Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Agenda for meeting on February 10, 2011

As we discussed at our last meeting, we need to reschedule our regular monthly meeting because two of our members, Carol Serur and Winifred Simon, have an opening reception at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum for Arte en la CharrerĂ­a on our regular meeting night. Congratulations to Carol and Winifred!

Here's the agenda for the meeting:

7:00 - 7:30 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News

7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - Steve Hix
8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, February 8th 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.
 
About our Speaker: Steve Hix

Steve Hix had his first one-man show in 1974 and went on to show in galleries in Carmel, Albuquerque, New York, London and Paris during that decade.  He worked in motion film and finally commercial still photography starting in 1981.  He continued producing fine art photography parallel to his commercial career since then. 

For three decades Steve has produced advertising campaigns taking him to over seventy countries while working with the top ad agencies in the world and nearly 400 of the Fortune 500.  He has changed specialties four times in his career including, special effects, landscapes, lifestyle and stock.  In 2004 he started the stock agency, Somos, and soon partnered with Veer and then Corbis before selling his half to Corbis in 2009.

His photography has been showcased in Photo District News, Graphis, Print and Archive.  Communication Arts Magazine published a twelve-page article about Steve in 1993 showcasing much of his fine art photography. He has won dozens of international awards for his work, most recently a Lucie Award in 2010.

Over the past four decades Steve has lived and worked in Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and now resides in Austin.  He currently serves on the board of advisors of the Austin Art Institute photography department and is producing a book on the Great Sand Dunes National Park, where he now sells posters and note cards.

REMINDER: Annual club membership fees are due: $12 annual dues plus add an additional donation to the equipment fund (recommendation is at least $10) to purchase an LCD projector for the club.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Kate Breakey Exhibit, Painted Light

The club has arranged a tour of the Kate Breakey exhibit, Painted Light, at the Wittliff Collections Gallery at Texas State University. The tour is scheduled for Wednesday, February 2nd, at 7pm.

You may find more info here. Beverley Fondren, the development officer for the Gallery, as well as Carla Ellard, the Photography Gallery Curator, will meet with us.

Here are directions to the gallery, and the 3 parking lots...however, only the first one, LBJSC (LBJ Student Center) parking lot will be available for us to park that night. If you're on IH-35, you will take exit 206 and head west. I strongly suggest you carpool because there is a charge and parking is always tricky on campus.

I hope to see you there!

Also, please remember that our February monthly meeting will be a week early, on the 10th. Please watch your email for more info.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Agenda for meeting on January 20, 2011

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011:

7:00 - 7:30 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News

7:30- 8:00: Business Meeting - Election of 2011 Club Executives

8:00 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Before and After. Don't forget to send your 2 pairs of review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, January 18th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

NOTE: We have a new image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Agenda for meeting on November 18, 2010

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, November 18, 2010

7:00 - 7:30 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News and Club Business

7:30- 8:15: Guest Speaker - Steve Hopson, Street and Music Photography

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Before and After. Don't forget to send your 2 pairs of review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, November 16th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

NOTE: We have a new image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

About our Speaker: Steve Hopson



Steve Hopson began photography with a High School graduation present camera from his parents (a Pentax Spotmatic). Within a few days, he found himself at the base of an Interstate overpass in Houston trying to make the concrete columns look like Roman ruins. Within a few years, he found himself taking Art Photography from Garry Winogrand at UT Austin. Now, many years later, Steve has explored most genres of photography with special emphasis on portraits, landscape, street photography, macro, travel, and music photography. His commercial clients include Rolling Stone, Budweiser, MSNBC, C3 Presents, Transmission Entertainment, Microsoft, J. Walter Thompson, and TBG Partners. His work has been exhibited as part of the New American Talent show in the Arthouse at Jones Center and other museums, and he regularly contributes photo essays to Austinist.com. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science from UT Austin in Radio, Television and Film and a Master of Public Administration degree from Texas State University, and is currently employed as a Policy Analyst for the Texas Sunset Commission. Steve doesn't think that there will ever be another photographer as great as Henri Cartier-Bresson, but that doesn't stop him from giving it his best shot.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Agenda for meeting on October 21, 2010

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, October 21, 2010

7:00 - 7:30 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News and Club Business

7:20- 8:10: Knowledge Share - Carol Watson, What I Learned at Photoshop World

8:10 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, October 19th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

NOTE: We have a new image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Agenda for meeting on August 19, 2010

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, August 19th, 2010

7:00 - 7:30 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News

7:30- 8:20: Knowledge Share - Ask The Experts - submit your questions about anything related to photography and our experienced photographers will provide answers. Submit your questions in advance by going to this website:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22B2W2T4X9Z

8:20 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Before and After. Don't forget to send your 2 pairs of review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, August 17th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

NOTE: We have a new image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Agenda for meeting on July 22, 2010

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, July 22, 2010

7:00 - 7:20 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News

7:20- 8:10: Guest Speaker - Tami Bone, Photographer: Ordinary Beauty, Everyday Humanity

8:10 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, July 20th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

NOTE: We have a new image review process:
When we display your image we'll ask you to select one of these reviews:
  1. 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.
  2. Show and Tell - You'd simply like to share information about this image with us such as technique or location.
More about the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay (formerly Merrill Gardens) in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

About our Guest Speaker: Tami Bone

"I have a big love for ordinary beauty and everyday humanity. As a photographer, I look for grace and truth and simplicity in my daily world. While familiar, these are the things that elevate our existence. They are part of what give our lives substance and meaning. While not in and of themselves photographable, I try to make them so. I look for what is honest and real, what moves my soul before my mind is aware. Within that space, I am at my best. My work is as much about being fully alive in a moment, as it is about the ins and outs of photography. It is about having a bond with this world, and about finding affinity with those around me". -- Tami Bone