July 2019
Club Meeting
When: July 9, 2019 @5:30pm (picnic)
Topic: No topic or meeting, we will have a picnic instead of the meeting
Where: picnic shelter #7 in City Park, Fort Collins
Our club picnic will be an informal potluck, everyone should bring food to share. We won't be assigning specific items or hiring a caterer this year.
Club Outing
Date TBD - Wildflowers in Crested Butte
(Maybe meet up with Andrew Stiff
andrew.stiff@gmail.com, he will be shooting in Crested Butte July 18-21.)
Alternate Club Outing
TBD
Coffee Meeting
Tue Jul 16 @9:00am - Fort Collins Coffee House
SIG Meetings/Outings
Sun 7/7 @1pm - Portrait SIG Shoot - Mike's studio - Evil Clowns and Corsets
Sun 6/28 @1pm - Conceptual SIG meeting - Kai's House
Sat 7/20 @8am - Macro Shoot - Flowers at CSU Trial Gardens
CSU Trial Gardens - (Gazebo in the Gardens at NW corner of Lake Street and Remington Street)
We have had a cool summer as well as storms with rain with hail. So growth at the gardens is slower then past years. The weather forecast is for quite warm temperatures for the next week, perhaps more. I will visit the gardens around July 17th. If needed, I will reschedule the photoshoot. Since the light becomes harsh around 10:00 am, this would be a good time to wrap up the photoshoot and head over to the Wild Boar Cafe for coffee and food :-). -Paul
Hi Folks, I was at the CSU Trial Gardens this morning. The perennial beds look quite good as do the sun containers in the annual gardens. Some regions of the annual beds need a little more time to grow. All in all, I think there are a lot of flowers and plants to photograph. If case you do not know, the annual flowers and plants are on the west side of Remington Street and the perennial gardens are on the east side of Remington Street between Lake and Pitkins. We will have our macro photo-shoot on Saturday, July 20th. Lets gather at the Gazebo at 8:00 am.
- Smiles, Paul Marcoux
I've been watching the weather, moon, and my horoscope, and I've decided tomorrow night (Monday evening 7/29/2019) is time to get out. It's not quite new moon, but moon-rise isn't until 3:30 am or so, therefore a midnight shoot should work well. In addition, the Milky Way should be nearly vertical at that time. I want to go to the Peace Valley School (again). This time i'd like to experiment with new LED votive candles Janet found or me on Amazon (see attached). They have a nice warm color, and the amount of light can be modulated by the number and placement of the candles. If you are interested, please let me know. Those of you in Fort Collins can meet at my house to car-pool. Otherwise we can meet at the Briggsdale gas station on Highway 14. I plan to leave at 11 pm Monday evening, 7/29. - Cheers. Ralph
Fix-it-photo
New Orleans #2 by Kai Frawg
Fix this picture and email it to Walt Lyons who will include it in the August meeting slideshow.
July Challenge Topics
TBD
Photographic events
First Friday Gallery Walk in Old Town Fort Collins
Music in Old Town Square
Music in Oak Street Plaza
Music at CSU Lagoon
4th of July in City Park, music and fireworks
Dragon Boat Festival
Cruisin Car Show
Cheyenne Frontier Days
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