April 2024

Please see the Club Information page for general information
regarding meetings, outings, and slideshows.

Club Meeting

When: Monday 4/15, 2024 @6:00pm
Topic: "Intellectual Property/AI" by Brian Hanning
Meeting Slides - Member Slideshow Submissions
Where: ONLINE using ZOOM - Link to Join our meeting

Club Outings

Details for each outing

Coffee Meeting

Tue 4/16 @9:00am - Meet at Panera Bread Co in Front Range Village

SIG Meetings/Outings

Landscape SIG - Sat 4/13 1pm-2:30pm - Sylvan Dale Ranch
“Join Heart-J Center for this monthly photography meetup and walking tour at Sylvan Dale Ranch.”
See link below: https://www.heartjcenter.org/programs/upcoming/apr2024
Cost is FREE to $50 (Pick your Price)

Macro SIG outing - Thu 4/25 @9:00am - Dream Acres Orchids.
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Start Time: 9:00 am
Location: Dream Acres Orchids 900 North Taft Hill Road Fort Collins, CO
A big thank you to Pam Jordan for arranging this Macro SIG outing with the owner of Dream Acres Orchids. According to Pam this nursery has some 200,000 square feet of greenhouse space and millions of plants. Perhaps photoshoot attendees will want to bring extra memory cards :-). The owner of Dream Acres Orchids has requested photographs from photoshoot attendees.
Please let me know if you plan to attend this photoshoot.
Paul Marcoux
Macro SIG Leader

Mobile SIG - TBD
Night Sky SIG - TBD
Photography 101 SIG - TBD
Portrait SIG - Sun 4/7 @1pm-5pm at Mike's Studio "Woodstock"
Post Processing SIG -TBD

Travel SIG - April 18 meeting by Zoom. Planned speaker: Rick Dunnahoo. Other details to follow.

Video SIG - TBD
Wildlife SIG - TBD

Challenge Topics

Email your challenge topic images to Jim Limburg for the April meeting slideshow
1. "Anything in the Air"
2. Best Image Taken/Processed Since the Last Meeting

Interesting Links Found by our Members

2024-01-11 eclipse map
contributed by Ed Ogle

Eclipse Photography Essentials: Selecting the Right Solar Filter
contributed by Richard Gonet

Photographic Events

Sat 4/13 to Sun 4/14 Wicked West Comic Expo
The Ranch, Loveland
contributed by Mike Barry

Fri 4/19 to Sat 4/20 FoCoMX
350 bands on 35 stages over 2 days.
Tickets are $60 (includes both days).
The Fort Collins Music Experiment is camera friendly. I usually shoot in places like the Aggie and Washingtons at earlier shows (since not shooting from the pit, and later shows are crowded)
contributed by Vern Kellie

Sun 4/28, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Kids in the Park
Twin Silo Park, Fort Collins
This city event is free and traditionally includes kite flying. Additional parking is available at Fossil Ridge High School.