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February 2023 Program
Wildlife Photography
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Our lively 2023 Program Calendar continues on February 14th, when Bill and Sharon Draker will present and discuss their "Wildlife Photography".  Over 40 years, the Drakers have enjoyed spending hours sitting in blinds, days trekking to National Parks and exploring all around the Hill Country and many other locales in their quest to photograph birds and mammals as well as their scenic environments.  Their work has been recognized and widely published in magazines such as Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Archery World and Bowhunting World to mention a few.

JANUARY 2023 PROGRAM


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​"We anticipate a wonderful start to our 2023 Program calendar ..."


Tuesday, January 10th
Kathy Weigand
presents
The Beauty of Portraits


We anticipate a wonderful start to our 2023 Program calendar on January 10th when Kathy Weigand presents The Beauty of Portraits, in which she’ll show a selection of her portraits and discuss capturing the “essence and beauty of portraiture”. Kathy, an accomplished professional photographer and painter, is based in Fredericksburg. She has been the recipient of numerous regional, state and international awards and has received the prestigious Master of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of America. In a sense, she is returning to speak with the Club by popular request in that several members recalled her talk some years back as an entertaining and inspiring presentation and bid our Program Committee to ask her back. We are pleased she has accepted and welcome her.


See Kathy's full biography at:
www.westerngalleries.com
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January PhotoShare 

"Celebration!"

"Seeing others' shared photos and submitting our own is
a special part of our meetings and camaraderie."

​This could be a photo related to the November and December holidays or any or any other events you wish to share. 

You could show lights, decorations, candles, celebration scenes - The photos shall convey a feeling of celebration.
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Please send photos to:  sandy.hccc@gmail.com by Friday, January 6th.
 (1500 pixels on longest side - jpeg) 


Please label photos as: 
celebration1.yourname.jpeg
celebration2.yourname.jpeg
open.yourname.jpeg. 

I will acknowledge receipt of photos within 2 days. 
Also, please include photo titles in the text of your emails.

Current Paid Members may submit up to 2 photos in the subject category and up to 1 in the
open category, which is any subject of your choosing. 



UPCOMING TOPICS
February:  Couples

Since February is the month of love and Valentine’s Day – let’s take photos of couples (human or other animals). 
Please send photos to:  
sandy.hccc@gmail.com by
​Friday, February 10th.  Please label photos as:  couples1.yourname.jpeg, etc.

Future topics:  Low key, Idioms, soft focus, “out of the box”, motion and circles.  ​


PROGRAMS CALENDAR 2022
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See Monthly HCCC Newsletters for Details 

AUGUST PROGRAM - Review    
      Our August program on ‘Portrait Lighting’, given by David Jackson, was a big success and resulted in many opportunities for participants to try their hand at taking photos of models Shari Vahidi, Darlene Smith, and Rob Knerr, while David coached from the sidelines and manipulated the lighting. Opportunities to show the results will be part of October’s PhotoShare program.
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SEPTEMBER 13
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      PHOTOQUEST JUDGE’S CRITIQUE OF AWARDED PIECES NO PHOTOSHARE

      ​At our September 13th meeting, the program will be presented by this year’s judge of PhotoQuest, John Pace. After initially meeting downstairs, we’ll all travel back upstairs to the gallery to hear him discuss his evaluations of this year’s award-winning photos.  ​
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​THERE WILL BE NO PHOTOSHARE IN SEPTEMBER DUE TO PHOTOQUEST AWARD WINNERS CRITIQUE PROGRAM.  
 

OCTOBER 11

HCCC/SUN CITY PRESENTATION, “IMAGES OF THE HILL COUNTRY”
      In October, at our regular meeting on the 11th, we will be treated to the ‘first run’ of HCCC’s ‘Sun City’ program, featuring an assortment of photos taken by our members here in the hill country. Following that showing, Deb Johnson will be traveling to Sun City (near Georgetown) to present it to members of the local camera club there.
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OCTOBER PHOTOSHARE
Renee Cooley, Exhibits Chair

“Seeing others’ shared photos and submitting our own is 
a special part of our meetings and camaraderie.”  
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​TITLE- "ZEPHYR"  ARTIST- DEB JOHNSON 
OCTOBER PHOTOSHARE SUBJECT WILL BE 
 
LIGHT/SHADOW
 
A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THOSE LIGHT/SHADOW SHOTS YOU GOT DURING DAVID'S LIGHTING PROGRAM!!!!

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NOVEMBER 8

JAKE PRATT- “STREET PHOTOGRAPHY”
PHOTOSHARE - TBA
      At our November 8th meeting, we’ll have Jake Pratt presenting a program on ‘street photography’. He’ll show many examples of his own work and discuss his ‘take’ on what makes ‘good’ street photography. As a little early ‘teaser’ for that program, I’m including one of his streets photos just to pique your interest! 
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DECEMBER 13

HOLIDAY DINNER/PROGRAM 
Rails@the Depot
MEMBERS HOLIDAY SLIDE SHOW
Call for Entry of 10 images for Slide Show
      Last, but not least, I’m announcing a ‘Call for Entries’ for our December ‘Holiday Program’ to be shown at our annual gathering at Rails on December 13th, at 6:30 p.m.
      This year we’ll be silently ‘streaming’ the slide show (w/o music) throughout the social time and during the meal. Members wanting to participate should send me no more than 10 resized photos, like we do for PhotoShare (1500 pixels on the longest side). Please attach them to an email with your name (as you wish it to appear on your slides) and send to me at: texasrobin44@gmail.com

      The deadline for receipt of your photos is October 15th….so, the clock is already ticking!

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