Join us Monday evening, March 5, at the James City County Library in Norge, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg. at 6:30 p.m. Grace Kellogg will present “Heroes in the Field: Environmental Conservation in Southern Africa”
Member photos theme: Motion
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.
Join us for the September meeting and hear local photographer Wayne Berry talk about the new technologies available in mirrorless cameras. Hope to see you there.
Join us Monday, September 11, at 6:30 at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg (or Norge to be precise).
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.
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).
Returning guest photographer Patty Hankins presents her new program: Adding a Sense of Depth. We live in a three dimensional world that our cameras capture in only two dimensions. Patty will be sharing both composition tips for use in the field and post-processing techniques you can use to add a sense of depth to your photos. Patty is a flower and landscape photographer in the Washington, DC area and author of Wildflower Meditations: A Gift for the Spirit. She leads several photography workshops and photo tours each year including flower photography, landscape photography, and photo editing. Visit her website at: BeautifulFlowerPictures.com
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?”