Dallas Camera Club - Field Trips*
DCC JANURARY FIELD TRIP
WHEN: 10 AM, Saturday, January 18th
WHERE: TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS at FAIR PARK
WHAT: A COLD WEATHER TREAT
Join us for a morning of warmness and beauty at the Butterfly House at the Texas Discovery gardens at Fair Park (https://txdg.org/) in January. This is a chance to get out of your house and enjoy the warmth of a tropical habitat with your best camera buddies. What could be a better way to ring in a new year of photography adventure? General admission ($12 for adults or $10 if you 65 or older) gets you access to the gardens, butterfly house, snake and reptile shack, outdoor playscape, garden trains, ponds and pools, and the entire 7.5 acres for the entire day! 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Dallas, TX, 75210 (Fair Park, Gate 6)
If you come down early, you can wander around Fair Park and get your steps in (because one of your New Years Resolutions is to get more exercise). Plan to head to nearby (just to the west of Fair Park), Las Almas Rotas (https://lasalmasrotas.com/# ), for lunch at noon.
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WHAT: DCC February Field Trip
WHERE: Homestead Craft Village, Waco, Texas (https://www.homesteadheritage.com/)
WHEN: Saturday February 15th
For many years, the February Club Field Trip has been a scavenger hunt. This year we are going to step outside the ‘box’ and try something new. Instead of giving you a list of subjects to find and photograph, we would like you to visit a fun new location and to make a photo story about your experience, or any story you come up with at this wonderful location. We will be going to the HOMESTEAD CRAFT VILLAGE (just off I-35) near Waco. It offers a wide variety of different aspects of farm and arts life. From raising sheep, to spinning the wool, to creating on the loom through the finished piece. Candle making, ceramics, and wood working. They have a fabulous forge where they create many metal pieces including working with designers to recreate objects from our past. Also, they grow grain and mill it with an old water wheel operated stone grinder. Each area has its own small shop that sells items that they have made. There also is a large market with everything as well. The opportunities are endless and the workers there are very willing to work with you to get great shots.
Plan on editing to have 5-7 images to make a storytelling sequence that tells a story without words!!! Think of shots that establish your story, a middle that has the meat of the story and then your conclusion. The multiple images will document and illustrate your time at the Homestead. In addition, include a selfie for the slide show of individual stories.
We will have lunch at the Homestead at 12:30 in their terrific restaurant.
Ok, now the schedule. We will meet at the restaurant at 9:45am to get set for the day. Everyone can spread out to the many areas you might want to explore. I recommend checking out the website to see what catches your fancy ahead of time.
After lunch you can continue working on your story at the Homestead until they close at 5pm. Or you can drive over to the Cameron Park Zoo (also open till 5pm) which is about 15 minutes away. A small zoo but very well laid out to get fun animal shots.
Homestead Craft Village. 608 Dry Cherry Rd, Waco Tx 76705. 254-754-9600
Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 N. 4th St, Waco, Tx 76707. 254-750-8400
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April Field Trip Heads Up
Good Morning All. The annual club spring field trip will be to High Island/Bolivar Peninsula Texas April 10th to 14th. A number of us have reservations at the Gulfway Motel & Restaurant. If you wish to stay there as well, you should make plans now. Call 4092865217. They will fill up with birders from around the world to see the famous spring migration. There are lots of motel options in Winnie. You also may wish to look for a beach rental on Bolivar Peninsula.
Field Trips 2025
January 18 - Discovery Garden
February 15 - Scavenger Hunt - Homestead Craft Village, Waco, Texas
March - North Texas Irish Festival
April 10 - 14 - High Island - Spring Bird Migration
Field Trips 2024
January 27 - Dallas Rugby Club/Lake Highlands Park
February 17- Annual Scavenger Hunt - Charming McKinney, TX
March 23 -Celtic Festival - Sherman
April 11-14 - Landscapes/White Sands NP, Alamogordo, N.M.
April Eclipse INFO
May 18 - Texas Rose Horse Park
June 15th. Strokers Motorcycle Shop and Ice House
July 16th. Tuesday evening Bicycle races in Richardson
August 17th. Roller Derby/Ice Hockey
September 28th. Clymer Meadows
October 28th- whenever. Fall Foliage Trip to Great Smokey Mountains
November 16 - Dallas Zoo
December 14 - John Bunker Sands Wetlands
Field Trips 2023
January 7, 2023 - Hagerman Wildlife Refuge - January 7, 8:00AM
February 4, 2023 - Scavenger Hunt - Downtown Dallas
March 4, 2023 - North Texas Irish Festival
April 13-16, 2023 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
May 20, 2023 PM - Clymer Meadows
June 3, 2023 - Rough Riders Baseball
October 28, 2023 - Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering
November 3-5, 2023 Arkansas, Eureka Springs
December 2 -Fort Worth Japanese Gardens and Zoo
Field Trips 2024
April 11 -14 White Sands
2022-2023 Field Trips with Detail HERE
Field Trips 2022
January 2022 - Dallas Zoo
February 2022 - West End Scavenger Hunt
March 2022 - Fort Worth Butterfly Garden
April 2, 2022 - Tyler Azalea Trail and Caldwell Zoo
May 21, 2022 - Polo
June 25, 2022 - Lone Star Park Horse Racing
July 9, 2022 - Winspear Opera House Tour interior and arts district photoshoot
August 20, 2022 - Roller Derby Game
September 17, 2022 - Dallas Arboretum
30 September to 7 October 2022: Fall Color in Ouray, Colorado, Visit Ouray Sample Itinerary
September 30-October 23, 2022 - DIY, State Fair of Texas
November 11-13, 2022 - Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow
December 11, 2022 - Dallas Marathon
December 2022 - Holiday at the Arboretum
Field Trips 2023
January 7,2023 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
February 2023 (11,18, or 25) Scavenger Hunt
March 4,2023 North Texas Irish Festival
July - August 2023 Kenya
Field Trips 2021 - 2022
January – Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
February – Dallas Zoo
March – Dallas Heritage Village
April – Ennis Bluebonnets
May - Clark Gardens
June – Matilda the Musical
July – Fireworks
September - Deep Ellum – Saturday - Sept 25th - Steve Reeves
October - Pumpkins around Dallas
November - Hot Springs National Park – Nov. 5 – 7
December - Fort Worth Japanese Gardens
To see the club's Field Trip History click HERE