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Shutterbug Times THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
THE
OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB August 2013
President’s Corner by Rosalind Philips
I am writing this from the sunny and warm east coast. I have
been here all week visiting my family in New York City and Northampton Mass. What has
struck me is how different the colors are here from the Pacific Northwest. The greens, the sky,
even the clouds are different. We were driving north on Westside Drive toward the George
Washington Bridge and the Cumulus clouds were huge castles starting to turn into thunderheads.
They looked like extreme graduated filters!
July and August have been busy months for the Olympia Camera Club. We had the wonderful
field trip to the Palouse, Lakefair fireworks, the Thurston County Fair and the Air Show at the
Olympia Airport. We have the planning pot-luck picnic coming up on August 24th at Priest Point
Park. Please plan to attend so that you can help plan exciting meetings and activities for the club
over the next year.
Both Digital Group and Critique Group meet as usual this month. Our speaker for the September
24th general meeting, David Jennings, will be speaking about underwater photography. The Octo-
ber 22 general meeting will be held at the River’s Edge restaurant for our annual banquet and
scavenger hunt. See details later on in the newsletter. I hope that everyone will participate. Jim
Crocker, the Lacey Costco Photo supervisor, will be speaking to us at the November 26 general
meeting on how to get the most out of Costco photo services. Please email me your questions
([email protected]) ahead of time so that Jim will have an idea of what we are inter-
ested in learning about.
There are lots of great posts happening on the club’s Facebook page. This is the place to post
equipment for sale, announcements like “Anyone want to meet me at the kissing statue for sunset
pics?”, articles and webinar. So please like us at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-
Camera-Club/242680499095549.
Thank for being active members in the club and I hope to see you at least one of the meetings
this month.
Photography Forever,
Rosalind
Executive Committee
President
Rosalind Philips
Vice President
Vacant
Secretary
Christian Weinreich
Christi-
Treasurer
John Damitio
Immediate
Past President
Gene Pardee
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Newsletter Editor
Teri Dean OlympiaCameraClubNewslet-
In this issue:
Events, pp. 2-3
Field trip/Fair update p. 4
Scavenger Hunt, pp. 5-6
Phototunities, pp. 7-8
Upcoming Year Club
Meeting Schedule, p. 9
Web Stats, p. 9
Meeting Notes, p. 10
Committee Contacts p.11
Volume 78, Issue 8
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Planning Picnic (for 2013-14)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Priest Point Park Park, Shelter #1
5:30—8:30 pm
At the planning picnic the everyone is encouraged
to make suggestions and give ideas for activities,
field trips, etc and topics/guest speakers. This dis-
cussion helps in the setting and planning of pro-
grams that are of most interest for the upcoming
general meetings and other activities for the year. This is a favorite event and a great pot luck picnic, so bring
a dish to share, your appetite (plates, utensils, napkins provided), and your ideas/suggestions!
DIRECTIONS: Priest Point Park is located at 2600 East Bay Drive NE, travel north on East Bay Drive . Follow
East Bay Drive from 4th Avenue and take first right into the park and follow one-way lane (see map for blue
arrow for turn and the red circle marks shelter #1). We will gather at Priest Point Park Shelter #1, the Rose
Garden. It is a covered picnic shelter that has water, electricity, large flat grill, and parking.
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ANNOUNCING The OCC Critique Group's
"First annual Bar-B-Que"
Tuesday, August 20th
PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL TO TOM BLANKENSHIP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY MOUTHS WE WILL BE FEEDING!!!
TIME?
(prior to the August Critique Group Meeting)
Tuesday, August 20th from 5pm to 6:30pm
WHERE?
Edge Lake Mobile Home Park (regular Critique Group meeting place)
Ok, everyone. This is a freebe, so we'll be depending on the generosity of members to fill in all menu gaps.
So far:
1. Hotdogs and hotdog rolls...Al & Holly
2. Crock pot full of baked beans...Judy & Jay
3. Almost-homemade lemonade & sodas...Tom
4. Seashell salad (sorta like macaroni salad...Dorothy & John
5. Napkins...Tom
We need...
-- Hamburgers
-- Hamburger rolls
-- Ice for drinks (w. bucket and tongs)
-- Condiments (mustard, ketchup, relish, etc)
-- Potato chips, Fritos, etc.
-- Dessert(s)
OK. I'm not an event planner, so with your e-mail reply I welcome your suggestions.
BTW: The preferred topic for the August Critique Meeting is "ABSTRACT". Start clicking.
Best regards,
-Tom Blankenship
Critique Group Chairman
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The Palouse Follow Up by Frank Townsend [email protected]
Fourteen members of our club spent the
weekend with Jack Lien in the Palouse in July and
what a trip it was. We did everything but sleep. We
all arrived Friday in time for an incredible spaghetti
dinner then traveled to a local grain elevator to do
some night shooting. There was a bit of cloud cover
and a fire in Pullman put some orange in the sky, but
there was an incredible amount of stars, including
the Milky Way, showing. We tried silhouettes and
painting with light on the grain elevator and a nearby
tree, turning in around 1 AM. Later that morning,
around 5:30 we joined for a tour around the Palouse,
stopping at several spots to shoot landscapes you can
only see in the Palouse, old trucks, wagon wheels,
and an abandoned house. This went on until about 8
PM when we returned to Jack's for a cook out, then
off for more night shooting. This time the sky was
more clear and the Milky Way more pronounced,
again we turned in around 1 AM. The hardiest three
of us were up at sunrise to venture to Steptoe Butte.
This was an incredible trip made all the
more fun by the fellowship shared through our club.
Jack has offered to provide the club with dates of
the weekend photo opportunities in the Palouse in
September and October, Plowing Bee, etc. If you
are interested contact one of the club's board mem-
bers and we will follow through.
Thurston County Fair
by Terri Townsend
Another Thurston County Fair has ended and
it was a great success at least for our Club. While I
don't have actual numbers as to how many club
members entered the Open Class Photography com-
petition, I am fairly certain that each member that
entered received at least one ribbon. Congratula-
tions to all who brought home rewards, after viewing
them many times I feel they were all well earned.
With over 420 images entered there was quite a few
competing images to overcome.
We all know how good Olympia Camera
Club photographers are so perhaps more impressive
than the photographic skills the club displayed was
the volunteer effort the club put forth.
All told there were over 25 members who
took part either the weekend before the fair or by
taking a shift during the fair. Between the intake,
judging, hanging, shift work, and pickup an incredi-
ble 270 hours of work went into bringing the Open
Class Photography to the Fair and the public. These
figures don't even count the meetings with the Fair
Board Allynn Balch attended or the preregistration
work Jodi Cox did.
So many members provided so much help
that listing all would be difficult and every job per-
formed was just as important to the goal as any other
job so I don't want to single any one person or any
one job. I think I've done than personally, but Frank
and I are both immensely grateful for everyone who
helped and we are proud the way the club supported
the Fair.
Jack Lien Tours by Frank Townsend [email protected]
Jack is leading a tour in La Jolla California
to photograph birds and more in January 2014 and a
Wildlife Tour in Yellowstone during May 1 through
5. If you are interested in either of these trips you
should contact Jack directly at [email protected].
Jack is also considering special tours to both loca-
tions for club members only, with a special rate of
$200 per person to cover his expenses. I will be
out of town from the end of August until late Octo-
ber but you can reach me via email if you want be
to be a go between, you can contact Rosalind, or
Jack direct. If you have ever thought of a photo
tour by a professional you will never find an oppor-
tunity at this price, so you may want to give some
serious thought.
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Mark your calendar for Annual Scavenger Hunt Dinner
October 22, 2013 at 6:00 PM
The dinner will be held on October 22, 2013 at the River Edge Restaurant located at The Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Each at-
tendee will order from the menu for the dinner and pay by separate check. Reminder notices will be sent in September to provide an
estimate of people attending. The dinner menu is at http://www.riversedgetumwater.com/dinnermenu.htm.
2013 Olympia Camera Club Office Scavenger Hunt Rules
This year, member will have two ways to participate in Banquet Slide Show entertainment.
Submit one image for each of the 15 words below. You many take as many images as you like and do as much pro-
cessing as you like, but you can only submit one image for each word.
OR
Submit 10-15 of your favorite/best images taken between 10/1/2012 and 10/1/2013. You may do as much processing
as you like on the images.
Rules
All images must be JPEGS – no RAW or TIFF images.
The images must not exceed 1024 pixels in width or 768 pixels in height. The resolution should not exceed 72 dpi.
Scavenger Hunt Images. Name your images as Sxx_Name_word.jpg where S means scavenger hunt, xx is the num-
ber of the word and word is the category. For example, an image submitted for the 5th word of Blue would be
named S05_RosalindPhilips_Blue.jpg.
Please include a list of your images with descriptions.
Favorite/Best of 2013 images. Name your images as Bxx_Name_ImageName.jpg .
B means Favorite/Best of 2013, xx is the number of the image, Name is your name and ImageName is the name of
the image. For example the eighth image I submit would be named, B08_RosalindPhilips_BergyBit.jpg.
Please include a self Identification Image.
Please include a list of your images with descriptions.
Please burn your images to a CD or DVD.
Images are due no later than Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the Digital Meeting. You can bring your images to the
meeting or mail them to Rosalind Philips, 4643 Indian Summer Dr SE; Olympia WA, 98513.
We will watch the two slide shows at the Banquet on October 22nd .
Please contact Rosalind at [email protected] or at
360-790-2814 with any questions.
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Name: _______________________________________
Address: __________________________________________
Phone: ____________________________________________
Images MUST fit the category. Use your IMAGINATION!
Mail your CD of digital images and this form to Rosalind Philips
4643 Indian Summer DR SE
Olympia, WA 98513
Due no later than October 8, 2013
Num Category Description
01 Converging Lines
02 Rough
03 Summer Fun
04 A Daily Task
05 Turmoil
06 Wisdom
07 Something Wet
08 Grandeur
09 Sports
10 Olympia
11 Photography
12 Purple
13 Circles
14 Uneven
15 Self Identification
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Phototunities for Shooting A listing of suggested events of visual interest for pho-
tographers.
Submitted by Gene Pardee, [email protected]
Aug. 9–11 Downtown Auburn—Auburn Days
Friday’s all-school reunion and community barbecue set
the tone for a weekend of fun events, such as a model
boat exhibition, car show, and Saturday night street dance.
(253) 939-3389, auburndays.com
Aug. 11 Port Orchard—The Cruz
The classic car show coincides with the Festival by the Bay
street fair. (360) 895-1766, portorchard.com
Aug. 16–18 Union Gap
Central Washington Agricultural Museum
Central Washington Antique Farm Equipment Expo
Peruse the displayed antique farm implements in between
tractor pulls, a threshing bee, a free train ride for kids and
other events. (509) 457-8735, centralwaagmuseum.org
Aug. 19–25 Long Beach
Washington State International Kite Festival
A week of competitions, world-record attempts and more
fill the skies with color and bring the art of kite flying to
new heights. (360) 244-9155, kitefestival.com
Aug. 25 San Juan Vineyards, Friday Harbor Concours d’El-
egance of the San Juan Islands
This annual charity event showcases classic, sports and
unique cars, with wine, music and prizes as an added bo-
nus. sanjuanconcours.org
Aug. 24–25 TTacoma Maritime Fest Tacoma celebrates its working waterfront and maritime heritage with a full slate of competitions, exhibitions and activities in the water and on shore. (253) 297-0510, mari-timefest.org
Aug. 25 San Juan Vineyards, Friday Harbor
Concours d’Elegance of the San Juan Islands
This annual charity event showcases classic, sports and unique cars, with wine, music and prizes as an added bo-nus. sanjuanconcours.org
Aug. 30–Sept. 1 Percival Landing and Port Plaza, Olympia
Olympia Harbor Days
Sunday’s tugboat races pull spectators in to celebrate the city’s maritime heritage, while tours of vintage and work-ing tugs are offered all weekend. (800) 788-8847, harbor-days.com
Aug. 31 Maritime Museum, Westport
Seafood Festival and Craft Show
Fresh fish, oysters, live music and local crafts make for a fun day along Grays Harbor. (800) 345-6223, experiencewestport.com
Aug. 31–Sept. 2 Louis Mentor Boardwalk, Bremerton
Bremerton Blackberry Festival
Blackberries shine in everything from maple bars and scones to jam and wine at this annual gathering, which also features family-friendly activities. (360) 377-3041, blackberryfestival.org
Aug. 31–Sept. 2, Seattle Center
Bumbershoot
The 2013 urban arts extravaganza welcomes Heart, Fun, Death Cab for Cutie and dozens more musicians, comedi-ans, and visual artists. (206) 673-5060, bumbershoot.org
Sept. 6–8 Daubenspeck Park, Bingen
Huckleberry Festival
Buy wild huckleberries by the gallon, try them in ice cream and pie, or enjoy them in pancakes Saturday at White Salmon Fire Hall. (509) 493-3607, huckleberry-fest.com
Sept. 6–8 Mukilteo
Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival
The highlights include salmon bakes, a fishing derby and lighthouse tours, plus Saturday’s parade, fly-over air and fireworks display. (425) 353-5516, mukilte-olighthousefestival.com
Sept. 6–8 Edmonds
Puget Sound Bird Fest
Birders flock to Edmonds for a weekend of guided walks, natural habitat tours, a birding cruise, and ac-tivities at Frances Anderson Center. (425) 771-0227, pugetsoundbirdfest.org
Sept. 6–8 Port Townsend
Wooden Boat Festival
More than 300 beautiful wooden vessels dock in Port Townsend for this renowned annual event. (360) 385-3628, woodenboat.org
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Sept. 7 Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle
Fishermen’s Fall Festival
The community honors the North Pacific fishing fleet with lutefisk-eating and salmon-filleting contests, sur-vival-suit races, live music, and a salmon barbecue fundraiser. fishermensfallfestival.org
Sept. 7 Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon
Skagit River Salmon Festival
Celebrate the mighty Skagit River and the return of spawning salmon with music, a salmon barbecue, and fly-fishing demos. (360) 428-5972, skagitriverfest.org
Sept. 7 Winthrop
Winthrop Vintage Wheels Show
This year, Winthrop’s annual antique car show incor-porates vintage wheels of all types, including motor-cycles, travel trailers, tractors and bicycles; the fun includes a parade and swap meet. (509) 996-2125, winthropwashington.com
Sept. 8 LeMay–America’s Car Museum, Tacoma
Kirkland Concours d’Elegance
In its second year at LeMay–America’s Car Museum, this popular event for car enthusiasts spotlights fine vintage automobiles. kirklandconcours.org
Sept. 11–15 Chandler’s Cove South Lake Union,
Seattle—Boats Afloat Show Find whatever floats your boat at South Lake Union, where dozens of yachts, more than 150 new and used boats, and boating equipment will be on view. (206) 748-0012, boatsafloatshow.com
Sept. 12–14 Pioneer Park, Connell
Fall Festival
The “Fast and the Past” are highlighted at the festi-val’s annual car show; the fun also includes mural painting, go-kart races and a junior livestock show. (509) 521-7277, cityofconnell.com
Sept. 13–14 Town Toyota Center, Wenatchee
Harvest of Quilts
The North-Central Washington Quilt Guild’s annual show displays 200 quilts, and includes live demon-strations and a silent auction. (509) 782-1206, ncwquilt.org
Sept. 13–15 St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle
St. Demetrios Greek Festival
It’s all Greek to attendees of this lively festival, which features folk dancing and the chance to sample Greek wine, gyros, souvlaki, and more. (206) 325-4347, se-attlegreekfestival.com
Sept. 14 First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue
Auto Angels Benefit Car Show
Cars of all types—new and vintage—will be on view, in addition to a catered barbecue and games. (425) 785-9727, autoangels.org
Sept. 14–15 Alexander Farm, Everett
Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl and Medieval Faire
Watching pumpkins splat after being catapulted as far as 1,800 feet is the highlight of an event that also fea-tures archery and jousting knights. festivalofpump-kins.org
Sept. 15 Anacortes
Anacortes Home and Boat Tour
The tour of boats at Cap Sante Boat Haven and of five homes is a fundraiser for uncompensated care at Se-attle Children’s Hospital. (360) 293-3832 drsamu-elgbrooksguild.weebly.com
Sept. 19–21 Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Wenatchee River Salmon Festival
This free festival celebrates the fall return of salmon to the river with recreation and arts. (509) 548-6662, salmonfest.org
Sept. 27–29 Prosser
The Great Prosser Balloon Rally/Harvest Festival
Colorful hot air balloons launch at the airport at sun-rise each day, while downtown hosts entertainment and food all weekend and a Night Glow show on Sat-urday. (509) 786-3177, prosserballoonrally.org, prosserchamber.org
Source: http://www.aaawashingtonjourney.com/events/
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Website Stats for April 2013 Jul-13 Last Reported
Month (Apr 13)
Change In-crease
(Decrease) Percentage
of Change
Number of Visits 222 290 (68) -31%
Number of Unique Visitors 182 191 (9) -5%
Number of Page Views 1207 2715 (1508) -125%
Pages per Visit 5.4 9.4 (4.0) -73%
Ave Visit Duration (minutes:seconds) 0:03 5:23 1:22 2718%
Percentage of New Visits 45.5% 35.5% lower
Bounce Rate (one page viewed) 71.2% 58.3% lower % better
Olympia Camera Club Upcoming Meeting Dates
Date Meeting Type Location
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Annual Planning Picnic Priest Point Park - Shelter #1
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 General Meeting Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday October 15, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Scavenger Hunt Dinner River’s Edge Restaurant
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 General Meeting Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Holiday Potluck Community Center – Edge
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 General Meeting Dark – No Meeting
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Monthly Photo Critique Meeting, Third Tuesday of the Month
August 20th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Edge Lake Mobile Home Park - Community Center, 3928 21st Ave SE, Lacey 98503
Critique Meeting Subject of the Month: Abstracts
Contact, Tom Blankenship at [email protected]
Monthly Digital Meeting, Second Tuesday of the Month
August 13th. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia
Digital Meeting Topic: Filters
Contact, Rosalind Philips at [email protected]
General Meeting, Fourth Tuesday of the Month In lieu of the planning picnic in August, there will be no General
Meeting. Regular meetings will resume starting on September 24th
at 6:30 p.m.
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia
Meeting Topic: Underwater Photography / Guest speaker: David Jennings
Monthly Business Meeting, First Wednesday of the Month
There will be no board meeting in August.
August 2013
Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings
Koffee Klatch Meet up, Every Other Wednesday Morning
from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Panera’s Bakery, 2525 Capitol Mall Drive SW, Westside of Olympia
Open discussions about photography and other topics of interest.
Contact, Wes Kirkpatrick at [email protected]
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Community Liaison Wes Kirkpatrick
Equipment Custodian Gene Pardee
NWCCC Traveling Prints Cornelia Kirkpatrick
Social Programs Frank Townsend
Webmaster Dave Simmerman
Critique Group Tom Blankenship
Newsletter Editor Teri Dean
OlympiaCameraClubNews-
PSA Representative Frank Townsend
Thurston County Fair Terri Townsend
Digital Imaging Rosalind Philips
NWCCC Liaison Wes Kirkpatrick
Scavenger Hunt Rosalind Philips
Video Group Dottie Hall
Olympia Camera Club
PO Box 13333
Olympia, WA 98508-3333
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