Glacier Camera Club

GLACIER CAMERA CLUB

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be at the Pin & Cue Bowling Alley in Whitefish, MT. at 6:30PM Thursday, January 14th, 2010.

Minutes from September by Adele Scholl. This month's news is dedicated to Alan Thompson, who recently passed away and was the founder of our camera club. Thank you Al! You will be missed.

I always have a bit of anxeity when Christmas time rolls around. I feel that the true meaning of Christmas has changed. To me it should be spending time with family and friends and sharing in that love together. Now a days it seems like Christmas has become commericalized and inflated. I have to say I always feel a little overwhlemed before going to the gift exchange month, what should I bring? I do not have anything laying around the house, should I go? But as it is every year, I find something that I can bring and always enjoy the company of friendly faces that comprise camera club and of coarse looking at what people are photographing.
Correction on last month's news, in my review of Bob Howard's pics...I wrote Fay instead of Faith...sorry about that..I am the worst speller and the worst with names. When I used to raft guide, it was manditory that we call the guest by their names. I would make my guests go around the raft and repeat everyone's names about 1,000 times. I am glad that I only raft with friends now and already know their names.

Jeff and I started off the photos with a few shots from around the Middle Fork, of the Flathead River. We caught a bluebird snow day, while some of the larch still had their needles. We went out to Izaak Walton and discovered that they have a new caboose and engine, front and center when you drive in. It was pretty impressive, will be fun to see it when it is completed. We also showed a few shots of some bison from Medora, ND, otherwise know as Badlands, AKA Theodore Roosevelt Park. Not sure why so many names. I found a heard of Bison toward the end of the scenic loop in the park. I turned the engine of the car off and was taking pictures from the car. It was amazing for a few short moments I was part of the heard. They were snorting and calling to their young, I could almost feel their breath. All of a sudden they starting coming directly at the car. I put down the camera and rolled up the window. Only to see them gently walk by. My favorite shot of ours is of our favorite camp site on the Middle Fork, Lower Burn.

Betty Jo continued the show with some amazing shots of Dahlia's. I have always loved the dedication that it takes to grow these amazing flowers. In the fall you have to dig up the bulbs and store them inside for the winter. I had some for a few years until the year that I did not dig them up! Betty Jo had a nice variety of pics of the Dahlia's. Some with bees inside and some in full open bloom. My favorite shot of hers is of the Dahlia seen to the right...a red and white one (see I am not good with names)

D then presented some shots from Avalanche Gorge. What an amazing location in the park. I was just telling Jeff I have never photographed the gorge. I did spend some time walking down into the gorge with a friend one year in low water. It is a very special place and D captured some really great shots of it. She also brought some fun shots of her her neice and her changing heads. With a little Photoshoping! She closed her show with some nice winter scenes from the mountain and her deer neighbors.

Ed showed some of his amazing historic shots. Wow I can always look at these old time shots. I love looking at the early days of Montana. He also had some that were scanned from glass slides from Bessemer, Michigan. What different times they were, the clothing, the towns, the photographs. It is hard to choose my favorite, is it the lady holding a large rifle?, is it the shots that Ed's dad took of school classes?, or vintage Bessemer or Whitefish shots. I have to say I love this shot from the train depot. The depot pretty much looks the same as is in the photo, with a Whitefish Taxi out front. In the 50's there was a taxi service but today that is questionable. They appear to be loading their long skis to the top of the taxi as well. No roof racks back then....how did they get these long boards to the mountain. Looks like they might just tie them to the top of the taxi.

John brought in some really nice pictures of people sky diving at Lost Praire, also brought us into Bowman Lake. He had some interesting shots of grizzly tracks in the road, the old phone that is on the ranger station in Bowman and the fireplace there. He closed off his show with some great scenic shots from Canada. I really enjoyed this shot to the right of seats from an amphitheater.

Jesse finished off the meeting with impressive infared shots. He converted his 30D camera to shoot infared. It is completely different from black and white in the aspect of metering and composing, because you never know what you are going to get. Living matter becomes white, skies and water goes black. He also started off his show with a great picture of Alan, our founder of Glacier Camera Club, that is seen at the opening of this news.
Jesse's infrared images are amazing. I had a hard time picking just one image, so I picked a few. Really nice show Jesse, Thank you! Glad you converted your camera.

I always have a bit of anxeity when Christmas time rolls around. I feel that the true meaning of Christmas has changed. To me it should be spending time with family and friends and sharing in that love together. Now a days it seems like Christmas has become commericalized and inflated. I have to say I always feel a little overwhlemed before going to the gift exchange month, what should I bring? I do not have anything laying around the house, should I go? But as it is every year, I find something that I can bring and always enjoy the company of friendly faces that comprise camera club and of coarse looking at what people are photographing. Correction on last month's news, in my review of Bob Howard's pics...I wrote Fay instead of Faith...sorry about that..I am the worst speller and the worst with names. When I used to raft guide, it was manditory that we call the guest by their names. I would make my guests go around the raft and repeat everyone's names about 1,000 times. I am glad that I only raft with friends now and already know their names.
Jeff and I started off the photos with a few shots from around the Middle Fork, of the Flathead River. We caught a bluebird snow day, while some of the larch still had their needles. We went out to Izaak Walton and discovered that they have a new caboose and engine, front and center when you drive in. It was pretty impressive, will be fun to see it when it is completed. We also showed a few shots of some bison from Medora, ND, otherwise know as Badlands, AKA Theodore Roosevelt Park. Not sure why so many names. I found a heard of Bison toward the end of the scenic loop in the park. I turned the engine of the car off and was taking pictures from the car. It was amazing for a few short moments I was part of the heard. They were snorting and calling to their young, I could almost feel their breath. All of a sudden they starting coming directly at the car. I put down the camera and rolled up the window. Only to see them gently walk by. My favorite shot of ours is of our favorite camp site on the Middle Fork, Lower Burn.
Betty Jo continued the show with some amazing shots of Dahlia's. I have always loved the dedication that it takes to grow these amazing flowers. In the fall you have to dig up the bulbs and store them inside for the winter. I had some for a few years until the year that I did not dig them up! Betty Jo had a nice variety of pics of the Dahlia's. Some with bees inside and some in full open bloom. My favorite shot of hers is of the Dahlia seen to the right...a red and white one (see I am not good with names)
D then presented some shots from Avalanche Gorge. What an amazing location in the park. I was just telling Jeff I have never photographed the gorge. I did spend some time walking down into the gorge with a friend one year in low water. It is a very special place and D captured some really great shots of it. She also brought some fun shots of her her neice and her changing heads. With a little Photoshoping! She closed her show with some nice winter scenes from the mountain and her deer neighbors.
Ed showed some of his amazing historic shots. Wow I can always look at these old time shots. I love looking at the early days of Montana. He also had some that were scanned from glass slides from Bessemer, Michigan. What different times they were, the clothing, the towns, the photographs. It is hard to choose my favorite, is it the lady holding a large rifle?, is it the shots that Ed's dad took of school classes?, or vintage Bessemer or Whitefish shots. I have to say I love this shot from the train depot. The depot pretty much looks the same as is in the photo, with a Whitefish Taxi out front. In the 50's there was a taxi service but today that is questionable. They appear to be loading their long skis to the top of the taxi as well. No roof racks back then....how did they get these long boards to the mountain. Looks like they might just tie them to the top of the taxi.
John brought in some really nice pictures of people sky diving at Lost Praire, also brought us into Bowman Lake. He had some interesting shots of grizzly tracks in the road, the old phone that is on the ranger station in Bowman and the fireplace there. He closed off his show with some great scenic shots from Canada. I really enjoyed this shot to the right of seats from an amphitheater.
Jesse finished off the meeting with impressive infared shots. He converted his 30D camera to shoot infared. It is completely different from black and white in the aspect of metering and composing, because you never know what you are going to get. Living matter becomes white, skies and water goes black. He also started off his show with a great picture of Alan, our founder of Glacier Camera Club, that is seen at the opening of this news. Jesse's infrared images are amazing. I had a hard time picking just one image, so I picked a few. Really nice show Jesse, Thank you! Glad you converted your camera.