March 15th meeting

Hi all!!!

Judd opened the meeting tonight with 11 members present; he started the meeting with Show & Tell. Rosalie, Katie, Jerry & Judd all had photos to share with us.

Judd went over a little more information about the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas; he had called about motel rooms and got some rates. We had discussed at our last meeting about maybe going here over Memorial Day weekend but the steam locomotive that Tom had talked about is making its run this same weekend. You might remember this is the train that will run from Kansas City to Jeff City to St. Louis and then on to Little Rock. Tom will get us an itinery for this run so that we might be able to go and photograph it.

Next we did the challenge on 'Motion'. Jerry, Rosalie, Katie & Judd all had pictures to share. These were really good - a dog, horses & a baby mule. Thanks to all of you for sharing!

Next we did the challenge on 'Vegetables' and Rosalie, Judd, Katie, Jerry & Marcia all had pictures to share. Makes you hungry just looking at the photos. The next challenge was 'Underneath' and Jerry, Judd, Rosalie & Katie had pictures for this challenge.

Good job to all of you!!!!!

Judd handed out our April calendars with our new weekly challenges on them. We're going to have some really good challenges this month. 'Fools' 'Excitement' 'Work' 'Growth' 'Trees' and 'Mother'

Judd also handed out the Sun/Moon Calculators for April and explained a little about how it works so we can determine where the moon will be for our next meeting.

Our next meeting will be April 5th and we will be meeting at  Judd & Marcia's house for a weinie roast and night pictures. We did this last year as well and it was a lot of fun. Looks like maybe the moon will cooperate and we might be able to get some star trails as well. So remember to bring your tripods, camera, remote trigger, make sure to find out if you have a histogram on your camera and where to find it and find out if you have long exposure noise reduction and turn it off. Bring a dish to pass, the brats, dogs and burgers will be provided. Also, your children and spouses are welcome. Bring a lawn chair and drink as well; water will be furnished.

Our challenges for the next meeting will be 'Planning' 'Fools' and Judd wants us to take 10 pictures of the same subject at different angles. Pick out the ones you like the best and bring them also.

We discussed again about taking pictures in a studio setting. Since we haven't heard back from the guy in Springfield Rosalie offered to let us use her new studio that she has recently set up. This sounds like a lot of fun and we don't have to travel far to boot!!!! Rosalie brought a picture of her new studio and she has done a really fine job of setting it up! Good for you Rosalie!

Pam spoke to us about the Art Stroll in Marshfield on May 21st. We discussed setting up pictures on easels at the Jubilee Theater for all to see and each of us making a 10 minute or less DVD on our favorite pictures to be played for the public to see as well. We will bring snacks also to share. 

Jerry set up an e-bay booth tonight to show how to take pictures in it. I saw some really good pictures of an onion being taken and some other small objects. On the other end of the room Debbie and Judd had 'bounce flash' being demonstated. I learned how to use a reflector properly for this process and could really see the difference in the pics that Katie was taking.

If anyone has any questions about any of this material or what  to bring to anything coming up just call.

Until we meet again!

Marcia