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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Enchanted Lens Camera Club Events

	ELCC Field Trip to Taos, NM
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm

Description:: SATURDAY, JUNE 2 Sunrise: 5:46 am
Sunset: 8:15 pm
Moonrise: 6:36 pm
5:30 – 7:30 am
Meet at the Overland Sheepskin parking lot (3 mi. north of Taos on Hwy 522) to
walk trails and capture sunrise landscape photos.

Following this early shoot, we will drive to Taos Pueblo, convening at the entrance about
7:45 am to purchase $6 pp photo permits & $10 pp entrance fees. Enter the pueblo at 8:00.
Please familiarize yourselves with all regulations and follow all guidelines set forth by the
pueblo and our guide. See: http://www.taospueblo.com/visiting.php.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-puebloetiquette.html.

Saturday, June 2 TAOS, NM PHOTO TRIP, page 2 continued . . .

8:00 – 11 am Meet up with our very own Mike Torivio for special photo ops. Tour the
pueblo, visit Taos artisans’ shops & pueblo sites open to us.

Recommended lenses: wide angle, portrait, zoom and polarizers.

Observe, visit, ask questions and photograph (with their permission) native artisans.
TIPS ($5-10 per person) are recommended for compensating & photographing native artisans.
See more info at: http://www.taospueblo.com/artists/index.php AND download a pueblo map here: http://www.taospueblo.com/images/map_walking_tour_lg.gif

11:00 Meet in the Taos Pueblo parking lot to caravan to Arroyo Seco for lunch/
Photographing.

11:45 Lunch at Taos Cow Ice Cream (sandwiches, salads, treats) at 485 Hwy 150, Arroyo
Seco. 575-776-5640. http://taoscow.com/

12:30-2:45 Walk through Arroyo Seco: Hike the area, photograph the mercantile, old
buildings & cars, horses, visit Jack Leustig Imaging (482 State Highway 150).
http://www.visitseco.com/ and http://www.jliprints.com/

3:15-4:15 Meet at Geraint Smith Photography: 110 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos.
http://www.geraintsmith.com/

9:30 – 4:00 OR -- choose your own adventures, too, with independent Taos explorations:

Please see the pretty copy of the field trip accessed by clicking the link above for this information.

Saturday, June 2 TAOS, NM PHOTO TRIP, page 3 continued . . .

4:30-6:00 pm ELCC Group Dinner at Eske’s Brew Pub-in the outdoor Beer Garden patio,
106 Des Georges Lane, Taos. 575-758-1517.
Convene early to accommodate getting to our sunset shooting site to capture surrounding
landscapes with moonrise and sunset.

A SPECIAL NOTE about GUESTS: A native Taos family of 5 will likely be joining us for
dinner as our guests; please help welcome them by contributing to purchase their meals.

SPECIAL GROUP BUFFET ($15/pp): vegetarian green chile-cheese corn enchilada OR
veggie burger OR red chile free-range chicken enchilada with side salad garnish, beans,
rice, iced tea or lemonade, melon.

Alternatively, you can order off the menu, too, but what a great deal--prearranged by the chef just for us! Organic & local—yum!

RSVP to Jim or Kathy is required by May 25th: abq-jim@comcast.net or kathrs@aol.com.
Provide name(s), # for dinner, & phone/email contact info.

6:15-8:30 pm SUNSET SHOOT – Meet 6:15 pm at the public parking lot across from the
Plaza at Kit Carson & Paseo Pueblo del Norte. We will CARPOOL to the
Penitente Morada (La Morada de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe) if it is
accessible (or another fabulous location, if the first is unavailable), led by Victoria Saavedra
Stamm. Respectful house-of-worship etiquette is essential! Well-known Taos-based
photographers Geraint Smith and/or Steve Bundy may join us.

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