Our next meeting will be at the Pin & Cue Bowling Alley in Whitefish, MT. at 6:30PM Thursday, September 11th. Pady Dusing will do a program for us.

Minutes from August by Adele Scholl

This month I was going to try something a little different. Since I was running the projector last month, I decided to take a copy of the month's images home so that I could write the minutes directly from the photographs and not just the notes. I am attaching my favorite image from each member. We really had a great showing of quality photographs. It was difficult to choose just one per member.

We started off the August Camera Club meeting looking at some of our photographs. August was a month for boats & llama & alpacas for us. We showed some sailboats from the air, criss crafts and hydroplane boats. It was exciting to hear and feel the boats as they screamed around the course in front of us. They claimed to reach speeds of 130-150 mph. It was definately a fun event to attend via boat. The only downfalls were the time it took in between races. Hopefully next year they will be able to streamline this event. We also heard that it took 2 hours for people to get across town in Polson on Saturday and 2 hours to enter into the gates of the event. I was sure glad we attended via boat. Although we were not as close as the stands, we could come and go as we pleased. We also viewed some images of Rolfing Alpaca's and Llama's. We had always heard Doug stories of his Llama's and been intreged. We were excited to have the opportunity to photograph so many of these animals together. It was very excited to take the feed bucket and direct them where we needed them for the photos. I was amidst the spitting, and snorting longed neck creatures trying to get their heads into the bucket first. Look out for more of the images in the Fall Flathead Living.

Next we viewed photos from Doug Dye. He brought some spectacular images from medicine rocks. He went in search of finding his relatives initals carved into one of the rocks. Although he did not find the inscription it was definately worth his time. He produced some incredible images from an area not often seen at camera club.

Nick followed up Doug's images with some wildlife shots. He told camera club that he waited for 2 hours for this cute guy to get used to him. Looks like he took to Nick because he gave him some nice poses. Nick also showed the club a few shots from the top of Logan pass as sunset. Slowing down the creeks with long shutter speeds making for a dramatic image. The colors in the sky also added to the shots.

Rex & Ginna started off their show with images from Indian races. They captivated the club with painted horses and clowns. They also showed us some of their incredible macro shots. When Jeff and I used to shoot Nikon's we had a really nice 60 mm macro lense. Once we switched to Canon gear we have not replaced this lense. Rex and Ginna always remind me of how fun macro shots are to look at. Really getting inside the mind's eye of a bug. They also showed us some bird shots, close up and personal with Loons, Eagle's and ducks. It is always a pleasure when they show images to camera club.

Steven Mitchell showed the club some up close and personal images, as well. He also showed some incredible macro flower shots. He followed up his show with some nice shots from the Hydroplanes, fireworks, Clysedales and some wildlife photos. His photo of two bucks trying to be friendly with each other could be a big seller at a stock agency. I also enjoyed his fourth of July shots of the fireworks from the top of the Big Mountain looking down on Whitefish Lake. Definately a unique perspective.

Rosella finished up the show with some of her stunning black and whites. Although the projector wanted to change the crop of her images, they were still very powerful. She started off with fog over a creek in a meadow, following up with some nice shots of birch trees, daisies in Polebridge, slow water moving through what looks like McDonald Creek.

Thank you everyone for sharing your images. It was fun to revisit them for this newsletter.

Camera Club Picnic

It's time for our annual Camera Club Picnic, but you must read every word of this notice, this year is different.

The location is: The Eagle Bend Yacht Club's, Club House.

From Highway 82 turn South on Hanging Rock Drive proceed .9 mile to Holt Drive. Turn West on Holt Drive. .3 miles on Holt Drive follow Holt drive to the South. Stay on Holt Drive for another .8 mile then turn West on Eagle Bend Drive. -Harbor Village sign- Follow Eagle Bend Drive to Bay Harbor Drive, The club house is straight ahead of you, park on either side.

Call me with questions: 253-2121 857-2121

The date is: 9/8/08

The time is: 4PM

For your pot luck dish, bring whatever you want, ignore the instructions on the first notice.

BYOB

And a tiny sniff for Ed.

Fellow Photographers,

We’re pleased to announce “Photoshop for Photographers” a one day work shop to be held at the Outlaw Inn in Kalispell MT. This workshop is for all skill and experience levels. Topics will include: Workflow, Adobe Bridge, Camera RAW, Photoshop and Lightroom.

This workshop is presented by Lindhjem Photography of Norfolk, VA and sponsored by yours truly, Nick Fucci Outdoor & Nature Photography. Mary Lindhjem will be your instructor; Mary is an Adobe trained instructor qualified to teach courses in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator.

The cost of the workshop is $75 early registration and $85 at the door. Space is limited to 50 participants.

October 11th, 9:00am till 4:00pm at the Outlaw Inn in the Winchester Room.

Nick

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Buffalo Hills Terrace

Our latest edition to the presenters list at Buffalo Hills Terrace is Steve Rapelje. We still need lots of help so please volunteer to do a program for the residents there.

Classifieds

None this time

The 344 Gallery

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PROGRAMS

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