Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club 2016 This Issue Volume 78 • Issue 7
March March Club News...... 2 - 11 Photography News...... 12 - 23 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc...... 24 - 26 Schedule of Activities...... 27 - 33 Complete Index...... 34
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1 Park West Camera Club Committee Chairs
The Park West Camera Club is an independent not-for- Archives Myrna Harrison-Changar profit corporation. Guests are always welcome at meet- 212 663 1422 [email protected] ings and activities. Competition John Brengelman The Park West Camera Club newsletter, Photo Notes, is 917-543-7957 [email protected] Hedy Klein published every month by and for the members of the 718 793 0246 [email protected] Park West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are avail- Field Trip Susan Sigrist able to non-members by e-mail at no charge. Printed 212 758 0036 [email protected] issues are available at PWCC meetings. Paul Grebanier 718 629 7164 [email protected] Submissions of full-length articles or smaller items of photographic or general interest are always accepted. Gallery vacancy The staff of Photo Notes reserves the right to edit any House vacancy submissions which are published. Membership Marlene Schonbrun Deadline for submissions is the first Monday of each 212 662 3107 [email protected] month. Elena Pierpont Photo Notes is optimized for viewing on the internet. 212 956 4515 [email protected] Newsletter Chuck Pine Contact Information 212 932 7665 [email protected] Website Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn www.parkwestcameraclub.org 212 685 8784 mfi[email protected] Social Marvin Fink E-Mail Address 917-699-3497 marvfi[email protected] [email protected] Website (interim) Michael Schleiff Club Mailing Address 917 359 6823 [email protected] 319 West 16 Street, #1 NY, NY 10011 Workshop Jerry Harawitz 646-823-7223 [email protected] Photo Notes Mailing Address 680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025
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President Ed Lee 212 255 9678 [email protected] V. President Michael Schleiff Cover Photo 917 359 6823 [email protected] A Face of Cambodia Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected] by Chuck Pine ©2016 Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle 212 595 4920 [email protected] Treasurer Maria Fernandez 908 447 8075 [email protected] Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected]
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 Editorial As we moved down the bergen in the Svalbard Islands, Vietnamese coast, and into and then on to the polar ice
CLUB Helen and I are back home… Cambodia, Thailand, Myan- cap, Iceland, Scotland, and in Florida. Warm and sunny mar (aka Burma), Malaysia, then back to Amsterdam. It days and nights; little or no and finally Singapore, the sounds great! Doesn’t it? rain, snow, sleet, nor hail; in weather got hotter and hotter Would you like to join us in other words, almost perfect and more and more humid. this northern adventure? The weather. But still, the scenery, the peo- information can be found at Not that our trip to south- ple, the history were all fodder
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Images of the Month March 2016 CLUB by John Brengelman
Print-of-the-Month July 4th by Paul Grebanier
Honor Prints Behind the Gauze by Elena Pierpont Sunset in New Hampshire by Paula Paterniti White Napped Crane by George Hansen Bringing Them Home @2 by Sarah Corbin Mare & Colt by Sarah Corbin
© Paul Grebanier
© Elena Pierpont
PDI-of-the-Month Guitar Heaven by Elena Pierpont
Honor PDIs Mushrooms by Michael Blumenfeld Face in a Crowd by Ann Broder Irish Hunger Memorial by George Hansen Levi’s Shadow by Elena Pierpont
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 Cumulative Point Totals PDIs through March 2016 CLUB by John Brengelman Congratulations to our Paul Grebanier 88 winners and honorable George Hansen 86 Elena Pierpont 82 Prints mentions! Marjorie Gurd 80 Paul Grebanier 90 Thanks to all who entered Edward Lewit 72 George Hansen 80 and competed this month Madeleine Barbara 70 Hedy Klein 78 and to all who helped Christine Doyle 70 Chuck Pine 68 Madeleine Barbara 76 make the competition run Karen Corrigan 66 John Brengelman 76 so smoothly. Sarah Corbin 74 Natalie Manzino 66 Carole de Beer 64 Edward Lewit 66 And, a special thank-you David Francis 64 Oggy Doytchinov 62 to our judge, Ron Terner, Elena Pierpont 62 Alice Somma 64 for a job well done. Natalie Manzino 60 Joan Slatkin 62 Sal Maci 58 Sal Maci 58 For the rest of us, there’s Janet Susin 58 Bill Apple 56 always next month! Dinorah Capota 44 Dinorah Capota 56 Paula Paterniti 42 Marilyn Fish-Glynn 56 Calvin Eagle 40 Harriet Josephs 56 Marvin Fink 36 Hedy Klein 56 Marilyn Fish-Glynn 30 Bill Apple 52 Jerry Vogel 22 Don Raney 52 Michael Blumenfeld 14 John Brengelman 50 Alice Somma 12 Calvin Eagle 50 Elsa Blum 10 Julie Foehrenbach 50 Ruth Yashpan 4 Paula Paterniti 50 Yuri Kalina 48 Dottie Mills 48 Ann Broder 44 Competition Statistics Rita Russo 44 Jay Bitkower 40 Prints PDIs Larry Sapadin 38 A/Honors 22.2% 9.2% Jerry Vogel 38 A 14.8% 6.2% Michael Blumenfeld 34 B 63.0% 41.5% Niv Gidron 26 C 0.0% 43.1% Martin Smith 16 Entries 27 65 Ruth Formanek 14 Oggy Doytchinov 12 Average Scores 6.0 4.0 Michael Schleiff 12 Ruth Yashpan 12 Meg Darnell 10 Rain Bengis 8
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 PWCC’s Yahoo Group PWCC Flickr Group by Paul Grebanier
CLUB Do you have an idea to go out shooting but don’t want to go alone? Have a question about Did you know that there is a way for PWCC Photoshop, or your camera, or some technique, members to share their pictures with other but don’t have someone to ask? Know of a members and the world? Probably not! Seven great photo op or workshop that you’d like to years ago, a “Park West Camera Club” Group share with your fellow Club members? What was set-up on the “flickr” picture sharing and are you to do? social networking site, just for such a purpose. Ta Da! The Club’s Yahoo group is the an- Unfortunately, the idea never really caught on swer to your questions. You can communicate at that time. The weeds of neglect and disrepair with other PWCC members about these and have overgrown the site. But the structure is more. All you have to do is sign up for the still there—awaiting rehabilitation. group. It’s easy and it’s free. What a waste! All you have to do is send an e-mail to the Club at
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6 CLUB
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7 2015-2016 PWCC Schedule February CLUB September 1 Competition (Lynn Saville) 3 Print Workshop 8 Portfolio Review 7 No Mtg. Labor Day 15 Guest Speaker (Melissa Fleming) 14 No Mtg. Rosh Hashanah 22 Workshop (Chris Nicholson—Nat’l Parks) 21 Welcome Back Show and Tell 29 Theme Night—Snow White & Rose Red 28 Business Meeting March October 7 Competition (Ron Terner) 5 Competition (Bill Perlmutter) 14 Workshop—Before and After 11 Cape Ann Field Trip (6-days) 21 Guest Speaker (Jim Cummins) 12 No Mtg. Columbus Day 28 Business Meeting 19 Guest Speaker (Wayne Parsons) 22 PDI Workshop April 26 Scavenger Hunt 4 Competition (Marilyn Stern) 11 Tech Rep November 18 Guest Speaker (Jill Freedman) 2 Competition (Brian Yarvin) 25 Theme Night—B&W Oldies 5 Expanding Visions 21 Mini [or Competition Make-Up] 9 Hartlepool Exchange 12 Expanding Visions 21 Mini May 16 Guest Speaker (Jordan Matter) 2 Competition (TBA) 18 Print Workshop 9 Portfolio Review 19 Expanding Visions 21 Mini 16 Guest Speaker (Lois Greenfield) 23 Workshop—iPhoneography 19 Expanding Visions 22 (Dan Burkholder) 23 Business Meeting 30 Business Meeting 26 Expanding Visions 22 30 No Mtg. Memorial Day December 3 Expanding Visions 21 Mini June 7 Competition (Nir Arieli) 2 Expanding Visions 22 10 PDI Workshop 6 Year-End Competition 14 Guest Speaker (Mary Engel) 9 Expanding Visions 22 21 Holiday Party 13 Otto Litzel Memorial Dinner 28 No Mtg. Winter Break 16 Expanding Visions 22 20 ExCom Planning Meeting January 23 Expanding Visions 22 4 Competition (Jean Miele) 27 TBA 11 Guest Speaker (David Brommer) 30 Expanding Visions 22 18 Workshop—Music Slide Shows (MLK Day) 25 Workshop—Tim Grey on Adobe
[Field trips, workshops, the 2016 Summer Schedule, and other activities are to be announced.]
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8 New Member Bio Club Med.…Not! by Marlene Schonbrun by Chuck Pine CLUB Although it hasn’t been a real- Carol North discovered Park ly bad winter…yet… it still West Camera Club on the in- could be. Are you ready for the ternet. She was interested in next big blizzard? How does a joining a club with like-mind- warm, sunny beach sound? ed people to share experiences, Here are a few places to check learn and grow. While there out that won’t break the bank: were a few clubs online, she chose our club due to the Cyprus (Greece & Turkey) depth of the website. Carol remembers being in- terested in photography as a printing his photos with a mul- ti-layer dye process. [Probably child, but didn’t get a camera with interchangeable lenses the Kodak Dye-Transfer method— until adulthood. Her mother Ed.] There were pools of beau- tifully rich dye colors that left a took lots of photos with a fold- Crete (Greece) lasting impression. She was out camera, while her dad took Mallorca (Spain) movies on family trips. also inspired by photographs taken with an electron micro- scope, revealing the inner beauty of our world. In her professional life, Carol has been a teacher and is presently a clinical social worker. She also has worked in Sardinia (Italy) research and development for a toy company. Carol is currently working on a book She is interested in nature and some other personal and macro photography, and projects. has found Hawaii and British Columbia particularly inspir- ing and beautiful. In the past, Corsica (France) Carol printed her slides using the Cibachrome process. Vis (Croatia) When asked what photog- raphers she admires, Carol said Elliot Porter, a famous na- ture photographer who worked in color. She had been in a custom lab with a friend, and was shown how they were
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9 Photo Notes Deadlines Club Participation Photo Tips Nights CLUB Issue Deadline Be original in your photogra- This coming year there will be phy. Don’t try to copy the style Apr 2016 Apr 4 four programs which require of others. member participation. Here’s a May 2016 May 2 Don’t look suspicious when quick rundown on the two re- Summer 2016 Jun 6 taking photos—blend in with maining fun and educational the environment. activities: The sooner articles and items are submitted to Photo Photography is more than Notes, the quicker the editing simply taking photos, it is a and revision process can begin. philosophy of life. Competition scores and cumu- Learn how to enjoy the mo- lative points are submitted as ment, rather than relentlessly soon after the competitions as trying to capture the perfect possible, usually one to three picture of it. days following the submission • March 14—Before and After deadline. The draft copy of In this workshop we ask mem- Never stop taking photos Photo Notes will be sent to the bers to bring in a before and an editorial staff as soon as possi- Go out and take photos with after shot of a single image. ble once all items are in place. (a) friend(s). The before shot may be the The staff will then have two to RAW file or a JPG file direct three days to edit and return A good photo shouldn’t re- from the camera. The after shot their comments. quire explanation (although will be your final image with Once the Photo Notes issue background information often all your adjustments, changes, is complete, it is sent to the adds to an image). what-evers done in your edit- Website Committee to be post- ing software. ed online. As soon as this is Be a part of a scene while tak- accomplished, an e-mail is ing a photo; not a voyeur. sent to all Club members and other Photo Notes recipients Laughter always draws out informing them that the peoples’ true character in a PWCC newsletter is now photograph. available for downloading. Travel and photography are the perfect pair. • April 25—Theme Night Tonight’s theme is Black-and- Never hoard your photograph- White Oldies. Your assignment, ic insight—share it with the is to put together a portfolio of world. recently-shot images, but pre- sented in black-and-white as if You will discover a lot about they were taken and printed in yourself through your photog- decades past. raphy. March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10 Members’ Galleries • Click on Edit Images in Committee Liaisons by Christine Doyle Gallery. CLUB • Click on Upload Images The Executive Committee After you log on and create a Into This Gallery. (ExCom) has decided to con- user account on the Club’s • Scroll down to the bottom tinue for this coming year new website, (see page 8 in left of the page and click with the committee liaison this issue of Photo Notes) why on Select. This will take model to spread the respon- not create a gallery of your you to where you store sibility among the entire Ex- images? your images on your ecutive Committee. Here are the steps to set computer. Highlight the Here’s how it’ll work: up a member gallery: image(s) you want to up- Each of the ExCom mem- • Go to the My Account tab bers (the five elected officers load and hit OK. and log on to your Mem- plus the President Emeritus) • Once your images are up- ber Account. will be assigned committees loaded, click Save Images. • Click on the New Gallery as liaison. Each committee button, down a bit on the • This will bring you back chair or co-chair will report right side. to the Edit New Images in to the ExCom through this • An online form will open. Gallery page, where you liaison. In this manner, it is This allows you to cus- can edit the image titles felt that communication will tomize your gallery, e.g., and set the image order if flow much more smoothly, by adding a Title or De- you like. Click on Done in both directions, between scription, and also offers when you are finished the committees. In addition, additional settings… making changes. any concerns raised by the > Gallery Visibility (Pri- • You can also change the ExCom will be passed along vate, Organization Access order of the images an- to the committee chairs or Public) other way: go back into through the liaisons. > Transition (set how your gallery and select Here are the committee the images will move) Edit Images in Gallery. This liaison assignments for the > Options on what to 2015-2016 Club year: display (Image Title, Au- will take you to a page thor, Captions, Thumb- with thumbnails of your Archives Maria Fernandez nails, etc.) images in this gallery. Competition Mike Schleiff > Click on Update Here, you can change the Field Trip Chuck Pine Gallery Options to save order of your images by Gallery Helen Pine your settings and prefer- clicking and dragging the House Christine Doyle ences. You can now add thumbnails into the de- Membership Helen Pine your images to your sired sequence. Click on Newsletter Chuck Pine Program Christine Doyle gallery. Save Updates to Image Or- Social Ed Lee der when finished. Here are the steps to up- Website Mike Schleiff Congratulations! You load images to your gallery: Workshop Ed Lee • Open the gallery to which have just created your own you want to add images. photo gallery on the Club’s website. Wanna do another?
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11 Portfolio Page CLUB The MTA New York City Tran- sit and the New York Transit Museum’s nostalgia fleet was a real party. Dancers, costumes, old trains—you name it! And PWCC member Elena Pierpont was there to capture all the fun and the action. Please enjoy Elena’s images.
All images © Elena Pierpont
Request for Images
It’s that time of year again! Do you have a small, concise portfolio of up to six images that you would like to share? Send them to me for future Photo Notes Portfolio Pages.
Chuck
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12 Depth of Field By Bill Apple
Compromising Positions
I was thinking of Donald Trump lately, The Art of the
PHOTOGRAPHY Deal, Trump’s 1979 bestseller: 51 weeks on The Times list, now riding a second wind. Blow off the brass, bluster, and bodacious braggadocio. Balanced? Before automatic metering, films included a The book’s about negotiation, printed chart (left) to estimate f-stop and shutter speed for give-and-take: compromise. different light. Dial-type guides (right) could further refine You try to get it all, of course, choices. Different combinations of aperture and shutter could but who can? Even bakers produce a properly exposed picture, but some combinations rarely get to have their cake might work better, depending on the subject (see text). and eat it too. with a dial, then a swinging a scene, front to back, would Which brings up photogra- needle would pivot from the look reasonably sharp when phy. By now you know in your viewfinder’s side, up or down, you focused on your subject bones that photography also indicating too much or too lit- located somewhere in between. centers on technical compro- tle light. You could correct that, Maximum sharpness—no mises, tradeoffs. adjust the aperture (f-stop) fuzzy foreground or back- Your subject, the light, and/or shutter settings to level ground—calls for a higher f- camera gear constantly con- the needle. You’d soon discov- stop: the lens “squints.” But it spire against your efforts. er that every shot involved also demands slower shutter You’re dealt a hand photo- playing off f-stops against speeds, to compensate for less graphically. Go play it, with countervailing shutter speeds. light, which might then blur grace and skill. If the aperture let too much fast movements. Alternatively, In the early 1970s, when I light in, you could speed up you might want the soft back- began photography, in-camera the shutter, to make the needle ground—less distracting—and metering was pretty new. level once more and bring the can sacrifice the action. Find There were handheld light me- exposure back to balanced. the happy medium. It is a ters, certainly, and those expo- Many combinations worked to compromise between f-stop sure guides Kodak included level that needle. Each choice, and shutter. with film: recommended f- however, yielded a different- In my newbie days I used stops and shutter speeds for looking print. to think telephoto lenses were various weather (sunny, shade, Quicker shutters could an unnecessary—and heavy— clouds). A meter, however, freeze action, but demanded convenience. They demand could eliminate guesswork. extra light: lower f-numbers faster shutters: extreme magni- My first SLR—a Kowa SET (aperture open wider). Such f- fication accentuates the slight- R2, the company long de- stops, in turn, would limit est camera shake. Compromise funct—sported match-needle “depth of field”: how much of with a tripod when necessary. metering: You set film speed
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13 and somehow work around camera shake. No free lunch. (Nowadays, we don't bat- tle grain in extreme enlarge- ments. We fight pixelation, when too few megapixels in
PHOTOGRAPHY your camera’s sensor can make jagged, “dotty” blow- ups.) Too little light may spell an even worse disaster for in- door shooting. Compromises, anyone? In the old days, you could try a faster film (higher ISO, more sensitive to light). Ko- dak produced “super fast” Royal-X, ISO 1250, ten times the speed of Plus X. Or you might use regular film and have the lab “push” it: special developing to bring out detail normally lost when film is Zoom or ‘Prime’? Zoom lenses cover a range of focal underexposed in poor light- lengths for flexible framing in camera. But they tend to be ing. That also accentuated big, heavy, optically complex (translation: possible distor- grain, by the way. tions, aberrations, “softness”). A tradeoff. Prime lenses offer The easiest fix for such just one view, but perhaps tack sharpness and a fast f-num- light, however, is child simple: ber, for low light. reflectors, flash, flood lights, Pictured, for Sony’s full-frame alpha mirrorless cameras, from higher wattage. Alas, the un- top (each is $998 at B&H): foreseen problems—and com- promises. Flash, for instance, Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens, 27.5 oz, 4-2/3 in. long might leave harsh shadows or Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens, 9.9 oz, 2-3/4 in. long blown-out highlights. You can correct that in printing or But who needs a telephoto I learned that you can en- maybe just by “bouncing” the in the first place? I wondered large negatives only so much. flash off the ceiling. “Fill” back then. Why not just crop Too much magnification makes lights can soften shadows, too. away most of the frame—the film grain appear overwhelm- Further, tungsten or fluo- negative—and enlarge for the ing. “Beachball sized,” we rescent lighting can add a new kind of close-up a tele would called it. Ugly, especially on problem: a yellow or greenish have captured from a distance? faces. Compromise: get closer cast to photos. But on-lens fil- Then reality intervened. (if possible), or buy the tele ters can quash offending wave- lengths quite effectively. Or try
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14 fixing the color temperature Watch the Birdie 2. Depending on the back- (white balance) in post-pro- ground, you may want to cessing. Compromise! Here are a few tips to help use a wide-open aperture, Lighting too dim also be- with your bird photography: like f-4 or f-2.8 which will devils the sensors of digital 1. Wait for the action. Try to blur the background, mak- cameras. Sometimes you can- catch it the moment the ing it less distracting than if
PHOTOGRAPHY not just dial up your camera’s it were sharp. ISO control higher and higher. bird takes off, lands, or is in The newest cameras do offer mid-flight. Freezing a bird 3. Shoot from different van- stratospheric choices, but with in flight can be magical. tage points. A high vantage a “catch.” When taking pictures of point will have the viewer Believe it or not, my Sony birds in flight, set your aut- see your images from a a7R II, for example, rockets up ofocus to Continuous mode bird’s eye view, as opposed to 102,400 ISO. But you’ll have and make sure your frame to shooting upwards from to deal with pesky electronic rate is set to Continuous, as the ground. When shooting “noise” in your picture when well. Now, when you hold birds floating on water, use going beyond moderately high down the shutter button, a low viewpoint. Your im- ISO values. It looks like grain ages will have a more or multicolored confetti when the camera will keep shoot- you look closely. Noise can ing and refocusing as your unique looking background also be dealt with in post, but subject keeps moving. this way, as well. better not to have it at all if you can compromise by beefing up Photo Cartoon of the Month ambient light. Photography, like life, calls for compromise, managing choices. Modern cameras pack lots of automation. They do most of the heavy lifting for photographers. No need to think too much before squeez- ing the shutter release. In a sense they shield you, perhaps too much, from making in- formed decisions and knowing what needs tweaking, and how to do it. When the chips are down, however—in picture situations that might figuratively choke a camera—it pays to know where, and how, you can safely cut corners and still make your picture work.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15 Gallery Watching by Ruth Formanek and Judy Rosenblatt
This Place; Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway; through June 5th PHOTOGRAPHY © Josef Koudelka by Ruth Featuring more than 600 The exhibit, This Place, explores photographs by Frédéric Bren- ner, Wendy Ewald, Martin Kol- At the same time, the Israeli- the complexity of Israel and Palestinian conflict left its the West Bank through the lar, Josef Koudelka, Jungjin Lee, Gilles Peress, Fazal mark on many of the images, eyes of twelve internationally often in ways that are not im- acclaimed photographers, se- Sheikh, Stephen Shore, Ros- alind Fox Solomon, Thomas mediately apparent. lected by French-Jewish pho- The exhibition challenges tographer, Frederic Brenner. Struth, Jeff Wall, and Nick Waplington, This Place offers viewers to go beyond the fa- an intricate and fragmented miliar clichés found in main- portrait, alive to the richness stream media. Twelve different and contradictions of this con- points of view are presented in tested place. an exhibit suggesting that one Between 2009 and 2012, the major function of art, especial- twelve artists spent extended ly photography, is to raise periods of time in Israel and questions and prod viewers the West Bank, free to ap- toward discussions. proach their subjects as they by Judy chose. They travelled through- Recently back from my first © Frédéric Brenner out the region and engaged trip to Israel, I was very eager with a variety of individuals to see this exhibit and hoped it Since the late nineteen-sev- and communities. Twelve dis- would add some enlighten- enties, Brenner has travelled tinct perspectives with several ment to my own limited expe- the world photographing Jew- rience. Though it contains in- ish families and communities, teresting bodies of work, I felt such as Hasidim in Jerusalem, a certain let-down, which I was seeking to re-create the village surprised to find echoed by life of their forebears in Eastern Brenner himself, when he said Europe. Brenner’s work is an in an interview with Charlotte unending inquiry into the na- Cotton (the exhibit’s curator), ture of identity. Now Brenner “Here resides my frustration. has gathered 12 photogra- © Wendy Ewald There is a limit to what a pho- phers, showing their take on tograph can say.” He also talks Israel and the West Bank in a key themes emerged, such as about the “lack of resolution or huge show modestly called family, identity, home, land- answers that I found” in dis- This Place. scape, and the environment. cussing his work.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16 One review by a European and Palestinians in various as prints in a long glass case critic, Felix Kolterman, sees schools and communities, such cutting symbolically through this exhibit as a missed oppor- as the Jerusalem market. These the exhibit space. I found tunity, since it did not employ people documented their lives Koudelka’s images disturbing, local photographers (particu- in beautiful and poetic ways; even haunting. larly Palestinians) and did not, this is one of Kolterman’s “ex- with some exceptions, provide ceptions.”
PHOTOGRAPHY enough accompanying text to Another is Desert Bloom, by help the viewer decipher the American photographer Fazal photographs. Perhaps in an Sheikh: a grid composed of attempt to avoid stereotypes aerial images of the Negev and clichés and turn Israel into Desert, showing where a fine art photography project, Bedouin villages are being re- something essential has been placed by Israeli forestation lost or overlooked. That said, and installations. The sand- this exhibit does bring together colored images have their own some of the world’s eminent abstract beauty, but the mark- © Rosalind Fox Solomon photographers and I recom- ings on them tell a story of de- mend it especially for people struction and displacement. who have never seen Israel Photo Tips for themselves. On the fine art end of the A point-and-shoot is still a spectrum is the work of the camera. Korean photographer Jungjin Lee, whose special process Grain is beautiful. results in large, moody, tex- tural landscapes, really medi- Shoot with confidence. tation pieces, that could be of © Fazal Sheikh many places in the world. Take straight photos—get creative in your software. Sheikh provides text giv- ing the details. The one Taking photos of strangers is other body of work overt- thrilling. ly addressing the Israeli- Palestinian conflict is a Shooting photos of homeless series of panoramic black- people in an attempt to be and-white images of the “artsy” is exploitation. wall built by Israel to con- © Jungjin Lee tain Palestinian terrorists. In terms of composition, Their photographer, Josef photography and painting At the other end are the Koudelka, calls the wall a aren’t much different. many images (too small!) pro- “crime against the landscape.” duced when Wendy Ewald The images are presented as a Never delete any of your taught photography to Israelis projected slide show and also photos.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17 European Cities PhotoWordJumble by Chuck Pine by Sal Maci
There are tons of beautiful Unscramble these five scrambled words, one letter to each cities around the world and square, to form words pertaining to photography. Europe has many of them.
PHOTOGRAPHY Their historic sites, architec- ture, and the people cry out to be photographed. Here are some of the more (and less) well known hot spots for shooters:
• Prague, Czech Republic • Barcelona, Spain
Now arrange the circled letters to form the answer suggested by the clue.
• Vienna, Austria • Venice, Italy
Last month’s answers: NiMH, KodAK, PoSing, pRefocUs, Surprise answer: UNSHARP MASK
• Split, Croatia • Copenhagen, Denmark • Istanbul, Turkey
• Paris, France
• Edinburgh, Scotland • Krakov, Poland What are your favorites? • Budapest, Hungary
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18 Splish, Splash Straighten Up by Chuck Pine by Natalie Manzino When we were kids we went to the beach. Or ran through A few weeks ago at a Monday the lawn sprinkler. Or played night meeting, I mentioned that in the open fire hydrant. Not I straighten photos in Adobe PHOTOGRAPHY here days! Modern kids go to a LightRoom—but I could not water park for wet fun. remember how I did it. —Hurricane Harbor at Great Not only can you get wet and For those interested, here’s Adventure, Jackson, NJ have fun, you can get some what I do: —Camelbeach Mountain great photographs there as Tannersville, PA well. Here’s a list of some Open the Lens Correction —Wildwater Kingdom at within a short drive of the Tab in LigbhtRoom’s Develop City and two further afield Mode; but worth traveling to. Just Select Basic; be sure to keep your camera Check the Constrain Crop and lens protected from the box; water. The word Upright should be highlighted; Click on Auto. Voila! You’re done. Dorney Park, Allentown, PA —Sesame Place This works great to correct Langhorne, PA keystoning, as well. —Aquatica Why not give it a try the next Orlando, FL time your Empire State build- —Typhoon Lagoon at Disney- ing becomes the Leaning Tower world, Orlando, FL of Pisa? —Lake Compounce Bristol, CT The last two are, obviously, in Photo Tips —Water Country Florida, where it is now warm Portsmouth, NH —and only a few hours away! You will find the best photo —Splish Splash opportunities in the least likely Calverton, Long Island, NY situations.
You don’t need to fly to Paris to get good photos; the best photo opportunities are in your backyard.
Any camera but a black one draws too much attention.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19 PhotoShopping lo). It’s similar to a rickshaw you hold the cursor over any by Chuck Pine but the driver is behind the of the buttons for a second or passenger, pedaling the bicycle two, it will explain the function Lens Corrections part, while you’re bouncing of that button. around on a not-so-comfort- One of the most powerful tools able seat. By the way, you can easily tog-
PHOTOGRAPHY in Adobe Camera Raw, and gle between any of the 5 but- one of the most underutilized, tons to compare the effects. is the Lens Correction panel. This is the sixth panel from the When you you like what you left—the one that looks like a see, Voila! As you can see, you diagram of a lens’ elements. might have to do a little Crop- ping and/or use Content Aware Fill to take care of the empty areas—your choice.
When you click on the panel’s icon, this is what you see…
Note that nothing is lined up— the building is leaning, the ver- ticals are not vertical, the hori- zontals are not horizontal, etc.
Here’s my final image (before moving it into Photoshop for some last-minute fixes.
The top section of the Lens Corrections panel is labeled Upright. There are 5 buttons. The leftmost button, the This lesson will be about using ‘ghostbusters symbol, is the off the third tab Manual—but do position, meaning no correc- not worry, this demo is all tions have been applied. The done automatically! other 4 buttons apply different kinds of corrections. This is the image on which I will be working. It was shot in There is not enough space on Saigon, Vietnam, from the seat this page to fully explain what of a Cyclo (pronounced seek- each button does. However, if
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20 How To: Musical Slide showing it on a screen but Show in Lightroom you can set it for 16:9 or 4:3. by Marlene Schonbrun • Overlays: There is an identity plate but I think if you check [Back on January 17th, at the that box, it goes on all the Club’s workshop night, several slides. For example, you
PHOTOGRAPHY demonstrations were given on might want this if you have a how to make a slide show set to logo. You can change the music. This presentation by size, font, color and opacity Marlene Schonbrun used Adobe’s and render it behind the im- Lightroom to accomplish the task.] age, but I don’t know the ished, but you might want to purpose of this. coordinate the entire piece of Here are the notes that I used • Other panels include: Wa- music, so it’s important to for my demonstration. Hope termarking, Rating Stars and find music with a similar this helps. -M Text Overlays. However, time. when I tried to use Overlays • A variable within Lightroom • Discuss difference between a for Text, you had to put a ti- is to shorten or lengthen the presentation and slide show. tle in your metadata in the amount of time the image is • Presentation usually involves Library Module, and then it shown, along with the transi- verbal discussion but would appear on all the tion (called Crossfades). You slideshows to music do not. slides. A big pain! can alter both. Although you can create • I discovered when I was slides with text to tell your putting music to a slideshow story. I did a few years ago that • First, you have to know the Lightroom has the capability parameters for how much of panning and zooming time you’re allowed, and any These are the tabs in the other constraints you might Slideshow Module: If you have: venue, whether it’s want to close a tab, just click theme based, etc. on the drop down triangle. • Then select the images you • Options: Zoom to Fill Frame. want for the slideshow, Adding Stroke Border, in- putting them in an order that cluding changing width. is pleasing to you. It could be • Backdrop, which includes Cast Shadow: Changing based on chronology, subject Color Wash and Background Opacity, Offset, etc. matter (like a portfolio), col- Image. Did not explore this • Layout: Show Guides: There or, whatever tells the story but did check Background is a tab that links all the you want to tell. Color, and used Black. sides, or you can work with • Picking the music is an im- • Titles: Where you can put each slide separately. For ex- portant factor, not only in your logo or name on each ample, you might want to terms of the music itself, but screen. There is something add text to the left hand side the length of it. called Ending Screen, but I of one of the images. Aspect • Lightroom stops the music didn’t use it. I made an end Preview: Mostly you’re when the slideshow is fin- screen in Photoshop instead.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21 ly. If you click on Fit to Music ine you might have music on underneath these sliders, I your computers and I guess believe if you have a few you would click on the + seconds difference, it will ad- sign in Music panel and you just accordingly. I’m not fa- would be directed there. miliar with the slider Audio BTW, when you click on
PHOTOGRAPHY Balance, but I have the slider what music you want, the fully to the right for Music title is displayed as well as • Music: This is what you’re all rather than Video. Pan to how long the piece is. here to learn about. There is a Zoom is checked and you • The final piece of this Presen- + sign for adding music. can adjust for how much or tation is what to do when When you click on it, it how little to taste which will you’re finished with cus- brings you to your iTunes also depend on the amount tomizing the slideshow. library. You can choose mul- of time you’ve given each Choosing the images, putting tiple pieces of music, and if slide. In Keynote, there is them in the order that tells you decide later that you more flexibility for transi- your story, choosing the mu- have chosen too many songs, tions than in Lightroom. And sic, how much time for each there is a minus sign that ap- very interesting ones. Below slide to show plus the cross- pears which you can click on Pan and Zoom are checkbox- fade time. It’s necessary to to delete a piece of music. es Repeat Slideshow and save the Slideshow, which You can also rearrange the Random Order which I don’t usually is on the upper right music after you’ve made use since I want my slides to hand corner of the screen, your choices. Let’s say you show in the order I choose. but disappeared from my want one particular song to • After Previewing the computer yesterday when start off, but then change Slideshow you’ve created, trying to save it. Perhaps be- your mind. You can just drag you can view it in Standard. cause it’s been saved before, the piece of music you want But when you save it, there is although I made changes. to begin your slideshow to a dropdown menu near the • You can also create a Tem- the top. word Quality, and I change it plate (which I never do) if • Playback: In the Slideshow to High. A video I watched you think you’ll be using a Mode, there are two rec- said it’s better to show your similar format for other slide tangular bars. One is Auto- slideshow in the High Quali- shows. More than likely, matic, the other Manual. I ty. I had not noticed this be- you’ve made a slideshow to suggest you always use Au- fore and I really don’t know show others. So it is neces- tomatic, as Manual is useful if it makes a difference. sary to put it on a flash drive if you want to stop and talk • One advantage of using or CD. about the slide. I would also Lightroom is that all your • There are 2 options for doing not check the box where it images are there already. this. On the lower left hand says Sync Slides to Music be- (You don’t have to drag them side, there are 2 boxes for cause if your music is short, into another program and Export. One is to Export as a it breezes through each slide then adjust to size.) PDF, and the other is to Ex- to fit the music. It is prefer- • The other aspect I don’t port as a Video. If you export able to adjust the slide length know about is for people as a PDF, it would not play and crossfades independent- who use PC’s. I would imag- the music.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22 Photo Shopping The Sunpak TL-6 Tele-Filter Kit Finally, there is the Harbor by Chuck Pine converts the flash coverage an- Digital Design XT Flash Ex- gle to match the most popular tender Kit. It simply slips over Here’s the situation. You’re at zoom lenses. It increases the the front end of your flash at- the zoo, any zoo will do. The light intensity while decreasing tachment. It is the heaviest of animals you’re focusing on are the angle of illumination. It is the extenders (at a tad over 1/2
PHOTOGRAPHY way back in a dimly lit area of very lightweight and is easy to pound), it doesn’t fold flat, and their enclosure. Your built-in carry in a pocket or camera it’s the most expensive at flash doesn’t have the power to bag. However, it is designed around $55. But, I find this reach them. Neither does your for only a couple of Sunpak model to be the easiest to use hot shoe flash attachment. flash models. Under $30. and it gives results equal to What can you do? those of the Better Beamer. The solution is to use a flash extender! But, I hear you ask, ”Just what is a flash extender?” Simply put, a flash exten- der is a device that fits over the business end of a flash and The Visual Echos Better Beam- concentrates the light, thus ex- er Flash Extender increases the tending the distance it travels. reach of the flash and increases There are four basic types the flash output by about 2 to 3 All are available at a variety of of flash extenders. Here’s the f/stops via a fresnel screen that camera stores. The prices I lowdown on each: gets positioned in front of the quoted are from B&H in New flash. It is designed to be used York City. Other companies The Rogue Safari DSLR Pop- with lenses 300mm and longer. probably make similar devices up Flash Booster attaches to It weighs just 2 1/2 ounces and for your flash photography your camera’s hot shoe, in folds flat when disassembled. pleasure. Just make sure the front of the built-in flash (AKA You must get the model made one you buy is compatible pop-up), and focuses the light specifically for your flash. It with your camera/lens/flash on your subject. No batteries sells for under $40. combination. are required. It is lightweight and easy to attach. However, you must get the model made specifically for your camera— Disclaimer but only a handful of Canons and Nikons with APS-C sen- I do not, nor does anyone else sors are supported. About $20. in the Club, make a profit from the sales of these items. Chuck
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23 Inquiries came with a ”normal” lens, by Chuck Pine somewhere around the length of 50mm. You could always A friend of mine told me that buy- expand your system by buying ing zoom lenses is a waste of mon- prime lenses of other focal ey; I should buy only single focal lengths. A 28mm wide-angle
PHOTOGRAPHY length lenses. Is this true? lens, say; or how about a 135mm telephoto lens. They, I am guessing that your and many others were avail- could now be made with quali- friend has been a photograph- able for your photographic ty much closer to the prime er for a long, long time. I mean pleasure. lenses of the day. Vivitar, with way before the digital age was The problem with so many its Series 1 line of zooms, led even on the horizon. (Am I prime lenses—many pros and the way into this new era of right in the assumption?) advanced amateurs carried photo lenses. three, four, or more of them Slowly, the zoom lenses around all the time. Imaging improved in quality, compara- the weight exerted on your ble to all but the most expen- shoulder. Think about how sive prime lenses (which, of much time you wasted every course, were also improving). time you needed to switch The quality of modern from a 28mm to a 200mm. zoom lenses is on a par with And, what about all that dust the current crop of primes. Of and moisture that was sneak- course, you get what you pay Zoom lenses were actually ing inside your camera each for; a cheap lens is a cheap invented around the turn of time you made a lens change. lens. Make your decision to the 20th century (1902, to be Zoom lenses permitted you buy a lens based on the focal precise) but they were not to carry one or two lenses in- length(s) you need/want, on made for still cameras until the stead of four or five. They its build and construction, the late-1950s, and those were real meant not missing that impor- materials used, and its price. oddities. The first practical tant shot—the money winner As long as you purchase a zooms were introduced into for the pro or the image of the lens made by your camera’s the market and started to be- month for we camera clubbers. maker, or one of the better come popular in the mid-60s. But there was a drawback third-party manufacturers These zooms were crude to the zooms—they were of (such as Sigma, Tamron, Toki- compared to today’s stan- much poorer quality than the na, Vivitar, and others), don’t dards. They focused poorly. prime lenses. (I guess that’s worry about the zoom versus They were bulky, heavy, and why they called them prime!) prime argument. unwieldy. Then, in the mid 70s, lens Prior to this time, all lenses manufacturers joined the early were single focal length lenses. stages of the computer age. These were.are also called Computer assisted design prime lenses. You could buy (CAD) and computer assisted the focal length of your choice, manufacturing (CAM) came alrough most SLR cameras into existence. Zoom lenses
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Can you name this photo accessory? No prizes, just a fun challenge! Send your guesses to the Club’s ad- dress
See the answer next month in PWCC’s Photo Notes. Staten Island Unlimited Last Month’s Answer Featuring the work of thirty- five photographers from three boroughs, this inaugural juried exhibition uncovers the state of contemporary photography on Staten Island and showcases This is a stainless steel film- work that is often underrepre- If you haven’t been to Alice developing reel. It is (was?) sented citywide. Austen House, this quaint little used in conjunction with a The opening reception is on museum, dedicated to the life steel or plastic light-tight Saturday, March 12th, from 3 of its namesake, Staten Island, tank in which you would to 5 p.m. The show runs and photography, is worth the process your film into nega- through August 31st. All of visit. Plus, you get to see the tives or slides. All of this, of this occurs at the Alice Austen photo exhibit—the borough’s course, has to be done in to- House, also known as Clear first triennial of photography A tal darkness lest you ruin comfort, located at 2 Hylan $3 donation is requested upon your images. It was a chal- Boulevard, in the Rosebank entry (but you can pay what- lenge, but that’s what made section of Staten Island. ever you wish). photography so rewarding. To get there, take the ferry to Staten Island and then grab Bring your camera. Enjoy the show. Shoot the surround- Last Month’s Correct the S51 bus to the corner of ings. Have a good time. Answerers… Hylan Boulevard and Bay The only correct answer last Street. Walk one block east to month was by Bill Apple. the house.
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25 B & H Event Space World War II
B&H Photo offers free The Josephine Herrick Project workshops. Here are a few is a War Baby! It started in of this month’s offerings: 1941 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In honor of the organi- Monday, March 14 zation’s 75th anniversary, we Shooting Food Tuesday, March 29 have published the first collec- Speaker: Steve Hansen Underwater Imaging tion of Herrick’s WWII pho- Speaker: Larry Cohen and tographs: Portraits of Navy Day, Olga Torrey October 29, 1945 on board the USS Helena. EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC.
Tuesday, March 15 Controlling Color Speaker: Tony Gale
Thursday, March 17 Maintain Your Gear These never-before seen por- Speaker: Photo Tech Check out the B&H website at
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The Park West Camera Club * Monday, March 14 meets every Monday night Workshop—Before and After (with some exceptions for hol- Tonight is an evening to WOW idays and a curtailed summer your fellow Club members schedule). Please join us at a with your digital darkroom meeting or on one of our other wizardry. Here’s how it’ll scheduled activities. work: Bring in an image or two All Club Monday night the signing of the Declaration with before and after versions. meetings take place at the Soho of Independence and today it SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES The ‘before’ is as it was shot in- Photo Gallery located at 15 is the largest parade in the camera, either as a RAW file or White Street, between West world. The Parade starts at a large JPG. The ‘after’ version Broadway and Church Street/ 44th Street at 11 a.m. and shows what you’ve done to it Avenue of the Americas (6th marches up Fifth Avenue past to improve it, change it, or Avenue) unless indicated oth- St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 50th whatever. Please be prepared erwise in the listings below. Street all the way up to the to explain and/or demonstrate Following the schedule of ac- Irish Historical Society at 79th what you did to achieve your tivities are detailed directions Street, where the parade will masterpiece. Members of all to each of our meeting sites. finish around 4:30 to 5 p.m. levels of experience are urged Check the PWCC Website to participate. Bring your im-
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28 artist. The meeting, open to the Streets. (The 34th and 42nd general public, begins at 6:30 Street crosstown busses will p.m. A $7 donation is collected both drop you off near the upon entry. The NYC Sierra door. Tickets are $16 each (no Club Photography Committee senior discounts are available). meets at the Metropolitan Opera Guild, on the 6th floor * Monday, April 4 of the Rose Building at Lincoln Monthly Competition Center. The address is 70 Lin- Tonight’s competition of PDIs © Marilyn Stern coln Center Plaza, located on and prints is sure to be excit- the north side of West 65th ing. Full rules are available
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES raphy. She is currently on the Street, between Broadway and from the Competition or the faculty of New York University Amsterdam Avenue, closer to Membership Committees at and New Jersey Center for the Amsterdam. From the street any meeting. Remember, print Visual Arts. Marilyn is also a level, take the stairs, elevator, entries must be submitted by writer. She has authored one or escalator up one level and 6:45 p.m. so that we may get book (Kval!) and numerous ar- proceed through the revolving under way with the competi- ticles on photography, travel, doors into the lobby to get the tion promptly at 7 p.m. PDI culture, science and business elevator up to the 6th floor. entries must be submitted by for Photo District News, The midnight one week prior to World & I, Travel Agent, MD Friday—Sunday, April 1—3 today, March 28th. Just a re- and other magazines. Marilyn Photo Op—Auto Show minder, you may enter up to was the photo editor of a na- Mark your calendars for the four images in tonight’s com- tional business magazine, 116th anniversary of the New petition, but no more than two Across the Board. For more info, York International Auto Show. in either category. Tonight’s go to
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29 utes for travel from Manhat- * Monday, March 28 tan.) Sign up at any Club meet- Competition Entry Deadline ing or by contacting the trip’s Please note that PDI entries are leader: Ed Lee at 212-255-9678 due tonight, by midnight, for or
* Monday, March 28 Field Trip Committee Meeting The Field Trip Committee will SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES meet this evening prior to the scheduled Club meeting to plan the field trips for the next Janis Joplin several months. If you would © Laurie Klein © Jim Cummins like to join us to suggest possi- ble destinations or events we Wednesday, March 30 * Wednesday, March 23 should shoot, we meet in Soho Photo Event—Sierra Photo Field Trip—New York Skyline Photo Gallery at 6 p.m. All The New York City Sierra There is no sight anywhere in members are welcome to at- Club’s Photography Commit- the world as magnificent as the tend and contribute. tee is holding its meeting New York City skyline at tonight. The guest photogra- night; especially when shot pher for this evening is Laurie from across the Hudson Rive Klein. She is known today as in New Joisey. We’ll be shoot- * Monday, March 28 both a successful photographer ing from along the riverfront in Business Meeting #3 with a signature style, and an Newport, N J. All you have to There’s always plenty of ex- incredible photographic educa- do is take the PATH train from citement in the air. at our busi- tor. Her life long commitment the City—take the Hoboken ness meetings. We accom- to the art of photography be- train from the World Trade plished quite a bit at our last gan 41 years ago in high Center or the Journal Square business meeting, but that was school. ”I didn’t really discover train from 33rd, 23rd,14th, 9th, four long months ago, and my passion, my passion dis- or Christopher Streets. Either there’s still plenty more on the covered me,” Laurie way, get off at the Newport agenda. After all the business said. Turning from just taking Station. We’ll meet at 4 p.m. at we end the evening with re- pretty pictures, Laurie sought the exit on the Jersey side. freshments and socializing. to perfect her craft by attend- (Give yourself about 30 min- Don’t miss it! ing the photography program at R.I.T. and then getting her M.F.A. from Ohio University. Later, Ansel Adams became one of her heroes and mentors. He taught her that discovering her own artistic voice was the gateway to becoming a fine.
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© Chris Nicholson * Friday, April 8 announced at a Club meeting Field Trip— as soon as they are finalized. Staten Island Forest They will also appear in the New York is more than just Club’s weekly reminder. steel and concrete and glass. Did you know that there are 5,300 acres of forested land © Sue Bowen within the five boroughs? The southern most of these is Con- into a personal way of seeing. ference House Park at the In addition, one of the three southern tip of Staten Island. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES winners of the 2016 Interna- Join us to explore this wooded tional Portfolio Competition, area, its wildlife, and more. Astrid Reischwitz, will have We’ll meet in the (upstairs) her work on display. For more waiting area of the Staten Is- info on this and other exhibits land Ferry (on the Manhattan at Soho Photo, go to the web- side), at 11 a.m. We will then © Jill Freedman site at
March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31 form a book. A photograph is a tion, close-up and macro pho- gate at 1 p.m. The closest sub- miracle. And when you’re go- tography, and the most impor- way station is 103rd Street on ing good and you get a new tant part: what lens to use and the #6 train. Buses stop on picture you love, there’s noth- why! To see more of Ken’s im- both 5th (downtown) and ing better. That’s the joy of ages go to
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES tions to, the venue. contact Ed if you must cancel at the last minute. * Friday, April 22 Field Trip—Conservancy Gar- den The Conservatory Garden is Central Park’s six-acre formal garden and one of the high- lights of the park and city. It is © Ken Hubbard divided into three smaller gar- dens, each with a distinct style: * Monday, April 25 Wednesday, April 20 Italian, French, and English. Theme Night Photo Event—Sierra Photo The Garden’s main entrance is Portfolios, projects, themes, The New York City Sierra through the Vanderbilt Gate, what are they? They are two Club’s Photography Commit- on Fifth Avenue between 104th things. First off, they are a way tee is holding its meeting and 105th Streets. This magnif- to get your creative juices flow- tonight. The guest photogra- icent iron gate, made in Paris in ing. They make you think pher for this evening isKen about what you’re shooting. Hubbard. Ken is the Field Ser- They give purpose to your vices Manager for Tamron, a photography. Second, they are leading manufacturer of photo fun. Period. Tonight’s chal- lenses and other equipment. lenge, should you choose to He has had nationwide gallery accept it, is Black-and-White showings of his photography Oldies. Go out and take photos and has traveled extensively and then convert them to throughout the United States black-and-white. Make them resulting in a consistent output look like they were shot years of breathtaking photographs ago. Grain? Sure. Vignettes? Of that continually challenge the course. Sepia toned? Why not? boundaries of the genre. This 1894, originally stood before You may interpret this howev- presentation will help you see the Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth er you wish. Bring in up to a and manipulate light, creating Avenue and 58th Street. We’ll dozen PDIs or prints to share. the right exposures, composi- meet at the above-mentioned Just remember to have fun.
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Please note that PDI entries are Club News due tonight for next week’s 2 Who’s Who at PWCC 18 European Cities competition. 3 Editorial 18 PhotoWordJumble 4 Images of the Month 19 Splish, Splash 5 Point Totals 19 Straighten Up 6 Yahoo Group 19 Photo Tips 6 Flickr Group 20 PhotoShopping 7 Archives Committee 21 How To 23 Photo Shopping SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 8 2015-2016 Schedule 9 New Member Bio 24 Inquiries 9 Club Med.…Not! Exhibits, Workshops, Etc. Sat-Sun, Apr 30-May 1 10 Photo Notes Deadlines 25 Accessory Quiz Photo Op—Sakura Matsuri 10 Club Participation Nights 10 Photo Tips 25 PSA Conference What’s that? You don’t speak 11 Members Galleries 25 Staten Island Unlimited Japanese? Sakura Matsuri is 11 Committee Liaisons 26 B&H Event Space the Cherry Blossom Festival in 12 Portfolio Page 26 World War II the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 27 The KIOO Project The weekend celebrates tradi- Photography News 27 Aesthetica Art Prize tional and contemporary Ja- 13 Depth of Field 27 Image Factory panese culture including: • 15 Watch the Birdie Taiko drumming • Cosplay 15 Cartoon of the Month Schedule of Activities fashion shows • tea cere- 16 Gallery Watching 28 Mar-Apr Schedule monies • Kabuki dancing • 17 Photo Tips 33 Directions Samurai sword fighting • vin- 33 Table of Contents tage kimonos • and more! Come between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Let your cameras be your eyes to capture all the beauty. Other venues with cherry blos- soms and festivities include Central and Riverside Parks in Directions to Soho Photo Manhattan and Branch Brook at 15 White Street, between Avenue of the Americas and West Park, in Newark, NJ, among Broadway. Take the #1 train to the Franklin Street station (one stop others. below Canal Street). Walk one block north on West Broadway to White street, make a right turn, and walk half a block to the gallery. Take the A, C, or E train to the Canal Street station. Walk south on Sixth Avenue/Church Street 3 blocks to White Street, make a right turn, and walk half a block to the gallery. Although a little bit longer walk, take any other train to Canal Street, walk west to Church Street, and follow the directions immediately above. Street parking is limited.
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