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PROGRAM: May 21

Everyday Life of Houston’s Fourth Ward – the traditions, the families, the architecture

Earlie Hudnall, Jr.

Our speaker Earlie Hudnall, Jr. will present his photos of the transition of Houston’s Fourth Ward over the past two and half decades. 

The photographic story of the community — the traditions, the families, the architecture, the everyday life of Fourth Ward.  It is a glimpse of one of Houston’s older neighborhoods, remembering who they were and what they did and how they lived and how changes affect our communities.

Mr. Hudnall has been a University Photographer at Texas Southern University since 1990.  He is a former board member for the Houston Center for Photography and served as an Executive Board member in the Texas Photographic Society.  His photographs are in many notable public and private collections across America, including the Smithsonian, Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

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APRIL PROGRAM: Drone Photography

The use of UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, as they are more commonly referred to, is rapidly growing in many industries.  The first drones were used for military purposes. Today, even though there are over 20,000 drones used by various armed forces worldwide, most drones are used for civilian purposes. In a recent report, the estimated number of Enterprise or Commercial-use drone shipments in 2016 was 110,000. This number will reach over 800,000 by 2021. Consumer drone shipments are expected to be around 29 million by 2021.

Our program for the evening will briefly cover different types of drones and sensors; how drones work; and how they are being utilized to solve business problems in a more efficient, safer manner, and at a lower cost than traditional methods.  FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, requirements, and regulations will also be covered. The balance of the presentation will focus on drone photography and how the drone gives the photographer an entirely new perspective on their subject.

Mike Allison

Our speaker will be Mike Allison, Raptor Aerial Services LLC.  Mike holds a BS and MS in Geology. He has 34 years of experience in the upstream oil & gas industry. After leaving the oil & gas industry, he founded a drone services company named Raptor Aerial Services LLC (RAS). His company provides drone photography, aerial mapping surveys, stockpile volumetric calculations, inspections, data collection and marketing to a variety of industries.

Mike is an active member of several oil & gas industry-related organizations and has shared his expertise, speaking with several additional associated oil & gas groups.

Mike and his wife, Mary, have lived in the Kingwood/New Caney area since 2003.

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MARCH PROGRAM

Photographing Birds at High Island Settings, Techniques and Processing

Joe Smith

Our speaker this month, Joe Smith, an advanced amateur photographer for over 50 years, will give an overview on the remarkable photographic opportunities and how to capture the amazing nature at High Island and surrounding areas, with emphasis on Smith Oaks Rookery. The presentation will include suggested equipment, techniques, settings, composition, examples of good photos, and also examples of poor photos and why they are poor and to avoid.

Joe began nature photography in 2000 and learned through experience by participating in six wildlife photo contests in Texas.  He finished in the top 25% of all photographers in the 2002 Valley Land Fund Photo Contest with three prize winning class pictures.  Was a winning photographer in the 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contests in Texas.  He has images published in Houston Wilderness’ Atlas of Biodiversity, Progressive Farmer and Thomson Safari Catalogue, 2011 and 2012.

He has had over 85 slide acceptances in International Salon Exhibitions sponsored by the Photographic Society of America; won Color Slide of the year in 2000 and Nature Slide of the year in 2001 at the Houston Photochrome Club. He is also the past President of the Houston Photochrome Club in 2004-2005 and 2009-2010. 

Joe is a member of the Houston Audubon Nature Photographers Association, Houston Photochrome Club, Houston Center for Photography, and the Photographic Society of America.

  • Smith Oaks Rookery Roseate Spoonbill
  • Smith Oaks Rookery Roseate Spoonbill
  • Smith Oaks Rookery Great White Egret feeding chicks
  • Smith Oaks Rookery Great White Egret
  • Smith Oaks Rookery Great White Egret with chicks
  • Smith Oaks Rookery Great White Egret with chicks

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February Program: Infrared Photography

On February 19, Jimmy Hemphill and Ken Frederick will make a presentation on Infrared Photography.

The presentation will provide a broad technical background and highlight techniques for using infrared cameras and editing infrared images.  The talk will include sections on components of the Light Spectrum, Kodak Infrared Films, Converting Digital Cameras for Infrared Photography, IR filters, Editing “Red” filter Images, and Jimmy and Ken’s observations and learnings.

Ken Frederick
Jimmy Hemphill

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January 15 Program: Blending Natural and Artificial Light in Night Images

Jay Mangum will talk about light painting to enhance and highlight landscapes, with the added element of light from stars, the moon, pre-dawn or post-sunset glow, and in some cases artificial light sources over which we have little or no control such as street lights, car lights and city lights.

Jay Mangum

In the 1950’s, Jay’s father was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, developing and enlarging his own black and white work at home. Jay’s photo journey began at age 6, using a Brownie box camera to take photos of active steam locomotives alongside his Dad during the twilight years of steam.

Jay has carefully preserved his library of large format color slides taken of professional dragsters from 1965 to 1973 – a collection that is referenced today by racing historians. Magazines, books, calendars and websites have featured his work. Today, Jay’s primary photo interests are landscapes, travel and birds.

A resident of Kingwood since 1991 and a member of our club, he retired as an Account Manager for Otis Elevator Company in 2009. Career moves with Otis took him to several landscape photo opportunity regions including Denver, Tulsa, Savannah and Chattanooga.  Jay and his wife, Jan, have 3 children and seven grand kids.

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November 13 Program: Photographic Composition

Ken Frederick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Speaker Ken Frederick will present “Photographic Composition”.

He will discuss compositional guidelines to enhance the visual appeal of photographs.

Topics include:
• Importance of foreground, mid-ground, and background
• Keeping the horizon level
• Use of lines, diagonals, and curves
• Impact of cropping
• Unique angles and perspectives
• Subject framing
• Reducing background clutter
• Use of repetition
• Use of geometric shapes
• Complementary 2nd subject
• Rule of motion
• Simplicity
• Learnings from fine art paintings
• “Breaking the Rules” for artistic effect

Ken grew-up in a Kodak family in Rochester, New York. He is currently a member Board of Trustees of George Eastman Museum in Rochester & a member of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). His photographs have been published in numerous print and online media. He has exhibited and sold his photographs, as well as donated his time & photos to non-profits, nursing homes & Alzheimer facility patients.

We hope you will join us as Ken covers one of the key elements of photography.   Once you learn these rules and strategies you will be more prepared to find great photography spots and opportunities.  

 

 

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October 16 Program: What Are You Doing with Your Photography?

Our speaker will be Alan G Montgomery. Alan will share his experience as a commercial photographer, show some of his commercial work and share some of the volunteer work he has have done utilizing his photography. He will speak about getting images out of our computers and into sight. And how volunteering with your photographic skills to improve the world around you will improve your photography.

Alan Montgomery

 

Alan is a fourth-generation professional photographer and was the owner of Woodallen Photography, a seventy-two-year-old company, in Houston until his retirement in 2017. Alan’s career at Woodallen began in 1967 and he purchased Woodallen Photography in 1973, a year after his grandfather’s death. Alan’s love of photography began with his grandfather, but grew through his love for learning and his desire to help his clients grow their business through his creative photography. He has traveled the world creating images towards this end. Most of what you see in his collection is what Alan has captured through his lens when he has been on a “photographer’s holiday”. His goal is always the same when he creates a photograph. That goal is to keep the viewer in mind. What is the message? Does it denote the right degree of quality, action, background and mood?

Alan and his wife, Jane, are native Houstonians and are lucky enough to have all three of their grown children and families living in the Houston area. Alan leads photography workshops for those wanting to grow their knowledge of photography.

 

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September 18 Program: Large Format Nature Photography / My Inner Peace

Laszlo Perlaky
September 18, 2018

Laszlo Perlaky is a Baylor faculty member at Texas Children’s Cancer Center during the week and a photographic artist on the weekends. He was born and raised in Hungary and came with his family to Houston, TX in 1990. After 20+ years of black and white photography, he has transitioned to the chrome medium, and then the new technology helped him to rediscover the monochrome, combining large format film photography with fine art photographic printing. He has won several prestigious awards, published and exhibited his work on art festivals, group and solo exhibitions. He is member of the New England Large Format Photography Collective (NELFPC), several national and international photographic organizations, past Print competition Vice President of the Houston Photographic Society, photography instructor at Houston Center for Photography and Houston Photography Study Group and leads his Naturalperl workshops. Website: http://www.naturalperlart.com

At our meeting Mr. Perlaky will talk about his ten year love of large format photography, combining large format film photography with fine art photographic printing.  He will have several of his prints & camera to show and will talk about his portfolios.

“Nature”
copyright Laszlo Perlaky

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