83rd Annual PSA Festival is in Colorado Springs this year

by Tom Goldberg
83rd Annual PSA Festival is in Colorado Springs this year

Photographic Society of America Annual Photo Festival
Colorado Springs, Colorado
September 21 through 24th

PSA’s 2022 photo festival in Colorado Springs features world-class speakers, photo workshops, and spectacular tours. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to renew old friendships or make new friends while improving your photographic skills.

For more information go to https://psa-photo.org/page/photo-festival

Holistic Photography Workshop

by ecc
Holistic Photography Workshop
Seeing, Sensing, Creating Mindful Images

Sunday, August 21 TO Saturday, August 27 2022
At Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico

In the desert landscape, nature rewards us with a sensuous palette of colors. Ghost Ranch is about slowing down and connecting with the sacredness of the land. Come and explore the red rocks, deep blue skies and mystical petrified trees with your camera. While most photography classes focus on technical competency, this class takes a mindfulness approach, emphasizing intuition and imagination. When we release expectations of how things ought to look, we free ourselves to create artistic images that come from our soul.

Imagine an entire week with just you and your camera, surrounded in the beauty of Georgia O’Keeffe’s backyard. Tap into your intuition, your creative spirit and your five senses. Join kindred spirits at this unique workshop. It will change the way you take photos and it just may change the way you see the world.
A series of exercises will be offered each morning to engage the senses and improve your powers of observation and composition. Guided hikes and field work will be available or participants may choose to work on their own. We will photograph sunrises, sunsets and visit sacred landscapes around Ghost Ranch and the surrounding area. Digital images will be loaded onto a computer for sharing and group reflection. All levels welcome.

I would love to have group members join me. Feel free to contact me for more information

Randee Lipson Lawrence Ed.D., ECC member and Professor Emeritus National Louis University, will be teaching a week long photography workshop at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico in October that some members may be interested in.

click here to download pdf.

Email Randee for questions: rlawrence@nl.edu

Here is a link to registration https://www.ghostranch.org/events/holistic-photography-seeing-sensing-creating-with-randee-lawrence-and-cecelia-broder-g220841/

The Mount Evans Calendar Contest is closed for public voting as of July 15 2022

by Tom Goldberg
The Mount Evans Calendar Contest is closed for public voting as of July 15 2022

Local 69 Photographers Submitted 166 of their best photographs of our local nature and scenery!

Now open to the Public Voting phase!!! Come back soon for the winner announcements!

We welcome everyone to vote for their favorite photos. CLICK HERE to Vote!

Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice and the Evergreen Camera Club have teamed together once again to bring you the Seasons of Our Mountains Calendar.

The 25 best photos submitted will advance to a community vote in August. The top 13 photographs will be included on the cover and each month of the year. The remaining 12 photographs will be included in the calendar as honorable mentions. The top three photos will win cash prizes.

  • Best of Show – $250 prize
  • Second Place – $100 prize
  • Third Place – $50 prize

Photo Op: Total Eclipse on May 15

by Tom Goldberg
Photo Op: Total Eclipse on May 15

A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Colorado starting in the evening of May 15 and going into the early morning hours of May 16. The lunar eclipse will start at 7:57 pm on Sunday, May 15, and will end at 12:50 am on Monday, May 16. The maximum eclipse will happen at 10:11 pm on Sunday night.

Why Black and White? by Cole Thompson

by Ellen Nelson
Why Black and White? by Cole Thompson

Bob Courson of the Denver Metro Photo Group reached out to our club to invite us to attend a zoom meeting with Cole Thompson on May 17th. Bob reports that he “had the pleasure to see Cole’s presentation several weeks ago and have to say it was one of the most inspirational presentations I have ever seen on the essence of photography. This is NOT just about black and white but how to create you OWN voice in photography. This is truly a can’t miss.

In about one hour Cole Thompson will make the case that black and white is the perfect medium for any subject…except for one. Cole will show work from his various portfolios”

Sign up for this meeting at https://www.meetup.com/Metro-Denver-Photography-Group/events/285220937/

Science Talk with Bob Krugmire at the Butterfly Pavilion

by Tom Goldberg
Science Talk with Bob Krugmire at the Butterfly Pavilion

Insect Behavior and Wildlife Photography with Bob Krugmire

Thursday, April 28th, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Seeing the world through a lens can be extraordinary but can hold its challenges. Join us for an exciting talk centered around insect photography taught by our very own bug photographer, Bob Krugmire. With his vast experience on primarily animal photography, Bob has taken pictures ranging from hanging out of an airplane window, to working with wolves and black widows to get stock photos and carrying 50 pounds of gear up mountains to get that perfect sunrise shot. Listen as he discusses not only about insect photography, but about the act of photography itself.

REGISTER HERE

Photo Exhibit in Lakewood: Thomas Goettel

by Tom Goldberg
Photo Exhibit in Lakewood: Thomas Goettel

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

Lakewood Cultural Center
470 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado, 80226
303 987-7845

May 4, 2022 T0 June 9, 2022

The photography exhibit will be presented by
Thomas Goettel, a local photographer, from
Bailey, Colorado.

The photo exhibit will include both flower & landscape photography. One of the areas photographed is the
“war memorial rose garden”, which is located in Littleton, Colorado.

Most of the photographs will be framed.

All photographs will be for sale through the city of Lakewood, inside the Lakewood Cultural Center building.

The photography exhibit is located inside the Lakewood cultural center building just to the left of the entrance once inside.

The hours that the facility is open to the public are
Mon. – fri. 9 am to 5 pm and on sat. 9 am to 1 pm

FREE ADMISSION FOR THIS EXHIBIT

CONTACT INFORMATION: thundercreek777@gmail.com

Opening for France Photo Workshop

by Guest
Opening for France Photo Workshop

ECC received this email from Bill Dickson, an ECC member 10-12 years ago.

Hello Evergreen:

I am Bill Dickson from Littleton (former Evergreen resident and Evergreen Camera Club member) and I am writing to the Evergreen Camera Club to see if someone in your Club would be interested in purchasing our deposit of $1394 for $300 (1,050 British pounds) for any Photo Workshop trip offered at www.create-away.com.

My friend and I have paid a deposit for two people for a photo workshop to southern France in 2022. It is a trip to photograph the horses of Camargue, medieval villages and the lavender fields. Unfortunately, we cannot take the trip for a variety of reasons but we are allowed to transfer our deposit to someone else to be used in 2022. That is why I am writing to the Evergreen Camera Club to see if someone would be interested in purchasing our deposit for $300 (value is $1394). You could choose from any trip they offer and they are photo workshops. You would not have to book the trip that we booked. I refer you to their website at www.create-away.com. If you are interested, I can share correspondence where Roz at Create Away acknowledges that we can transfer our deposit to someone else. Nothing will transfer, however without my approval.

This is a great opportunity to get photos that no one else in the Club would have, plus it is a great break on the deposit. Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,
Bill Dickson
billspictures55@gmail.com
720-308-9234

Live In-Person Meetings Return!

by Tom Goldberg
Live In-Person Meetings Return!

The Evergreen Fire House on Bergen Parkway has once again opened their building up for public events. As Evergreen Camera Club has been a regular long time facility user, they’ve given us priority to get back on the calendar. We are excited to hold our first in-person meeting there this March 23rd for a hands-on Tips & Techniques meeting. See the Meeting posts for details.

Introduction to Lightroom’s Library Module: Thursday, February 17, 2022

by Guest
Introduction to Lightroom’s Library Module: Thursday, February 17, 2022

This three hour, online workshop hosted by Metro Denver Photography Group offers an introduction to Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom is a subscription model based cataloging and editing software and the world’s most used photographic post-production software. Students will receive a digital pdf of all presentations and have an opportunity to ask questions.

NOTE: Training is in 2 sections; $17.00 for both sessions
Training will also be recorded and will provided to only those registered.
PLEASE ENSURE TO REGISTER VIA THE ON-LINE LINK at https://www.meetup.com/Metro-Denver-Photography-Group/events/283382188/

Topics covered include:
Which Lightroom is best for you? The cloud version or the desktop version?
Which Lightroom subscription plans, which one is right for you?
Working with Creative Cloud Adobe’s delivery platform
Introduction to Lightroom’s User Interface, and viewing your photographs
Options for Setting up your first Lightroom Catalog
Catalog Structure for quickly finding your photos
Culling your work – Best practices for selecting and identifying your best work
Importing and Exporting photos to and from Lightroom
Understanding how Lightroom uses Image Previews and its non-destructive data base
Why Monitor Calibration matters and how to calibrate your monitor
Why Raw photographic files are better for image editing than Jpeg files
Lightroom’s Preference Settings

About the Instructor
Frank Varney has been an active corporate location and fine art photographer, and a collegiate level photography instructor for over 30 years. Frank is currently an Assistant Professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and was assistant instructor for the National Geographic Expeditions Wyoming’s Cowboy Country Photography Workshops. Frank holds an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College and a BA in Communication Arts from University of Denver. His work has appeared in AARP The Magazine, ELLE, Glamour, First for Women, and Ladies Home Journal, and books including The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes and Photography for the 21st Century.

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