Looking Back

Feburary 2009: Dennis Chamberlin judged our mostly-annual club contest, which had a "Summer" theme.

Winners

1. Tom Scott, Three on the Slide
   
   
2. Luke Healey, Bus Riders
   
   
3. Andrew Koppenhaver, Bird's-Eye View
   
   

Honorable mentions

• Andrew Koppenhaver, On a Country Road
  
  

January 2010: Carl Kurtz gave a well-attended presentation about "making the most of digital nature photography."

November 2009: Gloria Johnston conducted a hands-on session, shooting various objects under unusual light.

July 2009: Seven club members managed to get up before dawn and met at the Doolittle Prairie for a nature shoot. Selected pictures can be seen here.

May 2009: at our last meeting of the 2008-2009 year, we showed the results of a club treasure hunt. Links to some participants' pictures are below. If you have scavenger hunt pictures and would like people to find them here, please contact Mark.

• Luke Healey
• Mark Slagell
• Stan Williams
• Debbie Hook
• Mitzi Alexander
• Tom Scott
• Andrew Koppenhaver
• Tom Andre
• Terry Selim
• Kevin Zimmerman

Feburary 2009: Mark Peterson judged our mostly-annual club contest, which had a "Fall" theme.

Winners

1. Terry Selim, Sunrise over River
   
   
2. Tom Andre, Reflection of Fall #1
   
   
3. David Benna, Boats in Color
   
   

Honorable mentions

• Stan Williams, Angry Sky
  
  
• Luke Healey, Apple Orchard
  
  
• Mark Slagell, Earth to Earth
  
  

December 2008: Luke Healey led a lighting workshop that was well attended, informative and fun. Here he demonstrates the use of a flash meter while standing under a pair of Novatron studio strobes.

November 2008: Paul Brooke combined a poetry reading and nature-photography talk for us, and the library provided the main auditorium and co-sponsored the program. Here's Paul in the "gilley suit" he uses to sneak up on wildlife:

Some images from the 2008 Graveyard Session:

Luke Healey, Cemetery Moon

Andrew Koppenhaver, Tombstone to the Star

Mark Slagell, Ghosts

Stan Williams, Where Are the Heads

In October 2007, members brought some of their more interesting equipment to exhibit and explain. Here, Chris "Indiana" Burtram demonstrates the use of headgear to protect a camera from the elements.

Sam Wormley, who spoke at the May 2007 meeting, has provided three URLs:

• Homepage
• College for Seniors
• Pretty Good Photo Work

David Benna and Sam Wormley chat after Sam's May 2007 ACC presentation.

In May 2007 the Story County Conservation Center announced the results of its annual Partners photo contest, and ACC members took two of the three categories.

• Tom Scott won the "people and recreation" category with Father & Son:
  
  
• Mark Slagell won the "plant or animal specimen" category with Flicker in Snow:
  
  

In April 2007 we had the honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dennis Chamberlin (pictured below) coming to judge a club print contest, which had a "Winter" theme.

The top placing entries for this contest were,

1. Tom Andre, Winter Walk:
   
   
2. Mitzi Alexander, Ice Lines:
   
   
3. Luke Healey, Power Plant:
   
   

A few years ago, these folks...

... covered this high-society tea party.