Shutterbug Times - Olympia Camera Club
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Shutterbug Times - Olympia Camera Club
Page - 1- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Shutterbug Times THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB July 2015 www.olympiacameraclub.org Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/OlympiaCameraClub Executive Committee President Rosalind Philips Vice President Bruce Livingston Secretary Linda Pardee Treasurer John Damitio Immediate Past President Colleen Easley Newsletter Editor Teri Dean In this issue: Board Minutes ps2-4 Digital Image Mtg p4 Nisqually Flyway p. 4 Lakefair Fireworks p.5 July Field Trip p. 8 Planning Picninc p. 8 Th County Fair ps10-13 Tim Grey Article p14 Upcoming Mtgs p15 Committee Contacts p16 Volume 80, Issue 6 President’s Corner I am so excited to serve as President of the Olympia Camera Club. Our club has really grown under the leadership of Colleen Easley and I look forward to continuing that growth. Thank you Colleen for a job well done! Congratulations to our 2015-2016 officers: Colleen Easley, immediate past president; Bruce Livingston, vice president; John Damitio, treasurer; and Linda Pardee, secretary. Many thanks to Judy Mason for serving as secretary for the past year. My primary goal as president for the next year is to increase membership participation in both activities and on OCC committees. Like many community clubs, we have a small dedicated core of members on our committees; we need to expand that core. There will be opportunities to sign-up for committees at all of our meetings starting with the August 25th planning meeting. There will more information about the planning meeting in the newsletter. In addition, some of you may get a call from me asking you to serve. Remember, our club is only as good as we are. June was a big month for community activities. Linda Foss, our new Community Liaison, jumped right in to organize the STARS portrait party and the Air Show photo shoots. Both these activities were very successful. Look for the summaries later in the newsletter. We are officially on our summer schedule. Both Fundamentals Group and Advanced Group are on hiatus for the summer. Scott Wood does plan to do some spontaneous photo walks around town. Our July general meeting is the Thurston County Fair and the August general meeting will be held at Priest Point Park’s Rose Garden. You can stay involved with club activities by participating in the July and August field trips. See Frank’s article later in the newsletter for details. You can submit photos for the competition at the Thurston County Fair. You can also start your own fieldtrip by posting something in the OCC Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/ OlympiaCameraClub). Post something like, “I’m going to Nisqually tomorrow morning. If you would like to join me, meet me in the parking lot at 8 am” or “It looks like there will be northern lights in our area tonight, please message your phone number if you would like to join me.” Summer is a marvelous time for taking photographs. I like to give myself an assignment to take a look at my images from last summer and pick two or three to retake. I am always fascinated to see how my perspective has changed. May the force, the photographic force, be with you. Rosalind Page - 2- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Olympia Camera Club Board Minutes July 7, 2015 @ 6:30 p.m. Casa Mia Restaurant, Olympia Members Present Frank & Terri Townsend, Gene and Linda Pardee, Dale and Colleen Easley, Bruce Livingston, Rosalind Philips, John Damitio Meeting Called to order at 6:31 by President Rosalind Philips Meeting started out with Rosalind Philips thanking outgoing President Colleen Easley for all of the great works she has done for the Club over the past year. Minutes A Motion to accept Minutes as printed in the newsletter by Colleen Easley and seconded by Dale Easley. Passed. Treasurer’s Report Starting Balance DEPOSITS Income—2015 Dues Total Deposits $2,327.79 $ 15.00 + $ 15.00 EXPENSES Technology: Adobe PS CC Planning Picnic Total Expenses $10.87 $35.00 -$45.87 Ending Balance (5/31/15) $ 2,296.92 ---------------------------------Savings Starting Balance $1,381.27 Divident Interest +.12 Ending Balance $1,381.39 Continue using Facebook Page to get others interested in joining club. Appointed Colleen Easley as Membership Chair Possibly do a New Survey, idea discussed and tabled for a bit. Community Liaison Linda Foss talked about being through for the year and how challenging it has been taking over previously set projects. Air show, very good pictures turned in. Gene, Linda Pardee and Jodi Cox still owe photos. Stars program went very well on Club’s part; staff at Senior Center not organized as promised. Linda Foss will make it very clear for future events not only what we will do, but what we expect the venue employees will do. Linda will send thank you letters to all of the volunteers from the club who participated in the senior photos. She also commented on what a great job John Gerecht and Gene Pardee did on the photos. There was discussion on putting a presentation together to show at a General Meeting to encourage people to get involved in volunteer projects. Colleen will put some of the pictures from events on our Flickr page and link to our webpage. Capital Land Trust already has a photographer for their next event, so we won’t be needed. Love Our Local Event was discussed. information at this time. No Rosalind asked Linda Foss to write down procedures for doing outside photo events for future reference. John reported 101 paid members with 27 new members. Deposit of $35.00 not yet made. Newest Member Matthew Ackerman Historian Linda Foss shared things she has been going through as the Club’s new Historian. She will start sharing tidbits from old newsletters in our newsletter. Presidents Report Rosalind Philips said she had established several goals for the year: A set of rules for setting Budget for the year. Getting more members to step up to the plate and get involved in activities, participate more. Restructure of the Fundamentals group, getting a new leader for the group. General Meetings Rosalind suggested every other month be a member sharing night. Club members could bring a six minute slide or video presentation; it could be a themed presentation or just favorite photos. The other months would be an outside speaker. Frank recommended that we do one early in the year to see how many are interested in doing it and go from Page - 3- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 there. We need to get back to member sharing of photos both digital and print. Plan member sharing for October, have a speaker for November, December will be the Holiday Party. Advanced Group Scott Wood was not present. His group will have walking events during the summer until September. Fundamental Group Restructuring the group and finding a new leader was discussed. Rosalind to form a committee to do this including Bruce Livingston, Gene Pardee, Frank Townsend, Wes Kirkpatrick, and possibly getting a new member of the Club. Format of the Group: Get back to really starting at the basics of camera use and develop a routine class format, getting your card in or out of camera etc. Basic free software to get started with doing something with your images. Equipment Gene Pardee has the printer to load the new printer drivers. Newsletter Deadline is Sunday afternoon, Colleen and Bruce will alternate months proof reading the Minutes for the newsletter. Webmaster Colleen will continue being the Webmaster and managing the Club’s Facebook and Flickr Groups. Field Trips Frank would really like to find someone else to take over the Field Trips. 7/19/2015: Lakefair Fireworks, meet at Marathon Park by 5:00pm to get a good parking spot, good idea to carpool. 8/8/2015 Morton Logging Jubilee, Morton, WA. This will be an all day event, meals will be available for purchase. There will be many events to photograph. Scavenger Hunt/Dinner 6/23/2015: 49 people RSVP’d, 52 people attended. Despite the glitch from the kitchen a good time was had by all. Linda Foss will chair again next year. She will request the other room and discuss options for better service from the kitchen; maybe several set items to arrange ahead of time so there will be no food shortages. Membership Rosalind has asked Colleen to take over as Membership Coordinator from Jodi and Colleen accepted. NWCCC Frank Townsend will continue to be our NWCCC Rep. The conference will be 11/14/2015 in Seattle and will be $60.00 which includes lunch. Communication from them is very scattered and needs to improve. NWCCC Traveling Prints Dale Easley, there is no new info at this time. NPPNW Next meeting in Centralia on Saturday November 7, 2015. PSA Nothing to report Thurston County Fair Frank has two judges confirmed so far. Volunteer help is still needed on Saturday and to fill a few spots during fair shifts. Old Business Fall Arts Walk fell through. Rosalind is checking on The Department of Corrections in Tumwater to exhibit club member’s photos. John Gerecht’s Group was tabled until he can be present at a board meeting. If we are going to put this group under the Camera Club, John should be a board member, Chairs of Committees were reminded to update documents in DropBox and on the website. New Business Annual Planning Picnic - Linda Pardee will set up VolunteerSpot for people to RSVP and indicate what food they are bringing. She will also handle the setup and make sure we have all the products we Page - 4- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 need. Colleen will teach Linda Pardee how to use the VolunteerSpot Program for Club Events. Nisqually Flyway Newsletter By Colleen Easley Meeting adjourned at 8:40 Respectfully Submitted: Linda Pardee Secretary Olympia Camera Club Digital Imaging Workshop Facilitator: John Gerecht Monday, July 13, 2015 7:00 p.m. Westside Haagen Food’s Cafeteria 1313 Cooper Point RD SW, Olympia Pre-Meeting Social: 5:15 p.m. at the Westside Red Robin Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a meal, or just come and chat. It doesn’t have to be about photography and is a nice time to chat and get to know people. Any topic is more than welcome and it’s just a nice social time. This month we are including a copy of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge’s newsletter, The Flyway. This is a quarterly newsletter available free via email to anyone who wants to sign up for it. I find it full of valuable information about the wildlife at Nisqually and it also includes a calendar of events that you might find interesting. If you’d like to subscribe, email to nisqually@fws.gov and ask to be put on the email list for The Flyway. Sell your Stuff with OCC Classified Ads By Colleen Easley If you’re like most photographers, you probably have extra photography gear laying around that you no longer use. Maybe you’d like to sell it, but don’t want to deal with some of the “strange” users on Craigslist. Did you know that the Olympia Camera Club website has a section for classified ads and that placing an ad is FREE? Head over to the website at www.olympiacameraclub.org and click on the menu Meeting Topic: item for Classified Ads. If you’re a member of the Question & Answer Time—open forum. If you’ve got any questions about photography, club, you can post ads. If you are not a member, you digital cameras, or digital processing. This is a great won’t be able to post ads, but you can read the ads. I feel much safer offering up my stuff for sale to time to have your questions answered. members of my OCC community than to strangers on Craigslist, and I also feel better about buying items If you’ve never entered the Thurston County Fair from my fellow club members. To save you time, and would like some information, I’ll try to we’ve set the ads to run for one year. You can always remember to bring the rules with me. The fair guidelines and entry forms are in this newsletter and on the OCC website under competitions: http://www.olympiacameraclub.org/thurstoncounty-fair/ Digital Imaging Workshops are always the 2nd Monday of the month. Contact John Gerecht for questions at jgerecht@comcast.net **NOTE CHANGE TO LOCATION FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS** Page - 5- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 LAKEFAIR FIREWORKS by Frank Townsend Lakefair traditionally closes the week with an outstanding pyro technical display over Capitol Lake on the final day of the event. This year's fireworks will be displayed on Sunday, July 19. If you missed opportunities during the Independence Day celebration or you just used those events as practice, this is probably your last chance to shoot fireworks until New Year's Eve. I will be at Marathon Park on the shore of Capitol Lake by 5 PM on Sunday in preparation for the night's shooting. Marathon Park is the small grassy area where the brick restrooms are; the closest park to Court House hill. I'll be there by 5, and I recommend you do too as there is a very limited amount of parking and a very large number of people looking for parking places. There is parking on Deschutes Parkway along the lake and just past the park toward the Court House you can park on the other side of the road. There is also a brick utility building just across from the park where people have parked in the past. CAUTION, do NOT park too close to the railroad tracks; you may be ticketed or towed. A tripod is a must, I have a couple extras we can try if you don't have one, and a remote shutter release if you have one. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. I suggest you plan on an evening picnic as you will be there for quite a while before it is dark and I strongly suggest water. Check these links http://www.froknowsphoto.com/fireworks-tips/ http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/how-photograph-fireworks Page - 6- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Thurston County Fair by Frank Townsend Elsewhere in the newsletter you will see the signup sheets showing the times you volunteered to work during the Fair. Please make note of your time and try to keep your schedule. For those who have already signed up I am ever grateful, for those who are still thinking about it, note the blank spots and contact me if you decide to participate. Thank you all for your participation. Page - 7- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Olympia Camera Club Volunteers Photographed a Stars Family Portrait Party By Linda Foss Saturday June 20, 2015, eleven club members of the Olympia Camera Club met at the Lacey Senior Community Center to photograph STARS participants and their families. The portrait photographers were Gene Pardee and John Gerecht. Michael Ireland photographed the party that Stars families, entertainers and staff attended. Prior to the event, Bruce Livingston, Gene and John visited the facility to evaluate the lighting and set up. Other volunteers assisting with the set up on Saturday were Linda Pardee, Frank Townsend, Donna Lecher, Ed Tromble, Mike Stout and Bruce Livingston. Teri Dean organized the process of tracking the photographs taken that day. She greeted each participant with a smile that put them at ease. Colleen Easley’s leadership and coordination made the project possible. A thank you card was received from Paul Taylor, the program manager. “I want to express by extreme appreciation for your club’s assistance with the STARS Family Portrait Party. The talented photographers who gave their time and talents are very much appreciated. You helped the Stars Families feel special and cared about.” Paul I also want to thank all of the volunteers for taking a Saturday to support this worthwhile event. The portraits were unbelievable. The joy captured by Gene, John and Michael was evident in the photographs. This was a day where once again a picture was worth a thousand words. Olympic Air Show By Linda Foss Seven club members were on the ground volunteering to take pictures of the air show, June 27-28, 2015. OCC has a long history of volunteering for this event. Thank you Mike Newman, Bruce Livingston, Gene, Pardee, Linda Pardee, Colleen Easley, Dale Easley and Jodi Cox for covering the airshow. Annual Banquet By Rosalind Philips Our scavenger hunt and banquet on June 23, 2015 was a resounding success with 51 people in attendance. Seventeen members participated in the awesome slide shows. Kudos to Linda Foss for making all the arrangements. Make a commitment to yourself to participate in next year’s slide show. It was great fun seeing how differently members interpreted the scavenger hunt list and what images were chosen as the best of the year. Page - 8- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 MORTON LOGGER'S JUBILEE by Frank Townsend Every year on the second weekend of August, the town of Morton, Washington opens its doors and welcomes all to come and experience their past and present community history. The Loggers' Jubilee has become "the Granddaddy of all Logging Shows" and a celebration for people of all ages. From the Main Street Parades to the Lawnmower Races, the world famous Logging shows to the Jubilee Queen Coronation, Morton's Loggers' Jubilee celebration is not to be missed. This is a 3 day event but we will only be present on Saturday August 8. This will still give us time to watch the bed races on Main Street and the Logging Show in the arena. We will leave from near the 5 Guys Burgers in Cooper Point Market Place (near Cooper Pt and Black Lake Blvd) at 8 AM; carpooling to Morton. Once there we can partake of the Lions Club breakfast for $5 or visit the ongoing flea market. At 11 AM we can watch the bed race on Main Street and the Jubilee Grand Parade following the race. The doors to the Arena open at 12:30 and the Logging Show will begin at 2:00. Admission to the Logging Show is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors. I suspect we will be ready to head home after that. There should be plenty to eat and drink there, but bring your own if so inclined. I doubt there will much use for tripods but you may want to have one handy. SAVE THE DATE! The OCC Annual Planning Picnic will be held at 6:00 pm on August 25, 2015, at the Priest Point Park Rose Garden Picnic Shelter. This is a marvelous opportunity to help shape the direction of your club. Linda Pardee will be coordinating the potluck. She will be using the marvelous VolunteerSpot software to assist with food sign-up. Look for more details in the August newsletter. Page - 9- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 NWCCC NEWS by Frank Townsend Just a few months ago it seemed the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs would become history. There was no President, Vice President or Treasurer and soon thereafter the Secretary resigned. There were only a few directors and hardly any clubs were attending board meetings. But now all that is changed. On Saturday, July 10 nearly 20 people came to Sequim from as far away as Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma and even Olympia to continue the Council. There are all new officers and some new directors, but the big news is there will be a NWCCC Conference and it promises to be the biggest and best in many years. The Conference will be held at the One Life Community Church in Seattle on Saturday, November 14. It will present a major speaker, a number of classes on such topics as Lightroom, Bird Photography, Macro Photography, etc., and an opportunity for portfolio reviews. The price for all this will only be $60 which includes lunch (but not the portfolio reviews). There will be a lot more information in future newsletters and club announcements, but think about attending. The one downside worth mentioning is that this is only a week after the November meeting of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest (NPPNW), but as that event will be in Centralia you won't be all worn out from traveling. (Besides what else are you going to do in November?) Page - 10- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 2015 Thurston County Fair Open Class Photography Staffing Schedule SATURDAY 7/25/2015 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Receive Prints 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Teri Dean (11 - 2) Bruce Livingston (9 - 12) Teresa Gypin (1 -5) Steve Curry (9 - 3) Meredith Rafferty (9 - 12) Tom Blankenship Rosalind Philips Mary Bowman Terri Townsend Frank Townsend Carole Hammond (afternoon) David Parker (afternoon) Vicki Kammerer Jodi Cox (data entry) SUNDAY 7/26/2015 9:30:00 AM to 3:00 PM Judging MONDAY 7/27/2015 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Hanging Teri Dean (9:30 - 12:30) Bruce Livingston Judy Mason Dale Easley Scott Wood Colleen Easley Linda Pardee John Whitehead Chris Enrico Teresa Gypin (1 or 2 PM) John Whitehead Nandita Adhia Pam Hoaglund Larry Mallo Terri Townsend Donna Lecher Frank Townsend Charis Wilson Wes Kirkpatrick Vicki Kammerer Terri Townsend Frank Townsend Allynn Balch Page - 11- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 2015 Thurston County Fair Open Class Photography Fair Booth Staffing Schedule Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:00am - 1:00pm 1:00pm - 4:00pm 4:00pm - 7:00pm 7:00pm - 10:00pm John Whitehead Al Burford Carole Hammond David Parker Vicki Kamerer John Whitehead David Frinell Karen Burkhardt Sally Parker Teri Dean Jodi Cox Thursday, July 30, 2015 Friday, July 31, 2015 John Gerecht Tom Blankenship John Gerecht Bruce Livingston Larry Mallo Nandita Adhia Mallo Saturday, August 1, 2015 Larry Mallo Nandita Adhia Mallo Tom Blankenship Dale & Colleen Easley Sunday, August 2, 2015 Mike Newman Ed Tromble John Damitio Monday, August 3, 2015 3:00 to 7:00 pm Frank & Terri Townsend Frank & Terri Townsend 7:00 - 10:00 shift counts "People's Choice" ballots and hangs the ribbon. Page - 12- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Page - 13- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Page - 14- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Ask Tim Grey Question: I saw your (very nice) photo of a crop duster, and wonder how you go about making sure the propeller is actually shown to be moving rather than being "frozen" by a fast shutter speed. Do you just stop the lens down to the smallest aperture? Tim's Answer: Photographing propeller-driven aircraft is a perfect example of a rare case when I will actually use shutter priority (or time value) exposure mode. I determine an appropriate shutter speed for the subject, and set that as a fixed exposure setting in shutter priority mode, ensuring a degree of blur for the propeller in each photo. In the case of the photo you are referring to, the crop duster is powered by a turboprop engine that turns the propeller at a relative fast rate. Therefore, a shutter speed of no faster than about 1/250th of a second or so will ensure a small amount of motion blur for the propeller, while still providing a shutter speed that is fast enough to help achieve a photo where the airplane actually appears sharp. For those who didn't see the photo referenced in the question, by the way, you can view it on my 500px page here: https://500px.com/photo/112385163/crop-duster-spraying-in-palouse-by-tim-grey When you are using shutter priority mode (as opposed to aperture priority mode) there is an increased risk of "running out" of appropriate exposure settings. In other words, there is a risk that the shutter speed you have set will require an aperture that goes beyond what your lens can actually achieve. On a bright sunny day that might mean even with the lens fully stopped down the exposure is too bright, or that even with the aperture fully open the exposure is too dark. Because of this issue, when I set the camera to shutter priority mode I will hold the shutter release button halfway down to enable the meter on the camera, and then point the lens at various areas within the scene before me, being sure to check the brightest and darkest areas to confirm that an appropriate aperture is available. If the subject will remain under relatively fixed lighting conditions, I might also use the manual exposure mode with specific exposure settings that work for the subject. However, when photographing aircraft it is very likely that the lighting conditions will change on the subject. For example, in some cases the aircraft may be lit from the front, while in other cases it may be backlit. In these types of situations I find that shutter priority mode helps ensure more consistent results, though it may also be necessary to apply some degree of exposure compensation. Again, the key to photographing propeller-driven aircraft is to use the fastest shutter speed you can (generally speaking) that will still ensure at least some degree of motion blur for the propeller. The specific shutter speed will vary based on the rate at which the propeller is spinning, but in most cases shutter speeds in a range from about 1/125th of a second to about 1/350th of a second will produce excellent results. Tim Grey's articles are reprinted with permission. You can subscribe to the free Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter at AskTimGrey.com Page - 15- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 July 2015 Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings The Fundamentals of Photography Group Monthly on the Second Tuesday of the Month CURRENTLY ON SUMMER HIATUS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8th Contact, Rosalind Philips, Fundamentals Chair The Advanced Photographers Group (APG) Monthly on the Third Tuesday of the Month CURRENTLY ON SUMMER HIATUS. WATCH YOUR EMAIL AND THE OCC FACEBOOK PAGE FOR EVEN INVITES TO PHOTO WALKS OVER THE SUMMER Contact, Scott Wood, APG Chair Koffee Klatch Meet up, Every Other Wednesday Morning from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Panera’s Bakery, 2525 Capitol Mall Drive SW, Westside of Olympia Open discussions about photography and other topics of interest. Contact, Linda Foss, Klatch Chair General Meeting Monthly on the Fourth Tuesday of the Month CURRENTLY ON SUMMER HIATUS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND Contact, Rosalind Philips, President Monthly Business Meeting, First Tuesday of the Month August 4th, 2015, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Meeting at Casa Mia (Downtown Olympia) Open to all. Join us before the meeting for dinner at 5:30 pm if you would like. Contact, Rosalind Philips, President Page - 16- Issue 7, July, 2015 - Shutterbug Times Volume 80 Olympia Camera Club PO Box 13333 Olympia, WA 98508-3333 Memberships with Committee Chairs Community Liaison Linda Foss Advanced Photography Group Scott Wood Fundamentals of Photography Rosalind Philips Equipment Custodian Gene Pardee Newsletter Editor Teri Dean NWCCC Liaison Frank Townsend NWCCC Traveling Prints Dale Easley PSA Representative Frank Townsend Scavenger Hunt Rosalind Philips Field Trip Coordinator Frank Townsend Thurston County Fair Terri Townsend Webmaster Colleen Easley Membership Colleen Easley
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