Gallery – Kingwood Photo Club

April 20, 2024

April Gallery “Street Art” Uploaded

Lots of great photos in this month’s Share and Learn. Locations were local, US, and worldwide. Thanks to all our members who shared with our group. Check out the Gallery for some inspiration for your photos.

We had a wonderful speaker this month, Silvana Della.

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On our Facebook page, we have had several members (Chuck Dugand and Chris Summers) who have shared many infrared photos and it has gotten my attention. Silvana’s presentation gave me something more to think about. When she said you could take photos of the Milky Way in less-than-desirable skies! Wow, I’m always looking for night photography tips and tricks. So now I’m seriously considering converting a camera I don’t use but is still usable. Chuck has uploaded the video from the meeting, if you didn’t get a chance to hear it on Tuesday, check it out.

Our meetings are now on the 3rd floor where we started several years ago. The church has remodeled the room and it looks great.

The header photos have also been updated. I hope you enjoy them but check out the gallery for all the photos shared. Ronda Meuwissen participated in the Art Car Parade activities and uploaded some very artsy cars! Jim Telljohann showed a mural he found in Scotland. Take a good look at the building and read what it says, “Take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time”. That should be a photographer’s motto!

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February 2, 2024April 14, 2024

January Share and Learn Gallery – Header Updated

Taking advantage of a rainy day in Hawaii to update our January Share and Learn Gallery and the current header.

Photo by Tim Sullivan – taking a liquid break during the holidays.

I appreciate all the members who sent in their smartphone captures for January. A good start for the year and I hope that will continue. Next month, “Your Best Shots from 2023”!

The gallery is an excellent overview of our member’s journaling of their experiences, trips, and club activities. We have been around the world, from Iceland to Africa to Europe. Moments captured in the US and locally, weather events, and a few selfies. I should make that an assignment! How many of us have taken a selfie? I always take a selfie of Mike and me while waiting for takeoff and then I send these to the kids letting them know we are heading out. I hear from them they never know where we are so this is their heads-up.

The header has one photo per member’s submission. I like to feature everyone who took the time to submit and hopefully encourage others to begin submitting. Everyone appreciates a bit of recognition for our photographic passions.

Enjoy the Gallery and think about what you’d like to share in February!

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September 22, 2023October 18, 2023

September Gallery and Agenda now Uploaded

Jim Evrard Share and Learn – Christmas photo from The Woodlands

Shutter speed priority photos gave us lots of water photos mixed with birds, planes, sports, landscapes, and the sky. Nora Konieczny uploaded her first share and learn and did a fantastic job with recording her sprinkler for “rain” in front of roses.

Above are all those who contributed in September. I’ve also posted a graph with the number of Share and Learn Photos for each month back to Jan 2022. The one month that peaks above all is Jan 2023 the topic was “Phone Captures”. Next month would be an opportunity to send in your phone captures – the October assignment is “Members Choice”.

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I’ve also refreshed the header with September’s Share and Learn. All members who participated have a photo in the header.

Finally, I have added the September Agenda for your review. This is a summary of activities of our club, a review of where you can get information between meetings, and a heads up for future meetings with speakers and the Share and Learn assignments. Good information for all our members but also watch for our weekly e-blast on Mondays. As things evolve this is where you will see additional activities posted and articles for the upcoming speakers. The web is always the best place to go for current information.

December 12th is our Christmas Social – mark your calendars now. More information coming out in the next month

Slide 18 in the agenda is titled “Change of Batter”. We currently have an excellent team of members and we would like to know from our members those who are willing to help in small or large ways. Please review this slide and slide 19 and consider your skill sets that can help the club in the future.

Enjoy the gallery and download the agenda for all the information that we reviewed on Tuesday. Be safe everyone, enjoy the cooler weather, and bring your camera along for fun. See you at the next meeting on October 17th!

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August 24, 2023October 18, 2023

August Share and Learn Gallery, Agenda and Header Updates

This is a one-stop post for everything August. First off, thanks to all the members who participated in the August Share and Learn. I also want to recognize Heidi Crockett for her first-ever share! It was a wonderful assortment of trip memories near and far.

The ever-changing header features a photo from each member that will give you an overview of what you’ll see in the gallery. Lots of overseas travels and a few closer to home. Check out the gallery and be an armchair tourist.

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I’ve also uploaded the August Agenda. Chuck has posted the August Video so this is an additional resource for information given at the last meeting. The Website has the most up-to-date information as things are ever-evolving. Current additional changes include a new Library Workshop: The Art of Photography on Sept 16th taught by Chuck Dugand.

Next month Share and Learn: Shutter Speed Priority – Blur or Freeze Action! We should see a variety of photos from wildlife to man-made transportation to Mother Nature to people. It should be interesting for everyone.

Triple-digit heat continues in our area so be mindful of that and try avoiding outside activities during the hottest part of the day. Due to the restless heat, there are no planned activities until September.

Stay safe everyone and we’ll see you next month!

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May 29, 2023October 18, 2023

May Meeting Agenda and Gallery

We had an excellent turnout for our May meeting. For the monthly topics I’ve attached the Agenda for you to preview. Our speaker, Jim Nix, provided us with some great tips regarding travel photography. You can find more about Jim on YouTube: Jim Nix’s YouTube Channel. Lots of photography tutorials, tips, tricks, and reviews. He photographs to please himself but has had photos displayed in magazines and sold. The club had another fantastic program.

Chris Summers reviewed our membership and we are very close to last year’s numbers. We had two family memberships join this month: Dawn Abram & Carlie Sawyer, and Jim & Elena Gonzales. Welcome to our club!

John Gray mentioned that he is almost out of hats so if you desire one of our club hats order sooner than later so you are not disappointed. In the future, the club will exit merchandise so these will be limited edition hats!

Annular Solar Eclipse is coming Oct 14 and Mike and I will be hosting a workshop on Sept 2. Registration will be opening in August for an afternoon at the Kingwood Public Library. This is the first of two solar eclipse events coming to Texas. The second one will be on April 8, 2024, and will be a total eclipse. Both eclipses can be seen in the Hill Country, if you are interested in viewing and photographing these events get a room reservation now.

Randi and Jim are keeping our club activities calendar full. We are coming to the hot summer when we take a break from outdoor photo events. Check out the list of events in the agenda and posted on our website and on Facebook.

Pam Walton wanted to remind members to add their recommendations to the “KWPC Travel Spreadsheet”. The link is also on the Monday e-blast. This is a trip-planning resource with guides and Photo Tour recommendations. You will find recommendations for the USA and outside the USA. Download the PDF and please add any recommendations you have.

For all those members that have the desire to share their work, Steve Hansen and Tim Sullivan have found a location, Cove Craft Beer and Wine, that will allow us to hang a few of our photos. The agenda has all the particulars. In the beginning, the owner was looking for Texas themes but at the meeting, Steve said he was open to any photos. We are getting good feedback so think about showing off some of your prized photos.

The June 20th meeting will feature speaker David Downs on “Exploring the Artist Within” and our Share and Learn is “Foods We Love”, more on both in another post.

The last two slides give you the schedules for both upcoming programs and our Share and Learn topics.

Finally, I’d like to thank Ron and Cathy Fovargue and Jim and Elena Gonzales for volunteering to be our Christmas Social Committee. This is our one big social of the year (no program) for members and I’m very pleased that they volunteered! Thank you both and welcome to the club Jim and Elena Gonzales!

Check out the agenda and the May Gallery “Wildlife in your Neighborhood” is also uploaded. Enjoy and hope you make the meeting next month. Kathy Muhle

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April 22, 2023October 18, 2023

April Gallery “All About Texas” is Uploaded

What can I say, Texas is a wonderfully diverse state and the photos in the April Gallery certainly prove my point. From city skylines to nature to beloved Texas businesses to our own neighborhood. All of these speak of our love of Texas. Some of us grew up here and others now call it home. There is always something to love about Texas.

For the header, I’ve included a photo from everyone who participated. Iconic places included Bonnie McKenna’s “The Tex Ritter Museum”, Jim Schepens and Mike Muhle’s “Lukenback”, Chuck Dugand’s “Houston Skyline”. Featuring nature Emily Murphy “It Almost Got Away”, Chris Summers “Longhorn in Bluebonnets” Impressionist, Carl Rasmussen’s “All Lined Up”, Pat Walton’s “Stampede”, Tim Sullivan’s “Sunset at River Grove” and finally Ellen Taylor’s “Sunset at Big Bend”. My photo to the right is our grandaughter’s UoT graduation photo that I took this month. Four years ago we were on campus doing her high school graduation photos. Time just flies by.

May’s assignment will be “Wildlife in your Neighborhood”. We are so lucky to have such an abundance of wildlife around us that I hope to have many more members participate. So far four members; Chris Summers, Chuck Dugand, Tim Sullivan, and myself have shared photos every month. I think we need a big star next to our names :). I would like to thank all those who shared this month

Enjoy the gallery of “All About Texas”

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March 27, 2023October 18, 2023

March Gallery and Agenda Uploaded

We have officially started in-person meetings and continue with a zoom option. Chuck Dugand worked out the technical issues to achieve this event and the club owes him a big thank you. I did not recognize him at the meeting so I want to recognize him here! Thank you so much, Chuck!

The agenda is below with updates for activities, programs, and assignments. The last two slides show the proposed monthly share and learn and Connie Emerson’s scheduled upcoming programs. All very good stuff.

The header has a selection of photos from the March “Share and Learn” as a few teasers for the gallery.

April assignment should be a popular assignment: “All about Texas”! It should be interesting to see the photos that are shared on this subject. More on that in a separate post.

It was so nice to see everyone, I think everyone enjoyed the sharing of printed photos with the stories. Thanks to all the members who brought their photos to the meeting, Chris Summers for helping stage the photos so the event went very smoothly and John Gray for bringing the easel! April will be here before we know it so start thinking about all the Texas photos you have and plan on uploading a few! 🙂