7:00 - 7:15: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News7:15 - 8:15: Presentation - "Environmental Portraiture" - Kenny Braun
8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Wildflowers!Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, May 14th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.
Reminder about our image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
- Critique - You have specific questions you'd like to ask about your image and you want feedback from the other photographers at the meeting. Come prepared with your questions.
- Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about our image review process here:
Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website. Please note: our meeting room is on the first floor. From the main entrance, go straight to the back of the building and turn left.
About our Speaker
Kenny Braun is a Texas photographer that’s equal parts Thoreau and Avedon—an existential outdoorsman and consummate professional who adeptly captures everything from remote places to far away gazes. His curiosity about faces and places is evident in his work, which is so vivid you can’t even imagine a photographer being involved. He’s built a career and reputation as a no nonsense and exceedingly easy to work with pro. Braun is somewhat of an Indiana Jones of photography, shooting in the studio or meeting with art directors one day, then braving the elements on a picturesque escapade the next. Each informs the other and makes him a highly desirable photographer for editorial, commercial, and art photography work. David Wyatt / Wyatt Brand.
He is best known for his environmental portraiture, landscape and editorial photography. He brings a consistent visual identity to a wide range of subject matter by focusing on quality of light, color and mood. His approach is straight-forward and unpretentious with an M.O. that relies on natural light, decisive moments, serendipity and technical precision. He has traveled extensively and has a substantial catalog of images from his native Texas. Being a long-time contributing photographer for Texas Monthly Magazine has provided a steady stream of subject matter from every corner of the state. Music, surfing and photography have been his passions since high-school, each influencing the other. His personal work explores a sense of place and memory by returning to scenes from his childhood. His series on Texas Surfers and the Gulf Coast will be published by the University of Texas Press in 2014.
Among his clients are Texas Monthly Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, Spirit Magazine, Wired Magazine, Texas Highways Magazine, Southern Living Magazine, Pentagram Design, The University of Texas and UT Press.
