August and September and October assignments continuing our Corpus Christi / Greater Corpus Christi special assignment will be shown. Also start thinking about a logo we can use for the final presentation. Monday's Dual-SIG meeting is a good time to take advantage of the Graphics SIG talent base! In the meantime, a refresher of our on-going special assignment:

Take pictures of CORPUS CHRISTI/GREATER CORPUS CHRISTI. We will compile all the photos-don’t worry if some people take the same pictures. If we have a little luck, we can make a photo journal or Brochure about Corpus Christi. Once the first set of assignment pictures are screened, we can call for archive pictures from everyone’s file. If the result is super great, we can get some DIGICAM club recognition. Of course this whole effort might go bust. It is worth a try. Take lots of pictures and good luck.

Bring your ten best images to the meeting, and let us know what you did to get those shots by including EXIF information with each photo.

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Digital Camera SIG Meeting, November 20 meeting notes for final submissions of fall 2007 Corpus Christi Area Photo Album assignment:

Digital Camera SIG, Meeting of November 20, 2007

There was a pall over our November meeting with the announcement by John Hoffmann, our leader, that it was no longer reasonable for him to continue treatment for cancer, and that his death would be imminent. John has been a gentle guide for our group since its inception, bringing cohesion and making our learning process fruitful and fun. He is a good friend, a good man, and a heck of a good photographer.

We continued the assignment of developing a Corpus Christi album, with presentations from the following members. Patty Waits Beasley - Sharp and colorful bird photos, one a white pelican, the shadows making a silver color; colorful windsurfers en masse - the regatta? Oil rigs against the sky; beautiful sunset with iridescent reflections.

Bill Draper - Capturing some of arts of Corpus Christi, a photo of the Art Center; one of the miradors with the yacht moorage in the background; Kent Ullberg sculptures in Ullberg Park on Padre Island - Journey’s End of Kemps Ridgley Turtles and Win-borne, of two eagles; Ullberg’s It is I sculpture of the Christ on Shoreline; a in Sherrill Park, a photo of the black marble globe, memorial to those in the fight against terrorism.

Eve Kerr - Her scenes around the water were in unusually sharp focus; she used the image stabilization feature on her camera. She noted the delay in auto focus caused by the IS made it difficult to capture moving subjects. (Some of us would like to learn more about this.) Photos included: night photo of a mirador, reflecting celadon; horses on the beach, pier and breakers for lines; pelicans in an orange sunset-illuminated surf; downtown viewed through yacht moorage foreground; signs associated with fishing and boating; pier with breakers unusually well-defined; two planes against a white cloud in a blue sky; great photo of waterfront stairwell, individual balusters shimmering in the water.

January Assignment: Christmas/Holiday photos

Next meeting: January 15, 2008, 6:30 PM, at the Main Library on Comanche Street.

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Addendum: John Hoffmann died peacefully at his home the afternoon of December 6.

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--Bill Draper