PREVIOUS ACC TRAVELS
September, 2008
October, 2008
November, 2008
December, 2008
January, 2009
February, 2009
March, 2009
April, 2009
May, 2009
June, 2009
NOTE: Some dates may change and events will be added. We will try to keep everyone as informed as possible. Also, check the "ACC Yahoo Groups" information and the "ACC Yahoo Calendar". If anyone hears of anything that they would like to add, please contact Kent Wilson: Special Events Chairman.
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Fall (past): Club shoot at Covered Bridges in Park County, Indiana -- Photo Display at Arlington Heights Memorial Library -- Starved Rock State Park Shoot
Winter (past): Starved Rock Winter Weekend -- Pizza Party Fund Raiser -- Seminar by George Le Claire at Palatine Library -- Chicago Storm indoor Soccer Game -- Photo Display at Indian Trails Library in Wheeling -- Field Trip to Kramer Photography on "Lighting for Portraits".
Spring (past): Rolling Meadows Library Photo Display -- ACC Photo Equipment Garage Sale -- Photo Display at Prospect Heights Library
Summer (past): Arlington Heights Garden Club Walk/Shoot -- Fourth of July Parade in Arlington Heights, IL -- Frontier Days, Arl. Hts. -- Irish Fest -- Day at the Races -- Indiana Dunes -- Police Auction of non-claimed merchandise -- NASCAR Race -- Tall Ships in Chicago -- Brookfield Zoo -- Renaissance Faire, Bristol, WI -- Mentoring, Digital 101: Nate Silvers presents a series of classes on the Essentials of Photography -- Photo shoot at residential garden.
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LOCAL PHOTO EVENTS Recommended Photo Opportunities
Sept. - Oct.: Morris Sky Fest, Morris -- Architectural Tour, West Dundee -- Long Grove Apple Festival -- Kane County Flee Market, Kane County Fair Grounds, St. Charles -- Fall Festival at Goebert's Farm Market in South Barrington
October - Nov.: Long Grove: white church, covered bridge, etc. -- Botanic Gardens: ponds, waterfalls, bridges, etc. -- Japenese Gardens, Rockford: lots of waterfalls and foliage -- Small garden just past Long Grove -- Horse farms: going out Dundee Road west -- World's largest corn maze: Richardson Farm in Spring Grove -- Didier Farms, 16678 W. Aptakistic Road -- Galena Fall Colors Weekend
October: Navy Pier: Halloween at Navy Pier -- St. Charles Scare Crow Festival -- Autumn Harvest Festival -- Chilli Cookoff -- Evanston Arts Week, Evanston -- Fall Color Festival at Morton Arboretum, Lisle -- Union County Colorfest -- Boo! at the Zoo: Brookfield Zoo -- Galena Halloween Ballon Festival -- Covered Bridge in Brown County, Park City, IN
November: 1/22-1/1/08 Clearbrook's "Wonderland of Lights" Derive-Thru Spectacular -- 11/23-25 Chriskindl Market -- 11/23 Tree Lighting Ceremony 4:45 p.m. North School Park -- 11/23-24 Santa and his Raindeer -- 11/23-12/24 Charles Dicken' A Christmas Carol -- 11/23-12/31 The Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue
December: 12/1 Movie with Mayor Mulder; Polar Express Holiday Train Ride; & "Take a Bough" Tree Decorating. -- 12/7 Nine Holiday Teas at the Banta House.
January:
February: Indiana Dunes in the winter -- Kankakee River State Conservation Area, Late Feb/Early March
March: Des Plaines River State Conservation Area
April: Crab Tree Nature Center and Reed Turner Nature Center - Spring Flowers
May: Messenger Woods Forest Preserve - Wild Flowers
June:
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NATIONAL PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
ANNUAL: "Photographer's Calendar" http://www.photographamerica.com/calendar.htm
The above website, prepared by Photograph America, gives a very nice overview and photos of places to shoot across our Nation during specific months.
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