ANNOUNCEMENT – PLEASE HELP WITH SURVEY ABOUT CLUB’S ACTIVITIES

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Hello Members,

It is that time of the year again. We ask you for your input on the club’s activities for the first half of the year. If you would like me to e-mail you either a PDF or Word file, please let me know, otherwise you can access both files on-line here at our Yahoo Groups site:
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ EvergreenCameraC lub/files/ 2009%20Mid- Year%20Survey/

Please take your time with these and let us know your opinions for the first half of the year and your thoughts and ideas for the second half of the year and beyond.

August 12 – Roland McEldowney presents “Exploration in Africa” Bergen Park Fire Station 7pm, 6:30 pm social time

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Roland McEldowney is a geologist, and spent ten years exploring for base and precious metals in Ghana and Burkina Faso . He began his career out of college in 1963. He joined the Peace Corps and lived with the Ashanti Tribe in the mountains near Kibi , Ghana , exploring a mountain top for bauxite, the ore of aluminum. In 1990, he returned to Ghana to start a company exploring for gold. Along the way, he was attacked by a town and charged by an elephant, eventually discovering two and a half million ounces of gold at Bibiani. He left Africa in 1996, and has returned only as a tourist.

JULY ASSIGNMENT – SUMMERTIME

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Do what you will with that – we have more light in our days, more green in our hills and more wildflowers than I have seen in a long time. People are out enjoying the warmth, playing in the lakes and fields. Have fun with it!

JUNE CONTEST – MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

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Photo Competition Theme: “Macro Photography” Please submit photos that fit the theme.
For those who would rather not do this assignment, you may submit in the Open Category.
Submit your photos to Brad Davidson at contest@evergreencameraclub.com by 8 am, Mon., June 8
One Photo per Email. Photos no larger than 5 mb. Please do not send as an embedded image – send as an e-mail attachment.
Maximum of three submissions per member in any combination of Theme or Open category.

TIPS & TECHNIQUES MEETING -WED., MAY 27 – PHOTOSHOP – 7PM

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We are pleased to announce a very special treat for tomorrow night’s Tips & Techniques Meeting. Evergreen resident Barb Binder, an Adobe Certified Instructor and Principal of Rocky Mountain Training will take us through some of the basics of retouching with Photoshop. She will focus on layers (and adjustment layers and masking). She will teach us how to do this without destroying the photo. (I didn’t know this was possible!! 🙂 )Please join us for this special training session. Bring your laptop and follow along as Barb teaches.

Here is a bit more about Barb:
Barbara Binder, ACI, CTT+

JUNE MEETING – SARAI HOPFE PRESENTER – Wed., June 10th BERGEN PARK FIRE STATION 7pm, 6:30 social time

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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/.

MAY MEETING – WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 – 7pm – SOCIAL TIME 6:30 pm – COLBY BROWN PRESENTER – BERGEN PARK FIRE STATION

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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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