Photographic Frontiers Study Group Meeting 01/08/14

Greetings and Happy New Year!

This is a reminder that the Photographic Frontiers Study Group (formerly the Digital Study Group) will have its first meeting of 2014 at 7 pm on January 8 at Mike’s Camera on Pearl Street in Boulder. The decision was made to change to January 2014’s second Wednesday because the first Wednesday of the month falls on New Year’s Day. Starting in February, we will return the meetings to the first Wednesday of the month.

Thomas Walsh will give a presentation on the basics of digital videography. Topics will include basic equipment, shooting, and post-processing. Though the focus will be on DSLRs and Photoshop, much of what will be covered can be directly used with other recording gear and software, including phones and Apple’s $15 iMovie.
If you’ve ever considered hitting that “Record Video” button but haven’t taken the leap, this meeting is for you.

Special Topics-2014

January-Winter
February-Composites
March-Macro
April-Architecture
May-Pareidolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
June-Reflections
July & August-Summer Break
September-Member Show
October-Festivals/Events
November-Action
December-Year-End Competition

Photography for a Change Opening Reception Jan. 12 at eTown

Photography for a Change is pleased to announce an opening reception for a print show in the eTown Gallery, 1535 Spruce, Boulder 80302 on Jan. 12 starting at 6:30 p.m. (note time change). Photographs from Dan Baumbach, David Silver Bryce Bradford, Alan Bogart, and Dana Bove. Snacks provided and cash bar.

RSVPs appreciated: email Dana Bove at dana@photographyforachange.com.

More info at: http://www.photographyforachange.com

2013 Annual Competition Results

: Second Place – Digital Special Effects, Russell Dohrmann, Decim8ed

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Peter Bandurian, Explosion!

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Peter Bandurian, Brandon Grasses

: Third Place – Print Realism, Jim Downs, May in Colorado

: Second Place – Black and White, Daniel Joder, Highway 50 Landscape

: Second Place – Digital Realism, Silhouettes and Sun, Chris Carruth

: Second Place – Print Realism, Bruce Henderson, Shay Train

: Second Place – Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, Crackled Butterfly

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Chris Carruth, Natura

: First Place – Print Realism, Gail Dohrmann, Steps of the Ancient City

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Brian Hooker, The Last Face

: Third Place – Digital Special Effects, Cary Wolfson, Demon Pursued by Angry Peasants

: Third Place – Print Special Effects, Russell Dohrmann, When Pigs Fly

: First Place – Print Special Effects, Gail Dohrmann, Wilted Orchids

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Brian Hooker, A Fine Twilight Involving a Cactus and Moon

: Third Place – Digital Realism, Fee Chin, Sunset that Never Ends

: Third Place – Black and White print, Peter Bandurian, Groovy

: First Place – Digital Realism, Brad Clayton, Milky Way

: First Place – Black and White, Daniel Joder, The Old Schoolhouse

: Honorable Mention – Digital Realism, Fee Chin, Crystal on the Beach

: First Place – Digital Special Effects, Maria Rosa Fuste, Universes

Special Topics-2014

Decmeber 12, 2013- Year-End Competition

The December meeting is the culminating competition for 2013 for the Flatirons Photo Club. We are grateful to the following past presenters for their time and willingness to judge this event: Karen Divine, Dan Ballard and Mark Alison. There will be no guest presentation due to the expected volume of member entries. For specifics about entries, click Year-End-Competition on the club home page. Members are asked to bring a treat/snack to share with the group.

November 2013 Competition Results

: Award – Print Realism – Gail Dohrmann, The Kiss

: Award – Digital Special Topic – John Harmon, Diesel 69

: Award – Digital Realism – Charlie Anderson, Kells

: Award – Digital Special Topic – Joni Goodwin, Silent-Kitchen

: Award – Print Special Effects – Maria Rosa Fuste, It Still Hurts

: Award – Digital Realism – Dan Joder, The Gods at Night

: Award – Digital Realism – Russell Dohrmann Cisco Buildings+Bus

: Award – Print Special Effects – Gail Dohrmann, Coral Rose

: Award – Digital Realism – Frank Weinzapfl, Quesbec at Night

: Award – Print Special Effects – Maria Rosa Fuste, Alicia’s Ghost

: Award – Print Special Topic – Russell Dohrmann, Long’s Ford Truck

: Award – Print Realism – Bruce Henderson, Shay Locomotive

: Award – Print Realism – Fee Chin, Blue Illusion

: Award – Digital Special Topic – Russell Dohrmann, ’50 Olds

: Award – Print Special Topic – Gail Dohrmann, Steps of the Ancient City

: Award – Digital Special Effects – Brad Clayton, Beaches

: Award – Print Special Effects – Maria Rosa Fuste, Dark Night of the Soul

: Award – Digital Special Topic – Joni Goodwin, Forgotten China Doll

Flatirons Photo Club secretary position is open

The Flatirons Photo Club is seeking candidates for the position
of club secretary. If you are interested in the position, 
contact club President Tom Walsh.

Duties include:
A. Act as corresponding secretary for any and all emails 
received by the club email account, and responses thereto.
B. Act as recording secretary at club meetings, 
including but not limited to:
 1. votes taken and results;
 2. competition winners and awards;
 3. items of general interest (for the newsletter).
C. Send meeting notices by email to all paid members.
D. Send meeting notices to all guests/visitors/interested 
persons.
E. Respond to requests for information about the club and 
add all interested people to the club email list under the 
category Guest/Visitor.
F. Send emails of special announcements - as directed by 
the President (e.g. change of meeting location, date, or time).

Explanation of Special Topic for November 14 Competition

Our November meeting is three weeks (November 14), so we still have time to create photographs for the special topic, wabi-sabi. The following is Russ Dohrmann’s explanation of wabi-sabi.

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese esthetic of finding beauty in imperfection, of accepting the natural cycles of growth, decay, and death.

Examples of the “wabi” concept can be found in rustic beauty, age, simplicity, stillness either man-made or natural, or an object with a unique one of a kind flaw.

The concept of “sabi” is represented by objects which are irregular, imperfect or broken, unpretentious or ambiguous.

Design elements of “wabi-sabi” photographs can include cracks and crevices, stains and spots, texture (either inherent or added), or frayed edges.

Frequent materials of “wabi-sabi” images are aged wood, crumpled or man-made paper, patina that comes with age, grungy surfaces, rust, warped or antique glass.

Wabi-sabi photographic subjects can be found at flea markets, cities with an ancient heritage, ghost towns or deserted areas, or junk yards.

Wabi-sabi is a quiet art in which we learn to embrace liver spots, frayed edges, decay, and the march of time.

References:

Wabi-sabi for Artsts, Poets, and Philosophers – book, Normal Koren,1994.

Wabi-sabi, PhotoLife Magazine, Richard Martin, Nov. 2007.

Wabi-sabi, Wikipedia Discussion.

November 14, 2013 Program-“Photographer/Physician: Images from a Decade in the International AIDS Epidemic,” Charles Steinberg

Flatirons Photo Club Presentation, Thursday November 14th

Charles will discuss how his medical work and his photography interrelate.
He will present work from Africa and Asia. As Charles works in a country as a physician, he is fortunate to get out of the usual “tourist bubble” and his images show that. Ranging from stunning travel imagery to personal portraiture from diverse cultures, his high color, high contrast and high impact photography will inspire you to keep shooting and, perhaps, to get involved in humanitarian service. He will also show some of the images he uses in his teaching at The University of Colorado Medical School and other national and international presentations.

Charles Brief Bio:

Charles Steinberg M.D. is an HIV/AIDS specialist from Boulder Colorado. After being in practice 30 years, Charles began teaching physicians and nurses how to treat HIV/AIDS internationally. Charles has done medical consulting and training in Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Nepal, Mexico, Peru, Honduras, Romania and the Ukraine. He has spent most of the last 10 years in East Africa, and a month each year for 3 years doing similar work in Myanmar (Burma).
Charles is also a professional photographer, who teaches photography and is wildly published. He uses his images in his medical teaching to bring in the “human” aspects of medical care. He is the photographer for his wife’s poverty eradication project in Uganda, BeadforLife. His images fill the BeadforLife website (www.beadforlife.org) with potent colorful images from Uganda, and his work can also be seen at charlessteinbergphotography.com