Meeting will be at one of Dallas preeminent commercial photography companies, Greg Booth & Associates. We will be given a tour of their 40,000 sq. ft. facility, which has eight individual photography bays and three natural daylight studios. Our host will be business manager Vince Bove; in addition, we will have a chance to talk with one of their seven staff photographers. Located at 9004 Ambassador Row in Dallas, it is less than six miles from Parker College. Lengthy and impressive, their client list includes Dallas Stars, J.C. Penny's, Neiman-Marcus, Horchow, House of Windsor (UK), Home Depot, SBC, PepsiCo, Smithsonian Institute, and many others. More information on the organization is available at their website, www.gregbooth.com.

Dallas Camera Club Field Trip for August 2005 will be on Saturday, 13 August, to photograph architectural lighting at the home of Carl Youngberg. Carl lives at 309 North Waterview Drive in Richardson, TX 75080. He has installed extensive lighting all around the house and yard. Although the yard is relatively small, it is filled with all sort of fascinating photo opportunities.

We will gather at his house starting at 7:30pm to give everyone a chance to scope the place out before dark. Remember that some of the best images of lighting details are made just before and after sunset, while there is still light in the sky. Be sure to bring your tripod if you have one.

309 North Waterview Drive (Mapsco 16C) is on the west side of Richardson between Beltline Road and Arapaho Road. If one is on North Central Expressway (Hwy 75), take the Beltline Road / Main Street exit in Richardson and drive west on Beltline. There are stoplights at Inge, Floyd, and Waterview. Turn right (north) at Waterview (third light). The house is three blocks from Beltline on the north side of the street.

Alternatively, if one is coming from North Dallas / Addison traveling east on Beltline, there are stoplights in Richardson at Coit, Mimosa, and Waterview. Turn left (north) at Waterview. The house is three blocks from Beltline on the north side of the street.

We will be visiting four beautifully appointed local churches where we will be able to photograph inside and out.
9:00am to 10:00am: St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas Ave. at Colgate in University Park, features a contemporary sanctuary decorated with unusual stained glass windows, a large evocative bas relief behind the altar, and a beautiful traditional chapel illuminated with blue stained glass. The church is about midway between Lovers Lane and Northwest Highway.
10:15am to 11:15am: St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 5923 Royal Lane, one block west of Preston, features a circular sanctuary with modernistic stained glass walls, a wildly colorful chapel and a lovely manicured garden. More info is available at www.stlukesdallas.org .
11:30am to 12:30pm: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 13555 Hillcrest Ave., features Byzantine architecture and elaborate interior decoration in a colorful, new building. More info is available at www.holytrinity.info . From St. Luke's, proceed eastward on Royal Lane to Hillcrest, turn left on Hillcrest and proceed northward past LBJ to the church.
12:30pm to 1:15pm: Lunch!! For those who are interested in a group feed, we will meet at Hook, Line and Sinker at Lemmon and McKinney.
1:30pm to 2:30pm: St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Cathedral, 4208 Wycliffe, one block west of Oaklawn features a big golden minaret and a brilliantly decorated sanctuary whose walls are covered floor to ceiling with colorful iconography. More info is available at www.stseraphim.org and at www.iconsexplained.com
Good shooting!!

Meet between 8-9 A.M. on the steps of The Science Place. We will have a list of of topics to photograph. For lunch we will meet at 11:30 A.M. at the Old Mill Restaurant on the fairgrounds.
The buildings and landscaping at the fairgrounds will provide many interesting photo opportunities. Fair park, a National Historic Landmark, is home to an extraordinary collection of 1960's art deco art and architecture. There are several museums and exhibits at Fair Park. Some are free but others have an admission fee of $3.00-$7.50

This field trip is scheduled for the weekend of December 3 to 5 at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. It is located 18 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico, just off of I-25. The refuge is the 2nd most photographed wildlife site in the U.S., and features thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese and wild ducks as well as many canada geese, cranes, pheasants, grebes, deer, coyotes, bald eagles and a whole host of other raptors, all in a beautiful mountain setting. The feature is the sunrise fly-aways where thousands of snow geese take off simultaneously from a single location to go to the feeding areas. Access to the birds is excellent, and many opportunities to photograph individual birds can be found. More information can be found by clicking at the link above. Socorro is 70 miles south of Albuquerque on I-25. The trip is about 650 miles from Dallas and takes about 10 to 11 hours of driving.

Enchanted Rock is a state natural area. The "rock" is a huge pink granite dome that rises 425' above the ground and covers 840 acres with a beautiful stream that flows by the base. It is particularly photogenic early in the morning and late in the evening and the view from the top is breathtaking. It is located on FM 965 about 18 miles north of Fredericksburg, an old German settlement founded in 1849. Fredericksburg features lots of antique stores, museums, restored 19th century homes and buildings, scads of B&Bs or furnished cottages and several good restaurants. There is an art festival during that weekend too. Plan to meet the rest of us at Freidhelm's Bavarian Inn, 905 W. Main at 7:00PM Saturday for a great schnitzel dinner. Also of interest is Lost Maples State Park, about 60 miles SW. It boasts one of only two strands of native maple trees in Texas, and they should be spectacular at this time of the year. Fredericksburg is 260 miles from Dallas on I35 and US290.

The main event is a Chuck-wagon competition featuring over twenty five 100% authentic chuck-wagon encampments and a cookoff. The camps will be on the lawns all around the Exchange Building and the Coliseum. Also featured is a cutting horse competition, a small rodeo, cowboy trade fair, cowboy poetry and Texas Swing Bands. The event begins with a chuck-wagon parade at high-noon on Friday, Oct 22 which runs down main street from downtown Ft. Worth to the Stockyards. We will meet for lunch at 11:45AM, Sat 23rd just south of the stockyards at Joe T. Garcia's at N. Commerce and 22nd stree. Click on the image for more info.

Fall in northern New Mexico features gorgeous fall color, mountain vistas and quaint, adobe mountain villages. We will join long time resident Dr. Jim Tulloh for two days of photography and touring in unique, out-of-the-way locations. Condo rentals are available in Angel Fire and there are many hotels and B&B's in nearby Taos. If you are interested in this field trio, contact Gary Kelly by Sept 21st.

Dallas Blooms Autumn featuring 10 dinosaur sized inset sculptures made from trees, vines and other plant materials. The Arboretum is open from 10:00am to 5:00pm. The group will meet for lunch at Matt's Rancho Martinez 6332 La Vista, next to old Lakewood Theater at 11:30am. Matt's was mentioned in Texas Highways and is world famous for its pecan and raisin encrusted chili rellenos.

We will be allowed to photograph inside and outside of a really unique home at 309 N. Waterview Drive in Richardson (Mapsco 16C). Jerry Comer found the place while scouting this area for his architectural detail subjects. It has been featured in at least one magazine article. Best quick description is that it is a cross between a small Spanish hacienda and a miniature English manor house. There a lots of things to take photograph of there.

Clark Crenshaw sent out a message with the following ...

Please forward this on to the Camera Club members and anyone else who may have an interest. I'd like to let everyone know that I will have a booth at Artfest this coming weekend. I will also give a 10% "Camera Club discount" to anyone who mentions it before making a purchase.

The field trip to Lone Star Park is all set. We will be given access to the grandstand area in the morning as early as 8:00am this Saturday, May 15. Passes will be available in my name at the East Gate Will-Call Window. They have asked that we not use flash devices, that we do not enter the stable area and that we park in the General Parking area. I will check the weather on Friday, and if it looks like rain will interfere, you will be notified by e:mail, and the field trip will be postponed to Saturday, May 22. Please check your e:mail Friday evening.
The directions to Lone Star Park are: Coming from Dallas, proceed westward on I-30 toward Grand Prairie to Beltline Road/8th street, exit and go right (northward) on Beltline about 1 mile to gate 1 or Midpointe Road, turn right into the park complex and find the general parking; Coming from Irving, proceed westward on Hwy. 183 to Beltline Road, go south on Beltline about 5 miles to Gate 1 or Midpointe Road on the left and find the General Parking. The East Gate Will-Call Window is located in front of the east part of the grandstand. Pick up your pass there and enter the ticket gate near-by.
Happy shooting, Gary Kelly

The third weekend of April we are driving out to see the beautiful flowering of Texas during spring time. This is the time when you see the bluebonnets and lots of other wildflowers on Texas Highway. We will visit Ennis on Saturday and take the famous 'Paintbrush Loop' of Cleburne, Meridian and Glon Rose on Sunday.

Ennis is located about 25 minutes south of Dallas on I-45.
7:00 to 11:00 - Follow the Bluebonnet trails marked on the map (click on it to show bigger version). You can call Gary to find better locations.

11:30 - In honor of Ennis' Czech heritage, we will meet for lunch at Cafe Moravia in Ennis. Cafe Moravia is a recommended, authentic Czech restaurant, located at 219 W. Ennis Ave. (972-875-5515)
1:00 to 5:00 - Side trip. For those who may be interested, there will be a Spring Home Garden Tour in Ennis that afternoon. It is $12.00 per person, self guided and includes three home gardens. Call 888-366-4748 if you are interested.

Cleburne is located about 45 minutes southwest of Dallas on US 67. Glen Rose is about 20 minutes on beyond Cleburne on US 67.

7:00 to 11:00 - Proceed around the loop either south from Cleburne on Hwy 174 (or from Glen Rose on Hwy 144) through Meridian, Iridell and Walnut Springs. The area features numerous stands of purple, coral and red Indian paintbrushes, bluebonnets, thistles, coreopsis and firewheels. There is an excellent location near White Church (follow Hwy 54 and look for the signs. It's about 4 or 5 miles southwest of Glen Rose on the map). It has big stands of bluebonnets and other flowers among clumps of prickly pear cactus. Also on FM 1238 just south of Iredell are quite a few paintbrushes etc and some wild foxglove. The best stands of paintbrush are south of Cleburne, near Rio Vista and beyond.
11:30 - Meet for lunch at the world famous Hammond's B-B-Q in Glen Rose. Gary recommends the brisket and onion rings, but don't order too much because the portions are huge. The tea is served in Mason jars so you know it's good. Hammond's is at 1106 NE Big Bend Trail (Hwy 67) near the junction of Hwy 114 S.
1:00 - Side trip. The square in Glen Rose has numerous boutiques and antique shops. Nearby Dinosaur State Park features hiking, boating and actual dinosaur tracks.