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TURNING POINT PHOTO SHOOT & PICNIC

This unique photo event was a blast at Shadowbend Park. Thanks to the collaboration of photographers, the event  was significant and memorable for all. It is amazing what can be accomplished and learned through teamwork.  Models, photographers and volunteers,  all did a great job.


(Courtesy: Jeff Rohling)
Mark Barbieri and Jamie Werner ready for action shots.

Participation in this photo shoot has been a "Turning Point" in more than one photo career.


(By: M. Barbieri
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(By:Vu Banh)


(By:Mark Barbieri)


(By:Vu Banh)


(By:Mark Barbieri)

There were 5 photo stations, with models of all ages available, sports and action sets, children and playground set, period costume sets, natural and studio lighting sets.

SPEAKER OF THE MONTH
Matthew White, Sports Photography, he showed us how to take action pictures. He addressed some of the issues faced by professional sports photographers and related them to those faced by day to day photographers forced to shoot outside their comfort zone in high action / low light action photography. WPC thanks Matt for his great educational presentation. Take a look at Matthew's photography here

RECENT PAST EVENTS


Zoo Field trip, this exceptional photo opportunity to photograph the animals in a special guided tour has been very interesting for our nature photographers members. Click here to see the gallery

(By: Vu Banh)
Bob Wall and Bob Green exchanging photo info at the zoo field trip.

FotoFest Exhibit, Wendy Watriss, Artistic Director & Co-founder of FotoFest, gave us an excellent guided tour of the exhibitions Zhuang Xueben, The Border Regions and Wu Jialin, The People of Yunnan Province. Thank you Wendy for taking the time to visit our club in The Woodlands.



This year we are celebrating our 10th anniversary. What an accomplishment! We are very thankful to all that have made this possible, from the 13 pioneers that started this group to all WPC board officers past and present, but especially to the continued support of all members.


MEMBER KUDOS


(© Jeff Rohling)

Jeff Rohling, WPC member and tireless volunteer in the most of our activities, recently was published at Houston Chronicle with this beautiful image of a Bluebonnet with bee in perfect action. Congrats, Jeff! This is an excellent shot.


NEW MEMBER UNDER SPOTLIGHT
Our spotlight shines on New Members: Robert Holler &
Vu Banh

Robert Holler, in his own words: "I have been doing a lot of travelling overseas over the past several years and that's given me a chance to photograph some very interesting, even exotic, places.  Unfortunately, until digital came along, I never progressed much farther than a snapshots and an occasional really lucky shot.  Now that I'm not travelling overseas as much, I'm looking for photo opportunites a little closer to home and would like to improve my ability to envision a good photograph before I take it. (relying more on skill and less on luck).  I guess I must have some sort of rebellious streak, I chose Olympus over Nikon or Cannon and Corel PhotoDraw over Photoshop.  Neither is exactly mainstream, but they work for me.Photographic influences or inspiration??  Texas nostalgia, mostly.  I also enjoy manipulating photos to make them look more like paintings.  Now I just need to figure out how to print them to complete the effect."

Vu Banh,
he took his first photography class 15 yrs ago in high school, and fell in love.  He became so obsessed that he quickly joined Yearbook for the remainder of that year and proved himself well enough that he became the photo editor the next year.  He also became photo editor for the School Newspaper, Literary Magazine, and Senior Slide Show.  Needless to say, he really enjoyed photography.  He even setup a b&w darkroom at home.  Throughout college, he had a job as an event photographer doing parties and such.  Then photography fell to the wayside as he got more into computers and engineering classes got more difficult.  He didn't really start up again until around 2000 when the first digital Canon Elph S100 became available.  Then, he slowly got back into the swing of things.  he has had about 5 different Elphs since then, but has been able to do almost everything he needed to with the compact cameras...until in 2006, he decided that he needed an SLR and that his old lenses needed to get some use again.  So finally broke down and got his Canon 20D. He has now been getting more technically advanced with digital photography and learning more about Photoshop.
Influences:
Mainly Ansel Adams because of this breathtaking landscapes. He also likes the photojournalism style of National Geographic."


Thank you Bob and Vu, for sharing your background and passion in photography.


MAY

Saturday, May 10 -- 1-3 PM SPRING 2008 PHOTO SHOW & COMPETITION Set up Time to submit your pictures for the Spring Contest at the South Branch Library in The Woodlands. Please notice the time 1 PM until 3 PM. Late entries cannot be accepted. We need volunteers, please sign in for helping to set up exhibit

MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, May 12-- 6:30 - 9 P.M.

PROGRAM: Spring 2008 Photo Show and Competition Award Ceremony and Photographic Critique with Wendy Watriss, FotoFest Curator and Co-founder, and, Marty Carden, HCP's Exhibitions Committee Chair and well known photographer.

MINI CONTEST:
NO Mini Contest

FIELD TRIPS

MAY 17, from 9 AM - 2 PM Heritage Village It is a living museum of pioneer history, with a main street that is right out of the mid 1800's to early 1900's. Just for WPC members. More info and sign in

MAY 24, from 8 AM- 4 PM St Andrews, Bryan. We have a guide for the St. Andrews Church tour and will be able to use tripods, flash and also have other historical, architectural and landscape areas and attractions in Bryan. Just for WPC members More info and sign in

JUNE

MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, June 9-- 6:30 - 9 P.M.

SPRING 2008 PHOTO EXHIBIT take down
SPEAKER: TBA

MINI CONTEST SHADOWS, please bring one or two SHADOWS images

SLIDE SHOW: Please, email couple of your recent best images, if you want to share for the slide show to Jim Kelly 5-8 of your favorite photos that you would like to share at the meeting

WORKSHOPS


Saturday, June 21 from 9AM 1 PM Adobe Lightroom Workshop with Mark Barbieri, just for WPC Members from 9 to 1 PM at the Woodlands Library on Lake Robbins. More info and sign in

JULY

MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, July 14 -- 6:30 - 9 P.M.

WPC 10th ANNIVERSARY
Special Program: Special recognition to our club founders, Members Photographic Critique, WPC members that submitted their pictures will be critiqued by our panel of WPC co-founders and celebrating party.

MINI CONTEST: NONE, there is no mini contest this month.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, July 19 from 9 AM to 4 PM-- Adobe Photoshop with Janice Braud, just for WPC Members, morning for begginers and afternoon for advanced. You can sign on both More info & sign in

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