The Flatirons Photo Club will meet on Thursday, September 14 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 must check-in at the main reception desk at Frasier before proceeding to the theater.

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’.

Our speaker will be Greg Holden, giving a talk on ‘Learning to See Creatively.’ Greg will discuss how he sees the world around him and how he captures that through his photographs. He’ll discuss his approach for finding different viewpoints in common scenes and how he creates interesting abstract images by isolating a part of a scene. Whether it is iPhone photos taken in his kitchen or DSLR images from local parks, Greg’s photos will demonstrate that you do not have to travel to exotic locations or spend hours using software manipulation to make creative images.

After Greg’s presentation, members will share some of their photos. Greg will pick favorites to post on our website, but with no scoring and no “Winners”.

Whether you join via Zoom or are attending in person, please come early to socialize.

Please join us for a Zoom-only meeting on Thursday, February 9 at 7pm. Join early to socialize. A link to the meeting will be sent in advance via email 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’.

Our February program presenter is Doug Johnson, a photographer and workshop leader based in Montana. He will present a program on black and white photography. Take a look at his portfolio at his website: https://www.dougjohnsonphotography.com/

For the second hour of our meeting, Doug will be the judge of a monthly competition. As has been our practice, each member may submit up to 2 images in any of the 4 categories, Nature, Realism, Special Effects, or Special Topic. The special topic for Feb is “Black & White.” For specific requirements for image submittal please see our webpage: https://flatironsphotoclub.org/monthly-members-competition. Only members may participate in the competition.

Deadline for image submittal is Monday noon, February 6.

We have photographers of all abilities in the club and all of us have been beginners and shy about sharing our pictures. So members, one and all, please plan to share. We want to see your work.

Winn Robbins, formerly from Mike’s Camera and member of Flatirons Photo Club, has started a new photography Meetup group. It’s a free Meetup for photographers of all stripes and experience levels. He’s aiming it at many different contexts of photography, from portraits to wildlife, from landscape to macro. If club members have interest in particular topics, he would be happy to add more meetups to the upcoming list. You can contact Winn at his gmail address winslowrobbins.

Link to the meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/visually-speaking-photo-meetup/

The list of Special Topics for 2021 is now available at https://flatironsphotoclub.org/competition-special-topics.

Join us via Zoom for the January 14, 2021 7:00 PM meeting of the Flatirons Photo Club! A link to the meeting will be sent in advance via email 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’.

This meeting will be a Members’ Night, with a special topic of ‘People’. That means that a person or people will be the main focus of the image. The person/people can be engaged in an activity or the image can be a portrait. Each member may submit up to 2 images that you want to talk about and that you wish to get feedback on. This gives everyone a chance to talk about their images and their current photographic interest. We do encourage all members to participate.  We’ll need you to submit the images as usual to flatirons [at] flatironsphotoclub.org. Deadline is Monday, January 11 at noon.

We now accept payment of Flatirons Photo Club dues via PayPal (including credit card payments)! See https://flatironsphotoclub.org/flatirons-photo-club-dues-payments for more details. Dues payments will apply from now through 2021.

If you wish to pay your dues via check or other form of payment, please email us at flatirons[at]flatironsphotoclub.org.

We are saddened to report that one of our Flatirons Photo Club members, Kelly Bevilacqua, has passed away: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=kelly-elizabeth-bevilacqua&pid=196512586

These are some of the photos she shared with the Club.

The results of the June 2020 club competition, held online via Zoom, are available at https://flatironsphotoclub.org/june-2020-competition-results. Congratulations to the winners!

All of Mike’s Camera Colorado locations are now open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm. See their website for more details: https://mikescamera.com/.

Mike’s Camera is an Essential Business

We provide essential products and service equipment for working from home.

We also provide media services equipment for at-home video conferencing and education.

Although we decided to follow the broader guidelines and close our stores for the last six weeks, we are happy to be reopening with rigorous safety precautions.

For your safety, Mike’s Camera is requiring all customers and employees to wear a mask and maintain safe distances. Thank you for your cooperation and continued support!

Don’t feel comfortable walking in just yet?

FREE shipping on your online equipment purchases will be extended and curbside pick-up will continue to be available

‍We are urging our employees and customers to stay home if you are feeling ill.

At this time we have postponed all of our in store classes but have a full schedule of online learning opportunities for you to take advantage of. You can view them here: https://mikescamera.com/classes/classes-by-topic#online-learning

The competition results of the February 2020 meeting at Mike’s Camera are available at https://flatironsphotoclub.org/february-2020-competition-results. Congratulations to the winners!

Those interested in architectural photography may find the results of the 2019 Denver Architecture Foundation photo contest of interest: https://denverarchitecture.org/y-our-denver-doors-open-denver-2018-photo-competition/