Annual Year-end Competition

The Flatirons Photo Club will be holding our annual year-end competition at the December meeting on Thursday, December 12th, at 7:00 PM. As is usual, we will hold the meeting in person at the Frasier Retirement Community Theater at 350 Ponca Place in Boulder and via Zoom.

Darin Reed will be our judge. Darin is a Long Island (NY) based professional photographer. His lifelong passion for the art has led him down a variety of photographic paths. From the simple and timeless family photographs many of us begin with, to sports, dance, travel, landscape, event, nature, and photographic philanthropy, he’s done, and loved it all! Darin is a long-time member, and two-time President, of the Huntington Camera Club. He is a member of Nikon Professional Services, a member of the Professional Photographers of America, and a workshop instructor at Crossroads Photographic Workshops. He teaches photography to children who have cancer and their siblings, at the Sunrise Day Camp. He is the “Official Photographer” for the Huntington School District and is also a long-time contributor to the Huntington Arts Council, covering their Summer Arts Series of shows and concerts. Photography has been the steady and happy drumbeat of Darin’s life. He is thrilled to be behind his camera but is equally happy to share the knowledge he’s gained with his fellow photographers, to help them capture compelling, storytelling images! Darin believes helping others with their photography, or through his own photography, is one of life’s great joys!

A Zoom link to the meeting will be emailed in advance to members and interested non-members. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to flatirons[at]flatironsphotoclub.org with the subject line ‘Mailing list’.

We will have only digital entries in the following categories:
C: Open: traditional style images without obvious creative filters.
B: Nature/Wildlife: also traditional style, but no human or human made content
D: Creative Special Effects: images that begin with the maker’s photograph, but have special effects applied in digital post-processing. For example, they may look painterly, abstracted, or non-photographic. It is photographic based digital art.
E: Black & White: traditional style images that are rendered in black & white

We will have 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention(s) awards in each category.
Plus one overall “best in show” winner. There are no physical awards or ribbons, but of course the winners will be posted on our website.

Please come early to socialize!

November Monthly Meeting – In-person and via Zoom

The November meeting of the Flatirons Photography Club will take place next Thursday, November 14th at 7 PM. As is usual, we will hold the meeting in person at the Frasier Retirement Community Theater at 350 Ponca Place in Boulder and via Zoom.

Club member Cary Wolfson will make a presentation on iPhoneography. After Cary’s presentation we will have a member image critique session.

A Zoom link to the meeting will be emailed in advance to members and interested non-members. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to flatirons[at]flatironsphotoclub.org with the subject line ‘Mailing list’.

Please come early to socialize!

October Monthly Meeting – In-person and via Zoom

The October meeting of the Flatirons Photography Club will take place next Thursday, October 10th at 7 PM.
As is usual, we will hold the meeting in person at the Frasier Retirement Community Theater at 350 Ponca Place in Boulder and via Zoom.

The October meeting will be a member image display/critique session as we do not have a presenter this month.

A Zoom link to the meeting will be emailed in advance to members and interested non-members. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to flatirons[at]flatironsphotoclub.org with the subject line ‘Mailing list’.

Please come early to socialize!

Club Member Contest Award

Congratulations to Flatirons Photography Club member and Club Treasurer Ilene Meyers! Ilene’s series of nature/landscape photographs won Third Place (or as they call it, Judges Choice #2) in the recent American Society of Media Photographers contest. The American Society of Media Photographers is the sister association of NANPA, North American Nature Photography Association.

Here is a link to view all of the winning photographs – Ilene’s can be found in the Nature/Landscape section:
https://www.asmp.org/awards/best-of-2024-winners-gallery/ Congratulations, Ilene!

September Monthly Meeting – In-person and via Zoom

The Flatirons Photo Club will meet on Thursday, September 12, at 7 pm. The meeting will be held in the Frasier retirement community’s movie theater. Frasier is located at 350 Ponca Place in Boulder.

We will also have a Zoom option for those who choose not to attend in person. A Zoom link to the meeting will be emailed in advance to members and interested non-members. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to flatirons[at]flatironsphotoclub.org with the subject line ‘Mailing list’.

Hot Springs, Arkansas-based photographer Eli Vega will be doing a Zoom presentation to the club on Street Photography. Eli is a multi-faceted photographer, whose specialties are instruction/training; writing; landscapes/scenics, commercial photography work, and stock photography. You checkout Eli’s work and learn a bit about him at: http://www.elivega.net/

After Eli’s presentation he will critique members submitted images.
Please come early to socialize!