Our year-end social will be held on December 12th, 2026 at 6:30pm in Fitzhugh Brewing. Join us for a pint and something to eat as we reflect on 2026 and look forward to 2027.
11/14 “Through The Lens” Exhibition Reception
Our exhibition “Through The Lens” is being hung on Tuesdayafternoon and there will be a reception at 6pm on Wednesday, November 4th for all who would like to see the show. Join us for a chat with the photographers and a glass of wine in Primal Gallery, Dripping Springs.
Exhibiting artists
- Warren Capps
- Vince Curletta
- Clea Erdman
- Tom Hausler
- Karen Stephenson
- Dave Wilson
11/12 Speaker: Warren Capps, “Mongolia”
Our November meeting sees us welcome our very own Warren Capps. In July Warren attended a photo tour of Mongolia which focused primarily on the Naadam Festival and eagle hunters. While on the tour he faced numerous technical challenges such as photographing eagles on the wing, night sky photography, athletic events, natural portraiture, running horses, etc. He will discuss the techniques he used to capture these images – both his successes and his failures. Additionally, he will share photos of his journey and the astounding beauty of Mongolia.
About Warren
Warren has been using a camera for over 50 years primarily as a hobbyist, but occasionally venturing into professional work. His photography education is haphazard and desultory at best, although he has expressed a particular fondness for travel workshops and tours, having attended many over the years. He has also served as a photography judge for the Hays County Livestock Show and the Texas State 4-H photography division. His work has been selected for recognition by the Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS), the Amanda Smith Gallery in Johnson City, the Hive in Bee Cave, Texas Tech University shows and the Hill Country Alliance annual calendar. He has had two shows at the Mercer St Gallery in Dripping Springs. He is a past President of Photographers of Dripping Springs.
He has traveled to and photographed in all 50 states, 9 Canadian provinces and over 40 countries (many of them courtesy of the US Navy). His equipment specialty is Olympus (OM Systems) gear, going back to the first OM-1n camera he bought back in 1979 (which he still has and uses).
Latest News and Announcements
August Meeting
Many thanks to Vince for his fascinating talk last Thursday evening at Primal Gallery. He covered his history shooting for publications around the country, covered many technical aspects of the craft, and presented some really amazing images.
Next Meeting, September 10
Our next meeting will be a photo walk on Mercer Street, Dripping Springs at 6:30pm on September 10th. Come along with a camera and see just how many great photo opportunities there are right in the center of the town.
Battle of the Brands, October 8
Our October meeting will be a “Battle of the Brands” where users of different cameras will discuss the pros and cons of their particular system. We already have volunteers signed up to talk about Canon, Nikon, Sony and OM System but if you shoot something else, Fuji, Leica, Hasselblad or whatever, and would like to present about your system, please drop us an email and we’ll make sure you are included in planning discussions for the meeting.
Songwriters’ Festival, October 16-18
The organizers of this year’s Songwriter’s Festival are looking for volunteer photographers to cover the event and provide images to the festival and artists for use in future publicity. If you are interested, drop us a line at DSAL.photo.club@gmail.com or leave a comment here with your name and email address and we’ll get you added to the list.
Volunteers are also sought to live stream performances so, if you have an interest in video and could help with this, also let us know.
Exhibition Space, November 2026
Primal Gallery has kindly offered us 3 display racks for the month of November and members are invited to submit up to two sale-ready photographs to add to the display. Bring them to the gallery any time after November 1st and hang them yourself. I’ll update this post later when I hear what the sale conditions are and what, if any, labelling is required. If we find that there’s still space available after everyone who is interested has hung two images, we’ll allow additional images to be added.
8/13 Speaker: Vince Curletta – “Software Developer to Sports Photographer”
Club co-leader Vince Curletta is currently a sports photographer working for MaxPreps and photographing sporting events in the Texas Hill Country. Vince studied photography at the University of New Mexico and worked as a stringer for Associated Press. He changed his major to Computer Science and spent the last 40+ years developing software in various corporate environments. In 2013 he started working for the Chicago Sun Times as a freelance sports photographer. After moving to Texas, he began working for MaxPreps. Now that he’s retired from software development, he’s shooting sports as his main job, and is enjoying his love for art and photography more than ever.
In his talk “Software Developer to Sports Photographer” Vince explains his path back to photography, specifically sports photography, and tries to encourage others to pursue their love of photography.
PODS Monthly Meeting, October 23rd 2025 6:30pm
Our next meeting will be another photo critique evening with participation from attendees encouraged. If you plan on attending, please send at least two photos to fcerkan@gmail.com. They don’t need to be your best or worst – just grab two photos. Remember, we are learning to critique photos, not assessing anyone’s skills as a photographer.
PODS Monthly Meeting, September 25th 2025 6:30pm
PODS members Dave and Drew Wilson took a bucket list trip to South Georgia and Antarctica last Christmas and ended up visiting many of the key locations involved in the rescue of the 28 members of the Imperial Transantarctica Expedition, marooned on the sea ice in 1914 after their ship Endurance was frozen in and crushed. Dave will give a presentation illustrated by his photos from the 2024 expedition and from Endurance photographer Frank Hurley, describing the trials and tribulations of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the rest of the crew as they survived for over 18 months on the ice and afloat on the Southern Ocean.
PODS Monthly Meeting, August 28th 2025 5:30pm
This month’s meeting will be a social at Fitzhugh Brewing, 15435 Fitzhugh Road
Dripping Springs. Join us for dinner, a pint, and photography discussion at 5:30pm on Thursday, August 28th.
NOTE: We’re meeting at 5:30pm, an hour earlier than usual, since Fitzhugh Brewing closes at 8pm on Thursday evenings!
PODS Monthly Meeting, July 24th 2025 6:30pm
This month’s speaker will be Jennifer Leigh Warner. Jennifer has a degree in Communications and Photography from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University. She has been working as a full time photographer since her graduation, and her photos have been featured in over 57 publications, gaining recognition from 17 organizations for outstanding work in conservation and nature photography. Her work has been featured in over 50 exhibitions and Jennifer has been a guest speaker or a workshop leader for dozens groups. Thursday she will be talking to PODS about “Putting Your Images to Work.”
PODS Monthly Meeting – June 26th, 2025 6:30pm
We will be working on critiques this month. To become better at your craft, there are three things you must do: 1- keep taking pictures, 2- expand your boundaries by going into areas you might not be proficient at, 3- examine your work and get ideas and suggestions to make it better.
For the critique, please submit 1 or 2 images to Fred Cerkan (fcerkan@gmail.com). Any genre is acceptable. Change image type to .jpg Limit size of image to either (1) 1500 pixels on the longest side, or (2) 3 Meg, whichever is easiest.
The meeting will be at our usual venue – Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, 301 Hays Country Acres Rd, Dripping Springs, TX 78620 – at 6:30pm.