June, 2013 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WANTAGH CAMERA CLUB Club Events Calendar Page 2 Field Trip to Philadelphia Page 3 Monthly Scores Pages 4 & 5
WCC Meeting Schedule for the 2012-2013 Season June 12th, 2013 End of Year Competition Judges: Tom Crosley, Art Inselsberger, Joe Senzatimore Annual Awards Dinner Sunday, June 23rd @ 6pm at the Per Un Angelo restaurant. (The restaurant is in the Jones Beach Hotel) 3275 Byron Street, Wantagh, NY Wantagh Camera Club President Heide Karabaich 516-292-9025 Vice President Robert Law 516-221-6462 Vice President/ Competition Chairperson Dick Hunt 516-579-9605 Vice President/Treasurer John DiNicola 516-799-5470 Editor of the Newsletter and Web Site Lee Levine 516-449-7502 / 954-933-7977 For More Information: Please call 516-579-9605 or visit our web site at www.wantaghcameraclub.com Meetings With the exception of July and August, Wantagh Camera Club meets at 8:00 pm the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, and is open to all residents of Long Island. Meetings are held at the Wantagh Library, located on Park Avenue, one block west of Wantagh Avenue and one block north of Sunrise Highway. To All Members, From the President Our 2012-13 season is coming to a successful end. We are now winners in 3 categories within the PFLI competition BWA, CPA and Creative. Thank you creative photographers, your originality gave us an additional category to the usual BWA and CPA. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members who helped me in my first year as president to make this a successful year. First and always is Dick Hunt who, with his great knowledge and insight, keeps us all on the path to success. It takes quite a few helpers to get prepared and ready for each competition event. Thank you to the team that always makes it happen from getting the equipment ready, to logging the photos, to presenting them to the judges. Thank you to the two ladies who organize and keep the members list updated. Our treasurer keeps the money safe and organizes two dinners a year. Many thanks to my special adviser who, with his experience, is always ready to give me advice and moral support. Lee Levine, who moved to Florida two years ago, managed the web site and published the Flash each month. He is now ready to travel more and therefore will pass on these duties to other members of our club. Thank you Lee for being a great editor and web master. I will miss you and your professionalism. I wish you all a good Summer with many opportunities to take great pictures. I am looking forward to seeing all of you and your excellent work in the Fall. ON the COVER The cover of each edition of The Flash will showcase a photograph taken by a member of the Wantagh Camera Club Wantagh Camera Club March Digital Image of the Month Woodpecker Looking for Food by Adolfo Briceno Heide THE FLASH 2 June 2013
Trip to PA Philadelphia Zoo and the Eastern State Penitentiary 05/04/13 Since an early start in any photographic mission is essential, a group of 4 started the trip at 6AM with Dick as leader and driver. We arrived around 8:30AM at the Philadelphia Zoo where we connected with Marty and 2 of his friends. Our main goal was to photograph the Cheetahs, who gave us such great opportunities on our last visit to this zoo. On this visit however, they were not visitor-friendly and hid behind a shed. We had some opportunities with the tigers and orangutans. After lunch, at the zoo, we made our way to the penitentiary. There, everybody scouted around according to their own likings. After we accomplished our goals and covered all the best locations we started our way back home around 3:30 PM. Thank you Dick for another well planned and successful trip. WCC Roving Reporter THE FLASH 3 June 2013
B & W A COLOR PRINTS A Valerie DiBiase COLOR PRINTS S CREATIVE IMAGES Bob Shaw DIGITAL PROJECTION A Andy Reilly DIGITAL PROJECTION B Valerie D Aguanno DIGITAL PROJECTION S WCC Theme Competition, 2013 Judge: Mike Di Renzo First Place winners in this years Theme Competition Surfing Action Parlament at Twilight Going for the Ball Rabbird Waterhole Go Round and Round Roller Derby Rollers Compiled by Dick Hunt Here is a terrific article that was posted on the Digital Photography School web site. These tips will definitely make your group portrait shots look better. Clothing for Portraits How to Tell your Subjects What to Wear http://digital-photography-school.com/clothing-for-portraits-how-to-tell-your-subjects-what-to-wear THE FLASH 4 June 2013
PFLI Competition Scores for May, 2013 Judges: Jan Altes, Andy Kurchey, Dick Hunt Digital Images B May Total Points Wantagh finished 10th John Cashel Owl 24 Valerie D aguanno December Sunrise 21 Total 45 Digital Images A-II May Total Points Wantagh finished 14th Harry Loud Berries 09-12 23 Karen Newman Salemlight 21 Frank Coenen Cyclerama 20 Lorraine Jackson Going Up 20 Total 84 Digital Images A May Total Points Wantagh finished in a tie for 2nd Bob Shaw Bronx 1 24 Heide Karabaich Red Panda 24 Dick Hunt Cheetah Pair 24 Bob Schmitz Bullfrog-6079 24 Adolfo Briceno Surfer in Motion 7 23 Total 119 Compiled by Dick Hunt Creative Entries May Total Point Wantagh finished in a tie for 2nd Bob Shaw Rabbird 24 Valerie D aguanno Artemis Ready For Her Close Up 24 Dick Hunt Cactusman 24 Carousel Pony 23 Poor Butterfly 23 Total 118 Color Prints A May Total Points Wantagh finished 2nd Dick Hunt Nubble Revisited 26 Bob Schmitz Childs Park Waterfall 24 Joanne Barker Pelican 24 Harry Loud Early Morning Start 24 Harry Loud Better Days 23 Total 121 Black & White A Mayw Total Point Wantagh finished 1st Old Blue Eyes 27 Gorilla Mine 26 Harry Loud Bridal Veil Falls 24 Karen Newman Mirror, Mirror 24 Dick Hunt Montauk at Low Tide 24 Total 125 WCC Expatriate captures prizes Andy Reilly, one of a number of Wantagh Camera Club members who have moved out of state, but continues to compete in our Digital category also has been competing in his new home state. Andy has won 1st place in the Black and White category and 2nd place in the color category at the North Charleston, South Carolina Arts Festival. This is his second year of winning prizes. Nice going Andy! THE FLASH 5 June 2013