August 8 Meeting

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

July 11 Meeting: Dave Rebush – Antarctica

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 

June 5 Meeting

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

April 3 Meeting: Bob Schamerhorn: Birds of Prey

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

March 6 Meeting

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?”