Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club May 2018 This Issue Volume 81 • Issue 9 Club News......................................2 - 18 Photography News......................19 - 29 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc………30 - 32 Schedule of Activities..................33 - 39 Complete Index...................................40 complete listings on last page May 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !1 Park West Camera Club Committee Chairs The Park West Camera Club is an independent not-for- Archive Myrna Harrison-Changar profit corporation. Guests are always welcome at meet- 212 663 1422 [email protected] ings and activities. Competition John Brengelman The Park West Camera Club newsletter, Photo Notes, is 917-543-7957 [email protected] published every month by and for the members of the Hedy Klein 718 793 0246 [email protected] Park West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are avail- Field Trip Susan Sigrist able to non-members by e-mail at no charge. Printed 212 758 0036 [email protected] issues are available at PWCC meetings. Paul Grebanier 718 629 7164 [email protected] Submissions of full-length articles or smaller items of photographic or general interest are always accepted. Gallery Karen Corrigan The staff of Photo Notes reserves the right to edit any 212 674 2201 [email protected] submissions which are published. House Marty Smith Deadline for submissions is the first Monday of each 347 703 3905 [email protected] month. Membership Marlene Schonbrun Photo Notes is optimized for viewing on the internet. 212 662 3107 [email protected] Elena Pierpont Contact Information 212 956 4515 [email protected] Website Newsletter Chuck Pine www.parkwestcameraclub.org 212 932 7665 [email protected] Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn E-Mail Address 212 685 8784 mfi[email protected] [email protected] Social Natalie Manzino 917-757-7086 [email protected] Club Mailing Address 319 West 16 Street, #1 NY, NY 10011 Website Michael Schleiff 917 359 6823 [email protected] Photo Notes Mailing Address 680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025 Workshop Tom Quackenbush 917 608 1923 [email protected] Club O"cers 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] Floater Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle ©2018 Chuck Pine 212 595 4920 [email protected] Treasurer Maria Fernandez 908 447 8075 [email protected] Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine 212 932 7665 [email protected] May 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !2 President’s Message ”In the 1950s and 60s, Otto and present his work and dis- Litzel was a major star in the cuss technique, despite being CLUB We host the Otto Litzel Memo- small world of the juried pho- blind, with all the enthusiasm rial Dinner every year on the tographic show, bringing home he had shown in his prior second Monday in June. Here many a first prize. His compo- years. we gather to socialize and re- sitions are formal and highly We remember and honor ward Club members who have graphic, with perspective fre- Otto Litzel by memorializing provided service to the Club quently flattened by long lens- him with our dinner. I have “over and above the call of es to further emphasize the been attending since 2007 and duty” with the Club's “Presi- graphic elements. His career only missed the dinner a time dent's Award” certificates. The was cut short when an auto or two in my early days at the winners of the just concluded accident left him completely Club. I hope you can make it, year-end competition and blind. Litzel was a master at details are in this issue of Photo those members with the top photo-design.” Notes. A sign-up clipboard is accumulated scores in the cat- One photo-blogger, see: being passed around with the egories of prints and projected <http://kayviewgallery.blogspot.- menu, location, and cost. You digital images are also reward- com/2009/12/ode-to-otto-litzels- can ask a Club officer if you ed with certificates of darkroom-magic.html> reminisces have any questions. achievement and a choice of a about taking a day-long semi- 64GB SD memory card or a nar where Otto was a featured [continued on page 16] 64GB flash drive for their fine speaker. Late in his career, with work. help, he was still able to lecture Otto was one of the Club's leaders and an internationally Photo Notes respected photographer who held his 1st exhibition in 1950, Publisher: Ed Lee followed by several solo shows Editor: Chuck Pine across America and Europe. A prolific photographer and au- Committee: Will Aimesbury, Bill Apple, Madeleine Barbara, thor of Darkroom Magic, a Elsa Blum, Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Hopkowitz, guide book and exploration of Paul Perkus, Elena Pierpont, Helen Pine, Judy Rosenblatt, and darkroom special effects which Puneet Sood was published in 19 editions Contributors: Bill Apple, Jay Bitkower, John Brengelman, between 1967 and 1978 and On Christine Doyle, Julie Foehrenbach, Ruth Formanek, Paul Photographic Composition with 3 Grebanier, George Hansen, Ed Lee, Natalie Manzino, Chuck editions from 1974 and 1975 Pine, Judy Rosenblatt, Joan Slatkin and Alice Somma where he analyzes elements of pictorial composition. This Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro book is "An elucidating and using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop. thought provoking statement All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise in the practices of composition believed to be in the public domain. plus a portfolio of handsome, full plate B&W photos by Credited images remain the sole property of their Litzel.” (Amphoto, 1974) copyright holders—all rights reserved. May 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !3 Images of the Month May 2018 CLUB by John Brengelman PDI-of-the-Month Print-of-the-Month Untitled #1 by Gene Daly Just Relaxing by Dinorah Capota Honor PDIs Honor Prints Sunset on Construction Site by Will Aimesbury Mother Goose by Barbara Martens Appetizer by Paul Grebanier Black Valley 2 by Howard Stevens Desolation by Paul Grebanier Moonrise Over Buildings by George Hansen Sunflower Farm by Elena Pierpont Print-of-the-Month Just Relaxing PDI-of-the-Month © Dinorah Capota Untitled #1 © Gene Daly May 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !4 Cumulative Point Totals through May 2018 CLUB by John Brengelman Prints PDIs Barbara Martens 140 George Hansen 126 Rita Russo 62 Sarah Corbin 114 Elena Pierpont 120 Larry Sapadin 60 Bill Apple 98 Barbara Martens 118 Alice Somma 58 Oggy Doytchinov 98 Natalie Manzino 106 Will Aimesbury 56 George Hansen 98 Chuck Pine 100 Mark Kinn 52 Elena Pierpont 90 Paul Grebanier 98 Donna Faialla 50 Justine Carson 86 Bill Apple 94 Paula Paterniti 48 John Brengelman 76 Nicole Dosso 92 Susan Genaro 28 Natalie Manzino 76 David Francis 92 Gene Daly 26 Paul Grebanier 74 Sal Maci 88 Virginia Lawrence 24 Paula Paterniti 70 Larry Rubin 88 Karen Corrigan 22 Larry Rubin 70 Michael Schleiff 88 Renée Harper 22 Dinorah Capota 68 Janet Susin 88 Susan Rauch 18 Florence Forman 68 John Brengelman 86 Ruth Yashpan 18 Allan Fishkind 48 Joan Slatkin 86 Peter Houts 16 Sal Maci 46 Punnet Sood 86 Sorin Capota 14 Marvin Fink 34 Joe Nawy 84 Ed Lewit 14 Alice Somma 30 Justine Carson 82 Tony Monaco 12 Madeleine Barbara 22 Marty Smith 82 Barbara Wilson 12 Eileen McNamee 20 Carole de Beer 78 Eileen McNamee 10 Howard Stevens 18 Julie Wosk 76 Madeleine Barbara 8 Aquiles Perez 16 Christine Doyle 74 Allan Fishkind 8 Pat Garbarini 10 Florence Forman 74 Indran Nadoo 8 Renée Harper 8 Julie Foehrenbach 72 Jerry Vogel 8 Ruth Yashpan 6 Jay Bitkower 68 Hedy Klein 6 Merry Frons 4 Dottie Mills 64 Marilyn Thypin 6 Harriet Josephs 62 Congratulations to our winners and honorable mentions. Thanks to all who entered and competed this month and to all who helped make the competition run so smoothly. And, a special thank-you to our judge, Ellen Denuto, for a job well done. For the rest of us, there’s always next month! May 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !5 Future Field Trips • Early Summer • Mid-Autumn June 27th-July 3rd, 2018 October 26th- 28th, 2018 CLUB The Park West Camera Club The Palouse Mystic & More will be going on three extend- ed field trips during the 2017-18 Club season. They are as follows… • Memorial Day Weekend May 25th-28th, 2018 Garden State Crossing On this trip we’ll be spend- ing the last weekend in Octo- ber in Connecticut, mostly in the Mystic area. We’ll spend a half-day at On this week-long field the world-famous Mystic On this trip we’ll be blazing trip, we’ll be traveling to The Aquarium and another half- a trail across (mostly) Central Palouse, often called the day at the similarly famous New Jersey, from Wall Town- ”breadbasket of the US” be- Mystic Seaport. Wow! What a ship to Trenton and from cause of its huge production of Saturday! Ringoes to Egg Harbor City. wheat and legumes. The next day, Sunday, we’ll We’ll make stops at the The Palouse is located in spend our time photographing Grounds for Sculpture and southeastern Washington State. and riding on the Essex Steam Batsto Village. We’ll explore It is noted for its rolling hills, Train (aka the Valley Railroad), Barnegat Light and Allaire waving fields of wheat, and which includes a Riverboat State Parks. We’ll visit a grand prairies as far as the eye can ride up the Connecticut River. old country home and gardens, see—all of America the Beautiful a winery, and a steam train.