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2019-06-11 FCDCC Meeting Notes We met in the Eagle 1 room at the Aztlan Center, 112 E Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524 Please welcome Dan Wellman who was visiting our club. Paul Marcoux substituted for Monique (President) and Rick Newmark substituted for Mike (Secretary) at the meeting. We need a President Elect for the remainder of this year and to become president for next year. Please pay your dues for 2019 to Dave Chamness 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. The Post Processing SIG has been doing some mentoring. Contact one of the leaders if you would like help with post processing. 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. Conceptual Photography - Kai Frawg Please send your SIG outing schedules to info@fcdcc.com so I can add them to the website. Date TBD - Macro SIG outing to Plantorium Greenhouse. Sun 6/2 @1pm - Portrait SIG model shoot in Old Town Fort Collins, meet at the fountain in Old Town Square Tue 6/4 @6:30pm - Mobil SIG meeting at Judy's house Wed 6/5 - Landscape SIG outing to Roxborough State Park Sat 6/29 - Wildlife SIG outing to Mt Evans. Drive is about 2:10. Meet at Northeast corner of the Harmony Transit Center (Park and Ride). More details TBD... Sun 6/30 @9:30am - Conceptual SIG shoot. Location will be emailed to SIG members. Theme includes guns and wedding dresses. Thu 6/20 @9:00am - June Coffee Meeting at the Fort Collins Coffee House Sat 6/22 @8:55am - June club outing to the Never Summer Rodeo in Walden CO. Meet at the Harmony Transportation Center (Park and Ride) to carpool, leave at 9:00am. Plan for lunch in Walden and then rodeo starts at 1pm. Tue 6/18 @6:15pm - Fort Collins Foxes -vs- Rough Riders (baseball) (bring waiver) Sun 6/30 @5:15pm - Fort Collins Foxes -vs- Boulder (baseball) (bring waiver) Tue 7/9 @5:30pm - FCDCC Annual Picnic at City Park, Shelter #7. This is a potluck so bring food to share with everyone. Tue 8/9 @7:00pm - August Club meeting will start one hour later than usual Send your photograph submittals (corrected fix-it-photos, club outings, challenge topics, or your favorite images) 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. June meeting challenge topics: TBD. Send your pictures to Walter Lyons at photoeditor@fcdcc.com Please send images (Fix-It-Photos) that you would like everyone to try "Fixing" to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com. The June Fix-It-Photo is "Cabin in the Woods" by Cecil Hellyer and you can find it on the website. If you don't already have a headshot on the website, please send one to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com. Please thank Vern Kellie for his presentation on "Sports Photography". We need a volunteer to organize the Christmas party (reserve a restaurant or meeting space, decide on potluck/catering/restaurant, figure out activities...). Please check out our club Facebook page by searching on Facebook for "Fort Collins Digital Camera Club". You are welcome to post fix-it or challenge topic or anything that you want on our Facebook page. I would like to see more pictures from our SIG outings on Facebook. We still need a President Elect. If you are interested please contact Monique. Other May Photographic Opportunities Fri-Sun 5/31-6/2 - Denver Pop Culture Con 2019 at the Denver Convention Center Sat-Mon 6/1-3 - Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer St. in Denver Tue 6/11 @7pm - FCDCC June Club meeting at the Aztlan Center Tue 6/18 - Fort Collins Foxes college baseball game Sun 6/30 - Fort Collins Foxes college baseball game FREE LOCAL LIVE MUSIC EVENTS 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. |