April MMPC Meeting – April 2, 2025

The April MMPC meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at Riverview Church – Holt Venue, 3585 E Willoughby Rd, Holt, MI. The meeting and reception will provide MMPC members the opportunity to view the photographs on display in the Gallery Show and to interact with photographers whose work is shown. Please invite family members and others who may be interested in your images and or the images shown by the club members. Guests are encouraged to attend the event. Participants will gather at Gravity Smokehouse after the reception and meeting.

Save The Dates – Upcoming MMPC Meetings

The Mid-Michigan Photography Club planned meeting dates include:

• Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – Riverview Church, 3585 E Willoughby Rd, Holt, MI
• Wednesday May 7, 2025 – Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E Mount Hope Ave, Lansing, MI

MMPC Gallery Show

The club’s April 2025 meeting will be a Gallery Show Reception at Riverview Church – Holt Venue. At this time, the Take-Down for the 2025 Gallery Show is planned for Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. There is a possibility of keeping the Gallery Show up for an extended period. We will discuss this at the April MMPC meeting.

Big Cookie

Congratulations to Amy Pendell for participating in the December 2024 Big Cookie friendly photo competition with the theme Pets. The theme for the next big cookie is “Reflections.” Members are encouraged to bring a digital image for the Big Cookie competition at the May 2025 meeting.

Meijer Garden Butterflies Field Trip

MMPC will host a field trip to Butterflies are Blooming at Meijer Gardens on Saturday, March 29, 2025. We will meet at 8:00 a.m. to carpool from the Boot Barn/Michaels lot on Marketplace South of Saginaw near the Saginaw Exit on I-96. Information is available at https://www.meijergardens.org/butterflies-are-blooming/.

Other Upcoming Field Trips

• Trillium at Kate Palmer Sanctuary, Jackson – date tbd
• Peonies at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor – May 31 – meet at 9 am
• Fireworks at Delta Township – July 3 – meet at 9:00 pm

MMPC Logo Clothing

MMPC clothing items are available to order. You can specify a hoodie as a pullover or zip-up or you can order a t-shirt. You can bring your order form to an MMPC meeting or you can send your order form to the address on the form. Delivery will be at a future MMPC meeting.

A limited number of club emblem patches are available for $15 each. The patches are 3½ inches square, embroidered, three color patches on heavy white cloth. See Glenn Dunn if you are interested.

MMPC Monthly Photo Challenge

Thanks to all who have contributed to the MMPC Photo Challenge. The March theme is Shadows. It is great to see the submissions on the Facebook page. If you do not use the Facebook group, send your entry by email to mmpclansing@gmail.com so that we can post it to the Facebook page. Constructive discussion of the photos, beyond simply liking the picture, is encouraged. The current and upcoming monthly themes for the photo challenge are:

• March 2025 – Shadows (with an optional technique of Texture)
• April 2025 – Benches (with an optional technique of Wide Angle or Telephoto)

The following list contains events that may be of interest to photographers: