SHUTTER CLOSED SHUTTER OPEN. Guests Mike Brouphy, Mary Edwards Dan Flare, Leo Milner Steve Newman, Laurie Thompson

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1 VOLUME 72, No. 11 Published for members and friends of the Dallas Camera Club November 2005 SHUTTER CLOSED October 4 - We viewed results of last month s turn-in. Submit this month s entries, Curves. October 6 - Met at Ft. Worth Camera Club for the annual Bird contest between Dallas Camera Club and Ft. Worth Camera Club. October 18 - Chris O Connell spoke on Marketing Your Photography. He is an active photographer with many local exhibitions. He is the founder of several companies that assist photographers and artists in other media to market their work. We also viewed the results of the Fair Park Scavenger Hunt images. Guests Mike Brouphy, Mary Edwards Dan Flare, Leo Milner Steve Newman, Laurie Thompson New Members Mark Alameel, David Edwards, Spike Eskins, Suzanne Graham, Travis Massingill, Steve Newman, Gregory Sherman, Melonie Sherman SHUTTER OPEN November 1 - Meeting at Parker College. CONTEST - View results of last month s turn-in. Submit this month s entries, OPEN. November 15 - Meeting at Greg Booth & Associates. PROGRAM - Meeting will be at one of Dallas preeminent commercial photography companies, Greg Booth + Associates. We will be given a tour of their 40,000 sq. ft. facility, which has eight individual photography bays and three natural daylight studios. Our host will be business manager Vince Bove; in addition, we will have a chance to talk with one of their seven staff photographers. Located at 9004 Ambassador Row in Dallas, it is less than six miles from Parker College. Lengthy and impressive, their client list includes Dallas Stars, J.C. Penny s, Neiman-Marcus, Horchow, House of Windsor (UK), Home Depot, SBC, PepsiCo, Smithsonian Institute, and many others. More information on the organization is available at their website, See map on page 2. December 6 - Meeting at Parker College CONTEST - View results of last month s turn-in. Submit this month s entries, Deep in the Heart of Texas. December 20 - Meeting at Parker College. PROGRAM - Annual Holiday Party and gift exchange. INSIDE Competition Subjects... Page 2 Hospitality Schedule... Page 2 Field Trip News... Page 2 DCC Wins Back The Bird.....Page 3 How I Got The Shot....Page 3 September s Winning Images Page 4 DCC Members Win Dallas Zoo Contest...Page DCC State Fair Photography Winners Page 6 Year-To-Date Contest Scores..... Pages 7-10 September s Award Winners Pages Executive Committee and Officers Page 12 January 17 - Meeting at Parker College. PROGRAM - Rosanne Pennella, who left a successful career as an attorney to travel the planet and photograph remarkable people and places, will share some of her images and experiences with the DCC. She is a mentor / teacher for the Nikon-sponsored American Photo / Popular Photography Mentor Series Workshops. Recent locations for her photo workshops were Thailand, Morocco, and Australia. Her images of Morocco were exhibited at Union Station in Washington, DC. Clients include Nikon, Kodak, Lowepro, Random House, Blue Magazine, and the tourist offices of Morocco, China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Hungary. Dallas Camera Club wins back The Bird trophy in the annual contest with the Fort Worth Camera Club!! See page three for details. 1

2 DALLAS CAMERA CLUB HOSPITALITY SCHEDULE by The Editor November 1 November 15 December 6 December 20 Rolando Solis Hugh Stevens John Wathne No Snacks! Meeting at Greg Booth and Associates. Ken Zapp Joseph Armstrong Eleanore Avery Annual Holiday Party HOSPITALITY Please consider making a cent donation into the hospitality donation cans when you partake of the refreshments brought to each meeting. This money is used to buy the paper plates, napkins, ice and cups. If you know you will not be at the meeting when you are scheduled for hospitality, please find someone to take your place and let Linda Clifford know as well. Those members whose names appear each month in the space above are asked to bring drinks and/or snacks to the meeting by which they are listed. THRU THE LENS DALLAS CAMERA CLUB FIELD TRIPS This month's field trip will be to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens on Saturday, November 19th. It features one of the more spectacular Japanese Gardens in the country as well as an indoor tropical conservatory and many other gardens. The grounds open at 8am to 4pm, but the Japanese Garden ($3.00 entrance fee) and Conservatory don't open until 10am. Tripods are allowed, but are discouraged in the Conservatory and Japanese Garden on busy days because of narrow trails. Do not set up tripod legs off the walkways or block the passage of other visitors. Monopods are O.K. More info about the gardens is available at To get there, take I-30 about 1 1/4 miles west of downtown Ft. Worth to University Drive, exit and go north. The Botanical Gardens are the first two left turns. We will meet for lunch around noon at Kincaid's, a legendary burger joint in an old grocery store at 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd. From the gardens, go north a short way to Lancaster and go left past the Amon Carter to Camp Bowie. Continue southwestward about 1.7 miles, Kincaid's is on the left at the intersection of Camp Bowie and Eldridge. Those who wish to keep shooting in the afternoon can visit the Fort Worth Zoo on South University or the museums back on Lancaster. COMPETITION SCHEDULE FOR YEAR May 3rd - Open June 7th - Zoo Life July 5th - Open August 2nd - Patterns and Texture September 6th - Open October 4th - Curves November 1st - Open December 6th - Deep In The Heart of Texas January 3rd - Open February 7th - Photojournalism March 7th - End of Year Images Map showing location of our meeting place on November 15th; Greg Booth & Associates. The address is 9004 Ambassador Row, Dallas, TX

3 DALLAS CAMERA CLUB Egret With Quads - By Paula Buzenius, 2nd place in the Masters Projected Image division in the September Open contest. Film or Digital Digital. ISO Setting Camera Type - Digital SLR Camera Manufacturer - Canon Camera Model - D20 Shutter Speed and Aperture - 1/1600 sec., f5.6 Lens Choice mm lens, with image stabilizer. Lens Manufacturer - Canon. Filter - Polarizer Flash - Not used. Location - Lake Martin, Louisiana. Time of Day - Morning. Tripod - Tripod or lens resting on car window, not sure. Cable Release - No. Special adjustments made after image was captured - In Photoshop 7, I used some minor adjusting in color and levels and of course, cropping. Comments - I think the most important ingredient for photography that stands out is passion. You have to find a subject you feel passionate about. When I started photography several years ago, I began photographing a nest of morning doves in my back yard. Though I enjoy the challenge of photographing other subjects, birds became my passion from that early photographic experience. Morning doves to local ducks and egrets found in ponds of Las Colinas became my first subjects. When Dody planned a field trip to Lake Martin, Louisiana in 2003 I jumped at the chance. Lake Martin is located about 10 to 15 min outside of Lafayette and is noted for housing more than 15,000 pair of nesting birds in recent years. My camera at that time was only a 1.5 megapixal although the zoom was 10X. The photographs I took of the egrets on that trip were not good enough for competition but the experience was exciting enough to ignite a deeper desire to create better photographs of birds in the wild. Armed with a Canon Eos Digital SLR camera and a 400mm IS lens, I returned in 2004 and Egret with Quads was taken on my first trip to Lake Martin in Louisiana during the spring of That photograph is most exciting for me because of the four babies in the nest. I have made trips to Lake Martin in springs of 2003 and 2004 but have never before seen more than three babies in a nest. Most often there are only two. As the birds grow and room becomes tight, one or two may be pushed from the nest. In March the larger egrets and herons begin to arrive at Lake Martin to nest. In early April there are limited opportunities for photography of babies just starting to emerge from their shells, but the plumage of the rest of the bird population is spectacular and worth the trip. All throughout April Great Egrets are hatching. The end of April and beginning of May is nearing the end of the larger egrets and herons and the beginning of the arrival of the smaller varieties. Throughout the spring there is opportunity of one kind or another. There is no telling what the hurricane season has done to Lake Martin or the Louisiana marshland but, I intend on making a trip or two this coming spring as well. It s now in my blood. If any of you should venture a trip this spring, I am sure you will become addicted as well. Happy Shooting. Paula Buzenius DCC WINS BACK THE BIRD! THRU THE LENS Paula Buzenius On Thursday, October 6, 2005 the Fort Worth Camera Club invited the Dallas camera club to their newly renovated meeting hall at the North Texas Health Science Center to compete for the coveted Bird Trophy. Thirteen DCC representatives were greeted by a wonderful buffet of sandwiches, snacks and desserts and filled their plates high. The atmosphere was one of excitement and anticipation because of Dallas new projected digital images competing against Fort Worth s standard slide projections. The competition began with the showing of prints. As they were judged one by one alternating Dallas and Fort Worth prints, the scores soon sent Fort Worth into a dominant position. By the end of the print competition, Fort Worth was 19 points ahead and we 13 Dallas representatives had long faces and were looking for answers as to what we needed to do to improve our competition selections for next year. Not one Dallas print placed for a ribbon award. As the projection competition began, we were of the belief the cause was lost. No Bird for Dallas. As the judges started to give their scores we seemed to be doing pretty good. As the scores kept coming Dallas started to think, at least we won t be totally embarrassed by the landslide we previously anticipated. When the last score was given, and the scores tallied, Dallas gave an exclamation of joy. We pulled the rabbit out of the hat. We won by 6 points. Eleanore Avery s Mongolian Rancheros placed 1 st, Mel Sharp s Steeples placed 2 nd and Paula Buzenius s Egret s with Quads placed with an Honorable Mention. Fort Worth s final comment was, We re going to have to go digital. 3

4 SEPTEMBER 2005 WINNERS - OPEN MASTERS PROJECTED IMAGES MONGOLIAN ROUNDUP Eleanore Avery ADVANCED PRINTS BIG BIRD LAKE CADDO Robert Sherman BEGINNERS PROJECTED IMAGES HEAVEN S DOOR LeDon Becker MONOCHROME PRINTS MORNING AT THE LAKE Eleanore Avery BEGINNERS PRINTS GREEN FROG Neil Culver MASTERS PRINTS ROUNDUP MONGOLIAN STYLE Eleanore Avery ADVANCED PROJECTED IMAGES EAGLE CALL Kaye Hargis 4

5 2005 Dallas Zoo s Annual Feathers, Fur and Scales Award Winners On October 23 rd, the Dallas Zoo held an awards ceremony for winning entries of the Dallas Zoo s 2005 Photography Contest. Three of our DCC members were honored and presented awards by Cathy Burkey, the zoo s staff photographer. Neil Culver received 1 st place in the novice division for his photograph of a ring tailed lemur. Bob Frank received 1 st place in the Advanced/Professional division for his photograph of two parrots. Kay Hargis received Judge s Choice, the photograph selected by the judges as overall best in show for her photograph of an eagle poised on a limb with a rat in its talons. Congratulations are in order to all three. Dallas Zoo staff photographer Cathy Burkey with DCC member Kaye Hargis and her Judge s Choice print. Cathy, Bob Frank and his first place print. Cathy, Neil Culver and his first place print. 5

6 2005 STATE FAIR OF TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS Several of our Dallas Camera Club members received awards for their entries in the 2005 State Fair of Texas Photography Contest. Listed below are the winning members in their respective categories. Congratulations to all. Paula Buzenius First Place Birds - Adult Color First Place Animals - Adult B&W Bob Frank First Place Insects - Adult Color Second Place Fish/Reptiles, Marine Life Color Jerry Comer First Place Flora/Close-up of One or Two Second Place Animals - Adult B&W Paula N. Alcorn Second Place Landscape/Scenic Adult Color Toni Broadwater Third Place Abstract/Graphic - Adult Color 6

7 MASTERS - YEAR TO DATE SCORES Projected Images May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Eleanore Avery Nellie Bretherick Jerry Comer Gary Kelly Paula Buzenius Dody Bracken Tom Marusa Dan Meredith Ralph Pyke Sharon Dorsey Rolando Solis Color Prints May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Eleanore Avery Paula Buzenius Jerry Comer Nellie Bretherick Gary Kelly Dody Bracken Ralph Pyke Rolando Solis Toni Broadwater Jim Broadwater Dan Meredith

8 ADVANCED - YEAR TO DATE SCORES Projected Images May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Bob Frank Kaye Hargis Mel Sharp Swapan Sarkar Harry Rumberger Jessica Gluck John Wathne Art Givens Ari Plosker David Gregory Bruce Faust Joseph Armstrong Color Prints May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Bob Frank Kaye Hargis Tom Marusa Mel Sharp Jessica Gluck Harry Rumberger Philip Johnson John Wathne Bruce Faust Robert Sherman Ari Plosker David Gregory Art Givens

9 BEGINNERS - YEAR TO DATE SCORES Projected Images May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Carol Schmoker LeDon Becker Richard Wasserman Ann Redfearn David Linton Jack Harrison Indraneel Hajumdar Neil Culver Danette Sissom Bob Krause Philip Johnson Color Prints May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Carol Schmoker Ann Redfearn Neil Culver Richard Wasserman Bill Lanza David Linton Ted Sherman LeDon Becker Kevin Moody Paul Hornung Danette Sissom Bob Krause Aruna Birakayala

10 YEAR TO DATE SCORES MONOCHROME PRINTS Monochrome Prints May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Total Eleanore Avery Nellie Bretherick Paula Buzenius Gary Kelly Bob Frank Mel Sharp Jerry Comer Tom Marusa Harry Rumberger Jessica Gluck Ralph Pyke Ann Redfearn Bob Krause Carol Schmoker John Wathne Philip Johnson Danette Sissom Robert Sherman Paul Hornung David Linton Ari Plosker SEPTEMBER 2005 WINNERS Prints - OPEN Monochrome Name Title Score Place Eleanore Avery Morning at the Lake 15 1 Nellie Bretherick Gaucho 14 2 Mel Sharp Steeples 13 3 Paula Buzenius Egret Pose 12 HM Jerry Comer Klipspringer Antelope 12 HM Ralph Pyke Samantha 12 HM Philip Johnson Cowboy 12 HM 10

11 SEPTEMBER 2005 WINNERS Projected Images - OPEN Beginners Prints - OPEN Beginners Color Name Title Score Place Name Title Score Place LeDon Becker Heaven s Door 15 1 Neil Culver Green Frog 15 1 Carol Schmoker Tiger Napping 14 2 Carol Schmoker Life and Death in Green 14 2 Ann Redfearn Parrot 13 3 Neil Culver Cheetah 13 3 David Linton Early Morning 12 HM Ted Sherman Carol Schmoker Tiger Basking 12 HM Jack Harrison Wood Duck 12 HM LeDon Becker Rear Window 12 HM Honey Bee Taking Nectar 12 HM Advanced Advanced Color Name Title Score Place Name Title Score Place Kaye Hargis Eagle Call 15 1 Robert Sherman Big Bird Caddo Lake 15 1 Harry Rumberger Lily 14 2 Mel Sharp Havin Fun 14 2 Bob Frank Bright Eyes 13 3 Bob Frank White Tiger High Key 13 3 Mel Sharp Girl In Doorway 12 HM Jessica Gluck Thistle Journey 12 HM Kaye Hargis Lemur 12 HM Philip Johnson Eye of the Rhino 12 HM Kaye Hargis Mission Espada 12 HM Masters Masters Color Name Title Score Place Name Title Score Place Eleanore Avery Mongolian Roundup 15 1 Eleanore Avery Roundup Mongolian Style 15 1 Paula Buzenius Egret With Quads 14 2 Jerry Comer Gladiola 14 2 Gary Kelly Blue Door 13 3 Paula Buzenius Egret Fishing 13 3 Paula Buzenius Purple Gallinule 12 HM Paula Buzenius Red-Winged Blackbird 12 HM Nellie Bretherick Lighthouse 12 HM Ralph Pyke Eleanore Avery Yosemite 12 HM Ready for the Wedding 12 HM 11

12 DALLAS CAMERA CLUB THRU THE LENS CLUB OFFICERS Past President President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Slide Co-Chairs Print Co-Chair Field Trip Co-Chair Historian Hospitality House Managers Membership Web Site Managers Yearbook Editor Yearbook Photos PSA Representative GSCCC Representatives Tom Marusa Paula Buzenius Steve Burlison, Jerry Comer Jessica Gluck Adela Rochier Tom Marusa Eleanore Avery, David Linton Bob Frank, Mel Sharp Gary Kelly, Kaye Hargis OPEN Linda Clifford Bill Forbis, Dave Rochier Sharon Dorsey, Kaye Hargis Alex Bischoff, Swapan Sarkar Linda Clifford, Tom Marusa Dave Rochier Barbara & Ralph Pyke Dan Meredith Barbara & Ralph Pyke The Dallas Camera Club meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at the Parker Chiropractic College, 2500 Walnut Hill Lane, South Building, Dallas, Texas. Directions: From I-35, turn east on Walnut Hill Lane. Turn right (south) on Ables, the second light, and go south for one block. Turn left on Electronic. Go about 1/2 block, turn left to enter the college through the south gate. Come in the main door, take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Go west to the end of the hall, turn left into Room 226. Refreshments and fellowship begin at 7:00 PM. Meeting begins at 7:30 PM. Visitors are always welcome. Go to: Editor: Tom Marusa 1915 Buffalo Bend Dr. Lewisville, Texas First Class Mail THRU THE LENS VOLUME 72, NO. 11 November