Hill Country Photography Club

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Our next meeting is on Thursday, June 16th. Please mark your calendars!

7:00 - 7:30: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News.

7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - D. Clarke Evans, "Game Day with D. Clarke Evans," photographer for the San Antonio Spurs. Clarke's presentation will cover shooting a game, the setup required and camera positions for getting certain shots. He will share some of his favorite images from each setup.

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, June 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 the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-process.html

Meeting Location: Horizon Bay in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

About our Speaker: D. Clarke Evans

D. Clarke Evans, a commercial photographer living in San Antonio, Texas, is recognized for his architectural, sports, and corporate photography. He is the official photographer of the San Antonio Spurs and is also President of the Texas Photographic Society (TPS), a non-profit national photographic organization of over 1,200 members from 48 states and 11 countries. Among its programs, TPS sponsors workshops, lectures, juried competitions, and a collectors print program.

Clarke has a Master of Arts degree from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooks Institute School of Photographic Arts and Science located in Santa Barbara, California.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Agenda for meeting on May 19, 2011

Our next meeting is on Thursday, May 19th. Please mark your calendars!

7:00 - 7:30: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News.

7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - Carolyn Whiteside, Topic: "Carolyn's African Photo Safari"-- presentation will include tips on planning, equipment used, and photos from 4 wildlife preserves.

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, May 17th 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.

Carolyn grew up in rural Oklahoma with 3 older brothers and lots of farm animals, including a pet Brahma bull. She always had a special interest in animals and their behavior.

She studied education at Oklahoma State University, and taught at the high school level for 20 years before retiring. Carolyn and her husband, Bobby, both enjoy camping and traveling. Carolyn renewed her interest in photography as a way to entertain herself in retirement. After seeing her wildlife and nature images, local wildlife artist Wade Butler encouraged her to show and sell her work.

Carolyn is now a regular exhibitor at Gruene Market Days, Oysterfest in Fulton, The Official Texas Arts and Crafts Fair in Kerrville, and The Annual 4th of July Rockport Art Festival. She has won numerous awards, and has images published in Texas Parks and Wildlife and Hill Country Magazine. She also has images in an Embassy Suites in San Antonio, and the Gruene River Restaurant in Gruene.

Carolyn recently took a trip of a lifetime to Africa and will share the preparation for the safari and some of the special images that she captured in Kenya and Tanzania for the May meeting.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Agenda for meeting on April 21, 2011

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

7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - Quest Couch, CEO and Co-founder of LumiQuest

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Nature. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, April 19th 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 the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-proc ess.html

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

About our Speaker: Quest Couch
While in graduate school Quest served as assistant to, and was inspired by Rod Whitaker (pen name Trevanian), Radio, Television and Film Departmental Chair and author. Whitaker also introduced Quest to then CBS anchor Walter Cronkite. Later, Quest would write a script for Cronkite documenting the Lower Pecos Indians of Texas. The presentation was narrated by KENS TV anchor Chris Marrou. Over two decades, Quest Productions would produce and Marrou would narrate over 30 films/videos/presentations for a long list of clients. Subjects ranged from children with Muscular Dystrophy to captains of industry, including three presidents of the United States, photographed for political advertising legend Lionel Sosa.

Quest’s career in photography and related activities has spanned nearly four decades. The varied projects and assignments included work for an eclectic clientele^.The challenges of moving quickly and setting up fast while making quality images resulted in the his development of the LumiQuest line of photographic accessories. He continues to shoot and develop new accessories for today’s digital photographer.

Quest co-founded Lumiquest in 1987. The company is headquartered in New Braunfels and produces a line of light modifiers and other photographic accessories.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Agenda for meeting on March 17, 2011

Here's the agenda for the meeting:

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

7:30 - 8:15: Software Demonstration - Carol Serur & Art Arizpe will demonstrate tools from the onOne Perfect Photo Suite.

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work. Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, March 15th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com.

Note: At the February meeting, Steve Hix suggested the "Parking Lot Challenge" as our critique topic, but since I didn't get the reminder out with enough time for everyone to try the Challenge, I decided to critique recent work at this meeting instead. If you do have Challenge images, then please send them in, but feel free to submit your recent work also.

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.

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 Charrería 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:

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 the new image review process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-image-review-proc ess.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:

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.