For more information, go to https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/properties/goose-pond-fwa/

World Wide Photo Walk Field Trip to Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN
On October 5 club members can participate in a pop-up field trip to Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, Indiana. This can be a fun event for club members. Scott Kelby, a notable photographer and instructor, has arranged a World Wide Photo Walk and Gary Morrison, a noted nature photographer of Bloomington, is hosting this event at Spring Mill Pioneer Village.

The photo-walk runs from 10 am to noon. It will be guided by Gary Morrison and will be a tour of the Pioneer village in Spring Mill. Meet at the grist mill. The village folks will appear in pioneer costumes. Great photo ops. At noon, we can have a meal at the Spring Mill Inn, a great buffet. Park entrance fee is $7.00 unless you have a pass. There is a photo contest associated with this event. To learn more, register at: https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/a-walk-back-in-time-at-spring-mill-state-park/. This field trip is open to all members of the club.

Bob Wrenn: bobwrenn812@gmail.com

Macro Focus Group Outing: Farmers Market and IU Greenhouse
We will meet at the fountain at the Bloomington Farmers Market downtown for a couple of hours or so of photographing. We can then have an open-air lunch of food bought at the market, or go to a restaurant. In the afternoon we will meet at 1:00pm at the IU Greenhouse,located on campus along East 3rd St. Parking is available at the nearby Atwater Garage across 3rd St., and is free on weekends. There is no admission charge at the greenhouse, and tripods are allowed.

Nola Donley: donley.dn@comcast.net
Juliet Frey: jstarkfrey@comcast.net

We will meet at Flatwoods Park which has birds, butterflies, flowers and forest area. It also has restrooms and water! If you are not familiar with the park's location, come west on St. Rd 46. When you get to the west end of Ellettsville, where the road becomes two lane again, drive one mile. Turn left onto Flatwoods Road. About a mile down the road the park entrance is on the left. Since this is not a long drive, we are not scheduling carpooling.

Around noon we will head back to town and at a location in Ellettsville, to be determined by the group.. Suggestions--Arby's, Chinese restaurant in Richland Plaza, Taco Bell, or the El Ranchero behind Arby's. After lunch the next stop will be the Westbury Antique Mall. We've had lots of fun wandering around the large, two floors, taking pictures even with tripods!

Looks like a busy month! Hope you can attend some of the events!

Nola Donley: donley.dn@comcast.net
Juliet Frey: jstarkfrey@comcast.net

We will meet at the Winery, 200 East Winery Road (take the Sample Road exit off I-69 North) at 10:00 a.m. There are many excellent and diverse photo opportunities at the Winery, both outdoors and in, and the weather should be good! For further information, see https://www.oliverwinery.com/visit

By: Bloomington Photography Club
Locations: Downtown Indianapolis, Newfields (Indy Museum of Art), and Crown Hill Cemetery
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2019
Cost: Around $30.00
Who May Attend: You must be a paid member of the BPC to participate in this event.
This event was originally scheduled for March 30, then May 11 and was cancelled due to bad weather.

Itinerary:

9 AM – Leave for INDY from the Sam’s Club Lot on the West Side of Bloomington. We will park near the gas pumps. If you don’t wish to caravan, meet the group at 10:30 AM at the Morton Statue of the Indiana Statehouse/Capitol Building (200 W Washington St). The Morton Statue is at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Market Street in Indianapolis.

• Best Parking: 151 W Wabash. A surface lot (with just a ticket writer – bring cash) charging $10 for up to three hours. Other possibilities are Hilton at 120 W Market or 33 Capital but they are a much more expensive (hotel lots).

EVENT 1 - 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Historic Downtown Tour with guide. Meet the group at the Morton Statue (see above). Cost is $5 per person. The guide wants to cover all the material and that takes about 75 minutes. If you see a building of interest, feel free to photograph and catch up with the group later. Alternatively, take your own pictures of buildings and people and skip the tour.

• 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM. Free time to photograph missed buildings or people opportunities. Then drive to Newfield’s – the Indianapolis Art Museum (4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis).

• 12:30 PM. Arrive and park at Newfield’s. Pay the reduced entrance of $12 per person then meet in the café. You can either eat a quick lunch or take deep breaths to clear the brain, warm up and virtuously lose weight.

EVENT 2 - 1 PM – 2 PM. Docent presentation about the Gardens and Greenhouse Flowers. This is a public walking tour (BPC and the general public). Tripods may not be used in the Greenhouse but may be used anywhere on the museum grounds.

• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Free time to photograph interesting opportunities and/or visit the museum and/or hit the café again!

EVENT 3 - 3:15 PM to 6 PM. Crown Hill Cemetery. Go from Newfield’s to 34th & Boulevard Place (South Gate of the Cemetery). Guided Tour from 3:30 – 5 PM ($10 per person / min $75 per group). Group has free time to photograph 5 – 6 PM. Note: South Gate closes at 5 PM, North Gate at 8 PM. So, be prepared to enter South and exit North Gates.

EVENT 4 - 6:30 PM. Dinner at Gray’s Brothers Cafeteria, 555 S Indiana St, Mooresville, IN 317-831-7234. After dinner, back home.

To reserve your place, please contact Howard Lodge, howard97home@gmail.com.

On June 13th I will lead a small group of photographers on a mini field trip.  For the last several years I have taken photographs of the Indiana Limestone Symposium and this year one of the Symposium’s organizers, Amy Brier, has contacted me with an invitation to attend their Open House on Thursday, June 13th 1:00-4:00 pm. 

This is an annual event that brings in stone carvers from across the USA and even from other countries to make stone carvings from southern Indiana limestone which has become legendary around the world.  There is no money involved for photographers but the organizers are seeking images to use on their Facebook page and for their promotional purposes of the event.  This is an opportunity to photograph interesting men and women who are true crafts persons and artists in stone carving. 

Please consider joining me Thursday, June 13th from 1:00-4:00 at the Bybee Stone Quarry in Ellettsville, Indiana where the Limestone Symposium is held each year.  I am inviting members of the Point and Shoot Focus Group and the Portrait Focus Group to consider showing up and providing the symposium with a few of your favorite photographs.  Although I’m inviting both of my Focus Groups anyone in the BPC would be welcome to attend.

If you are interested you can either meet me at 1:00 at the Bybee Stone Quarry or if persons wanting to attend wish to car pool, you may show up at 12:30 pm at Kip May Photography studio, 141 N. Adams Street, and we can car pool and caravan.

Please RSVP kipmay@sbcglobal.net or 812-345-0142 so I can plan accordingly if you wish to attend.

Thank you.
Kip May

By: Bloomington Photography Club
Locations: Downtown Indianapolis, Newfields (Indy Museum of Art), and Crown Hill Cemetery
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2019
Cost: $20.00
Who May Attend: You must be a paid member of the BPC to participate in this event.
This event was originally scheduled for March 30 and was cancelled due to bad weather.

Itinerary:

8 AM – Leave for INDY from the Sam’s Club Lot on the West Side of Bloomington. We will park near the gas pumps. If you don’t wish to caravan, meet the group at 9:30 AM at the Morton Statue of the Indiana Statehouse/Capitol Building (200 W Washington St). The Morton Statue is at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Market Street in Indianapolis.

Best Parking: 151 W Wabash. A surface lot (with just a ticket writer – bring cash) charging $10 for up to three hours. Other possibilities are Hilton at 120 W Market or 33 Capital but they are a much more expensive (hotel lots).

EVENT 1 - 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM. Historic Downtown Tour with guide. Meet the group at the Morton Statue (see above). Cost is $5 per person. The guide wants to cover all the material and that takes about 75 minutes. If you see a building of interest, feel free to photograph and catch up with the group later. Alternatively, take your own pictures of buildings and people and skip the tour.

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM. Free time to photograph missed buildings or people opportunities. Then drive to Newfields – the Indianapolis Art Museum (4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis).

11:30 AM. Arrive and park at Newfields. Pay the reduced entrance of $15 per person then meet in the café. You can either eat a quick lunch or take deep breaths to clear the brain, warm up and virtuously lose weight.

EVENT 2 - 12 PM – 1 PM. Docent presentation about the Gardens and Greenhouse Flowers. This is a walking tour in the Greenhouse (1/4 hr.) and Gardens (3/4 hr.). Tripods may not be used in the Greenhouse but may be used anywhere on the museum grounds.

1 PM – 3:00 PM. Free time to photograph interesting opportunities and/or visit the museum and/or hit the café again!

EVENT 3 - 3:15 PM to 6 PM. Crown Hill Cemetery. Go from Newfields to 34th & Boulevard Place (South Gate of the Cemetery). Guided Tour from 3:30 – 5 PM ($10 per person / min $75 per group). Group has free time to photograph 5 – 6 PM. Note: South Gate closes at 5 PM, North Gate at 8 PM. So, be prepared to enter South and exit North Gates.

EVENT 4 - 6:30 PM.  Dinner at Gray’s Brothers Cafeteria, 555 S Indiana St, Mooresville, IN  317-831-7234. After dinner, back home.

To reserve your place, please contact Howard Lodge, howard97home@gmail.com.

Meet at the old K-Mart West parking lot on West 3rd St., behind The Outback. We will head south on I69. Azalea Park is at 1502 N. County Rd. 825 W, Hazleton, IN--near Princeton and not far from Petersburg. The drive should take about an hour. Entrance fee is $5.00 per person. Tripods are okay to use as long as we stay out of the way of people walking on the paths. For more information, see http://azaleapatharboretum.org/home  Lots of flowers, sculptures, nature trails, etc. If you wish to carpool, please contact Juliet at jstarkfrey@comcast.net 

Meet at the westside Bed, Bath, and Beyond parking lot; 8:00 a.m., leave for Chesterfield. Driving time is about 1 hr. 45 min., but of course there may be delays because of the I-69 construction. We will spend about 2 1/2 hours at the Chesterfield Spirit Camp, including a 30-minute museum tour, then head for lunch at 1:00 at Sahm's Restaurant in Pendleton. On the way to Pendleton, we'll make a brief stop at the round barn in Anderson.The afternoon will be "on your own." Some options are Pendleton Falls State Park (Pendleton), Mounds State Park (Anderson), West Maplewood Cemetery (200 College Drive, Anderson), and the 1905 round barn east of Frankton, IN (735 SR128 E, Lafayette Township, Madison County--5.2 miles from jct with RR tracks in Frankton).
For information about the Spirit Camp, see https://www.indianalandmarks.org/endangered-property/camp-chesterfield/ and also https://youtu.be/_lyfKkHV5zM
Questions? Contact Teri Youngman at tystudio2@gmail.com

I am organizing a mini field trip for my two focus groups, the Portrait Focus Group and the Point and Shoot Focus Group.  The event is the 16th Annual Road Rocket Rumble. We have had club members go in past years and it is a photographer’s playground.  The Road Rocket Rumble is a 3 day event featuring vintage restored cars and hot rods from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, live Rock-a-Billy bands, many people dressed in fun vintage clothing, vendors and large crowds of interesting people who have gathered for this festive event.

This is not an ‘official BPC field trip’ but all are welcome and I will make this known to some of the other focus groups as well should they have an interest. 

Here are the details:
www.indyroadrockets.com

For those interested in carpooling we will gather in the Northside Marsh Parking lot at 9:30 am on Saturday, June 27th.  If you are planning on going that day please let me know if you will need a ride and/or if you are willing to drive.  Passengers should be prepared to offer their driver some compensation for gasoline.  We will leave to return at 5:00 pm. If you wish to arrive and leave on a different schedule that is fine and we’ll see you up there.

Spectator Fee: $10.00 at the gate.

Where: 
The Clarion Waterfront Hotel
2930 Waterfront Parkway W. Dr,
Indianapolis, IN 46214

Lunch:  We will try to find an appropriate location for those wishing to eat lunch (on the grounds) and we’ll communicate that location when it is determined.

Please let me know if you are planning to attend and if you are willing to drive so I can plan accordingly.

This excursion is not intended to be an official LAWN group field trip, but rather an unstructured opportunity for interested photographers (and friends) to see and photograph some of Columbus' collection of modern architecture and to enjoy visiting a nearby town with an unusual appreciation for good design. According to the Columbus Visitor Center (www.columbus.in.us), “The American Institute of Architects ranked Columbus sixth in the nation for innovation and design, right up there with San Francisco and Boston.” Neill Vaughn will be at  the K-Mart parking lot by Bloomingfoods East, at from 6:30 to 6:45 a.m. for those who want to set out early. Columbus is an easy 45-minute drive east of Bloomington on Hwy 46. When you get to Columbus, continue straight ahead a couple of miles to the downtown and follow the signs to the Visitor Center. That's where we will park, and we'll start photographing close by. The Visitor Center offers two-hour bus tours at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., and there may be a 90-minute guided walking tour at 10:30 a.m. If you don't see Neill and others when you arrive, you can call him at 812-345-8937.
 

Our next outing is scheduled for June 6.  We will be first meeting at 9:30 on Range Road for wildflower photos, eat at Fazoli's about 11:30, then on to the IU Greenhouse in Jordan Hall on 3rd St about 12:30.  Parking for the greenhouse is in the garage located between Atwater and 3rd just south of Jordan Hall. You get to it from Atwater.

Here are some guidelines regarding parking and where to go. First, to get there you go east on 10th St from the Bypass and turn left at the first stoplight, onto Range Road. (The Frank McCloskey Post Office Building is visible on the right at that intersection.)

Go down Range Road past the entrances to IU buildings on the left and apartment buildings on the right. The road then divides and you want to take the right fork, towards the IU Service Building. If you go up to the Service Building there's plenty of parking right in front of it, and it should not be a problem to park there.

After parking, you'll want to walk back down the Service Building drive and turn right past the gate (it may or may not be closed) and down the gravel road. Shortly there will be a branch of that road going to the right, but don't take that; it just leads to the back of the Service Building.

The road borders the Cross Country course on your left. Soon you'll arrive at another gate, which is always closed. At this point you can turn left up the hill (i.e., not going past the gate in front of you), which will soon take you to a big field on the right (there's a closed gate there also), which should have a lot of wildflowers. Or, you can go on around the gate and along the gravel road which eventually goes down into Sycamore Valley. There should be wildflowers along the upper part of this road.

The road down to Sycamore Valley eventually becomes quite steep, so this is something to think about for people who are not really into steep roads. In the valley there should be more wildflowers. You can go a ways to the right or the left when you get to the bottom of the road. If you go to the right, you'll come to a place where you can easily access the fairly large stream that flows along the side of the valley.

There are no houses there. Deer, but usually not during the day; coyotes barking in the distance (but no need at all to worry about them!), birds, and ticks. So do wear insect repellant and try to avoid walking through tall grass. 

Nola Donley
Helene Jones

Meet at the parking lot between Starbuck's and Bed, Bath & Beyond on Bloomington's west side for those who want to caravan or catch a ride. On this field trip for wildflowers and spring landscape photography, first we'll visit Green's Bluff, a Nature Conservancy preserve not far from McCormick's Creek State Park. This is a beautiful wooded site with easy walking until you get to the bluff overlooking Racoon Creek. It can be muddy, too. We should have good photographic opportunities along the trail, at the bluff, and down by the creek.

Directions to Green's Bluff: From Bloomington take SR 46 west through Ellettsville toward Spencer. Turn South (left) on SR 43 (this will be before you get to McCormick's Creek State Park) and go five miles to Sheffied Road (also called County Road 525). Turn west (right) onto Sheffield Rd and continue for one mile to the ‘T’. Turn south (left) at the ‘T.’ After about 0.4 mile this road ends. Park near the cemetery. Walk 0.5 miles along the old logging road (which continues where the county road ends) into the preserve

After a couple of hours at Green's Bluff, we'll go to McCormick's Creek for more shooting. There is an organized run/walk event at McCormick's Creek State Park on the same day, but it should be finished by 11:00 a.m., if not earlier.  We'll have lunch at the Inn in the state park or in nearby Spencer, or you can bring your own picnic. McCormick's Creek State Park is a great location for spring wildflowers, waterfalls, and streams. There are scenic overlooks as well as trails both easy and moderately difficult.

Green Bluff pdf

Questions? Please contact Neill Vaughn at neillva@yahoo.com

Marengo Cave, Marengo, Indiana. The cave site is a little over two hours south of Bloomington. The club has been given exclusive after-hours time in the cave, with 2 1/2 hours to explore and photograph both the Dripstone Trail and the Crystal Palace sections. Cost is discounted to $18 a person. We are limited to 25 members to attend. Prepayment is needed. Spaces are filling up fast.

tripods are allowed

If you would like to carpool, we will be meeting in the parking lot of the Bed, Bath and Beyond - across the street from Starbucks on the west side of town. We plan to leave out by 2:30 p.m., so please arrive a few minutes early so we can make sure everyone who would like to share a ride has a place.

Some of us will be stopping for dinner on the way home. The place is still to be determined. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

To reserve your spot, or for more info contact René Rezvan