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November 9, 2017 Monthly Meeting and Competition

The Flatirons Photo Club will meet Thursday, November 9 at 7PM at Hashem Synagogue (our regular monthly meeting spot). The competition topic is Travel. See the Competition sidebar for submission details.

Beth Wald, a documentary photographer who creates compelling visual narratives that look at our relationship with the natural world — of which we are an integral and often destructive part — will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting and competition from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Har HaShem in Boulder.

Wald thrives when working far off the grid and immersing herself in a place and a culture. Her wide-ranging career has taken her to remote corners of the world for many publications, including National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Outside and many others. Wald has also partnered with organizations such as the Wildlife Conservation Society, Panthera, Alaska Conservation Foundation, Conservación Patagónica and many others. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Rowell Award, POY among others.

Her presentation: Immersion – Journeys in Light and Time

Wald has explored the rich diversity of natural environments and cultures under threat around the world – from Afghanistan, to Alaska, to the Amazon. In this talk, she will show work and discuss how she got started in photography, her creative evolution and the work she has done documenting a range of places, peoples and issues, including:

  • mountain peoples, wildlife and their interaction in the Pamir Mountains and Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and Tajikistan;
  • the traditional sustainable harvest of the wool of vicuña that has helped this endangered species recover, and the resurgence of ancient weaving and other indigenous traditions in Puno and Sacred Valley;
  • the creation of national parks in Chilean Patagonia that will protect a range of environments from temperate rainforest to steppe grasslands, and the wildlife that depends on these habitats;
  • the environmental and social impacts of large-scale metal mines being built in a remote region of the Ecuadorean Amazon;
  • groundbreaking work to restore the full range of species that once existed, in a vast wetlands region of Northern Argentina, which is the largest re-wilding project in the Americas.

Her work presents the beauty of pristine and undeveloped corners of the world, and tells visual stories about struggles to save ecosystems, species, ancient knowledge and ways of being and in her presentation, Beth Wald will look at the role that photography can play in these efforts by erasing boundaries between us and distant-endangered places and peoples.

October 2017 competition results

The judge was Dana Romanoff. The special topic was Autumn.

June 2017 photos (no competition)

Maureen Ruddy Burkhart was the featured speaker.

May 2017 competition results

The judge was Mei Xu. The special topic was Wildlife.

Mei Xu, an enthusiastic, passionate and award-winning photographer based in Colorado, will share the stories and techniques she used for 10 of her favorite images at the next Flatirons Photo Club meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at Har HaShem synagogue, 3950 West Baseline Road, Boulder.
When she is traveling, hiking, or skiing, the camera is her third eye to explore the wonder of the world and to capture the beauty of Mother Nature. Her photos and articles have been published in several renowned magazines and books all around the world, including National Geographic (Spain), Daily Mail (UK), Funke Media (Germany), Nature (China), Chinese National Travel (China) etc.
Her fine art photos have also been collected by many companies and universities, such as Hilton, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, Capital One and the University of Colorado. Mei Xu is the only female member of 4aperture (4aperture. com), a team of devoted nature and landscape photographers who just had a very successful photography exhibition in Shanghai World Financial Center. That exhibition attracted more than 100,000 tourists and many media, including CCTV (the most influential TV in China). Her website is http://meixuphotography.com.
The Special Topic is Wildlife.

April 2017 Competition Results

The judge was Bob Carmichael. The special topic was Movement.

Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting is Thursday, April 13, at home of Bob Carmichael

Bob Carmichael, a photographer, director and filmmaker based in Boulder, will host the regular monthly meeting and competition of the Flatirons Photo Club from 7-9 p.m. this Thursday, April 13, at his home studio at 3231 11th St., Boulder.

Here is the evening schedule:

6:45pm – 7:00pm Club business and announcements
7:00pm – 8:00pm Bob’s photography talk and studio tour
8:00pm – 9:00pm Photo critiques by Bob

Since we’re meeting in a private studio/residence, we are limiting the number of participants to 35. Please click on this link http://bit.ly/2nYm8eT to register.

Since Bob specializes in sports and music, our special topic for April will be “Movements.”

March Photo Competition Results

The judge was Joanna Pinneo. The special topic was People.

Flatirons Photo Club Speaker March 9: National Geographic photographer Joanna Pinneo

Joanna Pinneo, who has worked in 66 countries covering stories such as European immigration, climate change and the Canadian Arctic, will be the featured speaker and judge at the Flatirons Photo Club’s meeting on Thursday, March 9.
The National Geographic photographer has been nominated for a Pulitzer, won an Alfred Eisenstadt award, and was featured in National Geographic’s 50 greatest photographs. Read more about her in the Developments Newsletter here.

The meeting will start with announcements and socializing at 6:45p.m. The speaker will start her presentation at 7 p.m.

Directions– new location: There is a location change just for the meeting on March 9. We will meet in the north building at Har HaShem. When you enter the Har HaShem parking lot off Baseline Road, it’s the building immediately to the left.