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Month Kickoff Speaker Program

Sep. 18 Gary Randorf The Adirondacks: Wild Islands of Hope<

2002 - 2003 Print Calendar

Month	Assigned Topic*	Comments	Speaker	Program
Oct. 2	Food	Effective gourmet presentation to whet our appetites	Dave O'Brien	*Digital Photography Through the Eyes of a Conventional Man*
Nov. 6	Facial Expressions	The faces of people, any age, that tell a story, portray an attitude or depict an emotion	Tom Lindsay	*Photographing the National Wildlife Refuges*
Dec. 4	The Beach	Beach activity: any season, any aspect	Mark Bowie	*Adirondack Photography: Landscapes*
Jan. 8	Pet Interactions	Pets interacting with their human, each other or some other living stimulus	Tammy Loya	*Window Light Photography*
Feb. 5	Smoke Stacks	Factory stacks, chimneys, car exhaust pipes	Bill DeMichele	*The Illustrated Woman*
March 5	Forces of Nature	Rain, snow, for, wind, etc. that depicts the elements with effect	Don Elliot	*TBA*
April 2	Three to Tell the Story	Three images that tell a story. Use three 5x7s on a mat upto 16x20 to tell a story without words	Steven Fink	*The Schenectady City Mission Project*
May 7	Print of the Year Competition		Colleen Brescia	*Commercial Photography*

2002 - 2003 Slide Schedule

Month	Assigned Topic*	Comments	Speaker	Program
Oct. 9	American Patriotism	Flag waving, historic sites, armed forces on parade, remembering 9-11 NYC or just a quiet display of pride in one's country	Eleanor Sweeney	*Polaroid Transfers: Confessions of a Former Purist*
Nov. 13	Wildlife Home Bodies	Put out the bird feeder or get down on your hands and knees; photograph any creature (no pets or people) you find within 50 ft.of your home	Vincent Giordano	*Digital imaging and Photography*
Jan. 15	1. Creative use of Depth of Field 2. Additional assigned topic: Out of Focus	Your choice of subject matter is upto you	Shannon Phinney	*The photographer, the muse......*
Feb. 12	Bedroom closet/desk drawer Still Life	Photograph an object from your desk or closet	Paula Symanski	*Using Our Vision in Service to Community*
March 12	Space & Time	Interpret this theme as creatively as you can; your images should evoke the feeling of space or time	N. Sukumar	*Himalayan Adventures*
April 9	Natural Light Portraits	Friends & family, pets or just anyone; get in close and show the face in natural light	Bob Ricketson	*Journey from Film Onward*
May 14	Slide of the Year Competition		Tom Barber	*South African Excursion*

Month	Kickoff Speaker	Program
Sep. 18	Gary Randorf	The Adirondacks: Wild Islands of Hope<