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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!
