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2/26 Monthly Meeting – Show and Tell

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February’s monthly meeting, the first of the new era as DSAL Photography Club, will be at 7pm on Thursday, February 26th, 2026. At our planning meeting a couple of weeks ago, people were very keen to have more opportunities to see and show member images so this month we’re having a “Show and Tell” at the home of Dave Wilson, 14000 Robin’s Run, Austin TX 78737 (just off Nutty Brown Road). Members are encouraged to send up to 15 of their favorite images on any topic they choose. These will be shown at the meeting and the owner will be encouraged to tell their story as the slideshow progresses. In case anyone is worried, this is not a critique session although, if you request feedback, other members will be available to provide it.

Send your images, sized at least 2048 pixels on the long side, to Dave via the club email account, dsal.photo.club@gmail.com. You can either attach the images directly to the email if they are not too large (remembering that some email programs will automatically downscale!) or, better, upload them to DropBox or a similar file sharing site and send the link.

In Shackleton's Footsteps

PODS Monthly Meeting, September 25th 2025 6:30pm

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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.

An aerial view of the carnival at the Founders' Day celebrations in Dripping Springs, Texas on April 26th, 2024.

PODS Monthly Meeting, July 24th 2025 6:30pm

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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.”  

Hamilton Pool near Austin, Texas.

PODS Monthly Meeting – June 26th, 2025 6:30pm

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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.

PODS Monthly Meeting- January 25,2024 6:30pm

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The Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) January meeting is on Thursday, January 25th at 6:30pm. Location: The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit 301 Hays Country Acres in Dripping Springs, TX.

The first monthly meeting of the year for the Photographers of Dripping Springs is this Thurs., Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m. For those who have never attended one of our meetings, we meet in the church hall at Holy Spirt Episcopal Church, 301 Hays Country Acres Road, Dripping Springs, 78620. If you’ve been thinking about attending one of our meetings, please do. Now is a good time as the club begins a new year. There’s both good photography and fellowship to be found in our formal members’ group. There’s a new set of officers, ideas, and programming in progress. You’re invited to come play and follow your creative passion. Our new club president, John Fierstien, sent out a lovely new year note I’d like to share to give you a glimpse of what’s happening with our in-person group…

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PODS Monthly Meeting- November 30,2023 6:30pm

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The Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) September meeting is on Thursday, November 30th at 6:30pm. Location: The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit 301 Hays Country Acres in Dripping Springs, TX. Our speaker this month is Russell Graves.  His program is titled  “Back Country Journeys”. He  will be sharing information about his workshops and safaris.