Join us Monday, February 5th, for our monthly meeting at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg. Member Dave Ruebush will be our guest speaker. His presentation will be ‘The Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Creatures of the Lembeh Straits’ and will explore the world of underwater photography from one of his recent trips.

Dave’s description of his talk: One of the great things about diving is that it is a totally different world down there and you never know what you’ll end up seeing and being able to photograph. Some people focus on getting shots of pretty fish. I have developed an interest in the more unusual fish, shrimp, crabs, cepha- lopods, snails, slugs, etc. that can be found in habitats that are often termed as “muck.” This would definitely not be a coral reef, but more likely black sand, mud, or a variety of human trash discarded into the water and lying on the bottom. The Lembeh Straits of North Sulawesi are the “muck” capital of the world and have some of the wildest, weirdest creatures that can be found. I’ll show you a variety in the talk.

Member photo theme: Silhouettes and Shadows.

Members, watch your email for details. Instead of having a speaker, we will, as usual in December, have a potluck meal and show photos from throughout the year.

No member photo theme in December.

Join us Monday, October 2, in the Kitzinger Room of the James City County Library (the one in Norge), at 770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join us for the October meeting and hear local photographer Carlo La Fiandra give us a photographic tour of Williamsburg. From William & Mary through the historic area of
Colonial Williamsburg, see the local area in a new perspective. Carlo, a Williamsburg resident, is a retired engineer, Colonial Williamsburg volunteer, Christopher Wren instructor, and area ghost walk guide. Hope to see you there!

The member photo theme is Wildlife.

Member photo theme: Landscapes

Join us TUESDAY, August 8, at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg for our monthly meeting. The meeting starts at 6:30 and usually ends around 8:30. Guests are welcome!

At the August meeting, we will see presentations by club members of recent trips and adventures.

• Dan Ewart will present photos and stories from ‘The best of Kenya’
• Judy Jones will present photos and adventures from her trip to the west coast of Florida
• Terry Moore will show pictures from his summer trip to Alaska last year.
• And as an added treat, Barb Foley will give a brief talk on safari photography etiquette and share some stories of a recent trip with the photographer we all hope we never have on a trip.

Photo theme for members to submit photos: Coastal Life

Join us Tuesday, July 11, at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, at 6:30 in the Kitzinger Room. Guests are welcome!

Member Dave Reubush will be the guest speaker for the July meeting. Dave will give a slideshow of photos and details his two trips to Antarctica in his presentation that was originally scheduled back in January before the snow storm cancelled our meeting for that week.. Dave is a retired NASA aerospace engineer and since retiring has taken up hobbies including scuba diving, travel, and photography. Dave and his wife made the first trip to Antarctica and enjoyed it so much they went a second time. Please join us to hear his stories and see some great photos from his trips.

Note that July’s meeting is on Tuesday, July 11. It is the second Tuesday of the month.  

Member photo topic: Birds & Feathers 

Patty Hankins

Join us Monday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. for our monthly meeting in the Kitzinger Room of the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg. (This is the library in Norge). 

Monthly photo theme is Flowers & Blooms

Join us Monday, April 3, at 6:30 at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg. Join us at the April meeting as Bob Schamerhorn presents his ‘Birds of Prey’
program. This includes some of our most exciting, fierce, and perhaps most interesting North American predatory birds which includes:

Hawks, Owls, Falcons, Eagles and even Vultures. Bob focuses primarily on mid-Atlantic raptor species, with information on food, migration, adaptations and identification. Learn about some of their protection history, survival struggles, successes and what it takes to get photographs of these amazing birds.

Photo theme: Patterns & textures

Liz Clayton specializes in flower and landscape photography. She is drawn to graceful lines, simple shapes, and bold colors. Her love for learning post-processing skills meshes well with her interest in trying new photography techniques. For the past two winters she has expanded her close-up and macro knowledge to include water drop and water drop collision photography.

Join us at the March meeting as Liz presents “Using Nik Color Efex Pro and Topaz Software to enhance your images?”

Rob Sabatini

From Rob: “I am an amateur photographer who resides in Richmond Virginia. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York I had little exposure to wildlife but fondly remember trips to the country and occasional encounters with deer, frogs and salamanders. For most of my life my interest in photography was limited to travel and family where I developed rudimentary skills with a variety of film cameras but was never satisfied with the results obtainable through commercial developing that lacked the opportunity to process and edit my photos. A collision of opportunities including the explosion of digital photography, the discovery of a heron rookery on the James River, and the gift of mentorship resulted in my avid interest in wildlife photography. It is an honor for me to discuss and share some of my experiences and photographs from both local and travel venues with photographers of all skill levels that range from the few I might be able to help to the many that I can learn from.” In his spare time, Rob Sabatini is a periodontist and retired Air Force colonel who received his dental degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1981 and returned to the School of Dentistry as a professor in the department of periodontics after his military retirement in 2005.

The meeting is at 6:30 at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg. It is free and open to the public.

The member photo theme is Silhouettes and Shadows.