Congratulations to winners at the Flatirons Photo Club Annual Competition! See https://flatironsphotoclub.org/annual-meeting-2017-winners for more details.
Category Archives: Monthly Programs
Year End Competition Reminder
The Flatirons Photo Club will meet at 7 PM on Thursday, December 14 at Har Hashem Synagogue for the year end meeting and competition. Only members can participate in the competition. Information on entry rules is available at https://flatironsphotoclub.org/year-end-competition. Please send your digital files by Sunday, December 10th to: flatirons@flatironsphotoclub.org
There will be a $100 prize for the Best Print and a $50 prize for Best of Show.
It’s a Potluck, so please bring something to eat or drink to enhance the festivities.
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.
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”):
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- Second Place, Digital Realism, Peter Bandurian, “Abandoned Hope.”
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- Third Place, Print B&W/Monochrome, Bruce Henderson, “Stairway in Iceland.”
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- Second Pace, Digital Special Effects, Cary Wolfson, “The Portal”
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- Second Place, Print Special Effects, Bruce Henderson, “The Beginning of Time.”
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- First Place, Digital Special Effects, John Kieffer, “Christmas Camp”
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- Honorable Mention, Digital Special Effects – Cary Wolfson, “Aspen Abstract.”
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- Russ Dohrmann Best in Show Award: Ilene Myers, “Meditation.”
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- Third Place, Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, “Dubrovnik in the Rain.”
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- Second Place, Print Realism, “Inflation” – Cary Wolfson
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- First Place, Print Realism, “Rodeo Queens” – Bruce Henderson
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- Honorable Mention Digital Realism, Ilene Myers, “Meditation.”
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- First Place, B&W/Monochrome Print, Kent Copeland, “Prairie Smoke Portrait.”
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- Third Place, Digital Special Effects, John Kieffer, “Mesa Arch Starscape.”
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- Third Place, Digital Realism, Bruce Henderson, “South African Rhino”
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- Honorable Mention Print Realism: “Looking Up” – Peter Bandurian
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- Honorable Mention – Gail Dohrmann, “Russ at Boulder Valley Ranch.”
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- First Place, Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, “Dahlia Etched in Red.”
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- Honorable Mention, Print Special Effects – Cary Wolfson, “Homestead.”
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- First Place, Digital Realism, John Kieffer, “Missed the Sunrise.”
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- Second Place, Print B&W/Monochrome, Kent Copeland, “Crooked Doors to the Past”
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:
Photographic Frontiers Study Group Meeting September 7, 2016
Next Wednesday, September 7, the Photographic Frontiers Study Group will resume its first Wednesday of the month meetings. For this occasion, Ilene Meyers will discuss the process of printing as well as different results obtained by using different papers. In addition, she will present examples of prints made on different papers for us to examine and discuss.
Remember to bring photos that you’d like to talk about and perhaps get suggestions on. One of the major purposes of the study group is, after all, for us to help each other in our quests to create great photographs.
Next Wednesday’s meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range Street, Suite 100, Boulder, CO, 80301
Photographic Frontiers Study Group
Just a reminder: There will be no Photographic Frontiers Study Group meeting this evening, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. There will also be no meeting of the group in August. We will return to our regular schedule of meetings, on the first Wednesday of the month, on September 7.
CU photographer, Pulitzer winner Glenn Asakawa speaker May 12
Glenn Asakawa, a pulitzer-prize winning photographer who is associate director of photography for the University of Colorado, will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting at 7 p.m. this Thursday, May 12, in the south building at Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road in Boulder.
Asakawa oversees the marketing and public relations multimedia at CU, his alma mater, where he has been working since 2008 taking a variety of high quality campus life, scenic, laboratory and field assignments as well as managing a staff of four.
He has more than 25 years experience as a newspaper photojournalist working at the Denver Post and, before that, on the staff of the Rocky Mountain News, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize with the photography staff for coverage of the Columbine tragedy in 2000.
Asakawa started his career here in Boulder at the Daily Camera. He has traveled the world and covered events such as presidential inaugurations, Vatican Consistory, the Super Bowl and the aftermath of 9/11.
He has also led photo tours to Cuba through the Road Scholars program (http://roadscholar.org). His main interest is finding the extraordinary in stories of ordinary people and places and presenting them in a compelling and dignified way.
Robert Castellino featured speaker April 14
Robert Castellino, a Lafayette photographer known for portraits, weddings, events, architectural, fine art and golf course photography and who is the author of five photography books, will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club monthly meeting at 7 p.m. this Thursday, April 14, in the south building at Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder
His topic is entitled “The Making of Extraordinary Images, Projects and Excursions,” and will include information about the process for making photos.
His books include The Colorado Roadside Photography Guide; Boulder: Heart & Soul, People & Place; Colorado: Heart & Soul; Denver: Gateway to the Rockies; and Boulder: Yesterday and Today-A Photographic Retrospective. The Colorado Roadside Photography Guide includes photos as well as maps and directions to each scenic location.
He has taught photography at the Music and Arts Conservatory of Santa Barbara, Boulder Digital Arts, Mike’s Camera, and through his own photographic workshops. Castellino also is the founder and CEO of Climate Colorado, which is an attempt to build a movement to move the state away from burning fossil fuels and reduce the state’s water footprint by half by the year 2020.