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Sherm Edwards and Tanya Reisman, Editors, Cable Release, at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.
Contents
KEY EVENTS
The following scheduled events will be conducted online as Zoom teleconferences, except for the Field Trip. Look for announcements and invitations by e-mail, Meetup, and on the club’s Website.
- Oct 6 – Speaker Night (7:30 p.m.)
- Oct 13 – Competition – Nature (7:30 p.m.)
- Oct 15 – Field Trip! – Rockville Car Show
- Oct 20 – Photo Forum (7:30 p.m.)
- Oct 27 – Board Meeting- (7:30 p.m.)
- Oct 29 – Field Trip! – Sultana Downrigging Festival, Chestertown MD
2022-2023 Calendar
See here for this season’s calendar, which will be updated as information becomes available. It includes Speaker Night, Competition Night, Photo Forum, Board Meetings, and Field Trips.
If Montgomery County Schools close due to inclement weather, Silver Spring Camera Club meetings and outings will be cancelled. See montgomeryschoolsmd.org for closure information during the work week. For Mon-Fri AFTER 5:00 pm & on the weekends, call 240-777-2710 or 311 from within Montgomery County. Sign up for text alerts: AlertMontgomery and choose both a local MCPS school and ‘Community Use of Public Facilities Alerts’. Note that this policy does not apply to online meetings!
For general information about the club, contact us at: info@ssccphotography.org
A list of the club officers and committee chairs, and their emails, is located here: Officers and Committee Chairs.
More information is available in the Silver Spring Camera Club (SSCC) Member Handbook:
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MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
MEETING LOCATION
All October meetings will be online by Zoom teleconference, as will all Speaker Nights and Photo Forums until further notice. The Board will decide month by month whether to hold Competition meetings in person. Such meetings would be held at Northwood Presbyterian Church (https://www.northwoodchurch.com/), and KN95 masks would be required.
SPEAKER NIGHT WITH NIKHIL BAHL – TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING DYNAMIC IMAGES
While a great light display can lead to attractive images, a good photographer does not rely on great light to create compelling images. From capturing energy and motion to the serene and surreal, Nikhil will talk about techniques and ideas that you can use to create dynamic images. Nikhil will also give you insights into how and when these techniques are best applied.
Nikhil Bahl is a full time professional photographer, author, educator, workshop instructor and environmentalist residing in the Washington D.C. area. Drawing continuous inspiration from nature, Nikhil adopts novel approaches and seeks meaningful interpretations: to create photographs that transcend the commonplace, reflect deeper insights, and convey an enchantment of the subject’s beauty.
(Read more and see some of Nikhil’s images.)
COMPETITION COLUMN
Our October topic is Nature.
Acceptable entries are photographs that portray various aspects of natural plant and animal life; that illustrate the natural features of land, sea, and sky; or that reveal natural phenomena. No image in this competition may show human intervention. Domestic plants (e.g., in a botanical garden) or animals (including zoo animals) may be included as long as they do not show any human intervention (e.g., collars or ear tags, gates, walls, paths, signage).
Members may submit up to two images meeting this definition. The images should be emailed to: competition@ssccphotography.org by midnight on Thursday, October 6. (One important detail – In order to participate in the competition, you must pay the club’s annual dues before the start of the competition.)
Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the year:
- November – Open
- December – Long Exposure
- January – Open
- February – Yellow
- March – Open
- April –
- May – Monochrome Photography
- June – End of Year Competition (special rules apply)
Please refer to the website link for the definition of each topic.
KATHY LICHTENDAHL – JUDGE – OCTOBER 13 NATURE COMPETITION
Kathy Lichtendahl
Kathy Lichtendahl is a conservation storyteller. A lifelong conservationist and adventurer, Kathy began seriously photographing the natural world more than a decade ago.
Since then, her work has been featured in a variety of publications including Outdoor Photographer, Wyoming Wildlife, Expressions, Cody Living and more. Her images have been used to benefit organizations such as The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Absaroka Fence Initiative and Wyoming Untrapped.
In 2014, Kathy started her company, Light in the Valley, LLC, based in Wyoming’s Beartooth Mountains. Although the primary focus of the company is to create images, the larger goal is to tell conservation stories in ways that engage the public in the future of the environment.
PHOTO FORUM
Oct 20, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
“Photo Forum” is our monthly opportunity to share ideas, images, questions, and inspirations on a wide variety of photographic topics.
This is an online event. We will meet using Zoom – look for the meeting link in an email and via Meetup.
Open Forum Discussions:
- What’s on your mind?
- Where do you think cameras are going over the next 10 years?
Presentations:
- “Long Exposure Photography” by Dennis Freeman (December’s Competition!)
- “Preparing for Adventure Travel” by David Blass
Image Sharing:
We will have member image sharing. This month’s theme will be Open. Send up to 3 images you would like to share and get feedback on.
Send up to 3 jpg images. Your jpg images can be up to 1 MB size each. (please use our digital Competition specs: ssccphotography.org/competitions/digital-entry-specifications/ ) . Send your images to Dennis Freeman before 5:00 p.m., WEDNESDAY, Oct 19. (dennisfreeman4510@msn.com).
This is expected to be a great evening of sharing and learning. What topics would you like to explore? Topics can be wide ranging, such as photo book reviews, an aspect of your own photography that you’d like to share, reviews or discussion of shows, photo gear, software, etc.
Please join us for a fun and educational evening!
FIELD TRIP – ROCKVILLE ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Date & Time: Saturday, October 15, from 11:00 to 3:30. Meet on site at 10:00.
From Packard to Ferrari, 32 car clubs are represented during this grand event while auto collectors and enthusiasts share fond memories of the classic cars of yesteryear. The show has a flea market, car sales area, and live music. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Click here for more information.
LOCATION: Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville, MD 20852
Parking and Shuttle Information: Limited parking is available at Rockville Civic Center Park. Additional parking is located at Rockville High School located at 2100 Baltimore Rd, Rockville, MD 20851. A courtesy shuttle will run from this location to the Glenview Mansion from 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: Free for members, non-member guests $10.00 payable in cash or check to SSCC.
FIELD TRIP – SULTANA DOWNRIGGING FESTIVAL
Date & Time: Saturday, October 29th. Be there at 9:00 a.m. It’s a long drive and parking is limited. Meet at the Marina Entrance. The festival starts on Friday and runs through Sunday — you may want to stay overnight.
Saturday admission is $35; go to the Website https://downrigging.org to purchase in advance. Sunday is free!
Limited tickets to actually sail on the boats ARE available for fees of $40-60 and up.
Location: Chestertown Marina, 207 South Water Street, Chestertown, MD 21620. Note: Most events (and the boats) are held at the Chestertown Marina. Additional events are held throughout the Town of Chestertown. Parking is available on the street and in several marked public parking lots.
To do: Photograph Tall Ships, small ships, canoes with sails, motorboats. Also a Music Festival and old town scenery.
To eat: Massive amount/variety of food available. No food allowed in. Don’t worry, you will gain five pounds eating there. If you can swim, don’t get seasick, and can afford it, sailing on the ships offers adventure and a chance for some awesome Pics!
COVID RULES
The Club is not arranging carpools due to COVID.
Attendees to trip must wear masks and sign attached COVID Waiver
PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. There are crowds, but try to practice social distancing and keep your mask on.
OVERNIGHT OPTION: Festival starts Friday, and Tall Ships (illuminated) available for photography Friday night. (also a long drive) Leader will arrive Friday and stay overnight. Contact me at philboyer60@gmail.com or 301-204-5549 if you wish to coordinate
Bring: Tripod, Telephoto Lens, appropriate and layered clothing (its colder on the water) and waterproof shoes.
Leader: Phil Boyer –301-204-5549, philboyer60@gmail.com
Directions
- 495 East from Silver Spring to MD Rte. 50 East towards Bay Bridge.
- Cross Bay Bridge, continue across Kent Island.
- Stay on 301 when Rte. 50 branches off.
- After 5.8 miles, merge onto MD 213 toward Centreville.
- After 18.1 miles, turn left onto N. Queen St. (Just past N. Water St.; if you reach N. Cross St. you’ve gone too far.)
- After 0.2 miles, second left onto Cannon St. (Cannon St is just past High St. If you reach the end of S. Queen St you’ve gone about 0.1 miles too far.)
- After 0.02 miles, 207 S Water St, Chestertown, MD 21620-1535, is on the left..
Cost: Free for Members, non-member guests $10.00 payable in cash or check to SSCC.
CLUB NEWS
BOARD MEETINGS
The SSCC Board met on August 25, and did not meet in September. Minutes of the August meeting may be found here. The next scheduled meeting is October 29.
SSCC MEMBER KIM KELLER FEATURED IN ABINGTON ART SERIES SOLO SERIES FALL 2022
Congratulations to Kim for being selected for this show in Jenkintown PA, through October 24. See the Abington Art Center’s website, or check out her display below.
THANK YOU TO WILL RABINOVICH AND MARK PASTNER
Will and Mark redesigned the club’s website’s navigation to make it more rational, remove repeated links and easier to use! Apparently the way that you change the navigation in WordPress is quite hard and time consuming, so this was not a project for the faint-hearted. So we should be extra grateful for their work and give them a round of applause.
FIELD TRIP TO MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
Labor Day represents two things to the Silver Spring Camera Club: first, the next season of speakers, competitions and photo forum is soon to begin, and second, it is also the day that the Renaissance Festival welcomes “seasoned guests” and admits us free of charge. The weather was dodgy this year, but it did not stop everyone from having fun. Great photo opportunities were everywhere. A few images from the day are below.
FEATURES
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
by Bruce Schaefer
Twenty-six of us assembled at the picnic shelter on a warm September Saturday and caught up on life since the end of spring and, for some, the beginning of the pandemic. Everyone has been vaxed and boosted – and has caught Covid anyway. And is easing into something approaching normal.
Conversation covered the beat. Dennis and BJ Freeman recalled hair-raising moments 4-wheeling on the Outer Banks. David and Karen Blass sent regrets from Iceland, so we talked about them. Sometimes talk involved photography. Dave Powell told stories behind his photos from Afghanistan, which were on display. Pete Morton told, when he sets off on a photo excursion, how he chooses from his 5 cameras and 21 lenses. None topped the van Rijn couple who just returned from 6 weeks rambling in a Range Rover across the game parks of South Africa; they had pics of the Big 5 to prove it. (Lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes and buffaloes. And bears. Big 6.)
Kids and grandkids also got mentions thru the day, as did pets, restos, tv series to watch, and life-by-Zoom.
This was our 3rd get-together at the Georgian Forest site, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It will no doubt be repeated again when the weather warms up again. Which, at the rate climate is changing, probably means in January.
SSCC Picnic 1
CONFERENCES AND EXPOS
MEMBER ARTICLES
COMPETITION RESULTS
OPEN COMPETITION – SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
September’s competition was was Open for projected images only. Jeanine Cummins was our judge that evening. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the competition was held remotely using the Zoom tool.
There were two categories judged: Advanced Projected (i.e. digital images) and Novice Projected. No Beginner Projected images were submitted. The Print categories are suspended until we start in-person meetings again. Awards are given for first, second, and third place, with the number of honorable mentions (HM) dependent on the total number of entries in the category.
ADVANCED PROJECTED
1st Place: Maude Svensson ~ Rowing Boat
2nd Place: Maude Svensson ~ Island Telephone Booth
3rd Place: Beth Koller ~ Surprise
HM: Renee Schaefer ~ Truck in the Palouse
HM: Sherm Edwards ~ Pantanal Friends
Maude Svensson ~ Rowing Boat
I spend most of the summers at Blidö which is an island in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden. On the island, I look for wooden boats to photograph, but every year it is harder and harder to find them. Most boat owners nowadays prefer plastic or aluminum boats that are less demanding to maintain and keep in good condition. Last summer, I was happy to find a large and exclusive wooden sailing boat taking off from the docks at Kalviken. Coincidentally, at the same time, I noticed this lovely and less prestigious rowing boat moored at a small dock further away. When approaching the rowing boat, the sunset increased in intensity, and I decided to focus on the shared reflections from the sunset and the boat. As always, when enjoying the slow and protracted sunsets of the Baltic Sea, my heart was filled with gratitude for the blessings of a simple and natural life.
NOVICE PROJECTED
1st Place: Kim Keller ~ July 4th
2nd Place: Ilona Linnoila ~ Passing an Iceberg
3rd Place: Will Rabinovich ~ Shenandoah Sunset
Kim Keller ~ July 4
This photo was taken at the July 4, 2021 Capitol Hill parade. I entered this image cropped differently in the March 2022 competition, where it did not receive a prize or honorable mention. The judge recommended a tighter crop, which I tried and liked. It definitely got more attention this time around, and I'm grateful to the March judge for the recommendations.
COURSES, CALLS FOR ENTRY, AND EXHIBITS
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Needed: Someone to author the Classes and Workshop List for the 2022-2023 Cable Release club year. Please let Catherine [ president@ssccphotography.org ] know if you might be interested. This is an opportunity to inspire the learning of club members. In the meantime, we will show some online sources.
Here are some online sources:
Also offering free webinars—on photography printing—is Moab Paper. See: https://www.moabpaper.com/moab-tv?rq=tv I have never taken one of Moab’s webinars, but Moab is a main producer of artistic photo papers. Other vendors are offering free webinars, but they tend not to give advance notice, so the ones I have located are offered only in April.
Please let us know of other online opportunities you discover by emailing us at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
by Dennis Freeman
The following offers a number of competitions for your consideration this month. Some of these sources having standing calls for entry, and others are one-time calls. Some offer cash and prizes, and others don’t.
See the full Calls for Entry article here. (Read More)
EXHIBITS AND EVENTS
From Afar.com: The saying goes that good things come in threes, but four good things are coming to Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery this year. Over the course of the summer and fall, the museum will show four new exhibits that examine what it means to be an American today.
Already closed is I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women, a selection of portraits of contemporary Black American women who’ve shaped the country with their work in the arts, literature, activism, and politics. Next up, One Life: Maya Lin takes a biographical look at the award-winning Asian American architect behind D.C.’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial (September 30–April 16, 2023). Kinship, which features more than 40 works by eight U.S. photographers, explores the interpersonal relationships that bind us (October 28–January 27, 2024). And slated to debut November 10 is Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees, which pays respect to seven notable Americans who have made a significant impact on the country in the past year.
Together, the four exhibits create a poignant representation of the ever-evolving, modern American identity and the commonalities that unite us—a powerful balm in today’s divisive times. Because the gallery is a Smithsonian institution, admission is free and tickets are not required.
WASHINGTON POST
Here is a link to the online Washington Post’s lists of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia photography-related exhibits and museums. The various photography-related exhibits appear in different parts of the online paper, making a simple search or link unreliable. You can search within:
Photography section: Photography
Going Out Guide: Going Out Guide
Art Section: Art
Take a look at what our sister camera club, the NIH Camera Club, has going on. Here is a link to their site. There you can find their newsletter, the Cameraderie: nihcameraclub.com
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