Notice to all: There will not be a December meeting due to the holidays. Instead all members of PODS are invited to the Annual PODS Holiday Party that will be held on December 11th at 7:00pm. Details will be sent out to members via email and the Google + page.
PODS Print Show in conjunction with the A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas
Images taken by seventeen PODS members will be on exhibit at the Pecan Street Brewery Art Wall in Johnson City. The show will run from November 16th to January 18th. This show is in conjunction with the A Smith Gallery.
For more information about this wonderful gallery please visit: http://asmithgallery.com/
The Pecan Street Brewery is located at 106 E Pecan Drive in Johnson City, TX. http://pecanstreetbrewing.com/
Johnson City is one of the best places in the Hill Country to see holiday lights and great photography. So come on out and check out our exhibit and the lights!
PODS November Meeting- November 18, 2015 at 6:30pm ** New Date**
Please join us for the PODS November Meeting. It will be held on Wednesday, November 18th at 6:30pm. Location: The Church of the Holy Spirit 301 Hays County Acres in Dripping Springs, Texas.
Note this is a different day of the week because of the Thanksgiving holiday falling on our normal meeting time.
PODS October Meeting- October 22, 2015
The October meeting will start at 6:30pm on Thursday October 22, 2015 at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church located at 301 Hays County Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. Please note the new location and time!!
Our guest speaker is Phil Warner. His presentation will be an Introduction to Spherical Panoramic Photography. He will be covering the basic gear, software, methods and workflow to create a 360 spherical image. Phil Warner began shooting 360 images in 2008 when he built a programmable panohead. His favorite projects over the past few years have been creating interactive experiences for several university athletic programs, racing events at the Circuit of the Americas and he is currently working on Multiple projects for AMC Networks.
PODS Annual Print Show at Wesley Gallery October 10-17, 2015
The artistic talents of Dripping Springs will be on display in photographic form this month from the 10th through the 17th at the Wesley Gallery, where the Photographers of Dripping Springs are presenting their annual show.
This year’s show spans the work of seventeen artists, as selected by judge Carla Ellard. She has been the Curator, Southwestern & Mexican Photography, at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University since 2013, where she started as Assistant Curator in 2000. Having previously juried other photography shows for the A Smith Gallery, Seguin Art League, and Texas State campus photography club, Ms. Ellard has chosen the finest photos from the Club’s members, representing a variety of different styles and techniques.
Many people feel that black and white photography represents the art in its purest form, allowing the artist to present form, line, and texture without distraction. The theme for this year will be “monochrome photography”, encompassing straight black and white images along with similar styles such as old-fashioned sepia tones, cyanotypes, and more, for a very elegant show. Photographers displaying works include award-winning local artists such as Dave Wilson, Winifred Simon, Mary Hulett, and several others.
With their motto “Keepin’ Drippin’ Clickin’”, the Photographers of Dripping Springs have been very dynamic, from monthly field trips to workshops, and serving as the city’s official photographers for its many publications. The membership is active and always developing, as the growing quality and diversity of the works selected to show gives testament. Members range from enthusiastic hobbyists to published professionals, and the works on display employ everything from expensive SLR cameras all the way to an iPhone, so there’s a place for anyone with a passionate eye.
The opening of the show will be celebrated with the artists on the afternoon of Saturday the 10th, from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Wesley Gallery on Ranch Road 12. Join them for refreshments, wine and conversation at this reception, or stop by the gallery through the following week to enjoy their art.
PODS September Meeting- September 24, 2015
**Please note the new location for this meeting**
The meeting will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday, September 24th at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Address is 301 Hays County Acres in Dripping Springs,Texas.
Our speaker will be Tim Babiak. He has requested that we use the entire meeting time for his workshop. So we will be skipping the business portion of the meeting so he can have more time. The workshop will run roughly 2 hours. Tim is providing a model so that we can practice outdoor available light portraits. Bring your camera- you will be shooting! Tim is only using his camera and a 85mm lens so you don’t need to bring a bunch of equipment (unless you really want to).
Please remember to bring your framed photos for the Wesley Show with you to the meeting. Chris and Laura will be collecting them if you have them ready.
PODS August Meeting- August 27, 2015
Please join us for the PODS monthly meeting held at the Dripping Springs Library starting at 6:00pm on Thursday, August 27th. The program for this month’s PODS meeting will be a panel of Doug Gephardt, Warren Capps, Dave Wilson and Michael Penn Smith, presenting their favorite sources for training and inspiration in photography.
PODS July Meeting- July 23, 2015
Our July meeting will be held on Thursday July 23, 2015 at 6:00pm -Dripping Springs Library. Our guest speaker will be photographer J. Griffis Smith. Smith is the former photo editor of the Texas Highways magazine. He will have autographed copies of his book “On the Road with Texas Highways” available for sale at the meeting.
PODS June Meeting- June 25, 2015 6:00pm
Our June meeting will be held on June 25, 2015 at 6:00pm – Dripping Springs Library. We will be doing a show and tell this meeting. Bring your favorite lens, camera/lens combo, filter, gadget, tripod, etc… whatever you would like to share with the group and why you love it. You can also take a couple of images demonstrating what the lens does or the filter etc… Email the images to Dave Wilson : dave@davewilsonphotography.com before the meeting and he will make a mini slideshow to go along with the presentation. It should be a lot of fun seeing what everyone loves to use and why.
PODS May Meeting- May 28,2015
Our May meeting will be held on May 28, 2015- 6:00pm at the Dripping Springs Library. Our guest speaker this month will be photographer Rose Epps. She will speaking about Macro Photography which is one of her passions. She recently won the 2014 Award of Excellence in the Annual Naturescapes Photography Contest. She has also published several photography books.To see some of her work please visit http://www.rosekrohneppsphotography.com/Index.html