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2008 Meetings - 3rd Tuesdays
6:30-7:00 visiting, 7:00-9:00 program
NOTE NEW LOCATION:
Powder Valley Conservation
Nature Center
October 21
November 18
December 9 - Holiday Party, Kirkwood Community Center
2008 Meeting
Dates, Directions, & Map
Tuesday, October 21
Kent Gastreich
A photographer and avid
outdoorsman for over 30 years and a past MoNEP board member, Kent
Gastreich will share his wealth of experience at the October meeting
during his presentation on How to Survive An Outdoor Photographic
Expedition. Kent’s program is aimed at both novice and
experienced photographers. He will discuss basic equipment, what to know
before you go into the field and things to consider to help you avoid
getting yourself and your equipment into a difficult situation. Kent
will cover topics such as: planning for a photo expedition, maps,
Global Positioning Systems (GPS), photographic equipment, clothing and
personal gear.
Tuesday, November 18
Chris Brown
Entomologist Chris Brown
will talk about Macro Photography, with an emphasis on digital
macro. Chris photographs a wide range of insects and other
arthropods. For the past decade, Chris, along with a colleague,
has been surveying the tiger beetles of Missouri and is soon to have a
book out, with his photographs on the subject. His interest in
both insects and birds has led him to Central and South America.
Nonetheless, he finds the diversity of habitats and insects in Missouri
quite amazing. Chris has worked for the past nine years as an
entomologist at Monsanto, where he works on ecological risk assessment.
Share
and Show
The Share and Show portion of each meeting is where
members share up to FOUR of their images, along with short
descriptions. Now we have three ways to share the images:
slides, prints, or digital files. Digital files should be brought
in on a labeled USB flash drive or CD-ROM and given to Jerry Miller
by 6:45. Image names should include the name of the member and
should be in a folder with the member's name. Vertical images
should be sized with a height of 768 pixels; horizontal images with a
width of 768 pixels; and saved as .jpg files. Here are
directions for resizing images. Remember
themes are only suggestions. Do not forget to pick up your
flash drives and CD-ROMS before you leave the meeting.
Directions to Powder Valley
Powder Valley is off Cragwold Road, with access only
from Geyer Road. Coming from 270, take 44 east and exit
immediately at Watson Road, turn left on Geyer Road, and left on Cragwold.
From
44 (coming east or west), take the Lindbergh Blvd.
exit, go south on Lindbergh to Watson, then west on Watson to Geyer
Road. Go right (north) on Geyer to Cragwold and then turn left onto
Cragwold. Please use the side entrance on the south end of the
building, closest to the parking lot because the main entrance will be
locked. Proceed up the hall to the auditorium.

NOTE: MAP IS NOT TO SCALE
JOIN
OUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS!
You are invited to attend
our next meeting and meet many interesting people who all have one thing
in common . . .
a dedication to learning about nature photography.
You can start
by filling out our 2008 membership
form and bringing it to one of our meetings.
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