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Official Newsletter of the Olympia Camera Club

Olympia, WA

Established in 1935

October 2017 www.olympiacameraclub.org Volume 82, Issue 10

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In this issue:

President’s Corner p. 2

Note from the editor p. 2

Monthly Meeting Topics p. 3

October Field Trip p. 4

Field Trip Coordinator p. 5

Sept Field Trip Report p. 5-6

Time Running Out p. 7

NWCCC Traveling Prints p. 7

NWCCC Annual Conference p. 8

Why I Chase Storms p. 9-10

My Love of Photo Restoration p. 11-

12

Patterns & Composition p. 12-13

Spain-Summer 2017 p. 13-16

Membership report p. 16

NPPNW Fall Meeting p. 17

New Member Profile p. 17

Member Profile p. 18

John Greengo Conference p. 19

Oct Business Mtg Minutes p. 20-21

Member Gallery p. 21

PSA p. 22

Dates to Remember & misc. p. 22

Upcoming Meetings p. 23

Executive Committee p. 24

Committee Contacts p. 24

President’s Corner - Scott Wood

Last month I used this space to talk about the fires that ravished large parts of the Pacific Northwest this summer, including some of the most iconic pho-tography locations in the world. I want-ed to remind all of us to not take the beauty around us for granted, you never know when it might be gone, or radical-ly changed. This month I want to share that exact same message but for a very different reason. This past month, Bill Legg, a member

of our club, passed away unexpectedly.

I didn’t know Bill well, we followed

each other on social media and we had

met at club meetings, but that was really

about it. I always enjoyed the images

that Bill shared via social media and I

was really looking forward to his

planned presentation at the October

General Meeting.

I knew that Bill was a talented photog-

rapher based solely on his social media

posts, but when I took some time to re-

ally explore his website I discovered

that he had true talent for capturing the

beauty of the world around him. His

style and vision are evident in every im-

age on his site. If you are not familiar

with Bill’s work, or even if you are,

please take a few minutes and experi-

ence the galleries on his site, I really

think you will enjoy it.

http://www.billleggphotography.com

Life is short, often times far shorter than we expect or is fair. Bill will be missed but not forgotten. Scott

Note from the Editor

I apologize for the newsletter being a few days late. I just returned Tuesday even-

ing from a nearly three week car trip to Grand Teton National Park, the mountains

of Colorado and Moab, UT photographing the fall color and the desert scenery of

Arches National Park and Canyonlands. I had a great trip and it was peak color

especially in Colorado. Unfortunately, I came home with a nasty cold and cough

so not feeling my best.

We would love to showcase some of your images in the newsletter and hear about

the places you have discovered. Please consider sharing through an article and

your images.

Please send all submissions to newsletter@olympiacameraclub.org.

Pam Hoaglund, Editor

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Monthly Meetings

All meetings are held at

Capital High School, Pod A 2707 Conger Ave NW Olympia, WA 98502

Fundamentals of Photography Group October 10, 2017

7-9 pm

“Post-Processing: What, Why and When” Achieving that successful photo is a combination of your creativity, sound photographic expertise and skilled post-processing. You bring your exciting creativity and in this year's series of Fundamentals sessions, we'll provide infor-mation about photographic concepts and post-processing to support your creativity. In October's Fundamentals program, we'll start with a refresher about key photographic concepts and ask for your questions. Then we will explore post-processing: What is it? What are my software choices? Are there free or less expensive options? What can be done in post-processing? Bring any questions you already have and ask more during the session for some one-on-one information. Future sessions of the Fundamentals Group will provide even greater detail in the concepts, so speak up for the ones of particular interest to you. About This Group This group is of interest to new photographers and those who wish to learn more about key photographic concepts. Contact: David Parker: rdavid_parker@yahoo.com

Practical Photography Meeting (Formerly Advanced Group) October 17, 2017

7-9 pm

This month we will continue the theme of post-processing alternatives to Photoshop/Lightroom with a presentation from Scott Wood on using Luminar, a Macphun software. He will also demonstrate how he uses Luminar in his work-flow in combination with ON1, which was introduced in the meeting last month. So, if you have considered changing from your current post-processing software, or haven't really committed to a software program yet, this is another great opportunity to see that there are lots of choices out there at different price points that work either as a stand-alone or as a plug-in to Photoshop/Lightroom.

Bruce Livingston, Coordinator

General Meeting October 24, 2017

7-9 pm

Member-Sharing Photo Night “Summer Visions”

The October meeting will feature YOUR images as a Member-Sharing Night. Bring two images from your summer and share your inspiration. We will begin the session with the award-winning images of our Club members in the Thurston County Fair competi-tion. We will continue with images from all Club members so bring your two images on a USB flash drive. Would you rather bring a print? Certainly you can! We look forward to an enjoyable night. Meredith Rafferty, Coordinator

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October’s Field Trip Ocean Spray Cranberry Harvest

Saturday, October 14 by Dave Bellamy

On Saturday, October 14 we will head toward the coast and visit cranberry bogs of the Ocean Spray Cranberries farmers’ cooperative, all located in Grayland, WA. We’ll meet at Cooper Point Plaza near the old El Serape, on Cooper Point Rd. just off Black Lake Blvd, at 7:15 am so that we can leave promptly at 7:30 am. We should be back in Olympia around 3 pm.

Bright red cranberries are familiar to us on Thanksgiving tables and as cranberry jelly (since the 1930s!) and now as juice and Craisins from coast to coast. We will see two kinds of harvest, wet harvest (like on the commer-cials), scooping the berries from the flooded bogs, and dry-picked from dry bogs. The harvest will provide pho-tographic opportunities of the colorful berries, the bogs, the hard-working growers, farm views, and the harvest. Club member Dave Bellamy (Ocean Spray Ag Scientist for WA) will fill us in on the harvest processes and Ocean Spray. We will also visit a museum of the history of the cranberry farms, logging, and fishing in the Grays Harbor region.

Once we arrive in Grayland at 9:00 am, plan on spending about one hour at our first stop where we’ll see a wet har-vest bog being picked. Bring waders if you plan on get-ting in the water for any photographic opportunities – it’s a shallow 18” or mid-shin to knee depending on your height. There will be plenty of other opportunities if you don’t have any waders or don’t wish to get wet. From there our next stop will be at a fresh fruit bog where we will spend about one hour photographing a dry harvest. This will be followed by a visit to the cranberry museum and enjoying the lunch you brought, so please plan on bringing a sack lunch.

After lunch, there may be a surprise trip to a point over-looking all of Grayland and the cranberry beds (Dave is working on this)!

Finally, for those wishing to do so on your own, you can continue on to explore other opportunities in the area, like Wash-away Beach (saw some brown pelicans and

snowy plover there last week) and other Grayland beach-es, Brady’s Oyster farm – if the tide is low, and Westport marina.

A general purpose zoom lens is suggested and perhaps a wide angle if you’d like landscape shots.

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Field Trip Coordinator

by Norm and Kay Ott

The remaining 2017 field trip schedule is presented be-low.

Each upcoming trip will be presented by the trip leader, a month in advance. If you have previously visited one or more of these field trip sites, we are requesting photos that could be shared in the Newsletter. Please place cop-yrights/watermarks in all images you submit. Photos may be sent to the OCC at: newsletter@olympiacameraclub.org 2017 Field Trips:

Planned:

14 Oct - Cranberry Harvest, in Grayland, led by

Dave Bellamy

Nov (none) - NPPNW and NWCCC Conferences

2 Dec - Ft. Nisqually @ Point Defiance, led by Norm and Kay As always, comments or suggestions concerning desira-ble future trips are welcomed. You can let us know by email, or at any Tuesday meeting night.

Pt. Defiance Park Field Trip

by Rosalind Philips

Colleen and Dale Easley led the OCC September field

trip to Pt. Defiance Park. Approximately 15 souls ven-

tured north to explore roses, dahlias and Fort Nisqually.

Our first stop at the park was the gardens. The roses and

dahlias were spectacular. The dahlia garden is a test bed

for different types of dahlias. Each plant was numbered

and there was an informational plaque where you could

find out the dahlia names. The bees were out and since it

was a cloudy morning, they were relatively stationary

and made great photographic subjects.

We had lunch at the Antique Sandwich Shop and then

headed back to the park to participate in Smithsonian

Museum Day at Fort Nisqually. There were people

dressed in period costumes doing things that would have

been done at that time. My favorite was the blacksmith

shop. In all, a fun day!

More images from the field trip on the next page.

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Images from Pt Defiance Field Trip

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Time Is Running Out by Frank Townsend

The deadline for registering for the Northwest Council of Camera Club's annual Convention is fast approaching. In order to have a lunch as part of your registration you must sign up by October 31. BUT, in order to register for the classes you want you should sign up immediately, the most popular classes are filling up fast so don't delay. Later in the newsletter you will see a full page flyer advertising the Convention/Conference. Note that the keynote speaker is George Lepp, one of North America's best-known contemporary outdoor and nature photographers. His passions for natural beauty, technical precision, cutting-edge technology, and environmental responsibility are re-vealed in his beautiful and compelling photographic images. He is also widely recognized for his unique dedication to sharing his photographic and biological knowledge with other photographers through his seminars and writing. In both realms, George Lepp is a leader in the rapidly advancing field of digital imaging. In addition to two programs presented by George, you have the opportunity to attend 3 classes with a choice of a wide variety of subjects. A full day of photography learning and information plus a box lunch for only $60. Here are some easy steps to follow to register for the NWCCC Convention: Go to www.nwcameraclubs.org. Click on the blue button that says "Click here to Register" You will be on the con-vention registration webpage. You might wish to Browse the Classes by Category – click on the times "10:55" and "1:35" and "2:30" pm. It will bring up a description for each class offered at that time. Choose one per time slot; make a note of your choices. Click on Registration under Browse by Category. If you know your classes, click on Registration again. (you can also see an alphabetical listing of classes here too). The system will lead you through either confirming last year’s infor-mation is still correct, or giving you choices for classes and your sandwich for lunch. Register early, most classes have limited space and once full you will have to make another choice.

NWCCC Traveling Prints by Kim Buechel

print.director@olympiacameraclub.org It's that time again for the 2017-18 NWCCC Traveling Print Salon. A set of prints from each participating NWCCC club travels from club to club during the winter/spring months, where they are judged then sent on to the next club. The juried finalists are based on the total number of votes of the partici-pating clubs. After the juried circuit is completed, the juried images are then judged by an independent judge(s) for the final results. All prints accepted during the juried round are displayed and awards are announced at the fall confer-ence. Sounds like fun, right? Below are a few brief guidelines. 1. The photograph must be the work of the entrant. An image may only be submitted in one of that year’s NWCCC print competitions. Use of a print or print title that has previously won an award in any NWCCC Print Competition will disqualify the print. 2. Print categories are Monochrome and Color. 3. Four (4) prints per person limit. Maximum print and mat size is 16"x20". Minimum print size is 8"x10". All prints must be on firm support so they will stand erect. Masonite or other heavy mounting materials, frames, or glass is not permitted. Matting may be added to the front of the image. Thickness may not exceed that of a standard double mat. 4. Label the print in the following format: print title, name of the club, and your name on the back top left corner. Makers name or print title cannot appear on the front of the image. For complete instructions see the NWCCC rules here: http://nwcameraclubs.org/docs/Traveling_Print_Salon_2018_Rules.pdf. Please bring your mounted prints to any of the October or November camera club meetings. The last day for submis-sions is November 21, 2017 at the Practical Photography Meeting.

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Why I Chase Storms by Scott wood

I get asked this question frequently and to answer it I

need to reflect back to the first real experience I had with

severe weather and lightning in particular.

Where I grew up in Northern Idaho, thunderstorms were

somewhat rare, much as they are here in Western Wash-

ington, but they did happen from time to time, just as

they happen here from time to time. One of the first that

I remember, vividly, happened when I was in my early

teens. The sun had just set and a thunderstorm formed

right over the small town I lived in. It was one of those

storms that moves very slowly and over a period of 30

minutes or so it unleashed lightning strike after lightning

strike in a relatively small area, it was a town of about

300 people after all. I found the whole experience very

exciting as I sat in our kitchen and watched the storm out

of the window marveling at how beautiful each and every

lightning strike was. Towards the end of the storm,

lightning struck the electrical panel of a house down the

street from us and I can still picture the massive shower

of blue sparks that appeared to happen in slow motion. It

was at that moment, during that storm, that I not only re-

alized the awesome power of “Mother Nature,” but also

fell in love with severe weather, and lightning in particu-

lar.

Flash forward a number of years to when I was a young

airman in the United States Air Force stationed at Cha-

nute AFB in Illinois for tech school. It was a late spring

Sunday afternoon and a bunch of us were on our way

back to base after spending the weekend in Chicago.

During the drive back we could see a storm building in

the distance. It was a gorgeous storm back-dropped by

the absolutely flat farmland of central Illinois, and as we

got closer to the base we not only heard emergency sirens

in the distance but the DJ for the radio station we were

listening to broke into the song that was playing to an-

nounce that there was a tornado sighted, and not only was

it relatively close to us, it was heading in our direction.

We knew what to do, it was part of not only our initial

base training, but we also had regular tornado drills. We

pulled over and took shelter in a concrete reinforced irri-

gation ditch. At first it was eerily quiet and then all of a

sudden it sounded as though a steam locomotive was

bearing down on us. It was actually a relatively small

tornado, and passed about 200 yards from where we

were, but I had another of those moments when I truly

appreciated the sheer power of weather and Mother Na-

ture. At the time, I didn’t know what a storm chaser was,

but I became one that day.

Not long after that first event I discovered my passion for

photography, but it was the second event in Illinois that

lead to my always having a camera with me when I was

off base. While I was on base, if a tornado warning oc-

curred, we were required to take shelter in a tornado shel-

ter; if I was off base I could capture images of the severe

weather. Needless to say, I spent as much time off base

as possible that summer.

After tech school I was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB

in Tucson Arizona and that is where I discovered, and

fell in love with, the Arizona Monsoon. The Arizona

Monsoon doesn’t get the attention that tornado season on

the plains does, but it is every bit as powerful and I

would argue that it is even more photogenic. My first

summer in Arizona found me out roaming the desert

chasing isolated, severe warned thunder storms, and cre-

ating images that I hoped would contrast the harshness of

the desert with the power of nature. I would start in the

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early afternoon when the storms would start to build and

shoot late into the night when the lightning would finally

wind down for the day.

This was a couple decades before social media and reality TV. Without knowing what a storm chaser was, I was out chasing storms, and for many years I really thought that I was the only one out there doing it. Today, with reality TV, movies and the internet, storm

chasing is a household term and for the most part people

understand what it is. There are storm chasing tours of-

fered across the country, much like any other specialty

photo tour that you might find for birding, wildlife of any

other genre of photography. There are communities of

storm chasers that have developed over the last decade

and I have made friends with a number of storm chasers.

However, I still haven’t answered why I storm chase. The short answer? Adrenaline. Storm chasing is excit-ing. Being able to mix in making good friends and cap-turing great images of nature is just icing on the cake, but at the end of the day it really is the thrill that keeps bring-ing me back.

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My Love of Photo Restoration by John Damitio

I really enjoy restoring and retouching old photos. My interest began in 2008 when my mom showed me a shoe box full of old photos from my dad’s side of the family. It was really fascinating seeing these old photos from as far back as the 1920’s, but I had a couple of thoughts while viewing them. My first thought was that I wanted to share these family historical photos with all of my sev-en siblings by scanning each of them, but then I thought how cool it would be to actually make the scanned imag-es better than the originals. So one by one I scanned them all directly into Photoshop, each of them getting basic adjustments like brightness and contrast, and sometimes repairing minor blemishes, creases, tears, etc. It was so rewarding to improve the recording of my family history. Gradually, I started playing more with some of these old

photos. I decided to delve into colorizing black and white

photos and turning them into gifts for my dad. If you

haven’t tried this technique, I recommend it – it’s a lot of

fun! The pair of photos below shows the result of my

first effort:

Dad playing cards with his great uncle in Puyallup. Circa

1940.

Eventually, the word got out amongst my coworkers that

I did photo “fixing.” I have found it to be just as satisfy-

ing to help them out with their special photos as doing

my own.

This was a special photo of a coworker’s wife and her

dog when she was a little girl. This was a relatively easy

fix and they loved the result.

Another coworker had a special photo of her dad in the

Vietnam War.

This one was a bit more complicated and took considera-

bly more time than the previous example, but it was so

worth it.

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Whether it is photo repairing/restoration or photo colori-

zation, both techniques are fun and rewarding to preserve

or enhance special memories for you … and for others.

Resources: When I first started photo restoration, I dis-

covered the book “Photoshop Restoration & Retouch-

ing”, 3rd Edition (2006) by Katrin Eismann. It was excel-

lent and the best one I could find on the subject. I’m cer-

tain there are now plenty of online resources, but I just

learned that there will be a 4th Edition of “Photoshop

Restoration and Retouching” to be released December

2017. I will be buying it, for sure!

Patterns and Composition by Rosalind Philips

We often talk about the WOW! factor in photography. What makes you go WOW! when you see a photograph? The lighting, the subject, the composition, the technical expertise? All of these items contribute to the WOW!, but composition pulls it all together. Some people have an innate sense of composition, but most of us need to work at it. Many conversations about composition start with the rule of thirds and leading lines and often stop there. Good composition is more about training your eye to see be-yond the obvious and a good way to start training is by looking for patterns. Patterns are everywhere. I am choosing to divide patterns into two categories: nature made and human made. These are totally arbitrary categories. The two images below are example of natural patterns. In each case I was trying to see beyond the actual object to figure out what was drawing my eye. In the case of the tree roots it was the slight irregularity of the roots smooshed together. For the

fields, it was all the different types of curves and the con-trast between the browns and greens. Even the road emu-lates the curves of the fields.

Human patterns can be subdivided into patterns made by others and patterns made by you. The patterns in the fire spinning photo are fleeting but the overall curve patterns

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produced by exposures consistently appear. The apple photograph is one created by me. I piled up a bunch of apples. I particularly like the lone leaf on the right that breaks up the pattern of roundness. A more permanent pattern is the one created by the rafters in an old barn.

Spain, Summer 2017 by Ralph Ghazal

My wife and I left for Spain on July 31, 2017. We visited parts of Madrid (our first stop), Seville (by train), Granada

(by train) and Mallorca (by air). A friend from Louisiana met us in Madrid and remained with us for the duration of

the trip. In Mallorca we met up with my sister and husband, my niece and her husband as well as good friends who

had flown in from Milan in Italy to spend a week with us in Mallorca. None have any interest in photography other

than, “wow, nice picture!” to be nice. We returned on August 15.

Besides the usual, I also filled my back pack with my Canon 60D, my Canon 100-400 f4, a Canon 16-35 f2.8 L III,

rented from ATS and the indispensible tripod. With all this weight I decided to place the tripod, without head, in the

checked luggage. No mishaps, everything made it over and back without problems. I knew I was going to be inside

museums, churches and such, so a wide angle with a low f number was important to me. In places however, f2.8

wasn’t low enough. Because I expected that, those scenes that were important to me were subjected to a number of

shots with varying settings, keeping the best ones.

One more and unexpected issue was that I did not have the luxury of time to compose and set the camera as required.

As you can see from my opening paragraph, I was not alone. I felt somewhat uneasy having to subject my group to

my need to think, set and shoot. That’s saying nothing about the time, albeit short, to set up the tripod. So, I preset

the camera, composed as best I could and shot. Several shots of the same scene with different settings were mandat-

ed. I did set up the tripod a few times but that was kept to a minimum. Hey, with all those tourists walking around I

did not want to be viewed as the inconsiderate American, so setting up the tripod was not easy and sometimes impos-

sible or ‘not allowed’.

To improve the images I include here, I used Elements 14 with minor adjustments to exposure, clarity, haze removal

and in a few cases I made use of the Nik Collection. The Port of Soller photo showing the bay was subjected to one

of the presets in the Nik Collection.

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Dome of the Madrid Cathedral. Madrid did not become

the capital of Spain until 1561, by which time it did not

have a national cathedral so sometime in the sixteenth

century discussions were held to build one. Construction

did not begin until 1879. It was finally completed in

1993, talk about red tape!! Settings: 1/3200 sec. f/2.8,

27mm, ISO 200 (late afternoon)

Plaza de Espana( Seville): Built in 1928 for the Spanish-

American exposition of the World’s Fair. This architectu-

ral marvel has been featured in a number of movies in-

cluding the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. Settings:

1/500 sec. f/9, 21mm, ISO 400 (late morning).

Al Hambra (Granada): This fortress/palace was comple-

ted in the 14th Century during the Muslim rule of Spain.

Some have placed its origin as being in the 9th and 10th

centuries, others even earlier. Many conflicts have wit-

nessed the destruction of parts of it and the addition of

palaces within its perimeter. Fortunately a good section is

preserved. This is a true gem, both interior and exterior; a

UNESCO World Heritage Site. Restoration is still on-

going. Settings: 1/80 sec. f/11, 35mm ISO 500 (evening

shot).

The Port of Soller (Mallorca): Soller is a small town

with a resident population of about 14,000. It is located

on the northwest coast of the Island of Mallorca in Spain.

This is a picture of Soller’s mostly recreational, port. The

entrance to the harbor is marked by two lighthouses: one

can be seen here in the middle foreground on the left the

other is located where I’m standing. The mountains in the

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background are the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO

world heritage site. Settings: 1/320 sec. f/8, 20mm, ISO

160 (mid morning). Here I used Color Efex Pro from the

Nik Collection (late morning).

Village of Deia (Mallorca): Also located on the

northwest coast of Mallorca it is one of the most

picturesque and laid back villages on the island. It is a

magnet to artists, writers and the well-to-do. It has a

permanent population of about 650. Settings: on the left,

1/40 sec. f/13 16mm, ISO 160 (late afternoon); on the

right, 1/25 sec. f/9 35mm, ISO 160.

If you have not already been, I highly recommend Spain

as your next destination. We wanted to visit more places

but time placed limits on us. Andalusia, with its rich his-

tory of Islamic and Roman influence, provides for many

photo opportunities. We went in August when the tem-

perature reached 114 F in Seville. So, a much better time

to go, with better weather and fewer tourists would be

Spring. We prefer not to travel as part of organized

tours. This way we don’t feel bound by what ‘others’ do

and where they go.

We did not have a car except while in Mallorca. We re-

lied on public transportation and our feet; even in Mal-

lorca we parked the car and took the bus a couple of

times; much more relaxing this way. Don’t let the lan-

guage barrier make you shy away. Most people are pa-

tient and eager to help. Do your homework well in ad-

vance.

Glad I had a 16-35 wide angle which served me well.

Although I used my 100-400 a few times, a better choice

would have been a 70-200.

One of the obstacles I had to overcome though was actu-

ally the obstacles themselves: people. So, I had to decide

whether to compose with people out of the frame or

shoot and then deal with the obstacles in ‘post’. This was

not a major drawback, just a minor inconvenience. With

so many people in places, sometimes I had to be patient

and wait. At one point, someone actually complained. I

must have been too patient!

My goal was to take decent pictures and not award win-

ners. So, thanks to the pointers I picked up since joining

the Club, I have succeeded.

Cobbled Narrow Street in Albaycin, Granada

Canon 16-35mm f 2.8 lens, 1/320 sec. f/4.5 35mm ISO

200

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Arabesque architecture in Seville, Spain

Canon 16-35 mm f 2.8 lens, 1/125 sec. f/10 23mm ISO 100

Seaside restaurant in Deia, Spain

Canon 16-35mm f 2.8 lens, 1/15 sec. f/11 21mm, ISO 500

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Our membership total is now 143 members. Please welcome one new member this month, Rene Conger.

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NPPNW Fall Meeting by Colleen Easley

The 2017 fall meeting of the Nature Photographers of thePacific Northwest (NPPNW) will be November 4th at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, OR. We will open the doors at 8:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 10:00 a.m. The invited speaker will be Robert O’Toole under the generous sponsorship of SIGMA. Robert is a profession-al nature photographer who specializes in wildlife pho-tography. He is widely published and conducts an im-pressive array of workshops and tours. Robert reports that his passion is to help others grow photographically. Treat yourself to Robert’s website at www.robertotoole.com. LUNCHEON INCLUDED As a special treat, NPPNW will provide a lasagna and salad luncheon for all participants at no extra charge. Hence, it is especially important that you pre-register as soon as possible if you plan to attend. Please visit the nppnw.org for complete information and to fill out a registration form. Pre-registration is $10, $15 at the door.

New Member Profile: Shawn Donnelly What or who brought you to the club? I had attended a Olympia Camera Club meeting several years ago as a guest of,Al Balch, and was interested in joining the club at that time, but unfortunately, as often happens, life interceded and it was not until November of 2016 that I was able to join. How did you get interested in photography? I was interested in photography from an early age, and would often ask my parents and relatives for cameras or film for Christmas’ or birthdays. I would also borrow my dad’s 35mm Pentax camera when he was not using it. One of the problems that I had with film cameras was loading the film into the camera due to my disability. I was very happy when digital cameras became available,

thus eliminating the need to stop and reload after 12-36 pictures. In 2006 I decided to continue my education and pursue a bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis in photography. I relocated from the Aberdeen area to Olympia to attend The Evergreen State College. From 2006 to 2009 I had the opportunity to photograph a local salsa dance group, Salsa de Cuba. I had a great time doing this and it provid-ed an excellent learning opportunity as well. While shooting for them I had the chance to get my work pub-lished locally. The Olympian even decided to "Borrow" one of my images and published one of my pictures as one of their own. To this day I am still not sure whether to be honored or offended. What kind of photography do you like to do? I like to photograph anything that catches my eye. What equipment is in your camera bag? A Nikon D60

18-55mm Nikon kit lens 55-200mm Nikon lens 70-300mm Nikon lens A lens cloth and wipes. A pen and paper. Polarizing and UV filters for all the lenses. And, until recently lens hoods for all of the

lenses. The 18-55mm hood disappeared at Harbor Days this year.

What post processing programs do you use? I use On1, Photoshop 5.5, Nik and Topaz Studio for my post processing.

What do you want to learn from the club? I would like to learn whatever I can from the club. I enjoy at-tending the meetings, and feel as if I learn something new every meeting.

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Member Profile: Neil Harris

What or who brought you

to the club?

About the same time I joined the club I had recent-ly purchased a new camera, a Nikon D7100. Now that I had a real camera, I decided to join a local camera club. Previously I had a Minolta Bridge camera but I felt I wanted a more serious cam-era. How did you get involved in photography? In 1969 I was in the Navy and was heading to the Medi-terranean on a carrier. I decided to purchase a camera after my first liberty port where my fellow shipmates were taking photos. I purchased a Pentax Spotmatic with a 50mm 1.4 lens It was basically a manual camera with a metering system. At that time I only used Ektachrome film for transparencies. Along the way I read up and studied photography. When I was stationed at Bremerton for 5 years I took a few photography classes at Olympic College for basic photography and for processing film in a lab. This was major fun and I eventually did B&W print processing at my home. What kind of photography do you like to do? Usually anything that grabs my attention but I tend to gravitate toward landscapes, flowers, sunrises and sun-sets. I dabble in Milky Way photography when the op-portunity comes around. I have an art background so I tend to visualize photography as if I were going to paint the scene (but not always). I really love the “Word of the Week” club program as it gives me the opportunity to challenge my skills and seeing ability.

What equipment is in your camera bag? Nikon D7100 with a 18-300 everyday lens, a 14mm wide angle manual lens and a 50mm 1.8 prime lens. I recently acquired a Sony RX100 model 3 which is a high perfor-mance small frame camera that fits in my pocket. It takes exceptionally crisp photos in raw or JPG. What post processing programs do you use? My main program is Lightroom which when “mastered” is an exceptional catalogue and processing program. I also use Luminar using layers and presets which really make photos pop. It fits right in with my art background.

What do you want to learn from the club?

After looking at the list, “What You Most Want to Learn This Year” from the September OCC Newsletter, I found that I was interested in most of the items.

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Olympia Camera Club Board Meeting October 3rd 2017 at 6:30pm Casa Mia Restaurant, Olympia. Officers and Members Present Scott Wood, Meredith Rafferty, John Damitio, Tammy Mandeville, Bruce Livingston, Linda Foss, Dale Easley, Frank Townsend, Terri Townsend, David Parker, Rosalind Philips, John Gerecht, Linda Pardee, Gene Pardee, Carol Hammond, Ed Mandeville. Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm by President Scott Wood. September Minutes Linda Foss moved to approve the minutes of the Septem-ber 5th 2017 Board Meeting. Seconded by Meredith Raf-ferty. MSC Unanimous. Treasurer's Report John Damitio reviewed the treasurer's monthly report. Membership. Colleen Easley was not in attendance. John Damitio re-ported one new member. There are now a total of 143 members. Presidents Report Scott Wood thanked Meredith Rafferty for filling in for him at the September Board Meeting. Scott also spoke of the loss of Bill Legg, one of our members. Community Liaison/ Historian Linda Foss is in the process of making reservations for the June Annual Banquet Dinner. Linda has also been researching options for helping Bill Legg’s wife with either the donation or getting an estimation of the value of Bill’s cameras and equipment. Linda then led a dis-

cussion on F:67, a NWCCC Camera Club that has asked us to judge prints from their club. General Meeting Program Meredith Rafferty led a discussion on speakers and ideas for upcoming meetings. Digital Imaging Group Program John Gerecht reported that the Digital Communications Lab at the Capital High School has been reserved for the school year. Equipment Rosalind Philips led a discussion on the new projector and when to bring sound equipment to meetings. Fundamentals Group David Parker discussed the new agenda for the funda-mentals group. This month will be a discussion on “why we post-process” along with how to back up one’s pho-to's. Practical Photography Bruce Livingston mentioned that Scott Wood will lead Octobers’ group with a presentation on Luminar. He will also show how he incorporates ON1 with Luminar in his workflow. The next month Melissa Barnes will do a presentation on Creative Photography. Newsletter Pam Hoaglund was not in attendance. Scott encouraged members to submit articles and Photo's. Webmaster Report No report Field Trip Report Linda Foss led a discussion on the upcoming Cranberry field trip. NWCCC Frank Townsend encouraged members to register as soon as possible for the NWCCC conference. Frank stat-ed that he was pleased that our club has taken on the judging for the F:67 Camera Club. NWCCC Traveling Prints Members discussed the Traveling Print Salon and it was reported that we will be participating again this year. NPPNW Dale Easley led a discussion on the Nov. 4th NPPNW Conference.

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OCC Member Images

PSA No report. Frank Townsend noted that there is a PSA rep-resentative that lives in the Puget Sound area and would see if he might be willing to do a presentation about the benefits of PSA individual memberships. Thurston County Fair Photography Competition. Scott Wood discussed the Thurston Co. Fair and the pic-tures that were submitted. The Fair Recap will be in the October General Meeting.

New Business Meredith shared a discussion she had with Bill Legg's wife about his equipment and funeral. Old Business Nothing to report. Scott Wood made a motion to adjourn the meeting; it was seconded by Linda Foss. MSC Unanimous. Submitted by Secretary Tammy Mandeville.

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Photographic Society of America (PSA)

PSA is a worldwide organization for anyone with an inter-

est in photography. Founded in 1934, the Society is for

casual shutterbugs, serious amateurs, and professional

photographers.

Individual digital membership is $45 a year.

Membership offers a wide variety of services and activi-

ties:

1. Monthly Journal

2. Online photo galleries

3. Image evaluation

4. Study groups and courses

5. Competitions

6. Annual Conference

7. Discounts on photography-related products/services

8. PSA travel aide

For a complete overview of membership benefits go to

www.psa-photo.org

Dates to Remember

9 October Digital Imaging 10 October Fundamentals Meeting 14 October Field Trip - Cranberry Harvest, Grayland 17 October Practical Photography Meeting 18 October Koffee Klatch 24 October General OCC meeting 1 November Koffee Klatch 4 November NPPNW meeting in Albany, OR. Speaker Robert O’Toole sponsored by Sigma 7 November Board Meeting 9 November- items due for newsletter 11 November NWCCC conference in Everett, WA. Speaker George Lepp

Sizing Images for Newsletter Format: jpeg, max quality Dimension: 1024 pix long side Please Watermark your image!

All photographs in this newsletter are under copy-

right protection. They may not be used without per-

mission from the individual photographers.

Please submit articles and photographs to:

newsletter@olympiacameraclub.org

Deadline for articles and images for October newslet-

ter is 5 October at midnight.

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October 2017

Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings

Business Meeting -

Monthly on the First Tuesday of the Month

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Open to all. Join us before the meeting at 5:30pm for dinner. Contact: Scott Wood, President

Fundamentals of Photography

Monthly on the Second Tuesday of the Month Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Program: “Post-Processing: What, Why and When” Contact: David Parker, Chair

Practical Photography (Formerly Advanced Photography)

Monthly on the Third Tuesday of the Month Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Program: continue the theme of post-processing alternatives to Photoshop/Lightroom

Contact: Bruce Livingston, Chair

General Meeting

Monthly on the Fourth Tuesday of the Month Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Program: Member-Sharing Photo Night “Summer Visions” Contact: Meredith Rafferty, Vice President

Koffee Klatch Meet up, Every Other Wednesday Morning from 9am to 11am

Panera’s Bakery, 2525 Capitol Mall Drive SW, Westside of Olympia

Open discussion about photography and other topics of interest

Contact: Linda Foss, Chair

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Executive Committee

President

Scott Wood

Vice President

Meredith Rafferty

Secretary

Tammy Mandeville

Treasurer

John Damitio

Immediate

Past President

Bruce Livingston

Newsletter Editor

Pam Hoaglund

Committee Chairs

Community Liaison Linda Foss Equipment Custodian Rosalind Philips NWCCC Traveling Prints Kim Buechel Field Trip Coordinator Norm Ott Membership Colleen Easley NPPNW Liaison Colleen Easley

Practical Photography Bruce Livingston Newsletter Editor Pam Hoaglund PSA Representative Pam Hoaglund Thurston County Fair Colleen and Dale Easley Historian Linda Foss Digital Imaging Group John Gerecht

Olympia Camera Club P.O. Box 13333

Olympia, WA 98508-3333

Fundamentals of Photography David Parker NWCCC Liaison Frank Townsend Scavenger Hunt Rosalind Philips Webmaster Colleen Easley Social Committee Linda Pardee

Associate Memberships