February is a new beginning for the club as we had our first meeting in the Fellowship Hall of the church. I had several members come up to me and voice their approval of the new room location. It is larger, lighter, a very large screen and an excellent projector. Hospitality liked the kitchen location off to the side and we had tables to sit at. Jim Schepens has reserved the room for us for all the months that are available so hoping we’ll see many more meetings here.
I mentioned the wonderful photos that were shared this month and it made choosing the header extremely difficult. Featured members this month are Connie and David Emerson with their owl photos, Chuck Dugand from the Humble Rodeo, Jim Tellijohann’s running cheetah taken in South Africa, Scott Meyer’s “Morning Flyaway” and finally two new members, John O’Brien and Ron Tribolet. Check out the post with our Gallery to see all the photos.
Last year I began a “Learn” section of our Share and Learn. This month I approached Chuck Dugand for his experiences with the Humble Rodeo. He has fast action in the ring and slow moments around the ring. Beautiful work as always from Chuck and it is a part of this agenda so take a look. The purpose of the “Behind the Lens” is to give other photographers a sense of what it took to get the shot or shots. From equipment to time of day to post-processing. It’s all there in a summarized form for you. I’m always looking for volunteers for a “Behind the Lens” so let me know if you’d like to feature one of your photos.
You’ll find a summary of all the club happenings in the agenda so if you could not make the meeting or want to refresh your memory take a look at it. The next library Workshop on March 7th is “Know your Camera, Photography Basics”, a new Pop-up Workshop on March 4th, “Building Websites” and we have two Special Interest Groups (SIG) workshops for”Portrait Photography” and “Post-Processing”.
For club activities too come, we have a day trip to Houston on February 27th “Houston Skyline Night Shoot” and an overnight trip to Fredericksburg from March 31 to April 2. If interested in Fredericksburg Jim Schepens suggested you get your hotel reservations done as soon as possible. More information is available for all these events on our website for members only. Ellen Taylor had a comment for all members that the activities are a great way to gain experience with your camera and on these trips, she has always found a more advanced photographer that will help. I encouraged members to join, reach out and meet a few people and enjoy time with other photographers.
Last months club activities saw our members taking photos at the Humble Rodeo. Margaret Molloy spoke very highly of the Rodeo Art Contest and as a teacher, she was in her element. There is a possibility that either she or another member could do additional photography in the future. Jim Evrard photographed the Humble Vocal Contest and he was amazed at the young talent that is in our area. Last year after viewing Steve Hansen’s rodeo photos I talked to him and asked if he could get our club involved, which he successfully did. So thank you, Steve, it was well worth the effort of all the members who participated.
Connie Emerson arranged our speaker, Michael Marvins and we viewed some exceptional examples of his photography from Central and West Texas. After the meeting, Pam Walton asked him about conducting a workshop and Mike was very open to working with the club sometime in the fall. Hopefully, more information to come. I’ll write a separate post about Mike’s presentation along with his Powerpoints.
A big thank you to our Membership team, Pam Walton and Theresa Crutchfield for the great job they are doing. On Tuesday they collected dues from an additional 10 members. If current members have not renewed by the end of March they will be taken off our member list for 2020 so please pay your dues by then.
Also, the refreshments provided by Ron Fovargue, Anne Mullins and David Emerson were greatly appreciated along with the Hospitality team of Maggie Halleck and Arlane Sponaugle. The Hospitality sign-up sheet still has many open months so please consider signing up next month as you treat yourself to a snack or drink.
Finally, I brought my big girl camera (as opposed to the big boy camera) to get some photos of our meeting. We really did have an excellent time. Look for my post on next month’s assignment “Framing”! Keep your camera at the ready!
“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.”
— Imogen Cunningham
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