March 2023 T&T: Paint Mines Interpretive Park with Tina Disorbio and Bill Vogel

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March 22nd 2023 T&T
Paint Mines Interpretive Park

The Paint Mines Interpretive Park is one of El Paso County’s unique open spaces. The Paint mines are named for their colorful clays that were collected by American Indians to make paint. Brightly colored bands, caused by oxidized iron compounds are found in varying amounts through out the many different layers of clay.

Four members of the Evergreen Camera club took a trip to explore and photograph these fantastic geological formations. Join us for an in-person presentation of what they discovered! We will meet on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 6:30 for social time and 7:00 for the presentation in the Evergreen Fire Station Auditorium. We will have NO ZOOM for this meeting.

New members, students and guests are welcome.

Join us at the fire station:
Wednesday, March 22 at 7:00 pm (6:30 social time)
Evergreen Fire and Rescue
1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, CO

Month of Photography Colorado

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Month of Photography Colorado

MOP 2023 Kicks Off March 1!
Ready…set…start exploring all Month of Photography Denver has to offer! With 147 events, 72 participating venues, and more than 500 local, national, and international artists on display, there’s something for everyone.

There’s no better place to start your MOP journey than right here at festival headquarters, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (1070 Bannock Street in Denver’s Golden Triangle Creative District).

Pick up a printed guide or browse the MOP Event Calendar and plan your festival experience today.
Go to denvermop.org

2022 Holiday Party and Year End Competition

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Evergreen Camera Club YEAR END PARTY!

MEMBERS ONLY In Person Dinner Party and Photo Contest

Time: Wednesday, December 14th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: Troutdale Tavern
30790 Stagecoach Blvd
Evergreen, CO

Dinner:

  • Grilled chicken breast
  • salmon filet
  • holiday Waldorf salad
  • mixed greens
  • holiday vegetable medley
  • rice pilaf
  • dessert

Drinks: Non-alcoholic beverages provided; cash bar available

Cost: $30/person

To Pay, click on the Buy Now Button Below.
Reservations must be made by December 10th.
Your Payment is your RSVP:

 
 

 
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
 

 

 If you don’t want to use a PayPal account
Use the “Pay with Credit Card” button
Photo Contest

Judge: Jeff Johnson
www.soulroadtrips.com

Enter two photos (maximum) per person as a beginner or advanced photographer.

Choose any of the four subject categories as a beginner or advanced entry:

  • People
  • Landscape/Scenery
  • Animals/Wildlife
  • Miscellaneous

Submit your entries by logging in on this website to access the menu item “Contest” and then the “Year-End Contest” page or click the button below to enter (note: if it says you must log in but you are already, log out and back in again):

Entries must be submitted by 6:00 pm Monday, December 12th. Submitter must be an ECC member in good standing and in attendance at the dinner to participate in the contest.

Prizes
Awarded in each category, Best Image of the Year and Best Image of the Year Runner-Up, Beginner (if there are enough entries) and Advanced.

New members, students and guests welcome
Must be a member to participate in contest

Holistic Photography Workshop

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Holistic Photography Workshop
Seeing, Sensing, Creating Mindful Images

Sunday, August 21 TO Saturday, August 27 2022
At Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico

In the desert landscape, nature rewards us with a sensuous palette of colors. Ghost Ranch is about slowing down and connecting with the sacredness of the land. Come and explore the red rocks, deep blue skies and mystical petrified trees with your camera. While most photography classes focus on technical competency, this class takes a mindfulness approach, emphasizing intuition and imagination. When we release expectations of how things ought to look, we free ourselves to create artistic images that come from our soul.

Imagine an entire week with just you and your camera, surrounded in the beauty of Georgia O’Keeffe’s backyard. Tap into your intuition, your creative spirit and your five senses. Join kindred spirits at this unique workshop. It will change the way you take photos and it just may change the way you see the world.
A series of exercises will be offered each morning to engage the senses and improve your powers of observation and composition. Guided hikes and field work will be available or participants may choose to work on their own. We will photograph sunrises, sunsets and visit sacred landscapes around Ghost Ranch and the surrounding area. Digital images will be loaded onto a computer for sharing and group reflection. All levels welcome.

I would love to have group members join me. Feel free to contact me for more information

Randee Lipson Lawrence Ed.D., ECC member and Professor Emeritus National Louis University, will be teaching a week long photography workshop at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico in October that some members may be interested in.

click here to download pdf.

Email Randee for questions: rlawrence@nl.edu

Here is a link to registration https://www.ghostranch.org/events/holistic-photography-seeing-sensing-creating-with-randee-lawrence-and-cecelia-broder-g220841/

Opening for France Photo Workshop

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Opening for France Photo Workshop

ECC received this email from Bill Dickson, an ECC member 10-12 years ago.

Hello Evergreen:

I am Bill Dickson from Littleton (former Evergreen resident and Evergreen Camera Club member) and I am writing to the Evergreen Camera Club to see if someone in your Club would be interested in purchasing our deposit of $1394 for $300 (1,050 British pounds) for any Photo Workshop trip offered at www.create-away.com.

My friend and I have paid a deposit for two people for a photo workshop to southern France in 2022. It is a trip to photograph the horses of Camargue, medieval villages and the lavender fields. Unfortunately, we cannot take the trip for a variety of reasons but we are allowed to transfer our deposit to someone else to be used in 2022. That is why I am writing to the Evergreen Camera Club to see if someone would be interested in purchasing our deposit for $300 (value is $1394). You could choose from any trip they offer and they are photo workshops. You would not have to book the trip that we booked. I refer you to their website at www.create-away.com. If you are interested, I can share correspondence where Roz at Create Away acknowledges that we can transfer our deposit to someone else. Nothing will transfer, however without my approval.

This is a great opportunity to get photos that no one else in the Club would have, plus it is a great break on the deposit. Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,
Bill Dickson
billspictures55@gmail.com
720-308-9234

Introduction to Lightroom’s Library Module: Thursday, February 17, 2022

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Introduction to Lightroom’s Library Module: Thursday, February 17, 2022

This three hour, online workshop hosted by Metro Denver Photography Group offers an introduction to Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom is a subscription model based cataloging and editing software and the world’s most used photographic post-production software. Students will receive a digital pdf of all presentations and have an opportunity to ask questions.

NOTE: Training is in 2 sections; $17.00 for both sessions
Training will also be recorded and will provided to only those registered.
PLEASE ENSURE TO REGISTER VIA THE ON-LINE LINK at https://www.meetup.com/Metro-Denver-Photography-Group/events/283382188/

Topics covered include:
Which Lightroom is best for you? The cloud version or the desktop version?
Which Lightroom subscription plans, which one is right for you?
Working with Creative Cloud Adobe’s delivery platform
Introduction to Lightroom’s User Interface, and viewing your photographs
Options for Setting up your first Lightroom Catalog
Catalog Structure for quickly finding your photos
Culling your work – Best practices for selecting and identifying your best work
Importing and Exporting photos to and from Lightroom
Understanding how Lightroom uses Image Previews and its non-destructive data base
Why Monitor Calibration matters and how to calibrate your monitor
Why Raw photographic files are better for image editing than Jpeg files
Lightroom’s Preference Settings

About the Instructor
Frank Varney has been an active corporate location and fine art photographer, and a collegiate level photography instructor for over 30 years. Frank is currently an Assistant Professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and was assistant instructor for the National Geographic Expeditions Wyoming’s Cowboy Country Photography Workshops. Frank holds an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College and a BA in Communication Arts from University of Denver. His work has appeared in AARP The Magazine, ELLE, Glamour, First for Women, and Ladies Home Journal, and books including The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes and Photography for the 21st Century.

Raptor Photography Workshop

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Raptor Photography Workshop

Monday, October 4 to Friday, October 8

For the third year, Denver Audubon, photographer Cheryl Opperman, and HawkQuest are teaming up to provide this one-of-a-kind Raptor Photography Workshop. The workshop is limited to 6 participants and includes photography of live birds and unparalleled instruction. Much of the proceeds go to Denver Audubon and HawkQuest, environmental nonprofits dedicated to protecting birds. Why not improve your photography skills while helping birds?

Cheryl Opperman is an award-winning nature photographer.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooks Institute of Photography and over 25 years of professional experience photographing nature, wildlife, and indigenous cultures worldwide. To learn more and register, click here.

August 11th General Meeting: Get Creative! with Ella Carslon

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DON’T MISS THIS MEETING, ELLA IS A PHOTO ROCK STAR!

You don’t know creative until you have seen Ella Carlson’s work. She can turn a brick wall into an alien, deconstruct a beautiful flower and turn a flame into a smoldering creature. Ella is internationally recognized, Grand Imaging Award winner and flat out amazing!

Join Evergreen Camera Club for Ella’s mind-blowing presentation on Wednesday, August 11th via Zoom for 6:30 pm social time and announcements at 7:00 pm in the Zoom meeting room:

Evergreen Camera Club via Zoom:
Wednesday, August 11th
6:30 pm social time and announcements
7:00 pm start of presentation

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83444073746?pwd=WmZhK1hlbFpGNVNxMUlYTUhIU00vQT09

Mount Evans Calendar Contest Now OPEN! – closed on June 31 2021

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Mount Evans Calendar Contest Now OPEN! – closed on June 31 2021

Submit your best photographs of our local nature and scenery by June 30!

Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice and the Evergreen Camera Club have teamed together once again to bring you the Seasons of Our Mountains Calendar. We welcome professionals, amateurs, and novices to submit their favorite photos. CLICK HERE to Enter!

The 25 best photos submitted will advance to a community vote in August. The top 13 photographs will be included on the cover and each month of the year. The remaining 12 photographs will be included in the calendar as honorable mentions. The top three photos will win cash prizes.

  • Best of Show – $250 prize
  • Second Place – $100 prize
  • Third Place – $50 prize
Why your submission matters

Your support of the Seasons of Our Mountains 2022 Calendar will help Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice provide love, compassion, care, and comfort to mountain residents during their most fragile and frightening moments. The proceeds help us provide the highest quality home health care, palliative care, hospice care, and emotional support for those who are grieving, caregiving, or adjusting to an illness or injury.

Thank you for sharing your talent. We can’t wait to see your photographs!

June 9th General Meeting: Mt. Evans Unlocked with Ellen Nelson

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June 9th General Meeting: Mt. Evans Unlocked with Ellen Nelson

A lot is up in the air with Mt. Evans! What’s up with entry reservations? A possible name change? Find out as Denver’s closest fourteener is set to open on June 4th after a year-long COVID closure. Join Ellen Nelson to discover the new reservation system, its overlooked approaches, hidden gems, wildlife, controversy, current events and backstory. Ellen Nelson is an Evergreen-based professional photographer who calls Mt. Evans her favorite playground. Her poster photo, “New Kids on the Rock,” captured at the summit, was the cover photo of the September/October 2019 issue of Colorado Life magazine.

Join Evergreen Camera Club for Ellen’s engaging presentation on Wednesday, June 9th via Zoom for 6:30 pm social time and announcements at 7:00 pm in the Zoom meeting room. presentation on Wednesday, May 12th via Zoom for 6:30 pm social time and announcements at 7:00 pm in the Zoom meeting room.

Evergreen Camera Club via Zoom:
Wednesday, May 12th
6:30 pm social time and announcements
7:00 pm start of presentation

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81057975243?pwd=Q2x3dnk5TmIwUHNySkRUSHpNQUVlZz09

Evergreen Camera Club