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Park West
PHOTO NOTES
March 2021
Camera Club
This Issue
Volume 86 • Issue 7
Club News…………………..…..…2 - 26
Photography News………………27 - 39
Exhibits, Workshops, Etc….….…40 - 48
Schedule of Activities……..….….49 - 53
Complete Index………………….….…54
Over 50 members’ images inside!
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1
Park West Camera Club
Club Officers
The Park West Camera Club is an independent
not-for-profit corporation. Guests are always President Ed Lee
welcome.
V. President Michael Schleiff
The PWCC newsletter, Photo Notes, is published
Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine
every month by and for the members of the Park
West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle
with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are
available to nonmembers by email at no charge. Treasurer Maria Fernandez
Printed issues are available at PWCC meetings.
Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine
Submissions of full-length articles or smaller
items of photographic or general interest are Committee Chairs
always accepted. The staff of Photo Notes
Archive Inactive
reserves the right to edit any submissions
which are published. Competition John Brengelman
Photo Notes is optimized for viewing digitally. Hedy Klein
Field Trip Susan Sigrist
Contact Information Paul Grebanier
Website Gallery Vacancy
www.parkwestcameraclub.org
House Marty Smith
E-Mail Address
Membership Marlene Schonbrun
pwccny@aol.com
Elena Pierpont
Club Mailing Address
Newsletter Chuck Pine
319 West 16 Street, #1 NY, NY 10011
Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn
Photo Notes Mailing Address
680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025 Social Natalie Manzino
Website Michael Schleiff
Christine Doyle
Workshop Vacancy
Cover Photo
Church with Turret
by Chuck Pine ©2019
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2
CLUB President’s Message chatting started earlier, at 11:30
a.m.) with 36 members’ images
I wanted to speak about how being shown and receiving
the Sierra Club has caught up feedback and “awards.” The
to today’s “Cancel Culture” PWCC members gave personal
and disavowed its founder, statements about themselves
John Muir—but it will have to and their work while Chuck
wait for another day. Pine gave an oral history of the
I hope this message finds It’s too early to see if the Club. PPS recorded the Zoom
you well as a number of our City’s economy and vibrancy meeting so those not able to
members have received their can get going again and take attend can see the program in
Covid-19 vaccines and many a step in the right direction the future.
businesses especially restau- despite contradictory official Likewise, at the upcoming
rants (at 25% capacity) have statements about correct. March 22nd meeting, we will
reopened. Real estate and behavior and many politicians’ see work from Pretoria PS and
tourism have been hit hard. A personal disregard for them! also record that session. A
real domino effect. People have Now, let’s talk about some- number of members praised
left the Big Apple for other thing nice! Many of our mem- and thanked the PPS for
states with less onerous rules bers joined a Zoom conference helping to organize this image
and isolation; businesses have with the Pretoria Photographic exchange. Kudos to all!
realized, with employees Society. The presentation was
working from home, that they held the Tuesday after our last
do not need so much office competition at 12 noon (chit- Continued on page 12
space. With the commercial
and home markets contracting,
moratoriums and reduced Photo Notes
rents will not be able to gener-
Publisher: Ed Lee
ate monies to pay overhead,
mortgages and taxes. A closed Editor: Chuck Pine
Broadway and other tourist Committee: Will Aimesbury, Madeleine Barbara, Elsa
sites leave hotels, restaurants, Blum, Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Gladys Hopkowitz,
shopping, transportation, and Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Elena Pierpont, Helen Pine, and
furloughed employees in a Judy Rosenblatt
bad place. These businesses
Contributors: Bill Apple, John Brengelman, Elayne Dix
are unable to make their
Ed Lee, Chuck Pine, Helen Pine, Marty Smith, and
mortgage and tax payments
Alice Somma
as well. I see at least 25-33%
of stores in Midtown Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro
Manhattan closed and for using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop.
lease. Lack of taxes from All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise
dining, lodging, and shopping believed to be in the public domain.
creates havoc with city finance.
Credited images remain the sole property of their
And don’t forget those
copyright holders—all rights reserved.
unemployment payments!
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3
CLUB
2020 Winter/Spring PWCC Schedule April
5 Competition #7 (Moshe Katvin)
December 7 Submission Deadline (You Be the Judge)
7 Competition #3 (Antonio Rosario) 12 Expanding Visions 27 (Intro)
14 Expanding Visions 26—Review 19 Guest Speaker (Richard Martin)
21 Theme Night—The Holidays 26 You Be the Judge 2
28 Winter Holiday
May
January 3 Competition #8 (Rifka Katvin)
4 Competition #4 (Kathy Baca) 10 Expanding Visions 27 (Review)
11 Photoshop Summit Video 17 Guest Speaker (Lisa Langell)
18 Guest Speaker (Anne Lawver) 24 ExCom/Business Meeting #4
25 Theme Night (Color Purple) 31 No Meeting (memorial Day)
31 Submission Deadline (Image Exchange)
June
February 7 Year-End Competition (TBA)
1 Competition #5 (Kay Kenny) 14 Otto Litzel Memorial Dinner ???
8 Workshop (Macro/Close-up)
15 Guest Speaker (Thomas Holton)
All the above activities will be conducted
22 Theme Night (Before/After)
virtually using the Zoom software program.
March This software may be downloaded and used
1 Competition #6 (Susan May Tell) at no charge to our members. As soon as it
8 Photoshop Summit Video is deemed safe to hold our meetings and
15 Guest Speaker (Christy McNamara) other activities at the Soho Photo Gallery,
22 Image Exchange (Pretoria, SA) in the field, or elsewhere, we will endeavor
29 ExCom/Business Meeting #3 to do so.
Zooming The Club is using Zoom To download Zoom, go
software to conduct all its to
Zoom is a web-based video meetings during the corona- and click on the “Download”
conferencing software tool virus pandemic. An email button. It’s that simple!
that allows users to meet will be sent to all PWCC Non-members who
online. Zoom is compatible members prior to virtual would like to join our Club
with Macs, Windows, meetings. This email will meetings may request the
smartphones, and tablets. contain the link to join the link by sending an email to
Zoom software is free to meeting. All you have to do
download to your devices. is click on the link.
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4
Images of the Month
CLUB
March 2021
by John Brengelman
PDI-of-the-Month
Flower
© Karen Corrigan
PDI-of-the-Month
Flower
© Karen Corrigan
Honor PDIs
Sands of Time by Madeleine Barbara
Roy’s Route 66 by Remy Deyglun
Bowl #2 by Doris King
The Honor PDIs are
NYC Cafe by Jeffrey Langford
shown on the following
Mother Dahlia with Kids #2 by Veronica Saunders
three pages.
Cleaning the Tracks by Marlene Schonbrun
Amicizia by Alice Somma
Still Standing by Howard Stevens
Old Grist Mill Snowed
by Laura Toledo
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5
CLUB
A with Honors
Mother Dahlia with Kids #2
© Veronica Saunders
A with Honors
Bowl #2
© Doris King
A with Honors
Old Grist Mill Snowed
© Laura Toledo
Continued on next page
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CLUB
A with Honors
Cleaning the Tracks
© Marlene Schonbrun
A with Honors
Amicizia
© Alice Somma
A with Honors
Still Standing
© Howard Stevens
Continued on next page
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CLUB
A with Honors
Sands of Time #1
© Madeleine Barbara
A with Honors
Roy’s Route 66
© Remy Deyglun
A with Honors
NYC Café
© Jeffrey Langford
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8
Cumulative Point Totals
CLUB
Submitting Images
through March 2021
by John Brengelman The Club has over a dozen
activities this year which ask
Paul Grebanier 90 Marty Smith 56
you to submit images. These
Julie Wosk 90 Jay Bitkower 54
include competitions, theme
Natalie Manzino 88 Eloise Huni 54
nights, workshops, classes,
Laura Toledo 84 Larry Rubin 54
and more. Here’s what you
Paula Pillone 84 Howard Stevens 54
need to know:
Sarah Corbin 80 Marlene Schonbrun 48
Nicole Dosso 80 Will Aimesbury 46
Images must be in .jpg
Doris King 80 Harriet Josephs 46
(JPEG) format and sized at
Chuck Pine 78 Dorothy Mills 42
72 ppi resolution, 1400 pixels
Helen Pine 76 Ann Broder 40
maximum width, and 1050
Hedy Klein 74 Jack Lindenman 40
pixels maximum height. [Do
Alice Somma 72 Annette Collazo-Comito 36
not exceed these maximums!]
Janet Susin 72 Larry Sapadin 36
Bill Apple 68 Catherine Smith 34
Lawrence Kreger 32 Competition images must
Karen Corrigan 68
Jeffrey Langford 32 be titled as follows:
David Cassidy 64
Christine Doyle 64 John Brengelman 28 LastNameFirstInitial_Month
Florence Forman 64 Harriet Stein 26 Year_Title.jpg
Renée Harper 64 Paula Paterniti 20
Justine Carson 18 for example
Michael Schleiff 64
Joan Slatkin 64 Veronica Saunders 18 JonesM_Jan21_Flower.jpg
Remy Deyglun 62 Rain Bengis 12
Elena Pierpont 62 Marilyn Thypin 12 Other images should be
Peggy Winkelman 62 Tom Houts 10 titled as follows:
Madeleine Barbara 60 Barry Fahrer 8
Julie Foehrenbach 58 Marvin Fink 8 Name_Number_Title
Virginia Lawrence 6 You may use your first and/
or last name/initial. If you
Photo Cartoon want your images shown in
of the Month a particular order, number
them 01, 02, etc. Use a real
title, not the image number
that came out of the camera.
for example
MaryJ_07_Flower
Read each entry in the
True love is…
Club’s Schedule for special
instructions, if any.
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9
CLUB Member Participation both
Nights and by
11:59 p.m. on Friday, October
Not including our monthly 23rd. And, have fun!
competitions, Park West has
scheduled eight member
participation nights for the
2020-2021 Club year. Due to
the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic and the restrictions
on meetings, all the activities
listed below will be virtual
using Zoom conferencing and day, and anything else
software. Images must be sent that comes in between.] Be
to the Club prior to these creative! Send your images to
events—see below for the Expanding Visions 26 (2020) both
dates. Also, see Submitting The theme for this year’s and by
Images on page 8 of this issue Expanding Visions class is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December
of Photo Notes for sizing and “F” Fotography—the subjects 18th. And, have fun!
titling directions. of the three assignments are
flowers, food, and found
ere, t!
objects. Assignments will be
n th tha
carried out at home by the
e e
Be don
participants following the
November 9th introductory
class session. The final review
session will be held on the
14th of December. Send up to
Theme Night—Purple
5 images from each of the 3
On January 25th the theme is
class assignments to
Purple. Club members may
by 11:59
submit up to a dozen images
p.m. on Friday, December 11th.
that include the color purple.
Theme Night—Halloween
[No baker’s dozens, please.]
This year’s first theme night, Theme Night—Holidays
on e!
The color purple doesn’t have
on October 26th, is all about This December 21st theme g
!
the fun of Halloween. Club night asks Club members to nd
to fill the entire frame, nor half
a
gon e
members may submit up to 10 submit up to 12 images that ome
of the frame—it just has to be
C
prominent in the picture
nd
images on this holiday. These
a
relate to The Holidays. Which
(percentages do not matter).
me
may include witches, black
o
ones? Your choice, but the idea
ut !
Any shade of purple (grape,
C
cats, pumpkins, costumes, and was to make it seasonal—
o burgundy, magenta, maroon,
whatever else reminds you of
a d
from Thanksgiving through
n whatever) is acceptable. Be as
All Hallows Eve. The images
ve r
New Years. [Thanksgiving,
creative as you can or wish to
can be old or new, but they O
Hanukkah, Christmas,
be. Send your images to both
must be yours. Send them to Kwanzaa, New Years eve
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10CLUB and
by 11:59
p.m. on Friday, January 22nd.
you look like. We’ll review the
Images from the PPS at the
Club meeting on March 22nd.
Theme Night—Before & After Image Exchange—Pretoria We’ll also give you a chance to
Our third (and final) theme Photographic Society see the images we sent to
night of the year is a little bit Back in 2010, and then again South Africa.
different from the others we in 2015, Park West had image
have had so far. We will send exchanges with the Hartlepool
all Club members a half dozen Camera Club in England. This
or so files of differing kinds of year, we’re at it again, now
images. Your assignment is to with the Pretoria Photographic
re, t!
choose one or two of them and
e Society in Pretoria, South
n th tha
work on them using your Africa. We’ll send our images
e e
Be don
photo-editing software. You
can add to or subtract from the
to them and they’ll send theirs
to us. The theme we selected is
original files to your heart’s quite broad, People, Places,
desire. Be creative! Be ruthless! Things. Although not required,
Be whatever! Just come up we suggest that your selection You Be the Judge 2
with something you’re proud of images be shot right here in We started this year off with
to present to the Club—and the good old U. S. of A. Please our first ever You Be the Judge.
explain what you did, how you send one of your favorite It was such a great success that
did it, and maybe even why images to us for inclusion. we’re doing it again. This time
you did it. Let’s see what you Send it to we ask that the image you
can do. Submit your images by The deadline for submitting submit not be one that has
midnight on Friday, February your image is Sunday, January already been shown to, or
19th (the sooner, the better). 31st at 11:59 p.m. We’re also shared with, the Club (you
Send them to asking for a short statement may use it at a later date if you
We’ll look at and discuss your about your image and/or wish). Members will submit
image(s) at the Club meeting about yourself. We’d also like a one image each; members will
on Monday night, February thumbnail image of you— like then receive a slide show of all
22nd. a selfie—so they can see what the entered images as well as a
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11CLUB ballot to complete. The results
2021’s version of Expanding President’s Message
will be tabulated and revealedVisions (the 27th, if you’re
(Continued from page 3)
at the April 26th meeting. Duecounting) is hidden in a vault
to the fact that it takes a while
at Price Waterhouse’s under-
We have an important
to put together the slide show,
ground cave, somewhere
business meeting coming up
create the ballot, send it all out,
in North Dakota. They are also
at the end of the month. It
get it back, and calculate therevealed on the following two
will include discussing the
winners, we ask that your pages. The first session of the
final competition and prizes;
submissions arrive to us at class will be held on Monday
the appointing of the Club’s
no later night, April 12th. The images
nominating committee for
than Wednesday, April 7th by from the assignments will be
next year’s officers, and other
11:59 p.m. Good luck, all! due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday
upcoming PWCC events.
night, May 7th. Send them via
email to
Be well!
The final review session will
take place at the Club meeting
Expanding Visions 27 (2021) on Monday night, May 10th. I
The theme and assignments for am excited! Aren’t you?
Ed
Selfie Spots • Madame Tussauds—By
far, the top wax museum
Most of us are staying close in the world, usually teems
to home these days, and with tourists—practically
we’re certainly not heading empty these days. Where
to where the crowds are. else but on West 42nd
One photo activity that we Street could you find
can do with restrictions like former presidents, pop
these is the simple ‘selfie.’ stars, athletes, famous
Whether shot with a cell movie characters, and even
phone or a ‘real’ camera and Walking across the bridge superheroes—all waiting
a tripod, you can get some is an option. Another is to pose with you. Willing
amazing results at places from Brooklyn Bridge Park to go a little bit farther…
most other people are not with the noted bridge • Philadelphia, PA— It’s
going to. and/or the City’s skyline easy to find great selfie
Here are a few photo op in the background. spots in Philly. The Rocky
spots, both in the City and • There used to be crowds of steps at the Philadelphia
further afield: tourists visiting the Statue Museum of Art are an
• Brooklyn Bridge—It’s of Liberty or the Empire obvious way to go, as is
probably the most touristy State Building. Not so in the Liberty Bell at Liberty
thing you can do, but the days of COVID-19. Bell Center.
what’s wrong with that? Why not give it a shot?
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CLUB Image Exchange equivalent to our “A with In Passing
by Chuck Pine Honors”). by Helen Pine
Three of our images did
The Park West Camera Club receive Certificates of Merit, We just learned that club
image exchange with the 21 received gold stars, and the member Peter Houts passed
Pretoria Photographic Society remaining 12 were awarded away in December from a
(of South Africa) was a great silver stars; no bronze stars heart attack. Peter’s son Tom,
success! After many hours of were given out. who lives in California, is a
work by both Helen and This process was followed new member of our Club this
myself, our images, mini-bios, by a viewing of our selfies and year. You may express your
and selfies were sent to and bios—at which time we were condolences to him at
received by PPS. able to say a few words about
The Zoom meeting began ourselves, or our image, or and to Peter’s wife Mary at
at 6:30 p.m., South African both. (Most members kept it
time. That’s 11:30 a.m. here, on short and sweet; a few not so
the east coast; and some crazy much.)
morning time for Eloisa Huni, All in all, 36 Park Westers
our Park West member now in had images in the show. Over
the Philippines. (No, we’re not 30 of our members were able to
related to the country!) attend this Zoom meeting. If
The meeting opened with a you’d like to see the show
half hour of chitchat amongst again, or for the first time, it © Peter Houts
the attendees from both clubs. can be downloaded from
We talked about many things, Dropbox at wish to express condolences,
followed by introductions The three images which you may write to Marshall’s
presented by Linda Martin and received Certificates of Merit wife, Elizabeth Levy at
the PPS president, Thelma Van are shown on the next page.
Der Schyff. Alta Oosthuizen All in all, everyone seemed
then explained what was going to enjoy the image exchange. Is
to happen… this something we’d like to do
Each of the PWCC images again with the nice folks of the
would be shown. One of six Pretoria Photographic Society?
judges, five of whom are What about with another club
among PPS’s more advanced somewhere around the world?
members, would comment on Let’s discuss it at our next
© Marshall Marcovitz
each image and give it a score. business meeting on Monday
The possible scores, in rising night, March 29th. Both Peter and Marshall were
order, were Bronze Star, Silver dear friends of Club member
Star, Gold Star, and Certificate Jerry Vogel who introduced
of Merit (the highest rating, them both to PWCC.
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15CLUB
Breezy Works
© Paula Pillone
Single Red Tulip
© Helen Pine
July 4th
© Paul Grebanier
Masking Tips fog up when you have a goes behind your head not
mask on. just to your ears.
Nope! I am not referring to Glass Clips—place on
using masks in your favorite the frames of your glasses
imaging software. This is so the mask clips to these
about that mask you’re instead of your ears. Allows
wearing (or should be) due you to take off your mask
to the COVID-19 pandemic. Silicone Strap Extender and glasses in one fell
Fog Gone™—apply to —allows you to extend the swoop.
your glasses so they don’t reach of your mask so it
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16CLUB Competition Rotation Committee Liaisons Photo Notes Deadlines
If and when the Club is able Issue Deadline
The Executive Committee
to resume with non-virtual, (ExCom) has decided to con-
in-person meetings, we will April 2021 April 5
tinue for this coming year
continue to alternate the order May 2021 May 3
with the committee liaison
of the prints and PDIs in our model to spread the respon- Summer 2021 August 16
monthly competitions. Here’s sibility among the entire Ex-
the schedule: ecutive Committee. The sooner articles and
Here’s how it’ll work: items are submitted to Photo
Month Judged First Each of the ExCom mem- Notes, the quicker the editing
bers (the five elected officers and revision process can begin.
April PDIs plus the President Emeritus) Competition scores and cumu-
May Prints will be assigned committees lative points are submitted as
June PDIs as a liaison. Each committee soon after the competitions as
chair or co-chair will report possible, usually one to three
to the ExCom through this days following the submission
liaison. In this manner, it is deadline. The draft copy of
felt that communication will Photo Notes will be sent to the
flow much more smoothly, editorial staff as soon as possi-
in both directions, between ble once all items are in place.
the committees. In addition, The staff will then have two to
any concerns raised by the three days to edit and return
ExCom will be passed along their comments.
to the committee chairs Once the Photo Notes issue
through the liaisons. is complete, it is sent to the
Here are the committee Website Committee to be post-
liaison assignments for the ed online. As soon as this is ac-
Curtain Raisers 2020-2021 Club year: complished, an e-mail is sent
by Helen Pine to all Club members and other
Competition Mike Schleiff
Photo Notes recipients inform-
Field Trip Chuck Pine
Curtain raisers are short ing them that the PWCC news-
Gallery Helen Pine
(no more than five minutes) letter is now available for
House Christine Doyle
programs presented by Club download.
Membership Helen Pine
members prior to our guest Newsletter Chuck Pine
speakers. Here’s the list for Program Christine Doyle
this year. Social Ed Lee
March Florence Forman Website Mike Schleiff
April Gordon Pellegrini Workshop Ed Lee
May Paula Paterniti
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17CLUB New Travel Rules Photo Tips
Since many of our PWCC
Take lots of pictures—digital
members love to travel, both
photography is cheap. It’s
stateside and abroad, the
following article is included in okay to shoot many photos
this issue of Photo Notes. It is with only slight variations.
not intended to take a side in Also, you don’t need a very
any political debate. expensive camera—a smart
phone or a point-and-shoot
are easier to have with you
• all passengers entering the all the time.
United States will need to
test before they get onto that
plane (or boat, train, etc.)
prior to departure for the
United States and quarantine
once they arrive here.
No mention was made as to
when these restrictions will
be lifted. Also, we can expect
Think of your camera like a
new regulations regarding.
painter’s canvas—be the artist!
Within his first few days interstate travel via private
Is there a trash can or other
as the 46th President of the vehicles.
unwanted item in the frame
United States of America, the These new protocols are
that can be eliminated by
Biden administration has intended to slow the spread of
simply moving a foot or so to
implemented a new Executive the disease. “We welcome the
the left or right? Look at the
Order regarding COVID-19 president’s focus on policies
entire frame you are about to
travel regulations that could that will encourage safe travel
capture, not just the one main
save thousands of lives. This and help restore the millions
element you are focusing on.
order went into effect on the of U.S. travel jobs that were
Sure you can “fix it in Photo-
26th of January. Here’s what it lost last year,” U.S. Travel
shop” but it’s better to take it
includes… Association President and
the way you want to see it.
• face masks are required in CEO Roger Dow said. “We
all National Parks and at also strongly support the
Learn from your mistakes—
monuments, memorials, and president’s mask mandate
don’t be afraid to break rules.
historic sites that are a part of for interstate travel, which is
Photography is creative and
federal lands; in line with the industry’s
should be fun. Nobody is
• face masks are required on health and safety guidance.”
going to die if your images
all modes of interstate trans- As an aside, this Executive
are a little off or weird. What
portation within the United Order also reversed the former
might not work one day may
States, including plane, bus, administration’s Islamophobic
be a stroke of genius the next.
ship, and train as well as in travel ban.
all airports; More to come?
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18CLUB
Member Portfolio
Marty Smith
As part of PWCC’s series
on what our members have
been doing while the Club
is on ‘hiatus’ during the
Covid pandemic, member
Marty Smith has been
photographing during
walks in Riverside and
Central Parks.
All images
©2020 Marty Smith
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19CLUB
Looking Glass Exhibit
by Alice Somma
Hello PWCC members. I
currently have a solo photo
exhibit at the Freeport
Memorial Library on Long
Island. I am showing 28 of
my favorite images. I have
entitled the exhibit Through
Alice’s Looking Glass (thanks
to Lewis Carroll).
The library listed the
show in the Freeport Flyer
this way, “Using her lens to
capture people and places at
that special moment in time,
Somma’s hope is that the
images in this exhibit will
inspire viewers to use their
All images
own personal lens to see the © Alice Somma
world and its beauty in a
different light.”
The exhibit will run
through March 28th (it
opened on March 3rd). The
library is located at 114 West
Merrick Road, in Freeport.
The Freeport Memorial
Library is open Mondays
thru Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to 10 p.m. (from 10 a.m. on
Wednesday). You can get
there via the Long Island
Railroad and then a private
car service.
Congratulations, Alice.
[Try to support our fellow
Club members. It would be
greatly appreciated!]
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20Theme Night
CLUB
Before and After
Let’s travel back in time to
the 17th of September in the
year 1966. It was the premier
of a new television series,…
Mission Impossible.
Your mission Mr. (or Ms.)
Phelps (or whomever) is to take Original Image
one or more of these images and Baloons
change it/them into your own
creation.
On the following pages
you will see the original files
and some of the products of
our members’ imaginations.
Enjoy!
© Natalie Manzino
© Chuck Pine
© Karen Corrigan
Continued on next page
© Marlene Schonbrun
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21CLUB
Original Image © Elsa Blum
Landscape
© Julie Foehrenbach
© Doris King
© Bill Apple © Janet Susin
Continued on next page
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Original Image
Mounted Police
© Elena Pierpont © Laura Toledo
© Karen Corrigan
© Christine Doyle Continued on next page
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Original Image
Windshield
© Harriet Josephs
© Eloisa Huni © Marty Smith
© Sorin Capota
© Renée Harper
Continued on next page
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24CLUB
© Paul Grebanier
© Michael Schleiff
© Hedy Klein
© Ann Broder
© Julie Wosk
© Dinorah Capota Great work, everyone!
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25CLUB New Member Bio take movies. This memory family, and very interesting
by Virginia Lawrence sparked her interest early on. people she sees in the street.
She also remembers owning When it comes to post-
Elayne Dix Brownie cameras years ago. processing, Elayne says she
It was shortly after college doesn’t do much. She’s been
that she got really interested shooting almost exclusively
in taking pictures. Her in jpg. She does, however,
brother (who was drafted in use the Photo program on
the Vietnam war but served her Mac computer. She’s
in Korea) brought a 35 mm taken some classes at Photo
Minolta home for Elayne. Uno, and had some good
She just had the best time experiences there, but she
with it, carrying around her found the Lightroom class
beloved camera with its confusing. She likes Apple
three lenses for many years. software, which she uses on
Elayne now has a Nikon her new computer. She’s
D3200 with a Tamron 18-270 now shooting RAW with her
zoom as well as a Sony Nikon and with her Sony.
Cybershot and a Sony Rx100. She hopes that joining
Elayne Dix is our newest She just bought a Sony 6400 PWCC will help her develop
member. She volunteers at with an 18-135 Sony zoom. more photographic skills.
the American Muse- She wants to develop a
um of Natural History, personal style and expand
where I also volunteer. her horizons. Elayne is
Back in the fall, the interested in becoming
volunteer coordinator more creative, in learning
ran a zoom photo new techniques, and meet-
share which we both ing people with like inter-
attended. I realized we ests.
had something else in Welcome to Park West,
common, so I asked Elayne!
her if she had heard of
PWCC. Although she
had heard of it many years Elayne enjoys taking
ago, she never considered nature photos: birds and
joining. Knowing a member flowers, sometimes land-
now helped her decide to scapes. She also enjoys
join. Elayne joined before she abstracting interesting
attended a single meeting. designs from buildings,
This is the first time she’s street equipment, man-
ever joined a camera club. hole covers, that sort of
Elayne has wonderful thing. She likes to take
memories of her father using reflections with designs,
a motion picture camera to and of course friends and
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26PHOTOGRAPHY On My Mind
by Bill Apple
Zoom Sugit
That’s Latin for Zoom sucks.
And it does.
Zoom meetings are stulti-
fying once the novelty of
video chitchatting wears off.
The passivity, the unwieldy
number of people, endless
interruptions, choppy video,
muffled audio, the missing
flesh and blood.
Each minute ticks by in Zoom Boom This Times Square ad promotes Zoom ahead of its listing on
what seems more like 73 Nasdaq, April 2019. The company’s capitalization is now nearly $109 billion,
seconds. Can you hear me having skyrocketed during the pandemic year. Photo: AP
now?
Beyond boredom, it turns Further, back in 2019, the $100 billion video-call
out that Zoom is pretty Zoom, according to legal giant and raises questions
malignant. It’s been playing documents, agreed to about how the California-
ball big-time with China, monitor U.S.-based criticism based company protects
which knows a thing or two of China for the Chinese users’ data around the
about running a surveillance government, so they may world.”
state, and Zoom has pitched have been spying on U.S, In December, Bloomberg
in. How so? citizens on American turf. It News reported that the
Zoom has worked with seemed to be the price Zoom Securities and Exchange
the Chinese government to was willing to pay in order Commission—normally the
monitor and censor video to stay in China’s good SEC monitors stock-market
calls, paying special atten- graces and avoid a ban on its activity—is investigating
tion to troublemakers. That’s software there. Zoom as well, “regarding
right: our Zoom. In other words, China interactions with China and
At the end of December, dangled its vast market clout other overseas governments,
the Justice Department and used it to coerce Zoom as well as security and user
announced it had filed into doing its dirty work. privacy matters” (italics
charges against one Zoom All that’s true. You can added).
executive involved in read about the Justice De- Here’s a FoxNews report
pulling the plug on online partment charges here on Zoom’s China connec-
meetings in China, meetings and tion. Try not to discount it if
about organizing Tiananmen a news story from the Wash- you normally discount Fox.
Square protests. To pull the ington Post its subhead: “The gations are real. Video:
eavesdropping. case is a stunning blow for
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27PHOTOGRAPHY Now, it’s no news that probably had not heard Yellow Penguin
China is a bad actor: forced about Zoom’s dark side
sterilization, genocide, Hong before, right? Belgian wildlife photograph-
Kong crackdown, massive Read about I software at er Yves Adams spotted a yel-
surveillance harnessing top- low penguin on a 2019 trip to
notch facial-recognition and an island in South Georgia
advanced video cameras to Wanna Hassle? and has just released the pho-
subjugate 1.4 billion Chinese. tos. Of the 120,000 tuxedo-
Oh, yes, the pandemic. The latest Hasselblad camera, wearing king penguins, he
So what can we do? Easy the 907X 50C, is a medium quickly spotted the yellow
—we can Zoom away! And, format, mirrorless, digital bird’s plumage. The unique
yes, there is an alternative, camera combining elements bird is believed to be the first
from Microsoft. from their classic film bodies yellow-and-white king pen-
Teams, the Microsoft with contemporary imaging guin ever found. Adams’
product, is essentially like capabilities. The 907X 50C special sighting occurred in
Zoom, and a free download, includes both a camera body the midst of a two-month ex-
though free accounts are and a digital back which pedition which he led.
severely limited. A friend at work in tandem as a versatile "We were so lucky the
Microsoft, however, tells me camera system—lenses are bird landed right where we
that the least costly paying not included. were. Our view wasn’t
plan—$5 a month, billed Sitting down? You better blocked by a sea of massive
annually—erases most be! The price of the 907X 50C animals. Normally it’s almost
restrictions on meetings. is $6,400—and that’s without impossible to move on this
More important, he adds, a lens. (Hasselblad glass runs beach because of them all,"
if just a single Club member from $1,100 to over $5,000.) he said about spotting the
(or officer) were paying for Wow! yellow bird amongst its pen-
an account, anyone else is guin peers. The photographer
free to attend that person’s believes the yellow penguin
Teams meetings as a “guest,” is leucistic—a condition that
using the free software. affects its pigmentation, turn-
It’s worth considering a ing the bird’s normally black
switch to Teams. It might feathers yellow.
even perform better than
Zoom, which may be the
reason many businesses
prefer it. Considering
Zoom’s oppressive baggage,
why not switch teams?
Disclosure: While I hold
Microsoft stock, that’s hardly
what this is about. This is
about another abuse by Big
Tech against which Ameri-
cans ought to push back. You
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28PHOTOGRAPHY Macro Follow-Up vignetting to get the white haze with a little Photoshop
by Chuck Pine around it? magic (I usually sample the
color of the background and
In the week following the then use a brush to paint out
program presented to the what I don’t want you to see.
Club on macro/close-up
photography, I have received Why would a person choose to
many questions about the use an extension tube rather
gear and the techniques we than close-up lenses on their
discussed. Here’s a rundown telephoto lens for macro? Is it
of the highlights. related to a loss of resolution
with filter use?
You showed a photo of cherries.
I am curious about it because The hibiscus was made with First, as you suggest, by
was a close-up and not a macro. a simple white vignette placing glass in front of the
How was it taken? added as the last step of lens, it cuts down the light
processing in Photoshop reaching the sensor as well
(just before I added the.
as reducing the sharpness
border/stroke and saved the
file. It was done using the
of the image.
Camera RAW filter in Phot-
oshop, on its own layer. In Second, I find it easier and
RAW (or Lightroom) go to faster to add/remove a tube
the effects panel (sometimes which uses a bayonet
labeled using the fx symbol) mount (twist-and-click)
and move the slider to the than a close-up lens/filter
right.
The cherries were shot with which uses a screw mount
a zoom lens and extension Several of your shots have a
(turn-turn-turn).
tube. The lens was set at black background and I can’t
100mm (but acted as a remember from my own macro Third, glass filters are,
150mm lens on my APS-C work if that’s due to the lens? well, made of glass. They
sensor). The extension tube The settings? Manipulation? get scratched, smudged,
was 36mm. This enabled me
cracked, etc. Extension
to get closer to the subject, The black background ap- tubes suffer from none of
enlarge the subject matter, pears because the ring flash I
and not require a specialized these setbacks if dropped,
use illuminates the subjects
(expensive) lens. This was well, but the backgrounds
when being used, nor in
shot on a Club field trip are often too far away to storage.
down to Chinatown. receive any of the flash’s
light, so they turn black. If Thanks to Julie Wosk for
For your photo of the hibiscus there is any spillover from her probing questions.
flower, did you use some type of the flash, it is easily removed
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29PHOTOGRAPHY
Histograms & ETTR it this way, you have what is
called a low-key image [See
In simple terms, a histogram last month’s Using Your Camera
denotes the distribution of article.]
tonal values in an image. The If you don’t like it so much
There’s a new kid on the
left side of a histogram shows and you want to brighten it up,
block! Well, not exactly.
shadow details, while the you will have to overexpose
Exposure Software has been
right side has the highlights. the image. To do this, set your
around for quite a while but
Mid-tones are—duh!—in the camera’s exposure compensation
under the name Alien Skin
middle. to “plus 1” or “2X” (depends
Software.
Exposure X6 is the best
image editor for creative
photo editing—at least it is
according to their ads. X6
combines professional grade
photo adjustments, a huge
library of gorgeous photo
looks, and an efficient design
that makes it a joy to use.
New automatic adjustments In this histogram, most on your camera—check your
streamline your workflow of the pixels are in the midtone User’s Manual).
and keep you in the creative area; some are in the shadow When you expose as far as
zone. area on the left; and fewer in you can to the right-hand side
Unique tools take you the highlight area on the right. of the histogram, it is referred
wherever imagination leads– This would give you a fairly to as Exposing to the Right or
these include an advanced well-exposed image with ETTR. When you expose to
color editor, artistic focus some blacks and some whites the right, try to avoid clipping
effects, realistic film grain, and lots of gray shades. There (this is when the histogram
and overlays. It is also the would be no blown-out (over- bunches up against the right
fastest creative photo editor. exposed) highlights nor any side of the diagram and you
Exposure X6 uses your GPU blocked-up (under-exposed) get blown-out/over-exposed
to make editing even faster shadows. areas in the image).
and smoother. Exposure is Unfortunately, however, ETTR captures most of the
either a complete photo many real scenes have a shadow and highlight details
editing application or a somewhat different-looking in an image.
plug-in. histogram.
To learn more, and/or to Sometimes the histogram
download a 30-day free trial, is shifted to the left end of the
simply go to the website at graph—the shadow side. This
indicates a dark image, with An Exposed to the Right
All other Alien Skin lots of shadows that have little histogram with minimum
products are also still or no detail. This image would clipping.
available. be under-exposed. If you like
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30PHOTOGRAPHY Montana Ghost Towns
While Halloween is long gone,
it’s never too late to visit and
photograph a ghost town.
Nevada City
While many southwestern
states have plenty from which
to choose, we hardly ever think
of the more northerly state of
Montana as a ghost town
haven. Here are some of them
which offer fantastic photo ops
and not so many tourists.
Elkhorn
Virginia City
Garnet
Pony
Travel safely!
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31PHOTOGRAPHY 10-Second Toothbrush Portrait Quick Tips
Whether it’s weddings, or
portraits, or something else, What not to do!
any genre in which you
shoot people will require you
to whiten a person’s teeth at Never crop out the feet when
some point. This quick and shooting full-body portraits.
to-the-point fix will explain
how to easily and efficiently do
that in just a few seconds using
Photoshop.
Create a Hue/Saturation
Adjustment Layer. In the Hue/
Saturation Dialog Box, click
on the word Master. A Drop
Down menu will open.
Change Master to Yellow
Move the Saturation slider
to the left to desaturate the When shooting mid-length
yellows. Move the Lightness portraits crop above the
slider to the right to give the knees rather than below.
teeth a little sparkle.
Voilá! Whiter, brighter
choppers in just ten seconds.
If you think you’ve gone
too far, you can always reduce Keep the subject’s face as the
the Opacity from 100% to a center of focus for sitting
lower number. down portraits.
If you think your teeth
adjustment affected the nearby
skin tones, use the Lasso Tool
(just type an “L”) to encircle
the lips and teeth before you
make the Hue/Saturation
Adjustment Layer.
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32PHOTOGRAPHY Buildings Gone Wild
Like to photograph architec-
Lotus Temple
ture? If you’re into shooting
New Delhi
buildings, there are many here
in the Big Apple for you to
practice on. But, if you’ve also
got that wanderlust in your
blood, here are some architec-
tural wonders that deserve
aiming your camera at.
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa
Senhora Aparecida
Brasilia
Dancing House
Prague
The Chapel of the Holy Cross
Bird’s Nest Stadium
Sedona
Travel safely!
Beijing
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33PHOTOGRAPHY Where in the World
These images were all taken in
one country,… although it has
two names , one official and
one traditional. Can you guess
where these were shot?
Send your responses to
Please use
”Where in the World?” in the
subject line of your email.
Those who submit correct
answers will be announced in
the next issue of Photo Notes.
Last month’s answer was the Everglades. Located
at Florida’s southernmost point, it is the largest
subtropical wilderness in the United States. It is
the only place in the world where both alligators
and crocodiles live together.
Send us your images
images from one particular
Photo Notes is looking for destination to include in
Club members to submit a future Where in the World
half dozen or so of your columns.
All Images
© Chuck Pine
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34PHOTOGRAPHY Port to Port computer you need a USB-A to
USB-B adapter cable.
As photographers, we need to Now we come to today.
use computers these days. Most modern gear uses USB-C
As we moved from one
Why? Everything is digital, ports and plugs. These are
generation of port to the next,
that’s why! And if computers smaller than their Type A
speeds increased as did the
are what we need, we also counterparts,
amount of data that could be
need peripherals. These could but they
transferred.
include hard drives, printers, transfer more
Eventually, we arrived at
scanners, CD and/or DVD data faster.
the Universal Serial Bus or
readers, media card readers, They also can
USB port. But the confusion
keyboards, to name but a few. carry greater
did not end here. Hold on to
And how are most of these electric currents to recharge
your seats…
peripherals connected to the equipment faster. But best of
USB 1 connections use the
computer? With cables. And all, USB Type C works with
USB Type
how do the cables attach to the either side up.
A (or
plethora of devices? With ports There have been upgrades
simply
and plugs, that’s how! to the USB-C, mostly in speed,
USB-A)
In the beginning (No, I’m but the shape and size of the
plug and
not getting biblical here!) there plugs and ports have remained
port. The
were serial ports and these the same.
plug is flat. It can only fit in its
Ready for the monkey
port with the right-side-up—
wrench? Apple’s Macintosh
you usually have to flip it over
computers do not use USB
once or twice before you get it
Type C. They have what they
right. USB 2 and USB 3 both
call Thunderbolt. It is the same
were followed by parallel use the same USB-A plug and
physical size and shape as the
ports. And it was good. port. What are the differences?
Type-C plugs and ports, but it
The speeds are faster as the
has a capacity of twice that of
numbers go up.
the others.
Can you tell
What’s next? Will there be a
the difference?
USB Type D interface? Will we
The USB 3
Then along came the SCSI port do away with all these cables
plugs and
(the Small Computer System and go strictly with WiFi or
ports are both
Interface—pronounced skuzzy). Bluetooth technology? Or is
colored blue inside.
there something even more
Not to be left out in the
advanced on the horizon? I just
cold, USB Type B ports are
hope I’m around long enough
found only on
to take advantage of whatever
large pieces of
comes down the pike.
These were followed by the equipment like
Firewire ports—there were two printers and
types, 400 and 800. scanners. To
connect them to a
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 35PHOTOGRAPHY Using Your Camera
by Chuck Pine
Cameras Change…
…but photo basics remain the
same. Camera manufacturers
are putting bigger chips and
better glass at lower price
points than at any time in the
history of photography. While
new cameras make it almost
impossible to take a poorly Use Flash Outdoors—It seems toward the red/yellow end of
exposed photograph, none of counter-intuitive to turn the the spectrum.
the technological advances flash on outdoors, but try it—
have made any changes to the it really works! If you don’t
basics of taking good pictures. have a flash attachment, that’s
Here are a few tips for getting okay. The built-in one on most
great photos no matter what cameras is generally a very All images
©2019 Chuck Pine
camera you own… poor light source for taking
photos, but it can make a mar-
velous fill flash. Find some
open shade for your subject,
then turn on the flash. That
tells the camera to fire the
flash, even if its computer
thinks it doesn’t need to.
Control the Light—Modern
cameras are optimized to take
photos in full, direct sunlight.
They balance the light slightly
Move Around—My number on the blueish side. This blue
one rule of photography states bias is not always flattering to
that no matter where you’re skin tones, which are more
standing to take a picture,… pleasing with the light shifted
it’s the wrong spot. You’ve got a little more toward the red/
to move around! Get closer; yellow end of the spectrum.
move further back. Step to the The way to tell the camera to
left; go to the right. Get higher; warm up the lighting is to set
shoot from a lower angle. Just your white balance to cloudy
keep moving until you get the or overcast. Doing this forces
best possible shot. the camera to correct the colors
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 36PhotoShopping
PHOTOGRAPHY
by Chuck Pine
Double Exposures
Multiple exposure imagery is
a technique in which two or
more images are superimposed
to get one final image. Double
exposure photography was
discovered by accident when
film failed to advance properly.
Later, photographers began
utilizing this technique to
come up with artistic results. Next, decide which image will Now, open the second image.
Some digital cameras today be the base image—the one on Make any corrections you
have a function built in that the bottom. For me, it is the want to do. (I removed the
helps photographers take face mask (yes, it was shot fence post ornament. I left
multiple exposures in-camera. around Halloween, and in everything else as is.)
Doing in-camera multiple Ireland, to boot).
exposures will challenge you Let’s now resize the second
to think more creatively as an Once you’ve decided, go to image to match the base layer.
artist. Yes, cameras with this Image > Image Size or type Open the second image,… and
feature will figure out all the Option-Command-I (on a then the Image Size Dialog
technical stuff—the exposure Mac) or Alt-Control-I (in Box as before. This time, click
settings. But you still have to Windows). on the Link symbol (see the
do all the creative stuff on your red arrow) so that you can
own—like composition. The Image Size Dialog Box change the Width and Height
But, not all cameras have will open. independently.
this feature. Like most other
artistic effects, the multiple Enter the measurements
exposure effect can be done in you previously wrote
Photoshop in a much more down from the first file
controlled manner. Here are into this dialog box.
some steps to follow to get the Begin with Resolution,
best double exposures using then Width, and finally
post-production software. Height. Click on OK.
First, select two or more We’re now ready for the
images you would like to fun part…
combine. For this demo I’ll Write down the Resolution,
choose two (for simplicity’s Width, and Height, of this file.
Continued on next page
sake).
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 37PHOTOGRAPHY Go back to the layer that you At this point, you should only
want to be on the bottom—the see the image of the top layer
first image/the base layer— on your monitor.
and duplicate it by going to
Layer > Duplicate Layer. In the Layers Palette, go to the
When the Duplicate Layer Blend Mode menu ( see the
dialog box opens you may green arrow). It should say
give it a name or just click OK. Normal. Click on it. A drop-
down menu of over two dozen
Make sure the new layer (the Blend Modes will appear.
top layer) is activated/high-
lighted. One-by-one, click on each of
the choices. You will see many
Go to the second image. Copy different images. Some will Lighten
it (Edit > Copy or Control-C or look good, some great, some
Command-C). Go back to the neither.
first image. Paste the second
image on top of both layers Choose the one you like. Make
(Edit > Paste or Control-V or a new top layer that combines
Command-V). It will appear as all the layers by typing Shift-
Layer 2 in the Layers Palette. Option-Command-E (on Mac)
or Shift-Alt-Control-E (in
Drag the new layer, Layer 2, Windows). [This is called the oc-
down so it is between, the topus maneuver because it uses so
Background Layer and the many fingers.]
copy of the background layer/
Layer 1. Go to File > Save As… and
Save the file.
The Layers Palette should now Darker Color
look like this… You may go back to choose a
different Blend Mode. First,
trash the top layer by typing
Delete (Mac) or Backspace
(Windows) or by dragging the
top layer to the Layers Palette
trash can icon. Repeat the Save
As option as many times as
you like.
Here are some variations on
the theme (underscored with
the blend mode used).
Have fun! Difference
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 38Photo Shopping
PHOTOGRAPHY My favorite attachment for
by Chuck Pine macro photography is the
Raynox Macro Explorer. It
Macro/Close-Up Accessories comes in two pieces: the lens
(high quality solid glass with
As a follow-up to the February either 1.5 times or 2.5 times
presentation on Macro and life-sized magnifications) and a
Close-Up photography, here’s universal snap-on mount that
a round-up of some of the gear
you can use to achieve results. the auto-focus and exposure
capabilities of your gear. They
come individually or in sets of
two or three tubes. There is no
loss of light nor reduction of
sharpness. They range in price
from about $25 (single tube) to
fits lenses from 52 to 67 mm.
over $300 (set of three tubes).
No light loss; no degradation
of sharpness. This device runs
Teleconverters, also called tele- about $70—a real bargain.
extenders, increase the focal
length of your lens to enlarge
the subject. They are attached
between the lens and the body A close-up lens (sometimes
of the camera. You must buy a called a close-up filter, or a
model that fits your camera’s macro filter, or a diopter) is a
lens mount. You should buy a magnifying glass-like attach-
model that keeps the autofocus ment used to enable close-up
and autoexposure capabilities photography. These typically For those who want to spend
of your gear. They come in two mount on the filter thread of the BIG bucks, nothing beats a
basic sizes (or magnifications) the lens so you need to buy the true macro lens. They’re made
—1.4X and 2.0X. On the down- right size for each lens. Close- by and for all interchangeable-
side, you lose light (one or twoup lenses affect exposure very lens camera models. The best
f-stops, respectively) and little. They come as individual tool for the job—bar none!
sharpness. They range in price filters or in sets of two, three, Also the most expensive—
from under $100 to over $800. or four pieces. They may be from over $250 to about $1,500.
stacked for great magnification.
Extension tubes reduce the They reduce sharpness, espe-
close-focusing distance of your cially when stacked. They
lens, therefore enlarging the range in price from under $10 Disclaimer
subject. They fit between the (for a single diopter) to about
I do not, nor does anyone else
lens and the camera body. You $400 (for a good quality set).
in the Club, make a profit
must buy a model that fits your
from the sales of these items.
camera’s lens mount. You
should buy a model that keeps Chuck
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 39B & H Event Space
EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS • ETC.
The B&H Photo Event
All photos
Space offers free virtual
© the speakers
workshops. Here are a
few of the upcoming
offerings:
Wednesday March 24
Shooting Dogs and People
Speaker: Alessandra Sawick
Thursday March 11
Abstract Photography
Speaker: Eileen Rafferty
Monday April 5
Getting Started with Your Sony
Speaker: Tony Gale
Thursday March 18
Shooting Skin Tones
Speaker: Petromella Lugemwa
Monday April 12
Which Camera and Lens?
Speaker: Tony Gale
March 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 40PSA Future Conferences
EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS • ETC. Details for both festivals
are in the works. Check into
The Photographic Society of the PSA website for all the
America is being optimistic in latest breaking details.
its planning of future photo Click on
conferences. They will be live Photo Festival and then scroll
and in-person—not virtual—at down to Future Conferences.
least if we conquer the COVID-
19 pandemic by the conference
dates. (Don’t we wish?)
The PSA 2021 photo festival
is scheduled for October 6th
thru the 9th. It will be held in
Rapid City, South Dakota.
In addition to the meetings,
seminars, and the like, there
are many photo opportunities
in the area. These include:
Custer State Park (with its
herds of bison, prairie dogs,
and other wildlife); Badlands
National Park (with some of
the most other-worldly land-
scapes you can imagine);
Mount Rushmore National
Memorial (an amazing feat of
sculpture in a great setting);
and so much more.
The PSA 2022 photo festival
is scheduled for September
21st thru the 24th. It will be
held in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
In addition to the meetings,
seminars, and the like, there
are many photo opportunities
in the area. These include:
Garden of the Gods (with its
many colorful and varied rock
formations); Pikes Peak (with
its winding roads and great
views); Cheyenne Mountain
Zoo (a world-class zoological
park); and so much more.
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