Issue
No. 19
www.soundexposure.org
Monthly Quote:
"Breaking
the rules is one of the greatest sources of growth and will always result in
lots of criticism from the small minded."
Brooks Jensen,
Editor
LensWork
Magazine ~
This month's
meeting is
~ Slide Night
~
From the
editor's desk:
Welcome to the October Edition of the Sound Exposure
Photography Club's Newsletter. As you can see, this month is Slide Night. Bring no
more than two slides, duplicates where possible instead of your originals.
Lable them clearly.
We hope to
bring the membership through these pages, a treasury of ideas, direction,
artwork, offerings and support. ~
Comments:
There are two types of black
and white photographs. The first, formed by using black and film or turning your digital to
black and white mode and photogaphing your original in black and white. The
second is the conversion of a color image to black and white using the computer
and a photo editing software program. Both approaches are complicated.
For
quite a few, black and white is now the medium of choice for fine art
photography and prints. Black and white photography is about the
"simplicity and subtlety of tone and shadow" which some measure as
triumphs over color's distraction. Color is about the real world, but black and
white allows one to interpret that reality and draw the viewer's attention to
the tonality of our world. It has been said many times, black and white
photography is harder to produce than color.
This edition of the
newsletter will be dedicated to black and white imaging.
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:
It
was recently requested the club's charter be added to the NL. You find this information
at the end of the NL. Note; The Sound Exposure Photograph Club
was started by nine members in 1997, who wanted to create a club with no
governing board, bylaws or quorums. All decisions are made by membership votes.
Now there are over 90 memebers and we continue to be a great gathering place
for photographers.
Paul Weyn should be drinking
his champagne! He recently accepted awards for his duck images, American Wigeon #1 and
American Wigeon #2 at the Kitsap County Fair. Paul's images took
The Scavenger Hunt was a big success. Charles
Faskow, the curator of this annual event reported there were 15 participants
this year. The weather was a plus also. The film has been processed and each slide
is now being examined. Further details as they become available.
From Janice: Your prints need to be picked up
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:
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
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
November
15 December ??
All
meeting nights are Wednesday starting at
SEPC Member
News:
Chuck Snow has reason to be excited
these days. His work and a short biography will be published in the December
edition of B&W Magazine. Out of 30,000 photographs, Chuck's work rose to
the top. Chuck will remain his humble self through all of this. Can we assume
he will begin teaching classes on black and white imaging? Pick up the December
edition of Black and White Magazine B&W For Collectors of Fine Photography,
for a wonderful tour of Chuck's work. You can also check out the magazine on
the web at; http://www.bandwmag.com/index.html to
find out about their 2007 Portfolio Contest. Chuck can be reached at; reactionpro@hotmail.net
SEPC
Gallery News:
Our
next change out is scheduled for November 5th, Sunday from
Remember that any SEPC
member can hang their work. This is a benefit of your club membership. You can
contact Richard Ferre at ferremapa@comcast.net
if you have questions or special hanging requests.
We
hope you have a chance to visit the gallery and view all of this month's great
work.
SEPC Field
Trip News:
Here
is the field trip info for October:
Where:
http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/
for fall colors.
When: Saturday October 28
Meet:
What to Bring: Dress for the weather and comfortable walking shoes.
Wide angle lenses, telephoto lenses, macro lenses, tripod, cable release,
polarizing filter, snack food, water and a sack
lunch.
Date is subject to change depending on how the colors are doing and you will
be contacted by email if any change is necessary. If you hear of any
information concerning how the colors are doing and times, etc. at the
Arboretum, please do contact me.
John Woods
keoni37@comcast.net
(253)565-1729
SEPC
Workshop and Education News:
SEPC
Treasury Report:
August 2006
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SEPC
Classifieds:
Roy Burnett is selling one of his
lenses. It's the 24-120 VR. Price is $375. Contact Roy or Sue at 253-853-1665.
Ed Haughawout, a retired photographer from
1.
Overhead Rail system (4 Cross Rails & 2 Spring Lifts
2.
3.
4 – 2x3 Soft Boxes
4.
1 2x3 Gerry Register Soft Box
5.
1 Hair light strip light & louvers for all light
6.
1 Photogenic 600 power strobe
7.
1 Mono light Strobe
8.
1 Flash master power pack
9.
8 Light Stands
10.
1 Boom
11.
2 Copy stands
12.
Other small items
Local
Workshop and Education News:
Local
Organization News:
The Northwest Council of
Camera Clubs
has scheduled their next conference for November 17-19 in Port Townsend at
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:
Youth In Focus, is a non-Profit
organizaton helping urban teens make positive changes in their lives through
the use of photoraphy. The American Society of Media Photographers is helping
to sponsor Photographers In Focus, a lecturing series of events scheduled
through the month of October. For further information, you can contact Youth In
Focus at 206-723-1479 or visit their website at; http://www.youthinfocus.org/infocus/invite/
The Seattle Asian Art Museum
will
exhibit Vik Muniz, "representational art; his photographs tread the line
between reality and illusion, representation and abstraction, ideas and image,
means and ends." Call 206-654-3100 or Visit: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibit.asp?WHEN=UPCOMING
Internet
Discoveries:
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
digital
black and white printing
http://www.bythom.com/bandw.htm digital
conversions by Thom Hogan
http://www.pcphotomag.com/content/2006/oct/black_white.shtml PC
Photo article. Scroll down to download the PDF version.
Photo News:
Local Photojournalist, Dean
Rutz of the
Seattle Times has returned to work after a long absence. Read his story: http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/08/rutz.html
Remember Time Magazine's darkening of O. J. Simpson's
mug shot? There have been a plethora of incidents where photographers have
falsified their images for the news. Read the story: http://lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/31/1552204&from=rss
A new webzine on Photography
entitled,
The Art of Seeing is now online. The editors are asking for submissions. Check
out: http://www.artofseeing.charlesdias.net/
Congress, in their infinite
wisdom has decided to rewrite some of the Copyright Act of 1976. Known as the Orphan Works
Act of 2006, this resolution could dramatically affect your rights to ownership
of your photography.
Check
out the resolution at: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5439:
Equipment
News:
Looking for a wide format
camera?
Check out the Sietz 6x17 Digital Panorama Camera at; http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm
It looks like Canon is
releasing yet another camera! The latest offering is the EOS 400D. Is there no end
to this?
Visit:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082416canoneos400drebelxti.asp
Check out the medium format
Mamiya ZD, a 22-million pixel digital back. The
back, intended for use with their 645AF-camera body provides 35mm ease of use
with medium format sized files. Visit: http://www.mamiya.com/cameras.asp?id=1&id2=2107
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 give them a try. Thank you for those who have made purchases
with AFC. Every dollar you spend helps the club.
Check out: www.americanframe.com.
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
You
can also email her at cgunst@lightimpressions.com
Photo Of
the Month:
This month we offer a
black and white conversion. Hope you enjoy!
"Dingy"
by Gregory david Stempel
This
photograph was taken using a Nikon D1x and then converted to black and white
using Adobe Photoshop CS2.
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:
The most classic technique for learning black and white
photography is tone interpretatioin. Our eyes can not see in black and white.
Our brain stuggles to convert the colorful world to black and white.
Understanding how to interpret tones is critical to quality black
and white imagery.
Using
film dictates knowing without hesitation all aspects of the infamous Zone
System, the brainchild of Ansel Adams. Placing tones on this scale simplifies
the interpretations ot tone required to portray your subect in black and white
tones.
In digital,
the zone system still applies but an added aspect to the complexity is the
histogram. The histogram is a great asset in shooting black and white as it
speaks only in highlights, midtones and shadows.
Adding
further to this complex set of details is the function of the two preceedures
in effecting tone interpretation. The Zone System uses ten zones or scale steps
to convert your image to black and white but histograms in your camera only use
five, yet each step includes as much as 50 different brightness levels.
Anyone
telling you shooting in black and white seems easy isn't a photographer.
Photoshop
Techniques, Tips and Insights:
A myriad of approaches are
available to
the photographer for producing black and white images using photoshop including
the Channel Mixer, the Lightness Channel, converting to Greyscale, using
adjustment layers and more.
A
little know method is called the "calculations method" found in the
calculations dialogue. Open any image that you would like to convert to black and
white. Under Image select Calculations. Calculations uses two color channels
blended together to create your black and white conversion. Play with source
one or source two or both to find that ideal interpretation.
Also check out; http://www.sutterphoto.com/tips/bw.htm for
more information on converting color to black and white.
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: doug_sala@comcast.net
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
Email:
aj@kajmonty.com
Projectionist: Lional Kam
Refreshments:
Email: jcamp19022@aol.com
Critiques: Marion Leyrer
Well that's it
for now. I
hope you've 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 ~
“SOUND EXPOSURE PHOTO
CLUB”
What
makes a great photographer or what makes a photographer’s pictures so great? Is
it the quality of the photograph, the lighting, the composition, or the photographer’s
equipment? At “Sound Exposure Photo Club” we can help you answer these
questions. We have several experienced photographers who are willing to help
the beginner capture those outstanding photographs.
Nine
club members founded Sound Exposure Photo Club in 1997, to date we currently
have over eighty members.
Sound
Exposure Photo Club is associated with the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs
(NWCCC), we are not affiliated with any other organization such as: P.S.A.,
P.P.A., etc. This club was formed on the basis that it is solely dedicated to
helping our membership learn more about photography, and to have fun doing it.
Our main purpose is to enjoy photography by sharing our knowledge, photos, and
scheduled field trips.
Our
club meetings generally involve the showing and critiquing of photographic
images, which are provided by club members. Slides, prints or digital images
are used at our meetings, for convenience, so all members and those doing the
critiquing are viewing the images at the same time.
However,
members are not solely required to use one type of camera format. Your choice
of digital, 35mm or medium format cameras used is up to each individual.
In
order to show your work; slides must be in a standard 2” x 2” format. For the
print enthusiasts our prints may either be color or black and white. All prints
must be mounted and no less than 8" x 10". Mounted and framed prints
are not accepted for critiquing. We have set aside three months for viewing of
your digital workflow. Again, camera format of any type is welcome.
We
offer to teach those who are beginning in this wonderful hobby, whatever we
know, photographically. We are all always, learning!
Once
a month we have a photo field trip, excluding the winter months (December,
January, February, and March) due to bad weather. During January, February, and
March we schedule photo workshops.
PHOTO SUBJECT MATTER
A
word of caution on photo subject matter. Since we are a public organization,
meeting on public property, and our membership is open to all ages (we actively
seek and welcome the younger generations as members), we do not allow slides or
photographs containing any nudity or graphic violence.
FIELD TRIPS AND WORKSHOPS
Field
trips are planned during the spring and summer months. Field trips are held
monthly alternating between Saturdays and Sundays, to accommodate all members.
They are always loads of fun, with-a-great deal of knowledge and camaraderie
being shared between the participants.
Workshops
are generally held during the late fall and winter months so your zest for
photography can be fed during the periods of poor weather. These are usually
held on Saturdays at the Peninsula Library. Subject matter is widely varied. In
the past we have had workshops on portrait lighting, use of filters, bird
photography, mat cutting etc.
Sound
Exposure Photo occasionally has guest speakers and we welcome anyone to attend.
CLUB STRUCTURE
When
“Sound Exposure Photography Club” was formed, we wanted a club that was
different from any other club within the area. We, therefore, decided that the
club would be run totally on a democratic basis. What this simply means is that
we have no governing board or bylaws and that the club is run on a membership
vote. There are no quorums. At any club meeting the membership attending that
meeting can vote and by a simple majority change any aspect of the club, and
hypothetically, its entire structure and direction. In short, we intentionally
run a very loose ship!
Annual
dues are $20 for single and $25 for family, to be paid in full January of each
year. New members joining after the first quarter, your dues will be prorated
accordingly.
Please
contact the Treasurer
Thank
you for taking the time to viewing this information and we hope to see you at
one of the clubs meetings.
Sound
Exposure Photo meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month, at