Category: Outings

• 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 29 Preview via Zoom: Meeting ID: 844 6649 8443; Passcode: 228312
• Road Trip/Outing to Taos, NM, and environs, Sept. 4-12, 2021
• Contact Outings Coordinator Marsha Ezell for more information.
• Above, Santuario de Chimayo, courtesy of Taos Tourism

Outings Coordinator Marsha Ezell has put together an itinerary for photo opportunities in Taos and northern New Mexico. The area has attracted artists and photographers such as Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keefe, all drawn by its Spanish and Native American heritage, desert beauty and light.

Attendees are responsible for personal expenses, including transportation, lodging and food.  New Mexico’s COVID-19 precautions also will be in effect.

Marsha has identified locations and activities for photography, has provided a suggested  timeline, and will coordinate meal locations when possible. Attendees may wander elsewhere or meet with club members for any activity or location.

Photographic favorites are St. Francis de Asis and other Spanish colonial churches; UNESCO World Heritage Site Taos Pueblo (if re-opened); Taos Plaza’s historic buildings and cemetery; Rio Grande Gorge. There are also old buildings, scenic views and locations along the way in the Texas Panhandle.

• Learn more and view images by Marsha, Robert Chura and Ken Spencer from a previous Taos Outing at 7 p.m., June 29. Dial in with Zoom: Meeting ID: 844 6649 8443; Passcode: 228312
• Download Marsha’s itinerary: PDF Taos Outing Sept. 2021.
• Questions? Email Marsha Ezell.

Above, Airfield Falls, June photo challenge subject, submitted by Bill Jones. Find more on our Facebook page.

Photo Challenge Subject Update

Below is a revised list of photo challenge subjects that takes us through the rest of the year. Sundance Square was moved to November since the fountains are not yet operative. The club has permission from the owners of the Morris Boot Co., Old Home Supply and antique mall to take photographs. Be sure to tell them you are with Fort Worth Camera Club. All are open on Saturdays. (Note: First United Methodist Church was previously the subject for August, but we’ve replaced it with the antique mall.)

• May 13 – Fort Worth Water Gardens, 1502 Commerce St., Fort Worth
• June 10 – Airfield Falls, 200 Pumphrey Drive, Westworth Village
• July 8 – Bootmaker/boots at Morris Boot Co., 2006 Montgomery St., Fort Worth
• Aug. 12 – Montgomery Street Antique Mall, 2601 Montgomery St., Fort Worth (corner of Montgomery and I-30)
• Sept. 9 – Old Home Supply, 1730, 1731, 1800, and 1801 College Ave., Fort Worth (interior shots in any of the four buildings at the intersection of College and West Jefferson Avenue)
• Oct 14 – Cattle Drive Cowboy(s) and/or Longhorn(s) at the Stockyards, 131 E. Exchange Ave., Fort Worth (daily at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.)
• Nov. 11 – Sundance Square (bounded by 3rd, 4th, Commerce and Houston streets), downtown Fort Worth

Guidelines and Previous Locations

Announced in December 2020 – Start now to exercise your photo skills and have fun with our new monthly Photo Challenge.

Long-time club member Ken Spencer said it best: “It gives members a chance to get out of the house and shoot on their own, since we are not currently having club outings. It’s also a chance to show their interpretation of a scene without trying to please a judge.”

The Photo Challenge will be separate from monthly member competition and will not have scores or awards; it’s for fun, sharing ideas and learning how other members view the same subjects. Here’s how it works:

• Each month has an assigned subject.
• Photos must be taken after Dec. 3, 2020.
• Members may enter up to two images each month.
• Rename your images using your first and last name with a space in between; put a number 2 after your name if entering a second image
• No need to remove metadata.
• Re-size your images to 1920 pixels wide and 1280 pixels high
• Email them to submit.digital@gmail.com on or before midnight of the 2nd Thursday of the month with a subject line of “Photo Challenge.”
• Initial topics are precise locations so the resulting images can be easily compared to images taken by other members. If the topic is too broad, there will be no basis for comparison and defeats the reason for this challenge. The initial topics are at outdoor locations to minimize coronavirus exposures. None of the locations have entry fees.
• The images will be posted on Facebook by each member and also shown at the conclusion of judged entries on the third Thursday of each month since some members are not on Facebook. The images will be displayed in no particular order and the photographer’s name will be announced. The entries will not be judged or scored. We want to enjoy the range of creativity of our members.

2021 Photo Challenge submission deadlines and topics, January-May:

• Jan. 14 – Old Tarrant County Courthouse, 100 E. Weatherford, Fort Worth
• Feb. 11 – Abandoned grain elevators, 3700 Alice St., Fort Worth
• March 11 – 7th Street Bridge near downtown Fort Worth
• April 14 – St. John Anglican Church, 2401 College Ave., Fort Worth;  (the exterior of the church, the courtyard or the hallways, but not the church interior)
• May 13 – Fort Worth Water Gardens, 1502 Commerce St, Fort Worth
• June 10 – Sundance Square (bounded by 3rd, 4th, Commerce and Houston streets), Fort Worth

Challenge Committee members are Ken Sparks, Ken Spencer and Vicki Lai.