F CUSSCHENECTADY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY NEWS

Creating Galaxieswith light.April 5th

by Ken Deitcher

PhotoCollagesApril 5th

by KenDeitcher

Volume 75 April 2006 Number 7

P h o t o E s s a y : Y e a r - e n d C o m p e t i t i o n A p r i l 2 6

April SPS Going HOLLYWOOD

" H o l l y w o o d Tr e a t m e n t . "Digital Night April 19, by Jane Riley

Before After

Twenty Years on the Hollywood Stage…Have Camera – Will Travel!…

Slide Night April 12

By Phil Caruso & Hollywood Stills Photography

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Camera: Nikon D2xLens: Nikkor 85mm PC f/2.8 MacrolensFilm: Digital 125 iso settingPhoto Info: Camera was on tripod,1/10sec @ f/11, no filters, shot photoin RAW and processed with CaptureOne and Photoshop.Location: Old run down church alongroute 145 just north of Cooksburg,NY. The black background is thechurch interior through a broken win-dow. Taken Feb. 10th 2006 at12:17pm, cloudy overcast day.

Bus View

CAMERA: (Point & Shoot) OlympusC-7000 on P

(Obviously) taken on a tour bus inOdessa, Ukraine on June 11 in theafternoon.I took a few shots of this beautifulbuilding, but only one with the buswindow framing it.

Straight print on Epson MatteHeavyweight paper with my free all-in-one Stylus CX4200

StairwayThis shot was taken in the now

closed Edison Elementary school in Schenectady. I have spoken manytimes of the importance of stopping

to get the shot as opposed toassuming it will be there another

time only to find it is gone This is aprime example of this in that the

school is slated to be demolished inthe near future and replaced with a

new office complex.Never assume you can come backlater and take the shot. Try to breakthe inertia at the moment and cap-

ture what you see and feel. Shot taken with a Canon G - 6, on atripod, set on aperture priority - 10second delay shutter release and

processed in Photoshop.

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Camera: Nikon F100Lens: Tamron 28-200Film: Fuji 100

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March 1, 2006

Monochrome 24 EntriesFrank Bumbardatore Stairway 1stRobert Near Support 2ndMax Tiller Congress Park, Saratoga 3rdLouie Powell Lesser Barrington 4thJeff Perkins Cherubs of Love HMKevin Sarsfield 3 Cowboys and an Indian HM

Color 26 EntriesRobert Near Drying Grapes 1stBob Warner Inversion 2ndJay Freud Girl in Window, Troy 3rdN. Sukumar Antelope Abstract 4thKen Deitcher Carafe HMBob Warner The Winds of Fall HM

Assigned Buildings 23 EntriesLuba Ricket Bus View 1stBob Ricketson Metallic Super Structure 2ndRay Hull Cninese Chippendale 3rdKevin Sarsfield Framed 4thRay Henrikson Old Brick Building #2 HMRobert Near Peaks of the Barn HMJudge was Tom Santelli

March 8, 2006

Assigned (8) EntriesSecrets of refrigerators -Your interpretation

1st Luba Ricket "Should a Had a V-8" 2nd Kevin Sarsfield "What’s Goin’ on in There? 3rd Ken-Deitcher "Tete-a-Tete"

General (19) Entries

1st Jeff Plant Tree by the Dark Waters2nd Howie Johannessen - Winter Corn

3rd Sue Gersten SunnyHM Luba Ricket Passing Priest

Congratulations to the Winners

Judges were Kathy & Al Clapper

of the Portrait Place.

“Uncommon-ly” Good Images at Uncommon Grounds in Saratoga

SSppeecciiaall TThhaannkkss tt ooRay Henrikson, Louie Powell, Connie Frisbee-Houde, KenDeitcher, Jim Craner and Paul Wilson for framing all the prints.andBob Gough, Kevin Sarsfield were assisted by Barb Lawton, ConnieBush, Ray Hull and N. Sukumar in hanging the prints Sunday night atUncommon Grounds

Photo: Ray Hull

April 12 Slide NightTwenty Years onthe HollywoodStage… HaveCamera – Will

Travel!…

Phil Carusoand Hollywood

StillsPhotography

April 5 Print NightKen Deitcher

I am presenting a doubleheadder tonight April 5.Photo Collage and CreatingGalaxies with light.Both of these programs can bedone by both digital and conven-tional photography.Photo Collage is combining two ormore images to create a third.This technique predates digital andwill stimulate traditional darkroomprinters to be more creative.Creating Galaxies is a process oflight painting with colored lightbeams. This inexpensive processcreates colorful patterns that theeye cannt see but can be recordedby both conventional film and digi-tal cameras.

By Kevin Sarsfield, Slide Chair

Ok, try to supply the last names:Tom, Leo, Tobey, Ben, J-Lo, Chris,Bob, Billy, Nicole, Tommy Lee,Will, Marlon, Tom, Brad, Bruce,Sharon, Joe, Hillary, Sally and thelist goes on.

If you came up with Cruise,DiCaprio, Maguire, Affleck, Lopez,Rock, DeNiro, Crystal, Kidman,Jones, Smith, Brando, Hanks, Pitt,Willis, Stone, Pesci, Swank andFields you know you are a film-buff. However, you and I proba-bly wouldn’t be able to call theseentertainers by their first names –but our speaker in April can.

Phil Caruso has photographedthem all in his capacity as aHollywood stills photographer, aspecialty discipline within the worldof film production. He has workedon over 50 films in a career span-ning 3 decades and has capturedmany of the greats through theunforgiving eye of his blimpedNikons and silent Leica’s.

Director Martin Scorsese utilizedPhil’s skills in The Age of

Innocence, Cape Fear, Casino andBringing Out The Dead. Phil hasphotographed Robert DeNiro in 18films and has lived to talk about it!Imagine being on the set when theclassic line was uttered: Run,Forest, Run! And run Tom Hanksdid…

In addition, Phil has found theopportunity to act in nearly 20films, as well. Who wouldn’t wantsuch outstanding roles as“Baggage Swiper”, “ArguingHusband”, and “Courtroom Bailiff”on your resume? However, inmany of the films, Phil played aPhotographer - talk about beingtypecast?

Phil has also provided the imagesfor two books, authored byScorsese (Age of Innocence) andRon Howard (Far and Away).Additional work on the video end ofthe business has broadened thebase of experience that he offershis clients. Recently, Phil alsospent a year as an adjunct profes-sor of film studies at The Collegeof Saint Rose.

Phil also was at the forefront inthe use of digital capture forHollywood stills imaging.Convincing a cautious industry ofthe value of this new technologytook some effort – as does thecontinued need to advise hisclients when film is the appropriatemedium choice.

Phil has also seen a very rapidevolution of the role of stills pho-tography. He continues to serveon various industry boards of direc-tors and union representations. Avigilant and vocal involvement inthese areas is necessary to protectthe rights of unit photographers.

He runs his active studio from the

April 19,Digital NightAt the Digital Night Meeting

on the evening of April 19, JaneRiley, one of our SPS members, isgoing to show us how to retouchour portraits to give them the“Hollywood Treatment.” Jane hasbeen working with (addicted to)photoshop for nearly 5 years nowand has a collection of more than20 books full of dog-eared pageson the subject. She says, "I lovephotoshop and all of its complexi-ties, but it is the most frustratingthing I have ever tried to master. Iam used to taking on tasks thatrequire years to master. When Iwas a child, I took piano lessonsfor 8 years. I studied Spanish foryears and years. But they didn'tchange the keyboard every yearand a half. The verbs in Spanishwere not tossed away periodically.Trying to keep up with each newpsp. version makes an alreadychallenging subject even morefrustrating. But I still love it!"Using PhotoshopCS2, Jane willteach us how to "perfect" our por-traits: how to remove circles underthe eyes, whiten teeth, brighteneyes, remove blemishes, smoothskin, and more. She will even

placid environs of Averill Park, NY.However, a passport, several creditcards and literally hundreds ofpounds of equipment are ready toroll at a moments notice. Younever know where your nextassignment may take you – orwhat celebrity will be peering intoyour lens.

Join us on Wednesday, April 12for a lively and informative presen-tation by this experienced photog-rapher. Our meeting room will beenveloped by the sights andsounds of the Hollywood set by ourspeaker, Phil Caruso. See youthere…

show us how to iron the wrinkledshirt of our subject, if we have to.Last month Jane was fortunateenough to attend workshop ses-sions with Katrin Eismann, BenWillmore, Rick Sammon, ScottKelby, and Julieann Kost, at theannual Photographic MarketingAssociation convention inOrlando. On April 19 she willshare some of their tips with you.Please come.

April 26, PhotoEssay Nightby Connie HoudePhoto Essay group is lookingforward to the competition nightApril 26. The competition is forprint as well as slide/digitalessays. Guidelines are up toyour interpretation with the maincriteria that the essay tell astory. Reminder of the dictionarydefinition -- "short compositiondealing with a single subjectusually from a personal point ofview and with out attemptingcompleteness" Speak to mem-bers of the club of the variety ofways that members have sub-mitted print essays and beinspired to create your own.

Slide/Digital essays should bebetween 5 to 10 minuets, withthe majority of the photos takenby the creator/ submitter. Wehave a potential of 8 to 10slide/digital essays this year.There is still time to put onetogether. If you are planning toor need assistance please speakto Jim Craner or Connie FrisbeeHoude. Ken Deitcher has alsooffered to assist a member devel-oping a presentation. If you arestill in search for backgroundmusic Frank Bumbardatore andConnie Frisbee Houde areamong the members who haveoffered assistance from vast col-lections of a variety of types ofmusic. We need to know aheadof time to make sure that the pro-grams are compatible so that theevening will run smoothly.Come and enjoy the fruits of ourmembers creativity.

RECENT ADVANCES in DIGITAL IMAGING

The Fundimental Operating of PixelsSpectrographic Project (FOOPS) inDetermining the Density and color ofimages in Digital PhotographyThis is a little known and very useful proj-ect that was explored and utilized byAdvance Digital Experimenters in opticsand in micronano technology.I was able to obtain this informationthrough the help and assistance of thePSA as well as the FPSA and the FAARPgroups. Perusal of multiple internet websites revealed much data regarding thisproject.It was proposed in the use ofFemtoSecond Spectroscopy and in theconstruction of both CCDs and CMOSchips.This project started many years before,in1932, by the physicists NikolayLiesdekoff and Aleksander Blupfkopsky.They started their laboratory experimenta-tion in early 1935 at the reknown SovietInstitute for Higher States of Mentation andElectronic Designation.They were followed by members fromCaltech who helped with QuarkinfraredMicro waves and the development ofQuand Cosmic Ion Fractionation of mole-cules in solid state media (QCIF). This inturn led to the DVD, ROM and RAM modesof recording images.

Without these experimenters wewould not be able to convert our images to16 and 8 bit images in Photoshop andother graphic programs. Using lasers andthe atomic clock they corrected severalerrors in calculation by prior experimenters.

The use of newer materials suchas the LED and the conductivity of microsilicon fractional atoms had given us small-er cameras and storage media. The futurepossibility is endless in micro miniaturizingcameras and their recording screens. It isnow possible to record individual images at500 megabyte size in a device no smallerthan a pin head.

The only problem with this deviceis that one speck of dust can cover theentire sensor. A newer development out ofSweden by Svwen Sojeboaard is a filtermade of human skin cells that correct thisproblem. His technique allows an exfolia-tive solution to correct the transmissionthrough the dermis cell. He has alsodeveloped a colored filter using phyto sun-block and sunscreen to allow infraredimages to be recorded at very low voltagelevels. This will allow unlimited use ofinfrared images at very high resolution forprinting.

Out of Japan a new type of printerhas been developed by YokoshimoMaximoto which uses the principal ofFOPS in determining the DPI of images

before and after printing. The after printingmethod is a retrograde superimposition ofadvanced isoteric manipulation of bothionic and atomic particles on your printingmedia. Once the image is printed on spe-cial media, exposure to high gaussianmagnetic waves, such as used in MRI'schanges the resolution and color of theimages to exceptionally fine images indis-tingushed from the original.

These advances are now avail-able in limited amounts from the SBCompany of Leeds, England. The priceshave yet to be determined but the SBgroup claims they will be competitive.

In summary the FOPS programand the SB group although ideal are areversal of the true source of knowledge.

The following equasions in calcu-lus explains the function and the outcomeof the images in the FOPS research pro-gram.

Let f be a function of the real vari-able x, which is denoted f(x), defined onsome set of real numbers surrounding thenumber x0. It is not required that the func-tion be defined at the point x0 itself. Let Lbe a real number. The expression is read:"The limit of the function f(x), as xapproaches x0, is equal to the number L."The notation is designed to convey theidea that f(x) can be made as "close" to Las desired simply by choosing an x suffi-ciently close to x0. For example, if thefunction f(x) is defined as f(x) = x2 + 3x +2, and if x0 = 3, then from the definitionabove it is true that This is because, as x approaches 3 invalue, x2 approaches 9, 3x approaches 9,and 2 does not change, so their sumapproaches 9 + 9 + 2, or 20. Another type of limit important in the studyof calculus can be illustrated as follows. Let

the domain of a function f(x) include all ofthe numbers greater than some fixed num-ber m. L is said to be the limit of the func-tion f(x) as x becomes positively infinite, if,corresponding to a given positive numbere, no matter how small, there exists a num-ber M such that the numerical differencebetween f(x) and L (the absolute value |f(x)- L|) is less than e whenever x is greaterthan M. In this case the limit is written as For example, the function f(x) = 1/xapproaches the number 0 as x becomespositively infinite. It is important to note that a limit, as justpresented, is a two-way, or bilateral, con-cept: A dependent variable approaches alimit as an independent variable approach-es a number or becomes infinite. The limitconcept can be extended to a variable thatis dependent on several independent vari-ables. The statement "u is an infinitesimal"meaning "u is a variable approaching 0 asa limit," found in a few present-day and inmany older texts on calculus, is confusingand should be avoided. Further, it is essen-tial to distinguish between the limit of f(x)as x approaches x0 and the value of f(x)when x is x0, that is, the correspondent ofx0. For example, if f(x) = sin x/x, then how-ever, no value of f(x) corresponding to x =0 exists, because division by 0 is undefinedin mathematics.

The two branches into which ele-mentary calculus is usually divided are dif-ferential calculus, based on the considera-tion of the limit of a certain ratio, and inte-gral calculus, based on the considerationof the limit of a certain sum.

In other words a SPOOF and BS!

April Fools everyone ;o)

Photography Club Trip for May27, 2006. spring trip - to Ellis Island,Statue of Liberty and South StreetSeaport using the services of BrownTours out of the capital district. Theseare three locations that offer great pho-tographic opportunities and a chance toshoot and socialize with fellow photog-raphers.

Below is detail from the Browntours site regarding this May 27 trip.Here is some additional information: wewill not have the opportunity to have asit-down lunch until3: 30-4 p.m. at theSouth Street Seaport. I would recom-mend bringing some snacks or a lightsandwich to munch on while at EllisIsland .

On the return trip, the bus willpull into a restaurant off the Thruway forthose who want to have dinner. Forthose individuals who do not want totake the bus, the bus will arrive atapproximately 11:30 a.m. at BatteryPark for us to transfer to the ferry dockto go to Ellis Island. You're certainlywelcome to drive down and meet thegroup and enjoy the rest of the trip, withthe exception of being bused to SouthStreet Seaport. Once we are at EllisIsland and the Statue of Liberty,we arefree to wander and photographed hasgenerally permitted to the public.Ellis Island Museum:

The Ellis Island Museum has

PPhhoottoo TTrriippbeautifully restored rooms and hallwayshighlighting the island's 19th Centuryarchitecture. Visitors can stand in therestored Great Hall and envision thou-sands of immigrants waiting in line,clutching their children and everythingthey own, as they file through inspectionlines for acceptance or rejection. Thethree-story museum in the MainBuilding has 30 rooms full of maps pho-tographs, exhibits and artifacts aboutthe Ellis Island immigrant experience.The Treasures From Home exhibit fea-tures items donated by family membersof =people who came through EllisIsland.

The Statue of Liberty, even inthe days of skyscrapers, is still animpressive sight. From the ground tothe tip of the flame, Liberty is 305 feettall. Her index finger is eight feet long;her hands are almost 17-feet wide andthe tablet she cradles in her left arm,with the inscription of "July 4, 1776" inRoman letters, is two-feet thick and 23-feet long. .Next we'll take you to theSouth Street Seaport and depart at 6:00pm to head home.Package Includes: Transportation andFerry Ride to Ellis Island and the Statueof Liberty

Price:$63.00pp Adult (includes all admis-sion costs)$59pp Child Under 12

Mary Ellen Mark will speakat 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, in theBulmer Telecommunications CenterAuditorium. This free lecture is made pos-sible by the Hudson Valley CommunityCollege Foundation(https://www.hvcc.edu/foundation/index.html) through its Stephen L. Hyatt Fine ArtsEndowment and the college's FacultyStudent Association.

Mark has published photo essays and por-traits in publications including LIFE, TheNew York Times Magazine, Rolling Stoneand Vanity Fair, and was voted "MostInfluential Woman Photographer" in arecent poll of American Photo readers. Formore about Mark's work, visit(http://www.maryellenmark.com) .

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April Calendar

Wednesday, April 5 Print group:Ken Deitcher, Creating Galaxies and Photo collagesAssigned: hands By themselves or in relationship to something else.

Wednesday April 12 Slide group: Phil Caruso & Hollywood Stills PhotographyAssigned Romantic Interlude - Images depicting romance

Wednesday April 19 * Digital: Photo and Portrait Retouching / Jane RileyDigital Mentoring 7:00pm - 7:30 pm

Wednesday, April 26 Photo Essay: Year-end Competition

Meetings are a 7:30p.m.*Board meetings are a 6:30 p.m.