- Fifteen members were present
- We discussed our regular meeting date and whether or not we should change it from the Fourth Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM to the first Thursday at 3:00 PM.
- Members are getting to the meeting on the existing schedule (4th Thursday).
- Several members have at least two other SIG meetings on both the 1st and 4th Thursday - another day of the week would be easier.
- Afternoons work best for at least some of us.
- No date will be ideal for everyone, therefore unless we can find a date that works better for most of the group, we should keep to the existing schedule.
Larry will contact Bill Stuart when he returns to get a list of open times for SIG meetings for discussion next month.
Our next meeting will be on our normally scheduled 4th Thursday - January 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM.
- We discussed the Topic list. Although it was attached to Larry's 12/17/2011 email, he neglected to include it in the BLOG, so not all members have reviewed it. Larry will update the list per today's discussion and get it back out to members.
- We looked at two sample landscape calendars and the book that Dik had published of his European travel last fall and discussed the potential for a group (Landscape SIG) project. Some comments received:
- The objective of the original suggestion to complete a project was the training that would result from organizing, planning, critically selecting and preparing images to include; and the actual creation of the calendar.
- Some brainstorming followed about the possibilities of marketing a calendar or "landscape notecards" produced by the Landscape SIG at the Octoberfest, for sale in the Lab, etc,. Front end costs, competing with other club functions, tax liabilities, some pitfalls, etc. were also discussed. No concensus developed.
- A "straw poll" of those at the meeting indicated about 8 of those present (15) felt the project has enough merit to continue the discussion.
- With some early winter rains, the hope is we will have abundant flowers in the spring. After some discussion of flowers and Colleen Miniuk-Sperry's new book, it was agreed that those who have a copy of the book will review it for potential locations and times for Landscape SIG photo shoot.
NOTE: The Landscape SIG objective is to provide training, photo shoots, etc. more specifically tailored to landscape photography than are currently available, rather than duplicating resources already available through the club. Members should take advantage of the existing, wide array of training already available to them through the club for the basics.
Assignments:
Those members interested in being involved in the calendar project are to bring several images (either a thumb drive or prints 11" wide by 8" high) suitable for a calendar entitled "Arizona Landscapes" to the next meeting so we can review an initial array of images and continue the discussion of: a) whether or not to continue with the project; b) gaps in the photography (location, season, diversity of images); and b) determine how to structure the project, the objectives, the mechanics, schedule, etc.. The stated target was to develop a "2013 Arizona Landscape Calendar" during this winter and spring while we have a maximum number of SIG members available. If you have a copy of Colleen Miniuk-Sperry's book (Wild in Arizona - Photographing Arizona's Wildflowers), please review potential photo shoot locations the Landscape SIG might wish to organize a photo shoot for between February and May and be prepared to discuss the site at our next meeting.
Next month's discussion topic will be "Side, Front and Back lighting."
Postscripts:
Links to interesting information and "slide shows":
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