The June meeting of the FPC will take place on Thursday, June 12th 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.

Our guest speaker Bob Dean will talk about Photographing Colorado’s Mountain Towns. Bob is a freelance and travel photographer with extensive experience in the western U.S., especially Colorado and California.

Colorado has less than four hundred official towns and cities today. In the heyday of mining in the late 1800s there were actually a few thousand towns in our state. Most of these towns were in the mountains, although the eastern plains had their share. The mountain towns in Colorado mostly started from mineral discoveries, but many have evolved into much more. Some mining still occurs but tourism, outdoor recreation and summer residency are now the main draws. Others have faded into ghost town status (defined as having few, if any residents, and abandoned for economic reasons). Our program will “focus” on the location, history, and photo ops for a number of these towns. You’ll come away with information to help you “see” these towns in a new light.

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 look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting and enjoying a wonderful evening of photography.