May 2016 Competition Results

The judge was Glenn Asakawa. The special topic was trains.

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Amsterdam Train,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Realism, “Kalaupapa Overlook,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Swiss Train,” Ning Mosberger-Tang

: Award, Digital Realism, “Indian Kitchen,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Whirrled Affairs,” Gail Dohrman

: Award, Digital Realism, “Kestrel in Flight,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Eiger Train,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Realism, “Indonesian Siesta,” Jim Downs

: Award, Digital Realism, “Arno at Daybreak,” Richard Smith

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Red Paua Patterns,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Realism, “Mallorca Beach,” Ning Mosberger Tang

: Award, Digital Special Topic, Kmakura Tracks, Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Savanah Central,” John Harmon

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Patina,” Donna Colville

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Arnett Fullen House,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Wasp,” John Harmon

: Award, Digital Realism, “Nesting,” Jan Otto

: Award, Digital Realism, “Reflection, Neon Canyon,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Luminous Iris on Black,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Paris Train,” John Kieffer

: Award, Digital Realism, “Fire Breather,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Gate to Nowhere,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Autumn,” Ning Mosberger-Tang

: Award, Digital Realism, “Terrorist,” John Harmon

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Rio Grande,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Realism, “No Easy Way Out,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Print Realism, “Cow Man,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Business Sucks,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Dining Car,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Desert Art,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Print Realism, “Fan Dancer,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Water Pattern,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Realism, “Reflections,” Jan Otto

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Train Graffiti,” Gail Dohrmann

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Ternate Moluccas Street Market,” Jim Downs

: Award, Print Special Topic, “Caboose,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Ranch Gate,” Kent Copeland

: Award, Digital Realism, “Molokai Milky Way,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Print Realism, “Paradis Divide,” Donna Colville

: Award, Digital Realism, “1964 Italian Grand Prix,” Richard Smith

: Award, Digital Realism, “Budding Hair Stylist,” Jim Downs

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.

April 2016 Competition Results

The judge was Robert Castellino. The special topic was Macro.

: Honorable mention, Special Topic, “Red,” Kelly Bevilacqua

: Honorable mention, Digital Realism, “Cranes,” Chris Gimbel

: Honorable mention, Digital Special Effects, “Pink,” Kelly Bevilacqua

: Honorable mention, Print Realism, “The Wave,” Kirk Fry

: Honorable mention, Digital Special Effects, “Firedancer,” Chris Gimbel

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Girl Jumping,” Ning Mosberger-Tang

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Encased,” Charlie Anderson

: Honorable mention, Digital Realism, “Kimono Gals,” Cary Wolfson

: Honorable mention, Print Special Topic, “Sky Drop,” Kirk Fry

: Honorable mention, Digital Realism, “Hawaii Wave,” Ning Mosberger-Tang

: Honorable mention, Print Special Topic, “Mushroom Row,” Kirk Fry

: Award, Digital Realism, “Early Morning,” Ning Mosberger-Tang

: Award, Print Special Topic, “Ammonite Galaxy,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Peeping Billy,” Cary Wolfson

: Honorable mention, Digital Special Effects, “Skogafoss Falls,” Kirk Fry

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Nouveaux Honky,” Vandy Vandervort

: Honorable mention, Digital Special Effects, “Wild Pantry,” Gail Dohrmann

Thomas Walsh’s art opening at Boulder Digital Arts

In the most recent club newsletter it was announced that Thomas Walsh would have an opening on Friday, April 15 at Boulder Digital Arts. Due to a scheduling conflict, the date of the opening had to be changed. Thomas will send out Evites for the rescheduled event. Please be aware that there will not be an opening tomorrow, April 15.

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.

Presentation by Thomas Walsh. Tuesday, April 5, 7-9 p.m.

A number of photo club members are aware of the work, including videography, that Thomas Walsh has done to bring some attention to the very extensive, yet rarely mentioned, abuse of children by nuns. On Tuesday, April 5, Thomas will give a presentation on the subject from 7 to 9 p.m. at Tina Davis Studio, 947 Kimbark St., Longmont. The meeting will take place under the auspices of LightOn Creatives for Community, a Longmont based group of creatives actively involved in further expanding the already burgeoning Longmont art scene.

Photographic Frontiers Study Group Meeting This Wednesday, April 6—Post-Processing Videos

Oaken Beeson will follow up his well-attended and enthusiastically received talk last month with another overview of videography for photographers. Those who attended last month know that Oaken is very knowledgeable and excellent at explaining. It’s time you hit that record video button on your cameras, folks. Come learn how to proceed after the initial capture. As usual, we will meet at Boulder Digital Arts in Boulder, at 1600 Range St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Oaken’s announcement:

“Editing and Encoding: What to do with those video files!

“In the next chapter of our DSLR video course we’ll go over transferring those files off of your camera, into an editing program, and exporting out a completed video. We will use Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Media Encoder to go over basic editing techniques, basic coloring, and encoding file types. Feel free to bring your laptop and go though the process on hand if you have an Adobe subscription, but most of what will be covered is also applicable to other editing programs. Keeping in line with the previous DSLR class, everything will be kept simple and easy, making your own videos does not need o be a complicated and lengthy process, with a few simple tricks you can import, edit and export out a completed video in 15 minutes. So bring your cameras, bring your laptops or just bring a notebook, and let’s finally get those video files out there for everyone to see!”

March 2016 Competition Results

Robert Morrissey was the featured speaker and competition judge. The special topic was the Flatirons.

: Award, Digital Realism, “Kauai Sunrise,” Ilene Meyers

: Award, Print Special Topic, “The Formation of the Flatirons,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Water is the Domain of Ducks,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Whatcom Park Bridge,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Artichoke Sun Bather,” Kent Copeland

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Aspens and Waves,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Dinosaur Among Us,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Realism, “Prairie Smoke Portrait,” Kent Copeland

: Award, Print Special Effects, “A Peeling Abstraction,” Vandy VAndervort

: Award, Print Realism, “Good Grass,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Print Special Effects, “Chinatown Vendor,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Realism, “Crooked Doors to the Past,” Kent Copeland

: Award, Digital Realism, “Analog Fashion,” Tricia Rubio

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “April Snowfall in the Flatirons,” John Harmon

: Award, Digital Realism, “Italian Pasta,” Vandy Vandervort

: Award, Digital Realism, “Close Encounter,” Mia Mestdagh

: Award, Digital Realism, “Touch and Go,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Flatirons,” Richard Smith

Robert Morrissey speaker March 10

Robert Morrissey, director and executive photographer of Morrissey and Associates, a Longmont-based commercial photography organization, will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club meeting and competition at 7 p.m. this Thursday, March 10, at Har HaShem Synagogue in Boulder.
Morrissey is the recipient of numerous awards from Canon and Kodak and is a Phase One featured photographer. Published internationally more than 100,000 times, he holds a degree in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute and has more than 25 years experience in the field. He has been published in almost every photographic genre and style there is.
Morrissey also is the author of iPhoneography Pro: Techniques for Taking Your iPhone Photography to the Next Level; Commercial Photographer’s Master Lighting Guide; and Master Lighting Guide for Commercial Photographers.
His company specializes in product photography, medical photography, 4K video production, portrait photography, fashion photography, catalog photography, advertising photography and food photography. His national clients include: FDC Chassis, Golite, Albertsons, Kraft Foods, Horizon Dairy, Pearl Izumi, Celestial Seasonings, Case Logic, Devilbiss Medical, Novocol, Sunrise Medical, Longmont Dairy, Ultimate Electronics, Sony, Olympus Cameras, Chimera Lighting, Schneider Optics, GE, Disney, Kyocera, AJA, University of Colorado-Denver, University Colorado-Boulder, University of Missouri, KACI, and more.
His company website is at http://www.morrisseyphoto.com and his Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/Robert-Morrissey-Collection-62327716796/.

Photographic Frontiers Study Group Meeting this Wednesday, March 2—Videography for Photographers

Folks, if you haven’t yet hit that “Record Video” button on your camera, the time has come. This Wednesday’s Photographic Frontiers Study Group will be a great opportunity to see and hear an overview from basics to some advanced techniques. Oaken Beeson of Seed Design and Production will give a presentation on videography for photographers using DSLRs. As usual, we will meet at Boulder Digital Arts in Boulder, at 1600 Range St, from 7 to 9 p.m. Here’s Oaken’s announcement:

ANNOUNCEMENT:
From Photographer to Videographer: Using your DSLR to take professional quality video

We will discuss opening up your DSLR to another range of possibilities. Going over everything from settings to proper frame rates to the equipment used in professional videography. The worlds of photo and video are completely different but it doesn’t need to be difficult to switch between the two. We will simplify and compare how the two are alike to make it an easier transition for the mind of a photographer. This is not intended to teach composition and basic photography, the class is directed towards photographers who have already learned the basic principles; aspect ratios, shutter speed, framing, etc. Feel free to bring in your cameras for hands on instruction!