www.soundexposure.org
Monthly Quote:
"To look
at a thing is very different from seeing it."
Oscar Wilde ~
This month's
meeting is
~ Digital
Night ~
From the
editor's desk:
Welcome to the July Edition of the Sound Exposure
Photography Club's Newsletter. As you can see this month is Digital Night. You may
place up to four images on a CD or DVD and give them to Roy Burnett. Contact
We hope to
bring the membership through these pages, a treasury of ideas, direction,
artwork, offerings and support. ~
Comments:
I
have yet to receive any comments about changing the release date of our
newsletter. Therefore one could assume this raises little concern with our
membership. So, beginning with the August edition, watch for your newsletter to
be released on the 1st of each month. Now if I can only remember this fact.
_grin
Remember we
are a community of photographers, and support is at the very heart of our club.
So do not hesitate to provide your suggestions on how to make our site,
newsletter or any of our other activities better for all of our member
photographers. ~
SEPC News:
Due to unforeseen
circumstances
This Year's Scavenger Hunt has been scheduled for Saturday,
September 23rd. Location will be announced at the August club meeting. Get the
dogs out and gear up for the hunt!
SEPC's Annual Christmas
Party needs
a curator.
Janice Bell has put together another
opportunity for club members to hang their work at the Lakewood Raquet Club for
September through October. Contact Janice at janicebell7@msn.com
for details.
Gallery 10 at the Rochester Institute
of Technology, an Internet photography gallery continues to feature a few of
the club member's artwork and a brief look at our club. Members on display
include, Chuck Snow, Leon Barber, Janice Bell,
Visit
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/cgi-bin/gallery-10
Refreshments: This is a reminder for those who volunteer to bring
refreshments for the club meetings. Save
Your Receipts and hand them into the club treasurer.
In addition, a note from the
Refreshment Chair; for those of you who enjoy the refreshments please donate a little $$
to help offset the clubs expense. Remember a little goes a long way. And think
about volunteering to bring in goodies. ~
SEPC Club
Meeting Dates for 2006
July
26 August 23
September
27 October 25
November
15 December
??
All
meeting nights are Wednesday starting at
SEPC Member
News:
No new memberships were added this month. Member Count: 100
SEPC
Gallery News:
The
Gallery's next change out date is July 30th starting at 1pm. John Cahill will
hold the honors of Featured Photographer. It will be exciting to see
An
exciting turn of events occurred recently at Kimball's. The Gateway Newspaper
voted Kimball's Gallery and Coffee the
Remember that any SEPC
member can hang their work. This is a benefit of your club membership.
We
hope you have a chance to visit the gallery and view all of this month's great
work. ~
SEPC Field
Trip News:
John
Woods has again put together a great field trip for club
members. This time join everyone at the NW Wildlife Trek Park on July 29th.
Everyone will meet at the
SEPC
Workshop and Education News:
The 4x5 Club hosted by your favorite
veteran club member, Don Thompson. Learn large format technique and exercise. Contact Don at vett3@comcast.net
for further details.
Unfortunately, Roundtable
Discussions have been on hold. If you would like to volunteer to host this
educational forum please contact Don Thompson for details. We need your
support! ~
SEPC
Treasury Report
TREASURERS REPORT
May 2006
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CHECKING |
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Beginning Balance: |
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$1847.02 |
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Credits: |
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$ 88.00 |
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Debits: |
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($ 27.00) |
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ENDING BALANCE: |
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$1908.02 |
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Credits: |
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Deposit 05-15 – Membership, Refreshments |
$16.00 |
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Deposit 05-30 – Membership, Refreshments |
$72.00 |
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Sub Total |
$88.00 |
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Debits: |
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Sheila Fraser – Books from Camera Swap Meet |
$21.02 |
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US Post Office – Newsletter postage |
$ 6.00 |
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Sub Total |
$27.00 |
SEPC
Classifieds:
Louise Champan is selling her D70 outfit;
everything is in new condition, with not a mark on anything, original boxes and
all documentation including User Guide, etc.
D70
camera body, Nikkor 18-70mm F/3.5 - 4.5 ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom lens, Haze filter,
Scandisk 512 Mb CF card, En-EL3 battery, Battery Charger, USB cable, Shoulder
Strap, Rubber eye cup, Remote control ML-L3, Lowepro TZL 1 carrying case, $900
and I'll pay shipping in the USA.
Janice Bell is selling one
of her lenses, a Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD IF Aspherical for $450. Filter
size is 77mm. The lens can be used for 35mm film. ~
Local
Workshop and Education News:
Tacoma
Commuity College is offering summer workshops in
photography. Visit their website at; http://www.tacomacc.edu/thegallery/
Nisqually
Refuge has hosted a guided tour with Gene Sien,
renowned wildlife photographer. The final
hike's date is listed below. The group will meet at the flagpole at
Sien, raised in the Northwest, graduated from
His early photography was done with a simple Kodak
box camera, advancing through various formats until he recently switched to
digital photography. His work has been showcased
in locations such as the state Capitol, private galleries through the state,
and Providence St. Peter Hospital in
The refuge is located off Interstate 5 at Exit 114.
Follow the signs to the refuge entrance from the freeway. Pets are not allowed
in the refuge, and the standard $3 fee per-family entrance applies.
For more information, contact Dave Falzetti at
360-753-9467 or david_falzetti@fws.gov.
Wildlife
Photography Walk
Saturday,
August 5,
Local
Organization News:
The Northwest Council of
Camera Clubs
held their most recent meeting on July 8th in
For more information on
NWCCC activities, visit their website at: http://www.nwcameraclubs.org/
Alternatively, write them
at:
NWCCC
The Nature Photographers of
the Pacific Northwest meet twice a year, rotating meeting sites.
Their Fall 2006 meeting is scheduled for November 4th
in the Seattle/Olympia,
For more
information about NPPNW
Contact Larry Rosenkoetter,
(
E-mail: larry@nppnw.org
or visit their website at www.NPPNW.org ~
Local
Events Calendar:
Internet
Discoveries:
http://www.chainstyle.com/index.html Photoshop and web resource
page.
http://www.darinboville.com/
Landscape Photography by Darin Boville
http://www.loundy.org/commoncents/ This month's article; Stock News
Photo News:
On June 6th, Master Portrait
Photographer
Mr.
Newman was considered one of the greatest "environmental" portrait
photographers of our times. He photographed such greats as Pablo Picasso, Igor
Stravinsky, Berenice Abbott, Salvadore Dali and hundreds more. To read more on
this great photographer go to http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/06/newman.html
Building the worlds biggest camera out of a hanger and pinhole? Check this out: http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002502150
~
Equipment
News:
Epson has been named in a
class action suit and has decided to settle. Anyone who purchased an Epson printer
between
Please
visit http://www.epsonsettlement.com/index.htm for
details.
Read the judgement carefully, it does
require you to provide a good deal of personal information for a small gain. ~
Business
News:
The Alliance Program recently sent the club a check from American Frame Corporation. This contribution is based upon 5% of our
member’s purchases. For your framing needs and to benefit Sound Exposure
Photography Club, visit www.americanframe.com.
Thank you for those who have
made purchases with AFC. Every dollar
you spend helps the club.
Light Impressions offers a 15% discount to
club members. To get your discount you must place your order with Christine
Gunst at Light Impressions and mention KEY CODE B6342. Christine can
be reached at 1-800-411-7038, ext. 2488.
She is available Monday – Friday from
Photo Of the Month:
This month we are
adding a special offering of images by Jim Palmer. Hope you enjoy!
Image
No. 1 (from left) is a Song Sparrow. Image No. 2 is a Blackbird and the third
image is wild Lupin. Thanks Jim!
If you would
like to display your latest masterpiece please email me. You can send your
images as JPEG files at 96 dpi and 640 x 480 pixels in size or mail them on CD
to Editor-SEPC Newsletter, 3715 75th Ave. CT. NW, Gig Harbor, WA. 98335 ~
Photographic
Techniques, Tips and Trips:
One
of the "art of seeing" techniques often overlooked is perspective. We
can easily change a lens from wide to a telephoto or something in between. But
what happens to the background or foreground. With a wide angled lense the
background seems far away, maybe too small to appreciate. You can move the
background closer by changing to a longer focal length and moving the camera. Try this technique; using a long zoom lense
start as it's widest focal length. As you zoom
tighter, move the camera closer to your foreground subject and watch what
happens to the background. ~
Photoshop
Techniques, Tips and Insights:
Can anyone tell me which key
on your keyboard is the Tilde Key? While working in curves you
can easily change from one channel to another. To access the
Red Channel hit Control 1 (Command 1 for Mac users) or Control 2 for green
(Command 2 for Mac) or Control 3 for Blue. To return to the RGB composit
channel, just hit Control and the Tilde Key (Command Tilde for Mac) which is
the little ~ you see in the lower left of your keyboard. ~
Support our
Local photo and print retailers:
Robi’s
Camera Center & Quik-Color Lab,
10015
Gravelly
Kimball
Espresso Gallery
Board
Members email address and phone numbers:
President: Brian Page
Email: bnc.page@centurytel.net
Phone:
253-858-9420
Chairperson: Roy Burnett
Email:
roynsueb@comcast.net
Treasurer:
Email: goldrg1@netzero.com
Phone:
253-581-0392
Editor: Gregory Stempel
Email: fyrframe@centurytel.net
Phone:
253-265-6004
Secretary: Collette Barbee
Email:
cbarbee@co.pierce.wa.us
Hospitality: We Need A Volunteer
Field Trips: John Woods
Email:
keoni37@comcast.net
Scavenger Hunt: Jack Falskow and Jim Bickley
Email:
jack@falskow.com
Gallery: Richard Ferre
Email: ferremapa@comcast.net
Webmaster A.J. Montgomery
Projectionist: Lional Kam
Refreshments: Janet Wilcox
Email: jcamp19022@aol.com
Critiques: Marion Leyrer
Well that is
it for now.
I hope you enjoyed reading through your newsletter. I would like to reiterate
this is your club and your
newsletter. If you have any ideas to make your club a better community, please
contact any of the board members.
Photography
has always been and remains multifaceted; it tells us stories of life,
providing insight, pleasure and pain. I am always amazed at the ease in which
photography can effect emotion and connection.
It is written,
that on July 4th in 1862, as a result of a controversy surrounding copyright
issues during a recent art show, the French Court declared that photography be
legally accepted as fine art.
I want to
thank the French for their marvelous insight.
We look forward to hearing from you. ~
~ Frame 36 ~
NWCCC Meetings Minutes for
The Mountaineers,
Members Present:
Hal Muhrlein, Al Koskie, Bala Dodoye Alali, Edric Daida, Dave Simmerman, Wes
Kirkpatrick, Donna Butler, Joani Easterlund, Cornelia Kirkpatrick
Call to order: Quorum
present
Secretary report:
Approved as read. Val Henschel. 2nd Al Koskie
Financial Report:
Expense: $200.00 to Sam Rijancich for
storage. Deposit of
$1.50 Interest. Balance: 2029.37
Correspondence:
None
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Website:
Dave Simmerman reported the Website is down and the provider is not responding
at this time. Dave reports we may have to find a new provider. He hopes it will be up in 7-10 days.
A
motion by Val Henschel 2nd Al Koskie to present the Best of the NW
images on the web. Passed. John Davis will forward these images to Dave
Simmerman.
Newsletter/communications:
No action. Vacancy.
Liaison to Councils: No report
Chapters
PSA Janet
Rapelje
Print Director: Sam Ruljancich
Traveling Show: The years Traveling Show is almost complete. Sam will do a reminder for points and
forwarding of images. The rules for the
end of the year will be posted on the web.
Sam will have a report on the club awards at the Sept mtg.
Postcard: Valerie Henschel
Need more entries. Suggestions on how to display the images at
the Conference are needed. Val would like both sides of the card to be
displayed. Photo sleeves are currently
used.
Slide Director: Jim Haney
No report
Three Up Open
Annual Creative Janet Rapelje
Annual Open Janet
Wright
Rix Showcase Jim Martin
Summer Slide Scavenger Hunt Jim
Haney
Annual Awards: John Davis
John will have information for clubs to nominate
members for the Hall of Fame and Progress Awards in early August. Please keep this in mind for this year
nominations.
Digital Director: Shawn Schweitzer
No report
Conference 2006: Al Koskie
Pre-registration:
$35.00 Late registration $40.00
Registration: NWCCC
Ø
Facilities: We have the
Ø Vendors: Al has tentative replies from
about 6 vendors for participation and door prizes. We are hoping for Sony to bring their new
digital camera. Wacom, Epson, and
Microsoft are other possible vendors.
Epson has requested 100 participants.
Ø Seminars Proposed schedule is in
progress. Speakers are Bob Stahl, (Poetic
Eye) Keith Lazalle (Keynote?), Karyl Kolb (Critique and composition) and Paul
Levy (Color management). These speakers
offer a wide variety to the program.
Keynote Speaker and special
events to be planned. The presenters
have expressed working as a team for the Conference in program presentation.
Other program presentation
is “This is PSA” by John Davis and Janet Rapelje and Val Henschel “Postcard
from Your Photos”. Plans for field trips
are in progress.
Hal, Joani and Al will meet
to set schedule. Al will contact
speakers and try to confirm what their presentations involve. It was suggested we have a Fri night open
house for the community with Keynote Bob Stahl and have a small fee for
attendance. Guess this depends on the
schedule.
Ø Silent Auction Need Leader
Ø Surplus items including
extension cords, 6 carousel-shipping cases, projection stand will be available
at the silent auction. The surplus item
of a Telex viewer will go for bids to Clubs.
Hal will monitor this sale.
Ø
Publicity Edric Daida
Edric
will give direction on distribution of flyers, announcements etc of the
Conference. The concern is to reach out
core audience of Council members. A
vested effort will be made to improve this over last year. A rack card will be formatted for early
distribution presentation. Second
distribution will be a trifold information sheet containing detailed info on
the Conference. Target for rack cards is
in July. Hard copies are encouraged by
Council Clubs to give to their members for promo. Val H reported to place a registration form
in their hands works best. Promotion for
club participation is suggested.
Joani Easterlund will
monitor support and formatting of materials.
Judges Pool: Hal Muhrlein
No request has been made for
judges. If you are interested in this
service, contact Hal with bio.
Nominating: John Davis
Officers
are needed for the coming year. Hal
Muhrlein has declined re-election.
CLUB REPORTS
The Club celebrated the
Annual Banquet and Awards with slide entries taking most of the honors. They will be moving into the digital format
in the coming year. New officers were
elected.
The Society had their Annual
Banquet with awards and election of officers.
The exhibit at the
Mountaineers: Bala Dodoye Alali
They had a successful year
and election of officers and closing events are scheduled.