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The Photographers of Dripping Springs will meet Thursday October 25, 6:30pm at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome.

We’ll have a special presentation by the National Park “Patch Lady–Sandra Ramos is an avid road tripper and explorer based in Austin, Texas. Known for her accessible photography style and passion for telling the stories of our National Parks, websites like National Park Geek regularly feature her work. An Olympus Camera SuperFan Ambassador, Sandra enthusiastically presents classes on travel photography and tips and tricks for Live Composite with Olympus cameras.

Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) will meet Thursday Sept 27th, 6:30pm at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!

Our presentation will be provided by Casey Holder, who is the Education and Social Media Director at Precision Camera. His subject is:”Telling Stories: A Look at narrative photography and how it can be applied to any genre to enrich your images.”

PODS August meeting will be held on Thursday, August 23rd starting at 6:30pm at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!
This month we will be having a “What I Did on my Vacation” presentation. We invite all our PODS members to submit up to 5 photos of a vacation they took in 2018. Each attending member will have a few minutes to get up and talk about their photos. You do not have to attend to participate though. Members will still be able to submit photos even if they are unable to attend the meeting.
It will be loads of fun seeing all the exciting places that our PODS photographers have visited this year. This is a great meeting for people that may have an interest in the club. You will get the opportunity to meet our members and see their fantastic photos. Also, a great meeting for getting tips on vacation photography.
We hope to see you at the meeting!

The Photographers of Dripping Springs July meeting will be on Thursday July 26 at 6:30pm. Meeting is held at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!

The program will be “Merging Images Together”, provided by our own member Terry Brim.
He will be discussing the process that he uses for creating panoramas from both his drone and his camera. He will also be discussing image capture for HDR merging and/or exposure blending in Photoshop using luminosity masks. Also on the agenda is the discussion of image capture with an end goal of creation of multi-shot panoramas and the various software tools used for each of these tasks.

PODS’ next meeting is Thursday June 28, 6:30pm at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!

The program will be provided by professional photographer and author Kirk Tuck, who said: “Just for fun I thought I’d talk about shooting images for the theater and how we handle the high contrast, exposure and changing light.”

From Kirk’s bio: “I’ve always thought that good photography was the perfect blend of technical “know how” and art. Part of what I do for clients is to make sure we follow the right steps to get sharp, well lit images onto the camera’s memory card. But the other part is working to find new ways to see our subjects and to create visual styles that help our collaborative work stand out in the crowd. Sometimes this means finding a new approach but many times the important part of my job is establishing a good rapport with the person on the other side of my camera.”

PODS May meeting will be held Thursday, May 24. Starting at 6:30pm at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!

This month’s program is a little different, a special opportunity to get to know our fellow members better, and also to explore our specific interests in photography a little more.

Warren Capp’s teaser: “The May meeting is going to be a bit different. The star of the meeting is going to be you – the member. We don’t want to reveal too much, but this will your opportunity to make new friends, influence people, whiten teeth. Come and find out what the PODS community is really about.”

The Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) April meeting will be held this Thursday, April 26. Our meeting will begin at 6:30pm at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hay Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. All of our meetings are open and free to the general public and all ages are welcome!

Our guest speaker this month will be our own distinguished member and vice-president, Doug Gephardt. Doug’s presentation will be “Using Social Media for Your Photography: Whys, Hows, and Workflows”.

Join us for the PODS February Meeting on Thursday, February 22nd starting at 6:30pm. Our meetings are held at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) located at 301 Hays Country Acres Rd in Dripping Springs. Meetings are open and free to the public – all ages are welcome!
Our guest speaker this month is Jim Nix. He will be speaking about Luminar (photo editing software) and it’s newest features and editing tools. Jim Nix is a photographer, blogger, writer, poet and educator. He has a fantastic photography blog and many educational videos on his website and YouTube channel. You can visit his website here:
https://nomadicpursuits.com/

The Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS) January 2018 meeting will be held on Thursday, January 25th at 6:30pm. Meeting location: Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (Parish Hall) 301 Hays Country Acres Road in Dripping Springs. Our meetings are open and free to the general public and to all ages. We also welcome all photography skill levels from the person just getting interested in photography for the first time all the way up to professionals.

Our guest speaker this month will by photographer Cindy Dyer who will share tips and tricks on creating beautiful plant portraits, how prolific blogging and social media led to her profile by Nikon in their Learn and Explore series as well as other publishing opportunities, and how she became a repeat USPS stamp artist.
It promises to be a very exciting and interesting presentation!
Her work can be seen at: http://www.cindydyerphotography.com/main.html