Agenda for meeting on April 19, 2012

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

7:00 - 7:15: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News

7:15 - 8:15: Presentation - Kevin G Saunders Photography / KGS Custom Bicycles - Kevin Saunders

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Wildflowers!
Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, April 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:

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: Kevin Saunders

Kevin Saunders, from San Antonio, has incorporated two diverse businesses into one operation. It is very interesting how he has used photography to sell very high quality custom bicycles.

A photographer since 1968, Kevin needed to photograph the bicycles in KGS Custom Bicycles for the internet. It was too expensive to hire a pro and the logical solution was to build a commercial photography studio inside the bicycle atelier. This has developed into Kevin G Saunders Photography and now Architectural photography, Product photography and high end Portraiture are areas of specialty that are being well received in the market.

http://www.kevingsaunders.com/
http://www.kgsbikes.com/

Greg Lasley Presentation

Greg Lasley, a local wildlife photographer will be speaking at this month's Hays County Master Naturalist Chapter meeting and we're invited! The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 22^nd, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the Wimberley Presbyterian Church, 956 FM 2325. A map is available here.

Greg’s Texas Wildlife Portraits  was published by Texas A&M Press in late 2008. The book is an eclectic collection of Texas wildlife images from birds to mammals, insects, and reptiles. Each image in the book was taken by Greg in the wild and in Texas. In his program of the same title, Greg explains how the book came to be and outlines his own evolution into the world of birding and later wildlife photography. Many of the images from the book are part of the program and Greg explains how many of the images were taken and the circumstances and background behind the shot.

In 2009, Greg also served as the Naturescapes Juror.

The chapter meeting starts with a social time from 6:30pm to 7:00pm and you're encouraged to bring snacks.

I think you'll enjoy Greg's program and I hope to see you there!

Agenda for meeting on March 15, 2012

Our next meeting is on Thursday, March 15th. Please mark your calendars!

7:00 - 7:15: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News

7:15 - 8:15: Presentation - What Happened in Vegas - New Trends in Portrait Photography - Carol Watson

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 13th 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.

Agenda for meeting on January 19, 2012

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

7:00 - 7:45: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News, Club Business

• 2012 Dues, $12, Checks payable to "Hill Country Photography Club".
• Officer Elections - I'll send a separate email about this.
  
• Meeting and activity planning - I'd like to gather input about what topics you'd like to see during our programs and what activities the club can undertake. Please give this some thought and share your ideas!
  

7:45 - 8:15: Presentation - Cell Phoneography - Winifred Simon

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work.
Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, January 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:

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.

December Field Trip & Dinner/Social

As we discussed at the last meeting,

our December meeting will be a Field Trip & Dinner/Social, on Saturday, December 3rd.

Please join us for a fantastic wrap-up to a fantastic year!

We'll start at the Wittliff Collections at 2:30 pm, on the 7th floor of Alkek Library on Texas State campus. Free admission.

http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/current.html

How to get there: http://www.library.txstate.edu/about/driving-directions.html

NOTE: Garages No. 1 and 2 are free on weekends  

From there we'll go down the street to Palmers Restaurant, http://www.palmerstexas.com/

After dinner, we'll go to Sights and Sounds of Christmas, http://www.sights-n-sounds.org/ for some night time shooting!

Sight and Sounds parking: http://www.sights-n-sounds.org/transportation/   ($4 admission per person)

Please RSVP to hcphotoclub@gmail.com by Thursday, December 1st, so we know how many to expect at Palmers.

I hope to see you there!

Agenda for meeting on November 17, 2011

Our next meeting is on Thursday, November 17th. Please mark your calendars!

7:00 - 7:30: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News.
7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - Barbra Riley
8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Recent Work.
Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, November 15th 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: Barbra Riley

Barbra Riley was born in Brooklyn, and raised outside of New York City in White Plains, New York. She studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and California State University, Sacramento where she received her BA and MA in Art.
 

For four years after graduation, Barbra ran her own art and design studio in New York City. She designed, photographed, and worked with printers and bookbinders on commercial projects while she continued to produce and exhibit her own water-media paintings, hand-colored photographs and works on paper.

In 1978 she accepted a teaching position at what was then Corpus Christi State University, now Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. While teaching at A&M-CC, she continued with graduate study at the University of Texas-Austin in the department of Photojournalism. In addition to teaching classes in photography, design and watercolor painting at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Barbra developed the digital curriculum in photography and commercial design for the Art Department, curated exhibitions for the Weil Gallery, conducted workshops in historical photographic processes, bookbinding and watercolor painting and led classes and workshops abroad. She has also contributed to articles about teaching photography for Photo*Letter, published by the Texas Photographic Society and Wildlife in Focus III, Coastal Bend Wildlife Habitat Education Program.

Barbra's photographs and paintings have been widely exhibited for more than 30 years. She has been included in exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California. In Texas, she has exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Houston Center for Photography, Laguna Gloria Museum in Austin, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, and The Art Museum of South Texas as well as dozens of universities, art galleries and alternative art exhibition spaces. Currently, 18 large painted photographs by Barbra are featured in the new AT&T Center Collection of Art in San Antonio.

Locally, art work by Barbra is in the permanent collections of the Art Museum of South Texas, Matthews & Branscomb, 1st Community Bank, Bank of America and the Bell Library at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her black and white photographs of Europe line the walls in Jason’s Deli at five locations in South Texas. Elsewhere in Texas, her work resides in numerous permanent collections including the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Dallas Museum of Art, the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin, Goldman Sachs and Southwestern Bell in Dallas, Merrill Lynch and Texas Instruments in Houston, and the AT&T Center and Republic National Bank, San Antonio. Nationally, she is represented in the corporate collections of Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City and Price Waterhouse, Los Angeles.

Agenda for meeting on October 20, 2011

Our next meeting is on Thursday, October 20th. Please mark your calendars!

7:00 - 7:30: Introduction of New Members/Guests, Announcements, Member News.
7:30 - 8:15: Guest Speaker - Laurence Parent

8:15 - 9:00: Image Reviews - Topic: Blue. What does that mean? Well, blue is a color, a mood, a musical note, at least. Be creative! What is your interpretation of blue? Don't forget to send your 2 review images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, October 18th 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: Laurence Parent

Laurence Parent was born in New Mexico and raised in several southwestern states, primarily New Mexico. After receiving a petroleum engineering degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, he practiced engineering for six years before becoming a full-time freelance photographer and writer specializing in landscape, travel, and nature subjects. His love of the outdoors was inspired by his parents, Hiram and Annette Parent, who took him on numerous hiking and camping trips when he was young. Because his father was a National Park Service ranger, he grew up in some of America's most beautiful places. Among other tasks, Laurence's father did photo work for the National Park Service and occasional freelance jobs on the side. His mother periodically wrote magazine articles, often on travel subjects. Although Laurence had no conscious desire to photograph and write until he was already a practicing engineer, as he grew older he was drawn to the photographic profession by his love of the outdoors and a desire to work for himself.

Laurence travels all over the United States and to other countries in pursuit of exceptional images. He has gathered stock from 52 states and provinces and several other countries. He typically spends up to half of the year on the road. Through patience and planning, he tries to capture his photographic subjects at the perfect moment of light and weather. He hopes that the photographs produced by his efforts will inspire people to protect our world's beautiful natural and historical heritage.

To get the best possible image quality, Laurence specializes in large-format 4x5 images of the natural and human landscape. He also uses a 35mm camera to capture images that are impossible to get with a 4x5, such as outdoor sports. In recent years he has begun to collaborate with his wife, Patricia Caperton Parent, on book and magazine projects. Laurence and Patricia make their home in the Austin, Texas area.