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2020-02-11 FCDCC Meeting Notes

We met in the Eagle 1 room at the Aztlan Center, 112 E Willow Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524

Please welcome Lewis, Jim and Terry who were visiting our club.

Please pay your dues for 2020 to Dave Chamness at the next meeting if you haven't already paid. You can find him at most meetings. Annual dues are $25/member with $15 for a spouse and $10 for each additional child under 18. Dues are prorated based on the month you join.

Check out the SIGs (Special Interest Groups); they have been holding lots of meetings and going on lots of outings. Participating in a SIG is an excellent way to develop your skills.

Conceptual Photography - Kai Frawg
Drone Photography - Steven Eis
Event Photography - Vern Kellie
Landscape Photography - Ken Eis
Macro Photography - Paul Marcoux
Mobile Photography - Judy Cannon
Night Sky Photography - Ralph Smith
Portrait Photography - Mike Barry
Post Processing - Harry Strharsky, Rich Ernst, Stephanie Cox and Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero
Videography - Judy Cannon
Wildlife Photography - Guy Turenne

Please send your SIG outing schedules to info@fcdcc.com so I can add them to the website.

Judy may create a GoPro outing if there is enough interest, so send her an email if you are interested.

The Galactic Core has just appeared in the night sky.

Tue 2/11 @6pm - February club meeting at The Aztlan Center

Wed 2/19 @9am - Coffee Meeting at Fort Collins Coffee House

Sat 2/22 @9am - February club outing - Macro Photography Shoot at CSU
Organizers: Paul Marcoux and Jerry F. Magloughlin, CSU Associate Professor
Location: CSU Natural Resource Building Rooms 301, 316 and 345.
Hours: Set up time: 9:00 am to 9:30 am Photo-shoot: 9:30 am to early afternoon
Topic: Macro Photography: Flowers, oil in water, various small objects, etc.
Attendees are encouraged to bring appropriate items to photograph: feathers, leaves, water drop set up, focus stacking set up, etc.
Additional information will be available in early February.

Sun 2/23 @1pm - February Conceptual SIG shoot at Kai's house (CitraSolve)

Fri-Sat 2/14-15 - Loveland Sweetheart Festival Downtown Loveland at The Foundry

Fri-Sun 2/28-3/1 - Whimsycon, Steampunk and Costuming Convention at the Radisson Denver-Aurora at I225 and Parker

Sun 3/1 @1pm - March Portrait SIG Shoot (Dance)

Tue 3/10 @6pm - March Club Meeting at The Aztlan Center

Sat 3/14 - March Landscape Outing to Bear Lake in RMNP

Thu 3/19 @9:00am - March Coffee Meeting at the Fort Collins Coffee House

Tue 3/24 @6:30pm - March Mobile SIG Meeting

Sat end of March - Wildlife SIG to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal for Bison Calving

Fri 4/??? - April Landscape Outing to the Paint Mines in Colorado Springs

5/??? - May Landscape Outing to Horsetooth Falls

Sat 8/1 - Night Sky Outing to Truth or Consequences NM for "Bats and Brews"

CSU Athletic Events

Music @ Odell's Brewery

Music @ New Belgium Brewery

Music @ Equinox Brewery

Send your photograph submittals (corrected fix-it-photos, club outings, challenge topics, or your favorite images) to Walter Lyons at photoeditor@fcdcc.com. Remember to send in before and after versions of your pictures so we can learn about post processing. Please send in 3 or fewer pictures for the slideshow, and send them by Sunday evening so Walt has time to create the slideshow. We also accept short videos for the slideshow.

March meeting challenge topics: "Signs" and "Perspective".

Send your pictures to Walter Lyons at photoeditor@fcdcc.com
Please send ideas for challenge topics to Walter Lyons at photoeditor@fcdcc.com

Please send images (Fix-It-Photos) that you would like everyone to try "Fixing" to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com.

If you don't already have a headshot on the website, please send one to Mike Barry at info@fcdcc.com.

Please thank Judy Cannon for her presentation on "Birds of the Western Hemisphere".

Please check out our club Facebook page by searching on Facebook for "Fort Collins Digital Camera Club". You are welcome to post fix-it or challenge topic or anything that you want on our Facebook page. I would like to see more pictures from our SIG outings on Facebook.

Email Mike, info@fcdcc.com, when you find mistakes, missing information or if you have suggestions for the website and I will try to address the issues.