August 2022 Meeting Recap

Thanks to all attendees that made our Saturday meeting such a huge success.  We had 20+ in attendance and covered a lot of ground.

First, CONGRATULATIONS to our July Photo Contest Winners:

July Photo Contest – Reflections In or On Glass

1st Place Fanny Khune

2nd Place Linda Normoyle

Tied for 3rd Fran Pastore and Kevin Boller

All entries can be viewed on our You Tube Page here is the link: (2) July Photo Contest – Reflections In or On Glass – YouTube

The SWFL Shutterbugs also stormed Solomons Castle on July 16th!  Here are the photos they captured:  (2) Solomon’s Castle Meet Up – YouTube

For those that could not attend the meeting and for our Snowbird Members up North, attached is my Dropbox link with all of the meeting slides. We want to include every one of our members in our activities and meetings understanding that everyone cannot make every meeting and event. Click on the link and you can be at our meeting too.   Please leave a message in the Meet Up Messages section to me (John Kapusta) if the link does not work.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7paq3n3xso0s1i/2022%20Aug%20Meeting.pptx?dl=0

Please visit and like our Facebook Page.  Yes, we also have a Facebook page with information, videos and the like!

SWF Shutter Bugs | Facebook

And, we also have a You Tube Page too!  Please visit, subscribe and like the many videos we have on the page.

SWFL ShutterBugs – YouTube

Also had the opportunity to share my recent North to Alaska cruise video.

North to Alaska July 2023 – YouTube

 

We encourage members to share their travel photos and or videos.  If you’d like to present at one of the meetings, send your request to our email address swflshutterbugs@gmail.com and we will place you on the agenda for the next meeting.  Suggest you bring a thumb drive so we can upload your presentation at the meeting.

Thank you to Kevin Boller for his presentation on the Use Compositional of Balance in Photography.  Here is the Dropbox link for those that want to view the presentation: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptpeg10kw671qdp/Compositional%20Balance%20in%20Photography.pptx?dl=0

Next Month:  Our next meeting will be September 3rd at K&J Steakhouse in Fort Myers beginning at 9:30AM – a little teaser – Sam Arnold will give a presentation on “How to Clean Your Camera Sensor”.  and…Phil Krieg will present how his Bonsai Tree Cultivation hobby led to his hobby with photography!  Plus, we will have a presentation on image resizing!

See you then…stay tuned for more information on upcoming photo meet up venue events for August through December!

Best Regards and Happy Shooting,

Your Organizer Team

Deb, Sam, Fran, Doug, Kevin, Chris and John