Download - Inside this Issue - Fresno Camera Club 2016...case-Escalante National Monument. This was shot with a 14mm, 1/800 sec @ F8, ISO 400. Fallen Roof Ruin y David Hunter Fallen Roof Ruin

Calendar of Events ........................... 2

Presidents Desk ............................... 3

Competition Results ........................ 4

Meeting Recap ................................. 5

Top Images of the Night ............... 6-8

Fresno Fair Help Needed ................. 8

Member News ............................ 9-10

Upcoming Events and Workshops . 10

Judging as a Learning Experience .. 11

Fresno Fair ................................ 12-13

Council ........................................... 14

Civil War Reenactment .................. 14

PSA Conference ............................. 15

Chaffee Zoom Contest .............. 16-17

PSA Information ............................. 18

2016 Officers .................................. 19

2016 Meeting Dates & Type .......... 20

Membership Form ......................... 20

Inside this Issue

Since 1891

Fresno Camera Club

Volume 59, Issue 8 September 2016

Calf Creek Falls by David Hunter

Fresno Camera Club—September Highlights

Meetings for September: Program Night will be a Nikon presentation by a Nikon Representative at 7 pm Horn Photo Education Center 230 W. Fallbrook Avenue #105 in Fresno Monthly Meeting September 20th at 7 p.m. 550 E. Shaw Avenue in Fresno Digital Competition Dinner before the meeting: At the Spaghetti Factory, 1610 E. Shaw Avenue in Fresno before the monthly FCC meeting at 5 p.m. We will be done in time for the meeting. FCC—Fresno Camera Club SJVCCC– San Joaquin Valley Camera Club Council

Upcoming Dates: September 2—SJVCCC Digitals Due September 10—Fresno Fair Entries Due September 12—Online Fresno Fair Entries Due September 10-17 PSA Conference September 11—SJVCCC Meeting September 13—Program Night September 13—Digitals Due September 13-15—Photos Due to Fairgrounds September 20—FCC Meeting Digital

Meeting Location: University California Center 550 E. Shaw Avenue in Fresno

Don’t forget, dinner at the Spaghetti Factory, 1610 E. Shaw Avenue in Fresno before the monthly FCC meeting at 5 p.m. We will be done in time for the meeting.

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SJVCCC Meeting 10 a.m.

Monthly Meeting 7 p.m.

Program Night 7 p.m. Digitals Due


Hello all, hope your summer has been going well. I mentioned last letter that I was going to San Francisco to get out of the heat and to take photos. Well here’s a quote that sums up that weekend, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer San Fran-sisco.” Oh my good-ness, fog and wind like

I’ve never seen in the city.

Needless to say, our photography wasn’t what we thought it was going to be. So we thought we would go north and get out of the fog and wind. Off to Point Reyes we go. Side note, don’t drive up highway 1 if you get car sick, just saying. As we ap-proached Point Reyes Shelley decided to Google it to see any info. As we pulled into the parking lot she reads “ Point Reyes is the foggiest and windiest point on the western states.” And it was. To top it off there is this staircase equal to 30 stories down and UP! We chose not to climb the stairs. UGH.

My life long dream trip is coming up real soon, off to Africa and Amsterdam for 3 weeks. I’m sure you will be sick and tired of seeing my animal pho-tos in the coming year. We had a wonderful turn out at the summer BBQ, best turn out ever. Great food and Gary Stewart did a great job judging. Soon we will be back to our nor-mal monthly meetings. I know you all had a wonderful summer. Fall will be upon us before we know it. Mov'n On


Monochrome Prints David Hunter Fallen Roof Ruin 10 #2 Elizabeth Bedard Pitcher and Basin 10 Downtown Fresno Loft 9 Loye Stone Cheeta Stare 10 Billowing Stacks 10 Patrick Rhames Eureka Dunescape #1 10 Color Prints David Hunter Taking it all In 10 Calf Creek Falls 10 #1 Patrick Rhames Suitable for Framing 10 Virginia Farmscape in Fall 10 #3 Art Serabian K9 Training Cruiser to Bad Guy 9 Where’s my Bike? 10 #4 Good Job Venado 10 Jonathan Rollins Grand Tetons 10 Bison 10 Heavy Weather 10 Dean Lawrence Preening Parrot 9 Young Tiger 10 Bird Calling 10 Jim Coppinger Available Light 10 Mosaic Rock 8

Phyllis Walker Farragut Island, Idaho 9 Bridge Over Lake Coeur d’Alene 10 Live Street Entertainer, London 10 Nikolle Brown Sunrise on a San Joaquin Kit Fox Western Fresno County California 10 Who’s There? Kitfox looking Out from its home on a hot Day in Arizona 10 Shelley Stone Independence Day 10 Sands of Time 9 Colorado Riverbank Abstract 10 Dee Humphrey Cloudy Monument Valley 10 Guenter Krueger Ace Tug Awaiting Orders 9 Seagull Chick 9 Ladies Section Racing in Visalia 10 Karen Emerich Mother Nature’s Bad Hair Day 9 The Golden Hour 9 Spring on the China Creek Trail 9 Tom Fowler Proud Peacock 9 Inner Calm 8 Cactus Bloom 8 Carey Johnson Along the Not so Blue Danube 8 Vienna Highrise 8 CHP Helicopter in Yosemite 8

Harris Hays Fall Colors in New Hampshire 9 Spring Rain on a Yellow Beauty 9 Dave Youngs Fireworks forming Faces and Figures 9 Neon Zebras 8 Fireworks Priest 9 John Greening Bellinzona Rooftops 9 Lava Field and Islandic Cove 9 Judy Krueger Cranes Waiting for Containers 9 Church Clock tower 9 Crowing Rooster 9 Elizabeth Bedard Bamboo Pathway 9 Loye Stone Tiny House, Bodie 9 Dee Humphrey Storm Coming In 10

Gary Stewart judged 55 images and selected Calf Creek Falls by David Hunter as print of the night.

July Competition Results


July Meeting Recap

Judge: Gary Stewart The July Meeting was our annual BBQ. A big thank you to Harris Hays and Carey Johnson for barbecu-ing the TriTip. After dinner Dee started the meeting. Dee thanked everyone for coming and bringing dishes. It was great to see all the friends and family in attendance. Dee asked again for someone interested in being Print Chairman. We were lucky that Paul Smiley volunteered after the meeting, thanks Paul! Gary Stewart was our judge for the evening and he selected Calf Creek Falls by David Hunter as print of the night.


Image of the Night

Calf Creek Falls is located 3 miles up a trail out-side Escalante, Utah as is part of the Grand Stair-case-Escalante National Monument. This was shot with a 14mm, 1/800 sec @ F8, ISO 400.

Fallen Roof Ruin By David Hunter Fallen Roof Ruin is an old Puebloan site tucked away in Road Canyon, 14mm, 0.6 sec @ F16, ISO 50

Calf Creek Falls By David Hunter

Calf Creek Falls by David Hunter

Fallen Roof Ruin By David Hunter


The image was captured October 27, 2011. It is of a horse ranch/farm near Culpeper, Virginia, on a mild-ly stormy day at 10:00 AM. It is a single frame capture and all elements actually existed at the time of capture. (Nothing composited nor HDR rendering). As per usual, the camera was mounted on a tripod. The camera was not my trusty Nikon D800E, but the Nikon D700 I used before I acquired the D800. Still a great camera and I still have and use two camera bodies of that ilk. The lens used was a Nikkor 24-70 mm, f/2.8, focal length set to 42mm. Aperture setting was f/22 and shutter speed was 1/320. The image was processed using Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and Nik Software (Viveza, ColorEfex Pro and Sharpener Pro 3). The image was cropped as a panorama primarily to eliminate the top of a fence running the length of the frame at the bottom. I was attracted to the scene by the range, mixture and variety of fall colors, including the reds of the buildings and the blue greys of the sky. Colors were enhanced in post processing to reflect what my eye saw as I stood there.

Fall Virginia Farmscape By Patrick Rhames

Fall Virginia Farmscape By Patrick Rhames


This image was taken at a BMX completion held at Fresno’s Woodward Park. The riders are on a course similar to what a motocross rider might find with banking, straights and a series ramps (bumps). These two riders were in a tight race for first when the rider on the left hit a ramp too hard, lost control, and flew into the air. I was fortunate enough to catch the action within a burst of shots. I was using a Nikon D300 with a 70-300mm lens (at 140mm). The ISO was at 200 with speed at 1/1000s and f-stop at f/5.6. The image is pretty much a straight raw (NEF) conversion processed in Adobe Lightroom and printed on Kirkland glossy photo paper.

Where’s my Bike? By Art Serabian

Where’s my Bike? By Art Serabian

Fresno Fair

It is that time of year again. This year we are looking for volunteers to man our booth at the fair October 5—16, 2016. Hours 11—6 pm. Lee will confirm they will give us passes again and they will be given to those who volunteer to man our booth. Please let Lee know if you are interested in working our booth. She will also need prints to hang up, please bring them to our September meeting if you are in-terested in having your prints displayed in our booth.


Member News

Spectrum Art Gallery Presents: Eclectic Perspective by Jonathan Rollins and Wanderings in Archival Pigment by Patrick Rhames September 1—25th at the Spectrum Gallery 608 E Olive Avenue in Fresno

Art Hop Reception: Thursday, September 1, 5-8 pm. Presentation by the Artists: Friday September 2nd at 7 p.m.

Gallery Hours: Wednesday –Thursday 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday 12:30 to 8:00 pm Saturday—Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm


Date Title / Information Fees More information

9/7 Sequoia Fall Wildlife Safari $144 www.amwestphoto.com

9/13 Explore! Safari $100 Www.amwestphoto.com

9/20 Camera Essentials: Creative Controls and Exposure $35 www.hornphoto.com

9/22 Sony Creative Macro Class $35 www.hornphoto.com

9/26-29 San Juan Mountains CO Autumn Safari $475 www.amwestphoto.com

10/1-3 Yellowstone and Grand Teton Autumn Safari $540 www.amwestphoto.com

10/16 Cambria Scarecrow Photo Walk $40 www.amwestphoto.com

10/22-23 Civil War Reenactment—Kearney Park www.valleyhistory.org

Upcoming Events and Workshops

Betsy Joyce Smith of Fresno, CA, widow of attorney, Rich-ard Dietrich, passed peace-fully on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, after a short stay at an assisted living facility in Las Vegas, NV. She was 72 years old. Betsy was born and raised in Newton, MA. Settling in Fresno, CA in

1979, Betsy worked for United Cerebral Palsy, the Fresno Art Museum, Valley Children's Hospital, and The Chamber of Commerce. Betsy was an avid pho-tographer who won awards for the amazing photos she took during her travels throughout Africa, Eu-rope, the Middle East, and Asia. She was also a cap-tivating story teller. Betsy attended New Covenant

Church in Fresno. Betsy was preceded in death by her parents, Attorney Paul S. Rich and Doris L. Rich of Newton, MA; and by her former husband and father of her sons, Keith D. Smith of Fresno, CA. Betsy is survived by her two sons and their wives. She leaves behind five grandchildren, Cameron Basquiat and his wife Jennifer of Las Vegas, NV, and their children, Zane and Rian; and Derek Smith and his wife Angie of Reno, NV, and their children, Ever-ett, Kaitlyn, and Ashley. Betsy is also survived by her two sisters and brothers-in-laws, Beverly and Robert Kahn of White Plains, NY; her nephew, Ad-am Kahn; niece, Crystal Valentine; as well as her youngest sister, Kimberly Jungherr and husband Mark of Amesbury, MA. A private service will be held.

Member News - Continued

It is with sadness that we share former Fresno Camera Club member Betsy Smith has passed away


Horn Photo offers Fresno Camera Club members a 15% discount on film developing and photo printing (not specialty items)

Judging as a Learning Experience By Loye Stone PPSA We search for the best pho-to opportunity. We set the camera. We take the shot. We enhance. We crop. We mount the print. We sub-

mit the image in competition. We receive a score of seven. (Seven is usually the lowest score.) What’s important here is everything but the seven. What is important is the experience and the learning from the judging experience. Judging photos is one of the most difficult and con-troversial actions that one can initiate. I have judged and I can tell you that it is very difficult to provide critiques on mostly gorgeous photos. Most judges will tell you that the judging is just one persons opin-ion. It is more than that. The opinions and critiques teach us that our images are not always as we per-ceive them and that there can be room for improve-ment from someone with a non-prejudiced eye, an-other person’s opinion. Some judges are picky about technical aspects. Some judges see the image from an artistic point of view. It should be both, and usu-ally is.

The great Will Rogers once said “I’ve never met a man that I didn’t like”. I have never met a judge that I didn’t like and respect. I have agreed on judges opinions and I have moaned, groaned, complained and ran screaming to my mommy. (I exaggerate) In the end I usually come to see the merits of his com-ments. In my opinion, a judge in competition that scores sevens, eights, nines, and tens, is a judge doing his job. In the few years that I have entered competitions, I have learned that the constructive comments by the judge, about, not just my photos, but by all photos in the competition, can be a very valuable learning tool. One cannot and should not get caught up in only the race for highest points, because in the end, it is what we have learned, and how much better we have be-come as photographers. The points will take care of themselves. We all like to give judges a bad time now and then, but remember, some of them are people just like us and have families and even close friends (just kid-ding). Loye Stone, PPSA


San Joaquin Valley Camera Club Council - SJVCCC

The San Joaquin Valley Camera Club Council will have their next meeting on September 11th at the Ramada at Show and 41. Digital entries are due September 2nd.


2016 PSA Conference of Photography Saturday, September 10, 2016 - Saturday, September 17, 2016 Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk 210-354-2800 111 E Pecan St. San Antonio, Texas 78205 For detailed information about the many great tours click on the TOUR Details tab above; click the MEAL De-tails tab for meals information; click the REGISTRATION Information tab for the registration desk hours. Conference Hotel Information can be found on the PSA Website. Registrants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations. Once the PSA hotel block is full, PSA can-not guarantee rooms at the initial group rate. Rollover hotel options may become available as the Conference Hotel rooms fill up. Check the PSA Web-site often for hotel information. DEADLINE: Reservations must be received on or before the date of August 25, 2016. LATE REGISTRATION FEES: After August 14, add $25.00 Onsite registration, add $40.00 Information online: http://psa-photo.org/index.php?2016-psa-conference

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PSA Galleries PSA has several galleries on this website where members can share their photography with others. PSA Member Galleries - For All PSA Members Each State, Province, or Country may contain indi-vidual member galleries that showcase members' work. Individual images and bios in galleries may be updated by members as often as they would like. A list of available galleries is accessed from the left pane of this webpage, grouped according to PSA Member Area. They can also be accessed from a state/province/country and some chapter pages on the site. Each PSA member can create a gallery of up to 6 images and a biography with a link to a personal web gallery. Member galleries stay on the PSA site for as long as a member remains a PSA member in good standing. Any questions, just ask me, as I am the PSA Rep for this area. Lee H. Cates, FPSA Assistant SMD

PSA Information

New PSA Definition for Photo Travel Effective January 2016 Clarifications concerning the Updated Photo Travel Definition: A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found natu-rally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography are not appropriate. Close up pictures of people or objects must include features that provide information about the environment. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of original image, except by cropping, are not per-mitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appear-ance of the original scene, and complete conversion to grayscale monochrome. Other derivations, in-cluding infrared, are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.

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Contribute to the Websites! Check out www.fresnocameraclub.org Email Elizabeth if you have any articles for the Fresno Camera Club website. Craig J. Hadfield is webmaster of www.sjvccc.org. and he would like to have your interesting articles to post on the website, email him at [email protected].

Fresno Camera Club 2016 Officers and Board

President Dee Humphrey [email protected] Vice President David Hunter [email protected] Secretary Elizabeth Bedard [email protected] Treasurer Rosemary Aguinaldo [email protected] Past President Pat Rhames [email protected]

Directors Harris Hays, Phyllis Walker, Phil Engelskirger

Dennis Montejano, Jonathan Rollins, Art Serabian

Chairs

Digital Chairman Dennis Montejano [email protected] Print Chairman Jim Wulf [email protected] Hospitality Shelley Stone [email protected] Sound Equipment Michael Smith [email protected] Membership Chair Beth Smiley [email protected] Council Rep Lee Cates, FPSA [email protected] Highlights Editor Elizabeth Bedard Webmaster [email protected]


Fresno Camera Club Membership for January 1 – December 31, 2016 The completed form below, together with your check/cash, will pay your dues for the year 2016 and/or renew your membership.

Remember Horn Photo gives a 15% discount on developing and printing to members of the FCC.

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Fresno Camera Club 2016 Schedule of Competitions and Programs

September 13 Digitals Due

September 20 Digital Competition, 3 max 7 p.m.

October 18 Print Competition, 3 max 7 p.m.

November 8 Digitals Due

November 15 Digital Competition, 3 max 7 p.m.

November 26 Digitals Due for Year End

December 3 Year End Awards Luncheon $15 10 a.m.
