January Meetings. Interclub Nature Photo Contest. Inside this issue: January 06 6:30 January 6 -- Printing Panoramas.

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1 Published for members and friends of the Dallas Camera Club Volume 75 No. 1 January 2009 Inside this issue: December Meetings Hospitality Schedule New Members and Guests November Winning Images , Monthly Scores 9&13 Year to Date Scores Presidents Message Potpourri 21 GSCCC Convention 22 January Club Trip 21 Submit prints for GSCCC Competi- Brabra Pyke recognized by PSA Meeting Location 22 January Meetings January 06 6:30 January 6 -- Printing Panoramas Turn in prints in the category Ken Spencer of the Ft. Worth Camera Club is scheduled to be the print judge for the January prints, and Susan Cowles ( psaphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/ _6kuyo/1/ _f87yd) will be doing the January projected images. We will be reviewing the Print entries submitted last month for the Rusted category with judges Jerry Fornarotto comments for the prints and Tobor Vari for the projected images January 20 6:30 How to fine tune Portraits with Kevin Moody Tim Ostermeyer has a passion for photography. Tim started shooting wildlife and scenic photography 20 years ago. People who saw these images started to ask him to photograph their wedding and now has photographed over 750 weddings. Tim has won over 250 first place awards for his photography, was the 8 time Photographer of the Year in the Texans Camera Club, a 6 time Illustrative Photographer of the Year in the Dallas Professional Photographer Association, was the 2002 Dallas Professional Photographer of the Year, and is a Master Photographer from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Tim has the cover photograph of 3 professional photography magazines. He won "Best Album" and "Best of Show" in the 2006 Southwest Professional Photography Association with a photo album on penguins. This album has since been published as a hard copy children s book (Growing Up in Antarctica). Tim won "Best Album" and a "Kodak Gallery Award" in the 2008 Southwest Professional Photography Association with a photo album on snow monkeys (he soon will be publishing his second children s book (Growing Up in the Japanese Alps) on these snow monkeys. In 2002, a 5200 square foot photographic studio was built with a winding staircase, a scenic waterfall, Four 20 foot backdrops, photographic sets, and a scene machine that can use slides of 300 different backdrops. Tim has devoted much of his time recently to photographing children and high school seniors. Some of Tim's photography can be seen at Interclub Nature Photo Contest The Dallas Camera Club has been invited to participate in the 29th annual George W. Glennie Nature Interclub Exhibition, which will be held by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club, North Andover, MA on March 28, While this event is conducted as an interclub activity, awards for individual images will be presented as well. In 2008, the invitation area was expanded beyond New England with great success and 52 clubs participated. Visit to view winning images from last year. I think you will be impressed. The invitation area is being enlarged still further in The intent is to provide many more clubs with the opportunity to participate in this premier event. (Continued on Page 2)

2 Page 2 December 02 December Meetings Houston Brown presented a program on Image Retouching. It s Your Turn! We reviewed the Print entries submitted last month for the category with judges Tom Savage comments for the prints and Tobor Vari for the projected images December 16 Annual Holiday Party was cancelled due to bad weather. Proposed DCC Officers for President: Harry Rumberger Vice President: Alex Bischoff Treasurer: Adela Rochier Secretary: Sharon Dorsey Newsletter Editor: Linda Roth Projected Images Chair: Houston Brown Print Co-Chairs: Howard Milner and Gordon Goldstein Membership: Dodie Bracken Historian: Paula Buzenius Gulf States Reps: Paula Buzenius and Kevin Moody PSA Rep: Nellie Bretherick Training and Mentoring: Bruce Faust Hospitality: Paul Sherman Web Site: Alex Bischoff and Swapan Sarkar Field Trips: Gary Kelly and Amy Hogge House Mgt Coordinator: Dave Rochier (Will co-ordinate a team of trained house managers) Interclub Nature Photo Contest (continued) Each club may submit ten (10) images, which conform to the PSA Nature definition and guidelines for the manipulation of Nature images. An individual may submit no more than two (2) images. Categories include Amphibians, Birds, Botany, Insects, Land and Seascapes, Mammals, Marine Life, and Reptiles. We will use projected images from this year in selecting images for the club's submission. If you have any additional images that you would like to submit, prepare them as you would for our projected image competition and send them to the projected images chairpersons and not they are for the Nature Contest in the subject line. Do not send more than two in any given category. We will need an additional submittals by January 20. January 06 January 20 February 03 Hospitality Schedule Gerald Davis Sharon Dorsey Fred Dunn Bruce Faust Bill Forbis Michelle Ford Jeffrey Glass Dr. Gordon Goldstein Suzanne Graham HOSPITALITY If you know you will not be at the meeting when you are scheduled for hospitality, please find someone to trade dates with you and let Bob & Betty Johnson know as well. If your name appears above, you are asked to bring drinks and/or snacks to the meeting for which you are listed. Remember Every member takes a turn. When it is not your turn to bring refreshments, please consider making a cent donation into the hospitality donation can when you partake of the refreshments brought. This money is used to buy the paper plates, napkins, ice and cups.

3 Page 3 Our Newest Members Stephanie Reeves Dallas, TX Projected Images--beginner Guests in the Month of December 1. Peter Eberle 2. Paul Wood Field Trip News: The next DCC field trip will be to the Native American Pow Wow on January 17 in Greenville, TX. The Greenville High School Native American Annual Benefit Pow Wow, held at the high school each year in January, features Native American dancing, music, food, and crafts. The event is a day-long tribute to our Native American heritage. See page 23 for map, schedule and more photos.

4 Page 4 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Beginners Color Prints c First Place Beginners Color Prints Ready for Trout By Bob Johnson Second Place Beginners Color Prints Dancers By Susan Stageman Third Place Beginners Color Prints Large Orange Sulpher Butterfly By Amy Hogge

5 Page 5 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Advanced Color Prints First Place, Advanced Color Prints Cannon By Paul Sherman Second Place, Advanced Color Prints Five Up One Down By LeDon Becker First Place, Advanced Color Prints BBF By Paul Sherman Third Place, Advanced Color Prints Hand on the Pumpkins By Ann Redfearn Honorable Mention Advanced Color Prints Solitude By Paula Alcorn

6 Page 6 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Masters Color Prints First Place Masters Color Prints Catch Me If You Can By KevinMoody Second Place Masters Color Prints Dawn in Tuscany By Eleanore Avery Third Place Masters Color Prints Rusty View By Tom Marusa Honorable Mention Masters Color Prints The Ocelot s Stare By Paula Buzenius

7 Page 7 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Beginners Monochrome Prints First Place, Beginners Monochrome Prints Silver Spurs By Bob Johnson Second Place, Beginners Monochrome Prints Texas Flood By Larry Barker Third Place, Beginners Monochrome Prints Desert Perspective By Suzanne Graham

8 Page 8 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Adv/Master Monochrome Prints Second Place Advanced/Masters Monochrome Prints First Snow at Logan s Pass By Kevin Moody First Place, Advanced/Masters Monochrome Prints Window Perch By Kaye Hargis Honorable Mention Advanced/Masters Monochrome Prints Beth By Paul Sherman Third Place Advanced/Masters Monochrome Prints Yellow-Crowned Night Heron By Paula Buzenius

9 Page 9 November 2008 Winners Color Prints - "" Beginners Name Title Score Place Bob Johnson Ready for Trout 15 1st Susan Stageman Dancers 13 2nd Monochrome Prints - "" Beginners Name Title Score Place Bob Johnson Silver Spurs 15 1st Larry Barker Texas Flood 14 2nd Amy Hogge Large Orange Sulpher Butterfly 11 3rd HM Suzanne Gra- Desert Per- 14 3rd HM Color Prints - "" Advanced Name Title Score Place Paul Sherman BFF 15 1st LeDon Becker Ann Redfearn Five Up One Down Hand on the Pumpkins 14 2nd 12 3rd Monochrome Prints - "" Advanced / Masters Scor Name Title Place e Kaye Hargis Window Perch 15 1st Kevin Moody Paula Buzenius First Snow at Logan's Pass Yellow-Crowned Night Heron 14 2nd 14 3rd Paul Sherman Beth 13 HM Paula Alcorn Solitude 11 HM Color Prints - "" Masters Name Title Score Place Kevin Moody Catch Me if You Can 15 1st Eleanore Avery Dawn in Tuscany 14 2nd Tom Marusa Rusty View 14 3rd Paula Buzenius The Ocelot's Stare 13 HM

10 Page 10 Gallery of November Color 2008 Prints Category Winners Beginners Projected Images First Place Beginners Projected Images The Days First Witness By Houston Brown Second Place, Beginners Projected Images Heading Off By Susan Graham Honorable Mention, Beginners Projected Images Summer Fun By Susan Stageman Third Place, Beginners Projected Images Enchanted Rock Boulder By Steve Reeves

11 Page 11 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Advanced Projected Images First Place Advanced Projected Images Dandelion By Steve Newman Second Place, Advanced Projected Images Leaf Bug By Bob Krause Third Place Advanced Projected Images Patterns & Colors By Hal Mayfield Honorable Mention Advanced Projected Images Vegas Stained Glass Ceiling By Ann Redfearn

12 Page 12 Gallery of November 2008 Winners Master Projected Images First Place, Masters Projected Images Eye of the Flamingo By Gary Kelly Second Place Masters Projected Images Breakfast on the Run By Paula Buzenius Third Place Masters Projected Images This is Our Spot By Jerry Comer Honorable Mention Masters Projected Images Cross Light By Sharon Dorsey

13 Page 13 November 2008 Winners Projected Images - "" Beginners Name Title Score Place Houston Brown The Days First Whiness 15 1 Susan Graham Heading Off 13 2 Steve Reeves Enchanted Rock Boulder 12 3 Susan Stageman Summer Fun 12 HM Projected Images - "" Advanced Name Title Score Place Steve Newman Dandelion 15 1 Bob Krause Leaf Bug 14 2 Hal Mayfield Ann Redfearn Patterns & Colors Vegas Stained Glass Ceiling HM ``Projected Images - "" Masters Name Title Score Place Gary Kelly Paula Buzenius Eye of the Flamigo Breakfast on the Run Jerry Comer This is Our Spot 14 3 Sharon Dorsey Cross Light 14 HM

14 Page 14 Beginner Color Prints Year To Date Scores Color Prints 1st 2nd 3rd HM May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Amy Hogge Bob Johnson Betty Johnson Susman Stageman SuzanneGraham Larry Barker Kate Jones Houston Brown Linda Roth Candace Lowery Vicki Culver 9 9 Street Photography Rusted People at work Advance Color Prints May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Rusted People at work Harry Rumberger Le Don Becker Paul Sherman Paula Alcorn Bob Krause Nelson Spencer John Wathne Neil Culver Ann Redfearn G. Goldstein Steve Newman Jessica Nixon J. Sarembock Bruce Faust 12 12

15 1st 2nd 3rd HM Masters Color Prints May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 7 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Year To Date Scores Monochrome Prints Rusted People at work Page 15 Tom Marusa Eleanore Avery Rolando Solis Paula Buzenius Jerry Comer Robert Sherman Gary Kelly Frank Richards Dody Bracken Mel Sharp Kaye Hargis Kevin Moody Advanced/Master Mono Prints May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Dan Meredith Jerry Comer Tom Marusa Paula Buzenius Paul Sherman Mel Sharp Frank Richards Gary Kelly Robert Sherman Bob Krause Harry Rumberger Kaye Hargis Nelson Spencer LeDon Becker Kevin Moody Ann Redfearn G. Goldstein Jessica Nixon Reid McNabb Street Photogra- Rusted People at work

16 Page 16 Year To Date Scores Monochrome Prints 1st 2nd 3rd HM Beginner Mono Prints May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Rusted People at work Howard Milner Amy Hogge Bob Johnson John Wathne Betty Johnson Susan Stageman Suzanne Graham Steve Newman Neil Culver Kate Jones Vicki Culver Diane McNabb Larry Barker 14 14

17 Beginners Projected Images Year To Date Scores Projected Images Page 17 May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1st Jan 2nd Feb 3rd HM Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Rusted People at work Total Susan Stageman Houston Brown Kate Jones Betty Johnson Bob Johnson Amy Hogge Suzanne Graham Linda Roth Steve Burt VirginiaSumrall Diane McNabb Alex Bichoff Candace Lowrey Steve Reeves Michelle Ford Larry Barker Lance Nail Niesa Page 9 9 Katrina Lane 9 9 Morris Stein 9 9

18 Page 18 Year To Date Scores Projected Images 1st 2nd 3rd HM Advanced Projected Images May 6 June 3 July 1 Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 Total Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Rusted People at work Bob Krause Harry Rumberger Todd Hampton Mel Sharp Paula Alcorn Steve Newman LeDon Becker Jeffrey Glass Ann Redfearn Paul Sherman Swapan Sarkar David Gregory Ried McNabb Jeffery Sarambock Jessica Nixon Bruce Faust Hal Mayfield Gordon Goldstein Wayne Vanberger Susan Maylone 11 11

19 Advanced Projected Images Year To Date Scores Projected Images Page 19 May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov 1st Dec 2nd Jan Feb 3rd HM Leading Lines Historical Ancient Street Photography Rusted People at work Total Eleanore Avery Paula Buzenius Gary Kelly Jerry Comer Frank Richards Robert Sherman Nellie Bretherick Dody Bracken Tom Marusa Sharon Dorsey Kaye Hargis Kevin Moody Dan Meredith

20 Page 20 Page 20 President s Message It is time to start thinking about your entries for the year end competitions and annual Potpourri program. Special Annual Competitions The club hosts four special competitions at the end of the fiscal year and the results are announced at the Annual Awards Banquet in April. Only one award is given in each of the four competitions. All DCC members are eligible to enter the competitions. Up to four images may be submitted for each competition. Images used in monthly competitions, including winners, are eligible. Images for these competitions shall be submitted at the first meeting in March. There is no monthly competition turn-in scheduled that month. Complete rules and instructions for preparing images can be found in the DCC yearbook and on the website. The four special competitions are: J.J. Spurlock Award for Creative Portraiture (Prints) Images of people. Marge Dance Award for Contemporary Images (Projected Images) Contemporary photography with manipulation that depicts subjects in a substantial departure from realism. Milton J. Rudick Award for Travel (Projected Images) Subject matter is unlimited, however, the images must have been taken while traveling outside the Metroplex during the last 12 months. Ken Zapp Field Trip Image-of-the-Year Award (Projected Images) Images taken on any of the club field trips during the last 12 months. Image-of-the-Year Awards In addition to the four special competitions described above, Prints and Projected Images placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any monthly competition class are eligible for Print or Projected Image-of-the-Year Awards. Eligible prints are submitted for judging at the first meeting in March. Projected images will be pulled from the archives. Awards are presented for the three highest placing images in each category and class. These awards are also presented at the Annual Awards Banquet. Potpourri Each year members present themed audio-visual shows (projected images with sound). This program of A-V shows is called Potpourri and is presented at the first meeting in May. Because the shows are themed, participants need to start planning their shows. This means a photographer must shoot with a purpose over the next several months to build a library of images to support the theme for his or her show. A photographer who waits to develop a show will be limited to his or her current collection of images. Remember, your show must be themed and not just a simple hodge-podge showing of your photographs. So, think about your possible shows now and begin collecting the images. Shows must be turned in April 21 to provide time to compile the overall program. This is a change and we will no longer accept shows on the night of the Potpourri. Houston Brown will be directing the 2009 Potpourri and is planning a training session on developing A -V slide shows. He will also have set up a group of advisors-on-call to assist those needing help in creating their shows. Next year is a key milestone for the Dallas Camera Club as we will reach 75 years of continuous operation. We would like to celebrate this occasion. Paula Buzenius is heading up the celebration committee. It has been suggested that we create a special club t-shirt or other commemorative clothing. To do this, we need an appropriate diamond anniversary logo. So, we have decided to have a member contest with entries due at the February 3rd meeting. These will be shown and a vote taken at the February 17th meeting with the winner being announced on March 3rd. So put on your creative thinking cap on and go to work. If you would like a high resolution version of the current logo, send me an . More details to come.

21 Page 21 Reminder for upcoming event POTPOURRI Start Thinking About Potpourri Each year members may present themed slide shows of projected images. This night of shows is called Potpourri Night. For 2009 the DCC Potpourri will be May 5th. However, shows must be turned in April 21-- one meeting in advance of Potpourri night. This is a change. No longer will we accept shows for presentation on the night of the Potpourri. So why are you announcing this so far in advance? Well, because the shows are "themed", participants need to plan their shows. This means a photographer must shoot with a purpose over the next several months to build a library of images to support the theme for his or her show. Otherwise, a photographer who waits until late Spring to develop a show will be limited to his then current collection of images. Remember your show must not be a simple hodge-podge showing of your photographs. Houston Brown will be directing the 2009 Potpourri. Houston is planning a training session on developing A -V slide shows, will show one or two examples of past member slide shows and will also have set up a group of advisors-on-call to assist those needing help in creating their shows. So the point of this notice is to encourage you to think about your possible show now and to begin collecting the images to support your theme. Call for Information The Dallas Camera Club was founded in 1934 and has been in continuous operation since. The club was organized by 52 photographers to further their common interest in monochrome print making. As part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary next year, we would like to put together a brief history of the club. We are looking for milestones, events, key dates, famous members, anecdotes, or photos to use in developing this history. Please look in your archives and get the information to Paula Buzenius or Frank Richards by January 6th. Club Logo Contest We need an appropriate diamond anniversary club logo to use on various materials in commeration of the event. So, we have decided to hold a member logo design contest with entries due by the January 20th meeting. These may be submitted as digital files ( ed to Frank Richards or on CD) or sketches. You may build on the existing logo or develop an updated logo. A slogan or tag line expressing the purpose of the club, such as "Building photographers skills since 1934," may be included as part of the logo or provided separately. The club members will choose the final anniversary logo. If you would like a high resolution version of the current logo, send Frank Richards an .

22 Page 22 Page 22 GSCC Convention From the November Issue of the GSCC Newsletter A message to those who plan to attend the GSCCC convention April 2-4. The hotel site is the Homewood Suites on Poydras St. The website for hotel booking is ready and available. Go to homewoodsuites.com and choose New Orleans, La. Then select the dates you plan to spend in New Orleans. The group code for the convention is CCC. Those registered at the hotel will have a free dinner on Thursday evening before the competition and free full breakfast each morning. This location also puts you a very short distance from the streetcar line for transportation to the zoo, to the riverfront, to the French Quarter, to the aquarium, down Canal St. to the cemeteries, or a ride down St. Charles Ave. We hope to have the convention website up by the end of November with all the field trips and programs identified. Questions may be directed to: Rose Parker at parker52@cox.net. Please include the word convention in the subject line. Aquarium

23 Page 23 The 15 th Annual Intertribal Benefit Pow Wow in Greenville, Texas is our scheduled field trip for January 17, It will be held in the gym of the Greenville High School. The event is a day-long tribute to our Native American heritage. It features Native American dancing, music, food, and crafts. The first scheduled dancing begins at 10 a.m. and events continue throughout the day until 10 p.m. Kaye Hargis will make DCC photo passes to be worn which will give us some priorities from other causal photographers. Kaye will have these available at the first meeting in January and at the day of the event. We are asked to observe some guidelines. All pictures taken will be for private and in-club use only Ask permission before you photograph an individual wearing native regalia (the term used for native dress).. If you plan to publish any photograph, you must secure a model release. We are not to step onto the dance floor while photographing as the dance floor is considered sacred by some dancers. We will be signaled by Arby Little Soldier, Pow Wow Chairman, if it is okay to photograph a dancer. Greenville, Texas is about 45 minutes to an hour northeast of Dallas on I 30. The address for Greenville High School is 3515 Lion s Lair Rd, Greenville, TX. If you need additional information, call Kaye Hargis

24 BUSINESS NAME Frank Richards President Robert Sherman & David Gregory Past Co-Presidents Susan Stageman Vice President Ann Redfearn Secretary Adela Rochier Treasurer Dody Bracken Membership Neil Culver Newsletter Editor Houston Brown & Paula Alcorn Projected Images Co- Chairs Steve Newman & Suzanne Graham Prints Co-Chairs Gary Kelly & Kaye Hargis Field Trip Co-Chairs Bob & Betty Johnson Hospitality Kevin Moody & Paula Buzenius GSCCC Representatives Nellie Bretherick PSA Representative Alex Bischoff & Swapan Sarkar Web Site Co-Chairs Tracy Howard Yearbook Bill Forbis Todd Howard & Jeff Sarembock House Managers Paula Buzenius Historian DCC is a member of Gulf States Camera Club Council Photographic Society of America Dallas Camera Club meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at the Parker Chiropractic College which is located at 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 and turn left to enter the college through the south gate. Come in the main door and take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Go west (right) to the end of the hall. We are in Room 220. Refreshments and fellowship begin at 7:00 PM. Meeting begins at 7:30 PM. Visitors are always welcome. Barbara Pyke is Recognized by PSA (From the PSA Journal, Dec 2008) Page 22 Barbara has been elected Secretary of the PSA Photojournalism Division for In addition, she received the Lifetime Service Award for her involvement in the division since the 90's. Currently, the Uniform Practices Representative, she has also served one year as Secretary, one as Second Vice Chair, three as Biennial Exhibition Chair, eight as Star Rating Director, and at numerous conferences has presented contest winners and information on entering and applying for stars. CSCCC Competitions Submit Images Kevin Moody, one of our Gulf States representatives, is in need of PJ print images for future Gulf States competitions. Paula Buzenius will also be needing PJ projected images for future competitions. Photojournalism is defined as pictures that tell a story and have not been manipulated. Please bring Kevin and Paula some images and support our club in the regional competition. You can contact them by at km@kmoody.net or pjbuz@aol.com. Go to: