May 2013 Photo Notes
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Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club In This Issue Who’s Who & What’s What.......2 & 3 May 2013 President’s Postcard............................3 Editorials.... .........................................4 Competitions................................5 & 6 Boston Field Trip.................................7 Expanding Visions..............................8 Otto Litzel Dinner...............................9 Club Info........................... ........10 & 11 Election Procedures..........................12 Field Trip Reviews.............12, 14 & 18 Minutes...............................................13 Meet the Member..............................15 Committee Reports...........................16 Year-End Competition......................16 Portfolio Pages.........................17 & 19 Rooftop Update.................................18 Depth of Field....................................20 Gallery Watching..............................22 Inquiries.............................................25 B&H Event Space..............................25 Adorama Workshops.......................26 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc.................27 Schedule of Activities...............28 - 33 May 2013 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! George Hansen! !212 595 7869 [email protected] The Park West Camera Club newsletter, Photo Notes, is !!Hedy Klein published every month by and for the members of the !718 793 0246 [email protected] Park West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included !! Joan Slatkin! with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are avail- !212 260 7091 [email protected] able to non-members by e-mail at no charge. Printed issues are available at PWCC meetings. Field Trip!Susan Sigrist! !212 758 0036 [email protected] Submissions of full-length articles or smaller items of !!Paul Grebanier photographic or general interest are always accepted. !718 629 7164 [email protected] The staff of Photo Notes reserves the right to edit any Gallery!Maria Fernandez submissions which are published. !908 447 8075 [email protected] Deadline for submissions is the first Monday of each House!Seymour Perlowitz month. !718 338 6695 [email protected] Photo Notes is optimized for viewing on the internet. !!Chuck Elster !917 796 7847 [email protected] Contact Information Membership!Marlene Schonbrun !212 662 3107 [email protected] Website !! Elena Pierpont www.parkwestcameraclub.org ! 212 956 4515 [email protected] E-Mail Address Newsletter!Chuck Pine! [email protected] !212 932 7665 [email protected] Program!Marilyn Fish-Glynn Club Mailing Address !212 685 8784 mfi[email protected] 345 East 73rd Street, #8L, NY, NY 10021 Social!! Marvin Fink Photo Notes Mailing Address !718 469 5478 marvfi[email protected] 680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025 !!Marjorie Gurd ! 212 662 5032 [email protected] Club Officers Telephone Tree!Dottie Mills! !212 926 4375 [email protected] President!!Paul Perkus! ! !212 929 1687 [email protected] Website!Ruth Lowell !212 362 4379 [email protected] V. President!!Ed Lee! !!Bob Wine !212 242 8714 [email protected] !212 758 5762 [email protected] Treasurer!!Myron Galef Workshop!Jerry Harawitz !212 249 1270 [email protected] !212 673 2096 [email protected] Corres. Sec.!!Helen Bohmart Pine! !! !212 932 7665 [email protected] Rec. Sec.!!Lee Backer! ! Cover Photo !212 662 6740 [email protected] Morpho Polyphemus Pres. Emeritus!Chuck Pine!!!! by Chuck Pine ©2013 !212 932 7665 [email protected] May 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 President’s Postcard Images from the May Competition photos by George Hansen CLUB May Merry I don’t have much to say this month, but I’ll be back in June with a farewell letter. Don’t forget to reserve your space at the Otto Litzel Dinner at Sal- magundi Club on June 10th. Same delicious menu as last year—with apple tart added. Our judge, Peter Kolonia, Happy shooting! from Pop Photo magazine, examining a print All the best. President Paul Perkus calling the meeting to Paul order The hubbub prior to Photo Notes the competition Publisher:!Paul Perkus Yellowstone Reunion Editor:!Chuck Pine Committee:!Bill Apple, Elsa Blum, Madeleine Barbara, ! Save the date! The reunion for ! Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Hopkowitz, Hedy the Club’s trip to Yellowstone ! Klein, Helen Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt National Park this past January Contributors:! Janna Amelkin, Bill Apple, Lee Backer, will be the subject of our June Madeleine Barbara, Ann Broder, Marilyn Fish-Glynn, 24th meeting. All trip partici- Ruth Formanek, Paul Grebanier, George Hansen, Hedy pants are invited to share their Klein, Barbara Martens, Paul Perkus, Chuck Pine, ! images, Club members are in- Helen Pine, Gilbert Rios, Judy Rosenblatt,, and Joan vited to join in the fun. Frozen Slatkin snacks will be served. All this will take place at the home of Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro our trip leaders, Chuck and using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop. Helen Pine. Reservations are All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or other- required due to limited space. wise believed to be in the public domain. Call 212-932-7665 or e-mail Credited images remain the sole property of their <[email protected]> copyright holders—all rights reserved. May 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Editorial any of the other board posi- Changes at Adobe by Chuck Pine tions: president, vice president, CLUB secretary, at-large—no one! Development of Adobe Creative Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do The current president, who Suite 7, and all plans of future had already successfully creative suite software programs, As many of you know, Helen served three consecutive one- including Photoshop, have been and I belong to several camera year terms, had no choice but discontinued. The only option go- clubs down in Florida. Unlike to preside over the dismem- ing forward will be the Creative Park West, which meets every berment of the organization. Cloud (CC) subscription model. week, they all meet only twice Although we, at Park West, From now on, you will not a month. Well, not exactly. One are not in such a dire position, be able to purchase Photoshop of them will meet no more! it sure feels like we are. We are and download it onto your The last meeting of the Del- in the midst of the Club’s elec- computer. You will only be ray Camera Club was a board tion process and the Nominat- able to use Photoshop by pay- meeting of the officers and a ing Committee is still (as of ing a monthly fee and connect- few interested members (Helen this writing) unable to find ing to Adobe’s Creative Cloud and myself included). The anyone to run for president. via the Web. (Elements and main topic, actually the only It would truly be a shame if Lightroom are not affected by topic, of discussion, was how nobody steps forward to as- this change) The fees quoted to dispose of the club’s as- sume this vital Club position. are anywhere from $20 to $50 sets—a digital projector, and After serving as the PWCC per month depending on a va- about $600 in the bank ac- president for over 30 years, let riety of factors. count. After selling the projec- me assure you that being Adobe will continue to sell tor and closing all accounts, president of Park West is an CS6 for the time being, but will each of the 40 or so members honor, a joy, and not at all on- not say when it will stop sell- will receive a check for about erous. There are four other of- ing Creative Suite programs $20. ficers, all of whom are running and supporting the ones al- Finished! The end! Kaput! for re-election, who have dec- ready sold. Gone! ades of combined experience What are we to do? First, if “What happened?” Two on the ExCom, and who are you don’t have the latest ver- things, in my opinion, contrib- there to share and lighten the sion of your Adobe programs, uted to the club’s demise. First, load. Out-going president, upgrade as soon as you can. several board members pre- Paul Perkus, has stated that he Second, you can sign a peti- vented the group from going is willing to help with the tran- tion to ask Adobe not to do this digital. This caused the mem- sition. And, so am I. to their loyal customers. Here’s bership to dwindle and seems If you have any thoughts one link—there are others… to have kept new members that you might consider the <www.change.org/petitions/a from joining. job, please speak to me or one dobe-systems-incorporated-eli Second, and the fatal blow, of the current officers. I/we minate-the-mandatory-creative only one of the board members can answer any of the ques- -cloud-subscription-model?ut was willing to remain in office tions you may have, and can m_campaign=signature_receip (the treasurer). And, no other assuage any of your fears t&utm_medium=email&utm_s club members, currently on the about taking on this position. ource=share_petition> board or not, volunteered for Thanks. May 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 Images of the Month ! by George Hansen CLUB PDI-of-the-Month Yellow Still Life by Joan Slatkin Honor PDIs Lotus by Evelyne Appel Japanese Magnolia by George Hansen Hang On For Dear Life by Hedy Klein Slide-of-the-Month none Honor Slides none Print-of-the-Month Braiding in P. R. by Alice Somma Honor Prints Mumbai Hillside by Elsa Blum Mumbai Laundry by Elsa Blum Through the Water by Sarah Corbin Print-of-the-Month Faux Albumin Print (Tom) by George Hansen Braiding in Puerto Rico Sign From Above by Barbara Martens ©2012 Alice Somma PDI-of-the-Month Yellow Still Life ©2013 Joan slatkin May 2013 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 Cumulative Point Totals by George Hansen CLUB PDIs Prints Thanks to our May judge, Peter Madeleine Barbara!108 Barbara Martens!112 Kolonia, for an excellent job of George Hansen!96 Elsa Blum!110 critiquing and judging our Barbara Martens!96 Madeleine Barbara !86 plethora of images.