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Shutterbug Times
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
THE
OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB
October 2013
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Executive Committee
President
Rosalind Philips
Volume 78, Issue 10
President’s Corner by Rosalind Philips
RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
Vice President
Vacant
Secretary
Christian Weinreich
Christianweinreich@reachone.com
Treasurer
John Damitio
J_damitio@comcast.net
Immediate
Past President
Gene Pardee
gene@egp-photo.com
-------------Newsletter Editor
Teri Dean
OlympiaCameraClubNewsletter@gmail.com
In this issue:
 Board Mtg Minutes, p. 2
Happy Autumn! Our rainy season has started with delightful sun breaks
in between deluges. Rain or clouds make a wonderful backdrop for colorful
leaves. It is also the season for spider webs. Tumwater Falls Park on a foggy
morning is an excellent place to photograph spider webs.
I am pleased to announce that at the last general meeting, Colleen Easley
was elected as our new vice-president. Thank you Colleen for continuing our
tradition of dynamic leadership. Thanks also to our nominating committee of
Gene Pardee, Frank Townsend and Wes Kirkpatrick for their diligence in finding
a candidate.
Tuesday October 22, 2013 is the Annual Scavenger Hunt Banquet. This
is a wonderful opportunity for us to share our favorite images that we have taken
over the past year or to share the images we have taken for the scavenger hunt
list. This year the banquet will be held at River’s End Restaurant at the Tumwater Valley Golf Club. Please read Linda Foss’ directions for reservations later
in the newsletter.
 Upcoming Events, p. 3
 NPPNW Info, pp. 4-5
I hope to see you at some the club events this month.
 Upcoming meetings, p. 6
Rosalind
RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
 Committee Contacts p.7
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Olympia Camera Club Board Minutes
Oct. 2, 2013, 6 p.m.
Mekong Restaurant, Olympia
Present were: President Rosalind Philips, Secretary
Chris Weinreich, Treasurer John Damitio, and Past
President Gene Pardee and Linda Foss. (Vice president position is vacant.)
September Minutes: Gene made a motion to approve
the minutes, John seconded and the motion was
passed.
Treasurer's report for October:
Beginning Balance: $1310.02
Dues:
$ 40.00
Expenses: supplies $ 56.06
End Balance
$1291.96
Savings
$1378.89
Total Balance
$2670.85
Scavenger Hunt Dinner -- Linda, who is in charge of
the dinner, said not many people have signed up.
Rosalind said she will send out an announcement to all
the club member seeing if she can get more people to
sign up. The dinner will be Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Rivers
Edge restaurant, at the Tumwater Golf Club.
Calendar: After being tabled at the September meeting, the motion to move the board meeting from the
first Wednesday of each month to the first Tuesday of
each month, was approved. The November club board
meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 5th starting at 6 p.m.
The club's Christmas party is Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Digital Group: Per Rosalind, this month's topic is
Light Room 5
Critique Group: no report
Old Business: Discussion of the complaint letter regarding a picture at the photo exhibit at the Thurston
County Fair which someone found objectionable, was
postponed until the November meeting.
New Business: The club's Webmaster, Dave Simmerman, submitted a new contract proposal for 2014.
(Dave manages the club's web site for a fee.) His proposal raised several questions, i.e. is there a back-up
plan, the cost of hosting the site, who "owns" the name
of the site, the registration terms etc. Rosalind is going
to contact Dave and will report back to board at the
November meeting.
Chris Weinreich, Secretary
Website Stats for April
Sept-13
2013
Number of Visits
Number of Unique Visitors
Number of Page Views
Pages per Visit
Ave Visit Duration
(minutes:seconds)
Last Reported Month
(Jul 13)
190
222
154
878
4.62
182
1207
5.4
00.03.25
0.03
Percentage of New Visits
40.53%
Bounce Rate (one page
viewed)
69.47%
45.5%
71.2%
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NPPNW Comes to Portland
by Frank Townsend
frank_townsend@comcast.net
The Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest
(NPPNW) meets twice yearly migrating from south of
Portland to Portland and then north of Portland. The
spring meeting is the first Saturday of April, the fall meeting is held on the first Saturday of November. On November 2 the fall meeting will be held at Portland State
University in Portland beginning at 10 AM.
The featured speaker at this session is Peter O'Toole.
Robert is an award winning, international published photographer and a BBC / Shell Wildlife “Photographer of
the Year” competition award winner. Robert is internationally recognized as one of the leading photographers
working in the nature photography and nature photo tour
industry. Robert has been a professional photographer
for more than 20 years and is currently based in California and uses a variety of top professional cameras and
lenses. As an accomplished instructor, Robert leads
photography workshop tours across the US and internationally. Robert is currently a Sigma Pro program photographer and has been working with Sigma since 2010.
was full of amazing events including a number of
cruises, an aerial photo safari, a tour of old York, reeling in lobster traps and more. Beginning Wednesday
through Friday each evening a featured speaker made
a two hour presentation. Noted nature photographer
Brenda Tharp led off on Wednesday, followed by
Hanson Fong on the Joys of Photography on Thursday
and Onne Van der Wal on Wind and Water. Hanson
and Onne are both Canon Explorers of Light. Programs during the week included "Editing Features to
Create Great Images", presented by Topaz Labs;
"Taking the Ordinary and Making It Extraordinary";
"Understanding Color Management Workflow";
"Lighting Gone Wild"; and many others. Travelogs
included France, Italy, and Myanmar. All in all this
was a great conference, I'm only sorry more of us
weren't in attendance. Next Year the conference will
be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in conjunction
with the balloon festival, but I'll be publishing more
on that later.
The program is only $10 for early registration, $15 at the
door. Two people at the same address is only $5 more
for either registration. I will be leaving from Panda Express at Fred Meyer's at 7 AM if one or two want to ride
with me or even follow me.
Mark your calendar for our
Annual Scavenger Hunt Dinner
October 22, 2013 at 6:00 PM
NPPNW offers an informal print and digital competition
in a variety of categories. Check out www.nppnw.org for
more information and directions. Also check
www.robertotoolephotography.com to see Robert's images.
The dinner will be held on October 22, 2013 at the
River Edge Restaurant located at The Tumwater
Valley Golf Course. Each attendee will order from
the menu for the dinner and pay by separate check.
The dinner menu is at
PSA 75th Annual Conference
http://www.riversedgetumwater.com/
dinnermenu.htm.
by Frank Townsend
frank_townsend@comcast.net
Please let RosalndPhillips@comcast.net or
fossl1234@centurylink.net know if you plan to attend.
On September 15, Wes Kirpatrick, my wife Terri and I
attended the 75th Annual Conference of the Photographic Society of America in Portland Maine. My
first thought would be to tell you how incredible the
state of Maine is and we only saw a little. There are so
many bays, coves and villages one could spend weeks
traveling and photographing. The conference itself
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NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AT ITS BEST!
Our fall meeting will be November 2 at Portland State University in Portland, OR. We will open the
doors at 8:30 AM, and the program will begin at 10 AM. The invited speaker will be Robert O’Toole, under
the generous sponsorship of SIGMA.
Robert is an internationally published photographer and a BBC / Shell Wildlife “Photographer of the Year”
award winner. He is recognized as one of the leading photographers working in the nature tour industry for
more than 20 years. Robert’s morning presentation is entitled “A Passion for Nature Photography” and his afternoon presentation is “Exploring the World of Macro Photography.” Treat yourself to www. robertotoolephotography.com. Do bring your digital camera bodies for sensor cleanings at a bargain price by Advanced
Camera.
The projected image competition will be exclusively digital. Send a maximum of three digital files as
email attachments, each smaller than 3 MB in size, to NPPNW.submissions@gmail.com. Include text in
your email message that describes the attachments. Your digital files must be received no later than October
25.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS FOR DIGITAL
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:
The file names for submitted images must have the format: Photo Title_by_PhotographerName_X.jpg,
where “PhotoTitle” is your title for the photo, “PhotographerName” is your name, and X is a 1character code of P, S or W for Plantlife, Scenic or Wildlife, respectively.
In addition, participants are encouraged to bring a maximum of two prints. The prints may be matted
but not framed. The total external dimensions (including mat) must not exceed 48 inches (length + width).
The categories for the print competitions are the same as those for the projected images. We will again use a
“limited hand of man” rule. Any man made object in the entry should not be a major or significant portion of
the image.
Exit I-405 at SW Sixth Ave. From some directions, it will be necessary to use Exit 1C and make your
way back to Sixth Ave. Travel approximately 3 blocks on Sixth Ave. after its elevated intersection with I-405.
After crossing College and then Hall Streets, turn left into Parking Structure One. Parking in the upper levels
of the ramp is available by paying $6.00 at the entrance Kiosk which is usually manned after 7 AM. If no attendant is there, proceed to the lower level where "Pay to Park" machines are available for the limited number
of lower level parking spaces. We will be meeting in Lincoln Hall (1620 SW Park Ave.), see A6 on the campus map at URL http://www.fap.pdx.edu/floorplans/docs/LH_l1285026970.pdf. To walk to Lincoln Hall from
the parking structure, proceed West on either Hall or Harrison to Broadway; once on Broadway proceed North
- against the flow of traffic to Market Street -(you will have walked by the front of Lincoln Hall where construction makes entry difficult); turn left (West) on Market - gainst the flow of traffic again; Enter Lincoln Hall
at its NW corner where there is a wheelchair ramp; Go down to the lower level where our meeting area will be
to your left.
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For those who wish to arrive on Friday (April 6), a block of rooms has been reserved at the Ramada
Portland Airport (6221 NE 82nd Ave). Please contact the motel directly ASAP to reserve a room (877-7262326). If you identify yourself as a member of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest, you will
receive a special rate of $55 plus tax for one or two persons. From I-205, take exit 23B. Turn right onto US30 Bypass W/NE Killingsworth St. for .1 mile. Make a slight right turn onto NE Columbia Blvd. After .7
miles, turn right onto NE 80th Ave. Proceed .2 miles and the Ramada will be on your right. The Ramada will
be the site of an informal conversation among NPPNW members beginning at 7:30 PM on Friday evening.
In order to assist planners, it is important that you return the following membership/registration
information as soon as possible.
SEMIANNUAL MEMBERSHIP/PREREGISTRATION
Name(s) ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Single membership
$10
Two members, one address
$15
Three members, one address
$20
Four members, one address
$25
Make checks payable to the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest and mail to Frank Lahman; 3710
NW Clover Place; Corvallis, OR; 97330. On site membership/registration will be $5/participant more than the
above.
Address____________________________________________________________
Telephone________________________ E-Mail__________________________
The Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest meets twice a year, rotating meeting sites. The
primary purpose of the NPPNW is to share information about nature and wildlife photography and thereby to
promote the growth and development of its members. Our next meeting will be April 5, 2014 in Washington
State.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO SIGMA AND,
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PSU
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October 2013
Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings
Monthly Digital Meeting, Second Tuesday of the Month
October 8, 2013
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia
Digital Meeting Topic: An overview of Adobe Lightroom 5
Contact, Rosalind Philips at RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
Monthly Photo Critique Meeting, Third Tuesday of the Month
October 15th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Edge Lake Mobile Home Park - Community Center, 3928 21st Ave SE, Lacey 98503
Critique Meeting Subject of the Month:
Contact, Tom Blankenship at tom@tomblankenship.com
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, Wes Kirkpatrick at wesk67@gmail.com
General Meeting, Fourth Tuesday of the Month
October 22nd, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Rivers Edge restaurant, at the Tumwater Golf Club.
Meeting Topic: Annual Scavenger Hunt Dinner
Contact, Rosalind Philips at RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
Monthly Business Meeting, First Tuesday of the Month
NOTE: THIS IS A CHANGE FROM WEDNESDAYS TO TUESDAYS AS VOTED ON IN
THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING. ALL FUTURE MEETINGS WILL BE ON THE FIRST
TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
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Olympia Camera Club
PO Box 13333
Olympia, WA 98508-3333
Memberships with
Committee Chairs
Community Liaison
Critique Group
Digital Imaging
Wes Kirkpatrick
wesk67@gmail.com
Tom Blankenship
tom@tomblankenship.com
Rosalind Philips
RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
Equipment Custodian
Newsletter Editor
NWCCC Liaison
Gene Pardee
gene@egp-photo.com
Teri Dean
OlympiaCameraClubNewsletter@gmail.com
Wes Kirkpatrick
wesk67@gmail.com
NWCCC Traveling Prints
PSA Representative
Scavenger Hunt
Cornelia Kirkpatrick
corneiliak@comcast.net
Frank Townsend
Frank_townsend@comcast.net
Rosalind Philips
RosalindPhilips@comcast.net
Social Programs
Thurston County Fair
Video Group
Frank Townsend
Frank_townsend@comcast.net
Terri Townsend
Dottie Hall
dottiehall@comcast.net
Webmaster
Dave Simmerman
dasimmerman@comcast.net