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2017-11-14 FCDCC Meeting Notes

We met in the Community room of the Coloradoan Newspaper, 1300 Riverside Ave. Fort Collins.

Please welcome Ken, Albert, Sue, Lin, Ning, Steven and Noah who were visiting our club.

Please pay your dues for 2018 to Rich Ernst at the next meeting if you haven't already paid. You can find him at most meetings. Annual dues are $25/member with $15 for a spouse and $10 for each additional child under 18. Dues are prorated based on the month you join.

We don't have a club meeting in December, we have a Christmas party instead.

Check out the SIGs (Special Interest Groups); they have been holding lots of meetings and going on lots of outings. Participating in a SIG is an excellent way to develop your skills.

Please send your SIG outing schedules to info@fcdcc.com so I can add them to the website.

Send your photograph submittals to Walter Lyons at photoeditor@fcdcc.com. Remember to send in before and after versions of your pictures so we can learn about post processing. Please send in 3 or fewer pictures for the slideshow, and send them by Sunday evening so Walt has time to create the slideshow. We also accept short videos for the slideshow.

Send Walt your 3 favorite pictures from 2017. He will assemble the pictures into a slideshow for the Christmas party.

January meeting challenge topic: "The End", send your pictures to photoeditor@fcdcc.com

Please send images (Fix-It-Photos) that you would like everyone to try "Fixing" to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com.

If you don't already have a headshot on the website, please send one to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com.

We need new leaders for a few of the Special Interest Groups:
Landscape SIG
Photoshop SIG
Experimental SIG
Lightroom SIG
iPhoneography SIG
Sports and Events SIG
Video SIG
Architecture SIG
These SIGs will go away if we don't get a volunteer to lead them.
Please email Paul Marcoux at info@fcdcc.com if you are interested.

Many thanks to David Mayhew for his presentation on "Shoot for the Sky" on weather photography.

Thanks to Ralph Smith for his presentation on "Who is Ralph Smith?"

Just for future reference: We use the projector that The Coloradoan provides during our meetings, and it requires an HDMI connector if you plan to use your own laptop for your presentation. If you don't have an HDMI connector, you can put your presentation in PDF format on a USB memory stick and play it on the laptop that we use for the club information.

Our Christmas Party (in December) will be at CB&Potts, 1441 Horsetooth Rd. Cost will be $30/person. Please send your 3 favorite pictures from 2017 to Walt for a slideshow at the party.

Ken Eis is having retina surgery and should be home by Friday.

November & December Photographic Opportunities

Wed 11/1 @6:30pm - Drone SIG at Steve Eis' house

Sat 11/4 @12pm-6pm - Neighbor to Neighbor shoot at the Murphy Center

Sun 11/5 @1pm-5pm - Portait SIG model shoot at Mike's studio

Tue 11/14 @6:30pm - Club meeting in the Community Room of the Coloradoan Bldg

Fri 11/17 @11am-4pm - Nikon Demo Day at Jax on north College

Sat 11/18 @9am-11am - Photo 101 meeting in the Mount Dunraven conference room at the Loveland Public Library, 300 Adams Ave. in Loveland

Sat 11/18 @9am-12pm - Experimental SIG - experimenting with the Pixelstick

Mon 11/20 @6pm-8pm - Pick the best of the Neighbor 2 Neighbor picturesS

Tue 11/21 @9am - Coffee Meeting at the Fort Collins Coffee House

Sun 12/1 @6pm - First Friday Gallery Walk in Old Town Fort Collins

Sun 12/3 @1pm-5pm - Portrait SIG model shoot "Beauty"

Mon 12/4 @6pm-8pm - Frame pictures and assemble packages for Neighbor 2 Neighbor

Sat 12/9 @2pm - Tuba Christmas music on the Oak St. Plaza

Tue 12/12 @6pm-8pm - Christmas party at CB&Potts, 1441 Horsetooth Rd. Cost will be $25/person.

Sat 12/16 @7pm - Christmas lights in Old Town Fort Collins, Meet in Old Town Square at 7pm.

Sat 12/16 @9am-11am - Photography 101 SIG meeting at Mount Dunraven conference room at the Loveland Public Library, 300 Adams Ave. in Loveland

Tue 12/19 @9am - Coffee meeting at the Dazbog on Cherry St.

Sun 12/31 @5pm-1am First Night Celebration in Old Town Fort Collins. Music, Dancing, Magic, Performances... lots of things to photograph.

Email Mike, info@fcdcc.com, when you find mistakes, missing information or if you have suggestions for the website and I will try to address the issues.