Plano Photography Club People who share your passion for photography
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Club Events Please note that all guests and non-members participating or present at PPC events will be required to sign an Agreement of Waiver of Liability. ---------------------------- Historic Gainesville, TX
Saturday September 11, 2010. Note new date: previously scheduled for August 15 Gainsville is full of beautiful historic homes, churches, and Camp Howze. All of the homes and churches are in the historic area within 4-5 small city blocks. Members wishing to participate in PPC's field trip to historic Gainsville are asked e-mail an RSVP to the Activities Officer Thinh Nguyenphu and meet at the Morton Museum at 8:30 am. From the Morton House the plan is:
Besides the cost of travel and lunch there is no cost to PPC members. For questions or additional details please contact the Activities Officer Thinh Nguyenphu. Google Maps shows the Morton Museum to be ~62.5 miles from PPC's monthly meeting site of Grace Presbyterian Church: ---------------------------- Dallas Zoo
Saturday September 25, 2010. Watch for further details. ---------------------------- Plano Photography Club Showcase 2010
September 27, 2010 entry deadline. Plano Photography Club members are invited to exhibit up to two of their printed photographs in Showcase 2010, a juried show presented annually by our club. One of your photographs will be exhibited at the Plano Centre from October 1st through November 30th, the second will be exhibited at the Plano Courtyard Theatre from November 4th through February 4th, 2011. Prints may be framed or flush mounted with a minimum outer dimension of 11" x 14", and a maximum of 24” x 36”. The minimum actual image (print) size is 8" x 10". Entries must be wired to hang from a wall bracket system. The following information should be placed on the back of each entry: your name, title of your photograph, your email and/or your telephone number and the asking price of your image (or NFS if you do not want to sell our art). All images should be in generally accepted good taste; in other words, no nudes, or politically or religiously provocative images. Volunteers will be needed to help with the initial hanging on Friday October 1st at 9am at the Plano Centre and Thursday, November 4th at 9am at the Courtyard Theatre. Entries can be submitted at the September 27th Club meeting or prior to the meeting by special arrangement. Contact Ed Auger at (972) 964-3383 or Jamie Hilbig at (972) 423-0793 if you; have prints to submit, are able to volunteer, or have exhibit related questions. ---------------------------- Fall Outdoor Model Shoot
October 2, 2010 (rain date of October 16). The Plano Photography Club's annual members-only Outdoor Model Shoot will be held at the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve in west Plano. We will be using professional models and the event will require signup and payment of a fee. There will be a limited number of slots available. Watch for further details.
---------------------------- Introduction to Photography Workshop
October 16, 2010. The members-only workshop will be held at the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve in west Plano. The workshop is an opportunity for members to receive hands-on training on the fundamentals of photography from some of the top photographers in the club. We will be covering basic operation of your camera, rules of composition, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance and other topics. If the model shoot (see above) is rained out on the 2nd and rescheduled for the 16th, this workshop will be rescheduled. Additional future workshops are being planned covering work-flow and image manipulation. Watch for further details.
---------------------------- Fort Worth Botanical Gardens and the Amon Carter Museum
Saturday October 30, 2010. Note new date: previously scheduled for November 2 and November 6 The field trip will include a stop at the Amon Carter Museum to view the Ansel Adams exibit (see exibit details below). Watch for further details. ---------------------------- Community Service Project
November, 2010. We need several volunteers to help with a photo shoot at a retirement home. We will be taking portraits of some of the residents and arrange to have prints made for them at cost. We need one light set in addition to the club’s light set. We also need photographers and helpers familiar with portrait photography. This is not an open club event per se, but rather a community service project. Please let us know if you can help by contacting the Activities Officer Thinh Nguyenphu. ---------------------------- Scavenger Hunt - Old City Park
Saturday February 26, 2011 8:00 am. This will be a joint field trip with the Dallas Camera Club. Watch for futher details. ---------------------------- Workshop and club presentation by Robert O'Toole
Spring 2011. Robert O’Toole is an award winning professional photographer. He was named American Bald Eagle Foundation “Photographer of the Year” in 2008. His vertical banking Bald Eagle image was awarded highly commended in the 2006 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Robert, who now specializes in wildlife and nature, has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. An accomplished photographic instructor, Robert has been leading and co-leading photography workshops across the US and internationally for past 6 years. He conducts image optimization workshops and has written two Photoshop tutorial CDs (APTATS 1 and APTATS 2). Each features a variety of creative and time-saving image-enhancement techniques. Robert is currently based in SW Florida and uses a variety of Nikon, Canon, and Sigma equipment. During the 1990s Robert did commercial and advertising photography around the globe; his clients included Quiksilver Inc., Billabong International, Liquid Energy Ltd., Action Sports Group, and Atoll Media Ltd. The workshop is being planned for spring 2011 and will likely be held on a Saturday preceding a regular club meeting. Robert would then make a presentation as speaker at the regular club meeting (the Monday following the workshop). Watch for further details. ---------------------------- Other Events and Competitions
These events and competitions are not sanctioned by the Plano Photography Club but are listed solely for the benefit of members and local photographers.
The Dallas Zoo’s Eighth Annual Feathers, Fur, & Scales Photography Contest
April 1 through September 30, 2010.
The contest officially begins April 1st and is open to everyone from children to experienced professionals. There's an entry fee of $15.00 that enables you to enter up to 3 (three) 8x10 prints. All entries must be taken between the opening date and September 30, the closing date. Entries should be mailed to Cathy Burkey c/o Dallas Zoological Society, Dallas Zoo Photography Contest, 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75203. So gather up your camera gear and arrive early when the animals are frisky. Remember, our animals like to say “Cheese!” Learn More! See the Dallas Zoo for more information on this contest. ---------------------------- Amon Carter - Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light
Lecture June 10 6:00 pm, exhibition Through November 7, 2010.
This exhibition of forty landmark and lesser-known works by the renowned artist-photographer is drawn from the Carter’s holdings and a private collection.
Ansel Adams was the last major artist to subscribe to the romantic tradition of American landscape, an artistic lineage that included Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, William Henry Jackson and Carleton Watkins. He excelled at capturing a glorious American West before tourism and development marked the land. His goal was “to rekindle an appreciation of the marvelous.”
In conjunction with Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light, the Carter will host a free public program with Ansel Adams’ son, Dr. Michael Adams, on June 10 at 6:00 pm. Dr. Michael Adams offers an intimate look at his father’s work. Admission is free, but because seating is limited, reservations are required. Call 817.989.5030 to register.
See the Amon Carter website for more information on this event. ----------------------------
2nd Annual 2010 Trinity River Photo Contest
June 30 through October 15, 2010.
Enter your photos of the Trinity River's natural beauty in the Second Annual Dallas Trinity River Corridor Project Photo Contest. Win cash prizes and have your photos displayed at Dallas City Hall and on the Trinity River Corridor Project websites. Professional, amateur and youth participants can enter images in the following categories:
See the Trinity River Corridor Project Photo Contest website for more information on this contest. ----------------------------
Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011
September 1 through November 30, 2010.
The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. Entries for the 33rd contest will be invited into two categories, free subject (category A) and "Energy” (category B). The second category, “Energy,” invites applicants to submit images that capture the energy of sights and subjects that inspire, motivate or excite them or viewers. An exhibition of the winning photographs is planned after all winners are selected (details concerning the specific date and location will be announced in the future). With these categories, we look forward to receiving expressive images from around the world that are true to people’s emotions. See the Nikon website for more information on this contest. ---------------------------- 2010 SWPPA Regional Convention and PPA District Competition Hosted by Southwest PPA
September 17-21, 2010.
Southwest Professional Photographers Association (SWPPA) will host the first new PPA District Competition September 17 - 18, 2010, at the Arlington, Texas, Sheraton Hotel. This judging will host the six SWPPA states (Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). Entry fee is $95 per member and MUST be prepaid before the competition. You do not have to be a member of any state association in order to attend the trade show only!
Compliments of Arlington Camera, you may obtain a FREE Trade Show Pass for the Southwest PPA. Simply list Arlington Camera and use discount code SW2010XP. Don’t delay – you must register before September 7th to get your free pass.
See the SWPPA website for more information on this event. ---------------------------- Fort Worth Camera Club presents Rick Sammon
November 6, 2010.
A Canon sponsored all day seminar at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens lecture hall with guest Rick Sammon. Rick is one of Canon's Explorers of Light Photographers and a noted author of many photography books, including Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Digital Photography. More information on Rick can be found on his website, Rick Sammon.
Tickets for this event are only $20.00 and will offered for sale (subject to availabiliy) at the August, September and October PPC member meetings. With limited seating at the lecture hall, get your tickets early as the event is expected to sell out in advance. To purchase tickets directly from the Fort Worth Camera Club please e-mail info@fortworthcameraclub.org for more information.
See Fort Worth Camera Club and Canon Digital Learning Center for more information on this event. ---------------------------- South Texas Wildlife Workshops Jeremy Woodhouse, a photographer well known to PPC members, writes, "I have just returned, with a client, from a wildlife photography shoot in a hot and dry south texas. It was the first time he had ever photographed wildlife. Within three hours he got to see his first bobcat, my second in 12 years! We photographed in heat up to 104 degrees F, but there was always a constant stream of animals coming into the waterhole to drink." To see the of the images from the shoot click Here Please check out this link if you are interested in wildlife photography in South Texas.
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