2020-10-13 FCDCC Meeting Notes

We met online using ZOOM software. Please login before 6:30pm when the official meeting starts. The social part of the meeting runs from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Paul will email meeting invitations for the monthly club meetings and the monthly coffee meetings to all club members. If you haven't received your invitation by the day of the meeting, please send an email to info@fcdcc.com, and either Paul or I (Mike Barry) will send you the meeting ID and password.

Please welcome Dipak Goyal who was visiting our club meeting.

Pay your dues for 2020 to Dave Chamness at the next meeting if you haven't already paid. Ask Dave for his address and the current amount of dues so you can send him a check in the mail. 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.

It is time to elect a new President-Elect for our club. Ralph Smith has been President-Elect, but he will become the President soon and we need someone to take over the President-Elect position. The President-Elect helps the President and becomes the next President. Please contact Paul Marcoux or Ralph Smith if you are interested in becoming the President-Elect. Mike Barry will remain the club Secretary, Dave Chamness will remain the Treasurer, and Walt Lyons will remain the Photo Editor.

Some of the SIG meetings and outings are being held on ZOOM, but many of them are on hold until the COVID-19 Pandemic is over.
Conceptual Photography - Kai Frawg and Mike Barry
- Tuesday 10/20 at 6pm, We will be discussing edge effects and borders and constructive criticism of current work when requested. We will be meeting using ZOOM. Contact Mike Barry if you wish to attend the meeting.
Drone Photography - Steven Eis
Event Photography - Vern Kellie
Landscape Photography - Ken Eis
- Ken Eis is organizing a project where we take pictures to document the burned areas after the fires are out. Contact Ken Eis for details.
Macro Photography - Paul Marcoux
Mobile Photography - Judy Cannon
Night Sky Photography - Ralph Smith
Portrait Photography (on hold during the pandemic)- Mike Barry
Post Processing - Harry Strharsky, Rich Ernst, Stephanie Cox and Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero
Videography - Judy Cannon
Wildlife Photography - Guy Turenne

October Activities

10/8 Blake Rudis' Color Theory Webinar

10/13 @6pm on ZOOM, October Club Meeting
- Contact Paul Marcoux or Mike Barry if you need contact info

10/20 @9am on ZOOM, October Club Coffee Meeting
- Contact Paul Marcoux or Mike Barry if you need contact info

10/20 @6pm on ZOOM, October Conceptual SIG Meeting
- Contact Mike Barry if you need contact info

10/27 on ZOOM, Macro SIG Presentation 10/27

November Activities

11/10 @6pm on ZOOM, November Club Meeting

11/17 @6pm on ZOOM, November Conceptual SIG Meeting

11/18 @9am on ZOOM, November Club Coffee Meeting

Send your photograph submittals (corrected fix-it-photos, club outings, challenge topics, old and new, or your favorite images) (up to 8 images) to Walter Lyons at walyons@frii.com. Remember to send in before and after versions of your pictures so we can learn about post processing. Please send them by Sunday evening so Walt has time to create the slideshow. We are working on adding videos to the slideshow, but we haven't figured out how to do that yet.

November meeting challenge topics: "HDR" and "Scary Stuff".

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.

Many thanks to Pat Farrington for his "Photography Equipment Trends" presentation.

We will save the Member Submissions part of our club meeting to a PDF file and you will be able to find it on the club website on the October 2020 page.

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.