Serving Plano, Dallas and the surrounding suburbs, the Plano Photography Club was established in 1984 for anyone interested in photography.

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Photo Activities and Galleries

2021 Topic of the Week Photo Activity - Week 23

June DIY Photo Excursion

As some of you may be aware, West Plano Presbyterian Church where we meet experienced significant water damage to the educational portion of the building during the February freeze. They hope to begin reconstruction this month with completion targeted for this fall. We will be ready to return there when they are ready for us.

Summer is just around the corner and that means more time and sunshine for outdoor activities. Whether it be a long vacation to an exotic locale or a day visit to a local park, there are photographic opportunities everywhere. It's an ideal time to charge up those camera batteries and get outside to take pictures.

Speaking of being outside, I think a picnic is a perfect event for our first in-person gathering since early 2020. It’s been that long since many of us have seen each other face-to-face. It will be fun to catch up and trade stories. The gathering also gives us a chance to welcome our newer members who have not been able to attend in-person meetings.

The club picnic is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16th at 6:30 PM at the Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve Pavilion. Look for details in this edition of the newsletter and on the website.

Finally, thanks to everyone who made our May awards program a fun evening, and congratulations to all the winners. Awards and ribbons will be available at the picnic, along with prints from last year's contests.

I look forward to visiting with all of you on June 16th.

- Alan Daniel (from the June 2021 issue of The FLASH!)

Jerry Schlesinger: Cruisin' With Your Camera

Jerry Schlesinger

Program Description: Jerry and his wife Ilene really enjoy cruising. Since 1999, they have taken 39 cruises encompassing 470 nights at sea aboard six different cruise lines.

In this program, Jerry will share with us why they like cruising, the photography challenges that you encounter while on cruises, and helpful tips to make cruising with your camera more fun and enjoyable.

Bio: Jerry Schlesinger was born in Brooklyn, New York. His interest in photography developed while flipping through the pages of his parents' Life magazines.

With degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, he worked for Western Electric/AT&T Microelectronics in Allentown, PA and Orlando, FL for 30 years. After a short (one weekend) retirement, he began a second professional career with Texas Instruments (TI) in Dallas. His entire career was in the area of photolithography, a process central to the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

The most expensive “camera” he used in that area cost $10,000,000. He was a specialist in the metrology related to photolithography and was the TI representative on Sematech's Metrology Advisory Committee. Jerry retired from TI after 14 years.

Jerry is a member of the Plano Photography Club and currently serves as the Contest Committee Chair. He and Ilene live in Denton and enjoy traveling the world together by ship or car. Their children live in Charlottesville, VA and Portland, OR.

Samples of Jerry's Photography

The theme for the June 2021 Plano Photography Club photo contest is OPEN (Electronic Image).

You may submit one image to the contest.

Entries must be uploaded to the PPC Competition Site before 11:59 PM CT on June 17, 2021.

The maximum dimensions for electronic images submitted to the contest website are 4096 x 2160 pixels.

Please review the PPC Competition Rules and Process document if you have questions about how the club competitions work. If you need additional information, please contact the Contest Chair.

NOTE: You must be a Plano Photography Club member to submit an image to a competition.

This month's DIY Photo Excursion (June 1-30) is to Downtown Dallas for photos of Dallas' mix of modern and historical architecture.

Whether it's Deep Ellum, Victory Park, or the Central Business District, you'll find that there are plenty of locations in and near the heart of Dallas for you to get great pictures.

And if you're participating in our monthly contests, you might be able to capture some candidate shots for the upcoming Neon Lights (July) and Nighttime Water Reflections (September) competitions during your excursion.

After you return home, please send your best pictures (maximum of five, <10MB, <=4096 pixels on the long side) to clubphotos@planophotographyclub.com for inclusion in a gallery to be posted on the club website.

Enjoy getting outdoors but please stay safe and cool.