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Altoona, Pennsylvania
JulyJuly-August 2010
2010
Club Events Calendar
Regular Meetings are held at
Hollidaysburg YMCA
7:15 p.m.
July 5
Due to the July 4th holiday,
there will be no meeting
this week.
July 19
Note special times:
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Bring your camera!
We will be outside enjoying a
summer evening photo shoot.
You’ll have your choice of
three meeting locations in
Hollidaysburg: Legion Park,
Canal Basin Park, or the Methodist Church parking lot.
Those meeting at the church
will take a stroll through town.
This event will take place rain
or shine. We will hope for a
clear evening, but if it rains,
grab an umbrella, cover up
your camera, meet us for a
good time.
August 2
No Meeting
August 7
Photo shoot of Canoe Creek
State Park Triathlon Outing
and annual ABCPS picnic
8:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
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John Eicher won the Altoona-Blair County Photo Society 2010
Print Competition and also was awarded Best of Show honors in
the same photo event for two of his prints,
‘Female Cardinal’ and ‘Hello.’
21 members entered 100 prints that were judged by Tera Nelson,
Photographer and Steve Nelson, Artist in Other Media.
(more on the judges on page 5)
John Eicher
Robert Lynn
230
223
Sandy Smith
Sally Becker
175
172
Eric Gaston
Randy Klobetanz
215
215
Loa Joan Stern
Jack Hartsock
172
170
Marge Seymour
204
Dianne Kelley
163
Loretta Storm
196
Jenni Shoemaker (4)
160
Vivian Van Dyke
193
Ron Stellabotte
160
Bryan Putt
184
Barry Kaufman
156
Bonnie Smeal
184
Richard Illig
142
Nancy Smith
184
Ken Becker (1)
40
Gerald Carey
182
Alan Freed, Pittsburgh area professional photographer,
provided an interesting program to ABCPS members at the
June 21, 2010 meeting. Freed’s program described how he
obtains dramatic sports photos from the sidelines of
Pittsburgh Steelers games for publication in the
Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper.
For great sports shots, Freed suggests:
1. Shoot wide open for shallow depth of field
2. Shutter speed no slower than 1/500
3. Use continuous focus mode
4. Consider using an Expo Disk, a white balance
filter-sized circle
5. Bump ISO to 1600 for night games
Click HERE for Alan Freed’s
Website
Long-time ABCPS member, David W. Seidel, recently published another
historic “Altoona” book.
In Dave’s own words:
“The book was released
June 14th at $21.99 per
copy. The royalties from
this ‘Altoona’ book have
been donated to the Blair
County Historical Society.
As you know, the royalties
of the first book ‘Altoona
& Logan Valley Electric
Railway,’ co-authored with
Leonard Alwine, were donated to the Horseshoe
Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society; The royalties from the second book ‘Horseshoe Curve’ were
donated to Railroader's Memorial Museum.
This book carries the title ‘Altoona’ and differs from the ‘Altoona’ book by Sr. Anne Frances Pulling in that the
source material is strictly from vintage postcards rather than historical photographs and is published under Arcadia
Publishing Co. (www.arcadiapublishing.com) Postcard History Series. It will be available at most traditional book
outlets such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com as well as other local outlets such as the gift shop of Railroader's
Memorial Museum, some of the Hallmark stores etc. or at www.arcadiapublishing.com. You can search by title or
author.”
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from the ABCPS
2010 YMCA Events
The Hollidaysburg YMCA has invited the Altoona- Blair
County Photo Society to photograph YMCA sponsored
events. If you plan to attend and photograph any of the
events, please identify yourself to the YMCA coordinator
as a member of the ABCPS when you arrive at the
event. Please share your finished photographs with the
YMCA. They are always looking for quality photographs
to help support their programs. If you have any
questions, please contact Laurie Smith at the YMCA.
Sunday, July 4 - 8AM-July 4th Race, Downtown Altoona
(check below for link to details & map)
Saturday, August 7 - 8AM-Canoe Creek Triathlon and
Race, Canoe Creek State Park
Saturday, November 27 -8AM-YMCA Turkey Trot Race,
Hollidaysburg YMCA
Friday, December 31 - 4PM-YMCA Twilight Race,
Lakemont Park, Altoona
To...
John Leitis
Doc Gibbons
Anna Leopold
Thinking of you
and hoping
that you feel better
We miss you!
2010 ABCPS Officers
President
Scott McGrain
Vice President-Programs
Eric Gaston
Vice President-Club Outings
Marge Seymour
Vice President-Competition
The Hollidaysburg YMCA is interested in
photographically covering the various
July 4th races as thoroughly as possible. The
intent is to produce a
CD/DVD that can be
played via the digital
picture frame at the
YMCA front desk and also to use the
photos in future YMCA Publications.
Click HERE for a link to the YMCA website. Be sure to click on the July 4th race as
there are several others mentioned. Times,
distances, and course maps are available
there. Additional details of the multiple
races are contained within that link.
http://www.hollidaysburgareaymca.org/raceseries.php
July-August 2010
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Sally Becker
Secretary
Dave Hammaker
Asst. Secretary
Winnie Eicher
Treasurer
Sandy Kasun
Assistant Treasurer
Ted Beam
Save the Date
2010 ABCPS
Christmas Party
December, 4, 2010, $20/person
LOCATION:
Lakemont Park Casino
from the ABCPS
Depth of Field has been a topic of discussion lately at our meetings so briefly, here is a short tip on what it is and how to control DOF.
If you Google the term, “Depth of Field,” there are many websites that will further explain the effect.
Chances are not everything in your picture will be the same distance from the camera. In some cases, you want as much of the photo in
focus as possible (when shooting a group of people for instance), but in other cases you can help draw attention to the one subject in
focus by having the rest of the background out of focus and therefore blurry (most commonly used in portraits & sports). The following
two photos demonstrate the difference. In both cases, the camera focused on the red car in front.
Depth of Field is easiest to control if you use a
D-SLR, but you can still obtain great photos with a point
& shoot digital. For shallow depth of field, use “Portrait
mode.” It’s set by default to blur the background
because of a wide open aperture.
You can also get shallow depth of field by zooming the
telephoto all the way in on your subject. You may have to
step back a few steps but the background will again blur.
Choosing the “Landscape mode” will result in greater
depth of field as will zooming to the widest angle.
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Shallow depth of field
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1/30th of a second exposure
f 3.5 apertures value
:For greater depth of field
For shallow depth of field:
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Greater depth of field
1.5 second exposure
f 22 aperture value
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Set the aperture wide open: f1.8 or f2
Get as close to the primary subject as possible.
You'll need lots of light.
You may have to increase the ISO setting.
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Set the aperture stopped down:. F16 or f22
The farther away you are,
the greater the depth of field.
A longer exposure will maximize the depth of field; you may
need a tripod, or other steady surface for your camera.
Club members have heard discussions lately about the digital technique of combining
multiple images at various exposures into one final image. The technique is called HDR,
High Dynamic Range. The link below is the software Photomatix that many club
members are now using to obtain properly exposed images from scenes that have
dramatic shadows and highlights.
http://www.hdrsoft.com/
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“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs”
July-August 2010
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Ansel Adams
from the ABCPS
From President Scott McGrain
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ABCPS Proposed Budget 2010:
ACTUAL
PROPOSED
2009
2010
Difference
$302.30
385
$82.70
50
50
$0.00
153.68
150
($3.68)
Insurance (Club liability)
287
300
$13.00
Memorial gifts
40
50
$10.00
Program Committee (Speaker stipend)
40
80
$40.00
Web Site
49.95
50
$0.05
Newsletter (Postage, paper, ink etc.)
30.89
100
$69.11
200
250
$50.00
Competition committee:
Judges
Ribbons
Prizes
Ribbons
& Engrav.
160
100
90
35
Donations (Blair County Arts)
Equipment
Meeting room rental
From an email to Randy Klobetanz from the
two Judges, Tera and Steve Nelson from our
most recent Print Competition:
2010 COMPETITIONS
“We had a great time judging your contest
and we wanted to thank you again for thinking of us. We have a post on our blog about
our experience on Tuesday. Feel free to
share with your members.”
Here is the link:
PROJECTED IMAGE—Special Category
‘Texture’
Turn in October 18th
Showing of the results, December 6th
http://www.teranelson.com/2010/04/judgin
g-altoona-blair-county.html
July-August 2010
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from the ABCPS
Next Old Bedford Village event is July 17 & 18
1820’s Weekend
May 17, 2010 Meeting
President, Scott McGrain stated that he and Dave
Hammaker are finished with the Photo School at the Hollidaysburg YMCA. The Y has asked if anyone is interested in
teaching a class in the fall. Please let Scott know if you have
an interest.
Eric Gaston reported that the next meeting will be the
results of the 2010 Print Competition. Eric has a Guest
Speaker coming for the June 21st meeting to talk on sports
photography.
The Tour de ‘Toona is to be held the end of August.
As usual, this is a great photo opportunity. Watch the Altoona
Mirror for further details.
Marge Seymore discussed the June 19th outing to Old
Bedford Village for the Civil War Reenactment. The Village
opens at 9 a.m. The battle is at 1 p.m. Further details will be
sent via email.
Loretta Storm said a contract is in process for the
Christmas Party to be held December 4th at the Casino at
Lakemont Park.
Tonight’s program is an interesting and informative
video in the Luminous Landscape Series on photographing the
Blue Ridge Parkway
and Great Smokey
Mountain National
Park.
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America is an emerging nation of the world
stage in 1820. Visit the Village to see how
things are beginning to transition from
Colonial times to a more European culture.
Living historians from the W. S. Hancock
Society will be presenting a program over the
weekend highlighting fashion, medicine and
day to day life of the period.
CLICK HERE for OBV website.
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Above, ‘Officers Ride’
Old Bedford Village Civil War Reenactment
Weekend, June 19, 2010.
Over 600 reenacters were on site
to be photographed and enjoyed.
from the ABCPS
Altoona Blair County Photographic Society
MEMBERSHIP
Effective February 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010
Name___________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________
City_______________________________ State___________________ Zip __________
Email (Print carefully)
__________________________________Telephone_______________
ABCPS Committee Members
Competition Committee:
Sally Becker, Chairman
Connie Daugherty, Winnie Eicher,
Jack Hartsock, Sandy Kasun,
Randy Klobetanz, Mike Kuzio,
Ron Stellabotte, Wilbur Walk, Jr.
Junior Membership: All persons who are full time students under the age of 21.
Digital Committee:
John Eicher, Chairman
Winnie Eicher, Jack Hartsock,
John & Sandy Kasun, Duane Miller
Membership dues are for the calendar year, March 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
New members joining on or after October 1st will be considered paid for the next calendar
year but will pay the $25.00 rate in effect for the 2011 membership year.
Display & Exhibition
Committee
Please Circle
New or Renew
and
Regular $20 or Junior $10
PAID Date _____________________ Check # _____________ cash __________
Send this form and your payment to:
Sandy Kasun, Treasurer
126 Acorn Lane
Duncansville, PA 16635
Altoona Blair County Photographic Society Liability Release
As a condition of membership with the Altoona Blair County Photographic Society, I agree to release from liability and to hold harmless the Altoona Blair County Photographic Society and its officers,
agents, employees or assigns for any injury, including illness, accident, emergency and/or death, and for damage or loss of personal
property, including equipment, film and memory cards while participating in any activities affiliated with the Altoona Blair County Photographic Society
Signature ___________________________Date___________
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____________________________________Date__________
Please Print Name of Parent/Guardian
Have a happy & safe July 4th.!
July-August 2010
Photos from the most
recent Print Competition
are currently on display at
The Film Center.
Stop in to see them and
also tell a friend about
the winning
prints on display.
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Randy Klobetanz, Chairman
Sally Becker, Larry Field,
Sue McGrain, Sandy Smith
Membership & Welcome
Committee
Marge Seymour, Chairman
Wilbur Walk Jr.
Program Committee:
Eric Gaston, Chairman
Pat Adachi, Jerry Carey,
Dave Hammaker, Rob Lynn
PSA Representative
Sally Becker
Randy Klobetanz, Alternate
Special Events Committee
Banquet/Christmas
Party/Picnic
Loretta Storm, Chairman
Sue McGrain, Dene Schaut,
Judy Wilkinson
Trips & Outing Committee
Marge Seymour, Chairman
Bill Baird, Jerry Carey,
Vince Kalwasinski, Larry McKee,
Duane Miller, Loretta Storm,
Don Thursby
Webmaster
Eric Gaston
from the ABCPS