Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club
2017 This Issue Volume 80 • Issue 2 Club News...... 2 - 25 Photography News...... 26 - 35 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc...... 36 - 38
October Schedule of Activities...... 39 - 49 Complete Index...... 50 complete listings on last page
October 2017 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] Oystercatcher in Flight Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle by Chuck Pine ©2017 212 595 4920 [email protected] Treasurer Maria Fernandez 908 447 8075 [email protected] Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected]
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2 President’s Message Definitely good for posting to a All this leads to a couple of website or newsletter such as points I wish to make. You are
CLUB As part of my continuing the Club’s Photo Notes. One can invited to join my buddies and cardiac rehab program, my see why the bottom fell out of me on our informal, maybe doctor told me to walk and the “Point and Shoot” camera once a week, walking and pho- then walk some more. ”It’s the market and why many com- tography tours. We’ve been to best exercise available.” Living panies are expanding their DUMBO, Bronx Botanical Gar- in Manhattan, it’s easy and equipment lines with mirror- den, Brooklyn Promenade, interesting to walk the streets. less, bridge, and medium for- Wave Hill, Tarrytown, Croton, Every week, a couple of bud- mat cameras. Since I have so the meat market, and the High- dies (one who also had a heart many types of cameras, I fig- line a number of times, catch- bypass operation similar to ured I would get another smart ing the ever changing land- mine) and I have been making phone with a better camera. I scape of the city and also get- the rounds of the City and, of ordered an “unlock-ed” Sony ting our exercise, too. We even- course, taking our cameras Xperia XA Ultra for $249. The tually stop for a bite to eatl. Let along. phone comes with a 21 MP me know via e-mail if you My main camera is an older main, and 16 MP front camera. wish to join us and I’ll put you full frame Nikon D800 which Yes those numbers are correct! on the list. It’s optional, infor- currently has over 200K shut- It’s gotten great re-views and mal, and an “unofficial” Club ter actuations and is showing rivals the competition. I’ll let activity. I will also signs of old age (occasional you know after I play around images with black bands of with it what my verdict is. [continued on page 17] non-exposure on the lower third of the frame). I’m also Photo Notes using my Nikon D7100 as a back-up. Both cameras are Publisher: Ed Lee pretty solid and at times it Editor: Chuck Pine seems I’m walking around with barbells,… which might Committee: Bill Apple, Elsa Blum, Madeleine Barbara, not be a bad thing! Ann Broder, Meg Darnell, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Hopkowitz, Anyhow, I’ve also been us- Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Elena Pierpont, Helen Pine, and ing my twp Android smart- Judy Rosenblatt phone and their built-in cam- Contributors: Bill Apple, Karen Corrigan, Christine Doyle, eras, one a 6 MB and the other Ruth Formanek, Paul Grebanier, George Hansen, Myrna an 8 MB, and Google photos Harrison-Changar, Ed Lee, Elena Pierpont, Chuck Pine, Helen which saves all images to the Pine, Tom Quackenbush, Judy Rosenblatt, and Julie Wosk cloud. I can access them on my desktop, laptops, and my Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro tablets. My eyes were opened using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop. when I checked out the images All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise be- on a large screen. These small lieved to be in the public domain. image files were not bad, ac- ceptably sharp for 8x10’s, and Credited images remain the sole property of their perhaps an occasional 11x14. copyright holders—all rights reserved.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3 Images of the Month Print-of-the-Month October 2017 A Sicilian Fishmonger by Paula Paterniti CLUB by John Brengelman Honor Prints PDI-of-the-Month Stinky Stella by Bill Apple Hats by Natalie Manzino Brown Bear Mother with… by Justine Carson Checking Things Out by Sarah Corbin Honor PDIs Sand More Sand by Oggy Doytchinov Paper Towels Window by Bill Apple Beggars’ Opera by Paul Grebanier Cat in the Window by Jay Bitkower Tokyo at Night Sign by Sal Maci 2017 by John Brengelman Bee Happy by Barbara Martens Shofar by Sorin Capota The Mittens by Barbara Martens Money Machine by Nicole Dosso Abandoned Barn by Eileen McNamee Sewing by Nicole Dosso Roman Forum by Eileen McNamee Staten Island Ferry by Christine Doyle View of the Verazzano Bridge by Paula Paterniti Thrift Shop by Donna Falella Flaming by Paul Grebanier White on White by George Hansen Easter Parade Guy by Harriet Josephs Show Me Yours by Ed Lewit Dishing Up by Barbara Martens Burning Incense at the Temple by Sal Maci Chihuly’s Sculpture NYBG by Eileen McNamee Bird Resting by Dorothy Mills Sunflowers by Joe Nawy The Bride and Groom by Elena Pierpont Not Happy by Susan Rauch Cuban Fort by Michael Schleiff New York Dream by Puneet Sood
Print-of-the-Month A Sicilian Fishmonger © Paula Paterniti
PDI-of-the-Month Hats © Natalie Manzino
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4 Cumulative Point Totals through October 2017 PDIs CLUB by John Brengelman Congratulations to our Nicole Dosso 20 Prints winners and honorable Bill Apple 18 mentions! Christine Doyle 18 Paula Paterniti 22 Natalie Manzino 16 Barbara Martens 20 Thanks to all who entered Larry Rubin 16 Eileen McNamee 20 and competed this month Barbara Martens 14 Sal Maci 18 and to all who helped Sal Maci 14 Paul Grebanier 14 Bill Apple 14 make the competition run Justine Carson 18 George Hansen 14 so smoothly. Sarah Corbin 14 John Brengelman 14 Oggy Doytchinov 14 And, a special thank-you Elena Pierpont 14 Paul Grebanier 14 Jay Bitkower 14 to our judge, Susan May Dinorah Capota 12 Sorkin Capota 14 Tell, for a job well done. George Hansen 12 Carole de Beer 14 Donna Faialla 14 John Brengelman 8 For the rest of us, there’s Florence Forman 8 Harriet Josephs 14 always next month! Natalie Manzino 8 Ed Lewit 14 Elena Pierpont 8 Dottie Mills 14 Larry Rubin 8 Joe Nawy 14 Susan Rauch 14 Michael Schleiff 14 Punnet Sood 14 Justine Carson 12 Julie Foehrenbach 12 Marty Smith 12 Janet Susin 12 Eileen McNamee 10 Larry Sapadin 10 Chuck Pine 8 Virginia Lawrence 8 Rita Russo 8 Paula Paterniti 8 Alice Somma 8 Jerry Vogel 8 Julie Wosk 8 Joan Slatkin 6
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5 Future Field Trips • Early Summer, dates to be done them in the past. We’ll set determined the dates, plan an itinerary, se- CLUB The Park West Camera Club The Palouse lect a hotel to use as our base, will be going on three ex- etc. It will be up to you to tended field trips during the make your airline reservations, 2017-18 Club season. They book your hotel rooms, and are as follows… rent a car for the week. (It would be best if you have your • Memorial Day Weekend, roommates and carmates cho- May 25th-28th, 2018 sen before you make the neces- Garden State Crossing sary reservations.) On this week-long field trip If you’re interested in this we’ll be traveling to The trip let me know and I’ll give Palouse region, often called the you all the info. We need to act ”breadbasket of the US” be- quickly on this one because as cause of its huge production of soon as the airlines release wheat and legumes. seats for sale and the hotels The Palouse is located in open up their reservation sys- On this trip we’ll be blazing southeastern Washington State. tem for these dates, they get a trail across (mostly) Central It is noted for its rolling hills, gobbled up quickly. New Jersey, from Wall Town- waving fields of wheat, and ship to Trenton and from Rin- prairies as far as the eye can Club members shooting goes to Egg Harbor City. see—all of America the Beautiful our model, Erica Jay, at We’ll make stops at the rolled into one destination. the summer figure study Grounds for Sculpture and We’ll be running this field workshop. See more im- Batsto Village. We’ll explore trip and workshop a little dif- ages on page 14 of this Barnegat Light and Allaire ferently from how we have issue of Photo Notes. State Parks. We’ll visit a grand old country home and gardens, a winery, and a steam train. All aboard! We’ll spend plenty of time photographing at these half dozen distinct locations over our 4 days and 3 nights. Paul Grebanier ©
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6 Have You Renewed? Club Participation Nites why not take a journey out- doors and see what you can CLUB Welcome back to another year This coming year there will be find to shoot? of PWCC photography pro- four programs which require grams. Your membership member participation. Here’s a • February 26th—Before and brings with it a full comple- quick rundown on these fun After In this workshop we ask ment of rights and privileges, and educational activities: members to bring in a before including participation in Club and an after shot of a single competitions and exhibitions. • October 30th—Halloween image. The before shot may be Our Club’s fiscal year runs Scavenger Hunt At the Sep- the RAW file or a JPG file di- from October 1st to September tember business meeting, each rect from the camera. The after 30th. You must be a paid-up Club member in attendance shot will be your final image member to participate in the will be given a sheet of subjects with all your adjustments, first competition of the year on and objects to photograph. changes, what-evers done in Monday, October 2nd. The [Want to get started early? See your editing software. dues are $150, allocated as $75 page 11 now.] You will have for membership and $75 for one month to hunt for and the rental of our home space, shoot as many of the items on the Soho Photo Gallery. the list as you can. Tonight we If you joined at the end of will share our images to see last season, you know who you who captured the most. Hal- are, your membership is good loween snacks will be avail- through September 2018. For able. Candy corn, anyone? everyone else, it’s time to re- new. your membership if you haven’t a;ready done so. • April 23—Theme Night You can renew by bringing Tonight is the night when you a check, made out to PWCC, to can share with the rest of the any meeting in September and Club any images your little handing it to Membership heart desires. The theme is Pot Chairperson Marlene Schon- Luck—your choice! Pots And brun or by sending your check pans? Sure! Lucky horseshoes? (made out to PWCC) to Club • January 22nd—Theme Night Of course! As in that old Secretary, Helen Pine, 680 W Tonight’s theme is Weather. As Broadway musical, Anything End Ave, #5D, NY NY 10025. we sit in our seats, shivering Goes. [If we have to make up a Of course, if you have any from the cold and snow (well, canceled competition, this pro- questions about your member- maybe not in the gallery, but gram will be postponed.] ship, please contact Marlene at outside) let our thoughts turn
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7 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 ( ) 25 Business Meeting #1 12 Workshop—Table Top Photography 19 Guest Speaker ( ) October 26 Business Meeting #3 2 Competition #1 (Susan May Tell) 9 Columbus Day/Weekend Trip April Amish Adventure 2 Competition #7 ( ) 16 How to: Winning Images (C & H Pine) 9 Workshop—Photo. & Social Media 23 Guest Speaker (Meryl Meisler) 16 Guest Speaker ( ) 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 ( ) 20 Guest Speaker (Harvey Stein) 10 Expanding Visions 24 Introduction 27 Business Meeting #2 14 Guest Speaker ( ) 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 ( ) 4 Year-End Competition ( ) 15 MLKing Day/Guest Speaker ( ) 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 ( ) 25 Summer Meeting 12 Portfolio Night 19 President’s Day Guest Speaker ( ) 26 Before & After Field trips, classes, additional workshops, and the 2018 summer schedule will be pub- lished as the information becomes available.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8 Competition Rotation Committee Liaisons Photo Notes Deadlines
CLUB The members of the Club, at The Executive Committee Issue Deadline the May business meeting, (ExCom) has decided to con- November 2017 November 6 voted to change one of the tinue for this coming year rules regarding our monthly with the committee liaison December 2017 December 4 competition. We will go back model to spread the respon- January 2018 January 8 to alternating the order of the sibility among the entire Ex- February 2018 February 5 prints and PDIs in our eight ecutive Committee. monthly competitions begin- Here’s how it’ll work: March 2018 March 5 ning in October 2016. Here’s Each of the ExCom mem- April 2018 April 2 the schedule: bers (the five elected officers May 2018 May 7 plus the President Emeritus) Summer 2018 June 4 Month First Shown will be assigned committees November Prints as liaison. Each committee The sooner articles and December PDIs chair or co-chair will report items are submitted to Photo January Prints to the ExCom through this Notes, the quicker the editing February PDIs liaison. In this manner, it is and revision process can begin. March Prints felt that communication will Competition scores and cumu- April PDIs flow much more smoothly, lative points are submitted as May Prints in both directions, between soon after the competitions as June PDIs the committees. In addition, possible, usually one to three any concerns raised by the days following the submission ExCom will be passed along deadline. The draft copy of to the committee chairs Photo Notes will be sent to the Photo Cartoon through the liaisons. editorial staff as soon as possi- of the Month Here are the committee ble once all items are in place. liaison assignments for the The staff will then have two to 2015-2016 Club year: three days to edit and return Archives Maria Fernandez their comments. Competition Mike Schleiff Once the Photo Notes issue Field Trip Chuck Pine is complete, it is sent to the Gallery Helen Pine Website Committee to be post- House Christine Doyle ed online. As soon as this is ac- Membership Helen Pine complished, an e-mail is sent Newsletter Chuck Pine to all Club members and other Program Christine Doyle Photo Notes recipients inform- Social Ed Lee ing them that the PWCC news- Website Mike Schleiff letter is now available for Workshop Ed Lee downloading. It’s an okay phone,… but it takes great pictures.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9 Club Exhibit surer, Maria Fernandez, at by Karen Corrigan 245 East 19th Street, Apt 4K, CLUB New York, NY 10003; sub- Park West Camera Club mitted to her at a Septem- members are invited to ber/October meeting; or participate in Splendor of the at the time framed prints be taken in handling your Seasons in celebration of our are dropped off at Ryan on work, but neither Park West 80th year as a camera club. October 24, 2017. Camera Club, nor Ryan We have an opportunity to Chelsea-Clinton Community again display our fine work INSTRUCTIONS FOR Health Center, will be re- at the Ryan Chelsea-Clinton SUBMISSION—Submit sponsible for loss or damage. Community Health Center. TWO images for review by The theme—Splendor of the Gallery Committee, one CALENDAR the Seasons—evokes the po- or both of which may be • Friday, September 1: Dead- tential that the four seasons chosen for display at Ryan line for entry of TWO images can conjure for us as photog- contingent on the number of as e-mail attachments. raphers. Light is our primary submissions. E-mail your • Friday, September 8: Selec- tool; light is expressed in our submissions to
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10 Scavenger Hunt Here are all of the scary categories (emphasis on gory):
CLUB On Monday, October 30th, All Hallows Eve will be a day 01 Jack-o-Lanterns away. ’Twill be the night be- 02 Ghosts fore…” fun and scares; the 03 Black Cat night before Halloween! 04 Skeleton(s) And, Park West will be 05 Good or Bad Witches holding its second annual Hal- 06 Bats (in the belfry or loween Scavenger Hunt. elsewhere) Are you ready for it? 07 Zombies Here are the rules: 08 Mad Scientist • bring in photos from as 09 Cemetery at Night many of the 13 categories as 10 Dark & Stormy Sky you can; 11 ‘Monster Mash’ •you may comb through your 12 Don’t Open That Door! files or go out and shoot new 13 The Number ’13’ scary images (preferred plus extra points) You may interpret these •competition rules do not ap- categories any way your little ply (you can use clip art, heart desires. ready-made borders, etc.) •all entries must be labeled as shown below.
Here’s how to label/title your images: start with the cat- egory number; then an under- score; followed by your first name and last initial; and final- ly the image’s suffix (dot jpg). It should look like this…
03_BillW.jpg Scary Photo Ops Please follow this format to the letter (and number). Thanks. Eastern State Penitentiary; Philadelphia, PA; from $19 Remember,… it’s scary out there,… so have lots of fun!
The Scare House; Pittsburgh, PA; from $19.99
Nightmare New England; Litchfield, NH; from $39.99
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11 ExCom Minutes VII. Expanding Visions 24: Chuck Pine reported that he is
CLUB September 25, 2017 planning to hold Expanding Visions 24. It will start in May, Present: Executive Committee 2018 and end in July, 2018. Ac- members President Ed Lee, IV. NYMACC (New York tual dates are yet to be deter- Vice President Michael Schleiff, Metro Area Camera Council) mined. Corresponding Secretary He- Report: The issue of joining the len Pine, Recording Secretary NYMACC will be put to the VIII. Other: The problem with Christine Doyle, Treasurer membership for discussion. the pixel ratio on the projector Maria Fernandez, and Presi- There is a $25 membership fee has been fixed. dent Emeritus Chuck Pine. and joining may be a good op- portunity to disseminate in- Tips for Sharpness Copies of the Business Meeting formation about the Club’s agenda, which had been previ- many activities. One of the most frustrating ously circulated by e-mail, and experiences for a photogra- the Treasurer’s monthly report V. Scoring Software and pher is to get home from a were passed out for review Hardware - Has the Malfunc- photo trip with some great prior to the Business Meeting. tion Been Repaired?: Michael images only to find that some Schleiff is working on finding a of the images are not sharp. I. Club Exhibit Update: Ryan fix to the scoring software/ To help solve this problem, Chelsea-Clinton Center: Helen hardware malfunction. here are some things that a Pine will report on the status of photographer can do to cre- the Ryan Center Exhibit for VI. Otto Litzel Memorial Din- ate really sharp images: Gallery Committee chair Karen ner - Continue As Is or Corrigan, who is away on a Change?: It was noted that When it comes to getting vacation. attendance at the Otto Litzel sharp images, the first line of Memorial (year-end) dinner defense is a tripod. A tripod II. Club Competition Review has been steadily dropping. provides a stable platform and Update (For New Mem- In an effort to improve atten- that holds the camera rigid— bers): Competition Committee dance and be more inclusive, greatly increasing the sharp- co-chair John Brengelman will it will be suggested to mem- ness of the image. review the competition rules bers that the venue and format for new members. be changed from a sit-down Just because a camera is on a dinner at a restaurant to some- tripod doesn’t mean that the III. Soho Photo Gallery Rent: thing more like the reception camera will be steady. A re- Maria Fernandez has not re- for the Club’s 80th Anniver- mote switch should be used ceived any notice of a change sary Exhibit at Soho Photo to release the shutter. This in the rent paid to Soho Photo Gallery. Helen Pine suggested can be either a cable release Gallery. It was agreed to con- that an ad hoc committee be or a wireless shutter release, tinue to pay the current rent formed to explore this and any your choice. until we hear otherwise. other alternatives.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12 Business Mtg. Minutes ing new members. Paula Paterniti volunteered to
CLUB September 25, 2017 help with the interviews.
(This is a draft copy and has Newsletter: Chair Chuck not yet been approved by the Pine noted that the membership.) deadline for next issue of the newsletter is next I. Call To Order: President Ed for Myrna when discussing Monday, October 2nd, and Lee called the meeting to order archival storage under Old asked that any completed arti- at 7 p.m. and introduced the Business. cles be submitted as soon as members of the Executive possible. He also asked mem- Committee: Vice President Competition: Co-Chair John bers to submit images of the Michael Schleiff, Correspond- Brengelman explained the Club’s summer activities and ing Secretary Helen Pine, competition rules and sizing member portfolios for future Recording Secretary Christine requirements for next week’s issues. In addition, he is pre- Doyle, Treasurer Maria Fer- competition. PDIs are due by paring a new feature, “Where nandez, and President Emeri- midnight tonight and prints In The World,” whereby mem- tus Chuck Pine. With 38 mem- must be submitted by 6:45 p.m. bers submit images of places bers in attendance, a quorum next Monday. Members must they’ve visited and readers was present. be in good standing in order to will guess the location. He also compete. asked members to submit pic- II. Minutes of Previous Busi- tures of deviled eggs for a fea- ness Meeting: A motion to Field Trip: Co-Chair Paul Gre- ture celebrating National Dev- waive the reading of, and ac- banier reported that several iled Eggs Day on November cept the minutes of the May 22, field trips have been planned 2nd. 2017 business meeting was and are listed in the sign-up made, seconded, and passed sheet that is being circulated. Program: Chair Marilyn Fish- by vote. Glynn reported that she has Gallery: Chair Karen Corrigan lined up competition judges III. Treasurer’s Report: Maria was not present. Helen Pine and speakers as follows: Fernandez reported that the will report for Karen when dis- Competition Judges: October— Club has approximately cussing the Ryan Chelsea-Clin- Susan May Tell; November— $12,000 in cash, of which ton Center Exhibit under Old Jill Waterman; and Decem- $1,475 represents deposits for Business ber—Marilyn Stern the upcoming extended field Speakers: October—Meryl trip to Amish Country in House: Chair Marty Smith re- Meisler; November—Harvey Pennsylvania. ported that the committee has Stein; and December—Jill lots of help and is doing well. Waterman IV. Committee Reports Membership: Chair Marlene Social: Chair Natalie Manzino Archive: Chair Myrna Harri- Schonbrun reported that the reported that refreshments are son-Changar was not present. Club 63 has paid-up members. available now and for after the Maria Fernandez will report She will need help interview- meeting.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13 Website: Chair and Executive V. Old Business Pine said that the Gallery Committee liaison Michael Committee should reject these
CLUB Schleiff reported that he and A. Club Exhibit Update: Ryan prints. Finally, several mem- Christine Doyle will begin the Chelsea-Clinton Center: Helen bers noted that the Ryan Cen- effort to get all members Pine reported for Gallery ter is very well lit, especially in signed up on the Club’s web- Committee chair Karen Corri- the day as a result of skylights site. They will create accounts gan, who was unable to attend. in the reception area. for those who have not already The exhibit at the Ryan Center done so and send them the is in further celebration of the B. Club Competition Review passwords that they can then Club’s 80th anniversary. It runs and Update (For New Mem- change themselves if they from Wednesday, October 25th bers): See report by Competi- chose to do so. through Wednesday January tion Committee, above. 24th. The opening reception Workshop: Chair Tom Quack- will be on November 1st. Two C. Soho Photo Gallery Rent: enbush reported that the first images from the Club’s archive The current rent paid to the workshop of the year, on Oc- collection will be included. Soho Photo Gallery is $175 per tober 16th, will be a member Twenty-seven members have meeting. The Club has not workshop by Chuck and Helen submitted images, all of which been advised of any changes in Pine on creating a winning im- have been accepted. If mem- this amount. age. For the next workshop on bers have not already done so, January 29th he is considering please send your print sizes D. Archive Storage: Helen Pine asking 3 or 4 members to give and prices (if for sale) to Julie noted that last year the Club brief workshops on different Foehrenbach as soon as possi- had appropriated funds for topics. Chuck Pine noted that ble; this information has to be storing the archive materials the Club used to have mini- submitted to the Ryan Center that Archive Committee chair workshops that were given si- by September 30th. The fee for Myrna Harrison-Changar has multaneously by 4 or 5 mem- participating in the exhibit is been keeping in her apartment. bers. Helen Pine suggested $20 per exhibitor; payment Maria Fernandez, reporting for that “critters,” i.e., dried and should be given to Maria Fer- Myrna, who was unable to at- mounted bugs, be brought in nandez. The hanging is sched- tend, said that much, but not for members to photograph. uled for Tuesday, October 24th, all, of the archive materials are Tom is looking into a possible to be extended to the next day ready for storage; a group will remote workshop by the pho- if necessary. While the Ryan have to be assembled to finish tographer Paul Hassell, via Center will provide the recep- preparing all the archive mate- Skype, as well as a workshop tion, the Club is responsible for rials for storage. She noted that on tabletop photography on the hanging cost and has en- none of the archive photos are March 12th. George Hansen gaged the same installer used framed. Maria is looking at a suggested contacting Allan for the 2016 Ryan Center show. Manhattan Mini-Storage facili- Markman for a workshop on It was noted that last year sev- ty near Soho Photo Gallery. tabletop photography. eral members’ prints were $1,000 has been appropriated much larger than had been re- for the storage of archive mate- ported or were missing wires, rials for one year; as a non- which caused the installation profit, the Club will not have to take much longer. Helen to pay sales tax on the amount.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14 the details as they become available. CLUB J. Other: No other old busi- ness was raised.
VI. New Business
From the Chair A discussion ensued on And a Group to Formulate It: whether the Club should retain Discussion tabled. 1. Club Auction: The possibili- and store any of the archive ty of holding a Club auction materials. All of the archive G. Scoring Software and was raised. As many members materials have been digitized Hardware - Has the Malfunc- praised Chuck Pine’s past by the Archive Committee. tion Been Repaired: Michael handling of Club auctions, do- Schleiff is looking into the ing so would depend on Helen Pine suggested that, in- cause of the malfunction of the Chuck’s schedule. Chuck ex- stead of storing the archive scoring software and hard- plained that the Club keeps materials in perpetuity, the ware, and will get it fixed be- 20% of the auction proceeds Club hold an auction of the ar- fore the next year-end competi- plus whatever else members chive prints. She made a mo- tion. may want to donate. Helen tion that an auction of the ar- Pine suggested that the auction chive materials be held at a H. Extended Club Field Trips of archive prints be held at the Club event. The motion was Update: Chuck Pine reported same time as the Club auction. seconded and passed by vote. that 10 people have signed up for the Columbus Day Week- 2. Formation of Audio-Visual E. NYMACC (New York end extended field trip to Squad As a Subcommittee of Metro Area Camera Council) Amish Country. There is room the House Committee to Oper- Report: The subject of the Club for more, so if anyone is inter- ate Club Equipment: The Ex- joining NYMACC was raised. ested in joining the trip please ecutive Committee would like NYMACC is a new group cre- contact Chuck as soon as pos- to increase the number of ated to promote camera clubs sible. A trip to Central New members trained to set up, op- in the New York metropolitan Jersey to see the Grounds for erate and put away the equip- area, including the five bor- Sculpture and local historic ment used for meetings (i.e., oughs, Long Island and New sites, is planned for Memorial Apple computer, slide projec- Jersey. One of its aims is to be a Day Weekend 2018. In addi- tor, microphone). Interested resource for camera clubs by tion, Chuck and Helen Pine are members should contact putting together lists of speak- planning a seven- to eight-day Michael Schleiff. ers, judges and workshops. trip to the Palouse area of Dues are $25 per year. No deci- western Washington state, the 3. Call for Club Portfolio Re- sion was reached. picturesque farming region views - November 13th & Feb- near the Montana border, in ruary 12th - And Should We F. Update - PWCC Facebook late June/early July 2018. Hire Outside Photographers to Page - Best Practices Policy/ Chuck will alert members of Do the Critique or Continue to
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15 Do It In-House: The Club is held at the Soho Photo Gallery 5. Expanding Visions 24: holding two member portfolio in much the same manner as Chuck Pine reported that he is
CLUB reviews, on November 13th the reception for the Club’s planning a nine-session Ex- and February 28th. Up to four 80th Anniversary Exhibit (e.g., panding Visions 24, with new members are needed for each subs, pizzas, snacks & etc.). Ed assignments and new loca- session; each member should Lee noted that the cost for food tions, for May 2018. bring 12-15 images for submis- at the 80th Anniversary Exhibit sion for review. Interested reception was less than $400. B. From the Floor: No new members should contact Ed The event would be held on business was raised from the Lee. A discussion was held on the same Monday that the floor. whether the Club should hire year-end dinner is scheduled outside photographers to do (June 11th). Helen added that VII. Good and Welfare the critique or continue to do it she thinks this new format in-house. Following the dis- would lend itself to more so- From the Chair cussion, a motion to continue cializing. The Club can follow doing in-house critiquing was up with Soho Photo Gallery to PDN PhotoPlus International made; the motion was sec- Conference October onded and passed by vote. 26th: Ed Lee noted It was suggested that a that the PhotoPlus member act as moderator 2017 conference will at each portfolio review; start on October interested members 26th. Interested should contact Ed Lee members can regis- (Michael Schleiff volun- ter on line.. teered to be the moderator at the November 13th re- Meetup.com/ view. Chuck Pine, who NYPhotoSafari will be one of the mem- Group: Ed Lee noted bers showing their portfo- that he has been the lio at the November review see if wine can be served. He- lead organizer of the NYPho- session, also suggested that re- len then moved to create an ad toSafari meet-up group for freshments be served at portfo- hoc committee to further ex- several years, and several new lio nights. plore this and any other alter- members have joined the Club natives for the year-end dinner. as a result of Ed’s meet-up 4. Otto Litzel Memorial Dinner Natalie Manzino, chair of the group. Ed added that this and - Continue As Is or Make a Social Committee, said the So- other meet-up groups are good Change: Because fewer mem- cial Committee would take resources for different groups, bers are attending the year-end care of it. The pending motion especially photography, and dinner, it was suggested that was then withdrawn. Marilyn encouraged members to look the format be changed. Helen Fish-Glynn will reserve the into joining meet-up groups. Pine, noting that the Club is Soho Photo Gallery for the limited in its choice of venues date of the event; in the event in order to keep the cost af- something else is decided, the fordable, suggested that it be reservation will be cancelled.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16 B. From the Floor President’s Message Workshop Com. Report Tom Quackenbush
CLUB Paula Paterniti asked if anyone [continued from page 3] had information about Venmo, On Monday, January 29, we'll a new payment app that is an announce these walks on the hold a Member Workshop alternative to PayPal. Ed Lee Yahoo group and Facebook. night. This is a great opportu- noted that the app has been Another “unofficial” Club nity to present a topic of your shown to be too open for activity is our bi-weekly choice to your fellow PWCC scamming. “Munch” (a blend of meeting members. Perhaps you have and lunch) group which was expertise in manipulating im- Marvin Fink has extra Epson first started by former member ages using the more advanced printer ink cartridges and of- Bob Wine. I picked up the or- features of Photoshop, or have fered them to members. ganizing mantle after PWCC experience with various apps member Jerry Harawitz took to process images on your cell a hiatus from running it. phone, or have techniques for Every two weeks unless using light at a particular time there’s a conflict, I send out a of day. We’d love to hear your Monday e-mail announcing ideas for any topic you’d like our next Munch location to present. (which is usually on a Friday Workshops typically last at 12:30 p.m.) and we go to for an hour or so. We could one of our favorite restau- showcase two or three presen- rants or try a newly recom- ters who have shorter topics mended one. Info about the during the workshop. Also, at Chuck Pine noted that tonight restaurant is included as well is the deadline to order the the last business meeting it as any nearby photo ops. If was suggested that members new Club hats. The cost is $25 you can make it, just RSVP so I each. might want to demonstrate can make an accurate reserva- equipment or a particular tion. Again, no obligation. Paul Grebanier noted that Scott process by setting up a physi- The Club has many inter- cal display. For example, there Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk esting upcoming events and takes place on Saturday, Octo- could be three tables set up photo ops listed in this issue of around the room where pre- ber 7th, at various locations Photo Notes. Check them out. throughout the City. Interested senters demonstrate their top- And, hopefully, you can join us ic. Club members would circu- members should check online for an“unofficial” happening for more details. late between stations for in- as well. struction and discussion. If you What is your pleasure? VIII. Adjournment: The meet- have ideas for this type of ing was adjourned at approxi- workshop we’d love to hear mately 8:45 p.m. from you. Ed Let us know your ideas for IX. Refreshments and topics and how much time Socializing you’ll need. Send an e-mail to < [email protected]> with your suggestions.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17 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
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18 Portfolio Page
CLUB This month’s portfolio is by Elena Pierpont, co-chair of the Club’s Membership Commit- tee. Elena attended a student fashion show at FIT (the Fash- ion Institute of Technology). Instead of shooting these fanci- ly (and fancifully) garbed mannequins straight on, she shot them through the thin gauze curtains that were hang- ing at the end of each isle. Ele- na calls this portfolio, Behind the Gauze.
All images © Elena Pierpont
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19 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
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20 • 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 #2 ✦ 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- Route 66 stretches from created in the same way brary will open. Chicago to Los Angeles, also as member galleries. ● Select images to be added known as the Will Rogers from your hard drive. Highway, the Main Street of To Add Images to Your (Multiple images can be America or the Mother Road, Gallery: added by selecting mul- was one of the original high- ● After you log in or after tiple files.) ways within the U.S. High- uploading images to ● Press Open in your hard way System. It was estab- your Image Library, open drive window. This will lished in 1926 and covers al- the gallery where you begin loading the images. most 2,500 miles. want to display them. ● After your images are It passes through some of ● Press the Edit and Upload uploaded press the Save the most beautiful, scenic, Images button (on the Images and Proceed to Edit and historic sections of the right), then at the next Page button. good old US of A. page press either Display ● At the Edit New Images in 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
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21 Picnic Pix
CLUB The Club’s Annual Chuck Pine Picnic and BBQ was held on Labor Day, Sep-
tember 4th this year after a Hansen George
one-day weather delay. We © ended up with a beautiful day with clear skies and some interesting cloud for- mations. We also had some great food and drink (thanks to all concerned) and lots of time to socialize with our fel- low Club-mates, spouses
and friends. Here are a few Helen Pine photos from this event. © George Hansen George Chuck Pine © ©
© Marlene Schonbrun Helen Pine ©
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22 Club Contest Exhibit Extended CLUB Thursday, November 2nd, is Picturing Female Robots and Androids is an art exhibit at the New National Deviled Egg Day! York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park. This exhibit is based on PWCC member Julie Wosk’s recent book, My Fair Ladies. The exhibit has been extended through October 22nd. View images of female robots, mannequins, and dolls from films, television, video games, and more. Robots, androids, mannequins, and dolls reflect our age-old efforts to create artifi- cial beings that look amazingly lifelike. They also reveal to us our changing view of women themselves. Here are a couple of links to a Ms. Magazine blog Julie recent- ly wrote and a TV interview she did about the exhibit:
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23 Model Shoot
CLUB Here are a few images from the model shoot the Club held on Friday evening, Sep- tember 1st. About a dozen PWCCers were in attendance and shooting away at our model, Erica Jay.
© Helen Pine Chuck Pine © Chuck Pine © Helen Pine © Marlene Schonbrun Marlene ©
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24 Archive Com. Report sidering the cur- Myrna Harrison-Changar rent situation, we CLUB PWCC Archivist could think about selling images I am sorry that I was not able both original and to attend the business meet- digital, from the ing last week. I have a health group this year, I have with- exhibit. We have a issue (not life threatening, drawn those images from the small list of people who but painful and tiring), show. It is just one of my might be interested, from which at the moment limits personal energy savers. This, both the 80th exhibit where some of my activities. Also, although the only images we sold two images and the the therapy that I am doing that sold at the last Ryan Ryan Center. takes a lot of my time and show were archival, and the 2. The 80th Anniversary energy. Therefore, my time same buyer might be inter- Exhibit was a class act. It for the Archive Committee ested in these. could, with a few tweaks will be less. The Committee Second, I am in the travel and be exhibited in is also, not as tight as it was. process of removing the other venues. Brenton collections, since I 3. The scrapbook which can no longer guarantee was rescued from the flood, their safety. The Club does was in terrible shape. It took not have a record of more several years of searching than two pieces. Judy on-line for a replacement Rosenblatt is dealing with book, and digital reprints this at her pace. were being added when we Before more is done, it is got caught up with the 80th important for the Club to anniversary gig. understand what is being 4. Several looseleaf I respect the feelings of discarded: binders from Myron Galef, the Club against having 1. Several large boxes of which were invaluable storage for the archive and the original old prints, show- sources of material for the have already begun acting in ing a history of photographic Archives Matter articles. response. My children have techniques no longer in use 5. An external hard said that when I no longer and subjects no longer drive, containing all the have a say about the PWCC around. On the backs of the digitized archival material. archives, they will be the images, are histories of local I am sure that I am leav- first things to go. (My competitions, and various ing out some stuff. I do not daughter knows who she inter-club competitions. know that the committee will call to dispose of stuff.) Several years ago, some- will do anything other than However, I am acting one wanted to buy the two prepare for removal of items slowly and carefully. largest images (Hale House this year. First, I had submitted 2 Babies). I was told then, that This has been a wonder- images for the Ryan show. this was Club property (al- ful run and I thank the Club Since the Archive Committee though stored in my house) and members for helping to has a smaller, less cohesive and could not be sold. Con- make it so.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25 Depth of Field beth II. I’d ap- By Bill Apple propriate a JPG of Her Royal The Picture Police Highness from a £5 note, say, off You may loathe Donald the Web. Then
PHOTOGRAPHY Trump, but chances are you I’d cut and loathe Congress even worse. paste, a little That’s what approval ratings “feathering” say. All 535 of them should be around edges sent packing. perhaps. Voila! My solution: 241 years after Not so fast! the American Revolution, it’s I no sooner about time to let bygones be brought the bygones. I wanna give the Royal clip-art colonies back to the Queen. into Photoshop No Go Zone If you try to edit an image of foreign currency, Adobe Photoshop warns— How could Parliament possi- CC, than a most then stops—you, citing anti-counterfeiting bly do any worse than our rude window guidelines from a consortium of national Congress? Besides, we’d all be popped open: banks. But there is a workaround (see text). on the U.K. National Health “This applica- Still, Adobe’s background monitoring does Service. No more ObamaCare tion does not raise privacy concerns. to worry about. support the I’d sell my plan as Reconcil- editing of me, none of their business. I iation, Reunification, and Re- banknote images.” pay them my $10 monthly. naissance. And I’d run plenty Oh, my! Where the hell did Leave me alone! Who knows of snaps of Prince William and that come from? what else they’re monitoring? his photogenic young family. It came from a website (See “No Go Zone,” above.) There’s already a built-in base
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26 At more than one Walmart, Zero Tolerance Two French fashion houses, for example, over-zealous pho- LVMH and Kering, vowed to lab employees have flagged last month not to use ema- innocent family snapshots as ciated (“Size 0”) models in “inappropriate,” seeing sexual promotions going forward. suggestiveness and kiddie Together, both are respon- sible for some of the best- PHOTOGRAPHY porn where none exists. They’ve even called cops on known luxury labels around (see text). By not customers. glamorizing such models, In a different Walmart the companies hope to store, another zealous employ- discourage eating ee flagged as inappropriate disorders. photos of a little girl posed holding an empty beer bottle. must again get permission for What’s that about? Underage ban on on-screen smoking can each specific use of the photo: drinking? cut cigarette consumption. (See every book, magazine, website, Reports centering on Insta- “Zero Tolerance,” above) ad, and so on. And that also gram have also cropped up, But the French apparently goes for people captured in the with accounts swiftly “deacti- love bans because they’ve gone background near your subject. vated” over complaints about much, much farther setting All of which puts quite a non-provocative photos that rules and regulations for pho- chill on picture-taking. Had show a baby being nursed. tography in general. such rules been in effect in And perhaps the newest Last spring, photographer Cartier-Bresson’s heyday, ban, just last month: Two Robert Kalman, speaking at many of his iconic photos French fashion conglomerates, the Club, mentioned draconian might never have been Kering and LVMH, have vol- new laws that have severely snapped. No candid cameras, untarily pledged not to use hampered street-shooting in s'il vous plaît. (See “Mais Non!” “Size 0” models anymore in France. These are laws, he said, on next page.) ads and other promotion. Size that have constrained where or Photography wants to be 0: that’s the emaciated look even if he can show or publish free—and it has been, general- that calls Auschwitz to mind. his Paris portraits. ly, ever since George Eastman’s Their reason: to discourage eat- The laws Kalman referred very first Kodak “Brownie” ing disorders. Kering holds to demand that photographers took cameras away from the luxury brands like Yves St. obtain an individual’s permis- professionals and put them Laurent, Gucci, Balenciaga and sion even for photographs taken into the hands of ordinary Brioni; LVMH’s labels include in public places. people, around 1900. Christian Dior, Givenchy, (By contrast, in the U.S. Unfortunately, photogra- Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs. you’re free to photograph pret- phy really isn’t so free any- So can a ban on skin-and- ty much anyone or anything in more. Almost daily, there’s a bones models really make a public, even through open chipping away at acceptable difference in the mental health windows, courts have ruled.) subject matter, perhaps not un- and wellbeing of young Worse, in French street pho- like the chipping away at free women? Probably not, proba- tography, before you publish speech: what people may talk bly no more than Hollywood’s any person’s likeness, you or write about in this era of
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27 Get Smart “Counterfeit products are adapted from rarely, if ever, manufactured in Photo District News compliance with important government and industry safe- McGruff The Crime Dog® has ty standards,” warns Cathleen been teaching Americans of all Combs, senior director and
PHOTOGRAPHY ages to “Take a Bite Out of chairperson of Canon’s Anti- “Crime®” for 36 years. But Counterfeiting Committee. McGruff isn’t just nipping at “This is typically why they are the heels of drug pushers and so inexpensive. Most do not bullies—he’s also on the trail include important heat-man- of another breed of criminal, agement technologies and oth- the intellectual property thief. er safety measures. Conse- quently, counterfeits may burn, melt or smoke and potentially cause serious personal injury Mais Non! Recent French or property damage.” law requires that street pho- Canon has found counter- tographers obtain permission feiters producing knock-off to photograph anyone in public batteries, battery chargers, bat- and, again, for every use of such photos. That would have tery grips, and external flashes. made it triply gauche for Henri To help raise awareness about Cartier-Bresson, whose 1969 the safety risks associated with photo at this Paris brasserie using counterfeit photography captures three individuals. (By gear, Canon partnered with the the way, Brasserie Lipp, 151 National Crime Prevention Boulevard Saint-Germain in Council (NCPC), the home of the 6th arrondissement, still stands, but do leave your our friend McGruff, to spread camera in the hotel.) Of course, intellectual their message to consumers. property theft doesn’t exactly Dangerous as they are, sound like the kind of criminal counterfeits aren’t easy to spot, extreme political correctness, activity that quickens the pulse and that is why Canon and heightened sensitivities and (unless you’re a lawyer), but others advise customers to buy “safe spaces” behind universi- the real-world consequences of through authorized dealers or ty walls. counterfeiting are anything but direct from the manufacturer. As more people take more a bore. In fact, a network of Ultimately, success in the pictures than ever before in criminal manufacturers—some war against counterfeiters rests human history—then post with links to international or- with the buying public. Con- those images on the Internet ganized crime syndicates— sumers need to understand for all to see—you’ll hear of traffic in counterfeit photo- that buying knock-off goods even more bans, more limits graphic power accessories, in- may be dangerous and may on photography. That is not a cluding products that may underwrite criminal organiza- good thing. cause serious harm to unsus- tions. No cheap battery is pecting consumers. worth that price.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28 Gallery Watching Muslim in New York: Pho- by Ruth Formanek tographs from the Museum of the and Judy Rosenblatt City of New York; The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery at the Jewish Mikiko Hara, In the Blink of an Community Center (JCC) of Eye 1996-2009; Miyako Yoshi- Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam naga Gallery, 547 West 27th Avenue (76th Street); through
PHOTOGRAPHY Street; closes October 21st December 10th
by Ruth by Judy Based on Hara’s recent book, © Mikiko Hara This is the same exhibit that we Change, the exhibit features 24 reviewed back in March at the color photographs, mostly of Museum of the City of New three people sitting in the the snapshot type, taken in York, when Donald Trump was subway—a child sleeping, her Tokyo and its suburbs. A street just coming out with his travel mother, and an unidentified photographer, Hara shoots ban. Now JCC has given it leg clad in denim-with-a-fash- with a medium-format camera more prominence and its ionable-hole—has the immedi- made in 1930, using diagonal theme remains more timely acy of the best street photogra- angles and a soft tonality. She than ever. Located in JCC’s phy. But why cut off the person often cuts off parts of the im- bustling lobby, this show of from the denim leg? One sus- age, which reminded me of over thirty black-and-white pects that style here comes Lisette Model’s description of images is enhanced by a few close to affectation. such cropping as ”photogra- huge blow-ups, which draw As Aperture Gallery was in phus interruptus.” visitors into the exhibit. the same building, I took a look at the African photogra- pher, Claude Iverne’s, Bilad es Sudan. A very large show of very dark black-and-white photographs prevented me from actually seeing what was going on. As the show will be on until November, I’ll try to go back with a flashlight. © Alexander Alland
© Mikiko Hara Muslims from many coun- tries have long been part of the fabric of NY City life. The im- Did I like Hara’s work? Yes, ages of them by the four pho- at least one of her photos: a tographers shown here date wonderful composition of a back to the 1940s with the child looking out of a yellow work of Alexander Alland. The tent. I liked another image of exhibit is brought up to date © Claude Iverne
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29 Especially Portfolio Reviews heartening to me is to see a The Club is holding two mem- Jewish institu- ber portfolio reviews; one on tion reach out to November 13th and another on spread under- February 28th. Up to four
PHOTOGRAPHY standing of the members are needed for each often feared session. Each member should and misunder- bring 12-16 images for submis- stood “other.” sion for review. The eloquent At the last Business meet- © Mel Rosenthal statement accompanying the ing, a discussion was held on exhibit reads: “We envision a whether the Club should hire by the three others: Ed conversation taking place outside photographers to do Grazda, Mel Rosenthal, and, where people of faith commu- the critique or continue to do it youngest of all, Robert nities, deeply committed to in-house. Following the dis- Gerhardt. All photographers their history, values, and iden- cussion, a motion to continue of great social conscience, they tity, begin to learn about and doing in-house critiquing was convey both Muslim unique- see one another. We are start- made; the motion was second- ness (group prayer scenes, ing here, with this opportunity ed and passed by vote. some with children in tow) to learn about our Muslim It was suggested that a and Muslim commonality neighbors, but we know we member act as moderator at with the rest of us (boys at are not ending here.” In fact, each portfolio review; Michael play, a man at prayer who JCC also explores Palestinian Schleiff has volunteered to be happens to be a NYC cop). As and Jewish issues and cultures the moderator at the Novem- before, my favorite photogra- in its Other Israel Film Festival, ber 13th review. pher here is Mel Rosenthal, for which runs from November 2 Chuck Pine and Sal Maci his compositional skill and to 9. It thus provides us with a have agreed to show their soulful portraiture. But all in wealth of opportunity to ex- portfolios at the November re- all, I think it is the children in pand our social awareness view session so we have only these images who really steal through the medium of pho- two more openings for that this show. tography. evening. February 28 is wide Take that, Donald open—we need a moderator Trump! and four photographers. Refreshments and snacks will be served at these portfo- lio sessions. Interested? Contact PWCC President Ed Lee via e-mail at
© Robert Gerhardt
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30 R.I.P. Pete Turner 20 most influential living pho- Where in the World? tographers. Photographer Eric Meola, who had assisted Turn- er before launching his own photography career, told PDN at the time, “Before Pete, there was nothing modern about
PHOTOGRAPHY photography. The first time I saw one of his photographs, it hit me as though I had been struck by lightning, and with almost as much voltage.” Born in Albany, New York, in 1934, Turner began printing black-and-white photos at the age of 11, and at 14 began ex- Photographer Pete Turner, who perimenting with printing col- created richly colored imagery or transparencies. He graduat- for National Geographic, Look, ed from Rochester Institute of This is a new feature in Photo Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Sea- Technology in 1956. Drafted Notes. Members are invited to grams, AT&T, United, and oth- into the Army, he operated a submit an image from their er clients, died September 18 at military photo lab where, rely- travels around the world, the his home on Long Island, New ing on advice from his old country, or even the City. The York. He was 83. teachers, he processed new readers are to guess Where in the The recipient of more than type-C color materials. World the image was taken. 300 awards from advertising Look published his first sto- The above image was shot and design associations, ry in 1958, and the following by Photo Notes editor, Chuck Turner was given the Out- year National Geographic sent Pine. Do you know where it standing Achievement in Pho- him on a seven-month assign- was shot? Can you guess? tography Award by American ment following a caravan of Send your answer to Photo Society of Magazine Photogra- Airstreams across Africa. It be- Notes at
© Pete Turner
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31 ”All Aboard”
The railroad system opened the United States to explo- ration and travel back in the 19th century. Today, it is hard for us not to stare at a passing
PHOTOGRAPHY freight train, maybe count the cars while stopped at a road Denali Star crossing. And, who among us Alaska photographers doesn’t whip out our cameras to shoot these majestic modes of transporta- tion. Nowadays, you can also ride along on many passenger trains to shoot the scenery, the trains, and everything else. Here are a few of the better routes you may want to try… Ethan Allen Express NYC < > Rutland, VT
Grand Canyon Railway Arizona Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado
Napa Valley Wine Train California California Zephyr Chicago < > San Francisco
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32 Photo Releases Pick a Card, Any Card!
Many photographers know No matter what kind of pho- what photo releases are, but tography we do, no matter many do not. Do you really which kind of camera we need a release for any of the prefer (well, maybe not cell shots you have taken or will phone shooters), we all have SDXC (extended capacity) PHOTOGRAPHY take? Although the answer to one thing in common. We cards hold capacities from that question is a definite 32GB up to 2TB. Wow! Make “maybe,” there is no question use storage media, AKA that you need to know the ba- memory cards. sure your camera supports sic ground rules if you don’t Whether they are SD (se- the higher capacity cards be- want to end up in court. cure digital), CF (compact fore wasting your hard- There are two types of pho- flash), MS (memory stick), or earned cash on them. to releases, the “Model” release any other combination of let- • Speed Class—indicates and the “Property” release. A ters, you have to understand the minimum speed that model release covers people, the codes on the packaging data is written from the cam- and only people, whoever they so you get the best cards for era to the card. It is repre- may be, and they do not have you and your camera. sented by a symbol (a num- to be a paid model like you ber inside a partial circle that would see in an advertisement. Here’s a breakdown: Some people may use model • Card Type—this is de- resembles a ‘C’). The number releases for animals, but when fined by the slot(s) in your marks megabytes per sec- it comes down to it, animals camera. Most camera these ond: 10 for 10 MBps, 4 for 4 are still always property, so a days use SD cards; some still MBps, etc. Even faster cards property release should be use CF cards; and a few get the UHS (ultra-high used to cover all animals and brands use yet other kinds of speed) rating, which is a 1 everything and anything else memory. High-end cameras (10 MBps) or a 3 (30 MBps) that someone owns. may take two cards. The sec- inside a ‘U’. Again, be sure No matter what you take a ond card may be used either your camera can accept the picture of, you never need a higher speed media. release as long as the following for back-up or to extend the are true: (1) the image is only capacity you can shoot. • Bus Speed—indicates the used for your own personal • Capacity—is measured in minimum speed that data is enjoyment (including camera gigabytes, such as 16GB or transferred from the card to club uses); (2) the image is 64GB. How much a card can a computer or hard drive. It used for educational purposes; store is determined by the is denoted by the letters and (3) the image is used for software built into the card. ‘UHS’ followed by a Roman any news-worthy reasons. In SD cards, for example, the numeral. UHS I transfers You need a photo release if original SD cards could hold data up to the (theoretical) you want to use an image to up to 2GB of files. SDHC maximum of 104 MBps; UHS make a profit (not only money) II up to 156 MBps; UHS III at —an image of a person, or any (high capacity) cards store kind of property. between 2GB and 32GB. a speed up to 624 MBps.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33 PhotoShopping There is also text printed at the Click on File in the Menu Bar by Chuck Pine bottom of the file. This is actu- and then scroll down to Open ally a Drop—Down Menu. Recent. A list of all the images Hide and Seek Tips and Tricks [See the enlargement, below.] you worked on recently will pop-up. By default, Pho- Have you ever seen the line of toshop shows the last 25
PHOTOGRAPHY text at the top of your image in files you worked. But, if Photoshop? I mean, really In this example you see the you so desire, you can looked at it and wondered Document Profile. Click change this number by clicking what it meant? on the arrowhead and you in the Menu Bar on Photoshop can see the Document CC > Preferences > File Han- Size, whether it is a Smart dling, and then changing the Object, or any of a bunch Recent File List Contains of other image details. number. You can see more than 25, fewer, or whatever. As an If it has been a long day, extra bonus, at the bottom of and you’ve been working the list of recent images, you on a whole lot of images, can click on Clear Recent File sometimes it’s difficult to List to remove all the the files remember where some of from the list. them are stored. Want to find one of your recently worked-on images easily? Here’s a simple solution! Here it is enlarged…
Ain’t Photoshop grand?
The first part of this coded message is the name of your file. This is followed by the @ symbol, which is followed by a percentage—this shows the magnification at which you are viewing the image. The next numbers (in parentheses) indi- cate the kind of file and/or the layer that is active. Sometimes, all of this is followed by an as- terisk (*). If this symbol is present, it means that you have done something to the image that has not yet been saved.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34 Photo Shopping or knob for precise control. by Chuck Pine This is called a 2-Way P&T head, Some P&T heads offer a Heads Up! third motion, the ability to quickly flip the camera be- There are two schools of tween landscape and portrait
PHOTOGRAPHY thought about tripods. The positions. This is called a 3- first says to always use a tri- Way Pan & Tilt head. pod so you can get the sharp- est possible image. The second A variation of the Ball head says not to use a tripod so you is the Pistol Grip head. In- can capture the action all stead of using a knob to around you. I graduated from loosen the ball, you pull a the school that says there are trigger (as on a handgun). shooting situations to use a Some photographers like how tripod and there are times to A variation of the P&T fast and easy it is to reposition go hand-held. Ergo, every pho- head is the Fluid head, also the camera without fumbling tographer should have a tripod called a Video head. While you with the tripod head. in their photography arsenal! can lock or unlock the pan and When you buy a tripod tilt motions, this head also fea- there are many things to con- tures “drag” which controls sider: weight, height, material, how much friction there is cost, and others. One of the when panning or tilting. This very important ‘others’ is the makes it easier to get much type of head that sits atop smoother movements. those three legs. There are basically three types of tripod heads but with some variations: Most commonly used for wildlife and bird photography, Gimbal heads hold (usually) huge lenses atop the tripod and offer the ability to move in many directions as if you were hand-holding the lens. (Gimbal Ball heads are the most heads are quite expensive.) popular tripod head for pho- tography. The rotating ball lets you position the camera in al- Disclaimer A Pan and Tilt head allows most any way imaginable, you to easily pan and the cam- with only one control knob to I do not, nor does anyone else era from side to side (horizon- lock the ball in position. It in the Club, make a profit tally) and tilt the camera up gives you the most flexibility from the sales of these items. and down (vertically). Each in motions, but can be difficult Chuck motion has a separate handle to make minor adjustments. October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 35 Builder Levy Landscape Award
Builder Levy, a former judge The 4th International Landscape and presenter at Park West Photographer of the Year compe- The PDN PhotoPlus Inter- Camera Club is in two current tition is now open for entries. national Conference + Expo is exhibitions. His work is really The competition is open to all the largest photography and great! Unfortunately, you will photographers with the aim of imaging show in North Ameri- have to travel to see his work. finding the best 101 landscape ca, attended by over 21,000 The first show, Everyday images from approximately the professional photographers, Beauty, is at the Smithsonian past 2 years and publishing photography enthusiasts, National Museum of African them in a beautiful coffee table filmmakers, students, and edu- American History and Culture, book which will be available in cators from around the world. in Washington, DC. It runs a variety of formats, including EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. PhotoPlus features over 100 through January, 2018. a free e-book. educational seminars, Photo Walks, Master Classes, and over 250 exhibitors displaying thousands of the latest prod- ucts and services for you to touch, try and compare. As in the past, PhotoPlus will take place at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the west side of midtown Manhattan. This year’s dates are October 25th (Wednesday) through the 28th (Saturday). The cost for the Expo alone is, as usual, free. If you wish to © Builder Levy There are also some special attend any of the other activi- awards to keep things interest- ties, there are fees. The second show, The Art ing, which change from year to Get all the information at of the Platinum Print, is at the year. This year the special
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 36 B & H Event Space Philly Flower Show
B&H Photo offers free work- Experience a sea of color as shops. Here are a few of this America’s premier flower month’s offerings: show explores the exraordi- nary, essential, and life-giving beauty of water at the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show, ”Wonders of Water.” The dates are March 3rd to the 11th. The place is the Pennsylvania Convention Center right in downtown Philadelphia. EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. Sunday, October 15 Delight in colorful water- Camera/Lens Cleaning Wednesday, October 25 loving blooms, view an artful Speakers: Photo Tech Street Photography to a Book hydroponic wall, and marvel Speakers: Dotan Saguy at fanciful fluid fountains. You will experience and pho- tograph from more than ten acres of imaginative landscapes, garden vi- gnettes, and floral dis- plays. Thousands of plants competing for blue Tuesday, October 17 ribbons will be on dis- play, as well as floral Express Your Creativity Wednesday, October 25 Speaker: Adam Marelli arrangements, container gar- Photographic Workflow dens, and patio plantings. Speaker: Matt Kloskowski
Check out the B&H website at
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 37 Bizarre Photos Spain Photo Tours
The October guest speaker at ”Hi, Park West will be Meryl I would like to introduce Meisler.—she has judged and myself to your camera club. I presented to us previously—is am Alberto Saro, Director and in an exhibit at the Bizarre principal guide of Ambient Black Box Gallery in Brook- Light Spain, a company dedi- lyn’s Bushwhack section. cated to showcasing and con- (You may recall that Meryl has necting photographers and published books on this area travelers to the many wonders Photoshop Training and has shown us her images.) of Spain. Its culture, heritage and great photo opportunities. The American Graphics In- EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS ETC. I am in the unique position of stitute is offering Photoshop being a natural English and classes at their NYC studios Spanish speaker with long and located at 21 West 46 Street, deep ties and knowledge of between 5th Avenue and Spain. The Avenue of the Americas. The Tours that I have de- This two-day introduc- signed and which I guide seek tory Photoshop class is not only to take the clients to recommended for all levels © Meryl Meisler places of photographic interest of Photoshop users. You will but also to connect them with learn how to properly use The gallery is located at 12 the culture, people and food of Photoshop’s tools, discover Jefferson Street and is easily this incredibly varied country. how to retouch and color accessible by the ‘J,’ ‘M,’ or ‘Z’ My groups are small from 2 correct photographic im- subway lines (get off at Myrtle to 6 participants only. This al- ages, as well as receive an Avenue). lows me to really take care of introduction to professional By the way, Bizarre, in ad- my clients and fulfill their imaging workflows. This dition to a gallery, is a restau- needs. If the dates on the cal- class is being offered on rant, bar, and event space. endar do not suit, please let Wednesday, October 11th to What goes on at Bizarre? Get a your members know that we Thursday, October 12. It will glimpse of acrobats, artists, can set new dates and cus- also be offered in November burlesque, circus, drag kings tomize the tour more in line and December, and queens, exhibitionists, fire with what they are looking for. The cost is $595. This in- spinners, magicians, musi- I look forward to hearing cludes a live instructor, cians, poets, patrons and per- from you. hands-on activities, a work- formers through Meryl’s pho- book, and more. Classes run tos and those of others. Kind regards, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This exhibit runs through Alberto Saro For more information or January 1st. The gallery’s Ambient Light Spain to register, go to the website hours are Monday through Photography Tours Spain”
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For all the details, see the Schedule of Activities on the following pages.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 39 Schedule of Activities
The Park West Camera Club ities that helped to build meets every Monday night America. Broadway per- (with some exceptions for hol- formers, champion high idays and a curtailed summer school and college bands, schedule). Please join us at a international folklore meeting or on one of our other groups, and Italian delega- scheduled activities. tions from various regions All Club Monday night come together and con- meetings take place at the tribute to the parade with SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Soho Photo Gallery located at colorful costumes, music, 15 White Street, between West and floats. The parade Broadway and Church Street/ marches up 5th Avenue Avenue of the Americas (6th * Fri - Mon, October 6—9 from 47th Street to 79th Street. Avenue) unless indicated oth- Field Trip—Amish Adventure It kicks off at 11:30 a.m. and erwise in the listings below. Our bags are packed, and we’ll lasts until 3 p.m., but you can Following the schedule of ac- be leaving on a jet plane, well, get the best shots by wander- tivities are detailed directions we’re driving, to shoot this ing through the set-up area to each of our meeting sites. fabulous Amish Adventure in (5th Avenue below 47th Street) Check the PWCC Website Lancaster County, PA. Photos before the parade begins.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 40 Helen Pine. Between them, vealed. PWP meets at the Met- they have won dozens (if not ropolitan Opera Guild, on the hundreds) of camera club 6th floor of the Rose Building competitions and honors, both at Lincoln Center. The address here in New York as well as in is 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, lo- Florida. Helen and Chuck will cated on the north side of West review the components of 65th Street, between Broadway United States and among the great images using examples of and Amsterdam Avenue, closer largest in the world. It is their photos and verbal expla- to Amsterdam. From the street, world-renowned for its large nations. This presentation has take the stairs, elevator, or es- and diverse animal collection, garnered praise from all who calator up one level and pro- and its award-winning exhibi-
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES have seen it. This evening is ceed through the revolving tions. We’ll meet at 1 p.m. at one you won’t want to miss. doors into the lobby to get the the Bronx River Gate. To get elevator to the 6th floor. The there by public transportation, Tuesday, October 17 doors open at 6 p.m. and the take the #2 subway to the Pel- Photo Event—NY Photo Salon meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. ham Parkway station; take the There is a $10 fee for non- elevators or stairs down to the The New York Photo Salon is a members of the organization. street and walk west on Pel- forum offering the finest pho- ham Parkway to the entrance. tography. Our mission is to The BxM11 express bus makes build and maintain a commu- stops along Madison Avenue, nity of photographers in the between 26th and 99th Streets, City. Each monthly meeting then travels directly to the Zoo. presents short portfolios from If you’re driving, take the three or four photographers. Bronx River Parkway’s exit #6 The meetings are held at the to the gate. Admission to the School of Visual Arts theater at Zoo is free on Wednesdays. 136 West 21st Street, room 418. * Thursday, October 19 Trip leader: Richard Moses; The doors open at 6:30 p.m. Projected Image Workshop
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 41 * Friday, October 20 from the east end of Long Is- Field Trip—Tottenville land (Montauk and its sur- roundings). Join us on this field trip to the southernmost point in both * Tuesday, October 24 New York City and New York Club Exhibit State—Tottenville, Staten Is- land. Many large, stately Park West Camera Club’s 80th homes built in there in the 19th anniversary exhibit will be hung today at the Ryan/ Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center. The venue is SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES located at 645 10th Avenue, be- tween 45th and 46th Streets. Your prints must be delivered © Meryl Meisler today, as well. Please refer to the Call for Entry for all the de- North Massapequa, Long Is- tails on matting framing, siz- land. Inspired by Diane Arbus ing, etc. If we cannot complete Century remain standing, and Jacques Henri Lartigue, mostly Victorian architecture. Meryl began photographing We’ll also be visiting several herself, her family, and her parks and the beach. We’ll friends while in college in Wis- meet on the upper level of the consin. She returned to New Staten Island Ferry Terminal York City and studied with (in Manhattan) at 10:30 a.m. Be Lisette Model, continuing to sure to bring your Metro- photograph her hometown Card—although the ferry is the job of hanging all the im- and the city around her. free, we’ll be taking the Staten ages today, we will continue Meryl’s first monograph, A Tale Island Railway and possibly tomorrow. For additional ques- of Two Cities: Disco Era Bush- some local buses. Trip leader: tions, or to volunteer, contact wick, received international ac- Marty Smith;
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© Chris Nicholson um, three climate-themed plant pavilions, a white cast- iron and glass aquatic plant house, and an art gallery. The Garden holds over 14,000 taxa of plants. We’ll meet at the Visitor’s Entrance, located just behind the Brooklyn Museum, able to explore hundreds of on Washington Avenue (also exhibits (starting on Thursday) called Mary Pinkett Avenue) © David Akubian and attend a wide variety of at 1 p.m. Admission is $15/$8 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES photography and imaging for seniors. Trip leader: Paul meeting, open to the general seminars (beginning Wednes- Grebanier; 718-629-7164 or public, begins at 6:30 p.m. A $7 day). All this takes place at the
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 43 stop right there (Spring * Thursday, November 2 Street station); many other Field Trip—Prospect Park trains and busses will also Join us on this field trip to the get you to the marchers as Prospect Park in the center of they leisurely prepare their Brooklyn. This park was de- costumes and props and are signed by Frederick Law Olm- willing to pose and chat. sted and Calvert Vaux after When you’re shooting, a their completion of Central high ISO and flash will be can cull through your files to Park in Manhattan. Main at- helpful; tripods are not a good find images that fit each cate- tractions of the park include GORY. Have fun shooting. idea. For more info, go to SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES the 90-acre Long Meadow; the
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 44 * Monday, November 6 printed publications, digital Monthly Competition file publications, and other Tonight is the second competi- photographic artifacts be- tion of this Club season. Who yond the traditional matted will win the top honors? What and framed print hanging will the judge say about your on a wall. The reception images? Will you agree? The will be held today, from 6 to 8 p.m. The gallery is open only way to find out the an- © Jill Waterman swers to these probing ques- for viewing Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 to 6 tions is to come on down and ceived notable press, including p.m., by appointment, and on
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES enter. Full rules are available a 2003 appearance on The To- Monday nights at our Club from the Competition or the day Show. To see more, visit meetings. This unique show Membership Committees at
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 45 Wednesday, November 8 sites such as a set of wine cel- Photo Event— lars from an old manor. We’ll PWP Monthly Meeting meet at the clock inGrand Cen- Professional Women Photog- tral Terminal at 10 a.m. Trip raphers is a group of women leader: Marty Smith; 347-703- photographers who network 3905 or
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES tober 18th for details and direc- sure to inform the trip leader. Chelsea is the best place in tions to the meeting. The doors town to see lots of art, open at 6 p.m. and the meeting especially photogra- begins at 6:30 p.m. There is a phy, in not a lot of $10 fee for non-members of the time. And, we’ll be organization. hopping from gallery to gallery to see pho- tos from the tradi- tional to the latest avant grade images. Don’t forget to bring Saturday, November 11 your camera, too, so you can Photo Op— capture all the action in the America’s Parade galleries and on the streets be- The sole purpose of America’s low. We’ll meet at 1 p.m. on the * Thursday, November 9 Parade is to honor the service northwest corner of 8th Av- Field Trip—Croton Point Park of our veterans and to salute enue and West 23rd Street— right in front of Dallas BBQ. Croton Point Park is a Westch- our currently serving military There are no admission fees. ester County park in the vil- on Veteran’s Day. This year’s Trip leader: Rita Russo;
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 46 Four PWCC members will Pier 1. To get there, take the present concise portfolios of up #2 or #3 subway to the Clark to a dozen images of their Street station in Brooklyn. You work. These may be in the can then walk 1/2 mile to the form of prints or PDIs. The pier or take the B25 bus to the purpose of this review is to de- foot of the pier. There are no termine how well the images admission fees. Trip leader: hold up as a group—not to cri- Rita Russo; 917-697-9664 or © Harvey Stein tique individual images (al-
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 47 of the Macy*s extravaganza? Square. The parade will feature Would you like to experience performances by the Rockettes, the same joy and wonderment, Broadway stars, and high as well as the photographic school marching bands, as well possibilities? Then head up to as dozens of colorful floats and the American Museum of Nat- gigantic helium balloons. Santa ural History via the B or C Claus brings up the rear of the train, or take the #1 train to parade, kicking off the 2017 79th Street and walk to the holiday (shopping) season. For Museum. On both 77th Street additional information go to and 81st Street, from Central
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 48 Directions to Soho Photo Tips for Autumn Colors at 15 White Street, between Avenue of the Americas and The fall is a great time to go out- West Broadway. Take the #1 doors and photograph the nat- train to the Franklin Street sta- ural colors of the season. Here tion (one stop below Canal are some tips to help you along Street). Walk one block north the way: on West Broadway to White • Use the aperture priority ex- street, make a right turn, and PWCC members to walk half a block to the gallery. posure mode to get the depth- volunteer for all Take the A, C, or E train to the of-field you want. Club committees. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Canal Street station. Walk south on Church Street/Sixth • Keep things sharp by using a This Club operates by committee. It is Avenue three blocks to White tripod and a remote shutter re- lease—either wireless or cabled. only as strong and Street, make a right turn, and as exciting as the walk half a block to the gallery. members make it. Although a longer walk, take • Use the lowest ISO setting any other train to Canal Street, you can dial in to make sure We have 11 active walk west to Church Street, noise is not a factor. committees which do everything from and follow the directions im- • Set your white balance to day- setting up chairs to mediately above. Street park- light or, better yet, cloudy, to get passing the prints, ing is limited. softer colors on a bright day. to greeting guests. It’s your Club—join • Try using a polarizing filter to in and do your part! cut through misty days and to reduce reflections from water and wet surfaces. • Try some close-ups of leaves in addition to those grand land- • Use a slow shutter speed to scape shots. capture some of the motion in the scene. • Don’t forget the basic rules of Directions to the Pine’s composition (rule-of-thirds, at 680 West End Avenue at • Try to keep a bright sky out of leading lines, etc.). 93rd Street, Apartment 5D. the image. If this is not possible, Take the #1, 2, or 3, trains to use a graduated or a 96th Street (exit at the south split neutral density end of the station) or the M7, filter. M11, or M104 bus to 93rd/94th Streets. From the train or bus, • The best colors are walk the few steps to 93rd not always on the Street, make a right turn and branches. Look head west to the apartment en- down for fallen trance on the corner of West leaves blanketing the End Avenue and 93rd Street. ground.
October 2017 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 49 Table of Contents Photography News 26 Depth of Field Club News 28 Get Smart 2 Who’s Who at PWCC 29 Gallery Watching 3 President’s Message 30 Portfolio Reviews 4 Images of the Month 31 Pete Turner 5 Cumulative Point Totals 31 Where in the World 6 Future Field Trips 31 PSA Conference 2017 7 Membership Renewal 32 ”All Aboard” 7 Club Participation Nites 33 Photo Releases 8 2017-18 Schedule SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 33 Pick a Card, Any Card! 9 Competition Rotation 34 PhotoShopping 9 Committee Liaisons 35 Photo Shopping 9 Photo Notes Deadlines 10 Club Exhibit Exhibits, Workshops, Etc. 11 Scavenger Hunt 36 PhotoPlus Expo 11 Scary Photo Ops 36 Builder Levy 12 ExCom Minutes 36 Landscape Award 12 Tips for Sharpness 37 B&H Event Space 13 Bus. Mtg. Minutes 37 Philly Flower Show 17 Workshop Com. Report 38 Bizarre Photos 18 Yahoo Group 38 Spain Photo Tours 18 Flickr Group 38 Photoshop Training 18 Club Affiliations 19 Portfolio Page Schedule of Activities 20 Website Update 39 Calendars 21 American Road Trips 40 Schedule 22 Picnic Pix 49 Directions 23 Club Contest 49 Tips for Autumn Colors 23 Exhibit Extended 49 Wanted! 24 Model Shoot 50 Table of Contents 25 Archive Com. Report 50 Parting Shot
Parting Shot
Machinery ©2017 Chuck Pine
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