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Monthly Newsletter published by Yvonne Lashmett NOTE: To be removed from our Club mailing list, please reply to this e-mail with the word "Remove" in the subject. DPC Website: www.DurangoPhotographyClub.org DPC Facebook: DurangoPhotographyClub Questions or Comments? [email protected]
Durango
Photography Club
Newsletter
MONTHLY DURANGO PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEETING Please join us at our next meeting on Thursday, July 17th in the Banquet Room at the Holiday Inn & Suites, 21636 Highway 160W, Durango, CO. The meeting time is 7-9pm. The first half of the meeting this month will be a discussion on favorite or unique equipment and tools you have found to enhance your photography. The second half of the meeting will be our Monthly Chal-lenge where members share their themed photographs and receive critique if desired.
OUR JULY PRESENTATION IS BY THE MEMBERS!
“LIGHTING TRIGGER Member Steve Yabek will give a short 15-minute presentation on the equipment and methods
used to get this fabulous shot.
Next, we’ll have "SHOW AND TELL” We invite any and all members to take turns showing their favorite piece of paraphernalia that helps them to create fantastic, unique, inspiring photographs. We do not want to focus on the main components of camera bodies, lenses, or point-and-shoot models. The focus will be on tripods, panorama attachments, filters, monopods, tripods, variable neutral density filters, grad-ed filters, color meters, lighting systems, etc. etc. We'd ask each person to explain what they
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brought, how it works, and why it's special to them. Along those same lines, we are having a SUMMER SWAP MEET! Bring photography gear that you would like to sell or swap. Maybe it’s a duplicate. Maybe you’ve upgraded. Please only bring equipment that is in good, clean, and working condition! Be sure to label it with your name and asking price. It will be placed on tables in our meeting room for members and guests to peruse. People can barter/haggle during the mid-meeting break or at the end of the meeting. If you are looking for an item, make a small sign with your “ISO” (in search of) item(s) and hopefully someone can hook you up with what you’re looking for.
PHOTOGRAPHER CHALLENGES: THE CHALLENGE FOR JULY 2014 IS “NEW TECHNIQUES”
Encouraged by what we learned in Deb Sussex’s June presentation, we challenge you to create and submit images in which you have stepped out of your usual settings to create a unique photo. Be prepared to share with the audience that new angle, technique, filter, or setting that you had not used in past images. Paper submissions will no longer be accepted, only electronic submissions on Flickr. Direc-tions for uploading are on the Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/groups/durangophotographyclub Don't forget to put "July 2014 Challenge" as a photo subtitle in up to three photos. You may add as many of your photos to the Club's Flickr site as you'd like but only three will be displayed. At the meeting all photos entered as of 8pm on meeting night will be shown for comment and critique. You may be asked to give a short (90 seconds or less) description of each photo for the attendees’ edification. If you'd like to receive suggestions or critique on photos not meeting the topic of the month, you may upload them to the Club site for discussion. Time permitting, they may be shown for open comments after the Challenge photos have been shown. Please note: Monthly Chal-lenges are for members only. It is always nice to see what our members are shooting! Thanks to everyone who sends in entries. They definitely make the second half of our meet-ings much more fun and educational! If you have any questions or problems, e-mail Howard Rachlin at [email protected]
THE CHALLENGE FOR AUGUST 2014 WILL BE
“ESSENCE OF SUMMER” Show us through photography what summer means to you. May-be it's a backyard bbq, a campfire, swimming, tubing, rafting the river, connecting with Great Aunt Lucille at a family reunion, flowers along a high country lake, a June wed-ding. Show us YOUR summer best!
It’s time for the 2014 La Plata County Fair!
Even if you don’t have any other entries, we hope to see your photos entered in one of the many categories and levels in the 2014 La Plata County Fair! It's also the time of year to again request volunteers to help handle the photography section at the La Plata County Fair. The Durango Photography Club has total responsibility for managing this. We'd appreciate it if you could work for a four hour slot. If you can do more than one slot, that's great! I'm sure that this will be our biggest "show" yet! The Club NEEDS your help to keep this event going! Please thoughtfully consider your availability. It’s a lot of fun and you meet so many interest-ing people and often hear the stories behind the photos they submit! Most of the duty involves "Booth Sitting." What does this mean? Mingle, talk, socialize! Talk to people about the Club, photography or whatever. Ask them to vote for the "People's Choice" award and make sure they only enter one vote for each group (Children, Juniors and Adults). Show them the Fair booklet if they have questions about entry and category details. Make sure that nobody walks off with, or damages any of the photos. Enjoy a free meal and drink if you work at least four
hours (what an incentive!). Howard will be there every morning to "indoctrinate" the first shift people and each shift will indoctrinate the next. Let me know what day and times you can work at [email protected]. Respond quickly If you want to get the best slots :-) Here's the schedule for this year’s fair. Monday, August 4 - Setup of the booth - 1:00 pm. We need about six people for about two hours. For the rest of the days, we need two volunteers to "booth sit" at all times. Wednesday, August 6 - Check in of Entries, data entry and hanging of photos – 7:30am - 6:00pm. Thursday, August 7 - Judging - 9:00am - 1:00pm, Booth Sitting - 1:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, August 8 - Booth sitting - 9:00am - 8:00pm Saturday, August 9 - Booth sitting - 9:00pm - 6:30pm Sunday, August 10 - Booth sitting - 9:00pm - 2:00pm Returning photographs and tear down of the booth - 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Need about six people for this! Any questions or comments, please e-mail me ([email protected]) or call me at 970-375-7877. Thanks for your help, Howard Rachlin County Fair Photography Superintendent
DPC MEMBERS ON CURRENT DISPLAY
OR RECENTLY PUBLISHED! Be sure to read these publications or visit these locations to support the photographers and the businesses that support local photographers!
OPEN SHUTTER GALLERY Reminder: Maryanne Nelson will be having a show in the Red Room at Open Shutter from June 20th (opening reception 5-8PM.) to the end of the first week in August. The exhibit will feature her photos from Argenti-na. These two images are a sampling of what you will see on display.
RAVEN HOUSE GALLERY, MANCOS, CO
Janet Chanay’s images are on the walls at the Raven House Gallery in Mancos. Several new photographs are up for the summer along with a new watercolorist, and pottery, jewelry and quilt-ing are all in abundance. So, if you are at the Absolute for breakfast or Olios for dinner and in the mood for some art, just step on over. Summer hours: 10 to 6, Sundays 10-2.
TWILIGHT CAFÉ
Yvonne Lashmett has five photographs on display in the Twilight Café in the new Mercury Payment Systems building.
RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM DPC MEMBERS
Fine art photo printing services: Lisa Mackey is offering as large as 24”x90” fine art photo printing services. For more information visit: www.lisamackeyphoto.com/printing%20services.htm Photo printing services: Rick Legrand. For more information, contact him at 759-5612. Workshops: Branson Reynolds, a founding Club member, provides photography workshops in the Four Corners area. He offers a 25% discount to Club members. For more information visit www.bransonreynolds.com. If you offer services our members might be inter-ested in, send information on them to : [email protected]
Fireworks over Durango. July 4, 2014.
DPC Officers: PRESIDENT:
ROY ROBERTS [email protected]
VP/PROGRAM DIRECTOR: JERRY BAUMANN
SECRETARY: LINDA PAMPINELLA
TREASURER & CO-MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN:
LINDA THOMPSON [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN: YVONNE LASHMETT
FIELD TRIP CHAIRMAN: BRANSON REYNOLDS
http://laughingraventours.com/branson.html
CO-MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN: ERIC PAHLKE
WEBMASTER: TIM HAMZA webmas-
MEMBER-AT-LARGE: HOWARD RACHLIN
Please remember to thank these people for volunteering their time to keep the Club operation-al! If you’d like to consider volunteering your time to help, please contact the President.
PLEASE VISIT THESE CLUB MEMBERS’ WEBSITES!
Let us know if you have your own site where we can visit and send other people.
Kathy Myrick: www.flickr.com/photos/kathymyrick.
Howard Rachlin: www.HowardRachlin.com
Barb Lawson www.sanjuanimages.com Yvonne Lashmett:
www.DurangoExposures.com Linda Pampinella: lindapampinella.com
Tim Hamza: http://fourtheye.aminus3.com/
Walter Pfau: walterpfauphotography.com MaryAnne Nelson:
www.flickr.com/photos/maryannenelson/
CLUB WEBSITE Tim Hamza maintains our Club's website:
durangophotographyclub.org. Check it out and see what is there! If you would like to be included, updated or re-
moved from any of the pages on our Web site, please contact Tim. [email protected]
CLUB FACEBOOK PAGE Be sure to “Like” us on Facebook and
share photos! https://www.facebook.com/DurangoPhotographyClub?ref=hl
Newsletter Submission Deadline: Submissions to the next monthly newsletter must be received no later than the 25th day of the month. We look forward to submitted news, awards, exhibitions and photographs by our members. Send your submissions to [email protected]