Vol. 48, No. 6 November 2017 President: ` Hal Geren - 745-7588 Secretary/Treasurer: ` Sean Duan V. President: Gregory Smith N4C Reps: Doug Stinson & Hal Geren Judging: Hal Geren Newsletter: Doug Stinson Print Chairperson: Hal Geren Digital Chairperson: Hal Geren Meetings are held at the Fremont Cultural Activities they took the photo—a good photograph does all that Center, 3375 Country Drive, Fremont, at 7:30 pm. The and more. nd Development meeting is on the 2 Wednesday and the !" th Competition meeting is on the 4 Wednesday of each Meetings begin at 7:30 and those who are entering prints month, excluding holidays. The Fremont Photographic should be there between 7:00 and 7:15 to complete the Society website is: http://fremont.photoclubservices.com/ entry process prior to 7:25. Courtesy to the evening’s judge and fellow club members indicate that members DEVELOPMENT MEETING be seated before 7:30. The next development meeting will be held Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30 PM. Quote of the Month Subject and presenter TBD. Stay tuned! “ The question is not what you look at, but what you COMPETITION MEETING see.” The next competition meeting will be held Wednesday, − Henry David Thoreau November 29th. NOTE: the meeting is on the 5th Wednesday instead of the 4th this month only. Competition MEMBER NEWS closes: Tuesday the 28th at 7:00pm. Doug Stinson has an image from his series Scattering Categories Theory in an exhibit titled “Photography + Science” at the Print: Pictorial Mono Creative Nature Yixian International Photography Festival, China. The Projected: Pictorial Mono Travel Photojournalism festival runs from November 8 to 12, 2017. Laura Moya, Special Category: Collages executive director of Photolucida curated the exhibit. Judge: Melanie Lewert What have you been up to in photography? Let me know BIOGRAPHY: Taking pictures since she received her first at [email protected]! camera in 1969, a Kodak Brownie Holiday, she became enamored with capturing the world on film. In college she PHOTO COMMUNITY NEWS purchased her first 35mm camera—Minolta 370—and SPECIAL “SOLAR ECLIPSE” MEETING DECEMBER 13TH found that she had a great eye for black and white. Until she moved onto a digital camera, years later, all of her We are pleased to have FPS member Bill Preston present work was in black and white—enjoying the use of contrast his total solar eclipse photographs at the December and shadows to tell her story. Since going to digital she Development Meeting on Wednesday, December 13, has found a photographic voice that is unique unto her. 2017 starting at 7:30 PM at our normal meeting location, She has won a number of ribbons and has shown her work 3375 Country Drive, Fremont. Bill may also share some of in several shows, outside of her club’s annual exposition. his adventures going to and from the eclipse location. Photography is more than a hobby for her, it’s a passion— As a special treat, we are asking ALL members who have the way she can capture and celebrate life. Melanie is a photographs of, or related to, the solar eclipse to submit member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), them for display through our usual projected image Milpitas Camera Club (MCC), Fremont Art Association competition system. Simply log on to your account at Digital Photographic Group (FAADPG), and Fremont https://fremont.photoclubservices.com, hover over Photographic Society (FPS). “Competitions” and click on “Submit images to a PHILOSOPHY: When I look at a photograph I wonder why competition”. Scroll down to “Wednesday December 13, the photographer took the picture and what they wanted 2017” and click “Select”. You can upload your images to say—what’s the “story” behind the picture? There are a anytime between now and the meeting. There is no limit lot of photographs out there, but most don’t make you on the number of images you can upload. see or feel what the photographer saw and felt when Vol. 48, No 6 November 2017 The Shutterbug Note that, while this is called a “competition”, no judging This has been a great shoot in the past and now the old or critique will take place. We will simply display the bay bridge has been completely removed and the submitted photographs for all to enjoy. lighting has been finished on the new structure. DATE CHANGE FOR DECEMBER FPS COMPETITION The S-3 Photowalk group sponsors a free field trip on the 3rd Saturday of each month. The trips are led by Ralph The December FPS competition meeting will be on Cooksey-Talbott, a well-known local photographer and Tuesday, December 19th. Please adjust your calendars! former student of Ansel Adams. FOTOCLAVE: MAXED OUT! For more information check out: We have reached our limit of 330 attendees for FotoClave http://s3-photowalk.com/ or call Ralph Cooksey-Talbott 2017. There will be no at-door/walk-in registrations. at 510-742-0548. We are constrained by the size of the hotel. When we first OTHER INTERESTING THINGS TO PHOTOGRAPH engaged them, we had no idea that the response would • Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā Hula Competition & Festival, Nov 3-5, be so great. Alameda County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566: If you missed out this year, we plan on organizing another https://www.kumuhulaassociation.com FotoClave in 2019 and hope to see you then. • Great Train Show, Nov 25 &26 10AM-4PM. Alameda ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Avenue, Congratulations to Scott Nichols, whose gallery is Pleasanton, CA 94566: celebrating 25 years in business. His 25th Anniversary Show http://trainshow.com/pleasanton/ opens November 7; with a reception from 2 to 7:30 pm. • Dicken’s Fair, Weekends Nov 18 – Dec 17. Cow Palace Nichols opened the gallery to the public at 2pm on Exhibition Halls, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City: November 7th, 1992. It was a Saturday and the first show https://dickensfair.com was 85 photographs of whatever he had that he could • Holiday on Union Street, San Francisco: frame. He double hung every inch of the gallery with all http://www.unionstreetshop.com/Holiday_Events_Unio vintage silver prints. Lange. The Westons. Tice. n_Street.html Cunningham. Bullock. Garnett. Kertesz. Penn. Bernhard. Caponigro. W. Eugene Smith. Abbott. Cartier-Bresson. It all • SF Lighted Boat Parade, Dec 15, 6:00PM-8:00PM: started with an impulsive purchase of 16 Brett Weston http://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/events/lighted- prints during a UC Berkeley class trip to Brett’s studio where boat-parade Brett was offering $50 prints to the students. Images by • Santa / Skivvies Run, Dec 10, 11:00 AM, The Castro: some of those same photographers will be on view in this http://santaskivviesrun.org anniversary show, at his longtime gallery at 49 Geary • SF New Year’s Eve Fireworks, 11:59PM Dec 31st, Street in San Francisco. Embarcadero: https://www.sftourismtips.com/new- years-eve-fireworks-in-san-francisco.html PHOTOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITIES • Sonoma County Roller Derby events: S-3 PHOTO WALK http://sonomacountyrollderby.org/events/ Nov. 18th, 3:00PM, FAA Gallery, 37697 Niles Blvd, Fremont. TALKS, PRESENTATIONS, SHOWS AND This month we will head on over to Treasure Island to do a night shoot of the SF skyline, the new Bay Bridge and some WORKSHOPS light painting of the surrounding public sculptures and The website bayareaphotoscene.com contains the most areas. TI is a nice safe place for night shooting due to its complete listing of San Francisco Bay Area photography- somewhat limited access. related events. Become a registered user to receive customized content and sign up to be notified of newly The shoot will go on until everyone has had their fill. listed events. This is a good shoot for limited mobility folks as it is drive and click. We drive up, park, get out and click...very little Know about an event related to photography? Send the walking, no hiking or hills. info to [email protected] and it will be added to the website. Note: currently the plan is to list only free Bring light painting implements, flashlights, LED strips, events and those sponsored by non-profit / educational Speedlights (small flash units) and any other interesting organizations. things that light up. A tripod is necessary for night photography also helpful is a remote release. If you don’t have one and want to come let me know as I have some extras. 2 Vol. 48, No 6 November 2017 The Shutterbug CONTESTS AND CALLS FOR ENTRY ARTICLES OF INTEREST HOME SHOW AT SFO MUSEUM • Photography in the age of Artificial Intelligence: PhotoAlliance invites entries for a photographic https://www.lensculture.com/articles/trevor-paglen-an- competition juried by distinguished professionals with urgent-look-at-how-artificial-intelligence-will-see-the- winning entries exhibiting work at the SFO Museum world located at the San Francisco International Airport and online @ photoalliance.org • Royal Photographic Society published the first infrared photographs in October, 1910: This unique venue provides unparalleled exposure for your http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201710/physi work as more than 50 MILLION passengers per year pass cshistory.cfm through SFO. For more information go to: http://www.photoalliance.org/2017-exhibition-sfo- museum SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS The Sony World Photography Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017, a decade-long partnership between Sony and the World Photography Organization, bringing you one of the world’s leading photography competitions. The competition is free to enter and is open now. There are several categories; the earliest deadline is Dec 4, 2017. More info at: https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography- awards CALLFORENTRY.ORG The website CaFé provides a list of many Calls for Entry and contests.