2016-10-11 FCDCC Meeting Notes

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

Please welcome Linnea, Dave and Emma who were visiting our club.

Please pay your dues for 2017 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 each additional spouse and $10 for each additional child under 18. Dues are prorated based on the month you join.

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.

November meeting challenge topic: "Color", send your pictures to photoeditor@fcdcc.com

Please send Fix-it-photos to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com.

We are looking for photographer volunteers for the Christmas Homeless shoot on November 12 from 1pm to 4pm. See more details on the website.

We will be electing new club officers at the November meeting. We need to elect a new President and President-Elect along with the other club offices. Please email Harry, our current president, if you are interested in holding a club office in 2017.

The Coloradoan is raising our rent to $100 per meeting for 2017. Everyone at the meeting seemed to be OK with the new rate. Please contact Harry Strharsky if you have concerns or want to suggest a better meeting place.

Sat 10/15 Club Outing has been cancelled

Tue 10/18 @6:30pm Photoshop Workshop at Ken's house (3rd Tues of each month)

Wed 10/19 @9am Coffee Meeting at Dazbog, Mason and Cherry in Fort Collins

Sat 10/22 @5pm Zombie Crawl in Old Town Square, Fort Collins

Mon 10/24 @9am Experimental SIG "Water" at Bob's house

Sat 10/29 @1pm Experimental SIG "Water" at Bob's house

Thu 11/3 @7am Bighorn sheep in Waterton Canyon (Fri 11/4 backup)
For carpooling purposes, lets meet at the usual location - the N E corner of the Harmony Transportation Center at 7:00. As always, please let me know if you are coming so we are not waiting at the Harmony lot, or potentially leaving without someone. - Guy Turenne

Sun 11/6 @1pm Portrait SIG "Costumes" at Mike's studio

Tue 11/8 @6:30pm Monthly Club Meeting at The Coloradoan Newspaper office

Sat 11/12 12pm-5pm HPI Christmas shoot at Plymouth Congregational Church

Mon 11/14 Scott Kelby Workshop in Denver 9am-5pm, Contact Jim Piraino about carpooling

Sat 11/19 @6:30pm Roller Derby in Fort Collins at Qdoba Events Center (218 Smokey Street Fort Collins, CO 80525)

Tue 11/22 @6:30pm Judge HPI images at Mike's house

Tues 12/6 @6:30pm Assemble HPI image packages at Mike's house

Sat 12/10 @1pm-3pm (tentative) Deliver HPI image packages at Plymouth Congregational Church

Many thanks to Mike Stauder for his presentation on "The Art of Photo Manipulation". If you would like to learn more, check out Mike's website http://www.spirepress.com.

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.

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.