​JANUARY 27TH, 2020
Speaker: Manny Sangapu
Program: Manny will demonstrate how he uses Snapseed (Available for both Apple & Android) to edit photography on this cell phone while on travel. Please install Snapseed (free software) on your cell phones or tablets and bring to our meeting.
This will be an introduction to Snapseed with topics such as gestures and history to improve your photography.
Bio: I'm an I.T. Professional with a passion for software and technology. I got my first mirrorless camera to take quality pictures of my kids, however, I haven't been able to put down the camera since. I'm mainly a Panasonic shooter with the exception of my Canon for Birds-In-Flight. I share my learnings at www.OpenFilmmaker.comand YouTube [Open Filmmaker]. The content is aimed at others new to photography and video. I've lived around the world in India, Africa, and covered a good part of the Bible Belt while growing up.
Photography to me is no different than an artist with a blank canvas. The end result is a reflection of the artist's skill and effort. I love the challenge it presents and the comfort I find in it. The TAPC competitions have really challenged me and helped me grow in my path. I'm proud to be among such talented photographers and excited about how much I've yet to learn. Mobile editing is something that has become a permanent part of my travels and I look forwards to sharing my tutorial with you all.
Speaker: Tracy Autem (with Shane Huff)
Website: TracyAutem.com
Program: Wedding Day: Timelines for Emotion
A wedding day is fast paced and full of must-have photos. But in between those scripted moments is the real story. Tracy Autem has created systems to help ensure a smooth wedding day timeline that still allows for emotion to unfold in a natural way.At out next meeting, Tracy will discuss writing a solid timeline to set yourself up for wedding day success, plus who to share it with and what to include (and what to leave out!) Then we will discuss interactive photojournalism and how leveraging it as a technique will help create storytelling images that are full of tears, laughter, tenderness, and all-out fun.
BIO: Tracy Autem graduated from University of Texas at Arlington in 2003, receiving a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a concentration in photography. A few years later, she started her own studio and photographed her first wedding.
She now leads a team of four full-time photographers that covers more than 90 weddings per year. Her images have appeared in many local and national wedding magazines, including 360 West Weddings, Brides of North Texas, D Weddings, and The Knot.
Tracy is now an instructor at the school that started her on her journey. And she is eager to share the lessons learned along the way.
We'll also hear from Shane Huff, the assistant director of continuing education program at University of Texas at Arlington.
Speaker: Russell Grave
Program: 10 Ways to be a Better Wildlife and Nature Photographer
​Website: www.RussellGraves.com
Bio: If you've read any Texas-based magazines over the past 25 years, chances are you've seen some of Russell Grave's photos or read some of his words. Since 1989, he's been traveling the state telling authentic Texas stories with his camera and his words—both written and spoken. A graduate of Dodd City High School and East Texas State University, Russell was an ag science teacher in Childress, Texas, for 16 years, where he was named Texas Agriscience Teacher of the Year on three occasions.
After leaving that career in 2009, he continued to photograph, write, and speak about his experiences and the people
he meets. In 2010, he began delving into television production. His first documentary film, Bois d'Arc Goodbye, was filmed entirely in Fannin County and chronicled a canoe journey he took with his brother, Bubba, as they traversed a creek before a lake forever changes the landscape. The film aired threetimes to a prime-time, national audience.
​Recently he's worked with such celebrities as the Robertson Family from Duck Dynasty television show, T. Boone Pickens, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Pat Green, and Tracy Lawrence, but he insists that regular people are his favorite subjects.
After living in Childress for 25 years, Russell now lives in the country near his boyhood home north of Dodd City, Texas, with his wife, Kristy, and their two children, Bailee and Ryan.
Speaker: Steve Riley
Program: My 50 Years in Black & White
Website: steverileyeditions.com
Bio: My creative journey began as a former chorus dancer. My last show before launching a photographic career was "A Chorus Line"on Broadway.
I began photography in 1970 taking headshots of fellow actors learning the craft of making pictures.
Retiring from the theatre in 1990, my photographic career began in Dallas with clients such as American Airlines, Frito-Lay, American Express, JC Penney, ABC Radio Networks, Disney Cap Cities, and The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders ( 9 Swimsuit Calendars 1992-2000).Always having interest in black and white fine art I began showing my personal work at this time.
Many years of travel and shooting have produced a fine art documentary style of special places and special people all captured on film in tones of luminous black and white. Twenty-five exhibitions have been mounted and three monographs published of my work.
I personally scan negatives and print the files as acrylics and pigment prints on various papers matted and framed with archival materials. I began showing my work at art festivals last March and launching steverileyeditions.com where my current work may be seen. Several low numbered editions of my work are available.
Speaker: Matt Kloskowski
Program: How To Edit Photos Like a Pro in Lightroom & Photoshop
Sign-Up Link: https://www.bigmarker.com/matt-k/How-to-Edit-Photos-Like-a-Pro3-2020-06-23-07-00-pm
Website: https://mattk.com
• He was inducted to the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2014, and one of only 33 others in the world
• He was included among some amazing photographers as a Sony Artisan of Imagery
• He's authored or co-authored about 20 print books. Several of them are industry best-sellers
• His Photoshop Compositing Secrets book was awarded Amazon Editors Top Books of the year in the Arts & Photography category.
Matt's has amassed over 300,000 followers on Social Media platforms with his easy training style that gets right to the point.
YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Over 4.2 Million Views!
Matt's YouTube channel has been featured on numerous websites and his videos have gotten over 4.2 Million (yes, Million) views over the years. Collectively, people have watched 16 Million minutes worth of his videos. 15.9 million of that was from Matt's mom, but who's counting? 😉
Talk to you like you're sitting right next to me
The biggest thing I try to do with my education is to make it approachable and easy to listen to. I try to talk to everyone and give advice a​s if you were my friend, sitting right there next to me.
Speaker: Mark Lenz
​Program: Texture/High Key
Bio: Mark Lenz has been a member of TAPC for more than 15 years. He is a
self-taught photographer who really became interested in the craft
when his son was a high-school gymnast at Euless Trinity in the early
2000's. The first challenge was learning how to shoot non-flash
photography in old high school gymnasiums.
​Over the years, Mark's photographic interests have grown to include
macro, travel, air shows, WWII living-history events, nature, and
birds. Mark says, "I have so many interests that I have become a jack
of all genres but master of none." Mark has also given his time in
recent years shooting charity events for several charitable
organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Recently after watching a webinar by Matt Kloskowski, he became
interested in texture blending. This technique can transform a
photograph with a distracting background into a combination of
photography and art. In our July meeting, Mark will discuss the basics
of texture blending and share a few tips and tricks he's learned as
his skills developed.
Speaker: Frank Comisar
Program: Making Large Beautiful Prints
Website: https://durangogallery.photography
Website: www.scenicapture.com
Frank Comisar believes that a hard- copy print is (or should be) the end
game of your best photography. Digital images are easy to scroll by and
forget. But when you print an image, it becomes physical. As a print,
your best work becomes part of your daily physical existence, and
therefore, much more meaningful.
But there are many excuses not to print your images: it's hard work,
time consuming, and expensive, and the prints never look like the image
on your screen. Right? Wrong.
To be successful, a professional photographer requires a cost-
efficient, time-sensitive, and dependable printing process. During our
August presentation, Frank will share his printing workflow and several
keys to successful printing.
Bio: Frank spends most of his time traveling throughout the Four-Corners area making new images for the gallery or leading workshops for aspiring photographers. However, occasionally he can be found hanging out in the gallery. He is always happy to discuss how and where his images were made.
​SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2020
Speaker: Randall Patterson
Website: www.birdsiviewtexas.com
Program: Mastering Birds in Flight
Join us this month to learn from Randall Patterson about bird photography. He'll begin by going over the gear he uses and discuss settings in depth. Then he'll share some basic tips and strategies for getting started and move to more advanced techniques for catching fast birds in flight. He plans toshare many tips and ideas for landing birds and will end with his hummingbird techniques.
The presentation is a mix of video and slide show, so participants can better understand how he captures such great images.
​Bio: Randall was only six years old when his grandfather gave him a book about birds. He was instantly fascinated listening to him talk about every bird in the book. Through the years, this fascination developed into a passion for photographing birds. Randall soon realized he had a specific desire to capture birds in flight—not just to capture them flying but to captureevery detail of every feather as the bird moved through the air.
Acquiring the right gear was just the first step, gaining the skill to freeze the wings in extreme motion and capture them without blur was a must. He spent hours developing a quick-draw method, allowing him to catch nearly perfect shots time after time.
Randall works constantly to learn everything about his gear and mastering his craft. Along with continued learning himself, Randall is eager to share the knowledge he has acquired so far. See more of his photograph online.
Speaker: Lisa Langell
Program: An Artistic Photographer Lies in All of Us
Speaker: Kah-Wai Lin, MD, PhD
Program: The Art of Landscape Photography
In this seminar, Dr. Kah-Wai Lin will tell you the pro tips in seeing
the unseen and crafting better images in landscape photography: how to
use the lights to create visual emotion; how to use long exposure to
create visual dynamism; how to use field of vision to create visual
perspective; and how to use composition to create visual continuity and
Bio: Dr. Kah-Wai Lin is a professional landscape photographer based in New
Jersey. He is the Goodwill Ambassador and former Chapter, Clubs and
Councils Vice President of Photographic Society of America (PSA). Dr.
Lin is the director of Global Elite Photographer, ambassador & education
advisor of NiSi, ambassador & global marketing advisor of Fotopro,
ambassador & global marketing advisor of Feiyu, pro team of Spiffy Gear,
and ambassador & international liaison officer of Studio of Masters. He
also operates a camera store, Stetinden Photo, in New Jersey. Over the
past few years, he has been presenting over 200 seminars worldwide, and
has received over 200 awards in photographic contests. Notably, he is
the recipient of Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from
US Member of Congress.
Website: www.kahwailin.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kahwailin
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/kahwailin
Camera Store: www.stetindenphoto.com
Speaker: Walt Mills
website: http://GrapevineHeadshots.com
PROGRAM: Follow Your Heart, But Remember You Haver To Eat
The last 10 year of a part time pro photographer turned full time. From pitfalls to glamor – how to make it work. After 15 years as a successful part time wedding and headshot photographer to full time, semi-retired. What works, what doesn't.
BIO: Walt Mills has been photographing Events & Weddings since 1995 in the DFW area. In 2007, Walt "retired" from his day job and made Photography his full time venture. Business boomed and he never looked back. He describes his job as "Living the dream." Sean Hannity engaged Walt to photograph the "beauty shots" with celebrates and fans posing with The Lynard Skynyrd band which lead to Johnny Van Zant(lead singer for the Skynyrd band taking a "selfie type" picture of Walt and Jon Voight. A bucket list item that Walt didn't even know he had.
In February of 2018, Walt formed GLADmodels Agency with partner Randy Newby. Their models have appeared in local and international publications along with publication on numerous commercial web sites. All of their models have been featured in numerous Fashion Runway shows in Dallas/Ft. Worth and New York. GLADmodels Agency is the exclusive DFW agency for SMGlobal Catwalk, an international company with runway shows in New York, Paris, London and more locations later this year. Their GLADmodels_agency Instagram account is followed by modeling agencies around the world along with their partners in Amarillo and San Antonio.
Our Headshot motto is: "We make you look like you think you should!" And, it works! Notable Headshots and promotional work: The Mayor of Grapevine, The Mayor of Colleyville, The Colleyville City Council, Charlie Daniels, Colleyville City Manager, Baylor executives, Bank of the West, Sophie Tel Diaz, and more.
Treat yourself to the Walt experience. Not just someone who has a camera; someone who knows how to capture your image and present your photos to reflect the best of YOU. Both Walt is heavily involved in the local Lions Club and other charitable organizations.
​Owner, Photos By Walt
Managing Partner, GLADmodels Agency
Contributing Editor, Colleyville Charm Magazine
Senior Photographer, SMGlobal Catwalk
Best Wedding Photographer in Colleyville
Presidents Award – Grapevine Chamber
Business of the Quarter -GVCC
Google Award
Grapevine Chamber of Commerce
Profession Photographers of America (PPA)
Speaker: Steve Kozak
website: www.SteveKozak.com
​Watch Steve Kozak's presentation:
10 Tips for Taking Better Photographs
Let's face it, a LOT of people take pictures, but you want something more from your time behind the camera. Join Steve Kozak as he takes you on a journey that will transform your approach to creating images. This class will inspire you to discover the artist within and to begin creating images that are personally satisfying and that move others. Steve will also share important steps you can take to establish yourself as a talent and how to avoid the mistakes that keep so many others' work from ever really getting better.
Learn the secrets and techniques Steve uses to get his award-winning landscape images. He will share some simple ways you can capture better images as well as unique ideas for working with your images in Photoshop or Elements. This presentation will help you get better scores in print competition and more "Wow!" from those who see your images.
BIO: Steve Kozak is an active member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Texas Professional Photographers Association. Steve has earned the "Master of Photography" and the "Craftsman" degrees from PPA, and is PPA Certified. His work has also appeared in the prestigious "Loan Collection". Professional recognition of his work includes the Masterpiece Award from Fuji Film USA and the Sunset Print Award from LexJet.
Steve currently serves on the PPA Board of Directors and is a PPA qualified instructor for PPA Certification prep classes.
Steve has recorded over a dozen videos for the PPA EDU program. These videos include classes on the fundamentals of photography, manual flash photography, exposure, opening a new studio as well as videos for CPP study preparation.
He has taught 19 years at the prestigious Texas School of Professional Photography and 17 years at Imaging USA. He has also taught at the Mid-America Institute of Professional Photography and Image Explorations near Victoria, British Columbia.
Steve is the Executive Director of the Texas Professional Photographers Association.
Steve's articles have been published in The Professional Photographer and Texas Professional Photographer magazines. His informative and inspiring programs make him a popular instructor on the speaking circuit.
Speaker: Thomas Maddrey
PROGRAM: Photography copyright issues as well as how to start a photography business
BIO: Thomas Maddrey is the founding partner and lead attorney for Maddrey PLLC. Prior to attending law school at the SMU Dedman School of Law, Thomas was a commercial photographer, entrepreneur, and gallery owner. His photography training was at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California where he obtained his first bachelor's degree.
In October of 2015, Thomas launched his own firm, Maddrey PLLC, where he opened his doors to Creatives and works with them in all aspects of Art and Business Law, with a strong focus on copyright, trademark, and entrepreneur law.
Speaker: Tommy Savage
PROGRAM: Coastal Grizzlies of Katmai National Park
BIO: I have been involved with photography in one form or another since 7thgrade when my uncle gave me a cheap Japanese copy of a Roleiflex camera, and I spent the next summer at a friend's ranch in southern California photographing movie companies filming western TV series like Wild Bill Hickok, the Cisco Kid, and Annie Oakley.
However, I didn't really get serious with photography as a hobby until 1983 when I joined the Lockheed Martin (then General Dynamics) Recreation Association Camera Club. I am also a member of the Fort Worth Camera Club and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). My favorite photography subjects are nature and sports because I like to photograph action.
Since 2004 in both Nature and Photojouralism International Exhibitions, I have won 30 Best of Show medals and 88 other medals in 11 different countries. I won Best of Show in the Heard Museum's Nature Photography Contest three times, Dewitt Country Contest 3 time, Victoria, TX Contest 2 times, and Gonzales County once. I have had three images published in Cowboys & Indians Magazine. In 2006, one of my images was "Most Honored" in Nature's Best Photography Magazine and displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. during most of 2007. Also in 2007, I won the Grand Prize in Robin Pope Safari's photography contest and was awarded a free safari in Zambia. In 2008 one of my digital images was the Photographic Society of America's Nature Image of the Year. In 2009 I placed 2ndin PSA's Photojournalism Projected Images in North America Who's Who listing. In 2016, one of my prints was the Photographic Society of America's Nature Print of the Year.
Speakers: Larry Marx, David B. Roberts & Norma Schafer
PROGRAM: Member Month
Larry Marx has been a member of TAPC for a dozen years or so and has served as a contest coordinator and president. He's been interested in photography since he bought a Kodak126 cartridge film camera for five bucks at a garage sale as a teenager. He ended up winning a photo contest as a senior in high school. He is now considered a professional, since he has sold some photos. A few of his images can be seen on the U.T. Foundation website. He is also a 26-year veteran police officer with the ability to teach crime scene to officers, including photography. Taking photos of God's creation is his passion, along with singing and spending time outdoors. Ever since going with his church boys group to Big Bend in 1977, he's always wanted to return. When the opportunity came on short notice a few weeks before spring break this year, he jumped at the chance. It was even more majestic, beautiful, and geologically fascinating than he had remembered. He is excited to talk to the club about how we should make time to visit this amazing part of the huge state of Texas.
David B. Roberts is a Fort Worth native and a graduate of Richland High School and Texas A & M. He is retired after a 35-year career in aerospace. David got seriously interested in photography as a hobby in the early '80s and made the transition to digital soon after 2010. His primary interests are landscapes and wildlife. In the May meeting, David will be discussing the bison and landscapes of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska, Okla.
Norma Schafer is an amateur photography that has only begun to be interested in photography beyond a point-and-shoot camera within the past three years. TAPC and the photography trips she will be talking about have inspired her passion to be a better photographer. (Her images were not available at press time.)
Speakers: Greg White
PROGRAM: Astrophotography-Stacking Images and Noise Reduction
BIO: In our June meeting, Greg White will discuss the most popular types of astro imaging, the equipment required, and some of the basic photo-processing techniques and software used. The emphasis will be on DSLR cameras and their application to wide-angle astrophotography
After our presentation we will view our monthly competition photos.
Our Competition topic this month is: "Shallow Depth of Field"
By day, Greg White is a technical manager and entrepreneur in medical and personal care product manufacturing. (He is the co- founder of BioMed Laboratories and has over 30 years' experience in leadership roles in quality assurance, operations, and product development.)
By night, you can find him under a canopy of stars with his camera. Although he admits he's not an expert photographer, he does know a thing or two about astronomy and astrophotography. And he's coming to TAPC to share his knowledge, of which he has a lot. Greg graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in microbiology and holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Speakers: Sandra Ramos
PROGRAM: Roadtripping Through Our National Parks
Join us on July 22 to watch Sandra Ramos display her stunning photographic journey through this country's incredible park system. Learn the ins and outs, tips and tricks, and dos and don'ts from a veteran park explorer.
BIO: Sandra Ramos is an avid roadtripper, explorer, and history nerd known for her passion for telling the stories of our national park sites. Based in Fort Worth, Texas. Sandra began her photography journey documenting her political career, which blossomed into a passion for photographic storytelling of our national parks. When not traveling, Sandra enjoys teaching photography and technology classes, and is the education coordinator for Fort Worth Camera. You can follow her work on Instagram at@nationalparkpatchlady.
Speakers: Edgar Miller
PROGRAM: Secret Sauce of Photography, Ingredients Included
BIO: Edgar Miller is a native Texan living in Fort Worth. He has appeared in photographs since 1968 and has taken and developed photographs since 1979. He earned his bachelor of fine arts degree in 1992 and has an extensive knowledge base in science and math along with the visual arts.Edgar is currently a commercial and fine arts photographer and educator working out of a studio on the Near Southside of Fort Worth. His work has been shown and awarded in several Texas and national exhibitions. He has taught photography and art for the last 20 years and is always looking for new ways to help his clients learn.
Edgar is also a member of the Texas Photographic Society and the Texas Artists Coalition. He has been a juror for many local photography clubs and is active inthe Fort Worth Community Art Center. With influences from his late father and his college photo professor, he continues to find interesting light on interesting subjects.
Speakers: Sergio Santos
PROGRAM: Narrative and it's Importance in the Visual Arts
​BIO: Sergio Santos is director of development at Central Arts, located in Hurst and Bedford. He will be discussing narrative and its importance in visual arts. Learn more about Sergio at sergiosantosphotgraphy.com
"I am—and always will be—a lifelong learner of the photographic arts. Each subject is unique, and my clients certainly know aspects of the subject (perhaps, themselves) that I could not hope to understand in a finite amount of time. Although, I have poignant and creative ways of bringing an image to life, I am always open to the suggestions of the client and thrive on collaboration. Most importantly, I believe that image making should be fun."
Speakers: Lana Macko & Dick Dodds
​LANA'S PROGRAM: Antarctica
​In 2018, Lana Macko and her husband, Ron, took the trip of a lifetime to Antarctica.
Come see what she saw on this amazing continent.
BIO: Lana Macko has been a proud member of Trinity Arts Photo Club for more than 15 years. She is known by many as the "Lensbaby Queen." Because she and her husband travel so often, much of her photography ends up being of the travel documentary type. But when she's at home, she will photograph anything: bugs, flowers, stars—anything. She also loves to experiment with blur and to shoot
wildlife. She is simply passionate about photography. She shoots Canon exclusively at this time.
DICK'S PROGRAM: The Brazilian Pantanal
Dick Dodds has just returned from "the greatest wetland on earth," where he photographed jaguars, giant otters, tapirs, giant ant- eaters, and more.
​​DICK'S BIO: Dick Dodds was born in Yorkshire, U.K. and earned a BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He and his wife, Jean, emigrated to Hurst, Texas, in 1968, where he was offered a position with Bell Helicopter. He got his first 35mm camera in 1957, (a Voigtlander Vito B, which he still has). He eventually ac- cumulated 12,500 slides and prints. He has visited the Arctic, Antarctica, far northern Canada, Greenland, Ice- land, Alaska, Russia, most of Europe and Africa, and of course, Britain.
Speakers: Hiram Trillo
website: www.hiramtrillo.com
PROGRAM: Beyond Weddings​
​In an industry that keeps changing, it is vital to stay creative and relevant in what you do. Learning how to stay on top of your wedding clients is not enough nowadays. You need to learn to expand into new territory.
Hiram has used his experience in weddings to work with some of the top wedding gown designers and shoot their ad campaigns, opening up a new income revenue while not alienating his wedding clients.
In this presentation, attendees will learn how to start developing a portfolio and go after clients outside the wedding industry, shoot for publications and wedding designers, and brand yourself in a new market while keeping your wedding audience and clients happy.
BIO: Hiram Trillo is a professional wedding photographer based in Fort Worth who has been shooting weddings internationally for eight years. He has won multiple international awards and was named one of the top 50 wedding photographers in the world. His look at every wedding is more than just recording an event; each wedding is a blank canvas for which he wants to create original pieces for each couple. He strives to capture you as you are--simple, beautiful, and timeless.
​"For me each couple is unique, and I want to create original pieces that they will cherish for years to come. I always shoot with the next generation in mind. I want their children to look at their images and cherish them as much as they do. Each couple brings their own story; therefore, each wedding is not just an event but rather a cluster of moments they can re-live through my imagery. My goal is to capture the essence of their wedding and those unseen moments."
JANUARY 22ND
Speaker: JIM HAMEL
http://www.jimhamelphotography.com
​Program: The Magic of Night Photography
Bio: Jim is a photographer focusing on landscapes, seascapes, and urban scenes. When job and family life left him with little time to shoot during the day, he began focusing his efforts on night photography. He spent several years photographing at night in various locations across the US and Europe, both in urban and rural settings. In recent years, he has taught and lectured about night photography across the country. He also created a popular course on night photography for Digital Photography School, the world's largest photography website.
Jim resides in Southlake, Texas with his wife Susan and two daughters Hannah and Elizabeth. In addition to pursuing his own photography business and hobby, he maintains a website to help photographers called Outdoor Photo Academy. He is a staff writer for Digital Photography School. His books include Getting Started with Photography and Photographing London. He is also teaching an upcoming course on scenic photography at the Winona School of Professional Photography.
Speaker: AMY MCMURRY
​Program: Art Fairs: How to get started
Bio: Amy McMurry is a Texas based photographer with a focus on local life and landscapes. She has won many awards for her work, including second place in photography from the River Art Group's art competition as well as Wounded Warriors Choice. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Texas at Arlington and has worked as a photographer in many capacities. She has experience as a photojournalist freelancing for the Fort Worth Star Telegram and as a commercial photographer freelancing for an online travel company. Amy has been working as a photographer for over 10 years and travels with her work to places such as Peru, Spain, and Cuba, as well as many places within the United States. She has been a member of the River Art Group and the Randolph Art League in San Antonio and has participated in many art shows. Amy has an online presence with her website, www.amysphotoart.com, and a Facebook page for promoting her work.
Speaker: GARY DANIELS
Program: Airplane Photography
Bio: Gary Daniels enjoys photographing heavier-than-air machines and refers to himself as a photographer that loves aviation, not an aviation photographer. Gary spent his career in corporate marketing until the Great Recession retired him earlier than he expected in 2009. Having always loved photography and aviation, he now had time to point his camera skyward, or out the open side of an airplane in flight, to photograph aircraft. He is also the owner of Daniels Creative, a marketing, design and photography studio. Visit his website at www.daniels-creative.com to see his work. Gary lives in Flower Mound with his wife Kim. His son Matt is a pilot living in Portland, Oregon. His daughter Katie is in healthcare in Flower Mound.
Here is a link to an interview: https://youtu.be/f5aCwm5FwWU
Speaker: MICHAEL CUMMINGS
Program: Remembering Composition
Bio: Michael Cummings is an educator and photographer born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He completed his Master of Fine Arts, majoring in ceramics and photography from Indiana State University. He has since worked in education for the past 14 years, where he not only taught photography and digital design, but developed a digital photography program for a prestigious private school in Dallas. Michael currently enjoys travel and shooting destinations from around the world. Some of his latest photography work is focused on architecture and nature, with the occasional wedding mixed in! In addition to photography, Michael recently discovered a new artistic medium – glassblowing, which has become a new creativity outlet. You can find Michael's recent work at Bizzi's Bistro here in Bedford.
Speaker: No assigned speaker
Program: The program for this month's meeting (May 28th) provides us an opportunity to spend some time on particular topics you may want to learn about. We will have several members ready with their laptops or cameras to go over things you may be having trouble with or feel you don't understand as well as you would like. We will have about 1½ hours and people can move around from tutor to tutor; selecting what they want to learn about. You won't spend the entire time on one topic; maybe 20-30 minutes depending upon the topic and move on to something else.
Speaker: AMY BEHRENS
www.innovativeconceptions.com
Program: Our June speaker will be talking about how she got started in photography taking random shots and moved to shooting series. She'll discuss how she gets the ideas and the process she follows to bring them to life.
Bio: Amy (Bush) Behrens is a self-taught artist and photographer with a creative soul. Artistically she is exploring varied perceptions and techniques to create dramatic expressions in her art creations.
Photography is only one of many mediums she uses to communicate her journey and experiences.
She loves finding novel ways
to depict her conceptions and pushing the everyday ideal of perception, socially and in art. Some of these captured moments are driven by a theme. Others are a collage of parallel motifs over several adventures. These pieces individually are powerful. In a series, they take you on a journey.
Share her sense of wonder through all art as she invites us with a welcoming heart to her artistic perception of life and creative pursuits.
JULY 23RD
Speaker: MIKE MEZEUL II
www.mikemezphotography.com
​Program: The Planning, Trials and Gear behind the Shot.
I will be talking about what it takes to create compelling landscape and night sky imagery.
Bio: Mike Mezeul II is a travel and landscape photographer based out of Dallas, Texas. He currently spends his days traveling to various countries around the world in hopes of documenting the true beauty of this world. From night skies, sunsets and sunrises, and severe weather, Mike has amassed a portfolio of work that has been published across the world. Whether it's chasing down a tornado, hiking to the vent of a volcano, battling freezing temperatures above the Arctic Circle to document the aurora borealis, he is determined to do whatever it takes to capture the shot. During his travels, Mike also leads several workshops a year teaching participants how to capture the best photographs possible. Mike's work has been featured in National Geographic Jr., BBC Magazine, Yahoo, Good Morning America, and more.
Speaker: NOEL KERNS
https://www.noelkernsphotography.com
Program: Night Photography and Light Painting
Bio: Noel Kerns is a Dallas-based photographer specializing in capturing Texas' ghost towns, decommissioned military bases, and industrial abandonments at night. His erie, luminous photographs of abandoned locations across America have been featured on ABC News, Huffington Post, Slate Magazine, The Daily Mail, Digital Camera Magazine and many more. His book, "Nightwatch: Painting With Light" is captivating readers and photographers around the world with surreal images of places society has left behind.
The supplemental lighting in Noel's photos is created using the technique of light-painting, the process of carefully applying light onto a subject from handheld light sources such as flashlights and photographic strobes. These techniques are executed in the field, in real-time, while the camera's shutter is open.
​SEPTEMBER 24TH
Program: Drone Demonstration
Bio: Jim is a club member focusing on landscapes, seascapes, and urban scenes. You may recall his talk in January on night photography, which is an area of emphasis for him. A few years ago, he somewhat reluctantly began using drones to capture scenes he couldn't get to. Since that time he has spent countless hours flying his drone and has flown it throughout the United States and other countries. He has written articles about using drones for photography on both Digital Photography School, where he is a staff writer, and Outdoor Photo Academy, his own website. This month he will walk you through the ins and outs of drones. He'll show you exactly how they work and how easy they are to use. Are they for you? Come find out. The answer might surprise you. You'll learn what they are good for, their limitations, what is legal, and what's around the corner in the world of drones.
Speaker: DAVID STOCK & JAMIE HOUSE
www.teamdsp.com
Program: Panasonic 4/3 Demonstration
Bio for Dave Stock: Dave began his professional career over forty years ago as an action sports photographer working for a wide range of clients. He has shot on assignment for Sports Illustrated, NFL Properties, AT&T and dozens of others as well as being a team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers and the Director of Photography for World Publications, publisher of Runner's World Magazine. Dave was the founder and former CEO of NFL licensee ProLook Inc. as well as the Director of Licensed Products at Beckett Publications. Dave now focuses on the challenges of producing exceptional images within the constraints of a high volume youth sports photo shoot and has built TeamDSP into one of the sector's most respected companies. Dave is also a speaker, educator and member of the Panasonic Lumix Global Ambassador Team, having made the switch from DSLRs to Lumix' Micro 4/3 mirrorless system four years ago.
Bio for Jamie House: With fashion and beauty photography as her main areas of focus, Jamie House likes to play with and push the boundaries of portraiture. After attaining her degree from the Savannah College of Art and design, she's conquering new frontiers in the fashion photography world. Starting her career studying under Dave Stock in the sports realm, she has since embarked on her own journey. Since joining the Lumix Ambassador team, traveling and sharing her enthusiasm and fantastic gear with like-minded photographers has become a perk to the job.
Speaker: David Hares
website: haresphotography.com
Program: National Parks
The Lecture is a journey to explore our great country's National Parks and the places in between. We will travel around the country (via photographs) Exploring America and will tell the stories behind some of the photographs. So far these adventures have taken me over 65,000 miles in an attempt to capture the beauty and uniqueness of our country's treasures. These photographs are meant to trigger memories of times you may have spent in these wonderful places, to inspire you to see them again or experience them for the first time. Join us on this journey Exploring America.
Bio: David Hares II has spent the past 6 years exploring our great country's National Parks and the places in between as part of his on-going journey to photograph all the National Parks. He recently had a 3 month solo exhibit of his work at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The exhibit continues to tour the country. When not exploring the parks he spends time lecturing about the National Parks. Last year he was able to talk with over 1000 Elementary School students as well as lecture for TCU Silver frogs and many other groups. He has published a book "Exploring America" that contains many of the photographs from the museum exhibit and will be available for purchase at the lecture.