“I continue to master some thing new about pictures just about every single day,” Dick Dougall, 90, recently advised the Tennessean.
And for far more than 20 years, Dougall has shared that know-how with members of the community images team he launched.
He started out Brentwood Images Team in 1998 and added Lunch Bunch shortly immediately after in 1999.
In accordance to a news launch about equally images teams, “BPG has developed to grow to be a top useful resource for photographers in the Nashville-Brentwood-Franklin group. Nowadays it involves virtually 200 associates at all ability degrees — starting, amateur and expert photographers, with techniques ranging from beginner to professional.”
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The Lunch Bunch group supports the expansion of their photographic competencies by education and exhibitions of photographic achievements.
By December, the function of 13 Lunch Bunch customers will be on display screen in an show named “We’re Even now Understanding” at the Williamson County General public Library in advance of it moves to Sq. Sector & Cafe in Columbia, Tennessee, for the month of January.
“This show is an exceptional opportunity for the individuals of Williamson County to love some fantastic works of photographic art and learn about the excellent instructional alternatives afforded by the analyze of photography,” Dougall said.
The team is constructed on building friendships with some others who share a adore of pictures. Lunch Bunch customers satisfy once a month to hear to guest speakers, participate in team outings and bolster their techniques.
For the duration of regular monthly conferences, the team discusses photographic matters ranging from digicam development to graphic-enhancing software package. Group customers arrive psyched to educate by themselves and educate other photographers what they have learned about generating images.
“We get with each other and most likely have about 15 regulars. Could at times have as quite a few as 20 people show up for the lunch conference to view a movie or something about attempting to study additional about images,” Vice President John Mott explained.
Dougall’s appreciate for capturing and processing images commence when he was only twelve decades aged. Mott mentioned Dougall’s willpower to greatly enhance his understanding: “He is established to learn extra and additional about it.”
About the artwork exhibit
“We’re Nonetheless Learning” artwork exhibition will be situated in the artwork gallery at Williamson County General public Library, 1314 Columbia Avenue in Franklin.
The exhibit will showcase visuals captured by customers of the Lunch Bunch Team. Their do the job will be on screen the full month of December.
In January, the artwork show will be on general public display at Square Market & Cafe, 36 Community Square in Columbia, Tennessee.
Taking part photographers incorporate:
- Rick Borchert
- Debbie Shiny
- Martin Cregg
- Dick Dougall
- Jim Havens
- Bob McReynolds
- John Mott
- Scott Oberle
- John Roeder
- Janis Tomanek
- Russ Tomanek
- Rick Smart
- Al Wooden
For data on how to be part of the Brentwood Images Group, go to https://brentwoodphotographygroup.org/be a part of-bpg/.