General Meeting, February 2009
We had 55 members and 1 visitor attend our February General meeting.
Our guest speaker tonight was Ted Dayton, President of the Santa Clarita Photography club.
We met Ted at the Home Town Buffet for an early dinner and a very interesting conversation. During the presentation Ted shared photos and talked about HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography using Photomatix Pro from HDRsoft.com.
While Ted demonstrated the program, he presented many of the features with examples of photos and the effects that particular feature has on the photo. One I found to be very useful was the “Tone mapping tool and preview.
He not only explained what HDR is, but why you would want to do it on a particular photo and how you would then proceed. He showed us a few examples so we could see the difference between being subtle and completely over using the HDR process on a photo. Many great questions surfaced during the presentation, and Ted answered them all.
He made arrangements for our club to receive a 25% discount should any of us decide to purchase the software Photomatrix from HDRsoft.com and enter the discount code (LPA25). As a thank you to Ted, he was presented with an Honorary LPA Membership.
Terri Garner went over the changes in the By-Laws. The By-Laws committee consisted of Dean Webb, Terri Garner, John Shedrick and David Wilkins. They all did a lot of work for LPA and as a committee they presented the proposed changes to the general membership. The general membership will vote at the next general meeting on the proposed changes. A VERY BIG thank you to the By-Laws committee for their very hard work on behalf of the club.
Congrats to Lyle Trusty, LMAG show, 1st Best of Exhibit, Black and White photo “The Grist Mill”
John Shedrick gave us an update on the AV Fair. Paul Craft and Lee Garner have the digital ready to go for the fair. We are anticipating a large participation and amount of clerks.
John Shedrick reported on the following workshop activity: Feb 21 & 22 – Hank Morris, “Portrait photography” 2 day workshop at his location in Rosamond. Then on Feb 24 Creative Effects using Photoshop by Bill Kuhlemeier at the Senior Center and for March 24 – Basic Photography Workshop by Tylene Trout at the Senior Center. Then April 28 – Off camera flash Stokley Wilson from King Photo at the Senior Center.
Sue Craft reported our program agenda for Apr 21 – Don Gale – “Nature, Wildlife, & Landscape Techniques and June 16 – Year End Competition, Installation of Officers, and program by John Haslett, on Voyage of the Manteño. Be sure NOT to miss these two exciting nights!
Sue also announced the Poppy Festival April 25-26, 2009 at Lancaster City Park. She needs volunteers for this event beginning on set up day, April 24. Please contact Sue and watch the Web for more information.
Fred Griggs reported on our competitions themes. For March we have– Creative Imaging (formally know as Computer Imaging) and for May – Desert Scenes / Desert Wildflowers. If you have any questions be sure to ask Fred, look in the fair book or go online.
Dave Wilkins said he is always looking for articles for the Newsletters. Great job Dave!
S4C/PSA: Lyle Trusty reminded us of the upcoming meeting March 14, 2009, deadline is February 28, 2009 to submit. Helen Henry announced awards for last month. If you would like to participate in competitions in S4C or PSA, contact Helen for more information.
Dave Wilkins spoke briefly spoke about the upcoming field trip on March 8 –11, 2009 to Death Valley. He also told us about the 7th Stage of the Amgen Tour of California this Sat February 21st.. As a reminder, there are other field trips TBS so please watch the calendar and the LPA website for announcements.
Terri Garner once again invited everyone to join us at Bianco’s Friday nights for the Friday Night Discussions.
Sue made an announcement to those of us that use Epson paper. Epson is having a 50% off their Epson photo paper by using code 9ZFASE by 2/23/09. Thank you Sue!
Please volunteer to bring snacks for the monthly meeting. You are reimbursed up to $30. Sign up on the LPA Webpage. We would like to thank Sue Liberto for the refreshments this month and to Diana Edgel & Anita Kratofil for stepping in to conduct the raffle.
Congratulations to Bill Sutton, on winning $31 from the 50/50 drawing.
Click here to view and download Ted's handout.
Article by Bonnie J. Matthews
Photography by Dennis Goodno
by Bonnie J Matthews-Franke
Matthews-Franke finds the club to be very beneficial to her. The interaction with other members, being able to ask questions, the workshops and the knowledge that I take away from the club is phenomenal.
She believes the meetings, workshops and field trips are very beneficial, specially to the new members. Her favorites were the Fall Color Trips; Mono Lake Trips and the workshops were she had her camera and could play along.
She love landscapes. She just finished a vacation trip to Oregon where she photographed lighthouses, old barns and covered bridges. The older the structure the better
.She also loves portraits, and shooting in her own studio.
Matthews-Franke has more than a few Canon's, a Canon 7D, a Canon 5D MKII and a few more with a variety of lenses and accessories. Her favorite lens is a 28-135mm ,70-200mm. & 100mm.
Matthews-Franke was our secretary of the club for a few years and helped made many changes to help us grow.
