Club Gallery - Coastal Photo Club

In this issue:
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Gratitude for our volunteers
CPC president earns master’s in photography
Scanning film and slides
New book: It’s What I Do
Lively lessons from Day of the Dead
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President’s Message
On our cover
“Tryon Christmas” by Jim Starr, which
tied in the “digital manipulation”
category of the February mini-comp.
See more, pages 3 and 14. Our aim is to
feature on the cover of each issue a photo
by a different club member. Why not
send us a couple of YOUR images? (They
don’t have to be from a mini-comp or
related to the season. Vertical
orientation fits the newsletter design.)
Spring, it appears, has
sprung. Flowers are in
bloom, or starting to,
anyway.
Our program for Saturday
will center on image
presentation and matting
given by Cody Smith of
New Bern. With our Spring
Competition coming up in
April this promises to be a
perfect lead-in. When you
review the 12 Elements of
a Merit Print from Professional Photographers of America
(PPA), one of the elements is presentation.
Next newsletter
Material for the April newsletter is due March 29.
Contents
Coming in the near future we will have an exhibit at the
Bank of the Arts in June and at the library in August. Now
is the time to start thinking about what images you would
like to hang in both of those venues. I encourage all
members to participate and get your work out there.
Remember both Ballantyne Framing and Art downtown,
and Pic Frame and Gallery on Trent and Glenburnie (next
to Carolina Bagel) are offering club members a discount.
You’ll need a club card to identify yourself and if you need
one please let me know. Keep in mind too that we have
two permanent displays in Pamlico County and in Carolina
Colours. Please consider hanging some images in those
venues.
Meeting Notes….2
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Treasurer’s Report….3
Editor’s Corner….3
Competition Update….3
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Member News….4
5
Club Calendar….6
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I expect to hear back from The Courtyards retirement
home within the next month for the photo shoot there for
veterans who reside and work there. This will be the first
of our nursing home shoots for the year. We have already
been asked by The Courtyards to return to photograph all
the residents later in the year. We will set up studio
lighting for all of those sessions and will have training in
my home before we do it for anyone who wishes to
participate. I know most of you will probably never care to
own studio equipment, but it is good overall photography
knowledge either way.
Opportunities….7
Build Your Skills….8
Inspiration….8
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How to….10
Quote of the Month….11
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Be inspired and keep shooting!
Club Gallery….12
Club Information….23
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Tom McCabe
[email protected]
Coastal Photo Club
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Meeting Notes
 We’ve got members using all the top services. Get
some advice from a member that uses the software
that you want to use or move up to.
February 14, 2015
Presentation on photo editing
highlights February meeting
by Bob Manning, Secretary
Are we a popular club or what???...with 94+ members
and growing, we have outgrown the Boy Scout room,
moving to a larger room at the church. We’ve got so much
great stuff goin’ on, if you’re not active, get active. We need
you. Archie tells us we had 30 entries in the mini
competition! Chuck says, “We have a photo trip planned
almost every month so far.”
CPC talent is in demand by more and more groups.
Speaking of that, Carolyn Peterson of the New Bern
Preservation
Foundation gave us
a briefing of the reenactment of
“George
Washington’s
Southern Tour”
taking place
throughout New
Bern April 2426….over 15
events to
At February’s meeting, CPC members
photograph,
study an array of mini-comp entries.
…authentic food,...
See winners pages 3 and 14. Photo by
Alan Welch.
period dress,…
music…parades.
They need a dozen photographers. And yes, it’s a fact that
Washington slept here at the John Wright Stanly House
during his tour.
Also, a local nursing home wants to do a veterans “wall
of honor” in April and they want our talent. The permanent
exhibits at Carolina Colours and the Pamlico Co. Museum
needs more of our images. Maria Sendor thanked the club
for participating in the Master Gardner’s Symposium
recently and would like us to do it again next year. More
club activity is planned in the near future with us and the
Howell Center.
The highlight of the meeting was the presentation by
John Steady and Tom McCabe on Photo Editing Software:
what kind is right for you? John’s advice:
 Check your system’s requirements (Will the software
run on your computer?)
 Will it do what YOU need, and want, to do in your
editing?...do you want your RAW images to stay “raw”
or are you getting more particular about the final
image. Maybe you need a step up.
 If you’re shooting in RAW, is your camera supported?
Do you need a digital negative converter?
Coastal Photo Club
The four industry leaders in order of complexity:
 Picasa by Google…it’s free and is an excellent entry
level service. It can do cropping, straightening,
contrast, color, B&W; collages, organizing photos,
sharpening, all sorts of special effects and you can
create web albums of your important events and store
on the web….free. Jeanne and I still use this when
doing quick, simple shots at parties and meetings. (I
call them Q & D shots..quick and dirty)
 Adobe Lightroom 5…used by several of our
members, $139 through Amazon OR Lightroom 5 plus
Creative Cloud for $10.00 a month. This is where the
real fun begins….the “healing brush” can quickly fix
image flaws and seamlessly remove just about any
object with a single stroke. With the Cloud, you can
experiment with more types of media. John is your
expert here.
 Adobe Photoshop Elements 10-13…also very
popular by several of our members, $70-$80
depending where you shop. It’s a challenge converting
RAW to digital negatives without getting some Adobe
support. You can some really neat stuff like combining
faces and whole bodies into a group image with
“photomerge”. Tom’s the expert with this and CS/CC.
(I’m struggling.)
 Adobe Photoshop CS/CC: $10 per month or $119
prepaid…the “works”…edit from any mobile device,
retouch, compose, even edit down to the pixel level. If
you’re already using this software, there’s nothing
more I can add here…it’s beyond my skill set. Tom and
a few others are your experts.
Selected other available image editing programs:
 CorelDRAW, $499.00 - Comprehensive graphic
design software
 Corel PaintShop Pro X7, $79.99 - Photoshop
Elements competitor
 Corel AfterShot Pro 2, $79.99 - Adobe Lightroom
competitor
 Phase One Capture One Pro 8, $299.00 (or
subscription $10per month)
 CyberLink PhotoDirector 6, $144.94(Currently on
sale for $59.99)
 Ashampoo Photo Commander 12, $49.99
 DXO Optics Pro 10, $129.00 Essential Edition;
$199.00 Elite Edition
 Apple iPhoto (for Mac), free
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ACDSee Pro 8, $99.99 (currently on sale for
$74.95)
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition, free
Serif PhotoPlus X7, $99.99
Let President Tom know if you would like a training
session on photo editing.
Mini-Competition winners:
COLOR: Jim Dugan, “Motif #1, Rockport, Mass.”
MONOCHROME: Jim Starr, “Drifting”
DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
Jim Dugan, “Motif #1”
Jim Starr, “Tryon Christmas”
…..thanks for listening,
Bob Manning
Secretary
Treasurer’s Report
Deposits
Membership Dues
Sub Total
Expenses
Centenary UM Church annual rent
Ending Balance
Nursing Home Project Balance
Available Club Balance
$3,154.00
$80.00
$3,234.00
The major competition is scheduled for the April 11
meeting, so now is the time to prepare your entries. Every
club member whose dues are paid is welcome to
participate! Please take a look at the rules on the web
site—they differ from the mini-competition guidelines.
Also, take note that the competition meeting will be held in
the New Bern public library.
Editor’s Corner
$360.00
$2,874.00
$727.06
$2,146.94
Mary O’Neill
Treasurer
Submitted March 1, 2015
Competition Update
For more information on club competitions, including
rules, see the Coastal Photo Club web site.
Mini-competitions
The March theme is “trains and railroads.”
All CPC members are encouraged to participate in the
mini-competitions held at almost every meeting. You can
bring prints of any dimension (no mats or frames
necessary), a maximum of two entries per each of the
Coastal Photo Club
three categories: color, monochrome, and digital
manipulation. Entries are displayed anonymously, and
members cast their votes by secret ballot. There is usually
a different theme each month.
Major competitions
February 2015
Beginning Balance
Jim Starr’s image “Drifting” won top honors in the monochrome
category in February’s mini-competition. For other winning
images from last month, see the cover and page 14.
“How’d you do that?”
Whenever you’re hanging around with other
photographers, that question seems to come up, right?
Well, in this issue, you’ll find lots of answers.
- How to make digital images from those old slides
you have tucked away in shoeboxes.
- How to shoot a hawk on the wing (check out Alan’s
settings, page 16).
- How to edit your iPhone shots (Rosemary suggests
the Aviary app).
- How to turn the Day of the Dead into Home on the
[High Dynamic] Range (see Mary’s piece in the Gallery.)
- How Topaz puts pizzazz into a simple image.
- How to earn a master’s in photography. Yes, it’s as
tough as you might expect.
- How to sign up for your next CPC field trip. That’s
not so tough.
So read on, and learn how.
Jeanne Julian
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Member News
Members assist local police in creating
portrait gallery of officers, staff
CPC president Tom McCabe and member Wayne
Lytton recently completed photographing all of the officers
and civilian staff of the New Bern Police Department.
“These images will be used as official photos for public
relations, and will be exhibited within the department,”
said Wayne. “I want to thank Tom for all his assistance in
this giant task. We shot the morning and night shifts over a
period of two days in the middle of an ice storm. The Chief
of Police expresses a most heartfelt thank-you on behalf of
all the officers and staff.”
called upon to document family reunions with their
Marines returning from deployment overseas.
“We’ve done 18 movements from seven different
squadrons or units [over the years],” John said. “Some of
the movements arrived on the same day within a short
time of each other, and sometimes hours apart, where we
returned to the base later.”
Last month, John, as well as Mike Carter, Claire
Hageman, Jeanne Julian, Rick Meyer, Tony Santore, Eileen
Shalhoub, and Tom Whelan, were linked with families and
also shot some candids during the afternoon. They were
able to provide hundreds of images of special moments for
the Corps to share and for families to cherish.
CPC volunteer photographers garner
kudos from military families
As reported in last month’s newsletter, CPC member
John Steady coordinated the latest volunteer effort of the
club at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in
Havelock, NC, on February 5. CPC photographers were
Anticipating a reunion with loved ones, pilots descend from a
newly arrived jet. Photo by Jeanne Julian.
A woman eagerly awaits the arrival of Marines returning home
after deployment. Photo by Tom Whelan.
Coastal Photo Club
Rick Meyer, Eileen Shalhoub, John Steady, and Tony Santore
were among the Coastal Photo Club members who volunteered
to photograph homecoming Marines reuniting with their
families after months of deployment. John Steady coordinates
the periodic effort with the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air
Station. Photo by Tom Whelan.
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Now that they have been able to see the results, family
members have enthusiastically expressed their
appreciation for the club members’ photographs of the
emotional reunions.
The commanding officer’s wife, Lauren, wrote,
“Thank you so much for being there for all three
“Earning that degree required
25 merits from PPA, 13 of which
had to be from print competition,”
Tom said. “The rest came from
classes and workshops.” See page
17 for selected examples of Tom’s
merit images.
Tom McCabe with PPA president
Susan Michel. PPA photo.
Nature slideshow draws CPC members
homecomings! You and
your staff are true professionals and the
images you captured will be treasured forever.”
“Fantastic,” “great,”
and “awesome” were also
among the descriptions
that the Marines’ loved
ones used to describe the
work of the CPC
volunteers.
“Thank you so much
for all your Club did last
week at the
homecoming,” said Emily,
who was among the
families waiting for a pilot
to arrive home safely.
“I'm so thankful to have
Claire Hageman and Rick
the pictures!”
Meyer discuss flash settings as
The families gladly
they prepare equipment for
gave permission for the
photographing the
photos to be shown in a
homecoming of Marines last
slideshow at the CPC’s
month. Photo by Tom Whelan.
February meeting.
At Nashville event, PPA certifies Tom
McCabe as master of photography
Tom McCabe, Coastal Photo Club president, recently
achieved a new distinction in the profession of
photography: he was awarded a master of photography
degree by the Professional Photographers of America. The
degree was conferred at Imaging USA in Nashville, PPA’s
annual convention, which hosted more than 8,000
attendees and over 200 vendors this year.
In February, Archie David Lewis managed to document a
lecture and slideshow on wildlife by esteemed regional
naturalist Sam Bland.
“It was kind of dark. I
was using an ISO
setting of 6400,” Archie
said, adding that he
used Photoshop to
brighten his images.
Also at the presentation
were CPC members
CPC members enjoyed a
Chuck Colucci, Evie
presentation by naturalist Sam
Chang Henderson,
Bland in New Bern last month.
Laura Malcolm, Rick
Photo by Archie Lewis.
Meyer, John Steady,
Helmut Treschan,
Kathy Tucci, and Alan Welch, who are also enthusiastic
nature photographers.
Photographer’s eye, sculptor’s hand:
turning trash into triumph
by David Slyck
With this whimsical
award-winning work,
CPC member Dave Slyck
moved from
photography into 3-D
territory.
Photo by Dave Slyck.
While in Idaho last summer I
visited one of my favorite
vintage auto junk yards.
Perhaps to be more politically
correct: “Vintage auto recycling
center.” But if you saw this place,
you would know it is a real junk
yard. I went to take photos of
the cars, trucks and piles of
random parts.
I noticed a door with a multihued green patina. I wanted
that door, although I had no
idea why or how I would use it.
It just spoke to me saying, “I’m
yours, take me home with you.”
I said, “Hey I live in North
Carolina, you really want to go
that far?” The door responded,
“Been years since my last road
trip.”
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So, the green patina door was adopted, hauled 2,500
miles across the country, and given a new home.
I do not know the exact year or the vehicle the door
came from but am quite sure it is from the 1920’s – 30’s as
all the surrounding vehicles were from that era. I decided
to turn the door into a hat-and-coat rack as I had done a
similar project with another old car door.
The first part was to have a stand made. For that I took
my design to a local welder and explained my idea. He
didn’t even laugh at me—too much.
There was no door handle, and every door needs a
proper handle. There it was on eBay, a vintage brass
handle, the perfect complement for this door. A coat rack
needs hooks: for the front, some old-style school hooks,
and for the back, beat-up water faucet handles to hang
your gear.
The wood used on the back came from a local sawmill
and is rough cut native cypress. Additionally, on the back I
wanted a travel collage and as I looked around, I decided
license plates from 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s would fill the bill.
So, off to my collection. I found a few that would be
representative of the time period. The mirror was ordered
from a local glass company and when I went to install it, I
noticed a small scratch. Time was limited. I had a deadline
for this project: the 25th annual Art from the Heart show in
Morehead City, North Carolina [see the February
newsletter for background—ed.].
So back to the glass shop. A new mirror was cut, and I
was able to install it that afternoon. The final assembly
was completed with little time to spare.
Art from the Heart, organized by the Arts Council of
Carteret County, invites artists from Carteret, Onslow,
Pamlico and Craven counties to showcase and sell their
work. My door was among more than 300 pieces of art on
display for two weeks in February.
And so a transformed junk yard door ended up
receiving an award of “Excellence in Art” in the category of
“Two and Three Dimensional work (non-photography).”
Club Calendar
A few special events are noted here. For complete and
up-to-date information, visit the Coastal Photo Club
web site calendar.
Upcoming meetings and programs
Presentation
Mini-comp__________
Mar. 14: Mounting, matting
Trains and railroads
April 11:
- Major Competition May 9: Birds or flowers
Abandoned buildings
June 13: Beach photography
Birds or flowers
July 11: TBA
Beach photography
March 21: Another local “rural decay” trip is now
scheduled for this date, in place of the POSTPONED field
trip to North Carolina Zoo.
April 4: field trip to Airlie Gardens, Wilmington.
April 11: major competition. Start selecting your images
and mounting them now. See rules on the club web site.
April 18: booth at Uptown Art Block, Jacksonville,
http://jaxartblock.weebly.com/
April 24-26: field trip, “Waterfalls of Brevard.” Make your
hotel reservation now!—you can cancel later if necessary.
Spring (dates TBD): Club volunteers to shoot
complimentary portrait packages at nursing homes.
June: month-long CPC exhibit and sale at Bank of the Arts,
New Bern, by invitation of the Craven Arts Council.
August: month-long CPC exhibit at New Bern/Craven Co.
Public Library. Also, August 14-18, members may visit the
annual PPNC convention; Tom McCabe will have more info.
October 10: community service fund-raiser for the
regional food bank: Mum Fest photo booth. Volunteer!
October 17-18: field trip to Carolina BalloonFest.
November 14: major competition. See rules on the club
web site.
Field trip update
Jeanne Julian’s photograph “Clouds and Wood Island Light”
was accepted into a juried show at the National Lighthouse
Museum on Staten Island, March 7 – 29, 2015. She learned
about the exhibit through the Coastal Photo Club (see January
issue). Photo by Jeanne Julian.
Coastal Photo Club
Anyone interested in any of the following trips should
contact Chuck Colucci, field trip coordinator, as soon as
possible: 636-0128.
For overnight trips, do make your hotel reservations
right away to get the group rate—first come, first served.
A limited number of rooms are available in these popular
tourist destinations. You can always cancel if you need to.
Once you have reserved a room, let Chuck know for
planning purposes.
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Can you drive for the trip? Let Chuck know. Also, if you
have ideas for field trips, Chuck would love to hear them.
 March 21: “Rural Decay”
Round Two! Due to unforeseen
circumstances, the zoo trip for
this date is postponed. Instead,
we’ll go in search of abandoned
houses, rusting cars, and old
barns in the local landscape—in
case you missed the March 7 trip
(or not!)
On March 21 we
revisit the theme of
our March 7 field
trip: local rural decay.
All members
welcome.
Photo by Chuck
Colucci.
 April 4: Airlie Gardens in
Wilmington, NC The azaleas
should be close to their peak, and
they have a fantastic collection.
Other shooting opportunities will
be incorporated. Transportation:
van or carpool, depending on
number of participants.
 April 24-26: Waterfalls of Brevard
Join your fellow CPC photographers in capturing the
drama and beauty of springtime waterfalls and
wildflowers in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The club
will provide a van; charges will be shared among
participants. You’ll also be responsible for room and
meal charges. There still may be a room available at
the special group rate of $111.00 per night. Call now
for reservations for Friday and Saturday nights, April
24-25; mention the Coastal Photo Club for this deal:
Hampton Inn Brevard
275 Forest Gate Center
Pisgah Forest NC 28768
828-883-4800
Documenting New Bern’s Civil War Battlefield
Volunteer Lee Purcell has invited Coastal Photo Club
members to enjoy a personal introduction to the Civil War
Battlefield Park,, with the objective of generating
photographs to highlight its blend of nature and history.
“Our 27 acres of the Battlefield Site include authentic
redan earthworks, streams, bridges, large expanses of
Brices Creek, an authentic brick viaduct dating back to the
pre-war era,” Lee said. “I would provide a short tour of
highlights of the park at no charge, perhaps on a weekend,
and then let the photographers’ imaginations take over.
Our goal would be to rely on CPC member skills and sense
of light, shadow, and seasons, to take creative images of
different scenes of the park.” The New Bern Historical
Society, a nonprofit organization which owns the site,
would work to use these images for displays in venues
such as the public library or Carolina Colours, and other
locations in the city and county, Lee said. If you’d like to
participate in this effort, contact Jeanne Julian,
[email protected], 252-288-6608. As a date for a
meeting at the Park is arranged, Jeanne will be in touch
with those interested.
Photo op at the
New Bern
Battlefield
March 14: Civil War
Adventure Day,
9:30 a.m. – 1:00
p.m.
 October 17-18: Carolina BalloonFest
Statesville, NC.
The weekend of
Oct. 17, 2015, is
the NC Hot Air
Balloon
festival, and
Chuck Colucci
has already
started to make
arrangements for an overnight field trip, leaving
early Saturday morning and returning Sunday
evening. He blocked 12 rooms at this hotel:
Ramada Inn
1215 Garner Bagnal Blvd.
Statesville, NC 28677
704-78-9691
Call now for reservations! Mention the Coastal
Photo Club to get the special rate of $75.00 per
night. Then make sure you’re on Chuck’s contact
list.
Coastal Photo Club
Opportunities
Volunteer photographers needed: help document
“Washington’s Southern Tour” commemoration
The New Bern Preservation Association and Tryon Palace
are sponsoring a variety of activities to celebrate George
Washington’s visit to New Bern during his Southern Tour
of 1791. Event organizers attended the February meeting
of the Coastal Photo Club to invite members to volunteer
during the April 24 – 26 celebration. “Our goal is to tell the
story of these events with compelling images and video as
if on assignment from a
major publication like
Travel & Leisure or
National Geographic,”
said Larry Rosenstrauch,
media coordinator for
the event. “The
exceptions to this are
the two races and the
fun walk on Saturday
morning, April 25th, which need to have their stories
told and also to be documented well as an event so that
participants can obtain photos of the start, scenic race
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markers, finish, and awards.” If you are interested in this
unique opportunity, please contact Larry directly by e-mail
at [email protected],
or by calling 252-672-1672 or 703-969-8118 (mobile).
Neuse River Silver Arts invites images from
photographers age 50 and up
An offshoot of the Neuse River Senior Games, the Silver
Arts competition is “a celebration of the creative
expression of seniors in North Carolina.” If you are age 50
or older, and live in Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir,
or Pamlico Counties, you are eligible to enter. Qualifiers
are eligible to go on to the state finals. The regional arts
exhibit will run April 22 to 24 at the West New Bern
Recreation Center. Artists must register in advance. The
required forms and more information are posted at the
Craven County Recreation Department web site. The
registration deadline is March 13.
Inspiration
Explore the PSA gallery
Take a look at the new member gallery at the
Photographic Society of America:
http://www.psaphoto.org/index.php?galleries-newmember-gallery.
White Oak River Birding Cruises
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro
The program fee is $20 for federation members and $25
for non-members per event. All ages are welcome, though
the program is geared toward adults and older children.
Registration is required and registration fees are nonrefundable. If event is cancelled due to inclement
weather, registration may then be transferred to another
scheduled event or fees refunded. Maximum of 35
registrants per event.
Books: It’s What I Do by Lynsey Addario
Register for March 29 Cruise
Register for April 19 Cruise
Register for May 17 Cruise
Build Your Skills
Photographic Society of America: courses
for members
Members of PSA have access to on-line classes
or individualized instruction. Check it out at
the PSA web site.
Ed2Go at Craven Community College
CCC offers online photography courses.
Classes at ASAP in Greenville
See what courses are available in March, such as the two
described in the promotions on this page. There are free
video tutorials right on the store’s homepage, too.
Coastal Photo Club
If you feel pressure to capture the sky’s colors before
the sun sets, or to photograph a bird on the wing—imagine
the pressures a photojournalist feels behind the camera in
a war zone. “Shooting” takes on a whole new meaning.
Lynsey Addario, a 41-year-old Connecticut native and
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, has just published
a memoir about her experiences in Iraq, Libya, and
elsewhere. In It’s What I Do, she recounts how she was
kidnapped twice, and how her colleagues and close
associates have been killed.
“I didn’t become a conflict photographer to get sort of
a thrill,” she says. “It was because there were issues
happening in war zones that I thought needed to be
covered.”
Her fascination with photography began at age 13
when her father gave her a Nikon 35 mm to play around
with. Like many of our own photography club members
with their first cameras, she began to photograph
obsessively, never imagining it might lead to a career. But
unlike most of us, her fascination blended with “a combat
journalist’s personality type: plucky, adventurous,
intensely curious, ferociously driven,” as reviewer Scott
Anderson put it.
This book will take you through two decades of
Addario’s harrowing experiences. While you may not share
her character or her calling, you will certainly identify with
her photographer’s sense of persistence: “We are greedy
by nature,” she notes of war photographers and reporters.
“We always want more than what we have.”
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● Private Eye:
Allen G. Thomas Jr. Photography Collection
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, East Building,
Level A, Photography Galleries
Through March 22, 2015
“Private Eye” features a selection of contemporary
photographs from a promised gift to the Museum by Allen
G. Thomas Jr. in honor of Dr. Lawrence Wheeler’s 20th
anniversary as director of the NCMA. Ranging in date from
1993 to 2011, the photographs cover a range of
photographic techniques and processes, from “straight”
photography to highly manipulated, staged, and
constructed images, including expressive portraits,
otherworldly landscapes, and abstractions of the natural
world.
● Inspiration for nature photographers
The North American Nature Photography Association
presents seminars, organizes trips,
provides awards and scholarships, and
sponsors Nature Photography Day to
promote the enjoyment of nature
photography. It also provides several opportunities for
members to display their photography.
● Photopass for Sylvan Heights Bird Park
This aviary park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, offers a
“Photopass” that, for a nominal charge in addition to the
membership fee, allows photographers special access:
additional hours and obstruction-free locations to shoot
from. Go to www.shwpark.com, click on “Support Us,” and
then click on the Photopass option. “Plus, when you
have a membership to Sylvan Heights Bird Park, you get
free admission to the NC Zoo, the NC Aquariums, and the
WNC Nature Center, and two admissions to the Carolina
Raptor Center near Charlotte,” says CPC member Dawn
Damico.
● Art in Bloom: the inaugural festival of art and
flowers
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
March 19-22, 2015
Floral designers from across North Carolina and beyond
bring springtime into the museum’s West Building by
interpreting masterworks from the permanent collection
in 45 breathtaking flower displays. During the four days of
Art in Bloom, tickets will be required for admission to the
permanent collection in the Museum's West Building. East
Building and the Museum Park will remain open and free
to visitors. The museum is at 2110 Blue Ridge Road,
Raleigh.
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● Seeing with New Eyes:
Photography by Sharon Mammoser
North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC
January 14 - April 19, 2015
Sharon Mammoser has spent her lifetime perfecting the art
of seeing with new eyes and although she enjoys
photographing every aspect of the natural world, she has a
special fondness for highlighting ordinary subjects. “There
is so much beauty in our world,” she says, “but so much of
it is overlooked. People notice the grand sweeping vistas,
the colorful sunsets, the towering mountains and still
lakes, but don’t see the tiny wonders hidden in the subtle
details of ordinary scenes. I love the challenge of dissecting
the landscape to find the ‘gems’ that I can extract and
feature in an artistic way.” Sharon revels that some of her
favorite additions to the show are from a recent discovery
she calls “the kaleidoscope effect.” To achieve this she
takes one image and multiples it, mirroring and flipping
the original, placing them next to each other so that the
result is an abstract design that transcends photography.
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● “Feathered Friends of Oriental:
A Special Photography Exhibit”
Oriental's History Museum,
Oriental, NC
Through May 2015
Photos of local birds taken by local
photographers and bird
enthusiasts. Take the bird
identification quiz! Several photos
and a birdhouse are being raffled
with the drawing to be held on July
4th at the Croaker Festival. Hours: Friday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
Saturdays and Sundays 1 – 4 p.m.
● 2015 Global Photography Exhibition
FedEx Global Education Center, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill
February 23 - July 31, 2015
View photography from around the world in this
exhibition featuring work by UNC alumni, faculty, staff and
students. All photography on display was submitted as
part of UNC’s annual Carolina Global Photography
Competition. The judges committee selected winning
photographs with special consideration given to images
that are distinctive and embrace a new perspective.
Photographs have been selected for first, second and third
place as well as thematic honorable mentions.
● Photo Exhibition with Lecture and Book Signing:
After Appomattox: NC Civil War Monuments
Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
May 1 – November 28, 2015
Lecture and book signing May 2, 2015. A practicing
physician working predominantly with underserved
populations, Douglas Butler is also an award-winning
photographer living in northwestern North Carolina. For
twenty-five years he has climbed mountains, explored
remote areas and visited native cultures across five
continents, adventures shared through photography and
articles in numerous regional and national publications.
His latest endeavor, photographing North Carolina’s Civil
War monuments, resulted in a traveling photo exhibition
and North Carolina Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated
History, a carefully researched book penned by Butler
featuring photos of all 109 Civil War monuments raised in
the Tarheel State during the century after Appomattox.
How to….
Do you have a photography dilemma? Send your question to
the newsletter for response from your fellow photographers.
Do you have a tip? Pass it along in the next issue of Coastal
Photo Club News.
Scanning Film and Slides
by James Dugan
Most of us are facing the same question: What to do
with all of my film negatives and transparencies now that I
have switched to digital?
I have experimented with several methods and finally
found one that works well.
My first try was to use a film scanning adaptor (HP
C9911A) for my HP Scanjet 4570C. It worked well as can
be seen by the results from the slide of Motif No. 1 that I
used to produce the color and enhanced photos submitted
in last month’s mini-comp (see page 14). It also worked
well on the film image I used for the print of “Fishing on
the Rocks” (refer to my nautical gallery in the CPC Member
Galleries). However, the process was so slow and
cumbersome that it limited my output beyond my
enthusiasm and I set it aside.
Next, at the suggestion of former club member Phil
Morse, I bought an Opteka Digital Duplicator. This is a neat
barrel attachment with a diffuser, slide holder, built-in +10
close-up lens, and lens assembly threaded to attach to a
lens accepting a 52 mm filter or any lens using the
appropriate 52mm adapter ring. This also worked well.
Drop one slide at a time into the slide holder, rotate the
holder to horizontal, manually focus (so you don’t cook
your auto-focus), and take a photo. It worked great, but
after a while, my focusing eye would get very lazy and
results would deteriorate. It requires a bit of work, but is
by far the least expensive option of converting slides to
digital.
This year Santa Claus came to the rescue by asking
what I wanted for Christmas! (Hint, learned over the years:
limit your list to what you want most!) The only thing on
my list was a dedicated 35mm slide scanner.
Christmas came and Santa brought a Pacific Image
Prime Film 7200 dedicated 35mm scanner. It came with a
slide tray and a film tray. The slide tray holds four slides
and the film tray holds six images. Load some software
(required to communicate with the scanner – don’t bother
with the rest if you have any version of Photoshop or PS
Elements), plug it in, and turn it on. You can choose the
definition you desire in increments up to 3600 x 7200 dpi.
That results in an 18 x 24 print at 300 dpi. It also makes a
huge file, so I reserve it for five-star images. The results are
by far the highest quality and fastest of the three methods I
have tried.
The Pacific Image will make the scan as a jpg or tiff.
The tiff is far better for use in Photoshop as it does not
compress the data when you save your work—important if
you make frequent saves or come back to it later.
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A note of caution: metadata
Once scanned, the image may be processed the same
as any other digital photo.
With about 1200 slides and a notebook of negatives, I
have plenty to keep me occupied into spring and beyond!
How much does each method cost? Only your initial
investment plus your time. Here are current prices from
B&H:
by John Steady
During the presentation at February’s meeting, we
discussed using metadata to identify and organize
photos. I missed that opportunity to caution people about
using too much information when posting images online.
Many cameras now record the exact latitude and longitude
in the EXIF data. That specific location information—
embedded in a picture of your children or grandchildren
playing in the back yard, for instance—might be more than
you want to share publicly.
 HP Scanjet – a similar product, the HP Scanjet G4050
Photo, $199.99
 Optika Digital Duplicator – a similar product, the
Bower Digital Slide Duplicator, $49.99.
 Pacific Image PrimeFilm 7200, $189.00
Quote of the Month
I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not.
I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity. I think the main ingredient,
or a main ingredient, for photography is curiosity. If you're curious enough
and if you get up in the morning and go out and take pictures,
you're likely to be more lucky than if you just stay at home. ∼ Elliott Erwitt
“Rainy Morning on Hancock Street” by Rosemary Osterhus.
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Club Gallery
Travel Photography: an HDR workshop
Lively Lessons from Day of the Dead
by Mary O’Neill
I participated in a “Day of The Dead Photography
Workshop” trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico last
October 29 through November 4. This trip included
seven days and nights with photographers
/instructors David J. Gubernick and Craig Lovell. I’d
like to give club members a little information about
my wonderful experience with an organized travel
workshop. I found it very helpful to have people
organize the basics and point me in the right
direction.
The Day of The Dead celebration takes place every
year at our Halloween time and is San Miguel’s
tribute to their deceased ancestors. There are several
days of grave decorating, gravesite celebrations,
children’s parades with the Catholic churches
involved and nighttime celebrations loaded with
costumes and face painting. Photographic
opportunities were abundant.
The classroom instruction usually began in the
morning and was very flexible in length of time and in
level of knowledge. Each instructor had his strengths
and weaknesses in computer knowledge (Mac versus
PC) and gave us all the information we needed to get
started on learning about HDR. In the field, the
instructors were very available to guide us in
composition and camera settings and to solve any
problems we came across.
The reason I took this class/trip is because my
friend, Carol, knew of David Gubernick. I’ve traveled
with Carol several times and we always have a blast
together. Also Carol is very fluent in Spanish. A big
help on this trip!
The cost of $2,695 included: accommodations, full
breakfast every morning, two dinners, and location
and transportation fees during the workshop,
including field trips and hot air balloon ride.
Classroom and field instruction with both
photographers also was included.
What was not included: dinner other nights,
(anywhere between ten and twenty dollars), lunch
(we often just had a snack, as breakfast was more
than adequate), air fare, taxi from the airport to San
Miguel, shopping, and any extra days you spend in
the area. Carol and I did arrive in San Miguel a few
days early because we wanted to relax and get used
to the area before class began. That was money
worth spending. We had a peek at the local culture
and neighborhoods before instruction began.
If you are interested in a trip like this, I highly
recommend it. Hope you enjoy the photos. They
each are processed from three original images.
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Playing with HDR: “The Parroquia in San Miguel” by Mary O’Neill.
“Lunch at the Cantina” by Mary O’Neill.
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Club Gallery
Travel Photography: an HDR workshop (continued)
Mexico, high and low
“Rooftop View of San Miguel De Allende”
“Ruins of Mineral de Pozos: two views”
Mineral de Pozos is an old mining town, now abandoned and
trying to build up its tourist business, Mary said. She discovered
how black-and-white works well with HDR effects, also.
Photos by Mary O’Neill.
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Club Gallery
February mini-comp winners
Motif Number One
Jim Dugan won (and tied) in last month’s
mini-competition with images captured
several decades ago—on a slide. (The other
top images, both by Jim Starr, are on the
cover and on page 3.)
“They were from the same Kodachrome
transparency slide taken 40 years ago with
my Nikon Ftn 35mm film camera,” Jim said.
“The slide was processed by Kodak and datestamped Mar 75.”
To learn more about how Jim turned the
slide into a digital image, see his article on
page 10.
Jim received several inquiries about the
location of his picturesque subject: it’s the
original “Motif Number One” in Rockport,
Massachusetts.
With copies of his winning prints, he
forwarded another work of art based on the
iconic scene: a scan of a watercolor his father
had painted years before. “My guess is it’s
from between 1929 and 1933 when he was
an art student at Massachusetts School of
Art,” Jim said.
Jim provided the following links if you want
to learn more about his “motif.”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_Number
_1
Rockport, USA:
http://www.rockportusa.com/motifone/col
umn040402.html
Postage Stamp (“almost exactly my view, but
without the foreground”):
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.co
m/rockports-motif-no-1-the-worlds-mostcelebrated-fishing-shack/
Click here to see more images.
Top: “Motif #1,” color category winner.
Center: digital manipulation category, tie.
Left: a watercolor of the Rockport, Mass., scene
by Jim Dugan’s father.
All photos by Jim Dugan.
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Club Gallery
Wildlife: birds in Craven and Pamlico Counties
An icy look
Twenty-four hours after an ice storm, these southern
birds seem a little discombobulated.
Top: “I’m Watching You”
Above left: “Whoa, this is slippery!”
Above right: “My feet are getting cold.”
Left: “Ah, the sun.”
Photos by John Steady.
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Club Gallery
Wildlife: birds in Craven and Pamlico Counties
Fowl weather
Falling snow provides a
muted abstract
backdrop for colorful
backyard birds; the sun
reveals details in a
hawk’s wing.
Clockwise from top left:
“Two House Finches,”
“Cardinal,” and
“Goldfinch in Snow,” by
Evie Chang Henderson;
“Red Shoulder Hawk
Takeoff” by Alan Welch;
“Housefinch,” and “Dove
in Snow” by Evie Chang
Henderson. Alan shot
with his Canon 60D and
a Canon 400mm F 5.6
lens, at 1/1000 sec,
F5.7, ISO 400.
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PPA merit images
High honors
The Professional Photographers of America recognized the quality of these images with the distinction of merit; they served to
qualify Tom McCabe for a recently conferred master of photography degree (M.Photog.) awarded for “superior photographic skills
demonstrated through the PPA International Photographic Competition, advanced education, and service to the industry.”
See story page 5.
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Club Gallery
Photo Essay: a tree falls in New Bern
Like losing a friend
“On February 17, I peeked out my front door at 6:00 a.m. to see if
we got snow,” said Julie Henningsen. “I was greeted by an
unwelcome guest. I couldn't get out of the door. After further
checking, I couldn't get out of my garage either. I had to say
farewell to my big beautiful live oak tree. I feel like I lost a friend.”
The first photo shows the tree decorated for Christmas;
subsequent shots show unfortunate damage from an ice storm,
and the final farewell. Photos by Julie Henningsen.
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Club Gallery
Architecture
Buildings and bridges
Top: “Rural Decay” by Alan Welch
anticipates the March 7 and
March 21 CPC field trips to
explore the back roads of Eastern
North Carolina.
Below: Also in response to the
field trip announcement, another
member provided a shot of an
old house near New Bern. The
photo of the bridge over the
frozen Hudson comes from his
current stomping—er, sliding—
grounds. Photos by Ralph Wilson.
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Club Gallery
Landscape: sun and snow
Where would you rather be right now?
Top left and right: Julie Henningsen traveled to Riviera Maya in
Cancun, Mexico. “Sun filtered through palm trees on the white
sand beach,” she said. The pool is at the Grand Riviera Princess
resort. Photos by Julie Henningsen.
Lower left and right: ski slopes and a snow covered fairway on the
James Baird State Park Golf course outside Poughkeepsie, NY.
Photos by Ralph Wilson.
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Club Gallery
Techniques: Topaz
A real gem
“I love playing around with photo effects in Topaz,” Judy Hills
said. “I am too lazy to futz around with PSE-8 and CS-5, which
I have. Topaz works like the pre-sets on your digital
camera. Using the sliders I can vary the look and feel of the
photo I am working on. I own all the Topaz products—and I
absolutely love them!” Here are three versions of a photo
called, "What was she thinking?"
Photos by Judy Hills.
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Club Gallery
Street Scenes
Night and day
Above and left: “Beaufort by the Sea” and “A Night Shot on Middle
Street” by Rosemary Osterhus. Rosemary has been having fun
using the camera on her iPhone. “The app I am using is cool,
because it is a one click enhancement,” she said. The app, Aviary, is
by Adobe. Another shot by Rosemary is on page 11.
Below: “Bike in the Snow,” shot in Albany, NY, by Ralph Wilson.
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Correspondence: Coastal Photo Club, Inc.
P. O. Box 585, New Bern, NC 28563-0585
 Meetings: Unless otherwise announced, the
Coastal Photo Club meets on the second
Saturday of each month in the Scout Room,
basement level, Centenary United Methodist
Church, 309 New Street, New Bern, NC.
Visitors and guests are welcome!
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Coastal Photo Club Officers
President:
Tom McCabe
[email protected]
252-349-3184
Vice Pres.:
Mike Carter
[email protected]
252-637-4044
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Bob Manning
[email protected]
252-638-5588
Mary O’Neill
[email protected]
252-652-7134
Member
Committees
Talent Development
Chair: Sue Williams
Public Education
Chair: Tom McCabe
Members: John Steady
Competitions
Chair: Mike Carter
Members: Archie Lewis, Joan Bower
Special Events/Community Service
Co-Chairs: Rick Meyer, Judy Hills
Web Site: Alan Welch
Field Trips: Chuck Colucci
Slide Show Organizer: Becky Preece
Media: Ed Hall
Coastal Photo Club
Benefits
of CPC
Membership
Newsletter
Editor:
Jeanne Julian
 Web portfolio: display and edit your portfolio at no charge on the
CPC web site.
 Competition: challenge yourself and receive feedback on your work through
monthly competitions available only to members. Two juried competitions
annually.
 Instruction: in-house, hands-on workshops with experts and novices, and
presentations by visiting pros, make meetings interesting and useful.
 Exhibit your work: the CPC is regularly invited to mount exhibits in galleries
and other public venues. Usually, you can offer your prints for sale.
 Service: give back to the community by doing what you love. CPC members
have the opportunity to volunteer as photographers for local non-profit events
and organizations.
 Free newsletter: our monthly newsletter offers photography tips and event
information. Submit your own images for publication.
 Field trips: enhance and practice your skills in new settings. Group travel
makes it fun and affordable. Past trips include the Great Smoky Mountains,
Duke Gardens, Wilmington, and the Pocosin Lakes Wildlife Refuge.
 Discounts: at www.redriverpaper.com/myclub: enter the club code “coastal”
when placing your order. The club also gets a commission each time you order.
Ballantyne Framing and Art in New Bern offers a %15 artist discount to active
CPC members.
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Coastal Photo Club News is the monthly newsletter e-mailed free to
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[email protected], by March 1 for the March 2015 issue. All kinds of
content are welcome, and photo submissions especially encouraged.
Please forward your images saved with a title and your name (i.e.,
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