Silver Spring Camera Club of Maryland • USA 1950 - Our 60th Anniversary - 2010 FOUNDED 1950 March 2010 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 7 Worse shoveling than you had, Rockport Harbor, Mass, Dave Mullen Release Release Quote of the Month My picture, “ Fifth Avenue, Winter “ is the result of a three hours ’ stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22nd 1893, awaiting the proper moment. My patience was duly rewarded. Of course, the result contained an element of chance, as I might have stood there for hours without succeeding in getting the desired pictures. Cable Cable - Alfred Stieglitz - "The Hand Camera" (1897) SSCC Officers and Chairs 2009-10 Inside this Issue President Carl Brandt 3 President’s Column Vice President Craig Callan Treasurer Jerry Fath 4 Editor’s Blathering Secretary Angelique Raptakis 5 The Dead Presidents Quest Director Norm Bernache 6 Member Exhibits Director Stan Klem 9 Snowmageddon Director Bill Rau Cable Release Dave Mullen 7 Grand Opportunities Competition Michael Tran 13 Book Review Mark Ratner Programs Stan Klem SSCC Meeting Location Third Thursdays Craig Callan Membership MyPhuong Nguyen All three major monthly meetings for this Club Field Trips Bob Catlett Year will be held at the Marvin Memorial United Historian Norm Bernache Methodist Church at Four Corners in Silver Spring. PSA Rep. 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For more information, contact Wherever you park, walk to the southeast corner of MyPhuong Nguyen at [email protected]. the Church and enter Room 204. SSCC member submissions for the Cable Release should be directed to Editor, Cable Release, at [email protected] SSCC Website www.ssccphotography.org or www.ssccphoto.org The Silver Spring Camera Club has been a member Club of the PSA since the club was founded in 1950. For information regarding the benefits of a PSA individual membership and for PSA sponsored activities, please All Meetings begin at 7:30 pm. contact our Club PSA Representative. Cable Release 2 March 2010 President’s Column Many people have been intrigued by the process Carl Brandt whereby a water drop falls, goes under water picking I'm thinking of an eventual up more water, rising again and forming a stalk and a circular bulb. During approximately 4 milliseconds move from my house to a smaller space in the Rider- this amazing process of rising and falling and transfor- wood retirement commu- mation from drop to stalk to drop occurs. Betty’s nity. For such a move, I'll water drop photography represents colliding two water drops and capturing the form made by the energy from obviously need to make some very hard choices as the collision. Photographing this phenomenon to what to keep - and what requires precisely timing the release of the drops, the has to go. Books by and distance between two drops, distance of the falling water, viscosity of the liquid, surface tension of the about photographers are water, and the depth of the water receptacle. high on my “keep” list. Below are some of my Capturing this action requires using shutter speeds up favorites with their year of to 1/8000 of a second. publication. I hope several . of these are in your own Competition: March 11 collection - or that you can Category: Texture find them in a library. Judge: Ruth Schilling Harwood Ruth Schilling Harwood is assistant director at the Portraits of Greatness by Yousuf Karsh (undated, but Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland. She has my copy was purchased in January of 1960). curated many exhibitions, including the 2008 exhibi- In Search of Greatness - Reflections of Yousuf Karsh tion Digital Sequences featuring photographers Chris (1962). Jordan and Gail Rebhan. She is a fine art photogra- A Life in Photography by Edward Steichen (1963). pher and taught photography for many years at Mont- Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White (1963). gomery College in Rockville, Maryland, and at Mount Yankee Nomad - a Photographic Odyssey by David Vernon College in Washington, D.C. An early Douglas Duncan (1966). adapter of Photoshop, she is interested in both tradi- Bodine - A Legend In His Time by Harold A. Williams tional and experimental approaches to the medium. (1971). Carl Mydans, Photojournalist by Carl Mydans and Philip B. Kunhardt (1985). Field Trip: March 20 Ansel Adams - An Autobiography (paperback-1996). Washington National Cathedral Bring your tripod as we head for the National I hope that you look these up and enjoy them as much Cathedral at the corner of Wisconsin and Massachu- as I do! setts Avenues in NW Washington. In keeping with tradition, we will meet at the Giant Food Parking lot Guest Speaker: March 4 (corner of Arliss Street and Flower Avenue in Silver Spring) at 9:30am to car pool. Betty A. Moore Betty has specialized in macro photography for years with a particular fascination for revealing the beauty in Third Thursday: March 18 small things. Her photography brilliantly captures the Presenting A Body of Work colors and illusions of the macro world. She uses Angelique Raptakis-Pictures At An Exhibition Nikon camera equipment, Nikon macro lenses, and high-speed photography to capture the stunning de- Angelique, who has exhibited at VisArts’ Kaplan Gal- tails from a close-up perspective. She also photo- lery, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Rockville Innova- graphs nature and architecture, especially in the glow tions Center, the Washington Gallery of Photography, of evening lights. Recently, Betty’s work “Water Drop Locust Grove Nature Center, Kentlands Mansion, Reflections” was on exhibit at the Artomatic Art Sandy Spring Museum, and the Community Art Gal- Show in Washington, D.C. from May 29 through July lery at Holy Cross Hospital. will talk about getting 5, 2009. “Water Reflections” can also be seen at your work into shows and preparing your work for ex- www.macroillusions.com. hibition. Cable Release 3 March 2010 Editor’s Corner Books and Graves Dave Mullen The Cable Release Well, maybe Books and Projects would have been a better title, but at least Now Available in Hardcopy now I’ve got you reading! Thanks to Ted Ringger for giving up some shov- To order a copy, eling time to share his project with us in this month’s featured article. visit the Cable Release site Timely inspiration, as our Third Thursdays are steering us toward putting together a Body of Work for the end of the year. Carl Brandt has gener- at http://wehs.magcloud.com/. ously shared some of his favorites, and you’ll find a review of Annie Leibo- vitz’s latest in this issue. As you look over your work for the past year, or just the past two weeks, give some thought as to how it would be best presented. Would an exhibition of prints be most appropriate? Come hear Angelique Raptakis talk about her experiences putting together exhibits. Does a book make sense, or a slideshow? How about a website? Do you have a Flickr site? The expertise for all this and more exists in your club, and the more you share your talents the better we all become. 2009-2010 Michael Koren brings us a preview of things to come after attending the Competition Topics PMA show in California. It looks like all kinds of fun new toys will soon be coming to a Ritz Camera near you! March Texture April Open Several members have been very generous over the past year in writing for May Faces the Cable Release, but with nearly 70 members we could do better. Consider writing an article about yourself, a place you’ve shot, a workshop you’ve taken, a book or exhibit review, a summary of the Third Thursday work- shop, or an article on any other photographic topic that strikes your fancy. Ted’s article in this issue is a perfect example of what you can share if you can dedicate an hour or two every six months. Yes, I do sound like a teacher nagging (some of) you for your homework! The green and brown theme this month are reminiscent of the greening and renewal of the earth as spring approaches (we hope).