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1 Vol. 58, No. 08 August 2010 Serving South Denver Metro and Foothills Area Since February 1952 A member of Photographic Society of America and The Colorado Council of Camera Clubs Photograph of the Month Old Crock Pots (Digital) Months subject: Open Kathy Hutchison TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Page Topic Page Competition Winners 2 Tips, Tales & Thoughts 4 Awards/ Showings 2 ECC Officers 5 ECC Club Information 3 Monthly Competition 6 Photo Ops/Events 4 Affiliation News 8 Bulletin Board 9

2 THE RANGEFINDER Page 2 of 9 AWARDS AND SHOWINGS CLUB COMPETITION FOR JULY 2010 Our Judge this month was Bob Smith. Thanks Bob! The subject for this month was Open Monochrome Print Winners Fee Chin, 1 st Place for Lotus and Companions Randal Moore, 2 nd Place for Cold Day at the Beach Steve Johnson, 3 rd Place for Sunburst Goat Dennis Kimmel, Honorable Mention for Lonesome Tree Color Print Winners John Chapter, 1 st Place for Going on About Town Kathy Hutchison, 2 nd Place for Lighting the Way to the Harbor Susan Propper, 3 rd Place for Sunflower Fee Chin, Honorable Mention for Junkyard Art Jim Lee, Honorable Mention for Padre Island Sunset Digital Winners Quade Smith, 1 st Place for Hammer Time Richard Moehle, 2 nd Place for Veiled Emotion Kathy Hutchison, 3 rd Place for Old Crock Pots Fee Chin, Honorable Mention for R is for Red Jim Lee, Honorable Mention for Aspen Gold Reflection Randal Moore, Honorable Mention for Meditation You may see the winning images on our website at BY OUR MEMBERS Steve Johnson will have two photos in the Kaleidoscope Art Show at the Colorado Gallery of Arts in the Annex Building at Arapahoe Community College. The show runs through August 5th. This is a juried show with lots of forms of art on display. Steve Johnson participated in the silent auction for the Swallow Hill Music Association by donating two photos. This was part of Summer Brewfest held at Mile High Station. Both photos sold. 50% of the proceeds went to Swallow Hill. Steve Johnson will have a booth at Western Welcome Week in Littleton on Main St on August 21st. Send any awards that you ve received or any showings that you are doing to sdehn@mac.com

3 THE RANGEFINDER Page 3 of 9 ENGLEWOOD CAMERA CLUB INFORMATION PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Greetings for August: This month I would like to highlight a well know local attraction, the Denver Botanic Gardens. The main location is at 909 York Street, Denver Colorado Just take 6 th Avenue east to Josephine, turn left, and in about a mile north you will find the gardens on your left. The garden has a newly completed parking garage between Josephine and York. The garden web site is The gardens have fantastic displays of all types of botanical specimens spread over many acres of attractively landscaped grounds. And the outside grounds are complemented with a beautiful indoor display of tropical plants. In addition, monumental sculptures by British artist Henry Moore are on display. Even though I have been a member for years I didn t realize that the summer hours are from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. On October 1, 2010 the hours change to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Our recent Denver high temperatures can dampen the spirits of even a dedicated outdoor photographer. However, the Denver Botanic Gardens, in addition to their normal hours of operation, on Friday August 6, 2010, members are admitted before the general opening hours of 9:00 am, at 7:00 am. Members are always admitted for free during normal hours, but the special early opening hour on August 6 of 7:00 am, for members and guests only, should be a great opportunity to beat both the heat and the normal crowds. I have not been to a member early opening yet but I will be there August 6. If you are interested, I can get five people in as my guests, with my membership. It will be informal, each person does there own thing. If you are interested just let me know in advance ( ) or johnchapter@msn.com). The cool morning hours would be a great time to practice your flower and macro photography! George Vago, will make the next ECC meeting presentation entitled The Anatomy of a Good Photograph. George was the judge several years ago for the Through the Eye of the Camera show at the Littleton Museum. The topic for our August 10, 2010 meeting is Twilight/Night and George will be the judge. Regards, John Chapter MONTHLY MEETING The Meeting Our next meeting will be Tuesday August 10 th in the Greenwood Village Community Room at 6060 S Quebec St, Greenwood Village Colorado. The Program The presentation this month is by George Vago. George will give a presentation on The Anatomy of a Good PhotographOur Competition category this month is Twilight/Night. They will be judged by George Vago. Hospitality Billie Campbell will provide Drinks and Ellie Colitti will provide Snacks for the meeting this month. GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS Mike Vogt just joined ECC as a new member. Welcome Mike! Guests are always welcome to our monthly meetings. Guests may bring a photo to be evaluated, but it can not win a ribbon unless you are a member. MEMBERSHIP DUES Individual- $30, Student- $15, Family- $35

4 THE RANGEFINDER Page 4 of 9 CLUB OUTINGS AND EVENTS: Adding Events to our Website Members, we welcome you to add an event to the ECC calendar. This can be any event that s going to happen in a couple of days or a couple of months. You may add anything from photo shoots, photo showings to photo contests, as long as it has to do with photography. Login to the Members Only area, click on the ECC Event Calendar, then simply add the date and description of the event. After you ve added the event, don t forget to send out an letting everyone know it s there! Adding known Photographic events/shoots is a great way to help everyone do what they like to do the most - Take Photos! Then also alert the Rangefinder editor, to they can get it into the newsletter. Ken Farman Reporting OTHER EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES: City Park Fountain The fountain at City Park as been repaired from last years lightning strike and is scheduled to be in operation from Memorial Day until September. They have set up a photographer's time for each night, it is from 9:00 pm to 9:30 pm each night. If I remember correctly the lights are turned off at 10:00 pm. Lee Urmy Reporting Colorado Balloon Classic Located in Colorado Springs, CO on September 4, 5, 6 th in Memorial Park. The mass ascension of balloons starts at 7:00 each morning. There is no public parking at Memorial park, but you may park along Union Ave or in private lots. So plan to arrive early. More information may be found on our website under the Calendar tab and at: Lee Urmy Reporting Call for Entries ~ Smithsonian The first link is to the contest page, the second link is to the 7th contest finalists photos. One of the photographers is from Denver. The photos from all 6 previous contests are also available. Entries are due December 1, Bob Jenkins Reporting TIPS, TALES AND THOUGHTS This section is for getting valuable information to our members. If you have a nifty tip, a tantalizing tale or any deep thoughts you d like to share with other members, please me at sdehn@mac.com. Golden Hour Time Chart Ever heard of the "Golden Light"? It occurs during the hours of sunrise and sunset. I found this website that calculates the 'golden hours of light' for a particular location. You provide the location and it provides you with the hours you want to be there. Is it useful? Well only if you don't know when those hours occur. Landscape photographers live by those hours. But it does become useful when your are planning to be at a location for the 'golden light', it allows you for planning the amount of time you need to get there. Best part, its free. Lee Urmy Reporting Camera Lens Mug For the photographer that has everything. Photojojo is selling a coffee mug that looks exactly like a Canon mm lens. It s priced at $24. I thought this was a very cute and unique gift that was worth sharing with everyone. You can find it at: Sue Dehn Reporting Non-Video Tutorials Photoshopstar is a website I just found but has a nice variety of tutorials that are easy to follow. Some are fun and some are more to the graphics side but some very interesting stuff. Take a look. Lee Urmy Reporting

5 THE RANGEFINDER Page 5 of 9 Colorado Birdwatching Safari Here is a link that lists several places in Colorado to view birds. It tells you what kind of birds and where they will be. It also lists what other kind of wildlife may be found in the area, such as Elk, Minks and Porcupines. 6 Sue Dehn Reporting Jpeg images and Compression The following link is not just about Lightroom, it is really about.jpg compression and what the compression does to an image. This is the first interactive sequence of image that allow you to see the differences in compression from (Lightroom) or 1-12 (Photoshop). You can actually see the banding occur and the pixels change. Really worth a look. Lee Urmy Reporting Get Money for your Old Cameras This is a website where you can sell your old camera equipment, as well as other electronics that you have laying around. I typed in my Nikon D70s and while I didn t put it up to sell, they quoted $182 for it. Sue Dehn Reporting Link Your website to the ECC website As a member of ECC, you may have a link to your own photography website as a link off of ours. Please send Ken Farman (photoclub@kbweb.net) the following information to get this accomplished; President: VP Programs: VP Competition: Secretary: Treasurer: ECC OFFICERS FOR 2010 John Chapter Quade Smith Randy Moore Craig Lewis Bob Jenkins APPOINTEES FOR 2010 Membership Chair: Susan Propper Publicity Chair: Rod Troch Hospitality Chair: Kathy Hutchison Score Keeper: Randy Moore Council Rep.: Billie Campbell, Quade Smith PSA Rep.: Fred Luhman Web Master: Ken Farman Photo Editor: Ellie Colitti Rangefinder Editor: Sue Dehn Projectionist: Fred Luhman Executive Committee Members-At-Large: Larry Stearns, Bob Grossart 1) The link (URL) to your website. 2) The name you would like to display for your site in a popup when the mouse goes over your image. 3) A JPG image you would like to display for your site on ECC's site with your name in the image. The image must be a height of 180px and a width of 100px min to 260px max. Resolution of 72ppi. Make sure your image is within the required size. You can only have 1 website listed (1 image and 1 URL) per member. It will be on the ECC site under Web Sites of Members. If you already have a site shown on ECC but would like to change it, please contact Ken. Ken Farman Reporting

6 THE RANGEFINDER Page 6 of 9 ECC COMPETITION INFORMATION ECC MONTHLY 2010 COMPETITIONS Month January February March April May June July August September October November Subject Open + PSA Nature Open + PSA People (1 or more) Open Still Life Open Twilight/ Night Open + PSA Zoo Open + PSA YEAR END COMPETITION Versatility Emotion Motion Street Photography Weird Western Prints Color Nature Color Open Monochrome Nature Monochrome Open Digital Color/Monochrome Nature Color/Monochrome Open You may submit a total of four(4) photographs each month, with no more than two(2) entries in any one category. For example: 2 in monochrome prints and 2 in digital. Or 1 in monochrome prints, 1 in color prints and 2 in digital. Prints For color and/or monochrome prints, fill out two photo entry forms. Attach one entry form to the back of the print and show its orientation (upper left hand corner). Give the other form to the scorekeeper. Blank entry forms may be found at NOTE: Please bring entries 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting with the completed Monthly Competition Forms. Digital Projected Images Submit up to two jpg image files by attachment to digital@englewoodcameraclub.net no later than Saturday, August 7 th. Be sure to include in the file name your last name followed by the image title (eg: Smith-Over The Rainbow.jpg). Projected digital image files must be in accordance with the requirements of Digital Projection Requirements and Guidelines document available from the Digital Projection page of the Club website. The Width of the image must not exceed 1024 pixels and the Height must not exceed 768 pixels (1024X768). The file Format must be JPG. The file Size is not to exceed 350KB. Assigned Subject Rules On evenings when we have what we call an "Assigned" subject, (e.g. something other than "Open"), the rules about how recently the image has to have been taken are as follows: If a member enters two images in a category (such as Monochrome Prints), one of them must have been taken within the previous 24 months. If you enter just one monochrome print, one color print and one digital image then all three must have been taken within the previous 24 months. Altered Vs Unaltered We require that an image is comprised of one or more photos taken by the maker. Additional manipulation is okay. There is no distinction between "Altered' and 'Unaltered' images for competition. PSA Entries Only one (1) image may be entered per member. Six entries will be selected by the judge to represent ECC in each of the four competitions. Your image may be on any subject, any technique, taken any time, and it need not have been entered in ECC monthly competitions at any time. It makes no difference if it has won an award of any kind or not; except, if it has won an award (ribbon) in a previous PSA Digital Interclub competition, it is ineligible. Submit your ONE best image by attachment to digital@englewoodcameraclub.net by TBD (in September). Your image file must be in accordance with the image requirements of (con t)

7 THE RANGEFINDER Page 7 of 9 "Digital Projection Requirements and Guidelines" document--available from the Digital Projection page of the ECC website. The Width of the image must not exceed 1024 pixels and the Height must not exceed 768 pixels (1024X768). The file Format must be JPG. The file Size is not to exceed 350KB. Year End Competitions The Year End and Versatility competitions are presented during the Year End Banquet. Entries for 2010 may be submitted in November. For more information, refer to the Competition Information Tab then click on the Membership Information document, available from the ECC website. A panel of three judges will determine the awards, which will be presented at our year end banquet. Regular Year-End Competition: Entries must have been entered in the ECC monthly competitions during the current calendar year; however, they need not have won an award. First, second, third, and honorable mention awards are determined for each category. Please submit your Monochrome and Color Print Entries in November Digital Entries are saved on the projectionists computer throughout the year, as you enter them each month. A member only has to identify entries by the title and month entered. Please submit your entries to digital@englewoodcameraclub.net. The date your entries are due will be sometime in November Entries for digital and prints may be submitted in each of the following categories: Monochrome prints-nature-3 entries,open-3 entries Color prints- Nature - 3 entries, Open - 3 entries Digital Projected- Nature -3 entries, Open -3 entries Versatility Competition: Entries have no time limit and need not have been submitted in a monthly competition. However, no image that was part of a group of Versatility images that won an award in a previous Versatility competition can be entered. You may enter one photo for each subject in both print and digital. The photographs are judged by category, with each one being awarded points by the judges. The points are then totaled for each person. The total number of points received, by person, determines awards. First, Second, and Third place awards are determined for both Print and Digital. The categories for the 2010 versatility competition are Emotion, Motion, Street Photography, Weird and Western. Please submit your Print Entries in November Digital Entries may be submitted via to digital@englewoodcameraclub.net. The date your Digital entries are due, will be sometime in November 2010 (TBD).

8 THE RANGEFINDER Page 8 of 9 PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA ECC AFFILIATION NEWS PSA Membership For information on becoming a PSA member go to then click on Membership. There is information on annual dues and benefits available there. International Conferences There are two international conferences coming up for PSA. The first is October 3-9, 2010 in Charleston, SC, on Oct 3-9. The second is in 2011 to be held in Colorado Springs, CO on Sep Attendees do not have to be members of PSA. Go to or the PSA Journal for details. Fred Luhman Reporting COLORADO COUNCIL OF CAMERA CLUBS COUNCIL NEWS Englewood Camera Clubs representatives are Billie Campbell and Quade Smith. For more information about the council please go to the CCCC website at: Adobe Lightroom Class There will be a class for Adobe Lightroom, sponsored by CCCC on Saturday August 21 st from 9:00-4:00. It will be located at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 790 S. Corona in Denver. They will be covering all aspects of Lightroom, touching on Lightroom 2 with an emphasis on version 3. This one day class will answer all your burning questions covering Lightroom s 5 workspace modules, creating a workflow, creating your identity plate, setting up your individual preferences, printing from Lightroom and many other informative aspects of both versions. This class is already starting to fill up, so sign up quickly. The cost is $5.00 if you belong to one of the Council member clubs and $10 for non-members. We have room for 35 participants. Laptops are allowed. Please contact Quade Smith (quade.smith@comcast.net) to register. Quade Smith Reporting

9 THE RANGEFINDER Page 9 of 9 ECC MEMBERS BULLETIN BOARD This section is for ECC members that have a photography related item or service that they want to sell, purchase, give away or provide. Please send requests to Sue Dehn at sdehn@mac.com. NEW ITEM!! For Sale: Anyone have any need for a well working 35mm Carousel projector? I have an extra one - - used to use for slide shows. Not used in years, and I am going to get rid of some of the stuff this pack rat has accumulated. Also, anyone using a darkroom - - same situation. Contact Les Lambert at ljl400@msn.com For Sale: Cabela s Photographers Vest. Size Mens Medium. Like New! $30 Contact Kathy Hutchison Touches Of Color Photography modeling & portraits. If you are interested in having modeling or portraits photos done, please call me at or contact me through at portraits@touchesofcolor.com. Get your photos on the Web: At Touches Of Color Web Designs, we are offering a complete professional website at a special price that is designed for Photographers. We provide a professional photographic website that is easy to update and maintain. No knowledge of Flash or Web is required. Visit us at to learn more and see working photographic sites. Contact Ken Farman at or at webphotos@tocwebdesigns.com. Prints for camera club competitions: $6.00 for anything that will fit on a 13" x 19" sheet of paper. For instructions, send an to CraigLewis@Mac.com.