Another great week for the Group. We taught somewhere more than 30 Boy Scouts a photography class so that they could obtain their Photography Merit Badge. Thanks to Paul Martin and Arnett Luce for their time and their efforts. Arnett is a Scout mom with a passion for photography. Paul equally shares a passion for photography-- bottom line thank goodness for Arnett and Paul.
We are exploring becoming the Official Boy Scout Pikes Peak Council Photography Merit Badge Sponsor. We taught more than 70 Scouts this year and hope to teach more than 100 in 2015. We are also going to try and start a Scout photo contest. But I can tell you that 'baby steps' need to happen. We need to take it all one step at a time. One of the challenges is funding our efforts. IF you would like to contribute to the Scout Photography Program please visit this link https://secure.meetup.com/creative-photography/contribute/
Other 'big news' is that we are giving away a seat to a Great Sand Dunes Photography Workshop ($225) being held 7-10 November. The Workshop is being hosted by Professional Photographers of Colorado Master Craftsman Photographer of the Year for 2013 Jeff Johnson. That title should be enough to impress you (it mean that of all the Master Craftsmen Professional Photographers in Colorado Jeff was chosen as THEE BEST.) But if you need to be further impressed you can check out Jeff's work and Workshops at http://www.soulroadtrips.com I am very excited to be able to offer Jeff's workshops to the Group. He is a consummate professional, he has a great sense of humor and knows how to have FUN with photography.
On the topic of Student Scholarships we dropped off our display check to Carol Turner the teacher that we are working with for our first Student Photography Scholarship at CMJH. It was great to see Carol again and share her enthusiasm for teaching photography. This past week we also Liberty High School and their administration has agreed to be our 2nd Student Photography Scholarship partner. So stay excited and tuned in to find out how our outreach to students is going.heard from Leah Rachlis at the Visual Arts Department of
We have grown some new Co-Organizers this week. In no order of importance please join me in welcoming Chris Gilbert, Skip Chang and Carol Turner to the leadership team. Chris and Skip will take over the Student Photography Scholarship program and Carol has agreed to share her knowledge and be part of the Community Photography Critique team. IF you are interested in entering the contest (every dues paying member is eligible to enter (1) image for FREE) and would like to have someone to look at your entries for you before you submit them, please plan to attend the Critique on the 22nd of November. Sign up today
This week I also confirmed our gallery display space at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Winners
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| Photo by Richard Firth |
Let's have FUN!
Charlie
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