Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club 2016 April
This Issue Volume 78 • Issue 7 Club News...... 2 - 11 Photography News...... 12 - 23 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc...... 24 - 26 Schedule of Activities...... 27 - 33 Complete Index...... 34
April 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
Club Officers
President Ed Lee 212 255 9678 [email protected] V. President Michael Schleiff Cover Photo 917 359 6823 [email protected] Rosenholm Castle Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected] by Chuck Pine ©2015 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]
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 Editorial running Windows XP, Vista ,or four we currently have in each Windows 7. As I recall, several contest. I guess I could live
CLUB Weighing In members volunteered to do- with this! nate an old computer for this However, combine this I read with enthusiasm the purpose. So what’s the delay? change with another item in minutes from the Club’s March In my opinion, the biggest the minutes, we could be business meeting. I would like item on the agenda was the spending hundreds of dollars to add my 2¢ to the discussion, item to eliminate tie-breakers for trophies, ribbons, plaques, although it is after-the-fact: at the Year-End Competition. USB drives, or whatever. I A question was raised From what I read, I have sev- think both items must be con- about the order of the images eral questions. Would the tie sidered as one unit. No matter shown in the monthly PDI breakers be eliminated for the what we decide, this will have competition. It seems that they Print-of-the-Year and PDI-of- to be proposed at the May are arranged alphabetically. the-Year contests? Could we business meeting and voted on This means that Bill Apple, end up with several winners in at the September business who raised the question, al- each contest? I hope not! That meeting; making it a moot ways comes first. This could be would sort of defeat the mean- point for this year’s year-end good or bad. On one hand, the ing of the word ”best.” What competition. Do we need to judge is fresh and is likely to about for the runners-up? We rush into this decision? offer more and better criticism. could possibly end up with a See you all in May. On the other hand, the judge dozen or more instead of the may give a middling score be- Chuck cause he or she is not familiar with the work of the group Photo Notes (the run-through not-with- standing). Maybe we should Publisher: Ed Lee arrange the images as we do in Editor: Chuck Pine the print competition—using Committee: Bill Apple, Elsa Blum, Madeleine the order in which the images Barbara, Ann Broder, Meg Darnell, Ruth Formanek, were received? Gladys Hopkowitz, Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Helen Hardware and software for Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt the Year-End Competition was Contributors: Bill Apple, John Brengelman, Karen also on the agenda. The mem- Corrigan, Christine Doyle, Ruth Formanek, Paul bership has already approved Grebanier, Myrna Harrison-Changar, George Hansen, the appropriated the money Sal Maci, Natalie Manzino, Elena Pierpont, Chuck needed to purchase The RMF Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt Model 760 Judging System Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro ($245 plus $15 shipping). This using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop. equipment will collect the scores from the three judges, All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or other- total the scores, and display wise believed to be in the public domain. them on a laptop computer Credited images remain the sole property of their screen. The only problem? We copyright holders—all rights reserved. need to provide a computer
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Images of the Month March 2016 CLUB by John Brengelman
Print-of-the-Month On the Ganges, Calcutta by Paula Paterniti
Honor Prints Virtual Touch by Paul Grebanier Tony’s Fading World by Paul Grebanier Back View by Elena Pierpont Westminster Dog Show by John Brengelman Outing by Dinah Caapota Urban Geometry by Hedy Klein Sting Bike by Oggy Doytchinov Water Buffalo by Paula Paterniti
© Paula Paterniti
© Meg Darnell
PDI-of-the-Month 1st Minute of Life by Meg Darnell
Honor PDIs Petrol Station #1 by Marilyn Fish-Glynn Queen for a Day by David Francis Catching ZZZZs by Marjorie Gurd Daylight Breaks by George Hansen Three Dons by George Hansen Skater by Sal Maci Letchworth 2 by Natalie Manzino On the Q Train by Paula Paterniti Tiger’s Next Bhutan by Paula Paterniti Snow Egret by Elena Pierpont Mersiwoman by Larry Rubin Floral Still Life by Joan Slatkin Color Reflections by Martin Smith LocationLocationLocation by Jerry Vogel Icelandic Glacier by Jerry Vogel
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 Cumulative Point Totals through March 2016 CLUB by John Brengelman Congratulations to our winners and honorable Prints mentions! PDIs
Paul Grebanier 110 Thanks to all who entered George Hansen 106 George Hansen 92 and competed this month Elena Pierpont 96 John Brengelman 90 Paul Grebanier 94 Hedy Klein 90 and to all who helped Marjorie Gurd 94 Sarah Corbin 86 make the competition run Madeleine Barbara 82 Madeleine Barbara 82 so smoothly. Christine Doyle 78 Oggy Doytchinov 76 David Francis 78 Elena Pierpont 76 And, a special thank-you Natalie Manzino 78 Edward Lewit 72 Sal Maci 76 Natalie Manzino 72 to our judge, Marilyn Chuck Pine 76 Sal Maci 70 Stern, for a job well done. Joan Slatkin 76 Bill Apple 64 Alice Somma 76 Paula Paterniti 64 For the rest of us, there’s Carole de Beer 72 Dinorah Capota 58 always next month! Edward Lewit 72 Calvin Eagle 48 Marilyn Fish-Glynn 70 Marilyn Fish-Glynn 38 Paula Paterniti 70 Marvin Fink 36 Janet Susin 70 Jerry Vogel 22 Julie Foehrenbach 68 Michael Blumenfeld 14 Harriet Josephs 68 Alice Somma 12 Karen Corrigan 66 Elsa Blum 10 Bill Apple 64 Karen Corrigan 6 Dinorah Capota 62 Ruth Yashpan 4 Calvin Eagle 62 Hedy Klein 62 Don Raney 60 Jerry Vogel 58 John Brengelman 56 Yuri Kalina 52 Competition Statistics Rita Russo 52 Dottie Mills 48 Prints PDIs Larry Sapadin 48 A/Honors 26.5% 25.8% Ann Broder 44 Jay Bitkower 40 A 11.8% 14.5% Michael Blumenfeld 34 B 50.0% 43.5% Meg Darnell 30 C 11.8% 16.1% Martin Smith 30 Niv Gidron 26 Entries 34 62 Ruth Formanek 14 Average Scores 5.9 5.8 Larry Rubin 14 Oggy Doytchinov 12 Michael Schleiff 12 Ruth Yashpan 12 Rain Bengis 8
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 Year-End Competition Expanding Visions 22 view (including the term project presentations).
CLUB The Year-End Competition will Park West Camera Club’s This year will be a little be held on June 6th. It is differ- Expanding Visions photog- different from other years. ent from our monthly competi- raphy class is being offered All the field trips will be to tions: the rules of entry are dif- this spring into summer. It is the same destination—Times ferent; the judging is different; open to all interested photog- Square—the ”crossroads of the rewards are, too. raphers. This will be the 22nd the world.” This will allow Each Club member may consecutive year of Expand- us to familiarize ourselves submit up to four prints and ing Visions. with the destination and see four PDIs. But, and this is a big Expanding Visions 22 is a how we can work it into the but, all the submissions must marriage of a field trip class five different assignments. have been entered into one of with a class in photographic There is a common theme the monthly competitions held seeing. This nine week class running through the assign- this year (October through (Thursday evenings, May ments: Working the Subject. May). It doesn’t matter if the 19th thru July 14th) will open Not too complicated, is it? images were awarded honors your mind to new ways of Lots of fun and educational. or got a ‘C’— they are eligible looking at photographs, sub- Most of all, it will expand for this competition. But, im- ject matter, equipment, and your vision in the photos you ages may not be altered from techniques. It will also allow take, and allow you to grow the way they were originally you to explore parts of the as a photographer. entered. You can’t reprint a City that you may not want The photo instructor for print; you can’t spot out a to explore on your own. Expanding Visions 22, as has speck of dust; you can’t even The format of the class is been for all the previous E.V. re-crop an image, even if the simple: We start with an in- classes, is Chuck Pine. judge said that would improve troductory session. We will The introductory session the photo—it must be the orig- discuss equipment, tech- and the three review classes inal, unaltered image. niques, and the specifics of last for about two hours. The There will be three judges. the course; a term project will five field trips/assignments Each of the three will score be assigned. For the next two run for about one hour and from one to nine points for weeks we’ll go on field trips a half. each image. A Club member and work on assignments. The tuition for all 9 ses- (one who is good at math) will The following session will sions is $75 or $15 per week add the scores and immediate- bring us back indoors where (up to $75). The class is free ly call out the totals. Pictures we’ll share our photographs, to all PWCC members. Cash can accumulate anywhere from talk about our experiences, or checks are accepted for all 3 to 27 points. For each group and evaluate what and how payments—sorry, credit of entries—prints and PDIs— well we learned the assign- cards are not accepted. there will be one winner (the ments. Two more weeks of Please let us know if you Print- and PDI-of-the-Year) trips and assignments will be will be coming. Just drop us plus four runners-up. followed by another review. an e-mail of your intentions Think hard, choose wisely, Then, the last trip and as- to
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6 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
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7 ExCom Meeting Minutes will be scrubbed and raffled off by Christine Doyle at the year-end dinner.
CLUB Recording Secretary D. Mentoring Program: It was agreed to continue the mentor- March 28, 2016 ing program. It was suggested that, going forward, members Present: Executive Committee submit questions to the Club’s members President Ed Lee, Yahoo email group or create a Vice President Michael Schleiff, forum on the new website. C. Otto Litzel Memorial Din- Recording Secretary Christine ner: The year-end dinner will E. Competition System Hard- Doyle, and Treasurer Maria take place on Monday, June ware & Software: We are still Fernandez. Club members 13th. Ed suggested an Italian considering a new system to John Brengelman, Marilyn restaurant that Club members score the year-end competi- ate at while in Las Vegas on the Fish-Glynn, and George tion. Michael noted that the Hansen were also present. recent Death Valley trip and new website has a competition which has a branch in NYC. scoring feature that requires The agenda for the evening’s [Note: It was later learned that members to upload their own the restaurant’s name is Buca Business Meeting was dis- images. He will research fur- cussed. di Beppo; it is located at 45th ther and report back. and Broadway.] Maria sug- I. Committee Reports gested Paul & Jimmy’s on East III. New Business 18th Street near Irving Place. II. Old Business A. Nominating Committee for George noted that the Archive Club Officers: Rita Russo Committee would like to put A. Call for Committee Chairs chaired last year’s Nominating on a presentation to honor the (the Gallery, House, and Web- Committee; she will be asked if Club’s 80th anniversary at the site Committees are missing she wants to do so again for 2017 year-end dinner. A venue chairs) this year. such as the Salmagundi Club was suggested as it has the B. May 9th Portfolio Review: B. Year-End Competition Tie- One more member portfolio necessary facilities for such a Breakers: A different method presentation. presentation is needed. It was for resolving tied scores at the decided that, because self- year-end competition was dis- D. Archival Storage: Renting judging by members has been cussed. Marilyn would like to space in a storage facility on proceeding well, the next port- dispense with the tie-breaker Varick St. for the Club’s ar- folio review will be self-judged rule currently in the Competi- chive materials was discussed. as well. Members will be tion Manual and accept the Maria will look into the costs polled at the beginning of the scores as is, regardless of how and explore what kind of dis- next club year to see if they many images this may entail. counts are available, i.e., for prefer to continue with self- As this will require a change in advance payment over the judging or hire an outside per- the Club’s By-Laws, she will long term, tax savings for non- son to conduct the review. make a motion at the Business profits, etc. The chair of the Ar- C. Ad Hoc Raffle Committee: Meeting. chive Committee will be re- The Club’s old Mac computer sponsible for the space.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8 E. Honoring the Club’s 80th Business Mtg Minutes mittee is looking to rent out- Anniversary: The Club will by Christine Doyle side storage space for the
CLUB turn 80 in 2017. It was suggest- Recording Secretary Club’s archive materials, ed that the Club look into which Myrna is now keeping holding an exhibit of small March 28, 2016 in her apartment. The cost of a works by current members in storage unit was estimated to the Soho Photo Gallery’s mez- (This is a draft copy and has be approximately $1,000 per zanine, along with a reception not yet been approved by the year (see Treasurer’s report, and a slide show of Club ar- membership.) above). The Archive Commit- chive images. tee will be responsible for I. Call To Order: President Ed overseeing the space. A motion F. Addition of a Club Face- Lee called the meeting to order on whether the Club should book Page: Creation of a new at 7:03 p.m. Executive Commit- proceed with this action was Club Facebook page will be tee members Vice President made, seconded, and passed discussed. Michael Schleiff, Recording unanimously. The Archives G. Different Types of Club Secretary Christine Doyle, and Committee is also planning to Competition Awards: Mem- Treasurer Maria Fernandez put on a presentation of bers will be asked to consider were present. Corresponding archived photos at the Club’s different types of awards for Secretary Helen Pine and Pres- 2017 year-end dinner, to com- yearly competition award ident Emeritus Chuck Pine did memorate the Club’s 80th an- winners, e.g., thumb drives, not attend (still in Florida). niversary. A possible exhibit of gift cards, stylus pens. small works by members in the II. Minutes of Previous Meet- Soho Photo Gallery mezzanine IV. Good and Welfare: Ed will ing: A motion to waive the was also mentioned as a way discuss Expanding Visions 22 reading of the minutes of the to commemorate the Club’s (starting May 19th), the NEC- November 30, 2015 Business anniversary. Marilyn Fish- CC conference (June 15th to Meeting was passed and ap- Glynn will talk to Soho Photo 17th), and the recent an- proved. The minutes of that to see if this can be done. nouncement that Nik software meeting were accepted. is now available for free. Competition: Co-Chair John III. Treasurer’s Report: Maria Brengelman reported that the reported that the Club’s cur- deadline for submitting PDIs rent bank balance is $11,200. As for next Monday’s competition of this date there are no out- is midnight tonight; prints standing bills. Maria noted that must be submitted by 6:45 p,m an extra $1,000 would have to next Monday. Bill Apple’s sug- be put aside to cover the pos- gestion that PDI images be sible cost of storage space for shown at competition random- the Club’s archive materials ly, rather than in alphabetical IV. Committee Reports order, was discussed. Michael noted that PDIs can be sorted Archives: George Hansen re- randomly in Bridge and then a ported for Chair Myrna Harri- unique number could then be son-Changar, who was unable assigned to each. John and to attend. The Archive Com-
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9 George Hansen will discuss Newsletter: No report (Chair Workshop: Ed reported for with Co-Chair Hedy Klein and Chuck Pine was unable to at- Chair Jerry Harawitz. Two report back. tend). member theme nights are com- CLUB ing up in April: ”Snow White Field Trip: Co-Chair Susan Program: Chair Marilyn Fish- & Rose Red” on April 18th (re- Sigrist reported that several Glynn reported the names of scheduled due to Tim Gray’s new field trips have been competition judges for the rest change of schedule) and ”Black scheduled and the sign-up of the Club year: Marilyn Stern and White Oldies” on April sheet is being passed around. in April; Maria Ferrari in May; 25th. [See the Schedule of Ac- Susan asked that members no- and Jim Cummins, Holly tivities beginning on page ?? tify trip leaders if they are un- Larsen, and Doub Schaub for for all the details.] able to attend a trip they have the year-end competition. Jill signed up for. Freedman will be the guest V. Old Business speaker in April, and Chester Gallery: No chair. Natalie Higgins will be the guest A. Call for Committee Chairs: Manzino and Christine noted speaker in May. The Gallery, House, and Web- that the opening reception for site Committees currently have the Ryan Center Exhibit will no chairs. Members were be on Wednesday, March 30th. asked to consider volunteering Natalie noted that, although for any of these positions. the installation went well and the show looks good, some B. May 9th Portfolio Review: presentations were not as good Three members have signed as expected and some partici- up for the upcoming portfolio pants in the exhibit neglected review; one more is needed. Social: Ed thanked Natalie for to include wires for hanging as Interested members should supplying refreshments for the the prospectus required. She contact Ed. This portfolio re- meeting. Natalie asked for will approach members indi- view will also be self-judged, suggestions for locations for vidually to elaborate. Natalie as the prior reviews were, and the year-end dinner (discussed also asked members to wait members will be polled at the in New Business, below). until the show is over in late beginning of the next Club August to remove any prints Website: Website Committee year to see if they prefer to that are purchased. liaison Michael reported that continue with self-judging or the new website is now up and hire an outside person to con- House: No report (no chair). using the Club’s domain name. duct the review. Ed thanked all members for He noted that more members helping to set up and put away C. Ad Hoc Raffle Committee: need to sign up for the new chairs used for the meetings. Members were asked to ap- website in order to make full prove a raffle of the Club’s old Membership: Elena Pierpont use of the features that the Mac computer at the year-end reported for Chair Marlene website offers. Instructions on dinner. The hard drive will be Schonbrun, who was unable to creating accounts and member scrubbed and all software re- attend. The Club now has 81 galleries are published in this moved prior to the raffle. A paid up members. issue of Photo Notes. motion to approve was sec- onded and approved.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10 D. Mentoring Program: The is, regardless of how many im- mentoring program suggested ages that may entail. As this
CLUB by Ed and John Brengelman at will require a change in the the last Business Meeting was Club’s By-Laws, Marilyn pro- discussed. Ed has been an- posed that the Competition swering most of the members’ Manual no longer require tie- questions, however, more vol- breakers at the year-end com- unteers are needed. It was petition. Her motion was sec- agreed to continue the mentor- onded and carried. New lan- 80th Anniversary Gifts: ing program and perhaps guage will be drafted and pre- Diamonds and Pearls submit questions to the Club’s sented at the next Business Yahoo email group or create a Meeting on May 23rd. ing the Club’s 80th anniversary forum on the new website. C. Otto Litzel Memorial Din- were discussed. It was sug- E. Competition System Hard- ner: The year-end dinner will gested that the Club look into ware and Software: George take place on Monday, June holding an exhibit of small Hansen reported on new sys- 13th. Ed asked for suggestions, works by current members in tem software to score the year- and noted that any venue must the Soho Photo Gallery’s mez- end competition that is being have an ‘A’ cleanliness rating; zanine, along with a reception considered. Michael noted that be able to accommodate 40 and a slide show of Club ar- the new website has a competi- people; a bar; and cost no more chive images. A motion to do tion scoring feature that re- than $40 per member. He sug- so was made, seconded and quires members to upload gested an Italian restaurant carried. Marilyn Fish-Glynn their own images. He will re- that Club members ate at while will talk to Soho Photo to see if search further and report back. in Las Vegas on the recent this can be done. Death Valley trip and which F. Addition of a Club Facebook VI. New Business has a branch in the City. [Note: Page: Creation of a new Club It was later learned that the A. Nominating Committee for Facebook page was discussed. restaurant’s name is Buca di Club Officers: Rita Russo (It was noted that the Club’s Beppo; it is located at 45th and agreed to chair the Nominating Yahoo and Flickr groups are Broadway.] Maria suggested Committee for Club Officers not used very much.) Meg Paul & Jimmy’s on East 18th for the 2016-2017 year. Darnell volunteered to investi- Street near Irving Place; Mari- gate the possibilities. B. Year-End Competition Tie- lyn Fish-Glynn suggested the Breakers: Marilyn Fish-Glynn Ukrainian National Hall. Ed G. Different Types of Club would like to change the asked members to send any Competition Awards: Ed asked method for resolving tied additional suggestions to Na- members if they would like to scores at the year-end competi- talie Manzino. see different types of awards tion. Instead of asking the given out for yearly competi- D.Archival Storage: See Ar- judges to keep scoring tied im- tion award winners, e.g., chive Committee report, ages until a winner emerges, thumb drives, gift cards, stylus above. she would like to dispense pens, instead of certificates. A with the tie-breaker rule all to- E. Honoring the Club’s 80th motion to look into this was gether and accept the scores as Anniversary: Ideas for honor- made, seconded, and carried.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11 VII. Good and Welfare Travel Photo Tips Our Oldest A. From the Chair:
CLUB The USA is full of pho- 1. Include the travel: the car drive, - Expanding Visions 22 will tographic subject matter. the airport, the plane, the flight, the start on May 19th. We’ve got some of the train, when you arrive and unpack. biggest and best. We’ve - The New England Camera Also include the culture of where got some of the most Club Council’s (NECCC) an- you are: the architecture, the food, this and that. We’ve also nual conference will run from and the streets. go some of the oldest. July 15th through July 17th, in Here’s a short list of Amherst, MA. some of the oldest and - Google recently announced most photogenic from that Nik software is now around our great nation: available free of charge. Oldest Community— Acoma Pueblo west of Albuquerque, NM; Oldest Public Garden— 2. Avoid the snap shot: resist the U S Botanic Garden, urge to just throw people in front of Washington, DC; something and snap a picture. Push Oldest Church—San yourself to come up with an inter- Miguel Mission, Santa esting picture that helps to tell your Fe, NM; vacation story and does not have everyone looking at the camera and Oldest Bar—Jean B. From the Floor: smiling. Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans, LA; - Natalie Manzino reminded all present that the opening Oldest Timber Frame reception for the Ryan Health House: The Fairbanks Center Exhibit will be on House, Dedham, MA Wednesday, March 30th, from Oldest Roller Coaster— 6 to 8 p.m. If members know Leap-the-Dips, Altoona, of places where the show’s PA cards can be left, please do so. Oldest Airport—College VIII. Adjournment: The meet- 3. Use all the pictures you take to Park Airport, College ing was adjourned at 8:19 p.m. create a book, make some prints, Park, MD produce a slideshow… or at least, XI. Refreshments and Socializ- share some with families and Oldest Skyscraper— ing followed the adjournment. friends by e-mail. You’ll be happy Wainwright Building, you did. St. Louis, MO
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12 Club Exhibit at Ryan ing the file for the postcard, by Natalie Manzino poster, and for accepting im- CLUB Co-Chair ages, Ann Broder for her won- Ryan Center Exhibit derful eye curating the show (with kibitzing from Christine Doyle, Maria Fernandez, Julie Park West’s Ryan/Chelsea- Foehrenbach, and my-self), Joe Clinton Community Health Nawy for help with the hang- Center exhibit was a grand ing, and assistance from Alice success—both the opening and Somma, Paula Paterniti, and Hanging the Show the reception. We have 25 Club Elena Pierpont on the night of ©2016 Elena Pierpont members exhibiting and 49 the hanging. image,s including two from the We were very pleased with Club’s archives. the hanging job done by There were over 75 people Joseph Lucas and his assis- attending the opening recep- tants, Farrah and Ariel. tion which was kindly pre- If you weren’t at the open- pared by the Ryan staff. We ing, we hope you will go and appreciate the Ryan Center for see our lovely show. It’s open hosting our exhibit in their through August 31st. The spacious waiting room. Special hours are: Monday, Tuesday, thanks go to William Murphy, and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to Director of Ryan Center, 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday and Fri- William Arboleda, Director of day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Community Relations, and and every other Saturday from Jesse Sanchez, Facilities Man- 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (No Sat- ager. It was a pleasure working urday Hours in July and Au- with them to organize the ex- gust). The Ryan Center is hibit and reception. closed on Sundays. I would like to express my The address of the Ryan/ sincere appreciation for the Chelsea-Clinton Community Club folks that participated Health Center is 645 10th Av- and volunteered to assist in enue, between 45th and 46th this effort. First and foremost, Streets. To get there take the Christine Doyle was a fabulous M11 bus line; the 50th Street co-chair. Her attention to detail station on the C or E subway and tackling necessary tasks lines; or the A, C, E, N, R, Q, made her indispensable to this W, 1, 2, 3 ,7 subway lines to effort. I could not have done 42nd Street. this without her. Thanks also Here are some photos from goes to Julie Foehrenbach for the hanging and opening re- creating the database and the ception of the Ryan/Chelsea- labels, Sal Maci for creating the Clinton Community Health sales listing, Ed Lee for creat- Center exhibit.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13 CLUB
Exhibit Co-Chairs Christine Doyle (L) and Natalie Manzino ©2016 George Hansen
Club members Karen Corrigan (L) and Julie Foehrenbach at the opening reception.
Club members Gladys Hopkowitz (L) and Judy All images on this page Rosenblatt discussing the ©2016 Elena Pierpont images at the reception. except as noted.
Club members Rain Bengis (C) and guests viewing an image at the Mills with her image. Mills Club member Dorothy Club Dorothy member reception.
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Was it ever crowded!
Club members Susan Hoehn (L), Julie Foehrenback (C) and guest discussing the images at the reception.
All images on this page ©2016 Elena Pierpont.
Club member Karen Corrigan admiring some prints.
Club member Ruth Formanek (R) and guest enjoying the reception. Exhibit Co-Chairs Christine Doyle (L) and Natalie Manzino taking a well- deserved rest.
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April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16 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 Guest Speaker (Jill Freedman) November 18 Tech Rep 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 (Maria Ferrari) 18 Print Workshop 9 Guest Speaker (Chester Higgins) 19 Expanding Visions 21 Mini 16 Portfolio Review 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.]
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17 Photo Notes Deadlines Wildlife Shooting Tips crocodiles, elephants, and more without ever getting out CLUB Issue Deadline Do the Research — The more of the vehicle. Be patient, and you know about your subjects, they’ll come to you. May 2016 May 2 the better you’ll be able to pho- Use Simple Backgrounds — Summer 2016 Jun 6 tograph them. Learn about dif- If an elegant lion or a cute baby ferent animals’ behaviors, baboon are your subjects, try September 2016 August 17 habitats, social structures, and shooting them with a simple, movements, and you’ll maxi- non-distracting background. The sooner articles and mize the chances of finding items are submitted to Photo them. If you are lucky enough Notes, the quicker the editing to find them, you’ll also know and revision process can begin. what to shoot. Competition scores and cumu- Patience Isn’t a Virtue—It’s lative points are submitted as a Necessity! — We see amaz- soon after the competitions as ing nature photography on possible, usually one to three television and in magazines all days following the submission the time. What we don’t see deadline. The draft copy of are the hours and hours of Show Respect — Don’t be Photo Notes will be sent to the waiting that the photographer invasive. Wildlife photography editorial staff as soon as possi- endured to capture each pic- and landscape photography ble once all items are in place. ture. And believe me, you will must begin with a deep respect The staff will then have two to wait. A lot! Just remember that for nature and our place in it. three days to edit and return waiting is an unavoidable part Never violate this respect just their comments. of wildlife photography. to get a picture. Once the Photo Notes issue Balance Safety and Creativ- Never Stress Your Subject is complete, it is sent to the ity — It’s great to think outside — Always give your subject Website Committee to be post- the box. It’s great to be bold. space and do not get close ed online. As soon as this is ac- But don’t put yourself in dan- enough to create stress. It may complished, an e-mail is sent ger just to get a better angle on mean using a longer lens or to all Club members and other a picture. It's not worth it. On not getting the subject fully in Photo Notes recipients inform- an African safari, for example, the frame as you may wish, ing them that the PWCC news- you’ll have the opportunity to but the well being of the ani- letter is now available for come face-to-face with lions, mal should always be foremost
downloading. in the photographer's mind. Tell a Story — Good wildlife photography tells a story. We like seeing charac- teristics associated with hu- mans—like bravery, playful- ness, compassion, empathy— in animals.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18 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?
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19 Depth of Field genius: recog- By Bill Apple nizing that you needed to cap- The Ears Have It! ture, in a stan- dardized way, Alphonse Bertillon (ber-tee- not just a front, YONE, en français). Heard of but also a side
PHOTOGRAPHY him? I’m figuring, maybe a view of sus- cross between Inspector pects’ faces. Clouseau (think: Pink Panther) Why the and Sherlock Holmes (think: side view? Be- 221B Baker Street, London). cause it’s actu- Holmes, in fact, had heard ally more re- of Bertillon, whose name one vealing, un- client casually drops in The changing, and Hound of the Baskervilles. reliable than Holmes is, of course, pure head-on shots, fiction, but his contemporary, which are more Alphonse Bertillon, was flesh easily affected and blood. by facial ex- So who’s this Bertillon? pressions and No less than the centerpiece disguises. The Feature Film French criminologist of Crime Stories: Photography profile also Alphonse Bertillon zeroed in scientifically and Foul Play, a current exhibit shows the ear, on facial aspects to help better identify mis- at the Metropolitan Museum of which Bertillon creants in late 19th century Paris. Including Art, bringing together 70 pho- found was a profile view, he discovered, worked better tographs from the museum’s unique in each than frontal mugshots alone, because sizable collection. “Not a single person: sizes, everyone’s ears are unique. uninteresting picture,” one shapes, folds, New York Times critic has writ- and so forth. ten. (Well, maybe.) Seconding the ears’ import, enced by his age’s “anthropo- If you’ve ever scanned post by the way, is Wilhelm metric” approach: measuring office walls, browsed police Figueroa, long-time director of skulls and other anatomy, not Polaroids of miscreants, or the NYPD’s photo unit, recent- just for identification but pos- checked the FBI’s Ten Most ly interviewed on NPR. “Take sibly for correlating with crim- Wanted, you’re looking at 10 different people, take pic- inality or personality and char- Bertillon, or rather his children. tures of their ears and you'll be acter traits. Bertillon is the man who in- able to identify each and every By 1884, Bertillon’s new- vented the modern mug shot, one of them because we all fangled mug shots had man- staple of police work. have different facets to our aged to help gendarmes identi- M. Bertillon (1853-1914) be- ears,” he boasted. fy—and nab—241 repeat of- gan in 1879 as a clerk in the Bertillon’s system went fenders. But with the advent of Identification Bureau of the well beyond ears (see photo on fingerprints and, more recently, Paris Prefecture of Police. His next page), no doubt influ- DNA, iris scans, voice prints
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20 tion, July electric chair “as the lethal cur- 7, 1865. rent surged through… Her Another helmeted head stiffened in hanging: death.” This uncredited death- a 1960 chamber photo also bills it- gelatin self—how modest—as “per-
PHOTOGRAPHY silver haps the most remarkable ex- Avedon clusive picture in the history of portrait criminology.” of Dick Hickock, against white seamless, ‘Fromage!’ Bertillon at work in his studio in the one of Identification Bureau of the Paris Prefecture of the “In Police. His improved mug shots soon helped put Cold away many more career criminals than before. Blood” Kansas and video surveillance, mug killers, from Truman Capote’s shots have lost some luster, but book. (Hickock was convicted they’re still vital. and hanged five years later.) The Met exhibit moves be- Wait! There’s that iconic yond the basics of criminal bank-camera photo: hard- identification to surveillance- boiled, beret-wearing, gun-tot- camera shots, crime-scene pho- ing “Tanya” (née Patty tography—yes, Weegee!—fa- Hearst), newspaper heiress Shocking In Sing Sing’s elec- mous faces (and corpses) and and kidnap-victim-turned- trocution chamber an uncredit- famous photographers. While cultist of the Symbionese Lib- ed photographer shot and virtually every image is, uh, eration Army, 1974. smuggled out this 1928 photo of arresting, it’s sometimes hard Other iconic news shots: Ruth Snyder, Queens house- to fathom why curators Jack Ruby firing at JFK assas- wife, convicted with her lover whipped up such a diverse sin Lee Harvey Oswald inside of garroting her husband for mélange. Some photos, frankly, a Dallas police lockup, 1963; insurance. She became the first don’t hang well together. and the AP photo of RFK in woman executed at the prison Did someone say “hang”? Los Angeles, on the floor of the in 30 years. There’s that shot by Ambassador Hotel kitchen, Alexander Gardner, colleague mortally wounded by assassin One Weegee image, for a of Mathew Brady, Execution of Sirhan Sirhan, 1968. pinch of gore: Human Head in a the Conspirators, showing a A famous Daily News cover Cake Box, circa 1940. And a bet- number of John Wilkes Booth’s (two cents, January 13, 1928): ter-known corpse, this from an helpers lined up at the scaffold, Under the headline “DEAD!” uncredited photographer at the awaiting nooses in the after- husband-killer Ruth Snyder Chicago morgue: John math of Lincoln’s assassina- sits strapped into the Sing Sing Dillinger’s Feet, 1934. Matching
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21 left and right toe tags! (Not to worry: Dillinger’s lying peace- fully on a slab, covered.) Two more quirky shots only tangentially relate to crime, however.
PHOTOGRAPHY From Walker Evans, whose camera was hidden under his coat: an older, patrician lady, in coat with fur-trimmed collar, stares blankly as she sits on the subway alongside a man wear- ing a fedora and reading. The man’s open Daily News is headlined, “Pal Tells How Quintet Rogues, from a book of salt prints Gungirl Killed.” It’s from 1938, by Hungarian photographer Samuel G. Sz- and made a reprise as cover for abó, who worked with American police from Evans’ 1966 book, Many Are 1854 to 1861. Clockwise from left: a counter- Called. feiter, two burglars, a pickpocket, and a The other work, from Diane sneak thief, with names and aliases. Arbus: Onscreen Woman with Hoop Earrings and a Gun, 1958. The photograph shows just Photo Cartoon of the Month that, a TV tuned to a film noir scene featuring an attractive gun moll. Derivative, no? For me, however, it’s not all sensationalism. The exhibit’s best remains Bertillon and his trail-blazing work on mug shots, especially ears. In all, this show is as fascinating as it is uneven, but definitely worth a visit to the Met. It’s up until July 31. Memo to would-be bank robbers: A decent mask would be a sound investment. So would a nice pair of earmuffs or, maybe, oversized head- phones. Hide them lobes.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22 Gallery Watching by Ruth Formanek and Judy Rosenblatt
Ellsworth Kelly; Matthew Marks Gallery, 523 West 24 Street; through April 26th PHOTOGRAPHY © Erwin Blumenfeld © Erwin by Ruth Thirty photos taken between 1950 and 1982 demonstrate © Ellsworth Kelly sented, their cost between $600 what Kelly called the chance and $150,000, the latter by Er- inspirations of his influential marks on the panels than the win Blumenfeld, unknown to paintings: “Everywhere I ‘presence’ of the panels them- me. Included also is an image looked… became something to selves… I have worked to free by Erika Stone, who has often be made,… it had to be made shape from its ground, and been a judge at our competi- exactly as it was….” Although then to work the shape so that tions. originally a painter, his state- it has a definite relationship to ment really describes how pho- the space around it; so that it tographers see the world. has a clarity and a measure within itself of its parts (angles, curves, edges and mass)… The shape finds its own space and
always demands its freedom Stone © Erica and separateness.” The effect is one of abstraction despite our ability to recognize his images. The show won’t be on © Ellsworth Kelly much longer, make sure you All of the photos used be- go see it! long to the Howard Greenberg Kelly’s black and white im- Gallery. Many of them are ages of barns show wonderful A Democracy of Imagery; noteworthy and don’t need to textures and solid shapes. He Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 have the name of a famous was a very influential mid-cen- East 57 Street; until April 30th photographer affixed to them. I tury minimalist painter, and suspect that the motivation his paintings and his pho- by Ruth and emphasis of the show tographs resemble each other. Colin Westerbeck and Howard were less on the ‘Democracy’ They also reminded me of the Greenberg call their exhibit A aspect as an appeal to collec- work of one of his contempo- Democracy of Imagery because it tors. Curator Westerbeck: “The raries—Aaron Siskind. contains both under-appreciat- pictures seen here are an his- Kelly added that his work ed photos of famous photog- toric and international com- is made of single or multiple raphers as well as great photos munity representing all the di- panels: rectangle, curved or of unknown photographers. versity of opinion you’d expect square. ”I am less interested in One hundred images are pre- to find in a town hall meeting.”
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23 I found the exhibit interest- large seascape with wild, In Good Time: Photographs by ing because of its diversity al- roiled up waves. The memory Doug DuBois; Aperture Foun- though I disagreed with many of Hiroshima remains alive in dation, 547 West 27 Street of the choices. But it’s worth a large image of a charred through May 19th taking a look! garment against a stark white background, and one of a by Judy Contemporary Photography: watch stopped at the moment Aperture has given over its
PHOTOGRAPHY Asian Perspectives; Laurence the bomb hit. large space to three long-term Miller Gallery, 20 West 57 projects by Doug DuBois, an Street; through April 30th American photographer in his mid-fifties with whom Ruth by Judy and I were unfamiliar. The In conjunction with Asia Week longest-lasting project, All the New York, this is a group ex- Days and Nights, consists of hibit showcasing Asian pho- photographs of his family tak- tographers (mostly Japanese en for over twenty years, cov- and Chinese) who have shown ering his father’s almost fatal at this gallery before. It’s an © Toshio Shibata accident and recovery, and his interesting glimpse into the parents’ eventual divorce. ways Asian photographers in- There are some traditional corporate “western” trends nature images, but I was most into their work while blending impressed by the large images in their own traditions. of Toshio Shibata, who fuses For instance, there are a few monumental manmade struc- photographers who portray tures like bridges and dams themselves in ways reminis- with surrounding nature in cent of Cindy Sherman— moody, woodblock-like im- though they happen to be ages. It was illuminating to be © Doug DuBois male! Some experimentation is able to look through books of evident, such as a close-up his work and that of others in The other two projects re- portrait in which the face is the exhibit to get a fuller pic- sulted from five summers of largely composed of a super- ture of their visions. work with adolescents in a imposed forest scene, or a I haven’t mentioned more neighborhood in Ireland, and names since they’d probably visits to Avella, a coal-mining all be unfamiliar and quickly town in Pennsylvania. forgotten, but this exhibit is a DuBois aims for a natural, fine chance to become ac- intimate feel, even though quainted with, and curious many of his images are staged. about, photographers on the He is largely a portrait photog- other side of the globe and rapher, so we have our share of how like—and unlike—-us sullen-faced teenagers along they are. with their high jinks, like climbing up a lamppost. © Yoko Ikeda
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24 There are numerous scenes of —whom I first became aware For Sale his parents in what look like of at the Brooklyn Museum’s by Chuck Pine candid interactions, as well as Israel exhibit. It included a solo portraits of them. multi-image video as well as I have two external hard drives still portraits in black and for sale. They are both G-Dri- white. Fox Solomon was born ves, made by G-Tech. They are in 1930 and studied with both in excellent working con- PHOTOGRAPHY Lisette Model, who encour- aged her to take risks with her dition on the inside with no work. She has traveled far and scratches or marks on the out- wide to produce fascinating, side. Both are equipped with a edgy portraits that remind me USB-3 port, a eSATA port, and of Diane Arbus. She has the two Firewire 800 ports—they ability to pull the viewer into are super fast! her subjects’ worlds that I somehow missed in DuBois.
© Doug DuBois
DuBois works with a large format camera, though the One is a two-terabyte drive family images are smaller than and the other is a four-terabyte the rest, hung closely together drive. Both include the power almost like a film strip. Some supplies and USB-3 cables of the group scenes in Ireland I am getting rid of them looked choreographed to me. I because they do not meet my really wanted to like these current needs—I’ve just pur- bodies of work—DuBois seems © Rosalind Fox Solomon chases some six-terabyte drives like a very empathic guy. But, to replace them. somehow, I didn’t feel drawn Perhaps it has to do with into the sadness of his family the subjects she chooses, but I The two TB drive, B&H # or the vital concerns of the think it just may be a kind of GTGD62, is currently selling Irish teenagers. DuBois, him- genius. We didn’t give her a for $200. The four TB drive, self, has pondered the limits of full review because the exhibit B&H # GTGD64, is currently photography in conveying true closes on April 16th, but if you selling for $300. intimacy. In an interview he hurry maybe you can catch it I’m asking $125 for the 2-TB said, “Looking is not the same (at the Bruce Silverstein Gal- drive and $225 for the 4-TB as knowing.” Perhaps the lery, 535 West 24th Street). And drive. And, yes, these prices books that resulted from these then you can visit Ellsworth are set in stone—no haggling! projects would give a more Kelly, right next door. If you’re interested, e-mail complete experience. In our travels Ruth and I We hope you enjoy these to
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25 B&W, Anyone? PhotoWordJumble by Sal Maci You shot an image in color, but you aren’t sure if you Unscramble these five scrambled words, one letter to each should make it black and square, to form words pertaining to photography. white? Many photographers PHOTOGRAPHY struggle with when and if they should change an image into black-and-white.
Now arrange the circled letters to form the answer Here are some good reasons suggested by the clue. to make the switch:
1. The color is distracting. Is the image so busy with color and objects that your subject gets lost? Turning it black- and-white will isolate your subject more from its sur- roundings.
Last month’s answers: Jpegs, fRAmE, DiffUse, ShuTter MIcroDrivE, and 2. You want to give it a clas- PlaTiNOType sic feel. The quickest way to Surprise answer: DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT make a photo timeless is to turn it black-and-white. Think About This!
3. You want to hand color it. If at first you don’t suc- Artificial intelligence is no Whether it is in Photoshop or ceed… then skydiving is not match for natural stupidity. you’re going old school and for you. doing it by hand with pastels I think Congressmen should and oils, black-and-white is Red meat is not bad for wear uniforms, you know, the best way to prep your you. Fuzzy green meat is like NASCAR drivers, so we image for this process. bad for you. could identify their corpo- rate sponsors.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26 U.S. Photo Drives • Patchwork Parkway, UT Photo Tips by Chuck Pine • Million Dollar Highway, CO • Farm to Market Road, Big Have fun while taking photos. There are many places around Bend Ranch State Park, TX the country that combine the The best photographs tell sto- thrill of an auto tour with the ries that beg the viewer for opportunity to photograph PHOTOGRAPHY more. some great scenery. Here are some of the most thrilling and 35mm (on full frame) is the photogenic: best “walk-around” focal length. • Hana Highway, Maui, HI Ditch the backpack and get a • The Dare Trail, Outer Banks, messenger bag. It makes get- NC ting your lenses and camera a whole lot easier.
Don’t take your SLR to parties.
Macro photography isn’t for • Seward Highway, AK everybody.
Having a second monitor is the best thing ever for photo pro- cessing.
It is always better to underex- pose than overexpose. • Mount Washington Auto Road, NH Good self-portraits are harder • Pacific Coast Highway, CA to take than they seem. • Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, MT Focus should be on eyes.
Use flash when shooting at sunset.
Photos make great presents. Give your photos to friends. Anyone wanna take a drive? Give them to strangers.
Candid > Posed.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27 PhotoShopping by Chuck Pine Finally, I sharpened the image using Filter > Solid Color Tinting Sharpen > Unsharp Mask and added a border using Here’s an image I took at the Edit > Stroke.
PHOTOGRAPHY Boynton Inlet a couple of days ago. Nice pelican; terrible sky! Here is the finished image. How can I improve this image? Quite a difference, huh? (Let me count the ways.) One This is what you will see. Do little known, but very simple not panic! Just change the and efficient method, is with a Blend Mode to Color (next to solid color tint. Here’s how to the last item on the list) and… do it…
Voila! In Photoshop, go to the Layers Panel and click on the Create a Bonus Tip new fill or adjustment layer button. Need to see if a horizontal line is actually horizontal or that a verti- cal line is really vertical? The an- swer, in a single word, is Guides. To get a guide, you need to have the Rulers open. If they are not, I finished up the tinting type Command R (Control R) or process by using the Eraser click on View > Rulers. Tool to remove the color from Once open, click in the top ruler the bird. (I used a Layer Mask and drag down to where you and the Magnetic Lasso Tool want it to create a horizontal before erasing.) Click on the top line, Solid guide. Click in the left ruler and Color, to get the Color Picker drag across to where you want it (Solid Color) dialog box. to create a vertical guide. To get Select the color of your choice, rid of the guide (s) click on View and click OK. > Show and uncheck Guides.
April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28 How To: Musical Slide • Video Layer and Animation Show in Photoshop (text) (Doing animated GIFs by Karen Corrigan and other things can come lat- er; ignore for now) PHOTOGRAPHY demonstrations were given on overview.html> how to make a slide show set to • Creating Images (text) music. This presentation by (Some background info) Karen Corrigan used Adobe’s April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29 Photo Shopping A special type of flash at- Both strobe lights (AKA by Chuck Pine tachment is made for macro flash) or continuous lights and close-up photography. (both LEDs and hot lights) are So, you want to get into using used as studio lights. artificial lighting. ”But which one is right for me,” I hear you PHOTOGRAPHY cry. Here are some basics… strobe The most common kind of artificial lighting is the built-in or pop-up flash which is part of your camera. It is not very powerful and has a limited ef- Another kind of attach- ment offers continuous (not fective distance. But, it is great hot tungsten as a fill-light for shadows or to flash) lighting. It may be used set off other remote flashes. with the video feature of your camera or when you need to be able to visualize the shadows No matter what kind of before you take the shot. These light you decide to purchase, are now mostly made with please remember that these are LEDs so there is no build-up of all electric or electronic tools. unwanted heat. They all transmit current. They can give you quite a jolt if you are not careful. Some can cause severe burns. They can all be dangerous. Be sure to read the safety precautions listed in the Next, in order of popularity owner’s manuals. and ease of use, are flash at- Take a class in the use of tachments. These attach to The next kind of lighting your equipment—either on- your camera via the built-in accessories are commonly re- line or in a classroom and/or hot shoe on top of the camera ferred to a studio lights. They studio setting. As the saying body or by using a bracket. are mounted on light stands goes, learn before you burn! They come in a wide assort- and set off using either wires ment of styles, sizes, powers, or some kind of remote trigger. brands, and prices. You are best to purchase one made by Disclaimer your camera’s manufacturer. I do not, nor does anyone else in the Club, make a profit from the sales of these items. Chuck April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30 Does Size Matter? limits to how much you can do will appear when printed. this. In the right hands it’s ac- Other factors that effect print When it comes to e-mailing, tually quite amazing how resolution are the paper sur- uploading for a photography much you can interpolate files, face, the image size, and the contest, or printing an image, and combined with proper printer you are using. The rec- size does matter! Give too little sharpening and a good printer, ommended image resolution information and your image you can make a rather large for printing is anywhere from PHOTOGRAPHY will appear soft or pixilated, print out of a typical DSLR file. 240 to 300 DPI (dots per inch). give too much information and Screen resolution, the width Many organizations are your image may be too large to and height of an image in pix- very strict when it comes to view on your computer screen. els, is known as its pixel di- your image size when entering Here are some guidelines and mensions, and that's all a com- their contests. In most cases important things to know puter screen cares about. A they will tell you the pixel di- about image size. screen resolution is measured mensions they are looking for. Resampling is re-sizing an in PPI (pixels per inch). Reso- To properly submit your im- image by reducing or increas- lution does not matter for ages, open the Image Size dia- ing its number of pixels, this screen viewing. log box, make sure resample happens when images is se- you are crop- lected, and the ping an image link between to a different Width and aspect ratio or Height is high- you are chang- lighted. Set the ing your image resolution size in the im- (usually 72 ppi age size dialog for projection, box and you websites, or have the re- screen viewing sample image or 240 to 300 box checked. You cannot get dpi for prints), this information back, which and finally is why you should always change the “save as” before you start Print or Image resolution af- longest edge of your photo to working with resolution so fects only one thing—the size match the longest edge of the you can go back to the original of the image when it's printed. pixel dimension they are look- if you make a mistake or When you set the resolution in ing for. (Some exceptions to change your mind about how Photoshop, you are telling the this process are inevitable. Be you want to display the image. printer, not the screen, how sure to check the rules of of the Interpolation is the process many of the pixels in the image organization to which you are where you add pixels to an to squeeze into an inch of pa- submitting.) image to make it bigger. In this per. The more pixels you’re process, Photoshop (or other squeezing into every inch of Good luck and have fun! software) is “creating” pixels paper, the better the print qual- from nothing and so there are ity and the smaller the image April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31 Accessory Quiz 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. Nature Photo Contest Last Month’s Answer The Jamestown, NY Audubon Society (southwest of Buffalo) announces its 2016 Nature Photography Contest. Cash prizes will be awarded in four categories, in both an adult This is an extension tube. It and a youth division: plants; is a hollow metal tube that landscapes; wildlife; and im- fits between the lens and the ages taken at their nature cen- camera body. It enables the ter in Jamestown. lens to focus closer than its The purpose of the contest usual minimal focusing dis- is to give photographers an tance so you can take really outlet to share their work and You may also call 716-569-2345 close-up images. Because have it judged, while at the or e-mail to April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32 B & H Event Space Tuesday, April 19 Hello Park West Pet Photography B&H Photo offers free work- Speaker: Keith Ibsen I am Karen Bell, a NY based pho- shops. Here are a few of this tographer, and long time educa- month’s offerings: tor. I have an MFA in photogra- phy from the Rhode Island School Tuesday, April 12 of Design. I have taught photog- King of the Night raphy at the New School for more Speaker: Thorsten Overgaard than 20 years. In addition, I have been teaching digital photo work- shops at the Brooklyn Botanic Thursday, April 21 Garden since 2005. In 2014, I be- Food Photography gan my own workshops, New York EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. Speaker: Andrew Scrivani Through the Lens. My photos, and small hand made books, have been exhibited and collected Wednesday, April 13 world-wide. Off Camera Flash I co-direct a photography re- Speaker: Cliff Hausner treat/workshop in northern Por- tugal. It is a photographer’s par- adise! It’s an inspiring place to stretch your photographic skills: Check out the B&H website at endless skies, amazing land- April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33 NECCC Photo Regional Workshops The New England Camera Most of the mailings we receive Club Council’s 71st annual for workshops, field trips, and Photography Conference is the like are from around the scheduled to take place on the world and around the country. campus of the University of It’s refreshing that we get some Massachusetts’ in Amherst offerings from local (more or during weekend of July 15th less) photographers. Here’s an thru the 17th. example of what just came in. Guest presenters will in- Tom Dwyer Nature Photog- clude David Middleton, Bobbi raphy Tours/Workshops em- Lane, Lindsay Adler, Roman ploy a singular format designed EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. Kurywczak, Joe McDonald, to be effective regardless the ex- Ron Rosenstock, and many perience levels of the tour’s par- other recognizable names. ticipants: The featured keynote • Small groups—limited to six speaker is Art Wolf. Art is a to eight participants; world famous nature/travel • Flexibility—putting you in the photographer/author known right spot, at the right time to for his television production, bring home impressive pho- Travels to the Edge. He is an ex- tography; cellent speaker (and an even • One-on-one instruction; and better photographer, whose pix • Thorough familiarity with speak louder than his words). great locations. There will be plenty of Some of our upcoming des- workshops and learning ses- tinations include: sions including model shoots, • The Genesee River and the live animal shoots, photo con- waterfalls of Letchworth State tests, and tons more. There is Park; an area set aside for the many • Summer in the Adirondacks; vendors who will be in atten- • Great Camp Sagamore Photo dance. And, don’t forget the Retreat. BIG ice cream social hour! For all the details, go to For all registration informa- April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34 Schedule of Activities The Park West Camera Club * Monday, April 11 ing good and you get a new meets every Monday night Guest Speaker— picture you love, there’s noth- (with some exceptions for hol- Jill Freedman ing better. That’s the joy of idays and a curtailed summer Tonight’s guest photographer photography, and the fun.” schedule). Please join us at a is Jill Freedman. Jill Freedman Learn more about Jill and her meeting or on one of our other is a highly respected New York images at SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES work is included in the per- Photo Gallery located at 15 manent collections of The Mu- gan (who gave that great pre- White Street, between West seum of Modern Art, the In- sentation on using Photoshop Broadway and Church Street/ ternational Center of Photog- to great musical slide shows). Avenue of the Americas (6th raphy, George Eastman House, Avenue) unless indicated oth- the Smithsonian American Art * Monday, April 18 erwise in the listings below. Museum, and many others. Theme Night Following the schedule of ac- She has published seven books Portfolios, projects, themes, tivities are detailed directions including: Circus Days; Fire- what are they? They are two to each of our meeting sites. house; Street Cops; and more. things. First Check the PWCC Website off, they are a April 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 35 Building at Lincoln Center. The the #6 train. Buses stop on address is 70 Lincoln Center both 5th (downtown) and Plaza, located on the north side Madison (uptown) Avenues of West 65th Street, between and at 5th Avenue on the Broadway and Amsterdam crosstown M110 bus. Sign up Avenue, closer to Amsterdam. at any Club meeting or by con- From the street level, take the tacting the trip’s leader: Ed Lee © Ken Hubbard stairs, elevator, or escalator up at SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES the 6th floor. The New York City Sierra Club’s Photography Commit- * Friday, April 22 tee is holding its meeting Field Trip—Central Park’s tonight. The guest photogra- Conservancy Garden pher for this evening is Ken Hubbard. Ken is the Field Ser- The Conservatory Garden is vices Manager for Tamron, a Central Park’s six-acre formal leading manufacturer of photo garden and one of the high- lenses and other equipment. lights of the park and city. It is * Monday, April 25 He has had nationwide gallery divided into three smaller gar- Theme Night dens, each with a distinct style: showings of his photography Tonight’s theme is Black-and- Italian, French, and English. and has traveled extensively White Oldies. Go out and take The Garden’s main entrance is throughout the United States photos and then convert them through the Vanderbilt Gate, resulting in a consistent output to black-and-white. Make them on Fifth Avenue between 104th of breathtaking photographs look like they were shot years and 105th Streets. This magnif- that continually challenge the ago. Grain? Sure. Vignettes? Of icent iron gate, made in Paris in boundaries of the genre. This course. Sepia toned? Why not? 1894, originally stood before presentation will help you see You may interpret this howev- the Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth and manipulate light, creating er you wish. Bring in up to a Avenue and 58th Street. We’ll the right exposures, composi- dozen PDIs or prints to share. meet at the above-mentioned tion, close-up and macro pho- Just remember to have fun. tography, and the most impor- gate at 1 p.m. The closest sub- way station is 103rd Street on tant part: what lens to use and * Monday, April 25 why! To see more of Ken’s im- Competition Entry Deadline ages go to March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 36 bridges are theirs, the City is theirs. Produced in conjunc- tion with the City of New York, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour is the world’s biggest charitable bike ride. The route begins at Franklin and Church Streets (the Soho Pho- the Cherry Blossom Festival in to Gallery corner) in Tribeca © Maria Ferrari the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. and continues uptown through The weekend celebrates tradi- Central Park, into the Bronx, SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES tional and contemporary Ja- back into Manhattan and four images in tonight’s com- panese culture including: down the FDR Drive, then into petition, but no more than two • Taiko drumming • Cosplay Queens and Brooklyn, taking in either category. Tonight’s fashion shows • tea cere- over the Brooklyn-Queens Ex- judge is Maria Ferrari. Maria is monies • Kabuki dancing pressway, and finally across a New York City-based com- • Samurai sword fighting the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge mercial still-life photographer. • vintage kimonos • and more! to the finish line in Staten Is- She also teaches one of the best Come between 10 a.m. and 6 land. This is an all-day event. Photoshop workflow classes in p.m. Let your cameras be your Pick your spot and have fun. the Big Apple. If you haven’t eyes to capture all the beauty. The website has more details taken her class, even if you Other venues with cherry blos- March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 37 © Chris Nicholson April 27th) with Elsa Blum at March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 38 many other species. We will meet at the bottom of the stairs of the Mets-Willets Point sta- tion on the #7 subway line at 1 p.m. This line begins in Man- * Sunday, May 15 hattan at Times Square. The Field Trip—Norwegian Ameri- ride to the station is about 35 can Parade minutes. Sign up at any Club The Norwegian American Pa- * Wednesday, May 11 meeting or by contacting the rade celebrates the 17th of May Field Trip—Flushing Meadow trip’s leader: Harriet Josephs at signing of the Norwegian Con- Park and Queens Zoo SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 347-453-4501. Please contact Flushing Meadows–Corona tion’s freedom from Sweden. Harriet if you must cancel at Park, often referred to as Among Norwegians, the day is the last minute. Flushing Meadows Park, or referred to simply as syttende simply Flushing Meadows, is mai (literally ”seventeenth the largest park in the borough May"), Nasjonaldagen (The Na- of Queens. It contains: the tional Day) or Grunnlovsdagen USTA Billie Jean King National (The Constitution Day). Any Tennis Center, the current venue for the U.S. Open tennis tournament; Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets Saturday, May 14 baseball team; the New York Photo Op—Food Festival Hall of Science; the Queens The Ninth Avenue In- Museum of Art; the Queens ternational Food Festival Theatre in the Park; the New blends international cuisine way you say it, the parade is York State Pavilion; and the and art in one of the country’s filled with fun, food, great cos- Queens Zoo. Flushing Mead- most diverse neighborhoods. tumes, and all the rest. The pa- ows was created as the site of The Festival is New York’s rade kicks off at 1:30 p.m. in the 1939-1940 New York oldest and largest continuous Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. We will World’s Fair and also hosted food event, drawing over meet at the the front of the the 1964-1965 New York 200,000 visitors over the course Brooklyn-bound ”N” train World’s Fair. The Queens Zoo, of the weekend. From open to platform, at the Union Square opened in 1968, it is the first to close, visitors can browse the station, at 12 noon. This should be designed from the start as a offerings of 15 City blocks of give us enough time to get cageless zoo. It is home to gourmet food and beverages. there, stake out our shooting more than 75 species that are Asian to Cajun, and everything positions, and maybe grab a native to the Americas. It is the edible, along with fine art and bite to eat. Sign up at any Club only one of five zoos in New crafts and an entire city block meeting or by contacting the York City that exhibits Andean of family friendly children’s trip’s leader: Marilyn Fish bears. The zoo is also home to games and entertainment. The Glynn at 212-685-8784 pumas, California sea lions, action runs from 42nd to 57th March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 39 * Monday, May 16 dozens of military demonstra- Portfolio Review tions and displays throughout Tonight is the final portfolio the week, as well as public vis- review night of the Club’s itation onto many of the parti- cipating ships. Plus, there are year. Four PWCC members * Monday, May 23 all those uniforms flooding the will present concise portfolios Business Meeting #4 of up to a dozen images of City streets. What a photo op! This is our final business meet- their work. These may be in ing of the Club year. Tonight the form of prints or PDIs. The we’ll be voting for next year’s purpose of this review is to de- Club officers as well as decid- termine how well the images ing on the budget for the up- SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES hold up as a group. The pur- coming season. There will be a pose is not to critique individ- lot more on the agenda, too in- ual images although some cluding some items that may comments of this nature will affect future competitions. sneak into the discussion from Please make sure to attend this time to time. If you’d like to very important meeting. After participate with your images, all the business is complete, we please speak to the Workshop end the evening with refresh- © Katrin Eismann Committee chair, Jerry ments and socializing. Don’t Harawitz at any meeting or miss it! Wednesday, May 25 contact him at 646-823-7223 Photo Event—Sierra Photo or March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 40 the Rochester Institute of ckman Street and Broadway. Technology. Upon graduating Check SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES ing, design, and multimedia. ty Place, starting at East 13th For more info on Katrin, go to No Meeting Street and continuing south either of her websites at Today is Memorial Day. There along the east side of Washing- March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 41 Table of Contents Club News 2 Who’s Who at PWCC 25 For Sale 3 Editorial 26 B&W, Anyone? 4 Images of the Month 26 PhotoWordJumble 5 Point Totals 26 Think Anout This 6 Year-End Competition 27 U.S. Photo Drives SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 6 Expanding Visions 22 27 Photo Tips 7 Yahoo Group 28 PhotoShopping 7 Flickr Group 29 How To 7 Archives Committee 30 Photo Shopping 8 ExCom Minutes 31 Does Size Matter? 9 Business Mtg Minutes 12 Travel Photo Tips Exhibits, Workshops, Etc. 12 Our Oldest 32 Accessory Quiz 13 Ryan Center Exhibit 32 PSA Conference 16 Archives Matter 32 Nature Photo Contest 17 2015-2016 Schedule 33 B&H Event Space 18 Photo Notes Deadlines 33 Hello Park West 18 Wildlife Shooting Tips 34 NECCC Conference 19 Members Galleries 34 Aesthetica Art Prize Street Beggar 19 Committee Liaisons 34 Regional Workshops ©2014 Chuck Pine Tall and Wide Photography News Schedule of Activities 20 Depth of Field 35 Apr-May Schedule 41 Directions Are most of your images the 22 Cartoon of the Month 42 Tall and Wide same dimensions as they came 23 Gallery Watching 42 Table of Contents from the camera? Boring! Why not change things up a bit and go for long and low or tall and skinny? You’ll be surprised at the Riders on the Beach improvement! ©2015 Chuck Pine March 2016 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 42