February 2023 Monthly Meeting (via Zoom)

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.

January 2023 Monthly Meeting (via Zoom)

Please join us for a Zoom-only meeting on Thursday, January 12 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’.

This will be a members’ meeting, with Steve Wilton doing an opening presentation and then we’ll have a member critique as is usual for a members meeting. Steve’s presentation will be “The road to finding a photography niche, and how I intend to use story-telling within that niche during 2023“. Steve recently won an award in the 2022 Paris Street Photo Awards: https://www.streetphotoawards.art/site/winners-gallery/spa-2022/single/black-white/honorable-mention/3697

Every dues-paying member may share up to 2 images for group feedback. We will do a share screen from members’ computers rather than project them as we do for competition, but if you need that help from Peter, submit your images to him by noon on Monday, January 9. We won’t need to categorize the images for this meeting.

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.

December 2022 Annual Competition – In-person and via Zoom

Please join us for our 2022 Annual Competition, which will be held both in-person and via Zoom, on December 8 at 7:00 PM

The in-person meeting will be held in the theater at Frasier Retirement Community. The address is 350 Ponca Place, Boulder. We must check-in at the main reception desk at Frasier before proceeding to the theater. Masks are required.

A Zoom link to the October 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’.

Please come early to socialize. We will start promptly at 7pm.

The judge for the competition will be Stephen Collector. He is a long-time professional photographer and author based in the Boulder area. His work can be seen at stephencollector.com.

This will be a totally digital competition (no prints). You must be a member to submit images. A maximum of 3 images are allowed. They may be all in one category, or distributed among any of the categories

There are 4 categories for the annual competition (Note that there is no Special Topic for this meeting!):

  • Nature
  • Other Realism
  • Special Effects
  • Black & white

For image submittal, use the protocol that is posted on our website: https://flatironsphotoclub.org/monthly-members-competition

The deadline for submittal is noon on Monday, Dec 5. This is a strict deadline to allow for advance review of the images by our judge. Late submittals may not be included in the competition.

We look forward to seeing you on the 8th!

November 2022 Monthly Meeting (via Zoom)

We will again meet via Zoom in November, due to scheduling issues. The meeting is Thursday, November 10 at 7pm. Join early to socialize. A link to the October 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 November presenter, Greg Holden, is a photographer based in Denver https://www.imagesunderfoot.com/about-us/. He will present a program called “Pairings”. Greg hopes this presentation inspires you to investigate your own portfolio and to discover common threads in your style.

Greg will do a critique of member images in the 2nd half of the program. Please use the process found on our website to submit your images: https://flatironsphotoclub.org/monthly-members-competition.

Every dues-paying member may share up to 2 images for the critique. Please also submit your images to [email protected] by noon on Monday the 8th.

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.

October 2022 Monthly Meeting (via Zoom)

Just like that, it’s fall!

Our next meeting is Thursday, October 13 at 7pm. One more Zoom meeting – join early to socialize. We’re aiming to start in person meetings in November. A link to the October 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’.

The October meeting will be a members’ meeting. Every dues-paying member may share up to 2 images for group feedback. We will do a share screen from members’ computers rather than project them as we do for competition, but if you need that help from Peter, submit your images to him by noon on Monday. We won’t need to categorize the images, but if you are looking for a theme our October special topic is Landmarks.

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.

For your information here is a list of the remaining special topics for 2022:
October: Landmarks
November: Cultural Celebrations
December will be our annual competition.

Photography Meetup Group

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/

September 2022 Monthly Meeting (via Zoom)

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 8th, held via Zoom starting at 7:00 PM MDT. Join a bit early to assure your connectivity and 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’.

This meeting will be a Members Night, with presentations by selected members on a number of subjects. We look forward to ‘seeing’ you then!