Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club
This Issue Volume 81 • Issue 5 Club News...... 2 - 24 Photography News...... 25 - 33 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc...... 34 - 35 Schedule of Activities...... 36 - 44 January 2018 Complete Index...... 44 complete listings on last page
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1 Park West Camera Club Committee Chairs
The Park West Camera Club is an independent not-for- Archive 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] published every month by and for the members of the Hedy Klein 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 Karen Corrigan The staff of Photo Notes reserves the right to edit any 212 674 2201 [email protected] submissions which are published. House Marty Smith Deadline for submissions is the first Monday of each 347 703 3905 [email protected] month. Membership Marlene Schonbrun Photo Notes is optimized for viewing on the internet. 212 662 3107 [email protected] Elena Pierpont Contact Information 212 956 4515 [email protected] Website Newsletter Chuck Pine www.parkwestcameraclub.org 212 932 7665 [email protected] Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn E-Mail Address 212 685 8784 mfi[email protected] [email protected] Social Natalie Manzino 917-757-7086 [email protected] Club Mailing Address 319 West 16 Street, #1 NY, NY 10011 Website Michael Schleiff 917 359 6823 [email protected] Photo Notes Mailing Address 680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025 Workshop Tom Quackenbush 917 608 1923 [email protected] Club Officers
President Ed Lee 212 255 9678 [email protected] V. President Michael Schleiff 917 359 6823 [email protected] Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine Cover Photo 212 932 7665 [email protected] Multi-colored Butterfly Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle by Chuck Pine ©2013 212 595 4920 [email protected] Treasurer Maria Fernandez 908 447 8075 [email protected] Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected]
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 President’s Message Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture Grand Rapids, Michigan with choral and cannons: residents' response to
CLUB A new year with new possibili-
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Images of the Month January 2018 CLUB by John Brengelman
PDI-of-the-Month Alien Script by Paul Grebanier
Honor PDIs Lone Tree by Donna Faiella Maria’s Li’l Red Cart by George Hansen Jizo by Sal Maci Hats by Natalie Manzino The Diner by Barbara Martens The Funny Mirror by Elena Pierpont
PDI-of-the-Month Alien Script © Paul Grebanier
Print-of-the-Month Winter Landscape, Mohonk by Justine Carson
Honor Prints Strange by Oggy Doytchinov Sunrise on Death Valley by Oggy Doytchinov Fog by Barbara Martens
Print-of-the-Month Winter Landscape, Mohonk © Justine Carson
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 Cumulative Point Totals PDIs through January 2017 CLUB by John Brengelman Sal Maci 58 Natalie Manzino 58 Congratulations to our Elena Pierpont 56 Prints winners and honorable George Hansen 54 mentions. Larry Rubin 54 Barbara Martens 64 Paul Grebanier 52 Justine Carson 62 Thanks to all who entered Barbara Martens 42 Oggy Doytchinov 54 and competed this month Joe Nawy 50 George Hansen 54 Nicole Dosso 48 Bill Apple 50 and to all who helped Chuck Pine 48 Sarah Corbin 48 make the competition run Carole de Beer 46 Paula Paterniti 48 so smoothly. Punnet Sood 46 Sal Maci 46 Joan Slatkin 44 John Brengelman 42 And, a special thank-you Christine Doyle 42 Paul Grebanier 42 John Brengelman 40 Florence Forman 40 to our judge, Bill Wadman, Justine Carson 40 Elena Pierpont 40 for a job well done. Julie Foehrenbach 38 Natalie Manzino 38 Michael Schleiff 38 Dinorah Capota 32 For the rest of us, there’s Marty Smith 38 Larry Rubin 32 always next month! Bill Apple 36 Alice Somma 26 Julie Wosk 36 Madeleine Barbara 22 Donna Faialla 34 Allan Fishkind 22 Paula Paterniti 34 Eileen McNamee 20 Jay Bitkower 32 Marvin Fink 18 Harriet Josephs 32 Aquiles Perez 16 Janet Susin 32 Ruth Yashpan 6 Will Aimesbury 30 Merry Frons 4 Dottie Mills 30 Larry Sapadin 30 David Francis 28 Rita Russo 28 Florence Forman 26 Mark Kinn 22 Alice Somma 22 Virginia Lawrence 20 Susan Rauch 18 Sorin Capota 14 Ed Lewit 14 Tony Monaco 12 Eileen McNamee 10 Madeleine Barbara 8 Allan Fishkind 8 Jerry Vogel 8 Ruth Yashpan 8 Hedy Klein 6 Marilyn Thypin 6 Peter Houts 4
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 Future Field Trips • Early Summer, June 27th- [Bracketing] July 3rd, 2018 CLUB The Park West Camera Club The Palouse Bracketing is a technique in will be going on three extend- which you shoot three (usu- ed field trips during the ally) or more consecutive 2017-18 Club season. They are frames of a scene keeping all as follows… the same settings except for one variable. Most of the time that variable is either • Memorial Day Weekend, shutter speed or aperture/f- May 25th-28th, 2018 stop—but it could also be the Garden State Crossing ISO, focus distance, white balance, etc. For example, you are shooting a waterfall and you’re not sure which shutter speed will give you the best On this week-long field trip look and feel for the image you want. Set your camera’s we’ll be traveling to The On this trip we’ll be blazing exposure mode to shutter Palouse, often called the a trail across (mostly) Central speed priority. Make a guess New Jersey, from Wall Town- ”breadbasket of the US” be- at the shutter speed.and take ship to Trenton and from Rin- cause of its huge production of the shot. Now change the goes to Egg Harbor City. wheat and legumes. shutter speed to one stop We’ll make stops at the The Palouse is located in slower (from 1/60 sec to Grounds for Sculpture and southeastern Washington State. 1/30 sec, say) and take an- other shot. Continue in this Batsto Village. We’ll explore It is noted for its rolling hills, direction for several stops or Barnegat Light and Allaire waving fields of wheat, and prairies as far as the eye can go in the other direction State Parks. We’ll visit a grand (from 1/60 sec to 1/125 sec). see—all of America the Beautiful old country home and gardens, You how have a series of rolled into one destination. a winery, and a steam train. bracketed shots from which All aboard! If you’re interested in this you can choose the best ren- We’ll spend plenty of time trip let me know and I’ll give dition of the flowing water. photographing at these half you all the info. We need to act Many cameras now have dozen distinct locations over quickly on this one because as a feature called Automatic our 4 days and 3 nights. soon as the airlines release Exposure Bracketing (AEB) seats for sale and the hotels which will do all of the open up their reservation sys- bracketing for you. tem for these dates, they get Bracketing is a technique which you should master to gobbled up quickly. improve your photographic See the next page for all of skills and results. the details
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6 CLUB
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7 CLUB
The Palouse etc. It will be up to you to flights to Spokane from the make your airline reservations, New York City area. Unfortu- Park West Camera Club an- book your hotel rooms, and nately, there are no non-stop nounces a one-week field trip rent a car for the week. (It will flights. You will have to change to the Palouse in southeastern be best if you have your room- planes in Salt Lake City, Min- Washington State. The Palouse mates and car mates chosen neapolis St Paul, or Seattle air- is often called the ”breadbasket before you make the necessary ports. [The other airports are: of the United States” due to its reservations.) the Lewiston-Nez Perce Coun- huge production of wheat and We’ll be staying at the Fair- ty Airport (LWS)—fewer legumes. The Palouse is noted field Inn and Suites located in flights (only Delta) and more for its rolling hills, waving Moscow, Idaho. The address is expensive; the Seattle–Tacoma fields of wheat, and prairies as 1000 West Pullman Road, Mos- International Airport (SEA)— far as the eye can see—all of cow, ID. Their phone number many flights, some non-stop, America the Beautiful rolled into is (208) 882-4600. Reservations less expensive, BUT a 5-plus one destination! may be made on the website at hour drive to the hotel.] The dates for this field trip
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8 equipment, etc.) and passen- Club Participation Nites gers comfortably. Four to a car
CLUB would be ideal. A medium- This coming year there will be sized SUV or passenger van four programs which require will be fine. The price can be member participation. Here’s a split among all the people in quick rundown on these fun the car. I also suggest having at and educational activities: least two drivers in each vehi- cle. If you do not have your • January 22nd—Theme Night own car insurance and/or a Tonight’s theme is Weather. As Broadway musical, Anything credit card that includes rental we sit in our seats, shivering Goes. [If we have to make up a car insurance, it is recom- from the cold and snow (well, canceled competition, this pro- mended to get the insurance maybe not in the gallery, but gram will be postponed.] through the rental company. outside) let our thoughts turn By the way, the Club has an to weather of all kinds—rain, * Also for your sharing plea- account with Avis Car Rental. clouds, sun, you name it. For sure, PWCC will have one If you decide to use this com- this assignment, search more members Portfolio Re- pany, contact me for the dis- through your files for images view nights this year. The count number. which instill the feeling of scheduled date is the 12th of If you’re interested in this weather. Or, if you’re up for it, February, 2018. trip, please let me know ASAP: why not take a journey out- Chuck Pine doors and see what you can
• April 23—Theme Night Tonight is the night when you can share with the rest of the Club any images your little heart desires. The theme is Pot Luck—your choice! Pots And pans? Sure! Lucky horseshoes? Of course! And as in that old
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9 PWCC 2017-2018 Schedule
CLUB September 3 Chuck Pine Picnic 4 Labor Day 11 Welcome Back March 18 Guest Speaker (Anne Arden McDonald) 5 Competition #6 (John Miele) 25 Business Meeting #1 12 Workshop—Table Top Photography 19 Guest Speaker (TBA) October 26 Business Meeting #3 2 Competition #1 (Susan May Tell) 9 Columbus Day/Weekend Trip April Amish Adventure 2 Competition #7 (TBA) 16 How to: Winning Images (C & H Pine) 9 Workshop—Photo. & Social Media 23 Guest Speaker (Meryl Meisler) 16 Guest Speaker (TBA) 30 Halloween Scavenger Hunt & Party 23 Make-Up Night/Theme Nite—Pot Luck 30 Workshop—After NIK November 6 Competition #2 (Jill Waterman) May 13 Portfolio Review 7 Competition #8 (TBA) 20 Guest Speaker (Harvey Stein) 10 Expanding Visions 24 Introduction 27 Business Meeting #2 14 Guest Speaker (TBA) 17 Expanding Visions 24 Trip #1 December 21 Business Meeting #4 4 Competition #3 (Marilyn Stern) 24 Expanding Visions 24 Trip #2 11 Guest Speaker (Jill Waterman) 25-28 Weekend Field Trip 18 Holiday Party Garden State Crossing 25 Winter Holiday 28 Memorial Day (No Meeting) 31 Expanding Visions 24 Review #1 January 1 Winter Holiday June 8 Competition #4 (Bill Wadman) 4 Year-End Competition (TBA) 15 MLKing Day/Gst Spkr (Ron Wyatt) 7 Expanding Visions 24 Trip #3 22 Theme Night—Weather 11 Otto Litzel Dinner 29 Workshop Night TBA 14 Expanding Visions 24 Trip #4 18 ExCom Planning Meeting February 21 Expanding Visions 24 Review #2 5 Competition #5 (Tricia Rosenkilde) 25 Summer Meeting 12 Portfolio Night 27- Weeklong Field Trip—The Palouse 19 President’s Day/Gst Spkr (Bob Herman) 26 Before & After Day field trips, classes, additional workshops, and the 2018 summer schedule will be pub- lished as the information becomes available.
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10 Competition Rotation Committee Liaisons Photo Notes Deadlines
The members of the Club, at Issue Deadline
CLUB The Executive Committee the May business meeting, (ExCom) has decided to con- February 2018 February 5 voted to change one of the tinue for this coming year rules regarding our monthly with the committee liaison March 2018 March 5 competition. We will go back model to spread the respon- April 2018 April 2 to alternating the order of the sibility among the entire Ex- May 2018 May 7 prints and PDIs in our eight ecutive Committee. monthly competitions begin- Here’s how it’ll work: Summer 2018 June 4 ning in October 2016. Here’s each of the ExCom members the schedule: (the five elected officers plus The sooner articles and the President Emeritus) will items are submitted to Photo Month First Shown be assigned committees as Notes, the quicker the editing liaison. Each committee and revision process can begin. February PDIs chair or co-chair will report Competition scores and cumu- March Prints to the ExCom through this lative points are submitted as April PDIs liaison. In this manner, it is soon after the competitions as May Prints felt that communication will possible, usually one to three June PDIs flow much more smoothly, days following the submission in both directions, between deadline. The draft copy of the committees. In addition, Photo Notes will be sent to the any concerns raised by the editorial staff as soon as possi- ExCom will be passed along ble once all items are in place. Photo Cartoon of to the committee chairs The staff will then have two to three days to edit and return the Month through the liaisons. Here are the committee their comments. liaison assignments for the Once the Photo Notes issue 2015-2016 Club year: is complete, it is sent to the Website Committee to be post- Archives Maria Fernandez ed online. As soon as this is ac- Competition Mike Schleiff complished, an e-mail is sent Field Trip Chuck Pine to all Club members and other Gallery Helen Pine Photo Notes recipients inform- House Christine Doyle ing them that the PWCC news- Membership Helen Pine letter is now available for Newsletter Chuck Pine downloading. Program Christine Doyle Social Ed Lee Website Mike Schleiff To paraphrase Goldilocks, Workshop Ed Lee ”Oh, my! What a BIG lens you have.”
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11 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! Eight 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
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12 PDI Workshop
CLUB A PDI (projected digital image) workshop was held at the home of Chuck and Helen Pine on Thursday evening, Decem- ber 14th. Members brought up to a half dozen images which were discussed, evaluated, and a few were worked on to see how they could be improved.
Here’s some of what we did: that evening…
This image, by Michael Marlene Schonbrun’s image of a Schleiff, had the shadow glass globe siting on top of a tree areas brightened so more details were observable in the stump in front of a sunset was statue of David. A bit of motion was added to the drone fly- cropped to accentuate the globe— ing overhead. And, finally, the blue tones (which contrasted following the rule of thirds—and with the greens) were desaturated slightly. bring out more of the image refracted therein. Some details in the tree stump were lightened to better reveal the tex- tures. An increase in saturation was given to the orange hues.
Will Aimesbury’s image needed to have the contrast adjusted. This was achieved using masks and curves.
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13 Portfolio Page by Marlene Schonbrun CLUB
I embarked upon my China journey with my usual trepida- tion’s when flying such a long distance. I didn’t realize until a few days before departure that there would be four internal flights. Our itinerary also in- cluded a 4-day cruise on the Yangtze River, travel on a bul- let train, as well as a Catama- ran to Hong Kong. guess the economy is booming for them as they have the money to travel. For the most part, I found the whole experience not as satisfying as other trips I’ve been on, and perhaps it might have been bet- ter if I had gone with a photo group. The Chinese people were All images ©2017 Marlene Schonbrun not that receptive to being photographed. I was away for almost three As always, I’m never weeks traveling with a tour happy with my images when I company that I had travelled return home but eventually with before—Smart Tours. But they grow on me and I think I this time our trip included put together a many shopping opportunities pretty good under the umbrella of learning portfolio con- something, such as jade, tea sidering I pearls, duvets, etc. For a com- didn’t take as munist country, we were ex- many images posed to much commercialism. as I usually do We had a fabulous tour when travel- guide throughout the trip and ing. But I’ll let were taken to many traditional you be the tourist locations. Many other judge. tourists were Chinese so I
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14 PWCC Website-Update upper right hand corner To Upload Images to Your by Christine Doyle (below the PWCC logo). Image Library: CLUB ● On the login page, scroll ● After you log in, click on Park West Camera Club has down to the bottom. You the My Account tab and a website that is interactive will see a box marked select My Image Library. and very user-friendly. Membership Information ● Scroll down and press the By creating an account and Membership Request. Upload Images button. and signing on to the web- Press the Membership In- ● Scroll down and press the site, members will be able to formation button. Select button. This will create and update their own ● On the next page, press open your hard drive. personal galleries and share the Create a new User Ac- ● Select images to be added their work. (BTW, you can count and Request Mem- from your hard drive. create multiple galleries if bership button. (Multiple images can be you like.) ● Scroll down to the box added at the same time The gallery template marked Login Name. En- by pressing multiple comes with privacy settings ter your email address as files.) that you control. your login name. Press ● Press Open in your hard We encourage members to Next. drive window. This will take advantage of this fea- ● On the next page you begin loading your im- ture and to make their gal- will be asked to create a ages. leries Public so that visi- password and reminder ● After your images are up- tors to the website can see question for that pass- loaded press Save Images the great work that our word. Please do so. and Proceed to Edit Page members are doing, in ad- ● On the next page you button. dition to the monthly com- will be asked for some ● At the Edit Page you can petition winners and hon- personal information. make changes to your ors images. You only need to fill in image titles. When done, All members are encour- the lines where required is press Save any changes and aged to join the website. The indicated. return to the original page. website contains links to ● A request will be sent to You can now go to your videos on a variety of topics the webmaster to ap- Gallery and upload your that will help guide you prove your request. The images. through many of these pro- webmaster will approve To Create a Member Gallery: cesses. Here are some de- the request and a mes- ● After you log in, click on tailed instructions on how to sage will be sent back to the My Account tab and get started: you that you can access select My Galleries. the website as a member. To Create Your Account: ● Scroll down to Member’s ● Enter into your browser Galleries and press the the following address: Add New Gallery button
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15 • adding a Title or Descrip- ● This will take you to your can change the order of tion, or adjusting addi- gallery page, where you the images by clicking CLUB tional settings, such as— can change the order of and dragging. When ✦ Gallery Visibility the images by clicking done, press Save updates (Private, Organization and dragging. When fin- to image order button. Access or Public) ished reordering, press ✦ Transition (set how the Save updates to image the images will move) order button. American Road Trips #4 ✦ Options on what to Here is an alternative way to display (Image Title, The United States is a big, add images to your gallery: Author, Captions, beautiful country. And, one Thumbnails, etc.) ● After you log in, open the of the best ways to see it is on ● Press the Update Gallery gallery you want to up- a road trip. Whether you start Options button to save load images to. from home or fly to the desti- your settings and prefer- ● Press the Edit and Upload nation and rent a car, it’s all ences. You can now add Images button (on the out there for you to see. images to your gallery. right), at the next page, This series of articles will ● The website has a section press the Upload Images offer some suggestions of for images taken during Into This Gallery button. where to go. How long it PWCC field trips (PWCC ● Scroll down and press takes, where you stop and Club Outings). Galleries the Select button (bottom shoot, etc. is up to you. for field trip images are left). Your hard drive li- The Lake Michigan Cir- created in the same way brary will open. cle Tour is a loop, starting as member galleries. ● Select images to be added and ending in either Chicago from your hard drive. or Milwaukee, and follows To Add Images to Your (Multiple images can be the entire lakeshore through Gallery: added by selecting mul- towns like Sheboygan,, Green ● After you log in or after tiple files.) Bay, and Mackinaw City. In uploading images to ● Press Open in your hard total it is about 1,100 miles your Image Library, open drive window. This will and should take the better the gallery where you begin loading the images. part of two weeks. You could want to display them. ● After your images are also break this route into ● Press the Edit and Upload uploaded press the Save segments and do only those Images button (on the Images and Proceed to Edit that intrigue you and your right), then at the next Page button. trusty camera. page press either Display ● At the Edit New Images in Good shooting! Recent Uploads or Display Gallery page, you can re- All Images (depending on view and edit the image how recently the images titles. When done, press were uploaded). the Save any changes and ● When you end selecting return to original page but- images for your gallery, ton. press the Finished Mark- ● This will take you to your ing Desired Images button. gallery page where you
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16 Hi, Mom
CLUB This silhouetted image of her mother, shot by Park West member Joan Slatkin, appeared in an issue of The Guardian last year. Congrats, Joan!
The Power of Tones
The Power of Tones was a cel- ebration of monotone pho- tography presented by Pro- fessional Women Photogra- Jazz Age Party phers at the Jadite Gallery in © Patricia Garbarini December 2017. All images had to be in a monochromat- ic spectrum, from any host of tonal ranges, such as sepia, cyanotype, or simply black- and-white. Choice of subject Forever Blowing Bubbles matter was up to the indi- © Marjorie Gurd vidual artists. Five PWCC members, also members of PWP, participated in this show. Flower Aglow © Rain Bengis Bogart Vasta #1 Vasta © Helen Pine © Florence Forman © Florence
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17 Mini-Workshops We are preparing hand- Artificial Judging by Tom Quackenbush outs with information on CLUB Workshop Committee Chair these three topics which will Google has created an algo- be distributed at the begin- rithm that can tell how good The PWCC January 29th ning of the workshop. your photos are! The system Mini-Workshop meeting will Members are encouraged uses a deep convolutional be a hands-on experience. to bring their cameras, slides neural network (CNN) to and/or negatives for scan- rate photos based on what it We’ll have three stations set ning, SD memory cards, and thinks you will like, both up that will provide partici- a tripod. technically and aesthetically. pants an opportunity to gain The network was trained experience in three aspects of on a dataset of images that photography. had been rated by humans. Station 1—Close Up The result is an artificial in- and Macro Photography: telligence that "closely" This will include a lightbox replicates the mean scores with colored backdrop, lens given by human raters when babies, a diffusion chamber, judging photos. adapter rings, filters, and The proposed network bellows. We’ll have a few can be used to not only score miniatures to photograph The Photographic Society of images reliably and with but feel free to bring your America offers discounts to its high correlation to human own subject matter. members. These include re- perception, but also it is use- Station 2—Scanning duced prices on software, pho- ful for a variety of labor in- Negatives & Slides: This sta- to equipment, workshops, tensive and subjective tasks tion will use a Beseler slide tours, books, and a whole host such as intelligent photo duplicator and a Nikon of photographic services. Most editing, optimizing visual D610. Each member can scan of these are available only to quality for increased user a reasonable number of neg- individual members of PSA— engagement, or minimizing atives or slides onto their not to members of camera perceived visual errors in an own SD memory card. How clubs which belong to the or- imaging pipeline. many we can accommodate ganization, such as Park West. The technology isn’t yet will depend on how many live on Google’s devices or members participate. on its browsers.But, in the Station 3—Portrait Stu- near future, we may be able dio: This will include a to easily find the best image gray backdrop, soft boxes among many; to enable im- with florescent lights, a hair proved picture-taking with light, and a tripod. There real-time feedback to the will be an opportunity to ex- user; or replace human periment with different judges at Park West’s month- arrangements of studio light- ly competitions. ing including short, broad, Whadya think about this and Rembrandt. future of the Club?
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18 Depth of Field by Bill Apple
Have You Met Roy?
Betcha you have. Roy from PHOTOGRAPHY junior high science, colorful yet Tone Deaf? One plate from standard test for colorblindness: formal. He prefers going by people with normal color vision should see the number 45; those “Roy G. Biv.” with red-green deficiencies will see only spots. (A self-test for Unpack Roy’s name, and colorblindness is available here — http://enchroma.com/test/in- you have the spectrum: Red, structions/.) Alongside: Enchroma eyeglasses to remedy red- Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, green deficiencies rely on high-tech filtering. Indigo, and Violet. Indigo? Think new jeans! recently, promising to remedy by seeing colors properly for Isaac Newton, of course, all that
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19 the boundary separating blues from greens—is the same for infants as for adults. And, monkeys, too. *** Photoshop offers two main PHOTOGRAPHY schemes for specifying color: RGB and CMYK. RGB mixes pure red, green, and blue light, as from an LCD monitor, to produce colors (each carries a value from 0 to 255, dim to bright). In equal proportion they add to white A Dani in Papua War chief, New Guinea. This preliterate tribe speaks a language with only two words for colors. But or grays. In other proportions, that does not affect their color perception, scientists found they combine for any color (see text). known to Roy. CMYK is for mixing inks, on another card that repeated response to color, using an for reproduction on paper— some original chips, presented electronic nipple. cyan, magenta, yellow, and other chips that were close but The idea is to flood a crib black (their values are percent- not identical, and yet others with light of one color, observe ages). The black ink, “K,” is that were very different. The sucking, then after a while needed because the three col- Danis simply had to point to change colors, either subtly or ors alone cannot yield a decent colors they’d seen earlier. dramatically. If babies notice, printed black. By analyzing memory er- they will stop or suck more Pantone, a company dating rors, scientists mapped the slowly. By systematically vary- from the 1960s, offers yet a dif- structure of Dani color vision: ing the hues, researchers can ferent color system, wide- Which colors often get con- map infants’ perception. It spread among commercial fused because they’re seen as turns out that babies carve up printers. It comprises 1,867 similar, and which seldom do? Roy’s spectrum into discrete unique colors and their respec- Suffice it to say that Danis colors just as adults do. tive formulas for inks—mixing make the same mistakes as col- Consider, for example, the up to 14 pigments—to repro- lege students. Their lack of hues spread between pure duce that color exactly. (You color names does not hinder green and pure blue. At some can sometimes, not always, perception at all. point along the spectrum, find CMYK substitutes.) Babies’ color vision pro- those colors are seen as vari- The Pantone system offers vides another answer to this ants of green (a “blue-green,” its own language and tools, philosophical conundrum, be- say). At another point, farther whether for printing on coated cause babies have no language along, perceptions shift, and or uncoated stock or textiles. at all. You can, however, pin those colors are seen more as (Pantone’s parent, X-Rite, down how they see hue by shades of blue (a “green-blue” makes calibration sensors for studying sucking patterns in perhaps). That dividing line— monitors and printers.)
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20 Camera Settings and RAW
Do you have your camera set to record your files as JPGs or as RAW files? (Do you even know? —I’m almost sure that you do!)
PHOTOGRAPHY Although most professionals and advanced amateurs use RAW Precision Purple Pantone, a color system used widely in commercial printing, has named ultra violet its 2018 Color of files, most snap-shooters’ cam- the Year. Also shown: Annual Pantone colors from previous eras are set to JPGs. years and current Patagonia jacket in ultra violet. One of the advantages of ”shooting in JPG” is that you When a color must match a Maybe it’s sour grapes— don’t have to do much (if any) sample precisely—for adver- red, green?—but it seems to post processing. However, to get tisements, catalogs, interior de- this colorblind photographer the most out of your JPG files, sign, fashion, packaging, cos- that serious pictures have al- you have to tell your camera how metics—specialists rely on ways been black-and-white, you want your images. You can Pantone. The company has and will always be. I have yet set the contrast, saturation, and also created trade-secret for- to hear a hue (or a cry) to the other picture styles to your lik- mulas for proprietary hues: contrary. ing. How you set your camera Tiffany’s robins-egg blue box- will determine how your images es, Coke’s own brand of red, will look. First check your camera and Starbucks’ green for its NIK News manual to see how to go about stylized mermaid. making these choices. Then go Pantone tracks current and Good news for all users of Nik out and experiment to see what predicts future color trends plug-in software! you really like. too, and names an annual Col- It seems that DxO, who If you set your camera to or of the Year. This year’s: Pan- bought Nik from Google, will ”shoot RAW files,” then none of tone Color 18-3838, Ultra Vio- be coming out with a new Nik the settings do anything to alter let. Look for it in 2018. (See collection sometime in 2018. the image in any way. You have “Precision Purple.,” above) No date has been set nor to do it all by yourself in Camera any idea of pricing. We also RAW, Lightroom, or any other *** don’t know if current owners/ software programs that can ‘read’ For photographers, color too users of Nik products will be your RAW files. Although this is often becomes a cheap, trite able to upgrade or will receive more work on your part, it gives distraction—blue skies, green any discounts on the new pro- you so much more control over grass—that binds a picture so grams. Probably not, but at your images. tightly to reality it weights it least it’s still a step in the right The choice is yours! down. Freed of color, an image direction for all photographers. You can have the best of both must rely upon its maker’s wit, worlds, though. Many cameras skill, and graphics savvy to es- can record both JPGs and RAW cape the force field of the files at the same time. mundane, and climb above it.
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21 Gallery Watching in a very small format and receive mostly ‘B’s from our by Ruth Formanek hard to see in the MoMA competition judges. He tries to and Judy Rosenblatt exhibit.) be novel and inventive by, for In 1972 Shore traveled example, using a banal shot of Stephen Shore; Museum of cross-country, photographing two buildings with a street be- Modern Art, 11 West 53rd American and Canadian land- tween them, in five different Street; through May 28 scapes. He began to photo- sizes, all on one MoMA wall.
PHOTOGRAPHY graph in color, first in 35 mm See one, seen all five. by Ruth and then with a 4x5" According to Wikipedia (and view camera, before The New Yorker’s review), finally settling on the Shore, (b. 1947 in New York) 8x10" format. In 1974 was the only child of parents the National Endow- who ran a handbag company ment for the Arts in New York. Interested in (NEA) funded Shore, photography, and self-taught, followed by a Guggen- he received a darkroom kit at heim grant, and in 1976 age six. At ten years of age, he a color show at MoMA. was greatly influenced by Photographers Nan Walker Evans's book, American Goldin, Martin Parr, Photographs. Andreas Gursky, and Shore’s career began at Joel Sternfeld have acknowl- Some of his large Mexican fourteen, when Edward Ste- edged Shore’s influence on photos depict grass in front ichen, then curator of photog- their work. and a sky in the back. Could be raphy at MoMA, bought three Shore has been the director anywhere in the world. I did of Shore’s photos. At seven- of photography at Bard Col- like a few portraits, but Shore teen, Shore met Andy Warhol lege since 1982. In more recent rarely photographs people. and began to hang out at years, he has worked in Israel, One Mexican photo shows a Warhol’s studio, the Factory, the West Bank, and Ukraine. diagonal arrangement of fruit photographing Warhol and his The MoMA show is huge, that seems livelier than his friends. (These early photos are it spans almost the entire third grass, or his streets, or his floor. It’s sponsored buildings. by Allianz. The New I got the impression that Yorker’s review is en- Shore has studied the work of thusiastic about recent photographers who look Shore’s work. I am for the unusual or who express less so. a sense of outrage (e.g., Robert While photogra- Frank), but that he reacts in phers in recent times opposition to them by shooting have tried to find un- the conventional. It reminded usual angles on con- me of studies of the artistic de- ventional subject mat- velopment of children who ter, Shore emphasizes learn to draw not what reality All images © Stephen Shore the conventional, and would might look like, but use as
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22 their models the conventional I think this makes the representation of that reality. show a rich experience, Shore’s colors are beautiful, and caused me to ponder his shots are well taken, in fo- over the much more mod- cus, and it’s clear that he est arc of my own photog- knows his craft. Curmud- raphy endeavors.
PHOTOGRAPHY geons like me, however, find Though it was interest- much of his work boring. ing to see the early work of this precocious photog- by Judy rapher, it was Shore’s I came into this show fairly large format scenes from ignorant about Stephen Shore his road trips that really began ties made him one of photog- and his status as a much ad- to engage me. The painter Ed- raphy’s pioneers. mired and influential Ameri- ward Hopper came to mind as Whatever problems Shore can photographer. I knew I’d I viewed his townscapes filled was trying to solve through his seen some of his work, and with the artifacts of human life landscape photographs, he that it explored, in color —cars, buildings, poles, signs, ended up with large images of the same territory that Lee roads—but mostly devoid of rather empty stretches of land Friedlander had in black-and- people. I sensed a somber that to me seemed boring. white: everyday scenes of mood and sense of isolation in (Here I agree with Ruth.) His small town America. I wasn’t many of the images. Also, my townscapes, though, I did not greatly enthused, but since grandson, who photographs find boring. Two exceptions this is a major MoMA retro- most of his meals, is a disciple are his scene of the Merced spective, Ruth and I had to re- of Shore even though he does River at Yosemite (above), with view it! I left with mixed feel- not know it: Shore famously a few people, dwarfed by the ings, though they were more documented his on-the-road scenery, playing at its banks, positive than Ruth’s. breakfast settings. I also no- and a scene from Scotland with For one thing, the show ticed that Shore breaks some winding waterways, both with covers the arc of a long career, of the rules of composition that beautiful light. from youthful beginnings to were drilled into me over the The last photographs on the some surprising current preoc- years: he places objects of focus exhibit walls are of Israel and cupations, with many varia- in dead center, and sometimes the Ukraine, where Shore went tions along the way. Shore sees leaves large, open spaces in the to document the lives of Holo- photography largely as a prob- foreground that most of us caust survivors who had re- lem-solving process, and if would probably crop out. This turned there. This project con- problems are solved in one probably contributes to the nected him with his own an- area it’s time to move on to the snapshot-like quality of some cestry. I was moved by his por- next. So, Picasso-like, he’s been of his images—though they are traits of the elderly Ukranian constantly reinventing himself, anything but snapshots. He survivors. Earlier in the exhib- as, for instance, when he wants us to take notice of our it, among the unpeopled turned away from the man- ordinary surroundings and scenes, there was a lively por- made environment to land- endow them with an impor- trait of an elderly couple that scapes, and from the view tance we never give them. Do- made me wish Shore hadn’t camera to Instagram postings. ing this in color in the seven- largely left out people from his
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23 dogs! There are Travel Gear also screens through which Travel Scale—a small digital to view Shore’s luggage scale lets you easily ongoing posts on weigh your luggage before Instagram, heading to the airport (all
PHOTOGRAPHY which seem a the better to avoid airline logical extension weight overage charges). of his experi- Simply attach the strap to mental nature, your luggage, use the handle and where he to lift it up, and hold until has 121,000 fol- you hear the beep. It’s also a lowers. good idea to take it with you survey of Americana. So I was My final impression leaves so you can reweigh your interested to read that in his me with questions about why bags after you load them book “Survivors in Ukraine” Shore so restrained himself with souvenirs Shore noted that his wife “un- through much of his career derstood that my work need- from including more people in ed to move into a more per- his images, especially since he sonal sphere.” seems so good at it. I’m also A more personal, diaristic not sure what he means by see- approach, is also evident at ing photography as problems the exhibit’s end, which shows to solve as distinct from im- Shore embracing new tech- ages to compose. To me they nologies: Dangling from the go hand in hand. Perhaps the ceiling are small self-published exhibit catalog by its curator, books that he began to pro- Quentin Bajac, clarifies these Dual USB Wall Charger— musings. A positive charge two devices at once. takeaway from this This charger has two USB exhibit is an apprecia- ports, each of which can put tion of Shore’s exper- out up to 2.1A of power for imental approach, charging cell phones and more of which I could other high-power devices. use in my own work. The charger can handle up to Now, I better under- 3.1A of power, allowing you stand why Shore is to charge a tablet and smart- considered an impor- phone simlutaneously. tant figure in Ameri- can photography. duce. I didn’t have time to look I urge Club members to through many of them, but one visit this exhibit and see if you documented a visit to the agree with Ruth’s more nega- Westminster dog show and tive assessment, or mine. showed great empathy for the
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24 Super Moon Did You Know…
The last full moon of 2017 (on Different lenses may give December 3rd) and the first different exposures,…even full moon of 2018 (on January with the same f-stop! Huh! 2nd) appeared a little bigger Why? I hear you ask.
PHOTOGRAPHY and brighter than most. They Because some lenses were super moons. have more glass elements A super moon is a full than others, causing differ- moon that happens at perigee ent amounts of light ab- —when the moon is closest to • aperture priority set to your sorption. That’s why cine the earth. (A new moon at lens’ widest opening; and lenses, short for cinema perigee is also referred to as a • ISO 100 (or the lowest your lenses, where consistency of super moon, but they aren’t camera can give you). exposure is more important visible from Earth.) On these Find a good spot to see the than in still photography, occasions, the moon appeared eastern horizon and try to get are marked in T-stops, not approximately 7% larger and there at least 15 minutes before in f-stops. 16% brighter than a usual full moonrise to set up your gear. They are calibrated to moon. Amazingly, these two Moonrise on January 2nd is exactly produce the same super moons were the first two 5:40 p.m.; moonrise on January exposure at each stop for of three super moons in suc- 31st is 5:35 p.m. Use a wide different lenses. Cine lenses cession. Wow! angle lens to capture the moon are more accurate and The upcoming full moon and some foreground objects much more expensive than will occur on January 31st. or a long lens to capture only our run-of-the-mill photo- This full moon will be the sec- the moon. And, of course, pray graphy lenses. ond full moon in the month of for a clear sky. January—making it a blue moon as well as a super moon. (No, the moon doesn’t change color!) To photograph a full moon, or a super moon, or even a blue super moon, put your camera on a tripod, use a re- mote shutter release (either ca- bled or wireless), and set your camera as follows: Save the date • manual focus set to infinity (use the viewfinder or live- ! view on the rear LCD, not the distance markers on the lens); • spot metering (with the spot centered on the brightest area of the moon);
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25 Bridges to Somewhere
”A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles with- out closing the way under- neath such as a body of water,
PHOTOGRAPHY valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.” There are different bridge designs, many with which we are familiar. Eshima Ohashi Bridge Other bridge designs can be Japan quite alien to us. In fact, some are limited only by the imagi- nations of their architects and engineers. Here are a few from around the world which, in and of themselves, are worthy pho- tography destinations.
Circular Laguna Garson Bridge Uruguay
Lucky Knot Bridge Changsha, China
Slauerhoffbrug The Netherlands
Road trip, anyone?
Dragon Bridge Vietnam
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26 Have it Your Way If you want to convert a Umbrella Arts Exhibit camera to capture the infrared Remember the old commercial spectrum, you would have to Three Park West members (Bill for Burger King? You could send it to an infrared conver- Apple, Susan Genaro, and ”have it your way” by choos- sion service to be converted for Marjorie Gurd) have been ac- ing what toppings went on $200-500, depending on the cepted into an upcoming
PHOTOGRAPHY your Whopper. Remember? model and which company group show of 47 photogra- Well, now you can have it you went to. This would void phers at Harvey Stein’s Um- your way when buying a cam- the camera’s warranty. And, brella Arts Gallery in the East era! I’m talking about the new you would not be able to turn Village. (Stein, you may recall, Sigma SD Quatro H. It has an the camera back into a conven- presented to the Club in No- APS-H Foveon sensor with tional camera. The Quattro H vember.) 25.5 megapixels and a 1.3X lets you have it both ways. All PWCC members are multiplication/crop factor. invited to the opening on Feb- The Quattro H is not a gen- Predictions for 2018 ruary 1st, from 6 to 8 p.m.. The eral-use camera, though. It is a gallery is located at 317 East specialized tool, ideal for land- Riding the wave of the re- 9th Street between 1st and 2nd scapes, fashion, architecture, vival of film photography, I Avenues. This exhibit will run still lifes, and other specific predict Kodak Alaris will for the entire month through photographic applications that bring back Kodachrome March 3rd. require impressive detail cap- film. There have been some ture. It is not meant for fast- discussions about opening a moving subjects or shooting at central processing facility high ISOs in low light. It is a that would handle all US serious choice for studio work Kodachrome processing or- and could easily take the place ders. An entire generation of a medium-format camera at has grown up without Ko- a fraction of the price ($1,200 dachrome; they ain’t seen without a lens). nothin’ yet. The thing that makes the Quattro H unique and lets you have it your way? The Sigma SD Quattro H is the only cam- era in the world with an In- frared Cut filter that you can remove easily without voiding A/C Cage Shadow the warranty. That’s right; you ©2017 Bill Apple can pop out the IR Cut-off fil- There’s a particular camera ter, shoot infrared landscapes company that fell from do believe that this camera to your heart’s content, then number 2 to number 3 in company would benefit pop the filter back in and shoot camera sales worldwide. from being merged into an standard images. Don’t look You have to wonder if they established electronics giant for this feature in the owner’s need some help. Without (one that doesn’t already manual,… it’s not there! naming names (Nikon?), I own a camera company).
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27 The Final Frontier Going IR
Starting this month there will If you decide to convert one of be a whole new way to discov- your cameras so you can do er one of the most untouched some infrared (IR) shooting, regions in the world: Antarcti- you can choose the type of IR
PHOTOGRAPHY ca. Argentina’s state-owned filter you want to have in- airline, LADE, will begin the stalled in your camera. The first ever regular commercial choice will depend on the in- flights to the frozen continent. frared look you want in your Instead of taking a cruise photos. If you’re unfamiliar (and battling seasickness), in- with the various choices, the trepid visitors can hop aboard best way to decide would be weekly flights from Ushuaia in to check out the examples of southern Argentina to Antarc- IR photographs that you’ll tica’s Marambio Base. The find at camera conversion flight takes just 90 minutes. company websites. The base is principally used One of the first, and best, of Breaking a Rule for science and research. It is these conversion companies is currently being developed and LifePixel. It’s website has a One of the basic rules of land- expanded to include accom- helpful video that you should scape photography is to never, modation for tourists along view. The site also offers a dis- ever place the horizon in the with improvements geared play of sample images that re- center of your image—think towards commercial flights. sult from the different filters. ”Rule of Thirds.” Pack your snowshoes, your Check it all out at this ad- However, you can throw long underwear, and don’t for- dress
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28 Need a New Monitor? Bulb Settings Another common image to take is moving traffic at night. If you’ve been looking to up- There is a special setting on all The lights will create artistic grade to a higher resolution DSLRs that allows you to go streaks of white and red emit- and/or larger monitor, Staples beyond the longest automatic ted from the head lights and has a great deal on a 28-inch shutter speed setting. This is tail lights of passing traffic.
PHOTOGRAPHY 4K model right now. The Dell the ”bulb” setting. Here are three things you S2817Q is $270—that’s one of The slowest shutter speed must do in order to use bulb. the best prices you’ll find any- setting on a DSLR camera is, 1. Use a Tripod: to ensure that where ($12 under the all-time usually, 30 seconds. One click no camera movement will ruin low on Amazon). below that selection is bulb, the shot. Turn off the any anti- The Dell S2817Q is a pretty which allows the photographer shake/stabilization mecha- good 4K monitor for everyday to manually hold the shutter nisms you may have on your use. Its 3840 x 2160 resolution open for as long as required— camera or on the lens. means you can cram a lot of as long as the shutter button is 2. Use a Remote Shutter Re- information onto the screen at kept depressed. The camera lease: to prevent vibrations ru- one time. It also has a fairly bulb exposure setting is only ining the shot as you press the wide range of ports—two USB available in the manual expo- shutter button. Either a wired 3.0, two HDMI, one Display- sure mode. or wireless remote will do.- Port, and one Mini Display- Most remote shutter release Port—so both desktop and lap- devices have a setting to keep top users will find it easy to the shutter open without hav- connect to. This monitor also ing to keep pressing it. supports picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture modes 3. Switch to manual exposure for multitasking. mode: since the bulb setting is Wow! The bulb setting is basically only possible in manual. Next, If you’re interested in a a creative feature. It allows choose an appropriate aper- new monitor, don’t delay. This shots to be taken that are min- ture, like f/8 or f/11, since deal won’t last forever! utes or hours long, rather than these apertures offer the best just seconds. A typical image to image quality. Also, set the ISO take using this feature is of star to 100 or 200 in order to mini- trails. Simply aim the camera mize sensor noise. Experiment to the north (or south) pole by taking several test shots be- (depending on where you are). fore capturing the final long exposure bulb setting image. Remember the old saying, ”rules are meant to be broken.” After you master the tech- nique, feel free to break rules 1 and 2, above, and keep exper- imenting. (You must follow rule 2 in as much as the bulb setting only works in manual.)
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29 PhotoShopping Click on Reds, for example, by Chuck Pine and then move the Saturation slider to the right a bit. See the Basic Tools—Saturation Slider more subtle changes?
Here’s an image of a bird (a
PHOTOGRAPHY roseate spoonbill) set against a natural background.
Sliding it all the way to the right gives you an image that looks like this…
Use with a light touch for real- istic-looking images, or go wild for creativity. Your choice!
The Saturation slider in Phot- Here’s oshop and other photo editing something programs is one of the most else you often used; it is also one that is can do Way overdone, right? most often misused Let’s see with the what the Saturation slider can Saturation Now let’s see what happens do to change the image. slider. when we click on the Color Selection Drop Down Menu Remove —the one which shows the all the word Master. (Master means color from that the slider effects all the an image colors equally.) using the individual The Drop Down Menu shows Saturation all of the colors with which sliders,… you can work (or play?). Note except for that Master is checked (√) on one color— the left and shortcuts are here, the shown on the right. Reds, for red. example is Option-3 on a Mac computer or Alt-3 on a And, voila! Windows A ”spot color” image. Sliding it all the way to the left machine. removes all color and gives you a grayscale image that [Note—a mask was used to looks like this… isolate the thumbnail.] January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30 Photo Shopping either disposable or recharge- power ratings because you’re by Chuck Pine able. Just make sure you buy usually close to your subject. one which is fully compatible Flash Attachments with your camera’s electronics. This one is called Most of us have cameras with a macro ring PHOTOGRAPHY a built-in pop-up flash. They come in handy for filling in light. It shadows on a portrait, for ex- attaches ample. However, for many to the tasks, they are underpowered, front of mispositioned, and/or simply your lens but the power sup- This is a compact flash. It not of any use. ply attaches to your camera’s has limited features. Think of it Flash attachments come to hot shoe. as your built-in pop-up flash the rescue! Just what is a flash on steroids. It is reasonably attachment. It is, simply, a flash This FA priced for what it does. that attaches to your camera, is similar usually via your camera’s hot to the shoe, and usually on top of macro your camera. ring Here’s a brief overview of light, but some common types of flash in lieu of the ring it uses two attachments (from here on ab- small FAs which may be posi- breviated FA)… tioned to meet your shooting needs. Old timers will probably recognize this kind/shape of No, this is flash attachment—we used to not an call it a ”potato masher.” It alien in a uses a bracket to attach to the Star Wars camera’s tripod socket (on the movie! It bottom of the camera). It uses is a macro The most common kind of a cable (called a sync cord) to FA with FA looks like the above image. connect to a port on the cam- the flash heads on the end of It could have a tilting and ro- era. It uses C or D cells for bendable extensions. Weird tating head so you can bounce greater and longer-lasting looking, but quite useful. the light to get different effects. power. Be prepared to take It usually has a range that can out a second mortgage! Disclaimer cover a moderate wide-angle I do not, nor does anyone else to a short telephoto lens. Some The following three FAs in the Club, make a profit have variables power. The are specifically made for prices range from reasonable close-up or macro photogra- from the sales of these items. all the way up to ridiculous. phy. They have limited pow- Chuck Most are powered by AA cells, er—they don’t need high
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31 For the Birds Digital Garage Photoshop (Very) Advanced Notice Classes The National Audubon Society The 73rd New England Cam- in association with Nature’s Are you struggling with layers era Club Council (NECCC) Best Photography magazine an- and masks? Do your prints not will hold its 2018 Annual Con- nounce a call for entries to the quite match your monitor? Do vention on the weekend of July 2018 Audubon Photography you want to really learn Phot- 13, 14 and 15, 2018—Friday Awards. Winning photos will through Sunday. The confer- oshop from the inside out? be published in a future issue ence is held on the University Learn to work efficiently of Audubon and in Nature’s Best of Massachusetts campus in and flexibly in Photoshop, Photography magazine, and Amherst, MA. preserving the original in- displayed at the 2018 Nature’s For those of you not famil- tegrity of your file. This class Best Photography Exhibition at iar with this event, there are
EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. will give you a solid under- the Smithsonian National Mu- tons of things to do. There are standing about how to best seum of Natural History. competitions, model shoots, work on your files and become Entries are being accepted lectures and demonstrations, a Photoshop power user! through April 9th. Cash prizes studio set-ups, presentations, Beginners to advanced in- up to $5,000 will be awarded. and even a mini-expo with termediate users will benefit For complete details, to see photo gear for sale. from this class. It will give you previous winners and to enter, The keynote speaker will a thorough foundation in Pho-
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32 B & H Event Space
B&H Photo offers free work- shops. Here are a few of this month’s offerings:
Monday, January 22 Tuesday, January 16 Landscape Photography The panAFRICA Project Speaker: Erin Babnik Speaker: Lou Jones EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. Sunday, January 14 Camera and Lens Cleaning Speaker: Photo Tech
Tuesday, January 16 Digital Workflow Wednesday, January 31 Speaker: Brent Eysler How to Print Speaker: Rob Penner
Check out the B&H website at Monday, January 15
Speaker: Rod Goodman Store, at 420 9th Avenue.
Monday, January 15 The Fashion Image Speaker: Thomas Werner
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33 NYMACC Critique EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC.
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
For all the details, see the Schedule of Activities on the following pages.
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 35 Schedule of Activities
The Park West Camera Club * Monday, January 15 meets every Monday night Guest Speaker—Ron Wyatt (with some exceptions for hol- Tonight’s guest photogra- idays and a curtailed summer pher is Ron Wyatt. Ron’s schedule). Please join us at a first experience with pho- meeting or on one of our oth- tography was an unsuc- er scheduled activities. cessful photo documenta- All Club Monday night Monday, January 15 tion of his honeymoon. Arm- meetings take place at the Soho
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Photo Op—MLK Day ed with a borrowed Instamatic Photo Gallery located at 15 camera, he learned that camera Since it was first observed na- White Street, between West shake will not produce great tionwide in January of 1986, Broadway and Church Street/ photos. He is a self-taught pho- Martin Luther King Day has Avenue of the Americas (6th tographer and has now cov- served as a reminder of the Avenue) unless indicated oth- ered the NBA, NFL, and MLB. doctor’s legacy to the causes of erwise in the listings below. He has also photographed two civil rights, nonviolent opposi- Following the schedule of ac- Summer Olympic games tion and community service. If tivities are detailed directions (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008). you’re eager to celebrate the to each of our meeting sites. His photography has allowed iconic man with a dream, NYC Check the PWCC Website him to travel to various parts has plenty of opportunities for
January 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 36 Tuesday, January 16 day, and maintains the highest is not mandatory,… but it is Photo Event—NY Photo Salon standards of quality in the art fun. Let’s see what you and The New York Photo Salon is a market. The show hours are 12 Mother Nature can cook up for forum offering the finest pho- noon to 8 p.m. (Monday, our enjoyment. tography. Their mission is to Wednesday, Thursday, Satur- build and maintain a commu- days), 12 noon to 6 p.m. (Sun- Wed-Sun, January 24-28 nity of photographers in the days and Thursday), and 12 Photo Op—Boat Show noon to 4:30 p.m. (Tuesday). City. Each monthly meeting Avast, mates! The New York Daily tickets are $25 and may presents short portfolios from Boat Show, previously known be purchased online at… three or four photographers. as the National Boat Show, will
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES The meetings are held at the be held at Javits Center School of Visual Arts theater at from Wednesday, Jan- 136 West 21st Street, room 418. uary 24th thru Sunday The doors open at 6:30 p.m. January 28th this year. and the presentations begin at This show is the largest 7 p.m. Admission is free, but of its kind in the coun- seating is limited. For more try (if not the world). info, google ”NY Photo Salon” All kinds of boats and to see their Twitter, Tumblr, or aquatic gear will be on Instagram pages. * Monday, January 22 display—most shown by Theme Night—Weather a wide array of bathing beau- ties just waiting to be photo- Tonight’s theme is ”weather” graphed. Whether you’re an in all of its glorious forms— able-bodied sea person or just rain, snow, sunshine, clouds, an interested onlooker, this you name it! Each Club mem- show’s for you. The cost is $16 ber is encouraged to bring in for everyone 13 and older. Dis- images (either prints or PDIs) that depict some kind of weather. You will have a lim- it of five minutes for your Fri—Sun, January 19—28 presentation. That could be Photo Op—Winter Antiques five images that you show for Show one minute each or 60 images The Winter Antiques Show is that you show for five sec- the leading art, antiques, and onds each. You can put your design fair in America, featur- images to music; you can nar- ing the best in fine and decora- rate your show; or you can counts are available online at tive arts. Held at the historic simply show them in silence
January 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 37 * Monday, January 29 well versed in techniques rang- Mini-Workshops ing from pixels to platinum Three hands-on mini-work- and enjoys using a wide range shops will be set up for the of camera gear to obtain the members to learn and practice final image. David has taught various techniques and seminars at the International equipment with which they Center of Photography, The may not yet be familiar. See Maine Media Workshops, and * Thursday, January 25 the article on page 18 of this nationwide industry conven- Field Trip— issue of Photo Notes for all the tions. And, of course, David Brooklyn Botanic Garden heads up the Event Space at
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES details regarding each of the B & H Photo • Video • Pro Winter turns the Brooklyn three mini-workshop stations Audio. The meeting, which is Botanic garden into a true including brief descriptions open to the general public, wonderland—especially for and what you’ll need to bring. begins at 6:30 p.m. and is held photographers. The spring and Hand-outs will be distributed. at the Metropolitan Opera summer beauty of the green Guild, on the 6th floor of the grass and leaves and the multi- * Monday, January 29 Rose Building at Lincoln Cen- colored flowers transform into Competition Entry Deadline ter. The address is 70 Lincoln a snow-covered (hopefully) Please note that PDI entries are black-and-white photo just due by midnight tonight for waiting to be snapped. If it’s next week’s competition. too cold and/or the snow is uncooperative, there’s always Thursday, January 31 the warmth of the indoor Photo Event—Sierra Photo pavilions in the conservatory. The New York City Sierra We’ll meet at 1 p.m. at the Visi- Club’s Photography Commit- tor Center located on Washing- tee is holding its meeting ton Avenue and the parking lot tonight. The guest speaker for © David Brommer entrance (right in back of the this evening is David Brom- Brooklyn Museum). The clos- mer. David is a New York City Center Plaza. It located on the est subway stop is the Eastern based photographer specializ- north side of West 65th Street, Parkway/Brooklyn Museum ing in alternative culture. In between Broadway and Ams- station on the #2 and #3 trains. the mid-90’s David was the terdam Avenue, closer to Ams- Admission to the garden is creative mind behind Suspect terdam. From the street, take $15/$8 for seniors (65+). Trip Photography, a studio-gallery the stairs, the escalator, or the leader: Paul Grebanier; acclaimed for exhibiting mav- handicapped elevator up one
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© Chris Nicholson and Art History. Using Fernando Sancho’s African antique lenses and cam- Dream; Larry Gottesman’s How eras, from medium for- to Disappear Completely; and mat to 8x10 in size, Tricia James McCracken’s American creates by hand fine art Beauty among several others. color and platinum print The reception will be held, images, specializing in from 6 to 8 p.m. The gallery is portraits of dogs. She has open for viewing Wednesdays been on the faculty of the through Sundays from 1 to 6 International Center of p.m., by appointment, and on Photography since 1999, Monday nights at our Club SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES where she teaches an- meetings. This show will run © Tricia Rosenkilde tique and alternative through March 3rd. For more printing processes. Tricia has information on this and other also taught at Parsons School Soho Photo exhibits, go to * Monday, February 5 of Design, Seton Hall Universi-
January 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 39 Fri & Sat, February 16 & 17 lection of his New York City Photo Op—Chinese New Year photographs shot on Ko- The Firecracker Ceremony and dachrome between 1978-2005. Cultural Festival, takes place His second monograph, The on Friday, February 16, the first Phone Book (Schiffer 2015), is day of the Lunar New Year. Herman’s collection of iPhone photographs made using the Hipstamatic App’s square Mon & Tue, February 12 & 13 format while traveling Photo Op—Dog Show across the world. Bob has The 142nd Westminster Kennel been featured in The New SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Club Dog Show will be held at York Times, Lenscratch, Lens Madison Square Garden over Culture, and many other these two days. Over 2,500 publications. He is currently dogs will be competing for the working on a new book of title of Best in Show and other Things get going at 11 a.m. awards. There are daytime with the fireworks scheduled sessions (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and for 12 noon. Then, on Saturday, evening sessions (6 p.m. to 11 February 16, check out China- p.m.) on both days. Tickets town’s annual Lunar New Year may be purchased on-line at celebration for stunning visu-
January 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 40 build and maintain a commu- the way. The meeting, open to Directions to Soho Photo nity of photographers in the the general public, begins at at 15 White Street, between City. Each monthly meeting 6:30 p.m. See the listing for Avenue of the Americas and presents short portfolios from January 31st for directions to West Broadway. Take the #1 three or four photographers. the meeting location. A $7 do- train to the Franklin Street sta- The meetings are held at the nation is collected upon entry. tion (one stop below Canal School of Visual Arts theater at Street). Walk one block north 136 West 21st Street, room 418. on West Broadway to White The doors open at 6:30 p.m. street, make a right turn, and and the presentations begin at walk half a block to the gallery. 7 p.m. Admission is free, but
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Take the A, C, or E train to the seating is limited. For more Canal Street station. Walk info, google ”NY Photo Salon” south on Church Street/Sixth to see their Twitter, Tumblr, or Avenue three blocks to White Instagram pages. Street, make a right turn, and walk half a block to the gallery. * Monday, February 26 Although a longer walk, take Workshop— any other train to Canal Street, Before and After walk west to Church Street, In tonight’s workshop we and follow the directions im- ask members to bring in a mediately above. Street park- before and an after shot of a ing is limited. single image. The before © Gerry Van der Walt shot may be the RAW file or a JPG file direct from the cam- Wednesday, February 21 era. The after shot will be your Photo Event—Sierra Photo final image with all your ad- justments, changes, and what- The New York City Sierra evers done in your editing Club’s Photography Commit- software. These can be minor tee is holding its monthly tweaks or major overhauls. meeting tonight. Tonight’s After you explain what you Directions to the Pine’s guest speaker is Gerry Van der did,… and why, you also may at 680 West End Avenue at Walt. Gerry is a photographic be asked questions from the 93rd Street, Apartment 5D. safari guide, educator, public audience. Come on down and Take the #1, 2, or 3, trains to speaker, and co-founder of join in this fun and educational 96th Street (exit at the south Wild Eye. Through Wild Eye experience. end of the station) or the M7, Gerry has created a vehicle M11, or M104 bus to 93rd/94th which merges the raw beauty * Monday, February 26 Streets. From the train or bus, of traveling in some of the Competition Entry Deadline walk the few steps to 93rd world’s most spectacular Street, make a right turn and wilderness areas with the abili- Please note that PDI entries are head west to the apartment ty to not only capture these due by midnight tonight for entrance on the corner of West moments on camera but also to next week’s competition. End Avenue and 93rd Street. teach and inspire people along
January 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 41 Table of Contents Photography News Club News 19 Depth of Field 2 Who’s Who at PWCC 21 Camera Settings & Raw 3 President’s Message 22 Gallery Watching 4 Images of the Month 24 Gallery Watching 5 Cumulative Point Totals 25 Super Moon 6 Future Field Trips 25 Did You Know 7 Garden State Field Trip 25 PSA Conference 8 The Palouse 26 Bridges to Somewhere 27 Have it Your Way
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 9 Club Participation Nites 10 2017-2018 Schedule 27 Predictions for 2018 11 Competition Rotation 27 Umbrella Arts Exhibit 11 Photo Cartoon 28 The Final Frontier 11 Committee Liaisons 28 Going IR 11 Photo Notes Deadlines 28 Breaking a Rule 12 Yahoo Group 29 Need a New Monitor 12 Flickr 29 Bulb Settings 12 Club Affiliations 30 PhotoShopping 13 PDI Workshop 31 Photo Shopping 14 Portfolio Page 15 Website Info Exhibits, Workshops, Etc. 16 American Road Trips 32 For the Birds 17 Hi, Mom 32 Digital Garage Classes 17 The Power of Tones 32 (Very) Advanced Notice 18 Mini-Workshops 33 B&H Event Space 18 PSA Discounts 34 NYMACC Critique 18 Artificial Judging Schedule of Activities 35 Calendars 36 Schedule of Activities 41 Directions 42 Table of Contents
Parting Shot
Filling the Sky ©2017 Chuck Pine
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