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Multimedia producer, photographer Ted Wood is speaker Feb. 9

Ted Wood, an editorial photographer and multimedia producer based in Boulder, will give a talk entitled “Environmental photojournalism in the age of lies and skeptics – what visual storytellers can do to move the needle on climate change awareness” at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Har HaShem Synagogue in Boulder.
His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Smithsonian, National Wildlife, The New York Times, Outside, The Nature Conservancy Magazine and dozens of national and international publications.
Wood is the co-founder of The Story Group, a multimedia journalism company based in Boulder that specializes in environmental stories from the western U.S. Wood has produced more than 20 short videos through Story Group productions focusing on climate change effects and other environmental issues.
More information about Wood is in Developments, the club newsletter.

January 2017 competition results

The judge was Russ Croop. The Special Topic was “lines.”

: Award, Special Effects, “Spirit of the Plains,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Swallow Tail on Foil,” Karen Baldwin

: Award, Print Realism, “The Hunter,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Dune Study,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Coming Around the Corner,” Helen Cuccaro

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Vintage Vietnamese,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Gaudi Ribbons,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Brits Bowling,” Donna Pyle

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Sand Dunes,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Realism, “Favorite Flower,” Donna Pyle

iPhone artist Russ Croop is speaker Jan. 12

Russ Croop, an iPhone artist who has creatively advanced the art of the iPhone, will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting and competition Thursday, Jan. 12.

Croop is a retired Boulder Valley English, theater and photography teacher who is well-known for his iPhone photo paintings of familiar Boulder scenes. He has been a presenter and judge for the club going back to 2011, and he will be updating us about his latest works.
Croop is a Lafayette resident. He also shoots weddings, portraits (including animals), real estate, products, architecture, landscapes and a variety of other specialties.

To view some of his images and get an idea of the types of images he makes using the iPhone, visit http://www. rcroop.com. You can also view his line of greeting cards at http://www.cardgnome.com/ shops/russ-croop-photoart.

REMINDER: Digital competition entries are due Sunday, Jan. 8. Email them to flatirons@flatironsphotoclub.org.

Year-End Competition Results, December 2016

Here are the results of the Flatirons Photo Club 2016 year-end competition.
The judges were: Julie Cardinal, owner of The Darkroom photography gallery in Longmont; Chelsea Farmer of Morrissey and Associates photography in Longmont; and Robert Castellino of Robert Castellino Photography in Boulder.
During the meeting, new officers were elected by acclamation. They are:
President, John Kieffer
Vice President, Ning Mosberger-Tang
Secretary: Bruce Henderson
Congratulations to the new officers!

Results:

Russ Dohrmann Best of Show Award goes to Ilene Meyers – for her photo “Meditation.”

Digital Realism (RL)
1 – John Kieffer, “Missed The Sunrise.”
2 – Peter Bandurian, “Abandoned Hope.”
3 – Bruce Henderson, “South African Rhino.”
Honorable Mention – “Ilene Meyers, Meditation.”

Digital Special Effects (SE)
1 – John Kieffer, “Christmas Camp.”
2- Cary Wolfson, “The Portal.”
3 – John Kieffer, “Mesa Arch Starscape.”
Honorable Mention – Cary Wolfson, “Aspen Abstract.”

Print Realism
1. “Rodeo Queens” – Bruce Henderson
2. “Inflation” – Cary Wolfson
3. “Cuban Auto Shop” – Gail Dohrmann
Honorable Mention” – Looking Up – Peter Bandurian

Print Special Effects
1. Gail Dohrmann, “Dahlia Etched in Red.”
2. Bruce Henderson, “The Beginning of Time.”
3. Gail Dohrmann, “Dubrovnik in the Rain.”
Honorable Mention – Cary Wolfson, “Homestead.”

B&W/Monochrome Print
1. Kent Copeland, “Prairie Smoke Portrait.”
2. Kent Copeland, “Crooked Door to the Past.”
3. Bruce Henderson, “Stairway in Iceland.”
Honorable Mention – Gail Dohrmann, “Russ at Boulder Valley Ranch.”

Here are the photos (still need to upload a digital version of Gail Dohrmann’s Third Place Print Realism entry entitled “Cuban Auto Shop”):

: Second Place, Print B&W/Monochrome, Kent Copeland, “Crooked Doors to the Past”

: Second Place, Print Realism, “Inflation” – Cary Wolfson

: Russ Dohrmann Best in Show Award: Ilene Myers, “Meditation.”

: Honorable Mention, Digital Special Effects – Cary Wolfson, “Aspen Abstract.”

: First Place, B&W/Monochrome Print, Kent Copeland, “Prairie Smoke Portrait.”

: Third Place, Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, “Dubrovnik in the Rain.”

: Third Place, Print B&W/Monochrome, Bruce Henderson, “Stairway in Iceland.”

: Second Place, Digital Realism, Peter Bandurian, “Abandoned Hope.”

: Honorable Mention – Gail Dohrmann, “Russ at Boulder Valley Ranch.”

: First Place, Digital Realism, John Kieffer, “Missed the Sunrise.”

: Third Place, Digital Special Effects, John Kieffer, “Mesa Arch Starscape.”

: Honorable Mention Digital Realism, Ilene Myers, “Meditation.”

: First Place, Digital Special Effects, John Kieffer, “Christmas Camp”

: Second Place, Print Special Effects, Bruce Henderson, “The Beginning of Time.”

: Second Pace, Digital Special Effects, Cary Wolfson, “The Portal”

: Honorable Mention, Print Special Effects – Cary Wolfson, “Homestead.”

: Third Place, Digital Realism, Bruce Henderson, “South African Rhino”

: Honorable Mention Print Realism: “Looking Up” – Peter Bandurian

: First Place, Print Realism, “Rodeo Queens” – Bruce Henderson

: First Place, Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, “Dahlia Etched in Red.”

Year-end club competition is Thursday, Dec. 8

The Flatirons Photo Club’s annual year-end competition will be held during the club’s monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Each member of the club can enter up to five images among the competition categories in any way they desire. Images entered in the year-end competition may have been shown in the current year’s monthly competitions, or may be new work as long as it was created in the past two years; also acceptable is work more than two years old that has never been shown in a competitive venue.
Ribbons will be awarded for first, second and third place and honorable mention.
In addition, there will be a Best of Show award in honor of long-time Flatirons Photo Club member Russell Dohrmann, who passed away April 10, 2015. There will be a $100 cash prize for Best of Show. Russell’s wife, Gail, also a long-time member of the club, will be the judge.
Contest details are here: https://flatironsphotoclub.org/year-end-competition.

November 2016 Competition Results

The judge was Catherine Karnow. The special topic was Fall Colors.

: Award, Digital Realism, “Paris Bookseller,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Realism, “Indian Sweeper,” Vandy Vadervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Milton Falls Ripeter,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Fall Cycle,” Todd Towell

: Award, Digital Realism, “Megan’s Back,” Todd Towell

: Award, Digital Realism, “Election 2016,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Mesa Arch Point,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Dahlias Transformed,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Digital Realism, “Mount Rainier Reflection,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Print Special Topic, “Fall Ivy,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Common Teasel,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Aspen Leaf,” Kelly Bevilacqua

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Soft Aspens,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Great Sand Dunes,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Top of the Mesa,” Ginger Zukowski

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Twist-n-Tern,” Todd Towell

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Dune Shadows,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Homestead,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Meditation,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Ranch Road,” Kent Copeland

Catherine Karnow is presenter at Nov. 10 meeting

National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow will talk about people and portrait photography at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting and competition at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 10, at Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road.

Karnow also is offering a one-day workshop on Saturday, Nov. 12, while she is in town.

Karnow, who is based in San Francisco but was born and raised in Hong Kong, has covered Australian Aborigines; Bombay film stars; victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam; Russian Old Believers in Alaska; Greenwich, Connecticut, high society; and an Albanian farm family.

Her work appears in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, French & German GEO and other interna- tional publications.

Her workshop will include shooting on location in downtown Boulder and then discussion and more in a classroom.

The emphasis will be on people photos — the same emphasis that she will be talking about at the club meeting. Shooting locations will include the Farmers Market and Pearl Street.

The workshop schedule is:

8:00 Meet at Madelife Studio, 2000 21st St, Boulder, CO 80302

8:00 – 9:30 Catherine gives an educational presentation of her images made on assignment for National Geographic

10:00 – 12:00 Shoot Farmers Market

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse (boulderteahouse.com)

1:30 – 3:00 Shoot Pearl Street

3:30 – 5:30 Download and Critique, Madelife Studio, 2000 21st St, Boulder, CO 80302

6:00 Workshop ends

For more information and registration, click on this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photography-workshop-boulder-tickets-29054787652

October 2016 Competition Results

The judge was Bob Maynard. The Special Topic was Bicycles

: Award, Digital Realism, “Chinese Lilies,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Realism, “Inflation,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Print Realism, “Mongolian Princess,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Print Realism, “Spiral Staircase,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Sailor Girl,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “”Aspen Abstract (Homage to Cal Whitehall),” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Winter is Coming,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Dolomite Road Biker,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Italian Coast Bike,” John Kieffer

Bob Maynard to talk about new book Oct. 13

Bob Maynard, an award-winning nature photographer whose work is carried by several galleries throughout Colorado and Utah, will talk about his new book, “Ancient Skies Through Ancient Eyes,” during the Flatirons Photo Club’s monthly meeting and competition at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Har HaShem synagogue, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder.
His website is called Colorado Plateau Photo Tours and it is located at http:// www.coloradoplateauphototours.com.

The Special Topic is Bicycles.