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2018-02-13 FCDCC Meeting Notes We met in the Community room of the Coloradoan Newspaper, 1300 Riverside Ave. Fort Collins. Please welcome Sheila who was 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.` 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. April meeting challenge topic: "First Signs of Spring", 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: Bob Babbs and Dawn Wilson gave a photography class to the Girl Scouts. Many of our club members have expressed a desire to show their pictures in galleries. We do have pictures on display at the Fort Collins Coffee House. The Art Lab on Linden and the Carnegie Center for Creativity might be good places to display our pictures. Many thanks to Amelia Caruso for her presentation on "Starting, How to get paid for your Art". Thanks to Lin Zhang for her presentation on "Who is Lin Zhang?" 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. Please check it out our club Facebook page by searching on Facebook for "Fort Collins Digital Camera Club". March Photographic Opportunities Sat 3/17 @10am - St. Patrick's Day Parade in Old Town Tue 3/20 @10am - FCDCC Outing to Duraplaq Thu 3/22 @9am - FCDCC Coffee Meeting at the Fort Collins Coffee House Thu 3/22 - Drone SIG Meeting at Stephanie's house Fri 3/23 @6pm - Intrinsic Grit Gym photo shoot (contact Mike Barry if you are interested) Sat 3/24 @9am - Photography 101 at Bath Nursery Thu 4/12 @6:30pm - FCDCC monthly meeting at the Coloradoan Bldg (PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE) Sun 4/15 @1pm - Knights of the Tempest photo shoot (contact Mike Barry if you are interested) Sun 4/15 - Horsetooth Half paid photoshoot (contact Mike Barry if you are interested) Tue 4/17 @9am - FCDCC Coffee Meeting at Dazbog on Cherry Sat 4/21 @9am - Club Portrait Shoot (contact Mike Barry if you are interested) Sat 4/21 - Earth Day in Civic Center Park Post Processing SIG will present another Lightroom class in the Fall Wildlife SIG will start again in April There is an active bald eagle nest in River Bluffs Natural Area, near the parking lot. There is an active Great Blue Heron colony in the cottonwood on the west side of I25, between Harmony and Kechter. You can park on Harmony or Kechter and walk to get a good view. 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. |