Photo Times Newsletter Archive

Nature Photo Times Archive
Newsletter of the Minnesota Nature Photography Club

(Click on the link for the specific year to download a PDF file that includes all of the monthly issues published that year.)

Year

  • Nature Photo Times – 2011 and Nature Photo Times – 2012
    • January: Year End Competition Results
    • February: Photographing Birds in Southwest Florida
    • March: The View from Here
    • April: The View from Here
    • May: NADA, ZIP, Squat
    • September: From the President
    • October: Book Review: “Boyd Norton’s Outdoor Digital Photography – How to Shoot Like a Pro”
    • November: New Lytro Camera – A Fun Toy
    • December: Owling Time Again; When What You See is Not What You Get
    • January 2012: 27th Annual Spring Break Seminar 2012
    • February 2012: We, the Story Tellers
    • March 2012: Look Back in Wonder
  •  Nature Photo Times – 2010
    • January: Year End Competition Results
    • February: Backyard Birds; The View from Here
    • March: Art and Seeing
    • April: Interstate State Park, St. Croix Falls, WI
    • May: Wind-in-the-Pines
    • September: In Memory: Florence Scholljegerdes
    • October: Minnesota Bogs; Nikon User Tip
    • November: The Beauty of Water; Eagles Swoops in for Lunch
    • December: Why I Could Never Leave Home without my Camera; Cropping “Golden Ratio”
  • Nature Photo Times – 2009
    • January: From the President; Year End Competition Results; Field Notes: Cold Winter Photography 2009?; The Story; Note from the Editor
    • February: From the President; Nature Moments; Field Notes: Dust Bunnies
    • March: From the President; The View from Here: Photography Spoken Here; Field Notes: The Digital Histogram; Spring is coming
    • April: From the President; Field Notes: Panoramas; The Image and You
    • May: From the President; 2009/2010 Nominations; Field Notes: It’s Been a Good Ride; Recorders or Artists?: Restricting the Digital Darkroom; Yahoo! Group “MNNature”
    • September: Northstar International; The View from Here
    • October: NorthStar International
    • November: Costal Katmai – Alaska; The View from Here
    • December: South Texas Ranches; Field Notes: Black & White
  • Nature Photo Times – 2008
    • January: From the President; Field Notes: Floating Blinds; Turkey Time; 2007 Images of the Year
    • February: From the President; Field Notes: 1,000s of Slides ; The View From Here; Winter Geese at Silver Lake; Owl Photography Opportunities, Houston, MN
    • March: From the President; Spring is on the Way; Field Notes: It’s not Always About Getting the Image; From the Editor – Newsletter Distribution
    • April: From the President; Winter Survival; Field Notes: It’s Turkey Time; Winter in Yosemite
    • May: From the President; MNPC Board Minutes; Field Notes: Making Use of Technology; Camouflage in Nature
    • September: From the President; MNPC Board Minutes; Would You Believe; Field Notes: Second Camera Body?
    • October: From the President; Field Notes: Shooting on the Fly
    • November: From the President; Mongolia; Field Notes: Photography with the Spouse/or other
    • December: From the President; Mongolia and the Golden Eagle Festival; Field Notes: What Lens/Camera Should I Buy?; Note from the Editor
  • Nature Photo Times – 2007
    • January: Tundra Swans; Minesota Winter Tips – Part 2 – What to Shoot in Winter; 2006 Image of the Year Awards
      February: Field Notes: Metadata Information; Notes from the President; Reflections on Antarctica; Winter Woods; Final Click of the Shutter, Remembering Jean McIntosh
    • March: Field Notes: Competition; Winter Survival
    • April: The Heart of Nature; Field Notes: What’s in Your Vehicle?
    • May: Field Notes: Brown Bears of Katmai; Coastal Katmai Alaska; The BATTLE is Scheduled; The View from Here
    • September: Field Notes: Give Something Back; August 27 Board Meeting Minutes; From the President
    • October: From the President; Field Notes: Digital Noise
    • November: From the President; On Safari; Field Notes: It’s all in the Clouds; Accepted Slides for Year-end Competition
      December: From the President; Field Notes: Shooting in the Field; On Safari; Location, Location, Location; The View from Here
  • Nature Photo Times – 2006
    • January: Field Notes: Are Tripods Becoming Obsolete?; The Color of Snow; 2005 Image of the Year Winners
      February: A Midnight Feast; Field Notes: Digital Exposure
    • March: Time with Nature; Minnesota Nature Photography Club Yahoo Group; Field Notes – “Hands of Man”; Officer Candidates and Volunteers for 2006-2007
    • April: Field Notes: The Soul of Nature Photography; The View From Here; White Stallions; MNPC Officer Candidates and Volunteer Opportunities; Spring Break 2006 Review – From the Editor
    • May: The Awakening; Field Notes: Filters or Photoshop
    • September: The View from Here; Field Notes: Finding Your Subjects ; Requiem for a Pond
    • October: A Slide Presentation; Field Notes: White Balance; Nature Photography Discussion Group
    • November: Up North ; Field Notes: Back-up Camera; Year-end Competition
    • December: Field Notes: Minnesota Winter Tips – Part 1; December 21, 2006; The View from Here
  • Nature Photo Times – 2005
    • January: Field Notes: Keeping it Steady; Salon Thoughts; 2004 Year-end Awards; Is a Photograph Worth a Thousand Words?
    • February: Alaska Adventures; Field Notes: JPEG vs RAW images
    • March: Field Notes: Al and the Other Al; Phantom of the North Forest
    • April: Field Notes: Selling Equipment; A Day in the Snowy Woods; Election Update
    • May: Entering Club Competitions; The View From Here; Passing Along the Emotion of Photography
    • September: Field Notes: Look Over Your Shoulder; Patagonia – Where The Wind Was Born; Welcome to a New MNPC Year
    • October: Field Notes: Getting Close to Nature; Bison Roundup – Custer State Park; In the Beginning – History of MNPC
    • November: The Northern Forest; Field Notes: Getting to Know Your Subject; Outdoor and Digital Seminar
    • December: Field Notes: The Deer Stand; Camoflage by Nature
  • Nature Photo Times – 2004
    • January: 2003 Slides of the Year; Let’s Get Digital; Just Do Something;Exposure Tip ; Little Creatures; News from the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
    • February: Using the Weatherguide Calendar; A Snowy Adventure; Digital Corner; Field Notes: Digital Technology; Captive and Wildlife Images Proposal
    • March: Field Notes: AF or MF?; Captive or Wild ; Digital Corner; Club Tidbits…;
      March Program – Recent Work From the North Shore; The View From Here
    • April: Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls, WI; Field Notes – Shooting on the Wing; The View from Here; Club Tidbits…; Digital Corner (Digital Advantages and Disadvantages); April Program: The Beauty of Birds; Art, Film, Food and Fun – Featuring the artwork of Bruce Wilson
    • May: Field Notes: Mushroom Cheeseburger; A Morning on the Lek; Club Tidbits…; Digital Corner; May Program: A Mid-Winter Photo Shoot
    • September: No newsletter
    • October: Field Notes: Graduated Neutral Density Filters; Greenland, September, 2004; Editor’s Corner
    • November: Field Notes: Shooting Silhouettes; Whitetail Deer; 2004 Image of the Year Candidates (link to PDF file listing all candidates)
    • December: Field Notes: Organizing Your (digital) Images
  • Nature Photo Times – 2003
    • January: 2002 Slides of the Year; Flying Squirrels; Too Cold for Photography?; To Caption? To Submit? That is the Question; Species Profile – Mallard; Book Reviews; Field Notes – Winter Photography
    • February: Signtures in the Snow; Field Notes: I Want to Buy One of Those; What Are You Shooting?
    • March: 100 years and Counting; The Perch; Tell a Story; Eastern Bluebird
    • April: Woodland Drummer; Getting Permission (photographing wild turkeys); Spring Break 2003; To Include or Not?; April Showers
    • May: Field Notes: New Vision; Alaska, a World of Photo Opportunities; The Bears of Katmai & Kodiak – May program by Ron Winch and Toni Meglitsch; Tell a Story – A Summer Challenge
    • September: Spider Webs; Field Notes: Staying Flexible; President’s Message (Captive vs. Authentic, PSA Nature Slide Definition, Judging); Arm Chair Photography
    • October: Field Notes: More Than Bears; Saving Your Underexposed Slides; Digital Anyone?; Club Tidbits…
    • November: The Art of Abstracting; Club Tidbits…; 2003 “Slide of the Year” Candidates; Field Notes: Whitetail Hunting, Part-1; Warm and Dry; The View from Here
    • December: Look for the Lines; Field Notes: Whitetail Hunting 2002 (Part 2); Bernie Friel’s national award winning sparring male indigo buntings; Creature Feature, Green Heron; Voyaguers National Park; The Battle
  • Nature Photo Times – 2002
    • January: Slides of the Year 2001 Awards; Camouflage; My Winter Friend; Galen Rowel’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography; Tell a Story
    • February: Photographing Motion; Know Your Equipment; New Kirk Compact Ballhead; Tell a Story
    • March: Eagles; Winter; Tell a Story
    • April: Photography Spoke Here; Timberdoodle’s Skydance; Exposure 1; The Ditch
    • May: Rewards vs Awards (keeping competitive salons in perspective); The Bog; Exposure 2; Tell a Story
    • September: Photography Exhibit Celebrates the Nature Conservancy; Galen and Barbara Rowell Remembered; A Day at Hawk Ridge; Field Notes: Changing Seasons; Photographing Prairie and Woodland Beauty;Tell a Story
    • October: Field Notes; Technology Revolution; Hiking books; Introducing Cathy Jones
      Minnesota Nature Photography Field Trips; The Porkies; September Survey Results (film and processing); Tell a Story; Travel Corner
    • November: Pursuing the Jeweled Shooting Star; Field Notes – Vision; Slide of the Year 2002 Candidates; Upcoming Photo Tours & Seminars; Isle Royale; Tell a Story – Know Your Audience; Reicks Lake Field Trip
    • December: Winter Friend; Slides of the Year judge, David McClure Field Notes; Patience Revisited; Tell a Story – Share Your Gift; 2002 Minneapolis-St. Paul Print Circuit; Nature Photography Crossword Puzzles
  • Nature Photo Times – 2001
    • January: Award Winners for Slides of the Year 2000; “The Unforgetable and the Unphotographable” – Ron Winch shares some moments from a recent journey; Nature and Wildlife Photography Seminar by Joe and Mary Ann McDonald; Spring Break 2001; “The Photographic Mind” – Insights on an aspect of composition; The new Gitzo Explorer; Tell a Story; Looking for owls
    • February: Minnesota Botany, member medal winners; Pretty pictures/Documentary pictures; Tips from photographers; Trumpeter swan hot spot; Inexpensive mats
    • March: March 21 meeting program: “A Guide to Minnesota Photography” by John Gregor; Seeing photographically; Locating subjects
    • April: Weldon Lee is coming to town; Book review: “Patterns in Nature”; Bison photo experience & Hastings SNA; Long lenses and auto focus; Press release regarding the coming Adobe “Photoshop Elements”; Photographing shapes and textures
    • May: Aspire to New Heights; Be a Naturalist; Some photo applications for Palm handheld computers; Tell a Story
    • September: Minnesotanature.org announcement; Iceland ; A Lifetime of Photography ; Interclub Competition Proposal; BushHawk shoulder mount
    • October: Reflections on September 11; Polar Odyssey, Arctic and Antarctic; Pushing Film – John Pennoyer; Program Notes; Tell a Story
    • November: Contenders for “Slide of the Year”; Man and Nature/Buffalo Roundup; Patience of a Hunter; Tell a Story; Rick Hobbs Florida Trip
    • December: Weatherguide Calendars; Arbor Lights Photo Contest; Nature Center photography; The Magic of Light; Photo gifts under $10; Tell a Story; A Photographic Retreat, U of M Complete Scholar Weekend; Minnesota Botany International Exhibition of Photography
  • Nature Photo Times – 2000
    • January: MNPC Slides of the Year 1999; Remote, Wet and Wonderful – the Pantanal; Call of the Wild (calling in wildlife)
    • February: Minnesota Botany International Awards; The Heart of Nature; Capture the Moment
    • March: Wildflower Safaries by Car – book review; Nature Isn’t Always Pretty; Cyber-space
    • April: Falling Water, Rising Sprits; Outdoor Flash Photography; Keeping Gear Dry
    • May: What is the Photographic Society of America?; Round Island walrus; Eagle Photography on the MIssissippi; Provia F
    • September: A Senior Summer; The “Little Guys” (your main subject may not be the only one around); Thanks to the Zoo shooters
    • October: Film storage article by KODAK; PSA Definition of nature photography; Birds of Iceland; Your Big Backyard; Gunflint Trail moose; warming polarizer; Isabella Lake; Tell a Story!
    • November: Images from Mille Lacs Fall Photo Trip; MNPC Planning; Wind-in-the-Pines, a township park in Washington County; IS/VR Technology, Canon IS Example; Tell a Story
    • December: Meet Dominique Braud; When Wildfire Goes Underground (Insight into the Carlos Avery wildfire); Close-up Photography; John Shaw’s revised Nature Photography Field Guide; Ralph LaPlant’s “Outdoor and Survival Skills”
  • Nature Photo Times – 1999
    • September: Wild Fall Photography; Staying Warm; What is the True Speed of Velvia?; Look back in wonder
    • October: Capitalize on Other People’s Experiences; bibliography of nature photography publications
    • November: Nature Drama in a Pond; Afterglow-photographing after sunset
    • December: Challenge and Wonder in the Utah Desert; Winter Solstice Photography; Snow Shooting