January 2013 - Bowie-Crofton Camera Club

Bowie-Crofton Camera Club Volume 32, Number 5 • January, 2013
A photograph by David Ebert of The
Memorial Illumination at Antietam
Battlefield National Park. See more from
this field trip on pages 8 thru 10.
THE VIEWFINDER
2013 Already?
President’s Comments
by Roz Kleffman, President
By the time you read this, the Christmas wrappings
will be all tucked away, the boxes recycled and the
presents put in a safe place. Every year most of us
get new camera gear for Christmas. Every year some
of us put it away and don’t even start to use it. It is
time to get that stuff out ~ yes, all of it, and look
over what you have stored in that dark closet. Lots
of stuff happens to electronics over time. Batteries
corrode over time - even in a few months. Moisture
in the air is the culprit. Tucking those electronics in a
stuffy closet with little air circulation often leads to
battery corrosion. Get the batteries out of those items
that you seldom use. Think about a desiccant in your
camera bag. You probably have seen those small bags
that say “not for human consumption” on the label.
Those liitle bags absorb moisture from the air. May
help save your equipment from corrosive damage.
Time to update your camera gear insurance policy.
JANUARY
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Competition
Theme: At Peace
Judge: Guy
Stephens
INSIDE
Just decide to take a look at all the gear and add or
subtract those items from your policy. Don’t have a
policy? Most home owner policies have a a rider to
put on camera gear or jewelery. Usually cost less than
$100.00 per year for full replacement coverage for all
your gear. Check it out!
Put all that used equipment to the side. Consider
giving it to someone. The club will be happy to try to
give away your stuff. Just bring it to a club meeting
and put it out on a back table with a “FREE” sign.
Some folks may want to sell the equipment. That
is OK too but you need to stay with the items and
let people know it is for sale and the prices. Items
that do not sell need to go back to your house. Be
considerate. Space is limited on competition nights so
please do not bring your equipment then. All other
nights are OK.
Have a happy and healthy New Year!
13 Holiday 19 Field Trip 21 Program 28 How-To
Dinner
page 7
Luray Caverns
page 3
Antarctica
page 11
Social
Networking
page 11
Travel Judge, page 3; Competition Results, pages 4-6; Photo Talk, page 7; Field Trip Photos, pages 8-10; Windows Filing, page 11
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Roz Kleffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-464-1867
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .president@b-ccc.org
VP Programs
George Smyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-964-1380
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . programs@b-ccc.org
VP Membership
Bill Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-827-3369
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .wgamcollins@earthlink.net
VP Competition
Zolt Levay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-997-6436
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . competition@b-ccc.org
VP How-to
Bill Conway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-326-0386
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . how-to@b-ccc.org
VP Photo Talk
Steve Bruza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-247-5997
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .photo-talk@b-ccc.org
Treasurer
Warren Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-552-4129
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . treasurer@b-ccc.org
Secretary
Pat French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-925-7713
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . secretary@b-ccc.org
PSA Representative
Dick Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-899-6457
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . psa@b-ccc.org
Newsletter Editor
Vincent Ferrari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-249-2210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viewfinder@b-ccc.org
Social Director
Gail Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-829-1972
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gail.m.phillips@comcast.net
STAFF
Volume 32, Number 5 • January, 2013
Articles for The Viewfinder
THE VIEWFINDER is distributed via
e-mail early in the month and at
the first meeting of each month
during the club year. Contributions of
articles of interest to photographers
are welcomed.
The deadline for submitting articles
is the second Monday of the month
prior to publication (ie, articles
submitted in early October will
be published in the November
newsletter).
Membership Rates
Junior (ages 12-17) . . $5.00
Individual . . . . . . . . $25.00
Family . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
Meeting Nights
The Bowie-Crofton Camera Club
meets the first through fourth
Monday nights of each month
September through May in the
Fellowship Hall of the All Saints
Lutheran Church at US 301 and Mt.
Oak Road in Bowie. Meetings begin
at 7:30. Visitors are always welcome.
Competition Assistant
James Oberthaler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-849-2682
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . competition@b-ccc.org
Database Manager
Dick Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-923-2022
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . database@b-ccc.org
Field Trip Committee Leaders
Vincent and Leslie Ferrari............301-249-2210
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vincentferrari@gmail.com
Webmaster
George L. Smyth . . . . . . . webmaster@b-ccc.org
Web Editor
Vincent Ferrari . . . . vincentferrari@gmail.com
Exhibit Coordinator
Bob Matthews . . . . bobamatthews@verizon.net
GRANT PANEL
Roz Kleffman, Warren Wilson, Jeff Kendrick,
Appointed: Clarence Carvell,
Elected: David Hornick
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Articles should be sent via e-mail to
viewfinder@b-ccc.org. Attachments
as MS Word, .txt, or .rtf files are
acceptable. Photos and illustrations
should be separate attachments.
Photographs should be submitted
electronically as JPEGs with a “high”
quality compression setting. The
optimal photograph will be no
more than 800 pixels in its greatest
dimension.
Photographic Society
of America (PSA)
The Bowie-Crofton Camera Club has
been a member of the Photographic
Society of America (PSA) since 1977.
Dick Whitley, a PSA Region Director,
is B-CCC’s representative to PSA.
For information regarding the
benefits of a PSA individual
membership and
for PSA-sponsored events contact
Dick Whitley (301) 899-6457 or
e-mail psa@b-ccc.org.
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Volume 32, Number 5 • January, 2013
February Competion - Topic: “Travel”
Our judge for February 4 will be Win Peterman
by James Oberthaler, Competition Assistant
Multi-media artist Win Peterman last judged for
B-CCC in November 2010. She works in a variety of
media including painting in oils, acrylics or watercolors,
sculpting, fusing or casting glass, and mixed media.
commissioned her work.
Win’s glass art of a tiger and a tryptich called “Birds
of a Feather” has been accepted to be in an upcoming
book. The book will be Wildlife Art Today by Cindy Ann
Coldiron and is to be published by Schiffer Books.
We are pleased to welcome her back to apply her
artistic sensitivities to February’s competition: Travel
(see the assignment below).
Win has participated in 27 juried exhibitions in 10
different states, some as far away as Oregon, Montana
and Michigan to our west, and Florida to our south.
She won first place in the Sculpture Division in the
72nd International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures
in 2005. Her work is displayed in several galleries in
Maryland as well as in Oregon, Arizona and Florida, and
is sought after by collectors and by those who have
The assignment is Travel: Fifty miles from Bowie
makes a travel photo. A stronger picture would be one
that suggests a different culture or geography. The
Ernie Nagy Memorial Travel Trophy will be awarded to
the entry judged Best in Show.
For more information regarding our judge for this
competition, please visit her website at:
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/w/winpeterman/
Print entries should be registered in by 7:15 p.m.
January Field Trip: Luray Caverns
Private Photographic Tour of the Cave on January 19, 2013
by Jeanine Cummins, Field Trip Leader
As we approach the new year and close out another
year of great photographic field trips we are looking
forward to the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley
and Luray Caverns on January 19, 2013. The Caverns
were discovered over 130 years ago by a tinsmith
William Campbell, Benton Stebbins, a
photographer and several others, who
were looking for a cave. The rest is history.
Luray Cavern Motel, which has winter rates for Friday
and Saturday for $60.00. Call for additional information
and reservations from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily at
540-743-6551 or toll free 888-941-4531.
There are other attractions as well located at Luray
Caverns- Luray Cavern Museum, Garden
Maze and the Luray Singing Tower among
others. Please refer to the website: www.
luraycaverns.com
Luray Caverns is about 118 miles
southwest of Bowie Maryland. We will
have a two-hour guided tour beginning
at 8:30 a.m., allowing us to have access
before the general public. We will meet at 8:00 a.m.
Tripods, monopods and flashes are allowed. There is
a wheelchair lift with a 375-pound limit. The inside
temperature is maintained at 54°F.
I will need to provide a head-count to
Luray Caverns before the close of business,
January 11. We can meet after the tour to
decide on a place to eat. If anyone has any suggestions,
please let me know.
I’ve heard from some of you already; anyone else
interested please contact me at 240-461-2914 or by
e-mail at: jlcum453@gmail.com. Check the club’s
website for updates.
Since the drive is over two-hours long, some people
may be interested in coming up the night before.
There are hotels/motels in the vicinity including the
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Volume 32, Number 5 • January, 2013
Competition Corner
December Competition Results
by Zolt Levay, VP for Competitions
There were 125 total entries in the December
competition with the theme “I was Framed.” It was
inspiring to see all the creative ways photographers
were able to interpret this theme. Congratulations
to all the winners. Thanks to Karen Messick (www.
karenlmessickphotography.com/ ) for taking on the
task of narrowing down winners from among the
many excellent entries, applying the theme to the
entries, and providing useful comments to ponder and
apply to future photography. Thanks too to everyone
who helped with setup and cleanup and to make the
mechanics of the competition run smoothly.
the End of Year competition. Any photos that won
any ribbon, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Honorable Mention, in
any competition during the club year is eligible. This
includes several phases. For digital entries, if the photo
is still available online, you need to change the date to
the End of Year competition. If you removed a photo,
you can re-submit it. For prints, deliver the winning
prints to the Competition V.P. and submit a digital
version to use for the slide show at the End of Year
dinner.
As usual, if you have any questions, contact me at
competition@b-ccc.org. Keep shooting, and see you at
the next club meeting.
Remember that we will be collecting photos for
Novice Digital (30 Entries)
Advanced Digital (34 Entries)
1st
2nd
3rd
HM
HM
HM
HM
HM
1st Window Repairman. . . Stephen Bruza
2nd Workers in a Window . Jim Rogers
3rd New Mosque Istanbul .David Ebert
HM Classic Chevy Truck Hotrod . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Thomas
HM Deep in Thought . . . . . .Bill Conway
HM Framing the Song . . . . . Stephen Bruza
HM Girl in Window . . . . . . . .David Ebert
HM Inside the Watchtower.. Vincent Ferrari
HM Trailer in the Pines. . . . . AnnKrumrein
Thirsty Hummer. . . . . . . Gary Kohn
Lady in Red. . . . . . . . . . . Steve Kaben
Framed and Neglected William E. Gibson
View on Florida Bay. . . . Danni Downing
Ballroom Entrance. . . . . Frank Lee
Frame Within a Frame . Beth Fabey
Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Kaben
The Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kim Holley
Novice Monochrome (11 Entries)
1st Nought May Endure But Mutability . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Kaben
2nd Realization. . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Kaben
3rd Sitting with Lincoln . . . .Albert Alexander
Novice Color Prints (14 Entries)
1st Longlady. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanine Cummins
2nd Thunderbirds Between Propellers . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Alexander
3rd The Magic Hour. . . . . . . .JoAnn Mikellian
HM Afternoon Break . . . . . . .Robyn Ann
Barnhart
(Above) Trudge, 3rd
Advanced Monochrome
Prints, Warren E. Wilson
(Right) Thunderbirds
Between Propellers, 2nd
Novice Color Prints, Albert
Alexander
Advanced Monochrome (14 Entries)
1st Room with a View. . . . . Robert Weston
2ndDwarf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren E. Wilson
3rd Trudge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren E. Wilson
HM Waterford Vase of Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth Fabey
Advanced Color Prints (22 Entries)
1st Two Bags Full. . . . . . . . . Stephen Bruza
2nd Penobscot Bridge #2. . .Chuck Bress
3rd Inside Out. . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Kaben
HM Preah Khan Temple Ruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Marketa Ebert
HM Attractive Decay. . . . . . . Zolt Levay
HM Concord Light. . . . . . . . . Pat French
More Competition Winners on Page 5
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Competition Corner
December Competition Results, Continued
(1st row, l. to r.) Sitting with Lincoln,
3rd Novice Monochrome Prints, Albert
Alexander; Thirsty Hummer, 1st Novice
Digital, Gary Kohn; New Mosque Istanbul,
3rd Advanced Digital, David Ebert
(2nd row, l.to r.) Dwarf, 2nd Advanced
Monochrome Prints, Warren E. Wilson;
Two Bags Full, 1st Advanced Color Prints,
Stephen Bruza; Lady in Red, 2nd Novice
Digital, Steve Kaben (3rd row, l.to r.) Girl
in Window, HM Advanced Digital, David
Ebert; Concord Light, HM Advanced Color
Prints, Pat French; Window Repairman, 1st
Advanced Digital, Stephen Bruza (4th row,
l.to r.) Framing the Song, HM Advanced
Digital, Stephen Bruza; Up, Inside the
Watchtower, HM Advanced Digital,
Vincent Ferrari; Workers in a Window, 2nd
Advanced Digital, Jim Rogers
More Competition Winners on Page 6
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Competition Corner
December Competition Results, Continued
(1st row, l. to r.) Trailer in the Pines,
HM Advanced Digital, Ann Krumrein;
Inside Out, 3rd Advanced Color Prints,
Steve Kaben; Realization, 2nd Novice
Monochrome Prints, Steve Kaben (2nd
row, l.to r.) Nought May Endure But
Mutability, 1st Novice Monochrome
Prints, Steve Kaben; Hands, HM
Novice Digital, Steve Kaben; Attractive
Decay, HM Advanced Color Prints,
Zolt Levay (3rd row, l.to r.) Classic
Chevy Truck Hotrod, HM Advanced
Digital, Mike Thomas; Long Lady, 1st
Novice Color Prints, Jeanine Cummins;
Deep in Thought, HM Advanced
Digital, Bill Conway
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Volume 32, Number 5 • January, 2013
Photo Talk Meeting - January 14
Landmark Photography
by Steve Bruza, VP Photo-Talk
Some people might think that when a judge says “it
looks just like a postcard” it would be a good thing,
but often it’s followed by the word, “…out!” Why? There
probably was not much going on or enough creativity
to keep it in the running for the final round. It’s a
classic dilemma for travel photography as we approach
making an image of a familiar landmark or landscape.
So, what to do? This will be our opening discussion for
our Photo Talk on January 14.
Another more challenging approach is to capture
just a part instead of the whole landmark. Think of the
motto “less is more.” Embrace the art of minimalism
in your approach to making a photo of some iconic
structure. For example, I am sure you have seen
dramatic close ups of columns or steps on some of our
national monuments in DC. That might inspire you to
do something similar to capture a single piece of an
edifice that would be unique enough to stand out in a
competition. As always you need to pay close attention
to lighting and composition and these aspects become
more critical when isolating an object.
Even the most skillful photographer can fall into
the trap of taking a shot of some iconic structure or
location just to document the fact they were there. We
have all done that. In fact it may be good to do it a
few times just to get it out of our systems. So after you
have those standard pictures in your memory cards or
on film how do you approach making a more notable
photograph? There are actually some tricks that we will
explore as we review images of landmarks made by
award winning photographers. One that might surprise
you is looking in the opposite direction to discover the
possibility of reflections or shadows.
After we explore the topic of landmarks we will look
back at digital entries from our prior competition.
We always learn a few things new things. Hearing the
maker describe how or why they took a particular shot
provides some ideas or you might learn something new
about someone in the club. Like the radio announcer
Paul Harvey would say, “the rest of the story” is
sometimes more interesting, enlightening and often
entertaining. Please join us on January 14 to hear the
stories and have fun too as we critique our own work.
B-CCC Holiday Dinner
January 13, 2013 - 5:00 p.m.
by Gail Phillips, Social Director
Don’t forget! The Bowie-Crofton Camera Club’s
annual Holiday Dinner will once again be at Hellas
Restaurant (8498 Veterans Highway, Millersville,
Maryland). This year it will be held on Sunday, January
13, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until we’ve all had our fill.
Telescope”.
The price will remain at $25.00 per person. There is
still time to sign up! You can do so at the January 7 club
meeting or by e-mail to Gail Phillips at gail.m.phillips@
comcast.net. You can pay our treasurer, Warren Wilson,
at the meeting, or you can mail your check to Gail (2716
Mt. Olive Court, Mt. Airy, MD 21771). Our number must
be firmed up by January 8, so if you have not paid by
the January 7 meeting, you will not be included in that
count. Hope to see you all there!
The program for the evening will be an “out of this
world” experience! Zolt Levay has agreed to bring
us some of his “work” work. Since he’s involved with
the images from the Hubble Space Telescope, this
should be a fascinating presentation. He’s entitled it,
“A Tour Through the Universe with the Hubble Space
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Photos From Field Trip to the Antietam Memorial Illumination
Photographs from the annual event at the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland
Photo by Zolt Levay
23,000 Fallen, by Dick Russell
Photo by David Ebert
Photo by Vincent Ferrari
Remembering Antietam, by Dick Russell
Photo by Pat French
Photo by Zolt Levay
Photo by Zolt Levay
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Photos From Field Trip to the Antietam Memorial Illumination
Photographs from the annual event at the Antietam National Battlefield, continued
Photo by Zolt Levay
Antietam Farm House, by Dick Russell
Photo by Zolt Levay
Photo by David Ebert
Photo by Vincent Ferrari
Photo by Leslie Ferrari
Photo by Vincent Ferrari
Continued on page 10
Photo by Zolt Levay
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Photos From Field Trip to the Antietam Memorial Illumination
Photographs from the annual event at the Antietam National Battlefield, continued
Antietam Monument, by Dick Russell
Photo by Zolt Levay
Photo by Zolt Levay
Behind Every
Tree, by Dick
Russell
Photo by Pat French
Antietam Monument
After Dark, by Dick
Photo by Leslie Ferrari
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Photo by Pat French
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January Program Meeting - Jan. 21
Barbara French Pace - The Challenge of Antarctica
by George Smyth, VP Programs
Barbara French Pace, a photographer who shows
her work at Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda, will
discuss the challenges of shooting in Antarctica and
the process of presenting a coherent slide show for a
body of work. She will touch on sequencing, timing,
varying composition, and audio support. A showing of
“Antarctica: Journey to the End of the World” will cap
the presentation.
barbarapace-art.com
Viewing Photos in Order in a Slideshow Using Vista Windows Photo Gallery
A Computer Filing Tip
by Beth Fabey
Have you ever been frustrated when you use
Windows Photo Gallery to show guests your photos
from a flash drive, only to have the slideshow jump
around and seem to pick your photos to show in
random order? Try this solution:
you get to 10, it won’t start intermingling the slides by
going 1, 11, 2, 22, etc. You can batch rename photos in
Windows. When the photos are in the order you want
them to be in, select all and right click the first photo.
From the menu select “Rename”. Type a group name
followed by a space, the number 001 in parentheses,
then the extension.jpg. For example: Bowie (001).jpg.
Push ENTER. All files in the folder will automatically
be renamed in sequential order. NOTE: If using Vista,
type a name for the group, then a space, then 10001
inside parentheses, followed by the extension .jpg.
For example: Cherry Blossom Festival (10001).jpg Then
press ENTER. (If you don’t start with (10001), Vista will
pull the last image to be the first shown—go figure!)
If you are not already there, open a picture and click
“Go to Gallery’ in the upper left corner. Then look for
a search bar in the upper right and to the left of that
search bar are four little squares. Click those four little
squares for a scroll down menu, then click “Sort By>”
and choose whatever you want; most likely file name
but it could be date taken, etc. You will probably want
to change the “Group By>” option as well (perhaps
Date taken or None, Ascending Order?). You might
need to number your images sequentially if you find
that none of the sorting mechanisms is working for
you, and then sort by file name.
Once files are renamed, try again to sort the photos
in Photo Gallery as described at the beginning of this
article.
Bill Conway suggests making all of the images the
same name and adding a number after the new name
that reflects the order you want it to appear in. Use
3-digit numbers starting with 001. That way, when
Then again, you could always sign up for Dick
Russell’s Pro Show Gold workshop being given this
winter at our club to really do a slideshow up in style!
It’s a great workshop and well worth your time.
How-To Meeting - January 28
Social Networking and Photography
by Bill Conway, VP How-To
Ever feel socially inadequate? Well, I do every time I do that social networking thing on Facebook or Flickr. I’m
totally lost and the network does its own thing. Well for this month’s How-To, Zolt Levay is going to shed some
light on the mysteries of social networking.
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