September 2019 Cable Release | Silver Spring Camera Club

**Cover: Sheryl Adams – Bassist in a Zone**

Member, Photographic Society of America
Winner of the 2008, 2011, and 2012 PSA Henricks Award for best newsletter!

Dennis Freeman & Sherm Edwards, Editors, Cable Release, at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.

Contents

1 KEY EVENTS
2 MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
3 CLUB NEWS
4 FEATURES
5 CONFERENCES AND EXPOS
6 MEMBER ARTICLES
7 COMPETITION RESULTS
8 COURSES, CALLS FOR ENTRY, AND EXHIBITS

KEY EVENTS

Sept 2 – Labor Day Field Trip to Maryland Renaissance Festival (10:00 a.m.)
Sept 5 – Speaker Night (7:30 p.m.)
Sept 12 – Competition Night: Open (7:30 p.m.)
Sept 19 – A Closer Focus Meeting (7:30 p.m.)
Sept 25 – Board Meeting (7:30 p.m.)

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’.

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: 2019-2020 Member Handbook

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FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Welcome back!

I hope everyone enjoyed their summer and is ready to participate in our 2019 – 2020 club year. The board and chair positions have been working hard this summer to ensure we have a well-planned and full agenda. Look in the Cable Release and on our website for updated information. Our updated handbook will help guide you through the year as well. (Read More)

MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS

MEETING LOCATION

Silver Spring United Methodist Church
8900 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Click for details

SPEAKER- SEPT 5 – ALAIN GUTIERREZ: BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER IN CUBA; ADVENTURES, FIASCOS, AND PHOTOS

We are pleased to have Alain Gutierrez as the guest speaker for our season opener on September 5^th. Alain will speak about his career as photojournalist in Cuba, the adventures he has experienced, and some of the fiascos he has had to overcome. His images portray the daily life and stories of his country – a visual narration that speaks to us all. (Read More)

COMPETITION COLUMN

Hi to all SSCC members. I’m very excited about the upcoming 2019-20 Competitions season. The competitions, held the 2^nd Thursday of each month, provide a great opportunity to share your images with fellow members and have them critiqued by professional photographers. Though their judgments about the images and their selection of winning photos are necessarily subjective, the judges invariably offer helpful insights and suggestions about the entered images, whether they’re yours or those of another member. In my 3+ years as a SSCC member, I have yet to leave a competition without having picked up something useful that I can incorporate into my photography.

For the new Competitions season, we have what I believe will be a fun, stimulating and diverse array of competition topics. Our repeating mainstays – Open, Nature and Monochrome, will be joined by three new topics – 1) Reflections; 2) Shadows; and 3) Cityscapes. Please refer to the website link for the definition of each topic.

Here’s the schedule for the season:

September – Open
October – Nature Photography
November – Open
December – Reflections
January – Cityscapes
February – Shadows
March – Open
April – Open
May – Monochrome Photography
June – End of Year Competition (special rules apply)

As indicated, the topic for the season’s first competition on September 12th is Open, which gives you full freedom to enter images on any topic (or no topic) that you choose. The only requirement is that original images must be created by a light sensitive device, like a camera or scanner. Any subsequent alterations or manipulations of the images are permissible, so have at it.

Please be mindful that electronic submissions for projected images must be received no later than 11:59 pm, September 5^th. The images should be emailed to: competition@ssccphotography.org (One important detail – In order to participate in the September competition, you must pay the club’s annual dues before the start of the competition.)

To learn the nitty gritty about the competitions, please refer to the Competition Rules and the Members Handbook, both of which are accessible from the SSCC website. Of course, if you have any questions about the competitions, please feel free to contact me at competition@ssccphotography.org

Finally, our monthly competitions are meant to be engaging, interactive member events, rather than dry, impersonal contests. As such, we heartily encourage all members who submit photo entries, whether print or electronic, to be present at the competitions. I say this for several reasons. First, the critiques the judges offer of the photo entries can be valuable for the creators of the images. After all, the SSCC enlists our judges not only to have them select their favorite images for ribbons but, as importantly, to offer their professional photographic expertise and insights as they evaluate the images. Second, audience members really appreciate hearing from ribbon winners a little of the contextual history of their images. Knowing where an image was made or how it was processed can be informative and often entertaining. And third, being able to personally congratulate award winners makes for a more vibrant, fun experience for the audience. If a ribbon winner is absent when his or her name is called, the enthusiasm the audience wants to convey to the winner is unavoidably diminished. So, for all these reasons; if you plan to enter an image in a competition this season, please try your best to attend the event. It really helps strengthen the ties that bind us together as the SSCC.

SANDI CROAN TO JUDGE OPEN COMPETITION – SEPT 12

Sandi Croan is an independent photographer from Centreville who has been living in Northern Virginia since 1978. She specializes in landscape, nature, and travel photography with an eye for capturing the unique and creating fine art for homes and offices. (Read More)

A CLOSER FOCUS – SEPT 19

– by David W. Powell

An opportunity to share ideas, images, questions, and inspirations

Half an hour will be an open forum discussing issues at hand. A half hour is devoted to presentations by members. And a half hour is set aside for member image reviews.

This is always a great evening of sharing and learning. What topics would you like to explore? Topics are very wide ranging, such as photo book reviews, an aspect of your own photography that you’d like to share, reviews or discussion of gallery shows, photo gear, software, etc. Or bring a gadget to share.

Dave Powell will present “Candid People Photography”, which is broader than just street photography. Bring your questions!
Picture assignment: Bring in photos from your summer projects! If you’d prefer to talk about something else bring in some other photos you’d like to share and discuss.
Discussion: Any topics that you’d like to explore. In addition, we will talk about how to encourage more Novice Print entries in the monthly competitions. We will also survey your favorite and least favorite competition topics.
Book/Gear Reviews: What book/gear/software have you experienced that you’d like to review?

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Future topics of A Closer Focus might include: compositional strength, HDR, or anything else photographic you want to bring to the table. This is an opportunity for you to provide input to the SSCC experience.

If you would like to be on the agenda, please email me at:
davidwesleypowell@gmail.com

SEPTEMBER 2 FIELD TRIP TO MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

On Labor Day, Monday, September 2, we will go to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. You will have an opportunity to shoot hundreds of people in weird medieval costumes, all of whom love to have their pictures taken; jousting, archery, jugglers, street entertainment, Shakespeare type stage productions, feasting, drinking, and general bacchanalia. (Read More)

CLUB NEWS

MEMBERSHIP

Dear SSCC Members,

The Silver Spring Camera Club is already planning for the 2019-2020 year. We have many ideas for speakers, topics, and field trips. There are several committees whose chairs could use help. If you are interested please let us know. Chairpersons are always happy to have an extra set of hands. If you have ideas for the club, please let us know those as well. We encourage full participation.

Besides the camaraderie and educational programs, renewing your membership means you are eligible to enter your best shots in our monthly photo competition and continue to receive our award-winning newsletter, the Cable Release.

To renew membership:

Get your membership renewal form HERE and fill it out. Bring it to our first meeting on Thursday, September 5th, along with a check made out to Silver Spring Camera Club. Give it to Treasurer, Bruce Schaefer.
Or, mail the membership form and check to Bruce at the address provided on the form.

Please fill the form out completely even if you have in previous years. This is where you can give us your ideas.

See you soon. We look forward to seeing your summer photos!

Lisa Auerbach
Marc Auerbach
Andrew Rein

SSCC Membership Co-Chairs

PROGRAMS

Hottest Summer in 125 Years

If you think this summer has been hot, you haven’t seen anything yet. Wait until you experience the exciting speakers and well trained judges that the SSCC program’s co-chairs have arranged for the 2019 – 2020 Camera Club Season. Plan on showing up the first Thursday of each month to listen and learn from a whole new group of talented speakers. You’ll see presentations that will prepare you for upcoming competitions and others that may take you out of your comfort zone.

Circle the second Thursday of each month because along with our standard themes of nature and monochrome, we are also going to challenge you to submit your best images exhibiting reflections, shadows, and cityscapes as well as photos for our open competitions.

Don’t forget the third Thursday of month where through our A Closer Focus seminars, led by Dave Powell, you will be able to have images critiqued by fellow members, learn new photographic skills and hear about creative experiences in our area.

This upcoming season promises to sizzle. Don’t forget to pay your membership dues early so you don’t miss out on any of the fun. See you in September.

– Renee Schaefer & Karen Finkelman

MONTH	SPEAKER	JUDGE	TOPIC/THEME
September	Alain Gutierrez		Cuba
		Sandi Croan	Open
October	Don Rosenberger		Rust/Ruins
		Sarah Hood Solomon	Nature
November	Steve Rosenbach		Cityscapes
		Duane Heaton	Open
December	Burke Seims		State of the Camera Industry
		Janet Jeffers Little	Reflections
January	David W. Powell		Practical Lightroom
		John Hoover	Cityscapes
February	Earl Dotter		Life's Work, a 50 yr Photographic Chronicle of Working in the USA
		Mary Braman	Shadows
March	tbd		tbd
		Keith Chamberlain	Open
April	Aubrey Gemignani		NASA
		Kristi Odom	Open
May	tdb		tbd
		tbd	Monochrome

A PREVIEW OF THIS SEASON’S FIELD TRIPS

Our field trip coordinator, Phil Boyer, has provided the following table that includes this camera-year’s currently planned field trips and some notions still in process. Details on meetup times, leaders, etc will be published in that month’s Cable Release, eBlast, and Meetup announcements. If you have thoughts on field trips, or would like to volunteer to lead, please talk to Phil.

Date	Destination	Description
Sept 2	Maryland Renaissance Festival	Seniors Day. All seniors 62+ are admitted free.
Oct 6	Covered Bridges of Frederick County and Catoctin Furnace	http://Catoctinfurnace.org
Oct 19	Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show	>550 antique/classic cars displayed on the grounds of Glenview Mansion.
Oct 27	Maple Lawn Farms
tbd	Dickerson Whitewater Course
Nov 24 or 25	Race cars Potomac Motorcross	Summit Point Motorsports Park West VA
Dec 7	Street Photography Walk
Dec	National Zoo lights
Jan 12	Baltimore RR Museum
Feb 9	The Antique Center – Savage Mill	Large indoor area, with free parking, south of Columbia.
Mar 15	Dickerson Whitewater Course
Mar 28	Guinness Brewery Baltimore	Tours free, but guided tasting is $15, has restaurant on site
Apr 19	Dawn over the Potomac	Boat Launch Rock Creek Pkway & VA Ave
May 17	Annapolis Harbor	http://www.downtownannapolis.org/

CHANGING THE FILE SIZE AND FILE NAME FOR SSCC COMPETITIONS – BY DAVID TERAO

A number of SSCC members have been submitting images for Projected (digital) competitions that do not meet SSCC requirements. The issues happen for both the file naming requirements and for file size limitations. This is creating an extra burden for managing these competition images because our digital entry manager, David Terao, ends up doing this for you.

To remind you of the requirements, and to show you how to easily meet them, David has put together two articles on how to resize and rename files.

Windows users can use a free publicly available software product, IrfanView. (read more)

Mac users, who do not use Lightroom, can do the following. The program we will use is called Preview and is Mac’s flagship OS program for editing photos (The other two Mac photo programs are Image Capture and Photos). Preview can import photos directly from a digital camera or iPhone and is a useful tool for resizing and renaming images to meet SSCC competition requirements as well as converting images to other formats and making color correction, if necessary. (read more)

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT FUND

Its official name is the George DeBuchanne Community Service Project Fund, and it is a way for you to combine your love of photography and your interest in helping others. Its purpose is to award grants to club members to assist with a community-minded photography project.

Grant money is available all year long, so club members can apply for and receive a grant at any time.

You can be involved with the Community Service Project Fund in one of two ways:

– Apply for a grant for your own project.

Last year’s recipient was given a grant to help with the expenses of the Help Portrait project, in which matted family portraits were given to area families during the Holiday season. The possibilities for projects are limited only by your imagination.

If you would like to talk over a project you are considering, please contact David Blass at davidablass@gmail.com

-Donate to the Fund.

Any amount is welcome, and all the money will go into the Fund to support a Community-related project. Contact Bruce Schaefer, the Club Treasurer, to make a donation.

Follow the link below to download the full Guidelines and Application form for the Community Service Project Fund:

CSPF-Grant-App-revised-DB1 Download

NOVICE PRINT COMPETITIONS

In looking back at our monthly SSCC competitions over the past few seasons, a noticeable trend has emerged. While our “Novice” competitions have generally seen a healthy number of entrants in the Projected category, there has been a relative dearth of entrants in the Print category. We suspect the reason may be that many Novices have not yet taken the plunge to purchase their own photo printers. However, given the wealth of reasonably priced, high quality, online print services, the lack of a personal printer should not be an impediment to entering our print competitions. (Read More)

BOARD MEETINGS

The SSCC Board met on April 23, and also on May 23. The minutes are in the following links:

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS

We voted and filled the open Executive Council positions for the 2019-2020 club year on May 9. These are:

President: Catherine Honigsberg
Vice President: Open
Secretary: Maude Svensson
Treasurer: Bruce Schaefer
Directors: Bob Catlett, Michael Koren, and Pete Morton

The list of all officers and committee chairs can be found in the following link: SSCC Officers and Chairs

A big “thank you” to these folks who volunteer their time and energy to keeping our club running!

ELISE SHURIE WINS MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair was held between August 9-17 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The fair includes a photography contest each year, with categories under Department 74 in the following link. SSCC member Elise Shurie entered, and came away with three awards. She talks about her experience:

“I entered 4 pictures in the county fair for the 3rd or 4th time, and received some ribbons.
The fair was a lot of fun. The following picture was a fun opportunity I noticed while looking out the window at Ledo’s. I did this one with my cell phone.

**“Dinner in the Car” – 6th place in Humor/Novelty**

“Inside Out” was taken inside the snail-like architectural sculpture in the Glenstone Museum with a Canon Rebel 6si.

**“Inside Out” – 3rd place, B&W Architecture**

The beer montage was done under the influence. Just kidding, the Photoshopping was quite challenging! I loved the wonderful handles on the taps and couldn’t resist putting them in their place. Pics also done with Canon Rebel 6si. “

**“Drink Beer, Drink Here” – 2nd place in Montage**

END OF YEAR CELEBRATION – JUNE 13, 2019

The End of Year Celebration on June 13 was a great success! We had a potluck dinner at our regular meeting location in Fellowship Hall, mingled, and then handed out awards to recognize the year’s outstanding photographers. There were some excellent raffle prizes and door prizes. Here are a number of photos from our celebration, thanks to Andrew Rein and Norm Bernache.

We had a number of excellent door prizes that we are grateful for: coveted SSCC coffee mugs, Service Photo $, member-donated “Great Falls” by Roy Sewell books, a member-donated PSA membership, BayPhoto $, Luminar software + coupons, a “Venice” book , a Capital Photography coupon, $ from Dodge Chrome, and $ from American Art Makes A Frame! Raffles awarded an Essdras Suarez Photo Review and a pair of Washington Photo Safari trips.

Year End Celebration - June 13, 2019

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by Andrew Rein

MAY FIELD TRIP TO THE EMMITSBURG ANTIQUE MALL, MARYLAND

On May 11, SSCC members went to the Emmitsburg Antique Mall in northern Maryland. Emmitsburg Antique Mall is the 34,000 square foot home of over 120 booths filled with all kinds of antiques from furniture, figurines, pottery, toys, tools, books and much more.

We had lunch at the Carriage House Inn, and several of us stopped at the National Shrine Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes on our way back to the Silver Spring area.

Members Karen Finkelman, Sherm Edwards, and Dennis Freeman contributed some photos:

Emmitsburg Antique Mall Field Trip

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Karen Finkelman

FEATURES

A QUIZ ABOUT PSA – BY PETE MORTON

From “Nice Try” to “Unbelievable”, what is your knowledge of the PSA and what it can do for you? You may score more than a quiz result! (Read More)

MARYLAND PHOTOGRAPHY ALLIANCE MEMBER CLUB NEWS

See what other regional camera clubs are up to in news from the Maryland Photography Alliance: (Read More)

NORTH BETHESDA CAMERA CLUB INVITATION

Continuing its tradition of bringing great speakers and thought-provoking educational material to the photographic community, the North Bethesda Camera Club is pleased to announce:

FINDING YOUR VISION IN BLACK & WHITE:
WHAT THE MASTERS CAN TEACH US

Saturday, September 28, 2019
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Asbury Methodist Village
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

B&W photography is a fine art medium that actually affords greater creative opportunities than those available in color. Focusing on such elements as tone, texture, form, POV, visual metaphor, and philosophical influences, Leo Howard Lubow’s presentation will inspire you to refine both your eye and craft in finding your own special vision, whether you shoot in B&W or color.

Leo is a writer, educator, and award-winning photographer whose specialties include portraiture, promotional images, street photography and fine art prints, a sampling of which may be seen at http://lubowphotography.com. His October presentation before the Maryland Photography Alliance sold out, so act fast.

Event Cost: $69 for the public. A $20 Discount for MPA Club members is applied when you register using the code MPA_CLUB. Since our club is a member of MPA, your cost is $49.
Panera Box Lunch Cost: $10. There are no good options for going out for lunch, so either bring your own or order when you register. Bottled water included.

CONFERENCES AND EXPOS

PHOTOPLUS CONFERENCE & EXPO 2019

Oct. 24– Oct. 26, 2019
Javits Convention Center, New York City

PhotoPlus Expo is the largest photography and imaging show in North America. Nearly 20,000 professional photographers, photography enthusiasts, videographers, students and educators from around the world attend the conference and expo. PhotoPlus features over 100 educational seminars, workshops, Photo Walks and Master Classes, and over 200 exhibitors and brands displaying thousands of the latest products and services for you to touch, try and compare.

NATURE VISIONS 2019

November 1–3, 2019
Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas VA

Nature Visions Photography Expo is an annual event and is the premier photography expo in the Mid-Atlantic region. It is composed of a juried exhibit of nature photography, lectures and classes on all aspects of photography. This year, the Friday session will feature two guest speakers. Ralph Lee Hopkins of National Geographic will speak Friday morning. The afternoon will feature a return visit from Cole Thompson. The Saturday night speaker will be Amy Gulick. There will be over 300 winning nature photographs on display plus an exhibit of over 125 Fine Art photographs. There will be over twenty local and national vendors selling all manner of photographic supplies and equipment.

The Expo features several distinct types of training:

All Day Friday Seminar (included if you buy a 3-day Merchant Hall pass).
One-hour Lectures (included if you buy a Merchant Hall pass, also available separately). Including one by our own Michael Koren!
Multiple hands-on workshops for macro/flower and bird photography (purchased separately).
90-minute Lectures on a wide range of photography topics (purchased separately).
Keynote Address (included in the multi-day passes; also available separately).
Two 90-minute FREE sessions of Lightroom instruction (registration required).
Multiple FREE one-hour sessions for the beginning photographer (registration required).
20-minute Photographic Portfolio Review sessions (registration required).

For more information, and to register, go to NatureVisions.org

Don’t dilly dally – the best workshops and photo shoots sell out fast.

2019 PSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The 2019 Photographic Society of America Annual Conference will take place in Spokane, Washington between September 25 – 28, 2019, with tours starting in the morning of Sunday, September 22, and each day thereafter. Many tours are now sold out.

The conference includes three featured speakers, nine different tours offered over 18 opportunities, many talks and workshops, exhibition galleries, and a conference vendor area with conference prices.

Registration for the Spokane, Washington conference is currently closed online – you will be able to register at the conference itself. (Read More)

MEMBER ARTICLES

PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS BY SHERM EDWARDS

My grandfather, who lived next door until his death when I was about 8 and for whom I was named, had several hobbies about which he was passionate. Two were photography and bird watching. (Read More)

TWILITE POLO, SO HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED …. – BY BRUCE SCHAEFER

A recent Saturday afternoon promised good weather, so we looked around for company to go to polo with in VA. We found fellow members Marc and Lisa Auerbach at loose ends so we all packed a picnic and drove an hour to capture ponies and people at the Great Meadow in VA. (Read More)

KERNELS OF KOREN

My summer was busier than a selfie camera in Times Square. Since June, when the camera club season ended, I taught three different classes at Montgomery College, five classes at Capital Photography and spoke at NECCC in Amherst MA. Soon, I’m jetting off to Paris for a real belated vacation. (Read More)

LET’S GET STARTED – BRING IT ON HOME

– By David W. Powell

We all enjoy photographic expeditions… field trips, foreign and exotic places, bird and butterfly sanctuaries, industrial decay, etc. I do as well. However, many of my most popular shots were taken in my neighborhood and surroundings. As you encounter what is around you on a daily basis, you can react to the changing light and weather, trying this and that. (Read More)

iPHONE 8 PLUS CAMERA

Mobile phone cameras are getting more sophisticated and capable per Moore’s Law. They are so good now that they are taking significant business away from the big black camera industry.

The iPhone 8 Plus, for example, has dual 12-megapixel cameras on the rear. One of these is an optically stabilized f/1.8 wide-angle camera and the other is an f/2.8 telephoto camera that allows a 2x zoom without sacrificing quality. Apple says it has completely rebuilt the sensor, making it larger and faster, and there’s a new ISP (image signal processor) for better textures and colors. It has more dynamic range and better color saturation than its predecessors.

Member Anne Golfer recently upgraded to an iPhone 8 Plus (from a 6s) and she noticed that the new cell phone camera has many more capabilities than the first. She searched for articles on how to take advantage of all the new features and came across this very informative one. It may be of interest to see where the technology is now even if you don’t own one: iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-8-plus-camera

TO ASK OR NOT TO ASK, THAT IS THE QUESTION

Member Pete Morton found the following guide, written by street photographer Diane Wehr, on the subject of when or whether to ask for permission before taking a stranger’s picture:

StreetPhotographyAskOrNot.pdf

STREET-WALKING WITH ESSDRAS SUAREZ — BY BRUCE SCHAEFER

One Saturday in July, 10 of us met at the Einstein statue in DC for a course on street photography with Essdras Suarez, the camera ninja who has regaled us twice with presentations as our invited speaker. (Read more)

COMPETITION RESULTS

MONOCHROME COMPETITION – MAY 9

May’s competition was in the Monochrome Photography category. Ron Pfeiffer was our judge that evening. There are four main categories: Advanced Prints, Novice Prints, Advanced Projected (i.e. digital images), and Novice Projected. Awards are given for first, second, and third place, and multiple honorable mentions (HM) – the number of awards depends on the total number of entries in the category.

ADVANCED PRINTS

1st: Larry Gold – Lotus Leaves
2nd: David Terao – Reflections of the Chicago Skyline
3rd: Norm Bernache – Paratroop Jump
HM: Beth Koller – Simply Paper
HM: Bob Catlett – Steam Engine

Advanced Print ~ David Terao ~ Reflections of the Chicago Skyline

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This image was shot at the North Avenue Beach in Chicago just before sunset. The reflections of the Chicago skyline were captured in a huge, shallow puddle on the large limestone blocks along the lakefront as Lake Michigan is never so still. Taken with an Olympus PEN-F camera with Lumix 12-35 f/2.8 lens. 1/30 sec @f/11 and ISO 400.

NOVICE PRINTS

1st: Karen Finkelman – Checkered Light
2nd: Karen Finkelman – Engrossed
3rd: Jacob Abernathy – Glen Coe Stag

Novice Print ~ Karen Finkelman ~ Checkered Light

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Canon 77D w/Tamron 18-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/10, 1/160 sec, ISO 100. Sometimes nice surprises occur when you have a terrible sense of direction like I do. I was searching for my hotel on the streets of Havana, Cuba when I stumbled upon this professional photo shoot. Trying to be as unobtrusive as possible (hence the 400mm range), I was able to grab some shots without the photographers or model minding very much. Converted to monochrome in Snapseed.

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st: Sheryl Adams – Bassist in a Zone
2nd: Wendy Kates – What’s Your Angle?
3rd: David Blass – Joshua Tree NP Scene
HM: Kate Woodward – Fountain Reflections
HM: Beth Koller – At My Feet

Advanced Projected ~ Kate Woodward ~ Fountain Reflections

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This photograph was taken at City Hall in Philadelphia. I like both the color and monochrome versions; the black and white palette helps to emphasize the abstract patterns of the reflections. (1/60 sec. at f/2.8, 57mm [35-mm camera equivalent], ISO 32)

NOVICE PROJECTED

1st: Karen Finkelman – Luca
2nd: Dan Gottlieb – Sunset on Halong Bay
3rd: Karen Finkelman – Scary Doll
HM: Marc Auerbach – Big Tree
HM: Jacob Abernathy – Tile and Grout

Novice Projected ~ Karen Finkelman ~ Luca

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Canon 77D w/Tamron 18-400mm lens @ 71mm, f/5, 1/160 sec, ISO 100. This is my cat, Luca, soaking up the last rays of the afternoon sun.

END OF THE YEAR COMPETITION FOR 2018-2019: JUNE 13, 2019

The End of the Year Competition winners represent the independent judging of member-selected projected and print entries from monthly club competitions in the 2018-2019 season. There are four main categories: Advanced Prints, Novice Prints, Advanced Projected, and Novice Projected. Awards are given for first, second, and third place, and multiple honorable mentions – the number of awards depends on the total number of entries in the category. Two special awards are given as well: the Len Tuchin Award for Best in Show, and the Joyce Bayley Award for Best in Show, Nature.

Photographers of the Year are awarded in the categories of Advanced Prints, Novice Prints, Advanced Projected, and Novice Projected for the members that earn the most points during the year in those categories.

Star Awards for Photographic Excellence are given to members that earn multiples of 35 points. This year we have Star Awards from one star through four stars.

For members that achieve 200, 400, or 800 points earned in competition, the designation of Master, Grand Master, and Hall of Fame is awarded, respectively.

A Service Award is given to the member receiving the most board votes recognizing service to the club during the year.

This year we have added a recognition to members with five or more years of club membership. This is the Milestone Award.

YEAR-END COMPETITION WINNERS

NOVICE PRINTS

HM: Renee Schaefer Royals
HM: Dennis Freeman On the Rocks
HM: Lisa Auerbach Salty Old Cowhand
3rd: Bruce Schaefer Ghost Rider
2nd: Karen Finkelman Engrossed
1st: Catherine Honigsberg Coat of Arms