Sarai Hopfe is a self-taught Denver-area photographer who focuses on flower macros. Growing up in the Midwest, she moved to Colorado, where an outdoor lifestyle drew her to nature photography. She focused on flower photography as a way to capture both the small details and abstract the beauty of flowers. She will share her tricks and techniques for flower photography. You can find her photo stream (shopfe) at http://www.flickr.com/photos/14228130@N05/.

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Colby Brown is a professional photographer specializing in adventure, sports and travel photography. Throughout his work one can see that he combines his love of the natural world with his fascination of the world’s diverse cultures. Each of his photographs tells a story of life on this planet.

Born in California, he developed a love for both the ocean and the mountains at a young age. Whether he was exploring the Sierra Nevada Mountains around Lake Tahoe or sailing around San Francisco Bay, Colby’s thirst for adventure and the outdoors began to grow exponentially.

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Tips and Techniques mentoring session Wednesday, April 22nd, Bergen Park Fire Station Annex. 6:30 pm social time, 7:00 meeting
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Our Speaker/Presenter for May will be Colby T. Brown. In looking at his website and seeing his work, it is obvious he enjoys a wide variety of photography subjects. This seems to reflect our club as a whole. Many different subjects of interest, but we all want to create top-notch photos.

The one theme that Colby seems to apply to all his work is that each of his photos tells a story of life on this planet. Our assignment for May’s Contest will be to tell a story of life on this planet. You can go to Colby’s website for inspiration: www.colbybrownphotography.com

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Weldon Lee, photographer, author & photo tour operator from Allenspark, Colorado will be our speaker. Weldon Lee on-line: www.weldonlee.com

Weldon Lee travels around the globe to the world’s most exotic locations photo-graphing wildlife and capturing the essence of their personalities on film. He has a special way of communicating with animals and his images depict that relationship. His commitment to wildlife brings a fresh perspective to photography.

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In honor of Earth Month and our April presenter, Weldon Lee, this month’s assignment will be to show the “hand of man” in nature. Whether it is a positive or negative influence, be creative and tell a story with your photo(s).

As always, for those who would rather not do this assignment, there is the option of the Open Category.

Don’t forget to submit your photos (5 meg max) to Brad by 8am on Monday, April 6th – contest@evergreencameraclub.com
Please do not send as an embedded image – send as an e-mail attachment.

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Presenter: Pat Gautier Subject: Tutorial on HDR “High Dynamic Range” Photography
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The theme for photo submissions for critique/competition for March is ” Travel Photos that Tell a Story”. You may submit theme photos in one of the following: Beginner, Intermediate or Experienced divisions.
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The public is invited to the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 11 (note that this is the new meeting date). Brother John Gaudreau will present a program of his inspirational photography titled “Capturing Creation. The meeting is at the fire station at 7 pm – social hour at 6:30 pm.
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The Wednesday, February 25th “Tips and Techniques” mentoring session will be led by Brad Davidson, concentrating on how to fine-tune the autofocus feature on your camera. Brad will also show how to calibrate a monitor and projector using the Spyder calibrating system. Bring your laptop and a photo you would like to learn to adjust. We will go through learning to edit photo files. Bring your photo on a flashdrive or CD. Be sure to bring your camera as well to learn about its autofocus function.

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