Vancouver Washington
Film Pack Camera Club
March 2017 Volume 62 Issue 06
Film Pack Camera Club FPCC
Columbia Council of
Camera Clubs
http://columbiacameraclubs.org/
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Editor: Jon Fishback., APSA, ARPS [email protected]
Photographic Society of
America
http://psa-photo.org/
Volume 62 Issue 06 March 2017
Club Officers:
President—John Craig [email protected]
Vice President—Frank Woodbery [email protected]
Secretary Treasurer—James Watt [email protected]
Social Chair—Sandy Watt [email protected]
Field Trip Chair—Rick Battson [email protected]
Web Co-Chair—B. Deming & D. Fischer [email protected]
Touchmark Rep.: Ray Klein [email protected]
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Content:
Last Month Print night results
Last Month Print night Judges Choice
Contd.
Last Month EID YTD
January EID Judges Choice
Contd.
Last Month EID night Judges Choice
Contd,
Contd.
RPS Biennial Exhibit
Books at Amazon
Judge’s corner
Cool stuff from the web
Crossword
Making an International Winner
Contd.
Fun with PSA
Misc. & Board Minutes
03MarkShugert_FPCC_IntoTheFoggySunrise_O
Judges Choice - January, page 7.
Cover image—George Clark
Competition Meetings will be held the first and third Tuesday, 7:30 PM, at Touchmark
2911 SE Village Loop, Vancouver WA. - http://www.touchmark.com/
FPCC Web Site and calendar http://filmpack.org/
Board meetings will be on the 4th Tuesday of every month, location and time to be announced by email.
03-07
03-14
03-21
03-28
J. & R. Fishback
K. Rupp
J. & R Hatfield
G. Clark
Goodies list and Schedule:
04-03 W. Hunter
04-18 R. Klein
05-02 G. Noel
05-16 D. Labriere
The above folks are responsible for bringing snacks and juice to the meeting.
If you cannot bring goodies please call Sandy Watt 309-750-4351 and arrange a swap.
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Last Month Print Night - Results YTD
Year to date Color
Year to date Mono.
Color Print Chair: Don Funderburg
[email protected]
Image Maker
Mono Print Chair: Doug Fishcer
[email protected]
LC
SC
YTD
Bev Shearer
0
85
85
Calvin Schuyler
125
124
249
Don Funderburg
238
237
475
Doug Fischer
281
0
281
Grant Noel
41
42
Jan Eklof
222
Katie Rupp
Large Mono
Cal Schuyler
64
Don Funderburg
238
Doug Fischer
269
Grant Noel
41
Jan Pelkey
90
83
Katie Rupp
46
47
269
Michael Anderson
43
92
70
162
Sharp Todd
238
Mark Shugert
44
0
44
Tali Funderburg
20
Michael Anderson
46
43
89
Tim Morton
63
Small Mono
Priscila Martin -Read
44
23
67
Ray Klein
86
0
86
Sharp Todd
237
235
472
Stephen Cornick
0
60
60
Tali Funderburg
21
0
21
Tim Morton
270
220
Wayne Hunter
90
0
Bev Shearer
42
Cal Schuyler
81
Don Funderburg
237
Grant Noel
44
Jan Eklof
111
Katie Rupp
21
490
Michael Anderson
44
90
Sharp Todd
234
Touchmark is planning on having us (FPCC) do photography of two future events:
1. Easter Egg Hunt on April 15th a Saturday. Start time undetermined at this point.
2 Car Show on June 17th another Saturday. Start time undetermined at this point.
"Print participation has been dropping these last few months. If you have any suggestions consistent with the
4C's rules to encourage print making please send them to Doug Fischer [email protected]."
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Last Month Print Night - Judges Choice
DougFischer_SandDune_LC
JanEklof_I'veGotMyEyeOnYou_SC
JanEklof_IHearTheTrainACommin_SM
DougFischer_FeathersInBlack_White_LM
SharpTodd_BryceCloseup10-9-16-1_SC
RayKlein_DrivingLunacy_LC
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SharpTodd_GrandCanyon9-16-8_LM
SharpTodd_TreeInZion2_SM
SharpTodd_BryceMorning10-08-16-1_LC
KatieRupp_CrownCrane_SC
SharpTodd_Bryce-10-9-16-10_LC
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Last Month EID Night - YTD
EID chair: Frank Woodbery [email protected]
Name
Ambrose, Tom
Anderson, Michael
Battson, Rick
Boos, Charles
Boos, Ruth
Campbell, Tammy
Clark, George
Cornick, Stephen
Craig, John
Deming, Bob
Deming, Sharon
Eklof, Jan
Fischer, Doug
Fishback, Jon
Fishback, Rachel
Forbes, Lan
Forbes, Mark
Funderburg, Don
Funderburg, Tali
Hunter, Wayne
Johnson, John
Klein, Ray
LaBriere, David
Martins Read, Priscilla
Moore, Lee
Morton, Tim
Noel, Grant
Pelkey, Jan
Rupp, Katie
Schuyler, Cal
Shugert, Mark
Swartz, Richard
Todd, Sharp
Watt, James
Watt, Sandy
Woodbery, Frank
Mono
66
47
128
81
0
63
132
43
130
104
129
135
134
132
63
0
90
125
0
0
0
138
133
Theme
44
Open
132
Totals
242
23
136
83
265
153
529
63
62
216
219
360
281
44
130
112
271
219
533
43
136
216
279
302
545
107
137
188
271
399
537
137
139
278
274
550
547
137
36
274
106
543
205
0
63
21
178
21
331
134
0
259
41
518
41
0
21
44
42
44
63
133
128
263
267
534
528
21
62
109
44
132
133
66
109
22
136
43
123
135
23
43
43
133
87
238
69
40
223
88
401
172
129
109
272
279
533
521
20
109
165
227
251
445
0
110
43
274
65
520
43
123
85
253
171
499
142
269
546
EID Theme for March: Color
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January EID Night - Judges Choice
01DougFischer_FPCC_IntoTheStorm_O
01JohnCraig_FPCC_Winter2_M
03katierupp_FPCC_TooCloseToMe_M
01SharpTodd_FPCC_RedLantern1_TH
03DougFischer_FPCC_LightStacking_TH
03DougFischer_FPCC_LightStacking_TH
03MarkShugert_FPCC_IntoTheFoggySunrise_O
03RayKlein_FPCC_MoonGlow_TH
03MichaelAnderson_FPCC_PosingSeagull_M
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04FrankWoodbery_FPCC_TheLibrar
04DougFischer_FPCC_NuggetFalls_2_M
04JohnCraig_FPCC_BlueLines_O
04JanPelkey_FPCC_StillHangingOn_O
02JonFishback_FPCC_FallenLimb_O
02FrankWoodbery_FPCC_DelicatelLilies_O
04katierupp_FPCC_WildebeestCrossing_O
04RayKlein_FPCC_NightTraffic_M
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01LeeMoore_DahliaGlow_FPCC__O
01MarkForbes_FPCC_HanginAround_O
01RayKlein_FPCC_PortlandWinterMoon_O
02CharlesBoos_FPCC_BonsiTree_O
02DavidLaBriere_FPCC_MorningWalk_M
02JohnCraig_FPCC_Winter_M
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Last Month EID Night - Judges Choice - Contd.
02katierupp_FPCC_BateleurEagle_O
02RickBattson_FPCC_CrewCoach_TH
02SharonDeming_FPCC_WheelsDown_TH
03DavidLaBriere_FPCC_RedwoodFerns_O
03JanEklof_FPCC_SparksLakeMorning_O
03JonFishback_FPCC_Peaches_O
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Last Month EID Night - Judges Choice - Contd.
04GeorgeClark_FPCC_RememberingDad_O
03SharpTodd_FPCC_AdventurerMono_M
04JanEklof_FPCC_TwistsAndTurns_O
04JanEklof_FPCC_TwistsAndTurns_O
04SharpTodd_FPCC_BalancedRockMoonLit_O
04SharonDeming_FPCC_LadybugOnAToothpick_O
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Royal Photographic Society - Biennial Exhibit
Arguably the most important event in the members' calendar, the Members’ Biennial Exhibition represents the diverse interests of the
current RPS membership.
The selected photographers have now been notified. Click to visit the page.
http://www.rps.org/blogs/2017/february/members-biennial-2017
The Biennial Exhibition is one of the many great ways we can help support our members’ passion for photography and is an
important addition to The Society’s programme. Members worldwide were invited to submit their images to an open call competition,
which was reviewed by a selection panel. The selected work celebrates the diversity of imagery being created by our community of
members, at all levels of photographic practice.
The exhibition tours the UK from March and will also include work from some of The Society’s Honorary Fellows, offering members
the rare opportunity to exhibit their work alongside some of the most respected names in photography today.
Award Winners:
To be announced shortly.
Selection Panel:
Ben Brain ARPS, Award winning journalist and photographer, Editor Digital Camera Magazine
Tony Bramley FRPS, professional wedding and portrait photographer, awarded Fellowship of the Year 2016
Maria Falconer FRPS, professional photographer (specialising in performance photography) and Visiting Lecturer at De Montfort
University
Andre du Plessis FRPS, Social Documentary photographer
Steve Smith FRPS, Social Documentary and Street photographer
We are also delighted to welcome renowned American Photographer Joe McNally FRPS, to select the award winners.
Exhibition Tour Dates:
2017
4 - 26 March, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
1 - 16 April, intu, Watford
22 April - 3 June, The Point, Doncaster
24 June - 5 August, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington
18 Aug - TBC, Washington Arts Centre, Washington
4 November - 7 December, Royal Albert Hall, London. The exhibition can be viewed when attending performances or on a number
of free public open days - dates TBC.
Image from the portfolio, “Fabric of my Mind,” by Jon Fishback, selected for the exhibition above.
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Judge’s Corner
Judging Chair: Mark Shugert [email protected]
Judges For March:
03/07 (Prints) J. Fishback, R. Klein, R.Batson
03/08 FGCC TBA
The Elements
Technical Excellence
Composition
Lighting
Color
Impact
Creativity
Presentation
Story
Score
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I like the color harmony of the near complementary blue and brown tones that initially captured my attention.
The diagonal lines drew my eyes up the corridor, past the bike, and then to the brown door at the end. I feel that
the image has good sharpness and depth of field throughout.
To me the story is unclear, as is the subject of the image. If the maker intended the bike to be the main subject
I feel that they might have positioned it diagonally across the corridor to make it appear more prominent. If the
door at the end of the corridor was the main subject then I think cropping the left 20% of the image might focus
more attention on it. To my eye there are several areas that might benefit from selective lightening in post
processing—the door at the back, the two windows at the left, and the hole in the wall on the right.
Ron Paxton
Notice how the analyst ignored the term composition and alluded to it through his opinion of the story being off.
In the underlined see how much time was used in correcting composition, without mentioning it. Notice also
how many elements were mentioned as done well and how few done poorly, yet the score of six might say
something differently.
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http://improvephotography.com/8806/photography-tricks/
NO TRIPOD? USE A LAMP!
Want to take a group photo but don’t have a place to set the camera? Just whip the lamp
shade off a lamp and screw your camera onto the lampshade-holder.
The thread size of the bolt on a lamp shade is exactly the same size as the filter thread used on
tripods, so your camera will easily attach.
Not only will your party and indoor pictures look better, but you’ll look like MacGyver in front
of the group. Not bad. This tip doesn’t come in handy every day, but you’ll like the coolest
photography nerd on the planet when the situation arises.
REMOVE THE LENS FOR MACRO
This is the coolest camera trick I’ve seen in a long time. If you take off your lens and hold it in
front of the camera, you get a macro lens! I was really skeptical about this, but I just tried it
and it worked like a charm.
There are four things you need to know about using this trick: (1) Your camera won’t take a
picture with the lens off unless you’re in manual mode. (2) The best focal length seems to be
around 50mm, so either a 50mm prime
or an 18-55mm kit lens would be
perfect! (3) Obviously, you lose
autofocus since your lens isn’t attached
to the camera. Focus is achieved by simply moving closer to or further away
from the subject, and (4) The camera can’t open up the aperture, so you’ll do it
with your hand. On the back of the lens (the side you mount on the camera),
move the little plastic slider piece that controls the aperture. If you look in the
lens while doing it, you’ll see the hole open up.
If you want to take this a step further, you can buy a reverse lens mount for $5 or
$10 which should sharpen up the images quite a bit since it will hold the lens
more solidly. Also, be sure to use a tripod when doing this or any other macro
photography. With such fine detail, even a tiny movement can destroy the
sharpness.
THIS LITTLE
TECHNIQUE MAKES IT EASY TO GET RID
OF THE TOURISTS IN YOUR TRAVEL SHOTS!
This is an awesome trick for travel photographers. Sometimes you’re at an
amazing location, but there are people in the way of your shot. If you want to
take a picture of a landmark and people are in your shot, you will likely spend
the rest of your adult life cloning people out of the shot unless you try this
technique.
Step 1: Set your camera on a tripod.
Step 2: Take a picture about every 10 seconds until you have about 15 shots,
depending on how fast people are walking around.
Step 3: Open all the images in Photoshop by going to File > Scripts >
Statistics. Choose “median” and select the files you took.
Step 4: Bam! Photoshop finds what is different in the photos and simply
removes it! Since the people moved around, it fills the area where someone
was standing with part of another photo where no one was there.
UPDATE: The “statistics” script mentioned here is only available in Photoshop
Extended or in the Creative Cloud version of Photoshop; however, as someone
mentioned in the comments, you can get a somewhat similar effect in recent
versions of Photoshop Elements by going to Enhance > Photomerge > Scene
Cleaner.
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Crossword -
James Watt
Across:
Down:
1. Former name of the Tea plant genus. (4)
2. A regular six sided shape. (7)
3. Frozen mass found in the Polar regions. (6)
4. To shape beforehand. (7)
5. Numero Uno! (3)
6. You might tear or injure these in your knees. (4)(Acronym)
7. Remove from a tape or disk. (5)
8. Someone born, living or from South or
Central America. (6)
12. Another name for an arquebus. (6)
14. Don't forget to remove this before taking your shot. (4,3)
17. Italian rice dish. (7)
18. Appropriately suitable. (5)
20. A member of the Slavic people. (6)
22. A flat bottomed boat with high sides. (4)
25. Formerly called. (3)
27. Great photo opportunity
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1. with 7 One of the main things a photo
judge looks for. (9)
5. Propeller for a canoe. (3)
7. See 1 above (10)
9. City in India with a much photographed
landmark. (4)
10. One of Santa's helpers, perhaps. (3)
11. Totally shocked, horrified. (6)
13. Told you --!. (2)
15. Could be an Opera or a cleanser. (4)
16. Nest-egg for some. (3)
19. Graduate from MIT perhaps. (3)(Abbr)
20. Sound you might hear in a Barber's Shop.
(4)
21. Useful filter for photographing sunrise or sunset.
(2)
23. Don't do this chasing a remote shot. (2,4)
24. Male child. (3)
26. Genus of the Olive family. (4)
28. Another attribute a photo judge looks for. (10)
29. A Scotsman's yes. (3)
30. Some photographers have their own for film
development. (9)
Last Month’s Answers
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Making an International Prize Winner - Editor/Ray Klein
The FPCC Field Trip Coordinator, Rick Battson, planned
several trips during the year to allow members to capture imagery,
with potential, to use as material for Print or EID submissions.
One of these trips was an excursion over to Portland, Oregon to
the OHSU platforms, near the tram landings, where observation
can be made of the famous Marquam Bridge.
The excursion became far more than an enjoyable field trip for
Ray Klein, as the events unfolded. A fairly cool evening setting,
yielded a scene filled with extraordinary colors and lighting, as
western clouds moved to reveal a glowing eastern horizon with
rays of red hues cast upon Mt. Hood, but just for a few minutes,
to allow a dazzling show of light and color.
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At 4:35 PM Mt. Hood was still a ghost in the distance.
02
At 4:50, just 15 minutes later Mt. Hood became saturated with
a brilliant hue of glowing red illumination. Ray busily recorded
the images into his Canon T5i at 1/50th second, ISO 100 at
75mm at f/6.3.
03
Seconds later at 4:51, with a zoom extended to 200mm, a closer
look at the fully illuminated mountain was exposed for use as an
alternative, still at ISO 100 at f/5.6.
04
Watching the sky slowly swirling cloud layers to also become
drenched with the slowly setting sunlight. At 4:58 PM, using an
18mm lens he recorded the entire sky as the wind swept the
clouds into a pattern that seemed to echo the famous Marquam
Bridge construction. Still at ISO 100 at f/4 for 1/50th second.
05
A few minutes later the clouds had melted together and a few
frames later were useless to use in the photo.
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06
Peering back at Mt. Hood, the mountain peak was the only
thing still illuminated as the lighting event completely left the
mountain to drift back into the haze.
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Looking down at the Marquam Bridge, the illumination on the
bridge was still bright enough to require a faster shutter speed
and the moving traffic would not reveal the speed the vehicles
were moving. At 5:09 PM, a 4 second exposure at f/22, still at
ISO 100, with all point focus, magically seemed to transform the
vehicle movement into an electrifying scene of motion, as if the
movement was happening, as one gazed at the image.
The final image (08) was entered into the Popular Photography
Magazine Annual International Readers Contest with a deadline of
December 31st:
http://popphotocontest.bonniercorp.com/
A fee of $10 per imge is assessed and images come from all over
the world.
By January 05, notice was recived that Ray was a finalist.
Ray was contacted by a writer for the magazine and was asked a
host of question regarding the making of the image.
According to the rules the full judging process was to be
completed by January 27, 2017.
On the morning of January 25. Ray was notified that he was the
winner of the Cities and Architecture Category
The final image (08) will be reproduced in the April 2017 issue of
Popular Photography and may be a small as 5X7.
Now we only need to wait until the April issue of the Popular
Photography Magazine to arrive, perhaps by mid March, in order
to see the final outcome of this exercise of entering an
International Photography Contest.
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Three of these images, (02), (04), and (07), were fused together,
using “Elements 12” Photoshop Program.
Congratulations Ray Klein
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FPCC Board Meeting
The FPCC Board met on Tuesday February 28th at New
Seasons Market. The board began plans for the End of Year
Banquette and the up coming programs. Don Funderburg is
holding the 4Cs Monthly Color Print Judging Tuesday March
14th at Touchmark. Members can watch, write down their score
and compare it to the it to the judges. A discussion about the
prints follows the judging. On March 28th, Byron Wills will give
a class on composition.
Ribbons for End of Year have been ordered and the board
OK’d the purchase of a new HDMI cable for EID usage.
John Craig
Sotheby’s Aucton - 5 April 2017
PSA Rep.: Jon Fishback [email protected]
Sotheby’s Photographs auction on 5 April includes work by many
masters of the medium, and features a range of material from
the 19th to 21st centuries. Modernism is well-represented by
early prints from Edward Weston’s Shell and Dunes series, as
well as in works by Josef Sudek and Rudolf Koppitz.
Significant 19th century photographs include seminal works by
Timothy O’Sullivan, Horatio Ross, William Henry Fox Talbot,
and Eadweard Muybridge. Important Contemporary offerings
include Alex Prager’s Simi Valley, as well as works by Lucas
Samaras, Robert Polidori, and Lewis Baltz. These photographs,
as well as ones by F. Holland Day, Edward Steichen, Diane
Arbus, Robert Frank, and Helmut Newton, will be on view
during our pre-auction exhibition in New York beginning 30
March.
Edward Weston - Oceano
$100,000 - $200,000
Alex Prager - Simi Valley
$30,000 - $50,000
4 C’s Rep.: John Craig [email protected]