Guests and New Members. Michelle Brodsky-Goldstein (Michelle is a former member) Glad to have you back Michelle

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1 VOLUME 69, No. 1 Published for members and friends of the Dallas Camera Club January, 2002 SHUTTER CLOSED December 4 Results of the November slide competition was presented. We had the prints back in time this month. The subject assignment was Open December 18 The program for this meeting was the Annual DCC Christmas Party and Gift Exchange. Thanks to the planning and work of Nellie Bretherick and Dody Bracken, we had a wonderful party. Plenty of food, and especially deserts, and a great time of gift exchanging and stealing. It s was obvious that some of our generous members spent more than the $10-15 limits we set, but it was a great time of sharing for all. SHUTTER OPEN January 8 ATTENTION!! If you get nothing else from this newsletter, be informed that the first meeting in 2002 in on January 8, not January 1. Results of the December slide and and print competitions will be shown. The assigned subject for this competition is Patterns and Textures Turn-ins will be accepted for the January slide and print competitions. The assignment for slides and prints is Open. January 15 The Caprock Canyon Field Trip Slide Show will be shown at the January 15 meeting. It is being produced by Jim and Barbara Galbraith. The second portion of the program will be a projected video of the life and work of Ansel Adams Guests and New Members We will have slide shows from the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge at the February 19th. meeting. Get your slides from this trip to Dee Lang by January 8. SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING PRINT AND SLIDE SCORES: Due to an error on the editor s part, this month s scores were put in last month s newsletter Visitors: Michelle Brodsky-Goldstein (Michelle is a former member) Glad to have you back Michelle Inside For Sale...Page 2 Election of Officers Update...Page 2 Hospitality Schedule...Page 2 November Winners...Page 3 Year-to-Date Scores Prints...Page 4 Slide and Print Topics...Page 4 Year-to-Date Scores Slides...Page 5 GSCCC News...Page 5 Special Year End Competitions...Page 6 Public Service Opportunity...Page 7 Dallas Camera Club is Aging...Page 7 Dues are Soon Due...Page 7 1

2 HOSPITALITY SCHEDULE by Linda Clifford January 8 January 15 February 5 Jackie Carver Steve Burlison Kay Cannon Dick Dodds Bruce Faust Joyce Forbis Ernestine Freeman Jim & Barbara Galbriath Nira Garnott February 19 Dr. Kay Hale Angie Hayes Charles Hedges Member who cannot provide refreshments on their scheduled night should please contact Hospitality Chair Linda Clifford FIELD TRIPS by Dody Bracken There are no more field trips for this calendar year. Next year s schedule will be available after the new officers and chairs are in place. ELECTION OF NEXT YEARS OFFICERS At the March 5th. meeting a slate of officers will be presented to the club for voting. Officer elected at this meeting will complete the leadership roster and will be installed at the April 2, 2002 Annual Awards Banquet. They will take office effective April 2. The elected officers per the DCC Yearbook are the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Slide Chair, and Print Chair. The retiring President is automatically an officer of the new board. There is no restriction on an officer holding the same position for more than one year. If you are interested (or willing) in filling a specific position, please let a member of the Nominating Committee know as soon as possible so we can match your interest with the position. Members of the start-up Nominating Committee are Dave Rochier, Gary Kelly, Clark Crenshaw. If you would like to serve on the Nominating Committee, please let one of these three people know. FOR SALE NIKON SYSTEM FOR SALE WILL SEPARATE 8008 Nikon Body - average $250 Nikon Flash SB-25 (mint) $275 Nikor 55mm copy lens - manual (mint) $200 Tamron F5.6 AF mint (still in warranty) $400 Nikon Expansion Ring Set (excellent) $50 Vivitar 2X Adapter (average) $20 77mm UV filter (mint) generic brand $20 Sigma F4 AF(mint) $90 Nikon Battery Pack SD-8 (mint) $90 Sigma F2.8 AF(average) $300 Tamron 1.4X Adapter AF (mint) $150 Sigma F3.5 AF(mint) $80 Samyang F4 MF (mint) $90 Vivitar 135 mm Macro F2.8 MF (used) $50 Nikon SC-17 Flash adapter cord (mint) $40 Nikon MC-12A Flash Extension cord (mint) $30 (camera, flash, and big lens have boxes and books, most other item have boxes $2135 Buy all for $1800 (photographic and related equipment ads free to DCC members) Only 478 days left before the DCC hosts the 2003 GSCCC convention at the Renaissance Hotel in North Dallas. Have you offered to help with this fund raiser yet? 2

3 November 2001 Scores (Note that these are the same as last newsletter due to an errror on the editor s part.) General Color Prints Gary Kelly Hot Rainbow 14 1st. Linda Clifford Vanishing Point 13 2nd. Swapan Sarkar Pantheon Rome 13 3rd. Ted Sherman Moored Boats in a Fog 12 HM Nira Granott Serene Waters 12 HM Pam Norris Caddo Gold 12 HM Peg Syverson Narrow Roads of Ireland 12 HM Nellie Bretherick Bengali 15 1st. Nellie Bretherick Masters Color Prints The Impressive Grand Canyon 14 2nd. Jerry Comer Flower Fantasy 13 3rd. Dody Bracken Sails and Old Glory 13 HM Jerry Comer Arboretum Flower 13 HM Barbara Pyke Orange, Yellow, & Green 13 HM Beginner Slides Pat Dawson Air Travel 15 1st. Carole Kropscot Red Amarylis 14 2nd Jim Broadwater Blue Angles 13 3rd Cissy Dawson Innocent Lives Lost 12 HM Jim Galbraith Downstream Into Fall 14 1st Robert Johnson Advanced Slides From the Heights of Montezuma 13 2nd Barbara Galbraith Canadian Vista 12 3rd Linda Clifford Cormorants At Dawn 11 HM Monochrome Prints Barbara Pyke Old Barn in Mountains 14 1st. Ralph Pyke Through The Doors 13 2nd. Ken Myers Sunny 14 3rd. Barbara Pyke Fence at the Mill, VA 13 HM Dan Meredith Antelope Canyon 13 HM Dan Meredith Old Capital Museum 13 HM Gary Kelly The Bridge at Conway 13 HM Masters Slides Dan Meredith Light Beam 15 1st Barbara Pyke Yellow and Orange 14 2nd Clark Crenshaw Krause Springs 13 3rd Clark Crenshaw Pink Faucet 12 HM Ralph Pyke Bedtime Story 12 HM HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY ALL YOUR SNAPSHOTS TURN INTO PRIZE WINNING IMAGES! 3

4 Monochrome Prints May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Barbara Pyke Dan Meredith Jerry Comer Ralph Pyke Ken C. Myers Jim David Nellie Bretherick Dave Rochier Gary Kelly Paul Gray Jackie Carver Peg Syverson Bruce Faust Swanpan Sarkar Don Smith 9 9 Bill Forbis 9 9 Bob Riordan 9 9 Masters Color Prints May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Jerry Comer Clark Crenshaw Nellie Bretherick Ralph Pyke Barbara Pyke Dody Bracken Dave Rochier General Color Prints May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Gary Kelly Peg Syverson Pat Dawson Linda Clifford Ted Sherman Pam Norris Nira Granott Bob Riordan Bruce Faust Jim David Jackie Carver Dan Meredith Paul Gray Swapan Sarkar Don Smith Bob Londeree SLIDE AND PRINT TOPICS Topics for slide and print competitions for the remainder of the competition year are: January Open February Night Photography: images taken between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise Belt Line Road, Suite 301 Carrollton, Texas (972) FAX (972) March Year-End - Submit any winning slides and prints you think worthy of the year end competitions. See the Special Year End Contest on page 6. 4

5 Master Slides May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Clark Crenshaw Angie Hayes Nellie Bretherick Gary Kelly Barbara Pyke Ralph Pyke Dan Meredith Jerry Comer Dody Bracken Ernestine Freeman Eve Whitmore Rolando Solis Dzung Le Advanced Slides May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Linda Clifford Barbara Galbraith Jim Galbraith Robert Johnson Frank Hedges Bob Riordan Jim David Benny De La Vega Dave Rochier Beginner Slides May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total Pat Dawson Jim Broadwater Tom Marusa Cecilia Dawson Toni Broadwater Pam Norris Nira Granot Peg Syverson Carole Kropscot Carol David Steven Burlison Swapan Sarkar Bruce Faust Debra Freeman Paul Gray Jackie Carver Don Smith GSCCC NEWS by Ralph and Barbara Pyke Full Service Photographic and Digital Lab 345 Medallion Center, Dallas, Texas (214) To learn more about the Gulf States Camera Club Council, see Ralph and Barbara Pyke at the next Dallas Camera Club meeting, or visit their web site at Current and past newsletters and a photo gallery are available online. 5

6 YEAR END SPECIAL COMPETITIONS There are four special year end competitions and awards. Three are in honor of past DCC member who made significant contribution to the club and also in recognition of these special member s photography love. More information is available on page 17 of the DCC Yearbook: The J. J. Spurlock Award for Creative Portraiture. This award is limited to monochrome and color portraits prints made during the current club year. Slides are not acceptable for this award. Members may submit up to four prints for this competition. The Marge Dance Contemporary Slide Award is given to the contemporary slide that is chosen from any image made during the club year. Members may submit up to four slides for this competition. The Milton J. Ruddick Travel Slide Award and images of any subject matter taken outside of the Metroplex area during the current club year may be submitted. Members may submit up to two slides for this competition. Field Trip Slide of the Year Award. This award is given to the slide selected by the judge or judges that was taken on a DCC field trip during the current club year. Members may submit up to three slides for this competition. YEAR END REGULAR COMPETITIONS There are two regular year end competitions and awards. These are the Slide of the Year and Print of the Year Awards. Due to the large number of entries in regular club competition this year, submissions for these two awards will be limited to only 1st., 2nd, and 3rd. placing images from the 10 monthly competitions. Even with this limitation, there will still be 90 prints and 90 slides to evaluate and our judges work for free. These entries need to be turned in at the March 5 meeting. Of course winning entries from that night s presentations will be eligible. PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: River Walk Mud Festival (San Antonio) Jan 3-6 (call for information) BBQ and Chili Cookoff (Baytown) Jan (call for information) Jan Feb. 3 Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show & Rodeo Fort Worth ( ) Galveston Art Walk (Galveston) Every 6 weeks (call for information) Full Service Photographic and Digital Lab 345 Medallion Center, Dallas, Texas (214) Bird Watching at Perdenales Fall State Park (year round call for information) All American Arts and Crafts Show (San Angelo) (Jan call for information) Rains County Eagle Fest (Jan 20) (call for information) 6

7 PUBLIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC JUDGES NEEDED The National PTA Reflections Program is a fine arts program encouraging students grades Kindergarten through twelve to experiment and show their talents in four arts areas: Visual Art, Photography, Literature and Music. I am co-chair at the District 10 level of judging. This means we are judging the cream of the crop from over 20 local area school districts from Mesquite to Plano and Irving. Our winners will advance to the State level of judging. I am looking for some Photography judges to come to Carrollton's Newman Smith High School on Saturday, Jan.12 from 9:45 till about 12:00 noon to judge these wonderful entries. We will provide a lunch and refreshments. Please feel free to contact me at for more information or at ash.hair@prodigy.net. Thanks for your interest in our future artists/ photographers. Heather Ashwell-Hair Father Time is an especially appropriate figure to include in this months newsletter for a couple of reasons. Not only do we toss out the old year but if you look at the newsletter masthead (that the stuff on the top of the very first page) you will see the newsletter is Volume 69. That means the Dallas Camera Club has been publishing the newsletter for sixty nine years as of this edition. IT S DUES PAYING TIME IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS Annual Dallas Camera Club dues are due to be paid on or before April 1, Dues are $30 per individual and $15 for full time students. Here are some of the items which are paid with your dues: Meeting room rental $600 a year Mailing slides and prints to and from the judges Print and mailing the monthly Newsletter Certificates for contest winners Plaques and trophies for contest winners, high points winners, the DCC Annual Award, and outgoing President. Memberships in Gulf States Camera Club Council and PSA. Make checks payable to Dallas Came ra Club and get them to Adela Rochier, our treasurer. 7

8 CLUB OFFICERS Past President President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Slide Chair Print Chair Field Trip Chair Historian Hospitality House Managers Community Service Membership Web Site Manager Yearbook Editor Yearbook Photos PSA Representative GSCCC Representatives David Morris Dave Rochier Gary Kelly Jackie Carver Adela Rochier Dave Rochier Nellie Bretherick Ken Myers Dody Bracken Eve Whitmore Linda Clifford Ken Zapp & Bill Forbis Bob Londeree Clark Crenshaw Clark Crenshaw Debra Freeman Ralph & Barbara Pyke Robert Johnson Ralph & Barbara Pyke The Dallas Camera Club meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, at the Parker Chiropractic College, 2500 Walnut Hill Lane, South Building. Directions: Turn east on Walnut Hill Lane from I-35. Turn right at the first light and go south on Ables St. for one block, then left on Electronic. Enter the college through the south gate, 2 blocks on the left. Come in the main door and take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Go West to the end of the hall then turn left into Room 226. Refreshments and fellowship begin at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Editor: Dave Rochier 2515 Merlin Dr Lewisville, TX First Class Mail VOLUME 69, NO. 1 Janauary,