	The Woodlands
	Photography Club
	a club for everyone who loves photography

Hot News membership & board contacts galleries resources newsletters events email us	Welcome to The Woodlands Photography Club. We are a group of people who love photography. From amateur to professional - film to digital - and beyond. We come together to learn and share from each other and to have FUN! Pattern Photography (a.k.a. eye gymnastics) Congratulations to Doug Wilson and Dot Mullinax for winning the June "patterns" mini-contest. Dried River Bed - Big Bend NP by Doug Wilson What makes Doug's photograph of a dried, desert riverbed different than the hundreds of other dried riverbed shots? "The new doesn't wear off" as Reverend Chatham used to tell me. Why? The first reason is pattern. The eye flows with the shadows from the sides and foreground, to the middle, and into the distance. This is in spite of the faceted, often discontinuous, shape of the cracks. The second key is scale. We mentally assign a scale to every image. The scale is based on personal memory. What size are the blocks? Three inches wide? Five inches wide? They are actually 12 inches wide and several inches deep. The result is a photograph that is in focus at all points and contains clear, appealing, bold details. Thanks Doug! Split Wood by Dot Mullinax Dot captured an image of a split tree. Why is this photograph more interesting than the cords of wood grain and tree bark shot by anybody to put finger to shutter release? The primary reason is color. It defines the pattern boundary. The reddish-brown color of the split wood separates the subject grain from the background. This is evident when the color image is compared to the black and white. Split Wood B&W by Dot Mullinax The flow is defined by the grain of the split wood. Grain leads the eye from the top and upper sides, through the photograph to the bottom. The eye is then guided by a nearly subliminal piece of green vegetation into a vortex and eventually to the hole at the base of the branch. It is simply fun eye gymnastics. Thanks Dot!	Lenora wants to know! You’re going on vacation and luggage space is limited. Besides your camera body, you can only bring 3 other pieces of camera equipment / accessories. What would you bring? Tell Lenora! JULY MEETING Attend the next club meeting! Professional photographer Kenny Haner will discuss styling, texture, and presentation techniques in food photography. This man gets paid to make you hungry! Monday, July 13, 6:30 – 8:00 PM South Montgomery County Community Center 2235 Lake Robbins Road The Woodlands, Tx July Field Trips Sign up for a morning at a private automobile museum! This automobile collection spans early 1900's to the 80's with a strong focus on the 50's. Club members only. July 18, 9:00 – 12:00am. July Workshops Sign up for David Meine's How to 20,30,40 and 50D Canon camera and flash workshop on July 11!. Thanks for hosting all of these workshops David! It is appreciated. June Field Trips Buffalo Bayou Pontoon Boat Tour Photograph by Barry Dolton WPC Members on Tour A few of the members ventured out in the 100 degree heat to see Houston from a different perspective. It was worth the journey. Take the tour through their eyes! Houston Zoo Field Trip Photograph by Dot Mullinax Members rose early May 30^th to go behind the scenes at the Houston Zoo. Photograph by Dot Mullinax The trip was well attended for the 3^rd year in a row. It is easy to see why when you see the results. Dot Mullinax provided a few photographs for us to view. Thanks for the sharing Dot!
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