IN THIS ISSUE:

MARCH Activities....What's Ahead....Member Notices....
About Our Club....Parting Shot

Visit our club web site — www.WoodlandsPhoto.org — for the latest in activity, images, galleries, and other things of interest to those who love photography.

Photo of the Month (at top): 
George Carlson, "Wine and Glass" A good example of Dark Field Lighting.
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MONTHLY MEETING & PRESENTATION
Monday, March 8 -- 6:30 to 9 P.M.

Byron Willis gave us a hands on presentation on "Professional Set of Lights and Backgounds". This was an extraordinary workshop-presentation. We had Sara Malkowsky, from The Woodlands, modeling and Byron's professional lighting equipment.

Mini Member Show: George Carlson on The Three Building Blocks of a Great Photographer

MINI CONTEST: Dave McConnachie won the monthly mini-contest with his Rum Point, Grand Cayman Islands picture.

FIELD TRIP:  
Saturday, March 27

At the Houston Zoo. We will be meeting at the front gate at 10:00 AM. Contact Gene Foglietta for further details.


BE PREPARED FOR SPRING PHOTO SHOW & COMPETITION
CATEGORIES: Action, Nature, People, Open

Rules are now available - so let's get shooting! Time to start working on your pictures for our Spring competition. We need volunteers to help receive and hang entries. Click here to see the competition rules and procedures.

Monday, April 12 -- 6:30 to 9 P.M.

Richard Underwood, a former NASA Technical Monitor for all their photographic experiments, will give a presentation on "Photography Journey to the Moon."

MINI CONTEST: Bring any two images for the mini-contest.

MINI MEMBER SHOW: Barbara Edmondson will show some slides. We encourage all members to schedule these mini member shows for upcoming meetings.

SPRING PHOTO SHOW & COMPETITION

CATEGORIES: Action, Nature, People, Open

Entry Submission: Saturday, May 1st. from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM at the South Branch Library in The Woodlands

Judging: Monday, May 10, just prior to the meeting. Awards will be presented during the meeting

Take down and entry pick up: Monday, June 14, during the monthly meeting

SPORTS PHOTO WORKSHOP

Saturday, April 3, from 9 AM to 4 PM.

Sports photo workshop with Mark Rolland. Sat., April 3, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Texas World Speedway, College Station
Workshop will be taught by Mark Rolland, our February guest presenter. Fee is only $50 per person. Subject will be NASA racing. We will have the opportunity to take pictures from Sports Cars race in action. Room is limited. For more info contact C. Garcia

EARTH DAY Celebration

Saturday, April 3, from 9 AM to 2 PM.

At the Alden Bridge Village Center. Our club will have a table there, so please sign up to help us greet people (we always get a bunch of new members from this event). Contact Debbie Alamilla for details.

MAY

MONTHLY MEETING & PHOTO CRITIQUE
Monday, May 10 -- 6:30 to 9 P.M.

Just prior to the meeting we will have the judging of our Spring Photo Show & Competition. Our judges will stay during the meeting and share comments and criticism on the submittals. "Best of the Show" and 1st., 2nd., 3rd., and Honorable Mention will be awarded in each category.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AT PHOTOSOURCE

George Carlson is the featured photographer at Photosource this month. They will be displaying 5 prints from his portfolio called "Working in the Dark". There are examples of table top work. George's"Wine and Glass" is part of the portfolio. The photos will be on display through the month of March.

MAY ADVENTURE BEING PLANNED

Ken Means is organizing a great field trip to the Paria Plateau in northern Arizona (north of the Grand Canyon) for the second week in May. The group will photograph the famous windcarved rocks there, the dramatic Antelope Canyon, and perhaps Lake Powell from a houseboat, among other adventures. Probably about a 6-day trip total. Anyone interested should contact him directly: kdm@argohouston.com.

HELP US SHOOT OUR ACTIVITIES

We need club members who have digital cameras to volunteer to document our field trips and special events. Our friends John Masters and Nolan Braud have been providing digital images of our meeting presenters and other activities but could use some help.  If you are willing to help, please email to our newsletter editor.

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YOUR GALLERY AWAITS YOU

Each member of our club gets a free online gallery of your favorite images. For details on how to get yours set up, contact Nolan Braud (njbraud@hotmail.com)

WE WANT YOUR IDEAS!

Help us continue to have the most interesting and informative activities by sharing your ideas for the best experiences you've had. Email your ideas for each activity below to the club officer in charge of that activity:

Field Trips - Gene Foglietta
Presentations - Bill Wright
Other Activity - Marty Phelix
Web Site, Newsletter - Roy Varner (editor@woodlandsphoto.org)