FOTO FANFARE 2008

N4C INTERCLUB COMPETITION SCHEDULE Northern California The following list indicates the slide and print competition topics for each month which will be Council of Camera Clubs in addition to the usual monthly pictorial print and projected images competitions Month Prints (Loc.) PIs (Loc.) Month Prints (Loc.) PIs (Loc.)

Oct Nat/Seq (JF) Nat/Creative (NJ Dec Annual (R) Annual (R) Nov T/C/J (JF) N/C/T/J (R)

NJ = Nancy Johnston’s (313 Berkeley Park Blvd, Kensington) JF= Joan Field’s, 142 St. Patricks Drive, Danville • R = Rossmoor All N4C competitions are open to camera club members.

N4C OFFICERS & JOB RELATED 2008

President Bob Rogers, Contra Costa [email protected] Vice-President Open Treasurer Teri Schoech, Livermore Valley [email protected] Secretary Amory Donaldson, Diablo Valley [email protected] Electronic Images Coordinator Gene Albright, Berkeley [email protected] Pictorial Slide Chair Mary Asturias, Photochrome [email protected] Creative Slide Chair Nancy Johnston, Berkeley [email protected] Nature Slide Chair Nancy Johnston, Berkeley [email protected] Travel Slide Chair Walt Braun, Rossmoor [email protected] Journalism Slide Chair Walt Braun, Rossmoor [email protected] Co-Print Chairs Joan Field, Contra Costa [email protected] Barbara Mallon, Livermore [email protected] Print Assistant Diana Smith, Rossmoor [email protected] Judges Chair Joe Hearst, Livermore Valley [email protected] PSA Eleanor Webster, Peninsula [email protected] FotoClave Director Open Foto Fanfare Editor Joan Field, Contra Costa [email protected] Webmaster Wayne Miller, Contra Costa [email protected] N4C Website Address http://www.n4c.org

Pincushion Distortion: As part of a Photo Glossary by Stan Ashbrook and Fred Drury from the PSA Journal, October, 2008 “Peek-A-Boo!” by George Field Pincushion distortion is a lens effect which causes images to be pinched at their center. Pincushon distortion is associat - of Contra Costa Camera Club ed with tele-lenses and typically occurs at the tele-end of a zoom lens. The use of converters often amplifies the effect. It Winner: Journalism B Projected is most visible in images with perfectly straight lines, especially when they are close to the edge of the image frame. © George Field 2008 Images (I was wondering why my sea horizons had that curved look. Now I know - Editor)

OCTOBER 2008 14 Member of the Photographic Society of America • N4C Incorporated 1952 • October 2008 FOTO FANFARE FOTO FANFARE Print Division - Monthly Competition TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairs: Joan Field, Barbara Mallon • Judge: Ian Bornarth • September 2008 “Peek-A-Boo” ______Page 1 In the Spotlight ______Page 2 Monthly Print Results ______Pages 3-4 Monochrome Print of the Month “9 Steps to Imperial Citadel” ______Page 4 ”Amphitheater” by Ron Winter of Millbrae Camera Club “Troubled Waters” ______Page 4 Pictorial Results ______Page 5 Monochrome Basic (MO/BA) (4 prints) Travel Projected Images Results ______Page 6 1 Pigeon Pt Lighthouse ______Phyllis Barry ______Marin Journalsims Projected Images Results ______Page 7 2 Music ______Lori Hill ______Diablo Valley OCTOBER “The Wedding Kiss” ______Page 7 Board Meeting Board Notes ______Page 8 Monochrome Intermediate (MO/I) 12 prints) 1M Amphitheater ______Ron Winter ______Millbrae 13 8:00 pm First Methodist Church, “Faces of Gay Pride” ______Page 8 1600 Bancroft, San Leandro “Into an Empty Room” ______Page 9 2 Foggy Lake ______Marianne Chapman ______Marin Interclub Competitions “Pigeon Point Lighthouse” ______Page 9 3 Woman in Vietnam Enjoys Smoking Her Cigarillo _____ Bilha Sperling ______Contra Costa 18 Projected (P/N/C) (10:00 am) “Enjoying the Sun on a Rooftop in Havana: ___ Page 9 4 25' to 30' Waves Break on the Coast near Pacifica ___ Cindy Fellows ______Millbrae 313 Berkeley Park Blvd, Kensington “Amphitheater” ______Page 9 Monochrome Advanced (MO/A) (8 prints) 18 Prints (P/N/S) 10:00 am “Trees and Leaves” ______Page 9 1 Il Duomo, Florence, Italy ______Jane Postiglione ______Contra Costa PSA Report ______Page 10 142 St. Patricks Drive, Danville Lifecycle of a Ladybug ______Page 10 2 A Foam Tree in Ankor Tham ______Javier Sampiero ______Marin NOVEMBER Kudos to Gene Morita for John Isaac Talk ____ Page 10 3 Rail Car ______Joe Good ______Diablo Valley 2 YERBA BUENA WORKSHOP Yerba Buena Workshop Info ______Pages 11-12 Monochrome Masters (MO/M) (11 prints) San Mateo Centra Park And Now for Some Real Fun ______Pages 12-13 1 Troubled Waters ______Allan Smith ______Livermore Board Meeting “Hemis Praying” ______Page 13 Annual Schedule ______Page 14 2 Three Mangoes ______Mohamad Vajed ______Livermore 10 8:00 pm First Methodist Church, Board List ______Page 14 3 Portrait of Christina ______Wayne Miller ______Contra Costa 1600 Bancroft, San Leandro 4 Inglesia San Francisco, Lima, Peru ______Bob Cossins ______Millbrae Interclub Competitions 15 Projected (P/N/C/T/J) Color Print of the Month Rossmoor, Vista Room Foto Fanfare is the official publication of N4C, the “9 Steps to Imperial Citadel” by Javier Sampiero of Marin Photo Club Northern California Council of Camera Clubs, a federa - 15 Prints (P/C/T/J) (10:00 am) Color Basic (CO/B) (10 prints) 142 St. Patricks Drive, Danville tion of 12 Camera Clubs located in the greater Bay Area. Its goals are to hold monthly competitions among mem - 1 First Light Unvails Historic Pierce Point Ranch, DECEMBER ber clubs and present special Pt Reyes, CA ______Carol Zychowski ______Marin Board Meeting informative programs 2 Marin 4th of July Fair ______Jim Harais ______Marin 8 8:00 pm First Methodist Church, whenever possible.Any 3 Stairway to the Sun ______Bill Kinney ______Peninsula Interclub Competitions articles, letters to the 4 Edge of the Dunes ______Bill Kinney ______Peninsula 20 ANNUAL COMPETITION editor or editorial Color Intermediate (CO/I) (13 prints) Both Projected Images and Prints comments are the 9 am - 4 pm opinions of the 1 Enjoying the Sun on a Rooftop in Havana ______Bilha Sperling ______Contra Costa Gateway Clubhouse, Rossmoor authors, and not 2 Slow Going: Castelo de Vide, Portugal ______Roy Fidler ______Marin official N4C poli - 3 Sunset Reflection ______Merrill Mack ______Marin JANUARY, 2009 cy.Articles or 4 Red & Chrome ______Ron Winter ______Millbrae 11 ANNUAL AWARDS other information 5 Early Morning Light on a Mountain Lake ______Kathleen Whiteman ______Contra Costa LUNCHEON, published in Irish Cultural Center, Foto Fanfare Color Advanced (CO/A) (8 prints) San Francisco may be copied for 1M 9 Steps to Imperial Citadel ______Javier Sampiero ______Marin camera club use, provided prop - 2 Bilbao Guggenheim Reflection ______Ann Fricker ______Marin er credit is given. OCTOBER 2008 2 OCTOBER 2008 3 FOTO FANFARE FOTO FANFARE

3 Cottage Bedroom ______Skip Sandberg ______Marin PICTORIAL Projected Images - Monthly Competition Color Masters (CO/M) (10 prints) Chairman: Mary Asturias, FN4C • Judge: Gene Morita • September 2008 1 Trees and Leaves ______Joan Field ______Contra Costa Pictorial Projected Image of the Month 2 Anita ______Wayne Miller ______Contra Costa “Into an Empty Room” by Ken Osborn of Berkeley Camera Club 3 Seattle Structure #7A ______Joe Hearst ______Livermore 4 Decaying Shutters ______Joe Hearst ______Livermore Pictorial B (21=21E+0S) 1EMay I Take Your Order ______Lori Hil ______Diablo Valley Journalism Print of the Month 2ESilky Waves Kiss the Shore as the Lighthouse “Funeral Procession in Romanian Town” by Maryanne Chapman of Marin Photo Club Winks Goodnight ______Kevin Williamson ______Diablo Valley Journalism Basic (J/B) (8 prints) 3 E Dahlia #1 ______Bernadette Talbot ______Berkeley 1M Funeral Procession in Romanian Town ______Marianne Chapman ______Marin 4 E Night at the Fair ______Michael Espinosa ______Diablo Valley 2 Quiet with Cookies Class Visit to Museum Barcelona, Spain _Bernie Mulaskey ______Marin 5 E But Can It Fly ______Roy Fidler Marin ______Digital 3 Belly Dancers Gyrate at San Francisco Pride Parade ______Stephen Busch ______Contra Costa H E A Jellyfish Glides Downward Gracefully at the Journalism Advanced (J/A) 10 prints) Monterey Bay ______Bob Sturm ______Peninsula 1 Milking the Goat, California State Fair ______Bob Cossins ______Millbrae Pictorial I (23=23E+0S) 2 Rodeo Chute Dogger not Beefy Enough for Task ______Bob Founier ______Peninsula 1 E Sunset Stroll Alongside a Wall as the Sunlight 3 Poseidon: Can't Take Your Eyes Off Him ______Skip Sandberg ______Marin Reflects the Windows across the Narrow Street _Ivanka Shakiba ______Berkeley 4 Creation Connects with Creator ______John Goyer ______Livermore 2 E Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan ______Ginna Fleming ______Marin Digital 3 E The London Eye ______Phil Harris ______Millbrae 4 E Venetian Melancholy ______Ojars Kratins ______Rossmoor 5 E Let's Celebrate ______Gordana Zura ______Contra Costa H E Clouds and the Castle ______Marcia Brandt ______Peninsula Pictorial A (26=24E+2S) 1M E Into an Empty Room ______Ken Osborn ______Berkeley 2 E Fog, Pumpkins, & Early Morning Sun ______Roger Nolan ______Peninsula 3 E Oceano Dunes Sunset ______Tom Crouse ______Marin Digital 4 E Asian Lily Number 2 ______Randy Hake ______Rossmoor 5 E Badwater Salt Crystals in Early Morning Light ____ Carol Zychowski ______Marin Digital H E Morning Mist in Yosemite ______Rose Bower ______Contra Costa Pictorial M (22=21E+1S) 1 E Antelope Valley. CA . Spring 2008 ______Joe Chan ______Berkeley 2 E Bandon Beach in Early Morning Fog ______Joan Field ______Contra Costa “Troubled Waters” by Allan Smith of Livermore Valley Camera Club; 3 E Last Light in the Palouse ______Dick Stahlke ______Contra Costa Winner: Monochrome Prints Masters 4 E Redwood Dreams ______Kevin Westerlund ______Marin Digital “Nine Steps to Imperial Citadel” by Javier Sempiero of Marin Photo Club; 5 E Sundial Bridge ______Wendell DeLano ______Alameda Winner Color Prints Advanced and Color Print of the Month H E Mono Lake Summer Sunrise ______Georges Pelpel ______Contra Costa

I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond con - ventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, "This is real, too." -Wynn Bullock

OCTOBER 2008 4 OCTOBER 2008 5 FOTO FANFARE FOTO FANFARE TRAVEL Projected Images - Bi-monthly Competition JOURNALISM Projected Images - Bi-monthly Competition Chairman: Walt Braun • Judge: Gene Morita • September 2008 Chairman: Walt Braun • Judge: Gene Morita • September 2008 Travel Projected Image of the Month Journalism Projected Image of the Month “Hemis Praying” by Wynette Weaver of Berkeley Camera Club “Faces of Gay Pride” a Sequence by Tim Christoffersen of Rossmoor Camera Club

Travel B (22=22E+0S) Journalism B (18=18E+0S) 1M E Hemis Praying ______Wynette Weaver ______Berkeley 1 E Peekaboo ______George Field ______Contra Costa 2 E The Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand ______Anthony Gross ______Berkeley 2 E Signs of the Times, Gay Pride Parade ______Lynn Letteris ______Rossmoor 3 E In-N-Out, Las Vegas ______Edward Lim ______Alameda 3 E Bodega Bay Sand Castle Competition May 2008 ____ James W Harais ______Marin Digital 4 E Gondola Siesta on the Grand Canal, Venice ______Terri DeLillo ______Livermore 4 E-Seq The Day of the Opening Ceremony ______Majda Barazzutti ______Berkeley 5 E Paris from the Street ______Aaron Latkin ______Livermore 5 E Train Hard ______Jenny Gu ______Peninsula H E Storm Approaches Brooklyn Bridge ______Bob Woldt ______Millbrae H E 4th of July Fireworks 1 ______Mike Luebke ______Contra Costa Travel I (23=23E+0S) Journalism I (23=23E+0S) 1 E Grand Canyon National Park ______Anna An ______Berkeley 1 E The Wedding Kiss ______Bob Rogers ______Contra Costa 2 E Gobi Shadow Caravan, Dunhuang, China ______Ed Mestre ______Livermore 2 E Get an Earful of These Pigs ______Joan Field ______Contra Costa 3 E Prague View from the Lesser Town Tower ______Ivanka Shakiba ______Berkeley 3 E SF 2008 Pride Parade ______Linda Wang ______Alameda 4 E Wet Day in Paris- Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur, 4 E Confrontation - Olympic Torch Demonstration, Paris, France ______Jonathon Jenkins ______Peninsula San Francisco, California, April 9, 2008 ______Jonathon Jenkins ______Peninsula 5 E Drying Fishing Nets, Sorrento, Italy ______Tom Crouse ______Marin Digital 5 E Constructing the Bay Bridge from Treasure Island ____ Carmen Cavalieri ______Livermore H E Tibetan Farmer, Yunnan Province, China ______Ed Mestre ______Alameda H E Roadway Threshing Underway in India ______Lila Sparks-Daniels _____ Marin Digital Travel A (22=20E+2S) Journalism A (16=15E+1S) 1 E Into the Stormy Morning - Pondicherry, India ______Christine Hansen ______Marin Digital 1M E-Seq Faces of Gay Pride ______Tim Christoffersen ______Rossmoor 2 E Excavated Terra Cotta Warriors - Xi'an, China ______Phyllis Barry ______Marin Digital 2 E Steer Eyeing Fallen Rodeo Participant ______Bob Fournier ______Peninsula 3 E Mission Albuquerque - the Centerpiece of Oldtown ___ John Goyer ______Alameda 3 E Young Barrel Racer on Big Fast Horse ______Bob Fournier ______Peninsula 4 E Water Taxi to Bocas Del Toro Islands, 4 E Summer Art Camp Fun at the Community Center ___ Christine Hansen ______Marin Digital Panama 2008 ______Geri Brown ______Berkeley 5 E Sailing a Close Race, July 2008 SF Bay Regata ______Wendell DeLano ______Alameda 5 E Mother and Son, Akna Hill Tribe, Thailand ______Ingeborg Nelson ______Berkeley H S Homeless in the Mission ______Marilyn Bagshaw ______Marin H E Delightful Light at Peggy's Cove ______Sherry Grivett ______Contra Costa Journalism M (7=6E+1S) Travel M (12=12E+0S) 1 E Amgen Tour 2007, Santa Rosa ______Steve Reed ______Marin Digital 1 E A Blessing - Angkor Wat, Cambodia ______Vicki Rupp ______Marin Digital 2 E Bolivian Dentist Examines Cleft Chilean Child ______Keith Marsh ______Marin Digital 2 E Bryce Canyon - Wonderland of Hoodoos ______John Goyer ______Livermore 3 S The Little Street Artist ______Robin Braunfeld ______Marin 3 E Elephants in the Masai Mara River, Kenya ______Ellie Webster ______Peninsula 4 E Women Offering a Prayer in a Monastery, China ____ Gail Pierce ______Marin Digital

“The Wedding Kiss” by Bob Rogers of Contra Costa Camera Club: Winner: Journalism Intermediate Projected Images

OCTOBER 2008 6 OCTOBER 2008 7 FOTO FANFARE FOTO FANFARE

Short and Sweet, I wasn’t there. Apparently the shortest Board meeting on record totaling only 18 minutes. Many board members were away. The good news is that Tom Debley of Alameda Camera Club has agreed to become Vice President of N4C beginning in April 2009 and is willing to move into © Ken Osborne the presidency in 2010. N4C questionnaires will be presented at the “Into an Empty Room” by Ken Osborne of Berkeley Camera Club © Phyllis Barry October board meeting. Winner: Pictorial A PIs and Pictorial Print of the Month PSA will be celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2009 “Pigeon Point Lighthouse” by Phyllis Barry of and is holding its annual conference in Yellowstone! © Bilha Sperling Marin: Winner: Monochrome Prints Basic

“Enjoying the Sun on a © Tim Christoffersen Rooftop in Havana” by Bilha Sperling of Contra Costa; Winner: Color Intermediate Prints

© Joan Field

“Trees and Leaves” by Joan Field of Contra Costa Camera Club Winner: Color Masters Prints

© Tim Christoffersen

“Amphitheater” by Ron Winter of Millbrae Camera Club “Faces of Gay Pride” a sequence by Tim Christoffersen of © Tim Christoffersen Winner: Monochrome Intermediate Prints & Print of the Month Rossmoore Camera Club: Winner Journalism A Projected Images © Ron Winter and Journalism Image of the Month OCTOBER 2008 8 OCTOBER 2008 9 FOTO FANFARE

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This stage Larry who is the creator of the program most local camera clubs are using to handle their competitions (Image Competition empty eggshells. lasts 7 to 10 days. Manager) , is an expert in Photoshop. Bring your questions and walk away happy with the answer in tow. Larry, who also runs Software Pursuits a software programming company, is a member of Peninsula Camera Club. Barry Grivett [email protected] Ellie Webster, FPSA: "Monet Done Digitally" John Isaac Seminar Kudos Bring some images you would like to use for the Monet effect. They could be on a Compact Flash card, memory stick or CD. PSA Conference 2008 Your images will be projected through a piece of textured plastic onto a rear projection screen. The end result is a beautiful It was a great conference with many learning opportu - Monet style image that would be great for creative or even pictorial. Ellie is a long-time master photographer from Peninsula nities. Congratulations to Ellie Webster, FPSA for First Camera Club and has led many trips to Africa in her busy career. She is a Fellow of PSA. Place in the Nature Essay Contest. Barry Grivett won an Wendell DeLano: "Creative Light Box Photography" Honorable Mention for his fascinating photos and story Wendell uses a light box, glass and color gels to come up with wonderful creative images that challenge your compositional of the life cycle of a Ladybug (above). [Barry, forgive me skills, enlighten your color senses, and improve your understanding of refracted light and layers. What is required for the for covering up part of your great artwork, but the font workshop is a tripod, a cable release, a macro lens (or diopters) and a polarizer. The workshop will allow you to explore was too small to read. - Editor]. endless possibilities of color combinations and multi layers of refracted light to come up with wonderful creative color Among the many excellent presentations was a two- images. This was a method of creative photography before the computer, with the output and techniques still relevant today. hour in-depth course by Jeff Morgan on how to make Wendell is a member of the Alameda Camera Club. photos with full tonal range (HDR) using both the capa - Elise Ciraolo: “Table Top Photography” bilities in CS3 and Photomatix Pro, a third party applica - Use different lighting techniques for still life work. Available equipment will include off-camera electronic flash units, incan - tion. descent lights, diffusers, various reflectors, and items to photograph. Bring your camera and creativity. Elise is a member of “Out Your Backdoor” was also extremely useful, a good the Fremont Camera Club. reminder of how to look for special places within easy Thanks, Gene, for having arranged the absolutely Joan Field: “Cut Your Own Mats” driving distance to revisit frequently and how to collect delightful presentation with John Isaac on September 20. Joan will demonstrate her method of mat cutting, which is relatively easy. She uses some software developed by Joe Hearst to speed up the measuring and will offer the “innies” and the “outies” options on a free CD. Bring a print no larger than 8 x the information for the best time of day and year. There were about 90 attendees who appreciated his 10” on letter-size print paper and she will show you how to mat it. Joan is a member of the Contra Costa Camera Club. Naturally, Joe Hearst’s, APSA “Rust, Rubbish and spectacular photos and his wonderful stories about the Reflections” was inspirational and well-received. world. (Continued on page 12) OCTOBER 2008 10 OCTOBER 2008 11 FOTO FANFARE FOTO FANFARE Yerba Buena Workshop November 2 Continued In thirds, it’s decided. I shoot in the morning Susan Stoddard: “Macro Mania” It ain’t necessarily so! When the light’s just so. I’d stand and wait Sue started taking photography seriously when she saw the beauty and magic of macro images. She'll share her enthusi - It ain’t necessarily so: For a flower to grow, asm, equipment hints and techniques in the garden (weather permitting) or with materials provided indoors. Bring your The status must be status quo; And I’d shoot in the path camera and tripod, macro lens (and or diopters, extension tubes, focusing rails, and other macro props you have) and be You really must try to catch light in the eye, but Of a lava flow. prepared to practice composition, balance, color, selective focus, and artistic vision as you compose macro images. Sue is a member of the Marin Photo Club and ASMP and has judged competitions in many local photo clubs. It ain’t necessarily so. I take sixteen shots Denny Weigand: “Lightroom Answer Man” It ain’t necessarily so: And what do I get? Denny has taught Lightroom extensively and has offered to answer any of your Lightroom questions. This application is An image must make your eye flow. Maybe one good one the up and coming almost competitor to Photoshop, so go see what it’s all about. It is the program of choice for organi - Horizons are level? Out of the set. zaing your images. Denny is a member of the Contra Costa Camera Club. Oh, go to the devil! St. Peter don’t you call me Joe Hearst, APSA: Why Are European Photographers so Different from Ours? It ain’t necessarily so. Cause I can’t go; Joe has an excellent collection of European and British photo magazines that he would like to share with us. The question I ain’t quite done he poses is why the Brits are so much more creative than we are. Joe is a member of both Livermore Valley and Contra It ain’t necessarily so: With my photograph show. Costa Camera Clubs. A Photoshopped image is faux; If you’re out of focus, Claudia is a very talented member of the Peninsula I’ll tell you the joke is Camera Club. She is not only creative with rhymes, but And Now for Some Really Ridiculous Fun It ain’t necessarily so. her Photoshop images are outstanding. She is also a Some Sing-along Musings on the Camera Club Experience nature photographer and you can enjoy the new addition by Claudia Bodmer It ain’t nece, ain’t nece, to her website of Pelicans, her backyard images. Ain’t nece, ain’t nece, http://www.claudiabodmer.com/- Camera Club Favorites And they nest and they breed, Ain’t ne ces sa ri ly sooo. /claudiabodmer/slideshow.asp?cat=99614&sz=big Their feathers in back lit glow! (To the tune of ‘My Favorite Things’) Sixteen Shots (To the tune of ‘Sixteen Tons’) Sunsets and rainbows Old barns and tractors And anything pretty, And metal gone rusty, Oh, I take photographs Scenic reflections Cowboys and ponies Wherever I go, And views of the city, And rodeos dusty, Out at the beach Kittens and puppies Athletes in action Or up in the snow. And flowers and trees, And nudes at their ease, I shoot lots of people These are the subjects These are the subjects That I don’t even know. That everyone sees. That everyone sees. I climb up high And I lie down low— Photos of travels Ah, but eee-grets! To faraway places, Snow white eee-grets To take sixteen shots Babies and old folks Always steal the show. And what do I get? With int’resting faces, They fly and they feed Maybe one good one Grizzlies and salmon And they nest and they breed, Out of the set. And lizards and bees, Their feathers in back lit glow! St. Peter don’t you call me These are the subjects The Rules of Photography Cause I can’t go; That everyone sees. (To the tune of ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’) I ain’t quite done With my photograph show. Ah, but eee-grets! Snow white eee-grets It ain’t necessarily so: Oh, I shoot for fun Always steal the show. The subject needs some place to go; And not for the dough; “Hemis Praying” by Wynette Weaver of Berkeley Camera Club They fly and they feed A picture’s divided Winner: Travel B and Projected Journalism Image of the Month OCTOBER 2008 12 OCTOBER 2008 13