The Angle - Channel City Camera Club

The Angle
Newsletter of the Channel City Camera Club
April 2016 − Volume 79 − Number 3
Club Website: http://www.cccameraclub.com
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"Havana Daybreak" - Bob Rottenberg
April 2016
Table of Contents
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Calendar
From the Editor
President's Message
Exhibition Night
2016 Exhibition Schedule
2016 Special Assignments
Image Requirements/Categories
March Exhibition Images
Program Night
Image Evaluation Program
Camera Help
Member Bio
Member Article
Webmaster Report
PSA News
Print Shows
Member News
Other News
Our Board
Calendar
April 2016
Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
Exhibition Night – Prints, Open, Nature, and Digitally Altered*
Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm
Program Night – Ines Roberts - Landscape Photography
Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 pm
Education/Training – Dan Moore - Time Lapse Photography
Founded in 1939, The Club meets publicly from February through November (exception of August)
and an awards banquet occurs in January. Exhibitions are held on the first Tuesday, some Programs
on the third Tuesday, and some Education/Training on the fourth Tuesday. Please check the schedule
to verify if and when Programs and Education/Training actually occur. We meet in Farrand Hall, at the
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History at 3559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara. Doors open at
7:00pm to give visitors time to meet members before formal programs begin at 7:30pm. These events
are free to the public and we are always happy to see new faces. Only club members may enter their
works into Exhibitions and attend Field Trips. Annual dues for membership are $50.00.
From the Editor
Ken Pfeiffer
Welcome to our first Spring edition of 2016! The hills are green, the flowers
are popping, and the weather and the light are beautiful! It is a great time to be
outside shooting the incredible beauty we see around here. I just want you to
know that I am always looking for people to write brief articles for the Angle.
Every month I try to feature a "Member Biography" and a "Member Article". I
encourage new members to submit to me a "Member Biography" which is
basically a short statement about yourself and your photographic interests.
This is a great way to help other members get to know you. Don't be shy! And
if you have some photographic skills you want to share, please send me a
"Member Article" that would help our readers acquire new skills.
The Angle is the official newsletter of the Channel City Camera Club. We invite our members to
submit articles or other news to be included in the Angle. Please send any contributions by the 15th of
each month to the Angle via email. I am also interested in your ideas for improving this newsletter, so
please send your input to me at the above address. Thanks much!
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“Photography is a love affair with life.”
– Burk Uzzle
President's Message
George Welik
With the first quarter of 2016 ending, two positions on our Board of Directors remain
unfilled. These positions are Director of Education/Training and Director of Field
Trips.
For Education and Training, we have been fortunate that several talented Club
members have graciously volunteered to instruct us on topics of interest to them,
and therefore our E/T Nights are booked through July. After July, nothing more is
planned. If you would like to serve as Director of Education/Training for the rest of
2016, presentations would need to be arranged for only 3 more months –
September, October, and November. Please consider volunteering for this position. The job
summary is as follows:
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Organizes monthly Education/Training meetings with a program focused on a variety of digital
photography topics
Invites a Club member (or occasional professional) to present at each Education/Training
meeting
Publicizes Ed/Training meetings to the membership via an article in the Angle and by
announcement at regular Club meetings.
Responsible for the Ed/Training meetings, including coordination with the Equipment Director
for the setup of all necessary equipment.
Provides guidance to the club on digital photography issues and assistance to the membership
with digital photography problems.
For Field Trips, we have again been fortunate that Stuart Wilson arranged the Small Animal Shoot in
February and Dorothy Littlejohn arranged the Night Photo Workshop with Brian Leary in March. We
have no more field trips planned for the rest of the year. Stuart has suggested a weekend outing to
Orchid Estates early in the morning before they open to customers, but nothing has been arranged.
Although previous Directors were diligent in setting up field trips every month, there is no requirement
to have outings that frequently. I would be happy with one field trip every 3 months or so. Therefore,
if you would like to serve as Director of Field Trips for the rest of 2016, only 3 more field trips would
need to be planned. The job summary is as follows:
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Plans and organizes field trips
Arranges any permissions or permits that may be required.
Collects waivers from members and guests who will participate in the field trip
Distributes any pertinent information such as dates, directions and maps to the membership
via email, an article in the Angle, and by announcement at regular Club meetings.
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Notifies the members of any special requirements and/or equipment for the field trip.
Please consider volunteering to fill one of these needs. Also, if you feel that you are not able to
commit to being a Director at this time, you can still make a big contribution by assisting one of our
current Directors. Starting last year, Jeff Tabala has been a very effective assistant to our Equipment
Director, Walter Naumann; and recently, Lynn Williams has started assisting our Program Night
Director, Dorothy Littlejohn. If you think you may be interested in being the Director of either
Education/Training or Field Trips, or if you are interested in being an assistant to one of our other
Board members, please contact me at [email protected].
Exhibition Night
Ron Williams
For our CCCC Exhibition on April 5, 2016 our professional judges will be
Rod Rolle and Santi Visalli. Our club judge will be Patti Gutshall.
Rod Rolle has lived in Santa Barbara over 30 years. He
moved here to attend Brooks Institute of Photography, and
graduated in 1986 with a degree in Industrial/Scientific
Photo Technology. During his years here, he has built
his business and his reputation as a both a corporate
photographer and as a photojournalist. He worked as a
photo stringer and contributor to Gamma Liaison, Getty Images, Sipa USA and his
work has appeared in numerous publications around the globe. His 2009
photograph of Michael Jackson standing on top a SUV outside the Santa Maria
Courthouse won him a spot in Getty Images’ Pictures of the Year Collection. Rod is
also a teacher and mentor. He taught Basic Photography as part of the UCSB Physical Activities and
Recreation Program; Video Production through the UCLA Extension ArtsReach, and he also taught
Intro and Advanced Photography, Digital Design and Photojournalism at Santa Barbara City College.
As a mentor, he has worked with organizations like Art Without Limits and with individuals to share his
skills and knowledge of photography. http://www.rodrolle.com/
Santi Visalli is an award-winning photographer who has traveled the globe as a
photojournalist for over 40 years making photos for some of the world’s leading
magazines, newspapers, and book publishers. A master craftsman, he has been
acclaimed for the range, precision, and poetry of his work. He is highly prolific,
covering news from social issues to politics to lifestyle. He has photographed six
sitting US Presidents from Nixon to Clinton. He has worked on films with such
directors as Federico Fellini, and has photographed numerous personalities.
Visalli's photos have appeared in more than 50 magazines and newspapers. In
Italy, his credits have been so numerous that he says that the Italians “have
probably seen America through my eyes.” In 1996 he was made a Knight in the Order of Merit of the
Republic of Italy. Expanding to a more permanent form of photojournalistic expression — coffee-table
books — Visalli created eight full-color cityscapes published by Rizzoli: Chicago (1987), Boston
(1988), San Francisco (1990), Los Angeles (1992), Miami (1993), New York (1994), Washington, D.C.
(1995) and Las Vegas (1996). Each runs more than 200 pages and it takes him 12 to 18 months to
shoot seasonal scenes. Visalli’s photography has been exhibited in the United States and Europe, in
both one-man and in group shows. Visalli has appeared on American, Brazilian, Japanese and
European radio and television programs. He is a former president of the Foreign Press Association of
New York and has served on the board of the Association of Italian Correspondents in North America.
http://www.santivisalli.com/
Patti Gutshall began studying photography under the direction of Everett Weinreb at the
Photographic Institute, Santa Barbara, working with 4X5 format and the wet darkroom. After
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developing an allergy to the chemicals she reluctantly turned to the digital
darkroom. The first week of owning a Nikon D2 she entered a contest, won,
and was published. She has not looked back, but embraced the digital world
and all that is possible. She has won many awards, including Times Square
on the Kodak board, California State Museum, "Image of the Year"
recognition from Channel City Camera Club, and the Lucy for third place in
Micro. She has been very active in the club. She organized the members
showcase for the past three years. http://www.pattigutshall.com/
2016 Exhibition Schedule
Date
Subjects
April 5
Open
Prints
Nature
Digitally Altered
May 3
Open
Prints
Nature
People
June 7
Open
Prints
Digitally Altered
People
July 5
Open
Prints
Nature
Digitally Altered
September 6
Open
Prints
Nature
People
October 4
Open
Prints
Digitally Altered
People
November 1
Open
Prints
Nature
Digitally Altered
2016 Special Assignments
Date
April 5
June 7
September 6
November 1
Classification
Digitally Altered
Open
People
Nature
Assignment
Still Life
Sanctuary
Silhouette
Camouflage
The special assignments for 2016 are:
Still Life: A still life of any subject.
Sanctuary: An image of your idea of "sanctuary". This can be anything portraying peace, safety, etc.
Silhouette: A silhouette or partial silhouette with a film noir feel.
Camouflage: An image of a subject that is camouflaged by its surroundings.
Each year, the club has a special assignment for one month in each of the four digital exhibitions.
Remember that entries for special assignments must be taken in the calendar year of the
exhibition.
Image Requirements/Categories/Scoring
Requirements for submitting images for Club exhibitions are posted at:
http://www.cccameraclub.com/competition.htm
Images are submitted in six categories:
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1. Open: This is an open-ended category for all exhibitions includes images on any subject done
using any technique.
2. Prints: A printed photograph may be entered at each exhibition without restriction on subject
material or the technique used to create the image. It shall not be smaller than 5" x 7" or larger than
13" x 19", horizontal or vertical. It must be mounted to a suitable backing board or printed on a light
weight flat surface less than 1" thick that can stand on the exhibition easel. The maximum size of the
backing board and mat is 20" x 24", horizontal or vertical.
3. Digitally Altered: Images submitted to the Digitally Altered category must display an obvious change
in natural color, form, shape or any combination of these three. These images should reflect an
altered reality and may be montages (a blending of composite of multiple images). All parts of the
image must start as a photograph that was taken by the photographer. Filters and Texture Layers are
allowed. Images where only HDR technique is used are not considered part of this category.
4. Nature: restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches
of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well informed person
will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation.
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All adjustments must appear natural.
The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while
maintaining a high technical quality.
Human elements shall not be present. The presence of scientific bands, scientific tags or
radio collars on wild animals is permissible.
Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously
set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the
photographic statement.
No techniques that add to, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping
are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing
the nature story or the pictorial content are permitted.
5. People: Any depiction of the human condition. Formal portraiture, documentary and photojournalistic images are all appropriate. One or several persons are permitted.
6. Unscored Critiqued: this category is available during every Juried Exhibition for members who want
an image critiqued but not scored by the judges. The unscored critiqued category has the following
specific rules:
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Subject: There is no restriction on the subject material or the technique used in creating the
image.
Quantity: Unscored critiqued submission is limited to one digital file for each Exhibition, and
that individual is able to enter photos in two other digital categories as well. Thus every Club
member is eligible to enter three digital categories at each Exhibition.
Images are scored by three judges according to the following guidelines:
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Score of 9: image showing exceptional artistic and technical skill.
Score of 8: image showing very high artistic and technical skill.
Score of 7: very good image worthy of award consideration.
Score of 6: average image with some good and some bad aspects.
Score of 5: below-average image needing improvement.
Score of 4: below-average image with a serious technical defect.
Score of 3: image with multiple defects.
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March 2016 Exhibition Images
Open
Prints
"Winter in Sequoia" - Ines Roberts
"LA Old and New" - Sue Dodds
Digitally Altered
People
"On the Way to Grandma's" - David Hancock
"Isla with the Pearl Earring" - Judith Barat
Program Night
April 19, 7:30 pm - Ines Roberts
April19, the third Tuesday of the month, we will see photographs by Ines
Roberts on the topic of landscapes. The show will be in Farrand Hall, just
behind and a part of the SB Natural History Museum. 7pm doors open for
socializing, and program begins at 7:30 pm. For more info 805 962-8415.
To classify Ines Roberts under the category “Landscape Photographer “
would be misleading and would definitely miss her deep response for the
rest of what she sees and photographs.
Dorothy Littlejohn
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Ines does not restrict her involvement into just one specific field. She reacts to any seen subject
which speaks to her and stimulates an inner emotion and imagination. This can be a flower, a human
face, an abstract pattern, a building, or- yes- a landscape.
Being so fortunate to live in a country where magnificent landscapes and natural creations are in great
abundance gives a sensitive person little choice but to respond to the great wonder in front of one’s
eyes.
Ines Labunski Roberts
* Internationally renowned photographer – extensive list of accomplishments - photos have been
published, exhibited, and have won many prestigious awards worldwide
* Originally from Europe, Ines first joined a camera club in Scotland, but is otherwise self-taught
* Has produced over 35 slide-music programs since 1972 when her first show ”The Four Seasons of
Sequoia” received a standing ovation at the PSA International Convention of Photography in San
Francisco
* selected as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, and membership in the
London Salon of Photography
* In 1987 & 94, she won 1st prize in the Sierra Club Annual contest; and in 2003 & 07, her pictures were
chosen from thousands of entries in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
* In the Club, she frequently wins Cumulative Score Awards and Image of the Year recognition in all
categories
* Member of the CCCC since 1966, has been a member for 50 years now and actively supporting the
club for all those years and still does!
Education/Training Night
George Welik
Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 pm - Dan Moore - Creating a Time Lapse Video
Time Lapse photography is a technique where a large number of still images
are taken and then viewed as in a video played back at a faster rate to give
the impression of time moving faster than real life. Time lapse is the opposite
of slow motion photography.
What makes a good time lapse subject? – anything with motion that happens
too slowly to be interesting. I am sure you have seen beautiful videos of
flowers opening over several seconds or sunrises coming dramatically out of
the ocean. We were on a ship in the Antarctic were we were told that there
was a lot of ice ahead and to go outside to have a good view. I thought this would be a great time
lapse, and it was.
This talk will cover my workflow to create the sequence of 2420 still images taken one image each
second over almost 40 minutes and then later converting them into a 2½ minute high-definition video
using Adobe Photoshop with help from Adobe Lightroom.
If anyone would care to have my personal notes for the talk as a reference, download them from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bawgtd7g5s5y957/Creating%20a%20Time%20Lapse%20Video%20%20Notes.pdf?dl=0
About Dan Moore:
Dan learned photography in high school to earn his gas money by taking portraits of children. He
then had a successful product development career with IBM in a wide range of diverse technologies.
Thirteen years ago, Dan and his wife Julie moved to Santa Barbara where he has been able to pursue
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his interests in photography, travel, and piano. Dan maintains www.pbase.com/MooreMedia for his
still image collection. Gradually, he has added more and more video into his travel slide shows. Dan
and Julie recently returned from Japan, where he photographed the bird life on the island of Hokkaido
and the snow monkeys in Nagano. In the Camera Club, Dan is a former president and a recipient of
the Merrill Hart Memorial Award. He also taught Education/Training night for 4 years, and now he
does it once a year.
Education/Training Line-up for the Coming Months:
May 24 ---------- Bill Banning: More Eyeballs - More Feedback (Online Photo Sharing)
June 28 --------- David Auston: The Human Visual System and Digital Photography
July 26 ---------- Terry Straehley: Assembling Shows with ProShow
Image Evaluation Program
Stuart Wilson
The Club will continue its successful evaluation program in 2016. Its objective is to
help members improve their photographic skills. Club members may submit one
photo per month via email for critique and helpful suggestions by some of our more
advanced members. Members may use this service to help them refine their entries
in the monthly exhibitions. Your photo will be sent anonymously to our reviewers
and their comments will be emailed to you a few days later. Simply email your photo,
resized to no more than 1400 pixels on the long side, to Stuart Wilson with a subject
heading of "Image Evaluation Program". If you have any questions contact Stuart at
805-962-0365.
Camera Help
In response to our previous requests, the following two members have volunteered to provide
"camera help":
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Canon Cameras - David Orias - [email protected]
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Nikon Cameras - Stuart Wilson - [email protected]
You are welcome to contact them if you need help.
We would like other camera brands to be included (Sony, Olympus, etc.), as well as adding more
experts on Canon and Nikon cameras. If you would like to volunteer as a camera expert, please send
your name, camera make or model that you know well, and Email address to
[email protected]. Thank you.
Member Bio
Patti Gutshall
When I was five I saved up Bazooka Bubble Gum comics to redeem for a camera. I still have those
negatives and prints (bit of a hoarder). I was always the one to grab the camera at family events.
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When our girls were in High School, I began studying Photography under the
direction of Everett Weinreb at the Photographic Institute, Santa Barbara,
working with 4X5 format and the wet darkroom. After developing an allergy to
the chemicals I reluctantly turned to the digital darkroom. The first week of
owning a Nikon D2 I entered a contest, won and was published. I have not
looked back, but embrace the digital world and all that is possible.
I entered an image to Kodak for the “Picture of the Day”. It won and was on
display on the Kodak Times Square Marquee. I walked on air for days.
Wanting to prove to myself that it wasn’t just luck, I entered another one. It won! I liked winning so
entered all kinds of contest and collected many awards. There is a secret to winning. Study the
contest and enter what they are looking for. Not every contest is for you. Know your photography
and how it fits. Always enter the “Wow” images.
I joined the Channel City Camera Club to enter competition and learn the digital darkroom. We have
had so many outstanding instructors! I took one class at City College, the rest comes from the Club,
and now online videos. Just seeing the club member’s photos at exhibition has helped my
photography improve.
One meeting Gerry Aspen announced that Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital was looking for art for the
new hospital under construction. I felt accomplished to complete the entry process and get it in on
time. Not a friendly process for the creative mind. I currently have 3 images at the Santa Barbara
Cottage Hospital. I was asked to submit again for the Goleta Valley Hospital so Todd (my husband
and camera assistant) studied the history of Goleta and set out to photograph Goleta. We climbed
into lemon trucks, hiked the beach, and took many drive by shootings of the Fairview North onramp.
It paid off. I have 24 photos in the new Goleta Hospital. It is thrilling to walk into the hospital and see
five of them in the front hall. It is a very rewarding experience to see your work hanging in public. It’s
addicting.
I find I can do anything from behind a lens. The Clubs last field trip to Rocky Nock Park, I faced my
fear of snakes. All these years I have skipped this event due to my fear. So this year I decided to
face the snakes. It was such a great experience. I even touched one! When I got home I had to face
an even bigger fear. My husband Todd had been in a bicycle accident and was at Santa Barbara
Cottage. While I was having a great time with the reptiles he was a Traffic Alert on Edhat. Someone
opened their SUV door and sent him flying. 8 fractures, stitches and staples he looked like “Rocky”
swollen eye closed and all scratched up. He spent a week in the hospital. One night after a long day
of surgery and running back and forth to our business I was exhausted. I wasn’t ready to go home to
be alone so I walked the halls of Cottage and got lost. Going down a long hallway there on the wall
(next to Bill Zeldis) was my image of the Santa Barbara Clock Tower! I was like a recharge battery,
no longer tired. When I entered the Healing Art Project I never thought that my art work would
someday heal me. I am so happy to be part of this project and hope that it will help other when they
too are tired and lost worried about their loved one.
Anyone that knows me
knows my favorite word
is “FUN”. I love taking
pictures everywhere I go,
but the best pictures are
the ones of family. They
may not be the perfect
exposure or sharpest and
not win an award, but are
priceless. February 14th
we went to Alaska to
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view the Northern Lights. Ignorance is bliss, no one told me you might not see them as there are no
guarantees when it comes to “Lady Aurora”. We did three times! I took many beautiful potential
award winning images, but my favorite, “Camera on timer on the hood of the car, the four of us
freezing (below zero with wind chill factor) at Eagles Summit”. Best experience ever and my favorite
of the whole trip. I will be going back, it too is addicting.
Member Article
Terry Straehley
Reflections on Equipment for Photo Tours
I would like to share some thoughts on photo tours and what to take along. By a
photo tour, I mean a tour of approximately two week duration to some exotic land
where you will be taking photos maybe six or more hours each day. First one
needs to decide on the locale and objective of the tour. A tour, primarily in urban
areas, where people and their activities are the focus, has several different
requirements than a game safari in Africa.
Once you have decided what you want to photograph and where, it’s best to check the web for
available tours. Tour companies that I have used are Joseph Van Os (www.photosafaris.com), Strabo
Tours (www.phototc.com ) and Rainbow Photo Tours (www.rainbowphototours.com ). The first two
have a large menu of tours, led by a group of photographers. Rainbow specializes in tours to Bhutan
led by Robin Smilie, the owner. Another tour company which hosts general purpose tours with small
groups is Odysseys Unlimited (www.odysseys-unlimited.com ). These tours range in price from
roughly $4,000 to over $10,00 double occupancy (usually not including international air fare) with an
adder for single occupancy. The African Safari tours are at the high end of everybody’s price range.
Odysseys’ tours bundle air, the others don’t, so there is a wide range of options.
Once your tour is chosen, you can select the equipment to bring with you. A DSLR or mirrorless
camera with a medium wide (24mm) to medium telephoto (100 mm ) lens is a good starting point. On
all my trips, except my African Safari, my 24-105 (on a full-frame body) took 90% of my pictures. On a
tour where the main object is wildlife a long telephoto (400 mm) is a necessity and will be used for the
majority of your pictures. For many tours, a single body (preferably full frame) will be adequate. My go
to camera is my 5DMkIII with my 24-105 mounted. For a non-wildlife tour, I might bring my 70-200
mm to provide a little more reach. For a wildlife tour, I will definitely take two bodies, my 5D with the
24-105 and my 7D to mount my 100-400. You can get by with one body and switch lenses, but you
may miss some shots as I did once. Other lenses appropriate to what you expect to shoot and a
backup medium range lens are good ideas if you have them and the room to carry them.
After the camera and lenses, consider your two essential supplies, media and energy. Digital cards
today are inexpensive enough that you should take with you more than you think you will ever need
for a day of shooting. If you carry enough for the trip (figure 200 -300 images per day), you can keep
all your images on your cards without downloading them. Presently, I use 16GB CF cards and a 32GB
SD in my 5DMkII and 8GB CF cards in my 7D. I carry about four of each size of CF card and
download every day to two 500 GB disk drives. Therefore my shots are doubly backed up each night.
If I didn’t have or couldn’t take both drives, I would bring enough cards to cover once. A 128 GB San
Disk card is available for $150. This is a better value than multiple smaller cards, but may put your
whole trip in jeopardy. For this reason, I’d bring along a backup drive. However, compared to the cost
of your trip having sufficient media is relatively inexpensive.
With regard to energy, bring spare batteries and a charger for each type. I was on a trip to Morocco
and didn’t receive my suitcase with the battery charger in it for ten days. The only thing that saved me
was the six batteries I had with me. I’ll never leave the charger out of my carry on again.
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A device to view and process your photos while on the trip is also necessary. I have investigated
using an iPad for this purpose, but find it unsatisfactory for my purposes. My processing/cataloging
program of choice is Lightroom. I investigated for this article the use of Lightroom Mobile. It is
definitely a crippled version of the desktop software. It appears that photos can only be imported as
.jpg and there does not appear to be any capability for metadata. Therefore a small but capable laptop
is a necessity for my purposes. My latest is a 13” MacbookPro. It is fully capable of hosting all of my
regular desktop programs, fits in a camera backpack and is easy to use on an airplane.
A necessary piece of equipment is my iPhone, which I use to record geolocation data while I’m taking
pictures. I have found on these trips that one location blends into another very rapidly. I’m not a good
notes taker, and often I haven't known the name of the particular location. I’ve found that recording a
.gpx file while I'm on the road is a great help when I’m reviewing the photos for a show or story when I
return. If I’m in one location for a long time, I'll just take one photo with my iPhone and use that to tag
a series of photos from that location.
In addition to the above, I bring a flash and a CPL filter. Depending on the
trip, I may take other devices, but this is the basic list. I always take the
above with me in carry on baggage, both for physical protection and to
prevent baggage delays. I use a padded Kata (now Manfrotto) backpack
which holds my basic trip supplies, including a sleeve for my computer.
The photo shows my backpack with my necessary equipment that I plan to
take to Africa this fall. There are two camera bodies, two lenses, and two disk
drives, and a flash. The camera charger, spare batteries, and media cards
are stored in the cover and two more chargers are in the left hand pocket.
The laptop is in a sleeve under it all.
You may have questions about or disagreements with the article. If so, please send them to
[email protected].
Webmaster Report
Terry Straehley
New Website Address
Our website can now be reached at www.cccamera.club as well as
www.cccameraclub.com . At the present, camera.club is redirected to
cameraclub.com. We will probably try to reverse the redirection and at some
point cccameraclub.com will be retired. Please set your favorites, etc. to
www.cccamera.club. Please send me a comment to www.cccameraclub.com
letting me know your feelings on the web site name.
Camera Club Flickr Site
I’m glad to see that there are 45 photos from the Small Animal Shoot field trip on the site. I have one
request, however. As noted in the instructions, please add your name in the photo caption either in
your photo editing program before you upload or in Flickr as explained in the instructions. See Bruce
Strait’s photos for an acceptable example of title and name. If you need them, a link to the
instructions can be found on the Links page of www.camera.club . In the future, photos without names
are subject to removal.
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PSA News
Aavo Koort
The 2016 Annual Conference of Photographic Society of America will be hold on
September 10 to September 17 in San Antonio, Texas. This weeklong conference
features world-class speakers, divisional presentations, and an opportunity to
photograph historic San Antonio with its beautiful missions and surrounding areas.
More information on PSA website www.psa-photo.org
Print Shows
Stephen Sherrill
Meisel Gallery Print Show - May 16 to September 16
Hello everybody. Here’s a heads up for our next camera club print show. It will
be at the Meisel Gallery located inside the Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital at
2415 De la Vina St. in Santa Barbara. The show will run from May 16 to
September 16, 2016. They can accept up to 60 images. The ingathering will
be on Monday, May 16 from 3:30 to 4:30. All artwork needs to be framed and
wired and ready to hang. The takedown will be on September 16. There will be
an artists’ reception on Friday, June 3 from 5:00 to 7:00. Please note: this is a
revised date for the reception. The old date was May 27. The gallery is asking anyone intending to
show their work to please send some high resolution samples via email attachment for them to use for
publicity. Send your samples to, Alice Karnas, [email protected]. The last day to send publicity
photos is April 1.
This is the best print show the camera club has all year and it stays up for four months! So it’s time to
start thinking about which of those special images you would like to show and/or sell. As usual, the
number of images that each person can show will be determined by how many submissions we have.
Typically it has been two to three images, space permitting. If you have any questions, you can
contact our print show director, Stephen Sherrill at - [email protected].
Member News
From Patty Franco - Publicity Director Patty Franco would like to have your input on ideas for
publicity. So far, I’ve been able to have two articles published . One highlighting our 50 year
member and Award winner, Ines Roberts, and the other an announcement of our March program on
Syrian Refugees. Both articles were in the NewsPress. I’ve been working with Casa Magazine too.
Any other ideas, connections or help you can offer would be appreciated ! I am currently working on
trying to place a monthly (or weekly ) piece highlighting creative pieces from the CCCC in the local
papers. So, if you’re interested in participating, please email me: [email protected]. I would like
to submit some images to the editors for their consideration . I will always submit our programs for
the month, hoping they will eventually be published in a timely manner.
Patty
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Also, Patty Franco has three pieces in the SBVA Show at the Cabrillo Pavillion. A photo collage, a
sepia photo, and a pastel landscape. SB Visual Arts (sbva.com) is a new Art Association, originally
started with the Newcomers, but welcomes all people who like to display their art. Photos of course,
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accepted. The SBVA has two shows a year so far, and is planning more. I sold all 3 pieces the first
nights reception. Have also been invited to participate in the SB Museum of Art's Off The Wall.
From Russ Lombardo - Here are some images from the Robin Jones presentation on Syrian
Refugees last March Program Night.
From Lynn Williams - Tuscan Muse Photography Workshops. I took the tour a couple years ago and
it was Fantastic. Linda, the girl running it has remained a friend and I'd like to help her out and spread
the word. http://www.tuscanmuse.com/schedule/capturing-tuscany-2016
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Other News
From Karen Luckett - Here is the super big show held at the Community Arts Workshop. All the big wigs in
town will be coming to the show as it is the first time this venue is being rented out by the city to an art group.
We will be giving awards for 2D and 3D. No size limitations or media. It will be a fun show.
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From Jan Ziegler - Abstract Art Collective Chair
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April 2016
Our Board
(hyperlinks, click name to email)
President
George Welik
Past President
Stuart Wilson
Projected Images
Chris Seaton
Print Exhibition
Brian Woolford
Field Trips
Open
Publicity
Patty Franco
Education/Training
Open
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Vice President
David Hancock
Print Shows
Stephen Sherrill
Secretary
Damian Gadal
Scorekeeper
Zoltan Puskas
Programs
Webmaster
Dorothy Littlejohn Terry Straehley
Judges
Ron Williams
PSA Rep
Aavo Koort
Treasurer
Sharon Metsch
Equipment
Walter Naumann
Membership
Patti Gutshall
Newsletter Editor
Ken Pfeiffer