Monthly Meeting - December 2007

As expected, we had a most crowded attendance in our monthly meeting last night. Most members came trying to catch our Master Tang's presentation on Photoshop Techniques.

Master Tang is so experienced in this key photo editing tool and so professional in public address that his knowledgeable and humorous speech attracted all participants from the beginning to the end. The meeting lasted two hours and 40 min.

We thank Master Tang and salute with a 90 degree bow here!

In order to improve the situation, the President has decided to move the monthly location to another bigger room starting next month, the Toastmaster Room, at the center of the same building (the aisle to the wash room.)

2008 is still two weeks away, 2008 BOD has be warm up to serve the team. Both our 2008 VPs Windus and Dave brought a big basket of hot "spring rolls" and a dish of home made chocolate pecan nut cake, respectively, to our monthly meeting last night to entertain all attendance. We give you two a big hug! Thank Woindus and Dave!

We welcome our visitors/new members Tao An, Wu Zu Chiu, Wen Chen Chiu, and Bernadette Wang last night in our monthly meeting! We are looking for more new friends to join us in 2008. We have organized an ever stronger BOD to serve all. NTAPA is heading a prosperous future. Cheer !!!

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NTAPA Annual Convention and Christmas Party

We had our Annual Convention and Christmas Party joinly held on Friday evening 12/7 at DFW Technology Activity Center. Following is a report by gh:

Congratulations! We had a warm and happy Annual Convention & Christmas Party last Friday. Though we did not have everyone here, but everyone here was fully enjoyed through out the evening. The highlights of the event were:

1. The 2008 9-seat new Board of Directors have been selected

2. The 2008 President has been voted by the new BOD

3. The new President has appointed his two Vice Presidents and Secretary

4. The second photo contest winner awards were done

5. The 2008 membership due collected (all participated current members)

6. A total of 9 new members joined the Association

7. A review of the 2007 activities was given by the current President

8. Two full attendance awards were done

9. A small scale donation for a local hospital was done

10. Member works were exhibited

11. Keynote speech was given by Dr. Lai

12. Entertainment programs were impressive

We welcome the President 2008:

Richard Chen

We welcome the Vice Presidents 2008:

Dave Tyler and Windus Wong

We welcome the BOD 2008:

Richard Chen

Dave Tyler

Windus Wong

Linfen Hwang

Pauline Chen

Walt Hsu

Rick Pang

Joyce Wang

Anita Thurmond

Pauline has organized a very strong and complete team for next year. 2008 will be a better year

New BOD team picture attached (more pictures for the evening will be posted tonight)

We welcome our new members:

(熱烈歡迎新團員加入我們的行列)

Janet Lin

Sally Chen

Amy Lai

Bill Tien

Ching Tien

Ziping Hu

Nancy Chiu

WuZu Chiu

Grace Chang

(may miss some?)

Congratulations! Photo contest winners:

Ming Zeng

Rick Pang

Windus Wong

Linfen Hwang

Howard Lie

Walt Hsu

Dave Tyler

Winners and losers are neighbors; you are a loser today, you may be a winner tomorrow, let all keep on!

We thank the photo contest judges:

Edward Tang

Charles Lai

David Hsu

April Kao

Garcia

We thank the current President and her team:

Mission completed

Excellent job done

Congratulations and thanks to all participated members during 2007

The current term of the President and BOD will end on December 31, 2007

The new President and his team will be on board January 1, 2008

We are looking for another challenging year of exploring the bottomless photography world

Basic PhotoShop Training Class:

Set on our routine monthly meeting date and time

Wednesday, 12/19, DFW Technology Conference Room

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Instructor - Edward Tang

We selected Basic Photoshop this time because we have more "basic" members than "advanced"

Let's leave the "Color Management" to a little bit later

Bring our own notebook if possible

We are looking for more training classes in 2008

Our warmest wishes to our ex-president David Hsu:

David is going to have a minor surgery next week

With a weak health, David joined among us this evening

We highly appreciated his love and care of our big family

We wish him all the best and get well soon

We are looking for another life model in January or February

We thank Amy Zhou and Zoe Peng:

They are sharing the same traditional spirit of NTAPA with us.They came back to see us on the Annual Convention evening. We welcome them all the time! We welcome all ex-members to come back and share photography knowledge and skills with us.

Together we will build up a permanent beautiful world of the past, the present, and the future.

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The Autumn Photo Contest

The 2007 Autumn Photo Contest has been done. (more details and photos will follows...)

Annual Party Planning Meeting Minutes

北德州亞裔攝影協會
NTAPA Annual Party Planning Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007


Attendance:

1. Pauline Chen
2. Windus Wong
3. Linfen Hwang
4. Jack Hwang
5. Joyce Wang
6. Li Su
7. Walt Hsu
8. Dave Tyler
9. Grace Tyler
10. Howard Lie
11. Greg Hoh

Decisions made at the meeting:

1. Officer voting process

a. We have decided to have a total of nine board members. Eight to be voted in plus immediate past president.

b. Members will select 8 board members and submit their vote at the annual party.
c. Vote Counter Team will tally the ballots and report the results to the President.
d. The nine board members will be announced at the annual party
e. The nine board members will determine the incoming President in a separate meeting during the annual party.
f. The incoming President will be announced at the annual party.
g. The incoming President will nominate the vice President and Secretary within the BOD later

2. Perfect attendance award - Free annual membership fee for one year

3. Annual Party Program

a. Registration starts at 6:00 PM
b. Dinner starts at 7:00 PM
c. Program starts at 7:30 PM
i. Annual Activity Review
ii. Pauline To Remind Members To Turn In Voting Ballet
iii. Photo Contest Announcements
iv. Perfect Attendance Award
v. Announce Board Members
vi. Keynote Speech
vii. Announce the new President of 2008
viii. Entertainment
1). Humorous Speech – Jack Hwang
2). Sign Language Singing - Pauline Chen
3). Flute Performance – Charlie Chen
4). Karaoke– All

Volunteer Task list:

Vote Counter Team:
Linfen Hwang, Grace Tyler and Joyce Wang

Responsibilities:

1. At the registration, give a voting ballet to each active member. Ask them check eight board members on the voting ballet and drop the ballot in the ballot box. Only members are eligible to vote.

2. Voting cut off time is 8:00 PM. After the cut off time, tally all ballets and report the voting result to Pauline.

Registration Team:
Linfen Hwang, Mrs. Lai, Grace Tyler, Dave Tyler and Joyce Wang

Responsibilities:

1. At the registration, collect annual membership fee
a. $30 for a single member
b. $50 for a family
2. $10 for non members (VIPs free). If a guest decides to join and pays for the annual membership fee, $10 will be waved.

Decoration Team:
Pauline Chen, Dave Tyler, Grace Tyler, Walt Hsu, Greg Hoh, Windus Wong, Jack Hwang

Responsibilities:

1. Decoration will start at 3:00 PM.
2. Pauline will provide Christmas Tree and other decorations.
3. Set up something to display Dr. Lai and April Kao’s beautiful pictures.
4. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.

Food Team:
Linfen Hwang, Walt Hsu, Howard Lie, Windus Wong, Pauline Chen

Responsibilities:

1. Lin-Fen to order the food from a restaurant.
2. Howard and Windus will pick up the food from the restaurant.
3. Pauline will set up food warmers to keep the food warm.
4. Walt will prepare ice, water, soft drinks, cups, napkins etc.
5. Grace will prepare ice tea.

Publicity Team:
Walt Hsu

Responsibilities:

1. Write an article and submit it with pictures to the news media.

Head Count:
Greg Hoh

Responsibilities:

1. Send email to members for head count.

Clean Up:
All members

Responsibilities:

1. Break down and clean up.

Monthly Meeting Minutes - November

Though the evening temperature was a little bit cool as the autumn night approaching, the Thanksgiving eve was quiet and peaceful at DFW Technology. The conference room was warm and bright, the air was sweet. Grace and Dave brought in some home made pecan nut cake and Walt brought a bag of Premium chocolate candies. The President prepared some good taste Chinese hot tea. The November Monthly Meeting was a big time for all of us. The attendants were less than half of usual, yet the accomplishment was more than double.

Attendants:

1. Pauline Chen

2. Dave Tyler

3. Grace Tyler

4. Deming Zhou

5. Windus Wong

6. Sujie Tong

7. Walt Hsu

8. Fangli Hsu

9. Greg Hoh

Discussions and President Reports:

1. Photo Contest entry deadline further extended to 6:00 PM, Friday, 11/30.

2. Saturday afternoon, 12/1, will be the judgment time. Five judges will be invited, three internal, two external.

3. Announcement will be made and prizes will be presented by the President in the Annual Party.

4. The Annual Party will be on Friday, 12/7, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

5. A pre-party meeting will be held on Wednesday, 11/28, at 7:00 PM at DFW Technology. The following 12 individuals are requested to present (all other members are welcome if you would):

[1] Pauline Chen

[2] Walt Hsu

[3] Li Su

[4] Linfen Hwang

[5] Windus Wong

[6] Grace Tyler

[7] Tina Huang

[8] Grace Huang

[9] Howard Lie

[10] David Hsu

[11] Dr. Lai

[12] Greg Hoh

Note: Annual Party is the biggest event of the year. Your participation is vital to the success of the Association.

6. Guests are welcome to the Annual Party.

7. To participate in the Annual Party, members are free; families $5.00 per person; guests $10.00 per person.

8. Programs of the party:

[1] Dinner

[2] Annual activity review

[3] Photo contest announcement and prizes presentation

[4] Winners' photo sharing and background stories

[5] Full attendance announcement (two members)

[6] Elections for 2008 President and Vice President

[7] Keynote speaker on photography

[8] Event photo taking (everyone is encouraged to bring cameras)

[9] Flea market (exchange, sell and buy used equipment)

[10] Karaoke

Best regards,

Pauline Chen

President of NTAPA

p.s. Our prizes are far below planned, your kind donations are welcome!

Current status:

[1] Pauline Chen $200

[2] Dr. Lai $200

[3] David Hsu $200

[4] Greg Hoh $50

[5] Dave Tyler Gifts

[6] Howard Lie A 16" vy 20" color print for each of the 3 winners of the advanced group

Your Help will be highly appreciated!!

Caddo Lake Photo trip

Monthly Meeting Minutes - October

Following 5 pictures were taken by Walt Hsu during the begining of the October monthly meeting. More people came later.

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The October meeting, chaired by the President, Pauline Chen, was held last Wednesday night as scheduled at DFW Technology.

Attendants are:

1. Richard Chen
2. Mrs. Chen
3. Lei Zhou
4. Windus Wong
5. Rick Pang
6. Li Su
7. Dave Tyler
8. Grace Tyler
9. Pauline Chen
10. Lin Hwang
11. Howard Lie
12. Tina H. Huang
13. Walt Hsu
14. Fangli Hsu
15. Charles Lai
16. Mrs. Lai
17. Greg Hoh
18. April Kao
19. David Hsu
20. Ming Zeng
21. Joyce Wang
22. Tonya Tong
23. Guest
24. Guest
25. Guest
26. Guest

We missed:

1. Deming Zhou
2. Meigin Wang
3. Jerry Chen
4. Meigin Plum
5. Ellen Han
6. Anita Thurmond
7. Yingbee Wan
8. Frank Lee
9. Phong Tran
10. JJ Lin
11. Lei Wang
12. Rick Hsieh

General:

We had another “full house” in Wednesday’s monthly meeting. Guess what? All of our new and past Presidents were present. They were April, David, Walt, Li, and Pauline. This happens only once every ten years. :)

The President opened the meeting with a warm welcome to new comers and guests. Among all, Sujie Tong is one of the most active and aggressive ladies. She newly bought a Canon D40, and made her Alaska trip with Dr. Zeng two weeks ago, and went to Whiterock Lake with us yesterday. Welcome, Sujie!

There were so many members and visitors crowding in the meeting room that laughter and joyful atmosphere were accompanying us throughout the meeting. Discussion and photo sharing were so excited that we ran out of time. The President finally had to scarify the last item – Presentation on Basic Management of Digital Images, and jumped to the end at around 10:00 PM. :)

Photo Sharing:

Both Dr. Zeng and Dr. Lai shared the works of their recent Alaska photo trips in the meeting. Dr. Zeng gave an interesting and attractive story while showing his beautiful photos.

Rick’s photography skill has shown a tremendous improvement since he bought the Canon D30 gear. He shared with us a beautiful Whiterock Lake sun raising photo and several other stage portraits, which characterized with professional-like standard.

David also shared his Diabolo Dance stage pictures, which emphasized in low light skills. As experienced as he is, David did an excellent job on this assignment. We are looking for a second in-house or under-the-sun-light portrait training class from David next year.

Walt also presented a few of his recent wonderful works in the same Diabolo Dance performance evening. Walt is another experienced master of our Association, especially good at video shooting and editing. Next time, if your son or daughter or friend gets married, don’t forget ask for his help. He can give you a member discount, I believe. :)

Lei Zhou has been a unique birds photographing expert in our Association. He shared with us some new bird pictures, clear and beautiful and catching at the right time. We have to include at least one bird photo trip with him next year.

Caddo Lake Trip:

After discussion, we will have more than 10 people joining the Caddo Lake trip on 11/3. For those show interested to go, please send me an email immediately with number of people will go with you. We need the final headcount for hotel/cabin reservation in advance.

The names listed below are initially signed for the trip:

Joyce Wang
Rick Pang
Howard Lie
Windus Wong
David Hsu
Fang-Li Hsu
Richard and Sally Chen
Pauline Chen
Greg Hoh

Please confirm the number of people to go at your earliest possible time. Thank you!

If you chage mind and want to cancel or join us, please also let me know as soon as possible. We run out of time already.

Yearend Party:

Because of schedule conflict, our yearend party has been moved to Friday, 12/21. We welcome all members, photography friends, and member families to join us to celebrate our outstanding harvest in 2007 under the presidency of Pauline Chen.

Autumn Photo Contest:

The President repeatedly announced the regulations and rules of the autumn photo contest. Basically it is about the same as the first contest of the year. Each one can turn in unlimited photos for competition, members are free; non-members, $3 for each photo. The deadline is 11/15. The place to turn your photos is Walt Hsu’s store:

400 N. Greenville Ave. Suite #8A
Richardson, Tx 75081 U.S.A.
Tel: 972-235-8678 Fax: 972-231-1618
Mobile phone: 214-621-2978

To refresh your memory, following is an old announcement (in Chinese, Big 5 code) in early July 2007 by Walt Hsu for your Reference: (It mainly mentioned the winners and the announcement party.)

北德州亞裔攝影協會 2007年度第一次攝影比賽於六月二十九日下午經過四位評審委員仔細的評選後，選出高級組和初級組作品各三件。高級組得獎作者第一名林展鴻先生，第二名徐啟祥先生，第三名陳寶玲女士。初級組得獎作者第一名黃進昌先生，第二名Anita Thurmond女士，第三名謝行昌先生。另選出鼓勵獎三名，得獎者為彭美敏小姐，何英富先生，陳子豪先生。
評審委員表示這次的作品無論在創意，構圖或色彩平均水平都比去年高出很多。北德州攝影協會將於七月六日星期五晚六時卅分在達福科技活動中心舉行頒獎晚會。七時起晚餐，會員免費，非會員每人10元，包括晚餐飲料及卡拉OK，12歲以下兒童每人5元，晚會除了頒發各項獎金，獎品，獎狀之外，並邀請賴禎添醫師做專題演講〈賴醫師是英國皇家攝影學會會員〉，介紹他最近在美西攝影旅遊的作品及心得。會中並將展出這次參賽者所有的作品。這是一個對外開放的晚會，希望能喚起更多社區人士培養正當且有意於身心健康的攝影活動。
達福科技活動中心地址： 999 E. Arapaho Rd. Suite 300, Richardson, TX 75081，報名聯絡電話：維美文化972-235-8678徐先生。

謝謝您們提供作品參與，歡迎來參加晚會觀摩其他人的傑作，還有卡拉OK，email me at walthsu@hotmail.com

For this Autumn, Walt Hsu will be the overall in charge like the first contest. He will be responsible for inviting 5 judges, including at least two or three of internal experienced masters.

There is one thing of vital importance. We welcome our distinguished members and/or outside guests to make donations of cash or gifts for the contest. Without this help, the contest will be impossible. Please contact, Pauline Chen, Walt Hsu or Greg Hoh if you are willing to make any kind of donations. We DO appreciate your kindness!

Please consider to turn in your photos now!

Behind Two Regular Emails

If you read each of NTAPA emails, you should have noticed the following two emails recently. They have shown an open-minded, warm-hearted, and of enormous passion approach to all other members at NTAPA for sharing photo shooting fun. I was deeply touched by their unselfish attitude. This special character is part of the NTAPA's key elements drawing us all together.

Email One:

Dear All,

I am planning to drive to the Arboretum on Saturday morning and I can bring extra 5 guess with me (No charge). I will meet anyone (and Joyce) would like to go at the front door at BCBC on 8:00 ~ 8:15am and reach Arboretum at about 8:45am. Will wait until the door is open and enter, leave at about 11:00 ~ 11:30am and back to Richardson about Noon time.

Anyone interested may meet us at DCBC on 8:00am or at the front door at 9:00am.If you drive alone and come after 9am please call my cell at 214-558-0848 when you reach there.

Parking is not free for everyone so meet me at DCBC is the best choice.

If anyone interested please sign-up to reserve the seats is appreciated.

1. Joyce
2.
3.
4.
5.

Regards,

Windus

Email Two:

I was invited to take photos (I can bring 2- 3 people). Will any one be interested for these two Downtown Dallas events ?

Their dance are very impressive with all the colorful custumes. Dennis went with me for one of their performance. He took a lots of excellent pictures. I will try to find their website to share with all.

Please let me know ASAP if you are interested. Normally the ticket costs about $30, 35 and up.

(1) 10/6 (Saturday) at the Sammons Center -- rehearse 10 am-1pm.

Sammons Center

3630 Harry Hines

Dallas, TX 75219

www.sammonsartcenter.org

(2) on Thurs, 10/18 dress rehearsal at the Majestic Theater -- 6pm -10pm

Thanks,

Lin Hwang

Conclusion:

These are only two examples. We know there are many others doing the similar things such as Walt, Howard, David, etc. We recognize these people and we wish NTAPA life becomes an important and beautiful part of our whole life.

In short, NTAPA is a place of pursuit of beautify of life through not only the lenses, but also the heart of the people.

Happy Friday!

gh,

Monthly Meeting Minutes - September

The September meeting, chaired by the President, Pauline Chen, was held last night as scheduled at DFW Technology.

Attendants are:

1. Richard Chen
2. Mrs. Chen
3. Deming Zhou
4. Windus Wong
5. Rick Pang
6. Li Su
7. Anita Thurmond
8. Greg Hoh
9. Pauline Chen
10. Lin Hwang
11. Howard Lie
12. Ellen Han (returned)
13. Walt Hsu
14. Fangli Hsu
15. Yingbi Wan (new)
16. Phong Tran (new)
17. Grace Tyler (new)
18. Dave Tyler (new)
19. Edwin Wang (new)

We missed:

1. Charles Lai
2. Ming Zeng
3. Jerry Chen
4. Meigin Plum
5. Joyce Wang
6. Tina Huang
7. David Hsu
8. Frank Lee
9. Lei Zhou
10. JJ Lin
11. Lei Wang
12. Rick Hsieh

General:

Meeting started on time. The President first expressed our warm welcome to the new members, and had them, one by one, make brief self introduction.

Among them, Dave Tyler is an experienced photographer. Hope he can help us in many ways in future.

Balloon Festival:

Howard prepared the 3-day event schedules for us. The majority interested in joining the fun. Those who prepare to go will get together at the Plano DART Station at Parker Road and K Ave early Saturday morning (9/29). We will take the first Bus to the Balloon gate together.

The bus is free. The ticket is $5 for one entrance and $8 for double entrances. Howard suggested you buy the double entrance ticket so that you can go in the morning and then, again, in the late afternoon, as the golden time to shoot the balloon games is early in the morning and late in the afternoon. During 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, you can go to the Arboretum to visit the Fine Art Fair and Dr. Lai’s booth, where you can also take flower pictures.

A few of us will go Friday afternoon and/or Sunday morning because of schedule conflicts.

Fine Art Fair at Dallas Arboretum:

Dr. Lai will have his art booth (No. 61) on both 9/22 (Saturday) and 9/23 (Sunday) inside the garden. He is expecting your presence to visit his exhibition. Pauline, Windus and Greg will be there Saturday. Pauline will buy an annual pass for NTAPA. Windus is a TIer and using his TI badge he can take 5 friends with him free in this particular day.

So if you go by yourself, call either one of them at the gate, they will come out to take you in free.

Caddo Lake Trip:

We did not make it in May; we will try to make it happen in late October or early November. Some like to spend a night over the lake so that can take the evening and the morning pictures. Those want to go and come back in the same day can do so, too! Richard is helping to survey hotel prices and related info.

Autumn Photo Contest:

The cutoff date is 10/30. The President urges us to turn in photos now. The game is about the same as our first photo contest. The prices may vary a little bit. Details will be announced in a later date.

Yearend Party and Election:

It will be held in the DFW Technology Activity Center. Due to the busy schedules in December, our tentative date 12/15 may change. Will announce when closer.

Photoshop for Portrait:

David Hsu is still in Taiwan; Walt Hsu gave a 20-minute real time demonstration in the meeting. Everyone was interested. Self practice at home is needed after viewing the demo, or you will soon forget everything.

Photo Sharing:

Li Su, Yingbi Wan, Richard Chen, Walt Hsu, Greg Hoh shared their photos in the meeting. Some discussions of an educational nature in the meeting have led to solutions for future improvements. That’s good point.

Dave Tyler has brought a lot of his works, in print-out 11’ x 8’ hard copies, to share with all. They are all very beautiful photos.

消失的冰河

Invited by the local government, Dennis Chin and Walt Hsu had a very special photography tour to the Glacier National Park in Montana State early this month. They spent 9 days there, circling the park several times, searching each and every corner, lake, mountain, rock and tree, to look for their dreams.

We all viewed part of their work in the farewell party last Saturday night (8/11/2007). We will watch more in Walt's photo links.

The following are three special reports from TVBS (sorry, there are in Chinese), tracking the stories back to the tens of thousands disappearing glaciers...
















The first story is all about Dennis Chin 第一部份是秦老師的故事

【消失的冰河】拍不完的故事　華裔攝影老頑童
記者:左敏琳 蒙大拿 報導 (轉載自TVBS News)

才在台灣開過攝影個展，被稱為「攝影老頑童」的秦凱，這位加拿大冰河國家公園的專業攝影師，最近又回到他最喜愛的「大天空」蒙大拿州，攝影取景。TVBS採訪小組，也在蒙大拿貼身觀察這位資深攝影老將，如何用鏡頭紀錄自然美景。

這一張張色彩鮮明，充滿動感和活力的影像，是台灣攝影傳奇，秦凱先生的最新作品。
今年5月才在台灣，舉行攝影個展的他，一回到美國，馬上又全副武裝，扛起份量不輕的長鏡頭，重返遼闊的蒙大拿，繼續拍攝說不完的故事。

秦凱：「主要的我希望牛仔的生活，呃，很多都是在春季，有很多的活動，所以我又來了一次，所以這一次的重點，這一次的重點是，一個就是rodeo(馬術競賽)，還有這個power。」

對於蒙大拿情有獨鍾，秦凱這趟特地趕來，參加大天空黑腳，印地安族的慶典，雖然太陽熱得不得了，這位85歲的資深攝影，毫不猶豫的俯身在發燙的水泥地上，就要捕捉最好的角度。
貼身觀察這位攝影大師，就會發現秦凱的毅力驚人，他為了捕捉分秒的精彩，經常要長期的守候和觀察，消耗大量的精神體力。

秦凱：「攝影了就都不能懶，有時候差一步，前一步左一步，出來的東西就不一樣，所以第一不能懶，同時還有一樣，我們所謂這個Golden hour，最好的時間一早一晚，所以攝影假使要是怕早起的話，我勸他不必了。」

一扛起攝影機，秦凱就開始衝鋒陷陣，雖然腳步有些顢頇，一旦置身在事件其中，他馬上不停的創作和記錄，難怪不管是飛躍的牛仔，還是廢棄的小木屋，這些栩栩如生的影像，藉著光線來調色虛虛實實，更想讓人一探究竟。

秦凱：「最重要的我就是誠心，用我的心，我表現是我看到的東西，所以怎麼解釋，因為每個觀眾不同，可是基本上，假定你有用心在拍的東西，觀眾會感動的。」

走到哪拍到哪，秦凱說攝影不是他的工作，而是他的生活，他回憶年初，一場驚心動魄的車禍說，他連翻車都不忘按快門，說起來好笑，卻顯示出他對攝影的堅持，而這趟行腳蒙大拿的成果，除了開攝影展之外，他也打算出書，展現在相同的主題之下，不同的元素和新的感受。


【消失的冰河】全球暖化消失美景　冰河國家公園
記者:左敏琳 攝影:陳凱文 美國 報導 (轉載自TVBS News)

位在美國蒙大拿州和加拿大邊界的冰河國家公園，以壯麗的冰河景觀聞名，但在全球暖化的影響下，冰河面積漸漸減少，國家公園快成為消失的美景，TVBS特派記者左敏琳特別前往蒙大拿州製作「消失的冰河」特別報導，一起來關心全球暖化問題。

導遊兼駕駛安妮：「歡迎來到冰河，以及紅巴士之旅。」

登上冰河公園裡歷史悠久的「Red Jammer Bus」，紅色敞棚老爺車，年輕的導遊兼駕駛，馬上起步開往公園的精華路段，也是唯一貫穿東西峽的向陽大道「Go to the sun road」。導遊兼駕駛安妮：「如果你在1910年到1932年間，來想要參觀冰河景致的話，你的選擇就是健行和騎馬。」

從西峽出發，有著「洛磯山皇冠」之稱的冰河公園，馬上在眼前展開，這片佔地4千多公頃的生態保護區，在過去百萬年間，受到了冰河的消溶切割，不僅帶來豐沛的水源，更造就了令人驚嘆的自然美景。

TVBS記者左敏琳：「這些史前冰河是公園裡，不(會融)化的美景，也造就了散佈在公園裡，大小的湖泊以及瀑布，成為冰河國家公園，最大的特點。」

而冰河移動造成的「冰斗」、「懸谷」和「角峰」等特殊景觀，從清澈如鏡的麥當勞湖，到傳言中啟迪派拉蒙片場商標的福壽拉山，還有沿著向陽大道狹隘山壁因為水流侵蝕造成的奇景，哭牆，都讓園區內處處有攝影，不管他們是專業還是業餘，流連忘返。

安妮：「很多人來這裡尋找探索頻道上面看到的那種，整大塊藍色碎裂的冰河，這裡的冰河和那種不同，是永久型的冰河，是遠處的高山上面，灰色一大片的那種。」

冰河可望也可及，是冰河公園的特色，不過隨著溫室效應和地球暖化，這些壯觀的冰河也從活動到靜止正在大量的減少當中。安妮：「冰河正在溶化當中，公園裡現在有27條冰河，1910年他們剛剛到這裡數的時候有110條，舉例來說你可以往後面看，那裡過去是氣候型冰河，現在只剩下一大堆雪。」

根據國家公園的統計，近年來冰河死去的速度加快，活冰河的數量也從5年前的37塊，剩下今年繼續融化的27塊移動的冰河，而這些冰河的消失，已經被科學家和環保人士視為「地球暖化」現象的指標，並且在全球各地掀起了熱烈的討論和爭議， 成為國際政治議題。

暖化嚴重！再30年　冰河美景消失

記者:左敏琳 攝影:陳凱文 美國 報導 (轉載自TVBS News)

全球暖化的問題越來越嚴重，讓地表上許多美麗的景色，可能會慢慢消失；有科學家說如果暖化繼續下去，美國冰河國家公園的冰河美景，再過30年就要不見；TVBS特派記者左敏琳和陳凱文，特別進入加拿大冰河國家公園，帶您一探地球暖化的最前線。

每年一到夏天，就進入旺季的國家冰河公園，因為冰河消失的新聞，更讓人潮不斷湧入；特別是在向陽大道的熱門景點，停車停到一位難求，而許多趕著夏天賞雪的常客，對溫度變化，感加冷暖在心。

遊客何太太：「這個變化太大了，對，去年我來的時候，都還有冰，今年帶小孫子來玩雪，讓他們玩雪，結果找不到雪，而且今年的夏天特別熱。」

從台灣移居蒙大拿的何家夫婦， 經常到冰河公園來消暑，碰上今年蒙大拿熱浪一波又一波，讓他們對冰河帶來的「冷卻效應」，反應熱烈。

遊客何先生：「假使你到黃石公園，還不如到國家公園來，因為國家公園是個縮影。」

受到天氣的影響，向陽大道的沿路的哭牆，哭得更加厲害，而快速融化的冰河，則形成別有洞天的景致，造就了大人、小孩爬進爬出的探險穴道，至於羅根山谷的野花，今年也提早盛開，讓遊客驚歎不已！

TVBS記者左敏琳：「受到冰河的影響，冰河國家公園和美國其他國家公園的景致大不同，而這個100年前開放的國家公園，造訪人次從4000人，成長到現在的100萬人，只不過科學家說，如果你再不來，恐怕再過30年後，就要和冰河說再見了。」

冰河公園發言人馬麗沙：「這只是一部份的，但冰河持續的消退，如果就像科學家預測的，暖化將持續的話，到2030年就沒有冰河了。」

馬麗沙說，冰河公園一向是愛好健行登山者的天堂，有超過7百英里大大小小的步道，難度不一，除此之外，公園裡的瀑布湖泊，也提供了許多不同的體能活動，是遠離塵囂，放心休閒的好地方。

傷腦筋的是，隨著遊客人數大破百萬，熱門的「向陽大道」也開始擁擠起來；國家公園為了紓解人潮，以及車輛帶來的廢氣，決定從今年7月開始，提供免費的遊園巴士定點接泊。

園區運輸總監蓋瑞丹茲柯：「在冰河中開車很刺激，但安全駕駛很相對困難，有了遊園巴士後，所有的人包括蒙大拿民眾，都能目睹路上的美景。」

在車隊全數到齊之前，冰河公園特地從黃石公園借調來幫手，免費的大黃巴士和付費的紅色導遊車，形成有趣的對比；卻也顯示交通帶來的環保問題刻不容緩。

園區運輸總監蓋瑞丹茲柯：「這個公園已經變成暖化的主角，就像礦坑裡的金絲雀，因為氣候一直在改變。」

衝著這項指標作用，冰河公園成為科學家和環保人士長期觀察的目標，也被迫登上暖化議題的政治舞台，不過對於守護這塊生態樂園的工作人員而言，即使有一天冰河停止移動，這塊樂土還會是桃花源，向陽大道也會繼續讓人驚嘆。


(修改:2007/8/13 22:38:33)

NTAPA - A Dynamic Group

Picture taken by gh on 7/8 Canon PowerShot 610; 1/50 sec F 4.5 ISO 400 manual

NTAPA is a gathering of a group of restless photo lovers. On top of the Association’s monthly schedules, members also arrange their own personal programs.

A quick review of the past 6 months and near future activities:

1. Dr. Lai and Master Chin had two joined winter photo trips to Northern states of the county in February.

2. Master April Kao had her Tibet photo exhibition in Denison in March.

3. JJ Lin led a team of 10 toured Southwest China in March and April.

4. Master Chin had his personal photo exhibition in Taipei in early May.

5. Master April Kao had a South Chin photo tour with friends in May

6. Walt Hsu made at least two photo trips to Taiwan during April and June.

7. Dr. Lai and Richardson Chen had a Northwest coast photo tour in June.

8. JJ had another China tour to Sinkiang and just came back not too long ago.

9. Lin went to North CA for seashore scenic shooting and old painting class.

10. Master Chin and Walt Hsu are still in Montana for ranch photo and video shooting now.

11. Believe or not, after the group downtown building photographying tour on 7/7, Dr. Lai and I kept going the same place for the rest 5 days. Last time with Ming Zing 3 persons, both Dr. Lai and Ming almost caught very HUGE fish in the Trinity River while we were waiting for the sunset and passing by airplanes. The fish were too heavy and strong that their threads were always broken when pulling almost to the bank. Exciting!

12. On August 3, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chen will start a 10,000+ mile photo trip to Alaska by driving! Anyone interested to join them?

13. Dr. Lai will also fly to Alaska in September for photographing aurora borealis.

14. Ming Zing will explorer the arctic in September or later.

15. You may plan something at this moment, too!

Welcome New Members

The President and all members welcome our resent new members:

1. 樊兆升 Fred Fan 4/18/2007

2. 黃偉武 William Hwang 4/18/2007

3. 黃進昌 Windus Wong 4/18/2007

4. 林郁芳 Judy Lee 4/18/2007

5. 陳先生 Jerry Chen 4/8/2007

6. 阮怡誠 Eric Yun 5/5/2007

7. Avee Yun 5/5/2007

8. 梅歆燕 Meigin Plum 5/16/2007

9. 張毓慧 Claire Chang 7/6/2007

10. 林展鴻 Chin Circle Lam 7/6/2007

11. 王小姐 Joyce Wang 7/6/2007

12. 謝行昌 Rick Hsieh 7/6/2007

Monthly Meeting Minutes - June

Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Place: Activity Center of DFW Technology

Attendants:

1. Pauline Chen 陳寶玲 President of NTAPA 2007
2. Dennis Chin 秦 凱 Advisor
3. Fulchu Li 李復楚 Advisor
4. April Kao 陳碧蘭 Advisor
5. Su Li 蘇 力 Board Member and the 5th President
6. David Hsu 徐景勛 Board Member and the 2nd President
7. Walt Hsu 徐啟祥 Treasurer and the 4th President
8. Fang Li Hsu 蔡芳理 Member
9. Dr. Eric Yun 阮怡誠 Member (2003)
10. Dr. Avee Yun Member(2003)
11. Dr. Ming Zeng 曾鳴 Member (2006)
12. Tina Huang 黃金子 New Member (02/2007)
13. Jerry Chen 陳Member (04/2007)
14. Friend of Jerry Chen (guest)
15. Anita Thurmond Member (2006)
16. Lin Hwang 廖玲芬 Secretary to the President (03/2006)
17. Jack Hwang 黃嘉和 (guest)
18. Howard Lie 李孝烈 Member and previous Board Member
19. Deming Zhou 周德明 Member (02/2007)
20. Windus Wong 黃進昌 Member (03/2007)
21. Justin Yang 楊永生 (Guest)
22. Steph Ho (Guest)
23. Greg Hoh 何英富 Board Member (04/2006)

We missed:

1. Dr. Charles Lai 賴禎添 Member and Advisor (03/2006)
2. Mrs. Lai 賴太太 Guest
3. Rick Pang 龐 勇 New Member (02/2007)
4. Victor Sheng 盛 力 New Member (02/2007)
5. Tony Xu 徐 翔 New Member (02/2007)
6. Lei Zhou 周 磊 Member (02/2007)
7. Jingsheng Liu
8. Lei Wang 王 蕾 Member (2006)
9. J.J. Lin 林俊傑 Member (02/2007)
10. Tsai-Hsien Lee 李璨顯 Member (3/2007)
11. Chao-Tsu Lee 李吳招治 Guest
12. Richard Chen 陳明昌 Member (3/2007)
13. Plum Mei 梅歆燕New Member (5/2007)

General:

[06/20/2007] Because of doing the People's Choice for the photo contest, the Meeting was held in the Activity Center of DFW Technology this evening. It was another great meeting. We had more than 20 members and visitors present, including some senior members such as Denis Chin, April Kao, Fulchu Li, David Hsu, Walt Hsu and Li Su, etc.

As usual, the meeting was chaired by the President, Pauline Chen. Except some photo sharing, our Chin Master gave a presentation of his recent trips to Taiwan and Montana with 86 photos of the huge Montana ranches taken last month. His half century long photography experience has explored a different angle of viewing the art of the light and image arrangements.

Congratulations! David Hsu, one of our pioneers of NTAPA, has been elected as the 2007-2008 President of NTCCTCC. He just came back from Mexico City one day ago and will fly to LA tomorrow.

Being a true photography lover, David was also present in the meeting despite his tight schedules. He gave us a vivid and interesting presentation, sharing his experience and technologies on some of his bluebonnet trip photos.

One of the excited news is that David will be leading our next month activity, live model shooting class. In order to give plenty of time to study this first-time-in-life event (to most of the members,) the President has accounted that our next monthly meeting will be shifted from the usual Wednesday evening to Saturday afternoon. Please be aware that this is only a one time change.

Both advanced and beginner levels together, we have received more than 100 pictures entering for our 2007 First Photo Contest. All the pictures were displayed in the Activity Center for People’s Choice during the meeting. According to some senior members, the standard of the photos submitted, in general, is getting higher than it used to be. This means that the quality and techniques of the general NTAPA members are improving. Cheers!

Thanks to Walt Hsu, who collected, prepared and numbered each photo for the activity. For your info, the official judge will be held on 6/30 by our judging team. The results will be announced on 7/6, and of most importance, do come on 7/7 to our certificates and prizes for the winners’ party at this same location.

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p.s. All the above pictures were taken by manual with

Cannon PowerShot A610 :
1/250 sec
F# 2.8
ISO 400
f 7.3mm
No flash

北德州亞裔攝影協會2007年第一次攝影比賽收件延至六月中

北德州亞裔攝影協會本月舉辦2007年度第一次攝影比賽，比賽採開放制，會員及非會員均可參加。歡迎新舊會員及一般社會人士踴躍報名！

由於連日來反應熱烈，多人來電要求延長收件時間。經籌備會商議，決定順應民意，收件日期延後兩週，發表日期亦順延至七月初，詳情如下:

收件日期：即日起至6 月15日(星期五)下午5時止
收件地點：達福中國城「維美文化」400 N. Greenville Ave #8A, Richardson, Tx 75081
相片大小：8” x 10” (含) 以上
比賽組別：「初級」 與 「高級」共兩組 (自選)
參賽資格：會員(免費)及非會員(參賽費每張3元，不得退款)皆歡迎
參賽件數：不限
評審委員：由本會聘請
發表日期： 7月 6日 世界日報、C週刊、及本地中文報紙
頒獎日期： 7月 7日 DFW Technology Activity Center, 999 Arapaho Road, Suite 300, Richardson, TX 75081
優勝獎品：
一等獎、 $100/$150 及獎狀乙張 (初級/ 高級 各乙名，共兩名)
二等獎、 $75/$100 及獎狀乙張 (初級 / 高級 各乙名，共兩名)
三等獎、 $50/$70 及獎狀乙張 (初級 / 高級 各乙名，共兩名)
遺珠獎 攝影構圖書籍乙冊 及獎狀乙張 (不分組，共三名)
(以上由評審委員選出)

會員獎 $60.00 及獎狀乙張 (不分組，共兩名)
(以上由6月20日出席月會之全體會員選出)

最先送件參賽前五名贈送8” x 10”相片乙張以資鼓勵

所有送交相片必須是本人作品。冒用他人作品者永遠取消參賽資格！

歡迎新會員加入 會費30 元(如參加會員參賽費免繳)
連絡電話：: 972-235-8678 徐先生
網路報名表下載：
http://ntapa.blogspot.com/

北德州亞裔攝影協會會長 陳寶玲


First Photo Contest Deadline Extended to June 15

In response to several calls for prolonging the deadline, the Board decided to extend the cutoff date to June 15, so that more people can participate. The updated details are as following:

Enter Duration: Now till June 15, 2007

# of Photos Submitted per Person: No limit

Size of Each Photo Submitted: 8” x 10” or bigger

Put name, email address and phone number on back of each photo

Competition Levels: Beginner and Advance (self decided)

Place to Turn in Photos:

LaserTrek Books Gifts & Music
400 N. Greenville Ave. Suite # 8A
Richardson, Tx 75081 Tel: 972-235-8678

3 winners on each Level
3 honorable mentions and 2 people’s choice (mixed)

Winner Announcement: 07/06/2007
Chinese Newspapers and C-weekly will post the results on July 6, 2007
Awarding date: Saturday, 07/07/2007
Awarding meeting: DFW Technology Activity Center

Member Enter: Free
Non-member Enter: $3.00 per photo submitted

Annual Membership is $30.00 ($3.00 is deductible if join membership)

Winners:

First Place - $100/$150 for Beginner/Advanced levels 1 each; total 2 winners
Second Place - $75/$100 for Beginner/Advanced levels 1 each; total 2 winners
Third Place - $50/$70 for Beginner/Advanced levels 1 each; total 2 winners
People's Choice - $60.00 (mixed); total 2 winners
Honorable Mention - photo book (mixed); total 3 winners
Each of the above also will be given a certificate of award
First 5 turn in photos - one free 8” x 10” photo (mixed); total 5 winners

NOTE: All photos submitted must be your own work. Copying others will be disqualified for ever.

President of NTAPA
Pauline Chen

NTAPA 1st Photo Contest 2007

北德州亞裔攝影協會2007年第一次攝影比賽

北德州亞裔攝影協會本月舉辦2007年度第一次攝影比賽，比賽採開放制，會員及非會員均可參加，獎金豐富，歡迎新舊會員及一般社會人士踴躍報名！

收件日期：即日起至5 月31日下午5時止
收件地點：達福中國城「維美文化」400 N. Greenville Ave #8A, Richardson, Tx 75081
相片大小：8” x 10” (含) 以上
比賽組別：「初級」 與 「高級」共兩組 (自選)
參賽資格：會員(免費)及非會員(參賽費每張3元，不得退款)皆歡迎
參賽件數：不限
評審委員：由本會聘請
發表日期： 6月 29日 C週刊
優勝獎品：
一等獎、 $100.00 (各組乙名，共兩名)
二等獎、 $75.00 (各組乙名，共兩名)
三等獎、 $50.00 (各組乙名，共兩名)
遺珠獎 攝影構圖書籍乙冊 (不分組，共三名)
(以上由評審委員選出)

會員獎 $60.00 (不分組，共兩名)
(以上由6月20日出席月會之全體會員選出)

最先送件參賽前五名贈送8” x 10”相片乙張以資鼓勵

歡迎新會員加入 會費30 元(如參加會員參賽費免繳)
連絡電話：: 972-235-8678 徐先生
網路報名表下載：
http://ntapa.blogspot.com/


北德州亞裔攝影協會會長 陳寶玲

2007 First Photo Contest

May 18, 2007

In order to promote the interest of photography, the North Texas Asian Photography Association is pleased to announce that our 2007 first photo contest begins now. It is open to the general public in DFW area.

We will be holding twice a year such events to help build up a healthy community.

Enter Duration: Now till May 31, 2007

# of Photos Submitted per Person: No limit

Size of Each Photo Submitted: 8” x 10” or bigger

Put name, email address and phone number on back of each photo

Competition Levels: Beginner and Advance (self decided)

Place to Turn in Photos:

LaserTrek Books Gifts & Music
400 N. Greenville Ave. Suite # 8A
Richardson, Tx 75081 Tel: 972-235-8678

Categories: Portrait and Others

3 winners on each Level
3 honorable mentions and 2 people’s choice (mixed)

Winner Announcement: 06/20/2007
C-weekly will post the results in late June 2007

Member Enter: Free
Non-member Enter: $3.00 per photo submitted

Annual Membership is $30.00 ($3.00 is deductible if join membership)

Winners:

First Place $100.00 per level, total 2 winners
Second Place $75.00 per level, total 2 winners
Third Place $50.00 per level, total 2 winners
People's Choice $60.00 mixed, total 2 winners
Honorable Mention photo book mixed, total 3 winners
First 5 turn in photos free 8” x 10” mixed, total 5 winners

NOTE: All photos submitted must be your own work. Copying others will be disqualified for ever.

President of NTAPA
Pauline Chen

Monthly Meeting Minutes - May

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2007

Place: DFW Technology Conference Room

Attendants:

1. Pauline Chen 陳寶玲 President of NTAPA 2007
2. Charles Lai 賴禎添 Member and Advisor (03/2006)
3. Mrs. Lai 賴太太 Guest
4. Tina Huang 黃金子 New Member (02/2007)
5. Walt Hsu 徐啟祥 Treasurer and the 4th President
6. Jerry Chen 陳Member (04/2007)
7. Anita Thurmond Member
8. Lin Hwang 廖玲芬 Secretary to the President (03/2006)
9. Howard Lie 李孝烈 Member and previous Board Member
10. Ming Zeng 曾鳴 Member (2006)
11. Deming Zhou 周德明 Member (02/2007)
12. Lei Zhou 周 磊 Member (02/2007)
13. Windus Wong 黃進昌 Member (03/2007)
14. Lei Wang 王 蕾 Member (2006)
15. J.J. Lin 林俊傑 Member (02/2007)
16. Tsai-Hsien Lee 李璨顯 Member (3/2007)
17. Chao-Tsu Lee 李吳招治 Guest
18. Richard Chen 陳明昌 Member (3/2007)
19. Greg Hoh 何英富 Board Member (04/2006)

we welcome first time attendants:

1. Justin Yang 楊永生 Guest
2. Plum Mei 梅歆燕New Member (5/2007)

We missed:

1. Dennis Chin 秦 凱 Advisor
2. Su Li 蘇 力 Board Member and the 5th President
3. Rick Pang 龐 勇 New Member (02/2007)
4. Victor Sheng 盛 力 New Member (02/2007)
5. Tony Xu 徐 翔 New Member (02/2007)
6. Fang Li Hsu 蔡芳理 Member
7. Eric Yun 阮怡誠 New Member (2003)
8. Avee Yun New Member(2003)
9. David Hsu 徐景勛 Board Member and the 2nd President
10. Jingsheng Liu

Photo Sharing:

Dr. Lai shared his recent photos and gave oral description of composition of each picture and related techniques.

Windus shared some exciting bicycle skill demo scenes he took in a recent bicycle sport meet. Several good ones were recognized by Dr. Lai.

Walt shared some beautiful bluebonnet pictures.

Lin shared some rare seen photos taken at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. She visited the place several times last month.

Anita for the first time also shared some kid and animal pictures she took in a zoo.

Jerry always has something special. He shares some colorful and shining pictures he took in the night time.

The President Report:

1. The suggestion of moving the monthly meeting day from Wednesday to Friday did not pass due to many people's schedule conflicts on Friday.

2. Discussion of the 2007 First Photo Contest with the following conclusions:

2007 First Photo Contest

Judges: April Kao, Dennis Chin, Charles Lai, David Hsu

Enter Duration: Now till May 31, 2007

# of Photos Submitted per Person: No limit

Size of Each Photo Submitted: 8” x 10” or bigger

Put name, email address and phone number on back of each photo

Competition Levels: Beginner and Advance

Place to Turn in Photos:

LaserTrek Books Gifts & Music
400 N. Greenville Ave. Suite #8A
Richardson, Tx 75081 Tel: 972-235-8678

Categories: Portrait and Others

3 winners on each Level
3 honorable mentions and 2 people’s choice (mixed)

Winner Announcement: 06/20/2007

Member Enter: Free
Non-member Enter: $3.00 per photo submitted

Annual Membership is $30.00 ($3.00 is deductible if join membership later)
C-weekly to post the news

Prizes:

Free 8 x 10 5 ea donated by Howard Lie
Photography books 3 ea donate by Walt Hsu
Cash $200.00 donated by Ming Zeng
Cash $200.00 donated by Dr. Lai
Cash $200.00 donated by David Hsu
Cash $300.00 donated by Pauline Chen

Winners:

First Place $100.00 per Level, total 2 winners
Second Place $75.00 per Level, total 2 winners
Third Place $50.00 per Level, total 2 winners
People's Choice $60.00 mixed, total 2 winners
Honorable Mention photo book mixed, total 3 winners
First 5 turn in photos free 8” x 10” mixed, total 5 winners

NOTE: The balance ($330.00) will be saved for 2007 Second Photo Contest use.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 by M Lai

這是賴醫師千金在母親節與管弦樂團表演時的一段時況。其雙手輕柔如一雙白鶴，從池畔慢慢展翅高飛，攝影大師徐啟祥先生捕捉到的優美鏡頭！

賴怡君女士台風優雅，琴藝高超，不愧是茱麗亞音樂院的鋼琴專業高才生，難怪曾獲多項鋼琴大賽的首獎。此次由汪大衛指揮的管弦樂團協奏演出貝多芬鋼琴協奏曲第二號降Ｂ大調 Op.19，非常成功！是日整個 Eisemann 會場爆滿！

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5408181547297030436

Dr. Lai's Daughter Piano Performance

母親節音樂會 Eisemann 演奏中心舉行





賴醫師女兒，賴怡君女士，將於下週日(5/13 晚七時半)在Eisemann (NE of Hwy 75及Campbell) ，與其他兩位音樂家， 再次舉行鋼琴演奏會。希望攝影協會的大哥大姐們多多捧場！

賴怡君女士，來自台灣鋼琴世家，母親是曾任教於日本東京及台灣台北山葉音樂教室的鋼琴老師。賴女士先後獲得茱麗亞音樂院演奏文憑、耶魯大學碩士、新英格蘭音樂院鋼琴演奏博士，曾獲多項鋼琴大賽的首獎。此次將由樂團協奏演出貝多芬鋼琴協奏曲第二號降Ｂ大調 Op.19。

Caddo Lake Trip Meeting

[5/2/2007] Though it was a severe thunderstorm night with lightening, heavy rain and blackout of traffic lights, we had our one-hour brief meeting as planned yesterday evening at DFW Technology.

Attendants:

1. Pauline Chen
2. Lin Hwang
3. Windus Wong
4. Greg Hoh

Decisions of the meeting:

1. The Caddo Lake trip has been decided to be postponed to June or later due to wrong timing.
2. The May Monthly Meeting will be on Wednesday, 5/16.
3. Dr. Lai will show his recent work first.
4. Each member is expected to prepare 5 to 20 pics to share in the meeting.
5. Dr. Lai will give quick comments on each one.
6. For 2007 First Photo Contest, we will discuss the following key things in the May meeting:

* the Idea
* the Committee
* the Awards
* the Rules
* the Participation

7. Everyone starts to prepare his/her best pics now. The deadline is, according to the schedule, is 5/31.

For recent activities, please refer to : http://ntapaactivity.blogspot.com/

NTAPA Individual Activity News_050207

> Pauline, President, just returned from a recent trip to SFO. She will chair the Caddo Lake Trip meeting on 5/2/07.

> Dennis, Sr. Advisor, will have his personal exhibition in Taipei on 5/5. He will be back to Dallas on 5/15. The major Taiwan media TVBS did an interview on Dennis. Please refer to Lin's report or click here for a video presentation. (turn on your volume)

> April, ex-President and Advisor, finished her personal exhibition in Denison and will be on her China photo trip early this month. She is very active recently joining our Bluebonnet trips and Dragon Boat Festival photo activity. She will also visit Dennis's exhibition in Taipei on 5/7 before flying to Yin-nan.

> Dr. Lai, Advisor, has been extremely busy on catching the spring season for wildflower shooting. He has been a dynamic force to move the Association activities ahead. His new work (174 pics) link is now at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99946273@N00/

> Li, ex-President and Board Member, has a serious of lucky happenings pouring on him. He got a new job starting end of last month; his son demons unusual talents in programming of robotic design and won outstanding honor in a world class competition activities; his daughter will be graduated from NTU on 5/12 and will be a middle school music teacher.

Li has little time involves in our recent activities, but he did help Meigin take professional class pics at their last Saturday's Spring Concert. See: http://seaskychoir.blogspot.com/

> David, ex-President and Advisor, is always a busy and active figure. His work is not limited to life models; he tries on almost everything, including flowers, buildings, stages, arts, close-ups, cars, parties, weddings, scenes, traveling, etc. He keeps his 24 albums at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70114508@N00/sets/

David took his family to visit Denison trying to view April's exhibition on 4/28. Unfortunately he was one day too late.

David also owns a personal website called: Dynaphoto Wonderful Land, a place for photographers to share and learn. Welcome to visit!

> Walt, ex-President and Treasurer, has been one of our recent Bluebonnet trip partners and takes beautiful bluebonnet pics. He takes care of his business and at the same time enjoys the pleasure of photographing. He keeps as many as 59 personal albums at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76856624@N00/sets/

We thank Walt for offering his store as NTAPA's Communication and Connection Center!

> Susan and JJ, current members, are now in a China trip to Kung-ming and Tibet. See their pictures sent back from Lhasa and Yaluzangbu recently. They will be back soon. We may request JJ to give us a brief report of this special trip.

> Windus, new member, offers some photography class tickets to whoever needs. He is one of NTAPA's younger new bloods, still learning even having photography experience since high school.

Dr. Lai's recent works

Finally we have the chance to enjoy Dr. Lai's new photographs taken during recent several trips to Ennis, Terrell, Tylar and Richardson Breckinridge Park. He put all his recent pictures into a new album regardless of time and places taken.

Being a part-time pro photographer, each piece of his works has been carefully impregnated the mind with poetic grace.

When you watch them, you seem hearing that he is reading a poem.

等候多時，終於可以欣賞到賴醫師的大作了。他把近幾次的作品，集中放在一本相簿裡，不分時地。

細觀這些作品，我們不難體會到，賴醫師對每一幅照片，都經過其嚴謹地挑選與處理過。 大師級一絲不苟的態度，令人欽佩！

這些照片，張張優美，富濃郁詩情畫意。看他的作品，如聆聽他在朗誦一首詩。

Please click the following link to view Dr. Lai's new album:

[New Album]