand (wife of Chuck Dugand) enjoying the beautiful sunset at the Painted Window.

Photos will be added to the PowerPoint so they need to be uploaded by 2 PM Tuesday. As of today, Jim Schepens is the only member in the Share and Learn folder. Looking forward to seeing your Texas Guide Photos! Your photos could be the inspiration for a club road trip!

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June Gallery uploaded and Header Updated

Photo taken by Chuck Dugand, Isle of Skye

The landscape photos for June’s assignment did not disappoint. Photos took us across the big pond, across the continental US, and of course Texas! For the header, I’ve uploaded a photo from everyone who shared.

We did have one member who shared for the first time this year: Frank Roberts. Thanks to Frank and all the other members who uploaded photos.

I’ve posted the assignment for the July 16th meeting, “Blooming Flowers”! This should be an easy assignment for everyone.

Happy 4th of July everyone and enjoy the photo Gallery!

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August Share and Learn Assignment “Blooming Flowers”

We have seen our neighborhoods become littered with downed trees and debris, we had extended power outages and our July meeting was canceled due to the power outage! Life is coming back to normal and our August meeting should be a welcome event. Due to the canceled July meeting the Share and Learn assignment for August is “Blooming Flowers”.

This should be a very popular assignment. Flowers are a favorite subject of our club. Our past club activities have included outings to the Texas Hill Country and local gardens for flower photography. Any photos of those activities would be fantastic. Also, many members have posted photos of their gardens and the flowers at the local arboretums. Even the local nurseries and grocery stores have beautiful flowers to photograph.

Past programs have talked about flower photography and one speaker, Mike Moats is still offering lessons on flower photography. Check his website for his workshops and videos:

http://mmoats.tinylandscapes.com/

Our August 20th meeting is in person and via Zoom. We hope that Mother Nature will spare us any more weather drama but to be safe during Hurricane season I suggest you check our website, Facebook, and your e-mails for any updated meeting changes if weather alerts are broadcast. We will err on the side of caution to keep our members safe.

Photos are due in the club’s Dropbox by 3 PM on August 20th. They will be added to the agenda for the night.

Hoping to see some of your beautiful flower photos in August.

Stay safe and stay cool, till next time 🙂

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