Outings
Butterfly Garden
April 5, 2025 10:00 AM
Village Walk, Bonita Springs
Two acres located on the south side of VillageWalk Bonita Springs, between Queen Angel Way and Wahoo Drive, are home to eleven gardens that support over a dozen species of butterflies and skippers.
There is no reason to stay on the sidewalk running the quarter-mile length of the gardens. Colorful flowers beckon visitors to stray off the cement and follow the mulched paths to find fourteen granite benches nestled in the foliage, perfect oasis to view flittering, nectaring butterflies, or for some moments of respite and contemplation.
Coordinator: Nancy Farinella
Email Nancy to get on the list: grantham46@icloud.com
$10 Donation Requested
May 10, 2025
7:00 – 10:00 AM
Burrowing Owls – Marco Island
Jim Robellard and Judy Chinski will be hosting a burrowing owl outing, Saturday morning May 10th. Pick up a list of suggested locations of the best owl sites on Marco Island at the house or on-line
1590 Ludlow Rd, Marco Island and surrounding neighborhoods
Refreshments served afterwards
March 28-30
FCCC Conference
Manatee Technical College, Bradenton, FL
FCCC Photography Conference in Bradenton! Click HERE for more info
April Meeting
Photoshop: Advanced Selections and Masking
Dan Waterman
Speaking Via Zoom
Details
From replacing skies, to selecting hair, to enhancing contrast in isolated areas of the tonal range, masking is among Photoshop’s most powerful features for any photographer. In this presentation, Dan will demonstrate some of Photoshop’s advanced capabilities for selecting, layering, and masking. He will discuss how and when to use different tools for an efficient workflow, including channels, Quick Mask mode, the Select & Mask interface, AI features, and more, with examples for a variety of subjects including landscapes, portraits, and wildlife.
Dan first picked up a camera nearly 20 years ago and was captivated by the methodical, process-oriented approach to composition and exposure. His passion has only grown since then, and he now spends every possible moment exploring and capturing the world’s varied landscapes. His work can be seen at danwdesign.com.
Thursday, April 10 2025 7:00 PM FSW College Building J
June Meeting
Photoshop for Lightroom Classic Users
Tim Grey
Speaking Via Zoom
Details
Tim willl explain the workflow for getting images from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop (and then back to Photoshop again later), as well as some of the key features photographers using Lightroom Classic would want to leverage in Photoshop.
For more than 23 years Tim has been answering questions from photographers in his daily Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter. He teaches through hands-on workshops and presents at a variety of events around the world. You can learn more about Tim’s various projects at timgreyphoto.com
Thursday, June 12 2025 7:00 PM FSW College Building J
December Meeting
The Power of Imagery to Push Creative Boundaries
Gerri Jones
Speaking Via Zoom
Details
How we choose to create stories with our imagery resonates with your own personal photographic journey. Ways to overcome a creative rut are discussed with helpful strategies. Gerri will discuss how choosing to shoot with the addition of all manual optics (such as Lensbabies or Vintage lenses),
Gerri enjoys photographing all subjects and especially the challenge of new ways to see through the creative use of Lensbaby lenses. She is a Lensbaby Ambassador. Her work can be seen at her website.
Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:00 PM FSW College Building J
Winter Competition Best in Category
Traditional ColorComin' At Cha - Diana Calleja
Spring Competition
April 15 – May 15, 2025
Color, Monochrome, Creative and Smartphone
Click here to see all ribbons and imagesFCCC Year End DPI-SIG Winner
Congratulations to Phil Wheat on his Blue Ribbon in the Interpretive Category
F3C Competititon results can be viewed on the F3C Website HERE
DPI-SIG Magazine
The DPI-SIG Magazine started publication in 2014 and the last issue was in September 2023. Each issue includes photography articles, member images and other info. Click the image to access the entire library.
YouTube Live
General Meeting Live Online
Jim Robellard has pulled together the parts needed to broadcast our general meeting on YouTube. In our March test, we discovered the quality of the recording to be far better that videotaping. We announced it for our April meeting. If you can’t come to the meeting, join us on YouTube!
What’s Happening? Or, What Happened!
DPI-SIG – 20 Years
Ceelebrate 20 years of these unruly Naples photographers pointing their cameras every which way. We will reveal how the club started and highlight some of the highlights.
June 2024 Outing
TNP at Sugden Theater
This was a fun outing. 14 photographers took hundreds of photos
DPI-SIG NEW! Auctions
We are going to different auction software for the auctions. Bidding will all be handled online, and you will see the current bid, so you will have a better sense of whether to bid again, or at all.
Go to the Classifieds Page and click Auctions at the top to see all the listings. Then bid away!
All auction items have been donated to the club, and all proceeds go to the general fund.
FCCC 2025 Conference
DPI-SIG members will receive a $29 discount on the FCCC member price when registering on the website.
Our Volunteers
Volunteers are the backbone of our organization