August 2025 DUPS Meeting

Name: August 2025 DUPS Meeting
Start: 2025-08-17T17:30:00-05:00
Location: 1509 N Central Expy, Plano, TX 75075-7022, United States

Schedule

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1509 N Central Expy, Plano, TX 75075-7022, United States | Plano, TX

Please join us for our next DUPS meeting on Sunday August 17th.
Social Hour begins at 5:30 pm → Meeting starts at 6:30 pm.

This month our speaker will be our own DUPS member Jay Freeman.
Jay will talk about: "Using Composition to Enhance Your Images".
Jay will discuss some of the basic principles of two-dimensional composition, how he personally uses these principles in his images. He will present examples of these principles for discussion.

Jay Freeman is a lifelong resident of the Dallas, Texas area going back multiple generations on both sides of his family. He began diving in the mid-80s and just never stopped. Jay is a PADI Master Instructor of 35 years, A NAUI instructor of 30 years and was a TDI and SDI Instructor for a few years (until PADI and NAUI sponsored enriched air courses). In the real world, Jay is the owner of Accurate Concept Insurance and ConceptSR22.com. He is also an accredited Texas State Bar MCLE Sponsor and regularly presents CLE courses for Criminal Defense Groups and Bar Associations around the state of Texas.
Jay is also the author of several published works including:
• Five Things You Need to Know About the Texas SR-22 – 03/14 TCDLA Voice For The Defense
• News From the Trenches: SR-22 Requirement Confusion – 04/20 TCDLA Voice For The Defense
• An Old Rule is New Again – Vol 1, 2022 The Defender
• Contributing author last 8 editions – Texas DWI Manual – James Publishing (2017-25)
• A Consumer’s Guide to the Texas SR-22
Jay began his early career following in the family business as a stained-glass artist and art has always played a huge role in his life. It was only natural that he began taking underwater photos as soon as he started diving.
Jay met his lovely wife Rani when she signed up for a trip he was leading in Roatan, they got engaged while on a dive off Sipadan Island in Borneo and honeymooned in Turks and Caicos. Both Rani and Jay are outdoor enthusiasts. Their hobbies include cycling, fishing, skiing and hiking. They love to travel and their involvement with scuba has allowed them to visit many unique places around the world.