MT BAKER CAMERA CLUB. October 2016 NEWSLETTER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Featured Image. raindrop on a leaf by David Schultz

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1 MT BAKER CAMERA CLUB October 2016 NEWSLETTER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Featured Image raindrop on a leaf by David Schultz

2 Upcoming Meetings: Friday, October 21, Burlington Library Conference Room Photo Class 5:15-6:30pm Regular Meeting 7:00-9:30pm with Lee Dygert. This evening the class will feature instruction on exposure modes, light, flash and questions re settings & workflow. For more details on just what is included, see page 3. Image Category: NATURE, Submit 2 images. Judging/Evaluation Panel: Bill, David, Murphy and Stan, alt. Planning Ahead: Goodies: Mel Dygert will be contacting the provider. your images to: photos@mtbakercameraclub.com by Sat., Oct. 15. Resize your images to no more than 1920 pixels wide and no more than 1080 pixels high. Title by: First Name(space)Last Name(tilde)Title Example: Jan Irwin~Fall Color. Be sure to note any images submitted for the Comments Only designation. Saturday, November 12, 2016, 9:00am-5:00pm See detail information on Page 9. NORTHWEST COUNCIL OF CAMERA CLUBS CONFERENCE Friday, November 18, 2016, 7:00pm Burlington Library Conference Room 5:15pm Photo Class with Lee Dygert 7:00pm Regular Meeting Image Category: OPEN, 2 images Bring your prints for the NWCCC Traveling Print Show Friday, December 16, 2016, 7:00pm Burlington Library Conference Room Friday, January 20, 2017, 7:00pm Burlington Library Conference Room 5:15pm Photo Class with Lee Dygert 7:00pm Regular Meeting Image Category: OPEN, 2 images Annual Meeting: Election of Officers, Pay Dues 2

3 Photo Class Details for October 2016 Basic beginning and refresher Photography course. Each subject will be projected with several visual aids incorporated. The entire course is 14 videos with time to do four video subjects. The videos are based on Cannon and Nikon for the most part. There will be a short question and answer session. In the first section on Exposure Modes, John works with his class to make sure they understand concepts of Exposure. I feel this is one of the better segments in the entire series. 9. Exposure Modes 32:59 This includes both the Automatic, Manual, Aperture, Shutter and Program modes. How and when to use each exposure mode will be discussed along with example images of various types. Example image of a Eagle landing how you dial in the right exposure (for speed) Landscape (for depth of field) and Portrait (for combination of speed and depth of field) examples images are shown and how you would dial them in for the most optimum image. 10. Settings and Workflow 17:13 John will detail his ideal camera settings, including file types, and best practices to save time. JPEG vs RAW why use one over the other? Drive modes single release, multiple release, timer and others. Memory Cards formatting and why. White Balance what is it how do you set it? Firm wear updates? This segment is an accumulation of information you need to know but each subject is not enough by itself for a complete video segment. 11. Light 8:43 This is a very, very important subject. There are four characteristics of light to consider when evaluating how it will affect your image. Most important part of photography! 12. Flash 4:00 This is arguably one of the most complicated areas of photography, but John will break it down into a simple, easy to understand way. 3

4 2017 TRAVELING PRINT SHOW IMAGES TO BE SELECTED AT NOVEMBER MEETING Now is the time to be preparing your prints for NWCCC s 2017 Traveling Print Show. Unlike prints submitted to the Puyallup Fair competitions or the NWCCC Individual Open Print Salon, this is a CLUB competition. You may submit up to 4 prints at the November meeting. We will be voting to choose our club s 25 submissions for the 2017 competition, including color and monochrome. (The distinctions between monochrome and color are noted below.) Mount Baker CC s 25 prints will then be judged by other NWCCC clubs during the winter and spring. Print size, including any matting, must be between 8 x 10 and 16 x 20 inches. The same print can be entered in only one of NWCCC s competitions per year. If you entered a print in this year s NWCCC Individual Open Print Competition, you may not enter the same print in this year s Traveling Print Show competition (from another year? great, as long as the print didn t win an award). You cannot enter a print that has WON AN AWARD FROM ANY NWCCC competition. Any prints that were submitted to the Puyallup Fair or other competitions outside NWCCC are fine. Prints must be mounted on firm support (like 4-ply matte board). Please do not use foam core, as the print will not be accepted in many other competitions, including those sponsored by PSA and the Puyallup. It also may limit the number of prints our club can submit as all 25 must fit in the black mailing case we own. Last year it was a very tight squeeze. Place print title, name of club and maker s name on the back upper left hand corner. Do not reuse print titles or give your print a generic title like untitled. Prints are submitted as Monochrome or Color. Monochrome means one color. For example, a black and white print consists of one color (black) on the white paper base. The one color may be black tones, warm (brownish), cold (bluish), sepia or any other color tone. Color may include any and all colors. You are encouraged to go to the Northwest Council s website nwcameraclubs.org to read through all the rules (see competitions). You are also encouraged to develop a strategy to submit your prints to more than one competition. This means not using foam core on the back or matting on the front. After going to all the trouble of having your photograph printed and mounted, submitting it to more than one competition is a great idea! Questions? Contact Jan Irwin at or jan@lj3.com. 4

5 2016 Anacortes Scavenger Hunt Review Congratulations to all who participated in this year s Scavenger Hunt in Anacortes. Everyone had intriguing images in each category, to make a great show. Below are all the Award winners with Murphy Hektner receiving the honor of the 2016 Scavenger Hunt Traveling Trophy! ANGULAR SHAPES 1 st -Murphy Hektner HM-Katherine O Hara HM-Mike Wood HM-Carole Schultz BRICK BUILDING 1 st -Katherine O Hara HM-Michael Meek HM-Carole Schultz CONVERGING LINES 1 st -Murphy Hektner HM-Michael Meek HM-Carole Schultz 5

6 GROUP OF THREE 1 st -Murphy Hektner HM-Katherine O Hara HM-Marilyn Hektner MOSTLY RED 1 st -Mike Wood HM-Jim Irwin HM-Murphy Hektner OLD SIGN 1 ST -Mel Dygert HM-Cherri Beard HM-Marilyn Hektner SOMETHING FISHY 1 ST -Carole Schultz HM-Jim Paget HM-Murphy Hektner 6

7 STRAIGHT UP 1 ST -Marilyn Hektner HM-Murphy Hektner HM-Jim Irwin STREET FOOD 1 st -David Schultz HM-Jim Paget HM-Marilyn Hektner TRASH OR TREASURE 1 ST -Jan Irwin HM-Jan Crawford HM-Cherri Beard WATER REFLECTION 1 st -Cherri Beard HM-David Schultz HM-Marilyn Hektner 7

8 YOUR CHOICE#1 1 st -Jim Paget HM-Jim Irwin HM-Michael Meek YOUR CHOICE#2 1 st -Marilyn Hektner HM-Carole Schultz HM-David Schultz Thank you to everyone who helped make this a fun day, especially to David and Carole for heading up the event. 8

9 ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 2016 Northwest Council of Camera Clubs Conference & 75 th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, November 12, pm Location: Rainier Hills Christian Fellowship* Entwhistle Rd., Buckley WA Outstanding Speaker: Tim Gray Tim Grey is a photographer who has written more than a dozen books for photographers, has published dozens of video training courses, and has had hundreds of articles published in magazines such as Digital Photo Pro and Outdoor Photographer. See * * * * * * The 2016 NWCCC Convention includes Keynote Speaker, a box lunch, and four classes for $60. Please register and choose four classes on the NWCCC website at: Great classes, 18 choices in addition to Keynote Speaker TIM GRAY Getting Started in Photoshop; Advanced Adjustments in Photoshop; Photoshop Tips & Tricks; Q&A David Julian Discovery Through Travel Photography; Deeper Into the Development Module in Lightroom Veronica Cotter & Mark Fitzgerald Papers & Printing; Printing Workshop Bill Royce Art of Street Photography; Introduction to Lightroom 6/CC; Deeper into Lightroom John Cornicello Light Control in the Studio; Photography with Intention; Photographing the Photographer Lori Hoffman Writing an Artist Statement & Biography; Professional Practices in the Arts, Pricing Your Photos Dan Suckow Unique Birds, Animal, and Nature Photographs Sean Knighton The Pre-Edit in Sony Mirrorless Cameras, Sony Camera Apps Ursa Davis Easy Focus Stacking (FULL); Breaking the Rules of Photography Brian Leary Night Photography in an Urban Environment (FULL); Graduated Neutral Density in Landscape (*The NWCCC and the Annual Conference are not affiliated with any church or religious entity.) 9

10 A Note from the President Hi Everyone, At our September meeting I mentioned a goal of greater sharing of images between club members than is possible at our regular club meetings. We only see the photos each member presents at our monthly meetings, and most of us have a far greater collection of images in our files. A number of our members have favorite images listed on various photo media sites, and others have their own personal websites. If you are part of a photo media group, or have your own personal photography website, we would like to list these web addresses in the November newsletter so our club members are aware of them and can log in and enjoy your photography. Please send me an at mhektner@frontier.com letting me know how to access the photo media or photography website that you would like to make available to club members, and the public, through the MBCC Newsletter. Per our club Indemnity Waiver, the club will assume no responsibility in posting your contact information; it is at your own risk. If you have any special concerns about having this access available to everyone, please let me know about that too. Murphy Club Officers: Murphy Hektner, President Dan Bourdeau, V. President mhektner@frontier.com danbourdeaumbcc@gmail.com Kris Patterson, Secretary Marilyn Hektner, Treasurer Lee Dygert, Education Director k.krispatterson@wavecable.com mhektner@frontier.com mel1950@comcast.net Jan Irwin, Print Director Mel Dygert, Hosting Murphy Hektner, PSA Competition Dir. jan@lj3.com mel1950@comcast.net mhektner@frontier.com Marilyn Hektner, Newsletter Peter Verschoor, Webmaster Robert Morgan, Emeritus mhektner@frontier.com peterverschoor@outlook.com hawkowl155@outlook.com WEBSITE: 10