Foto FanFare Newsletter August 2013 www.n4c.org & n4c.photoclubservices.com N4C Incorporated 1952 [email protected] Mark your Calendars for these upcoming For your information … events! Coming to SF August 24 & 25 Check it out! 2013 PSA International Conference September 15 – 21 N4C Calendar August 2013 12 -Board Meeting 7:30pm First Methodist Church 1600 Bancroft, San Leandro 17 – Competitions Judging Contact Gene Albright for PI location [email protected] Contact Gene Morita or Joan Field for Print location Gene Morita, [email protected] Joan Field, [email protected] September 2013 9 -Board Meeting 7:30pm First Methodist Church 1600 Bancroft, San Leandro 21 – Competitions Judging Contact Gene Albright for PI location [email protected] Contact Gene Morita or Joan Field for Print location Gene Morita, [email protected] Joan Field, [email protected] PSA Annual Conference http://www.psa-photo.org/conference/ During the Annual Conference registrants can participate in photo tours, classes, workshops, and photo shoots. There is an Opening Meeting of the Society with award presentations, an extensive Print Exhibition, a variety of programs, featured speakers in the evenings, social events, a vendor area with product demonstrations, numerous photographic activities, and a Banquet on the last evening. The PSA Annual Conference is the social event of the year. For many members, it is their first PSA activity. The Conference is a great way to meet people, have a personal encounter with someone whose photography is known, and renew longtime acquaintances. Registration is OPEN! http://www.psa-photo.org/conference includes all the information needed to register for the PSA Annual Conference: Registration for the conference and tours began on April 1, 2013. Have you been on a wonderful trip to someplace amazing? Well then, send me the story and some photos to [email protected] and we’ll all enjoy your adventure! Got some tips to share? Send them to me at [email protected] The following article and beautiful photographs are by Joe Hearst and was published in the PSA Journal in August of 2008. Thank you Joe for your permission to share your informative articles and amazing photography with the readers of our Foto FanFare. I appreciate your information and generosity. August 2013 Page 2 of 17 August 2013 Page 3 of 17 August 2013 Page 4 of 17 August 2013 Page 5 of 17 August 2013 Page 6 of 17 Prints July 2013 Color Prints (68 Prints), Judge: Joan Field Color Prints, Basic Level (11 Prints) B 1 Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore Susan Mayne Marin B 2 Lolita Dennis Chik Millbrae B 3 Sunset Atop A Rock Pamela Marcelino Millbrae B 4 Selling Marilyn, Gate 5 Flea Market, Sausalito, California Gary Topper Marin Color Prints, Intermediate Level (16 Prints) I 1B Into the woods Eric Chan Millbrae I 2 Age of Innocence Eric Chan Millbrae I 3 Sunset in the Grand Tetons Susan Gerber Livermore I 4 Egg and the Scroll Helen Sweet Contra Costa I 5 Beauty of the Bay of Glaciers Phil Meginness Livermore I HM Richardson Bay Sunrise Phil Shaw Marin Color Prints, Advanced Level (21 Prints) A 1 Waiting in the Serengeti Catherine D'Alessio Marin A 2 Jokulsarlon, the Ice Lagoon, Iceland Justine Carson Millbrae A 3 Choo Choo Masala Jan Schmidt Millbrae A 4 Double Vision Clarence Luckett Livermore A 5 Having Attitude Bilha Sperling Contra Costa A HM Serenity Cindy Costa Livermore Color Prints, Masters Level (20 Prints) M 1 Water Lily Ed Mestre Livermore M 2 Watching the Waves Robert Strochak Peninsula M 3 Into the Mist Jeff Klagenberg Peninsula M 4 20 Mule Team Canyon - Death Valley Ron Winter Millbrae M 5 Cottonwood in Willow Gulch Michael Fredrich Livermore Monochrome Prints (62 Prints), Judge: Joan Field Monochrome Prints, Basic Level (12 Prints) B 1 SF MOMA is Closing Doug Kaye Marin B 2 No Leaves Left Pamela Marcelino Millbrae B 3 Old Ranch Barn Bill Hewitt Marin B 4 Rose with water drops Keith Cockerham Marin Monochrome Prints, Intermediate Level (12 Prints) I 1B Remains of the Day Ron Rothbart Berkeley I 2 Pt Reyes Lighthouse Paul Pokrywka Millbrae I 3 Rock Race Paul Pokrywka Millbrae I 4 Wedding Day Wheels Al Ludwick Livermore Monochrome Prints, Advanced Level (20 Prints) A 1B Sandcrest Ojars Kratins Contra Costa A 2 Yin & Yang Jan Schmidt Millbrae A 3 Step Into The Darkness Dean McCoy Livermore A 4 NIGHT OF FULL MOON OVER LA PARROQUIA IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE MEXICO Jack Zins Rossmoor A 5 Heads for Sale Cindy Costa Livermore A HM City lights and Pier 7 Lance Guelfo Diablo Valley August 2013 Page 7 of 17 Monochrome Prints, Masters Level (18 Prints) M 1 Tourists Climbing Sand Dunes - China Tim Christoffersen Rossmoor M 2 Victorian Den Janice Hughes Marin M 3 Sunol Oaks Michael Fredrich Livermore M 4 Nighttime at a Sausalito Dock Gail Pierce Marin M 5 Hraunfossar, or Lava Falls, Iceland Justine Carson Millbrae M HM Heres looking at you - Carnival- San Francisco Selden Parmelee Rossmoor Nature Prints (39 Prints), Judge: Joan Field Nature Prints, Basic Level (20 Prints) B 1 A female African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with offspring from two different years drink and coo Susan Gerber Livermore B 2 A Group of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta), India's Most Common Monkey Wait by the Roadside for Handouts of Bananas. Chris Johnson Livermore B 3 Lepard Resting in the shade of the tree where his catch is, Boswana Africa Paul Pokrywka Millbrae B 4 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) finds sanctuary at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds Susan Mayne Marin B 5 The color and texture of the Marine Iguana's skin provides natural camouflage. (Galapagos Islands, Jim Moule Berkeley B HM Yellow-Eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) Native to New Zealand Rodney Sweet Contra Costa Nature Prints, Advanced Level (19 Prints) A 1 Adolescent Cheetahs Playing Al Gould Contra Costa A 2 A Herd of Plains Zebras ( Equus quagga) stampede with the slight hint of danger, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, AF Gene Morita Marin A 3 American Coot (Fulica americana) Feeds Seldom Seen Baby Coot Bob Cossins Millbrae A 4 Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with Chick and Egg Sharon Strochak Peninsula A 5 Strong beak and barbed tongue allow the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctic) to arrive back at burrow with multiple fish for its chicks Justine Carson Millbrae A HM Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) dives for a fish. Florida. Catherine D'Alessio Marin Creative Prints (38 Prints), Judge: Joan Field Creative Prints, Basic Level (19 Prints) B 1 Face Off Pamela Marcelino Millbrae B 2 Reflection In A Tea Cup Susie Kelly Marin B 3 They Went Thataway Ron Rothbart Berkeley B 4 Melting Tile Fountain Fred Goldman Peninsula B 5 Floaters 2 Ojars Kratins Contra Costa B HM Happy Door. Chelmsford, UK Gene Molander Contra Costa Creative Prints, Advanced Level (19 Prints) A 1M Pondering Trees John Lankes Livermore A 2 Light trails, multible in camera exposures. Alan Moore Diablo Valley A 3 Best Friends Forever Rosemary Greenberg Marin A 4 Fire Dancers Jane Postiglione Contra Costa A 5 Flying kites swimming with shark in tank. Euclides Viegas Diablo Valley A HM Decomposing Posing Ed Mestre Livermore August 2013 Page 8 of 17 Pictorial Images, July 2013 Judge: Randy Hake Pictorial B: 27 Images 1 Palace of Fine Arts Eric Brown Berkeley 2 SF Bay Bridge at Night Duc Pham Livermore 3 The Children of Venus Ascend Steve Muench Santa Rosa 4 Kelso Sand Dunes Chris Rochette Alameda 5 Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes Allen Schuster Marin HM American history...Antiquated Logged Cattle Barn...North West Wyoming Robert Adler Rossmoor Pictorial I: 29 Images 1 Life on an island, Muong village of Giang Moa, Vietnam Irena Miles Diablo Valley 2 Dog Days Alan Katsura Rossmoor 3 Twisted Fire Al Candia Peninsula 4 Laundry, Havana, Cuba Rodney Sweet Contra Costa 5 Pensive Babe Devin Roberts Millbrae HM Point Reyes Rainbow Chad Pahl Livermore Pictorial A: 32 Images 1B Starfish Elizabeth Saucier Berkeley 2 BrickPassage Jim Hamano Photochrome 3 Mysterious morning Betty Prange Diablo Valley 4 Fireworks on the 4th!! Barbara Masek Peninsula 5 Watchful Cougar Barry Grivett Contra Costa HM PhotoGalleries Jim Hamano Photochrome Pictorial M: 30 Images 1 Floating Iceberg in Antarctica Celie Placzek Berkeley 2 King Tide at Crab Cove Ron Rothbart Berkeley 3 Oil Lamp Offering, Watdoisuthep, Thailand Howard Bruensteiner Santa Rosa 4 Great Egret Coming in for Landing Roseanne Smith Berkeley 5 Caribbean Red Eyed and Red Footed Tree Frog Pat Prettie Contra Costa HM Moonlit Lighthouse Kirsten Klagenberg Peninsula Travel Images, July 2013 Judge: Randy Hake Travel B: 21 Images 1 Paris Vegas Style Arlene Gementera-Roy Millbrae 2 Woodcarriers at Embangweni, Malawi (just outside a mission hospital compound) Allen Hirsch Alameda 3 Bathing day for the while family in a small village in Bandhavgarh, India Wendy Hannum Marin 4 A Temple Complex at Khajuraho, a World Heritage Site in India Chris Johnson Livermore 5 A foggy day along the Great Wall near Beijing, China Bob Strachan Millbrae HM The Neon Graveyard in Las Vegas, Nevada Liz Walton Marin Travel I: 24 Images 1 It was this big, Cambodia Irena Miles Diablo Valley 2 Early Morning Along Canal in Burano Island of Venice David Weintraub Alameda 3 In Cuba, After Sugar Juice Has Been Extracted, the Cane is Loaded into Carts and Driven Away to Feed Livestock Helen Sweet Contra Costa 4 Street pedicure, Saigon, Vietnam Irena Miles Diablo Valley August 2013 Page 9 of 17 5 Nord LP-Tower in Hannover Germany - Home of the North German Landesbank Hans Siebert Alameda HM School Children Stop for Lunch Near Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai, China Steve Rentmeesters Livermore Travel A: 25 Images 1B One of the many in need asks for help, Varanasi, India Bob Johnson Contra Costa 2 The Kyoto's centuries old Fushimi Inari Gates, A UNESCO site, and despite its great beauty depicts writing on its pillars wishing a mundane request for business success! Gene Morita Marin 3 Locals participating in alms giving ceremony in front of National Stadium, Luang Prabang , Laos Gigi Chung Millbrae 4 Camels Rest at Sahara's Edge.