2016 Travelogues

2016

World Travel & Adventure Travel Logs

 All shows begin at 7:00 PM

Eastman Lodge Banquet Room  (Map)

Eastman Bays Mountain Recreation Area 

No Charge

 

What is a Travel Log?   These are events where professional photographers and very accomplished amateur photographers use digital slides shows and stories to share their adventures and travels to a specific place.  Think of it as our version of the Travel Channel, only live and in person. Come and enjoy an evening of wonder and adventure.

February 4

Alaska:  Anchorage to Denali to Seward at Points Between

Presented by Richard Siggins

The State of Alaska is a land of superlatives.  It is BIG, more than twice the size of Texas. It’s also the 48^th state in terms of population.  It has more coastline than all the other states combined.  Seventeen of North America’s tallest mountains are in Alaska, including Mount McKinley, which is the tallest in North America.   During the fall of 2015, Richard and June traveled by car over a small slice of this huge state.  We traveled by car and bush plane from Anchorage to Denali, spent several days in the interior of Denali National Park, and then traveled down the coast around Turnagain Arm to the fishing village of Seward.   We hiked around lakes and streams, climbed mountain ridges, and even hiked to the top of the Harding Icefield.  We visited eclectic small towns and roadside attractions.   Join us as we relive that trip through interesting photos and tall tales.

“An avid outdoor photographer, Richard has been traveling and taking photos of nature since 2006.  He has made award winning photos of subjects in national parks in the US, Canada and even South Korea.  He has even made a few in our region and his own backyard.  Photography is his favorite subject and he is always happy to share his experiences to help other photographers.

www.thesiggins.com                           http://www.thesiggins.blogspot.com

February 11

Off the Beaten Path in the Southwest

Presented by Belinda Bridwell

The American southwest is home to beautiful mountains, desserts, canyons, and geological formations. Many of these areas are well-recognized scenes that if we have not visited, we have seen images of the area many times.  This travelogue is from two trips that my husband, George, and I made to the southwest in 2015.  Both trips were very different. We visited the parks and Bureau of Land Management land near Moab, Utah, and the mountains surrounding Ouray, Colorado, with a group of Toyota FJ owners for an off-road jamboree. The other trip was an adventure photo tour of Utah, Arizona, and California. The one thing in common was that both tours were mainly in land only accessed with 4 x 4 vehicles.  Join us to hear our adventures on sand, rocks, and snow and see beautiful scenery of the southwest that is off the beaten path.  

Belinda is a retiree from Eastman Chemical Company. After retirement she decided that photography would be the perfect hobby for her, marrying her interest in technology with her love of art. Her original interest of landscape and travel photography has expanded and she is now doing real estate photography and family portraiture professionally. She is a member of the Professional Photographers of America. You can see more of her work at www.belindabridwell.com or follow her on facebook and instagram.

February 18

 Yellowstone in the Winter

Presented by Chris Duncan

 Yellowstone is a majestic and unbelievable place in the winter. Beautiful scenery coupled with the drama of animals fighting for their survival in many feet of snow, brutal cold, and the prime season of the wolf. Winter in Yellowstone is a tremendous time to visit, whether you enjoy landscape or wildlife photography. Chris’s presentation will review where to go, what to expect and what to photograph.

Following his passion for photography, Chris has traveled all 7 continents, 50 states, 40 countries and over 47 National Parks—always with his camera nearby.

 www.chrisduncanphotography.com       

March 3

Patagonia

Presented by Paul Hassell

Patagonia is a photographer's paradise!

If you love mountains, the outdoors, and travel, then chances are you already aspire to visit Patagonia. You probably subscribe to the Patagonia clothing catalogue just to enjoy the background images. I do. And if you love photography too, then you don’t want to miss this travelogue. 

The 2017 tour will mark my tenth week down there, and I’m just as excited for this time as ever. I've been visiting Chile's Torres del Paine National Park and Argentina's Los Glaciares since 2009. Bring a jacket and some sunscreen; be prepared to feel the pounding wind, cold, and glorious warm sunshine on your face as you journey with Paul through one of the most unpredictable and magical landscapes on planet earth.

Though you might see his signature in the corner of a photograph of a black bear cub in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Paul Hassell isn't strictly a photographer. Paul is in the light business. Paul has been published in National Parks Magazine, Time-Life, Nature's Best, National Wildlife, and National Geographic books.

Paul founded ALIVE.photo in 2014 to celebrate how photography awakens us to the experience of being ALIVE. ALIVE.photo influences people's lives by creating space for them in the wilderness through photo tours and workshops. We encourage them to slow down and look deeper -- allowing the camera to train their eyes to see light. We believe photography is more about receiving light than it is capturing images.

A Mid-Winter Workshop for Photographer

Help Us Keep You In The Loop

We use email for most of our communications to Eastman Camera Club members.   Sometimes people change their email and we lose contact with them.   This happens most often when people retire from Eastman and their eastman.com address is no longer valid.

If your email address is changing please send a note to Richard Siggins with your new email address. You can also enter your new email address in on the club blog page to get blog updates automatically emailed to you.

Assignment for January 21 Camera Club Meeting

Editing photos. We all do it to some degree.  Even if you don't edit on a computer, you edit your photos in-camera using the camera settings.   Some of us are just learning to edit and others are advanced in the digital darkroom techniques.  During the January 21 meeting we are all going to learn editing techniques and ideas from each other.

Editing photos is not new.   Film shooters have been doing it for years in the darkroom.   Today it is faster, easier, and less dangerous.

Ali - with notes by master darkroom printer Pablo Inirio of Magnum, showing how the final print was produced.

Here's your assignment.   Download one or more photos from this website, edit them and share the results with the rest of the club at the January 21 meeting.   We've done this before and everyone from beginner to expert learned something from how others edit the same photo.

There are no rules, but here are some helpful guidelines

1. The files are available for download from this website.  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-R3WA1SvCZGOTRHOVJldlFTLUk&usp=sharing
2. There are unprocessed JPEG and RAW (DNG) file version of each photo.  You can start from either one, but the RAW version will allow you to do more with tonality and white balance. The RAW version is in Adobe DNG format.  Most all photo editing tools can read this format.
3. To download a file click on the thumbnail to display it full screen then click the download button above the photo.   Do not right click and save DNG files.  You will get a compressed JPEG version.
4. You can edit any of the photos.  There is a variety of photos to choose from.  Some are OK right out of the camera.  Others may challenge you.
5. You can use any software you want.  
6. There are no limits on edits you can make.  Be creative.  Be adventurous.  Have fun!   Be prepared to share with others how you edited and what software you used.
7. Save your file as a JPEG with the original file name and your name as part of the file name.  For example EditIt-3-Siggins.jpg
8. Email your favorite three edited photos to rcsiggins@gmail.com by January 19.   Procrastinators (you know who you are) can bring the files to the meeting on a USB thumb drive.  It is much easier if I get the files before the meeting.

Have a question?  Send an email to rcsiggins@gmail.com.  

Because we will be spending most of our time reviewing edited photos, we won't have a theme photo assignment this month.

Share Your Three Favorite Photos of 2015

During the December 17 Camera Club meeting, we will be sharing members favorite photos of the year.  Go through your photos, pick three, save them in JPEG format and send to

Richard Siggins - rcsiggins@gmail.com

You can also bring them to the meeting on a USB thumb drive, but it is better to send them in advance.  I'll collect those and display on the screen during the meeting.


Important Notice - we will be at the Eastman Bays Mountain Lodge, not the Employee Center.

Time: 6:30 PM, December 17

Room A1, Eastman Lodge

Eastman Camera Club Looking For Volunteers

The Eastman Camera club is a completely volunteer organization.   Not the UT kind, but one run by people with an interest in photography who are willing to help.   Some of our 2015 officers are rotating off the Board and we are looking for people who are willing to step up and help keep the club running.

Officer duties are shared among all the members of the Board.  They include

• Planning the annual travelogues
• Determining how to spend the club budget
• Organizing and/or leading outings
• Organizing and/or leading programs during the monthly meeting
• Doing communication (this blog and facebook)

You don't have to be an expert photographer, just willing to pitch in and help.   In fact, we would like new photographers to make sure the needs of others who are new to photography are represented.

The commitment is for one year, but you can always stay on for longer.   It's not a lot of work, but it does take a team so no one person is over burdened.

Interested?  What to know more?  Contact Richard Siggins (rsiggins@eastman.com) to talk about how you can help.