Park West PHOTO NOTES Camera Club Summer 2018 This Issue Volume 81 • Issue 10 Club News......................................2 - 23 Photography News......................24 - 39 Exhibits, Workshops, Etc………40 - 41 Schedule of Activities..................42 - 55 Complete Index...................................56 detailed listings on last page Summer 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] Wading Willet 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] Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !2 President’s Message The good include the in- Michael Schleif, our VP, had creased interest shown to help spent much time troubleshoot- CLUB To borrow the title of an old improve Competition Nights ing the equipment and we spaghetti western, this Club spearheaded by Larry Rubin. were sure it was good to go,… season has had its share of The The good include member but it was not to be. Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! Portfolio Nights, outside Print Oh, one thing I forgot, that The good include having and PDI wokshops, and vari- should be considered good, many guest speakers such as ous social events such as the actually very good, is our an- Meryl Meisler, Harvey Stein, upcoming Chuck Pine Labor nual Otto Litzel Memorial Jill Waterman, Charles Chesler, Day Picnic and the Holiday Dinner, which has attracted a Robert Herman, Ron Wyatt, Party in December. greater number of members and Jill Enfield. They spoke The bad might include the than the recent past and I about a myriad of subjects lack of participation with our thank you all. from legacy alternative print- Theme Nights. Have a great summer and ing methods to spending a The ugly include the non- check out the many activities month photographing daily functioning of our final compe- we have scheduled for your with a top Russian ballet com- tition equipment and we had photographic pleasure. pany. Kudos to Marilyn Fish- to revert to pencils and paper. Glynn for doing a great job We all felt bad as we thought and keeping them coming! the equipment would speed up The good include great our final competition with the workshops from: Photoshop additional entries and judges. Ed Master David Atlas, who we will invite again in the upcom- Photo Notes ing club year; Joe Edelman, who spoke about getting the Publisher: Ed Lee best results from Social Media; Editor: Chuck Pine and our own Mini-Workshops presented this last January by Committee: Will Aimesbury, Bill Apple, Madeleine Barbara, Workshop Committee mem- Elsa Blum, Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Hopkowitz, bers Tom Quackenbush, Jan Paul Perkus, Elena Pierpont, Helen Pine, Judy Rosenblatt, and Noordin and myself. Puneet Sood The good include the many Contributors: Bill Apple, John Brengelman, Christine Doyle, and varied field trips set up by Ruth Formanek, Paul Grebanier, George Hansen, Ed Lee, Natalie the Field Trip Committee, and Manzino, Chuck Pine, and Judy Rosenblatt Chuck Pine, who organizes the longer events: this year's Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro Memorial Weekend trip Across using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop. the Garden State; this sum- mer's The Palouse, and this All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise believed to be in the public domain. Autumn's Mystic, Connecticut. There has been an appreciative Credited images remain the sole property of their increase in participation. copyright holders—all rights reserved. Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !3 Images of the Year CLUB PDI-of-the-Year Walking By © Marty Smith Print-of-the-Year Bear in Panama © Larry Rubin A special thank you to our three year-end judges: Robert Herman, Andy Kropa, and Bill Travis Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !4 PDI Runners-Up CLUB PDI Runner-Up PDI Runner-Up Window Installation Staten Island Ferry © Will Aimesbury © Christine Doyle PDI Runner-Up PDI Runner-Up Ring of Fire Wrathful Sky © David Francis © George Hansen Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !5 Print Runners-Up CLUB Print Runner-Up Road Trip © Barbara Martens Print Runner-Up The Hummer © Barbara Martens Print Runner-Up Old Flatiron ca. 2017 © George Hansen Print Runner-Up Beggar’s Opera © Paul Grebanier Print Runner-Up Sicilian Fishmonger © Paula Paterniti Print Runner-Up Contemplating Blue Print Runner-Up © George Hansen Gypsy © Marvin Fink Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !6 Final Cumulative Point Totals CLUB through June 2018 by John Brengelman Prints PDIs Rita Russo 62 Barbara Martens 140 George Hansen 126 Larry Sapadin 60 Sarah Corbin 114 Elena Pierpont 120 Alice Somma 58 Bill Apple 98 Barbara Martens 118 Will Aimesbury 56 Oggy Doytchinov 98 Natalie Manzino 106 Mark Kinn 52 George Hansen 98 Chuck Pine 100 Donna Faialla 50 Elena Pierpont 90 Paul Grebanier 98 Paula Paterniti 48 Justine Carson 86 Bill Apple 94 Susan Genaro 28 John Brengelman 76 Nicole Dosso 92 Gene Daly 26 Natalie Manzino 76 David Francis 92 Virginia Lawrence 24 Paul Grebanier 74 Sal Maci 88 Karen Corrigan 22 Paula Paterniti 70 Larry Rubin 88 Renée Harper 22 Larry Rubin 70 Michael Schleiff 88 Susan Rauch 18 Ruth Yashpan 18 Dinorah CapotaType 68 to enterJanet text Susin 88 Florence Forman 68 John Brengelman 86 Peter Houts 16 Allan Fishkind 48 Joan Slatkin 86 Sorin Capota 14 Sal Maci 46 Punnet Sood 86 Ed Lewit 14 Marvin Fink 34 Joe Nawy 84 Tony Monaco 12 Alice Somma 30 Justine Carson 82 Barbara Wilson 12 Madeleine Barbara 22 Marty Smith 82 Eileen McNamee 10 Eileen McNamee 20 Carole de Beer 78 Madeleine Barbara 8 Howard Stevens 18 Julie Wosk 76 Allan Fishkind 8 Aquiles Perez 16 Christine Doyle 74 Indran Nadoo 8 Pat Garbarini 10 Florence Forman 74 Jerry Vogel 8 Renée Harper 8 Julie Foehrenbach 72 Hedy Klein 6 Ruth Yashpan 6 Jay Bitkower 68 Marilyn Thypin 6 Merry Frons 4 Dottie Mills 64 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, special thanks to all our judges over the last year for jobs well done. For the rest of us, there’s always next year! Summer 2018 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org !7 Future Field Trips • Mid-Autumn The next day, Sunday, we’ll October 19th- 21st, 2018 spend our time photographing Park West Camera Club will be Mystic & More and riding on the Essex Steam CLUB going on several extended field On this trip we’ll be spend- Train (aka the Valley Railroad), trips during the coming year. ing the penultimate weekend which includes a Riverboat They are as follows… in October in Connecticut— ride up the Connecticut River. mostly in the Mystic area. Details, including pricing, • Early Summer may be found on page 7 of June 27th-July 3rd, 2018 this issue of Photo Notes. The Palouse [Please note, this is not On this week-long field scheduled on our usual trip, we’ll be traveling to The Columbus weekend.] Palouse, often called the ”breadbasket of the US” because of its huge production of wheat and legumes. • Mid-Spring The Palouse is located in We’ll spend a half-day at May 24th- 27th, 2019 southeastern Washington State. the world-famous Mystic To Be Decided It is noted for its rolling hills, Aquarium and another half- We are in the process of waving fields of wheat, and day at the similarly famous planning our Memorial prairies as far as the eye can Mystic Seaport. Wow! What a weekend trip for May, 2019. see—all of America the Beautiful Saturday! Where would you like to go? rolled into one destination. All suggestions are welcome If you’re interested in this and will be explored.