June 2016 Competition Results

The speaker was Colby Brown. The special topic was Birds.

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Flatirons in Spring,” Gail Dohrmann

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Aspen in Spring,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Print Special Topic, “Howdy Owl,” Cal Whitehall

: Award, Digital Realism, “Rio Grande Gorge Sunset,” Cary Wolfson

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Looking at You,” Kent Copeland

: Award, Digital Realism, “Spring Leaves,” John Harmon

: Award, Digital Realism, “Papohaku Turmoil,” Illene Meyers

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Stealth Flight,” Cal Whitehall

: Honorable Mention, Digital Special Topic, “Cranes,” Bruce Henderson

: Award, Digital Special Effects, “Wild Woman,” Gail Dohrmann

: Award, Print Realism, “Into the Woods,” Donna Colville

: Honorable Mention, Digital Special Topic, “Southern Ground Hornbill,” Mia Mestagh

: Award, Digital Special Topic, “Dance in Flight,” Peter Bandurian

: Award, Digital Realism, “Sunset in the Dunes,” Cary Wolfson

Giving Lens founder Colby Brown speaker June 9

Colby Brown, a photographer, photo educator and author based in Boulder, will be the featured speaker at the Flatirons Photo Club meeting June 9.
Brown is a Sony Artisan of Imagery who has led workshops for National Geographic. He specializes in landscape, travel and humanitarian photography.
In 2011, he founded The Giving Lens, an organization that blends photo education with support for various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and causes around the world. The Giving Lens helps fight for child education, clean drinking water projects, species preservation, women’s rights and more.
Brown creates and helps run social influencer marketing campaigns for some of the biggest companies and destinations in the world, including Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Iceland Naturally, Jordan Tourism Board, Australia.com, Travel Alberta, and Visit California. He also is a Wacom Ambassador, an X-Rite Coloratti, a G-Technology G-Team Ambassador. His website is at http://www.colbybrownphotography.com

Tonight’s Photographic Frontiers Study Group meeting

If you’ve been taking photos with your phone (and if you haven’t, why not?), tonight’s Photographic Frontiers Study Group meeting is probably right up your alley. The announcement from Cary Wolfson, who will present tonight, is at the end of this email. Remember to bring in on thumb drive any photo you’re working on that you’d like to discuss.

From Cary:
Sure we’ve all spent beaucoup $$$ on our DSLRs and mirrorless rigs, along with the lenses and accoutrements that go with them. But most of the time are we schlepping that stuff around with us? Probably not. OTOH, nearly all of us have cellphones or tablets and most of THEM have really good cameras built in. At this month’s Digital Frontiers Group I’ll be showing you how to make those mobile images pop with an app that doesn’t even cost a dime: Snapseed. Plus, it’ll work with both iOS and Android.

Check out the attached image that I shot with my iPhone in our backyard and then processed with Snapseed. OK, maybe it’s just about the only image that didn’t receive a “5” in last month’s competition, but I still think it’s pretty cool. Cool

I’ll give you a rundown on most of the app’s features, show you some before and after shots, and then take you step by step through my workflow as I process an unretouched picture. You can download the app and bring your phone/tablet with you and follow along. (Did I mention that it’s FREE?) As usual, we will meet at Boulder Digital Arts in Boulder, at 1600 Range St., from 7 to 9 p.m., so come on down.

May 2016 Competition Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!”