This will be a night to find inspirations and creativity together!
A fire begins with a tiny spark. The same can be said for creativity. In photography, a tiny addition can lead to a completely different finished picture. Join Kathy Adams Clark for this program discussing tiny changes that can yield different photos. This program is designed for photographers of all levels. The emphasis will be on photographers who know basic camera operation but are looking for ways to enhance the look of these images. Participants will understand that tiny elements can enhance a photograph. Participants will be exposed to processing ideas that can bring out details in a photograph.
Information for our ‘birder’ club members. While not a sponsored event, it is a yearly event where members have attended and taken beautiful photographs.
FYI-Registration is a requirement and now open. Due to the limitation of trips based on the number of participants, it is recommended if interested you use this link as soon as possible to register https://www.galvestonfeatherfest.com . Here you will find all of the important details related to registration, birding guide, events, workshops and lodging.
About Feather Fest from their website…
“If you’re a serious or casual bird-watcher or nature photographer…..an experienced or new outdoor enthusiast…..or someone who wants some exercise, fresh air and sunshine and something different to do…..you’ll want to join us at FeatherFest. There’s no need to be shy – the majority of our guests are not birding or nature photography experts!
Thousands of birds take wing to our island each spring during an arduous northward migration across the Gulf from Central and South America. And hundreds of tourists and neighbors follow suit to see more than 200 species of brightly-colored birds strut their stuff around our hometown – a prime location along the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail.
FeatherFest is a fun four days of excellent birding and nature photography field trips. Make plans to enjoy spring migration on Galveston Island at FeatherFest 2025– April 24– 27!”
For those of you who plan to attend, we will look forward to seeing your beautiful photography.
A fire begins with a tiny spark. The same can be said for creativity. In photography, a tiny addition can lead to a completely different finished picture. Join Kathy Adams Clark for this program discussing tiny changes that can yield different photos. This program is designed for photographers of all levels. The emphasis will be on photographers who know basic camera operation but are looking for ways to enhance the look of these images. Participants will understand that tiny elements can enhance a photograph. Participants will be exposed to processing ideas that can bring out details in a photograph.
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Kathy Adams Clark has been a professional nature photographer since 1995.
Kathy’s photos have been published in hundreds of places including Family Fun,, Nature’s Best, New York Times, Birder’s World, and Ranger Rick.
AAA Journey,Texas Parks & Wildlife and Texas Highways magazines have used Kathy’s photos on their cover. Her photos have also appeared in a numerous books and calendars including the Barnes & Noble Ireland Countryside Calendar, the cover of the Arbor Foundation Rainforest Calendar, and the Sierra Engagement Calendar. Kathy’s photos of Houston were compiled into a calendar offered in Costco.
Her photos appear every week in the “Nature” column in the Houston Chronicle written by her husband, Gary Clark. Kathy and Gary have worked with national publishing houses to produce ten books that combine their photography and writing skills. Their latest books are Book of Texas Birds published by Texas A&M University Press and Backroads of Texas published by Voyageur Press.
Kathy’s photography is featured in Portrait of Houston published by Farcountry Press. Photographing Big Bend National Park, published by Texas A&M Press, is written by Kathy and uses her photography throughout.
Kathy is past president of the North American Nature Photography Association. She teaches photography and is a popular speaker at local and national events. She leads photo tours through Strabo Tours to countries including Costa Rica, Brazil, Spain, Africa, Italy, Peru, Morocco, and Norway.
Our board met on Thursday to elect the new slate of officers for 2025. First we must give Kathie Muhle a big thank you for her service over these past years leading our club. Thank you Kathie. She stays on now as Vice President to assist our new fearless leader, Chris Summers. Thanks Chris for stepping up for this role.
Chris and Kathie will be assisted by Jim Evrard, our Treasurer; Randi Munsi, Secretary; and Jim Telljohann.
Humble Cookoff and Rodeo is looking for a couple of photographers for the Cookoff weekend (January 31 – February 1, 2025). This is a great way to get onto the list for future years once you’ve dipped your toes in the water. The cookoff is a ton of fun as you will get full access to the private party tents to take pics – and you should get a bunch of “samples“ of the food they are cooking (especially on Friday night…Saturday is the competition and things get more serious)…just be outgoing and ask to take pics of the BBQ crews and get them in action.
The photography coordinator is Brooke Arnold – have folks contact her directly at brooke.arnold94@gmail.com
Humble Cookoff and Rodeo is looking for a couple of photographers for the Cookoff weekend (January 31 – February 1, 2025). This is a great way to get onto the list for future years once you’ve dipped your toes in the water. The cookoff is a ton of fun as you will get full access to the private party tents to take pics – and you should get a bunch of “samples“ of the food they are cooking (especially on Friday night…Saturday is the competition and things get more serious)…just be outgoing and ask to take pics of the BBQ crews and get them in action.
The photography coordinator is Brooke Arnold – have folks contact her directly at brooke.arnold94@gmail.com
First Photo Pop Up event for 2025! Join fellow club members on January 7th for a photo field trip to The Post and visit their rooftop area that is all aglow with festive holiday lighting for their Winter Wonderlawn.
We will meet up at the Kingwood First Baptist church lot for a 3 pm departure to downtown. That will give us time to get there, get parked and inside where we can photography the interior decorations. Sunset is at 5:28 pm so we want to be up on the rooftop as the sun sets and blue hour puts a nice glow in the sky with skyscrapers lit up in the background.
Please RSVP here if you are planning to go. I can take 3-4 passengers in my car but we may need additional drivers depending on interest in the event.
It’s important to get your $10 ticket as this is required for rooftop access. Go to the website to prepay for your ticket.
We just went through and cleaned up our website. Got rid of a lot of old content and images as well as compressed many of the images on the site…that in addition to improving site cache and databases. Hopefully you will see an improvement in performance as a result. If you’ve been an intensive user of the website you might notice some things missing. We looked at site traffic and removed pages and area that were getting almost zero traffic. Merry Christmas. Our move to the newer website is being delayed until sometime later in January.
On behalf our your club activities committee, thank you for all who participated in 2024 activities and wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Once the committee determines dates and locations for 2025, we will post options for a great calendar of daytime and overnight trip options and list below. As day trips and overnight trips are scheduled, there will be posts which include registration to join in the great photography opportunities.
Spring- San Antonio (TBD)
Pop-Up Trips
Committee encourages club members to organize pop-up events. Since there is no planned activity for July and August, that would be a great time to plan as well.
Houston Mural Hunt Seismique Art Museum in Katy TGR Exotic Wildlife Park in Spring Elinor Tinsley Park-Skyline photography College Station/Bush Library Huntsville Prison Museum/Sam Houston Exhibits
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