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The Proof Sheet
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Manassas Warrenton Camera Club September 2020
Humming-
birds and
butterflies by
Jeff Horn, Art
Cole and Jack
Nevitt
Also Inside: • Mid Atlantic Photo Visions
• Newsletter Wins Award Update on Speakers
• Mirrorless DSLR Canon Vs Olympus • Welcoming New Board
Members
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Inside Developments
From the Editor...............................................................................3
Message from the Prez: Mandy Saunders........................................4
My Breakup with Canon: Mirrorless vs DSLR....................................5
Newsletter Wins PSA Award..........................................................10
Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Update................................................11
Club News..................................................................................... 12
Logo Competition Continues..........................................................13
Looking for Images for Website.....................................................13
Club Member Wins Photo Contest.................................................14
Summer Meetups.......................................................................... 15
September Program Night with Dr. Kah-Wai Lin.............................19
2020-2021 Program Schedule........................................................20
September Competition: OPEN; Judge Sandi Croan.......................21
Competition Schedule for 2020-21........................................................ 21
Meetups and Webinars.................................................................22
Board of Directors and Committee Chairpersons...........................23
Amazon Smile Program Earns Money for Club...............................24
Meetup and Facebook Pages.........................................................25
2020-2021 Newsletter Deadlines and Themes
Month Submission Deadline Theme Published
September August 21 Summer August 26
October September 21 Reflections September 28
November October 21 Weather October 28
December November 20 Winter November 28
January December 20 Photo Art December 28
February January 20 Architecture January 28
March February. 20 Nature February 28
April March 20 Spring March 28
May April 20 Summer April 28
June/July June 7 Awards June 30
Please submit great photos and how you did it, articles on techniques, cool gadgets you have
found, trips you have taken, Meetup events and field trips to editor@mwcc-photo.org
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From the Editor
by Christine Born
New Club Year Dawns with Some New
Faces and Features
And just like that, it is September. If you are like some small contribution to elevating our club to
me, the past six months have been one huge recognition from this worldwide organization. I
monotonous blur. I routinely have to check the also continue to thank all of you who contribute
MWCC wall calendar to determine what day it is. interesting articles about travel, photography tips
and other adventures in addition to providing
I have been working from home since March 11 and incredible photographs to fill the pages. It takes a
recently had to go to my building at Fort Belvoir to village…
check out a computer monitor.
Five months of working from a We also start out the new club year
15-inch laptop screen eight hours with two new board members: Jeff
a day is taking its toll on my Horn, vice president, and Kevin
eyesight. Mathews, VP of competitions. I
ask each of you to reach out to
The scene was quite eerie. Jeff and Kevin and thank them for
With roughly 15% of the 6,000 volunteering for these two critical
employees on sight, the halls roles. Clubs like this one cannot
were quiet, the cafeteria empty exist without member volunteers.
and closed. Despite the sunshine, I am happy to have them as part of
it felt like the middle of the night. the board.
While working from home has its
advantages, I am ready to return We have also started a new series
to some normalcy. on mirrorless vs DSLR cameras. If
you missed it in the summer edition,
The pandemic has left the Club please check out Jack Nevitt’s article
Board with no other choice Canon 7D M II, 100-400 vs Olympus on Sony vs Canon. In this edition,
that to begin the club year EM1 M II, 40-150 and 2x converter. Jeanne Mitcho writes about her
with virtual program meetings Both roughly 600 mm equivalents. switch from Canon to Olympus.
and competitions. Program
coordinator John Caplis is working hard at I too am on the fence about
providing premium speakers and he has lined up mirrorless. I purchased an Olympus EM1 Mark II
just that to date. See page 20. last year and added the Zuiko lens, 12-200 mm.
Also, some of you may have noticed a ribbon on the But after talking with many of the club’s new
front cover. This summer, “The Proof Sheet” was Olympus convertees, I bought the Zuiko 40-150
awarded the Arthur P. Henricks Memorial Award mm with 2x converter. I am very impressed with
from the Photographic Society of America. The this system, notably the lighter weight and faster
publication achieved the highest score of the 46 shutter response. I feel I will be a convert soon as
newsletters submitted. well.
I am humbled and thrilled that I was able to make See you on Zoom.
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From the Prez
by Mandy Saunders
Beginning a New Club Year Virtually
Dear Club Members funds from
supporting
Welcome to new members as photography
we embark on club year 2020- tours are
21. Thank you for the privilege hurting.
of being the President for this
my second year. It already has Check out the
the makings of a great club year, program later in
in spite of the challenges of the the newsletter
pandemic. for the latest
update.
Your Board has been working
hard over the summer and made If you have not already done qualify. To get an idea of suitable
the decision to plan virtual so, please submit images to the images look at the website www.
meetings and competitions up Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo. mwcc-photo.org and check out
to February The new categories the images displayed at the top
to allow allowed me to look center of each page.
planning through my images
to proceed and submit some Over the summer one of my
with a firm more artistic images challenges was light painting at
schedule. than previously. You home. Here are a few examples
We will meet can submit images of what I managed to achieve,
again in up to 18 September including a product-like take on
November so there is still time. John Kopecky’s Olympus OMD-1.
and decide Good luck! Hope to see you all on ZOOM
if in person soon!
meetings are We are looking for
feasible in new images for our Mandy
February. website header. The required
proportions are
John Caplis is working hard to unusual 1600x230
put together a program that pixels. Kevin
allows us to hear from presenters has opened up a
from further afield than are Website Images
normally available, one benefit competition on
of our current situation. While the competition
we only offer a small stipend to website. Please
our speakers, many professional submit any images
photographers that usually earn that you think may
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My Break Up with Canon:
From DSLR to Mirrorless
By Jeanne Mitcho
This is the second in a series of articles comparing Back to the break up story.
mirrorless cameras with Digital Single Lens Reflex
cameras. In this installment, Jeanne Mitcho talks The experience that sealed the deal for me was my
about her switch from Canon to Olympus third trip to Florida for bird photography. I love
photographing birds, but I didn’t love carrying my
This past February I walked away from my long- Canons 7D Mark II or 5D Mark III; 100-400mm lens
term relationship with Canon, a serious and sober with the 1.4 converter; and tripod.
giant of the camera business, for a more nimble,
lighter, more exciting Olympus. Little did I predict For the second year in a row one of my companions
that within a few months of my break up, my new came with all her gear in a messenger bag, and
love interest would sell off their imaging business walked the 3-5 miles each day shooting handheld.
to a Japanese investment company. When we would compare images at the end of the
day, she missed far fewer shots than I did, and the
At this point in time no one knows the future quality was as good if not better than my images.
of Olympus, or any other camera manufacturer
for that matter. But what we do know is that I’d been with Canon since 2007 and acquired
whatever happens to corporations, cameras will more than a fair amount of cameras and expensive
not stop working, lenses will continue to focus, and glass over the years. I enjoyed every minute of my
hopefully warranties will be honored. photography during that time, and like a fantastic
trip, I don’t regret a minute of that investment.
Regrets? Honestly, none. I have been having fun But it was getting harder for me to hand hold my
learning and experimenting with features like heavy lenses, and I was not as inspired to bring my
Pro Capture, in camera Focus Stacking, and Live camera along with me on walks, hikes or ventures
Composite. I’ve been more energized than I’ve out.
been in a long time in terms of my photography.
Up to this point, I refused to even consider making
Cont., page 6
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Mirrorless from page 5
the switch to mirrorless. I had a Sony, after he
huge investment in Canon gear. had abandoned
I did not want to learn a new Canon, and
complicated menu system, and it didn’t feel
I felt confident I was going to all that much
lose quality if I made the switch. lighter in my
I was honestly a bit of what I hands than my
would call a gear snob. 5D Mark III.
And Sony was
So I began researching the more expensive
systems. My main consideration, than Olympus.
if I was to switch, was weight. If
the option wasn’t considerably Probably more
lighter, I saw no need to abandon important, I
my current equipment. I built had borrowed
a spreadsheet comparing my an Olympus
Canon gear with what Olympus camera and lens
and Sony had as comparable for a week and
I had seen up By and large, people loved
equipment.
close what Olympus could do. In the light weight, but they also
short, I didn’t spend much time found the image stabilization
Results on Weight:
researching Sony as an option. on both the cameras and the
lenses gave them so much more
While the Sony line up of bodies
What I learned is I could carry flexibility and allowed them to
was lighter than my 7D Mark II,
half the weight, get nearly the work without a tripod in manuy
the Sony 100-400 mm lens was
same reach, and on some lenses situations. The images they
only ½ a pound lighter than my
twice the reach, with a larger were producing, be it macro,
comparable Canon lens. I’d had
f stop, and benefits from both wildlife, landscape, portraits,
a chance to hold a friend’s new
on camera were amazing. So quality, in the
and in lens right hands, did not seem to be
stabilization. an issue.
Results on Results on Financial
Quality: Investment in Gear:
Next I read Finally, I did an analysis of what
every article or I could expect to get for my used
watched every Canon equipment if I did a trade
online video I in through District Camera. I
could find from looked up what my gear was
professional going for in the used market,
photographers expecting I would get half to two
to see why they thirds of that. I knew I could get
made the switch better prices selling privately, but
to Olympus. I just didn’t want to haggle and
then deal with post sale issues.
Cont., page 7
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Mirrorless from page 6
But if I’m honest,
the cropped
sensor on my 7D
Mark II which I
used primarily for
birding because
of the reach and
the faster frames
per second
also came with
noise, so I’m not
sure that’s any
different.
With more
features come
more menus to navigate, which
So my opportunity to can initially be intimidating. It’s
test out my gear has not hard to accidentally initiate
been limited. All of a feature and then wonder why
the examples, except for Live your camera is “misbehaving.”
If you go with the low value
Composite, were shot hand held, As one reviewer said, you have
estimate, I got almost 63% for my
and none were shot with a flash. in your hands not only a camera
used equipment. If you go with
Also, keep in mind, most of the but a mini computer.
the high, I got closer to 44%.
examples had limited editing
applied. But the articulating screen,
I purchased the Olympus OM D
M1 Mark III, 40-150 mm f/2.8 image stabilization on the body
Is there a downside? Of course and most lenses, incredible
PRO lens, 12-100 mm f/4 PRO
there are always trade off’s. I frames per second, built in HDR
lens, 17-14 mm f/2.8 PRO lens,
think there is much more noise and Live ND, …the list of features
cable release, 2x digital converter
in the cropped/micro 4/3 sensor, goes on and on, and I’ve only
and an extra battery.
especially at high ISO than a full begun to access them all.
frame camera. I find I need to do
But what am I getting in terms of
some noise reduction fairly often. Leaving a long, comfortable
results from my Olympus system?
I think relationship for something new
examples and exciting may not work for
speak louder everyone, but as a result of my
than words. switch to Olympus, I am more
Keep in mind, energized about photography,
I made the and pick up my camera nearly
switch to every day and that is what this
Olympus hobby is all about.
in early Examples of close ups and the
March, just blood moon handheld from my
as COVID-19 deck that I blended with a sec-
hit with a ond image captured earlier in
vengeance. the evening. Cont., page 8
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Mirrorless from page 7
Comparing Canon to Olympus
Weight Frames per second Effective reach
Canon 7D Mark II
100-400 mm f/4.5 to 6.1 lbs. 10 fps 224-896 mm f/8
f/5.6 lens
1.4 extender
Olympus OM-D E M1
Mark III 3.2 lbs. 18 fps – 60 fps 160-600 mm f/5.6
40-150 mm f/2.8 (electronic shutter)
2 x converter
5D Mark III
3.8 lbs 24-105 mm
24-105 mm f/4
OM D E M1 Mark III
2.5 lbs 24-200 mm
12-100 mm f/2.8
Examples of Pro Capture
Cont., page 9
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Mirrorless from page 8
Examples of Focus Stacking
Examples of Live Composition
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MWCC Newsletter Named Arthur
P. Henricks Memorial Award by
Photographic Society of America
by Christine Born The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented MWCC
from meeting in person since April but the club
The Manassas Warrenton Camera Club recently has continued to hold virtual training sessions and
earned the Arthur P. Henricks Memorial Award workshop for its members.
for its newsletter, “The Proof Sheet,” from the
Photographic Society of America. Founded in 1934, PSA is an organization for casual
The publication
achieved the
highest score
of the 46
newsletters
submitted
in three
categories:
Small Club
(75 or fewer),
Large Club
(more than 75),
and Council
or Chapter.
MWCC has 89
members. shutterbugs, serious amateurs, and professional
photographers. PSA has nearly 6,000 members in
“It is a huge honor to be presented this award,” over 80 countries
Christine Born, editor of “The Proof Sheet” said. “I
have all the club members who routinely submit Some comments from the judges on the design
articles and outstanding photos to thank. I could of “The Proof Sheet”:
not do it without their participation.”
• Great newsletter with wonderful imagery and
Mandy Saunders, president of MWCC, said she was excellent writing going hand in hand. Lots of member
thrilled when she heard “The Proof Sheet” had won. participation.
• Nice touch with Roll/Frame instead of Volume/Issue,
“This is an awesome result for Chris and the club,” and the film strip on the bottom of each page.
• “The Proof Sheet” is a fantastic newsletter. It is the
Mandy said. “We are very fortunate to be able to
longest, and also the most enjoyable, newsletter
take advantage of Chris’ talents. I am thrilled for the I’ve had the pleasure of judging so far. “The Proof
club to receive such a huge honor.” Sheet” showcased a lot of beautiful photos and had
a good variety of photography-related topics so that
MWCC was stablished in 1985 with members who every type of photographer in the Club would find
live in the northern Virginia area. something of interest to them.
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Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Update:
September 18 Deadline for Submitting Images
The Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions 2020 has
announced Rick Sammon’s and Kristi
Odom’s virtual sessions for the 2020 event.
Registration for these free events are
managed through Eventbrite.
The 10 student finalists were also
announced. The winner of the Student
Competition will be announced at the The image submission schedule is as follows:
beginning of Kristi Odom’s virtual session by MAPV
on November 7. August 17 – Image upload area opens for
submitting
The competition site is accepting images until September 11 – Deadline to re-submit images
September 18.
September 18 – Image upload deadline
Here are good reasons to submit images to Mid- September 19-22 – Final image review
Atlantic Photo Visions this Year September 23 – Judging begins
October 7 – Judging ends
• It’s free! If you were a member of MWCC in
2019-2020 then you can enter 12 images into October 8-9 – Stats collection
the competition for free (6 images Nature and 6 October 10 – Accepted images announced
images for PhotoArt).
October 11-18 – Online image setup
• There will be no printing or matting this year so October 19-25 – Peoples Choice voting
no stress or additional expense November 7 – Winners announced
• The new categories give you a chance to Submission Info - http://naturevisions.org/
submit catalog images that were not able to be expo-submissions/
submitted previously as there was no category
for them. Just remember to read all the tabs in Nature Rules - http://naturevisions.org/
the competition rules to ensure that the images nature-rules/
are eligible – link below. Photo Art Rules - http://naturevisions.org/
photo-art-rules/
• It shows the club ‘s support for the hard-
working Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions team and
will ensure that we get a great, hopefully live,
conference in 2021. in Northern Virginia and not just other club
members.
• Most photographers are competitive in nature
so this gives you a chance to put your images • There will still be cash prizes for the category
up against the many awesome photographers winners (even more as there are more
categories)
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Club Notes
New Vice President, VP of
Competitions Announced
As the new club year dawns, MWCC announces In addition, Brenda Gollaher, MWCC treasurer, has
two new board members. been named the Vice President of the Mid Atlantic
Photo Vision.
Jeff Horn has agreed to take over the Vice President
position as John Kopecky steps down and Kevin She will serve along other volunteers as the
Mathews has volunteered for Vice President- organization plans the 2020 Virtual Competition
Competitions as Roger Cox also steps down. and the 2021 Expo.
No valid objections were received by the board and
Jeff and Kevin were appointed to these positions.
Mona Rani has also asked to work with Joyce
Harman on Workshops and assist in perhaps
expanding that role into an education position that
covers Workshops/Tutorials/Webinars.
Jeff Horn
Kevin Mathews
PSA Membership Services
Available to Club Members
Club members are free to forums, the Projector newsletter, club judging
browse the Photographic service, and more.
Society of America (PSA) website at www.psa-
photo.org. Log in to the MyPSA/Club Services MWCC pays for the PSA membership so please
section, and review all of the services and take advantage of the many activities and
activities for PSA member organizations. Log in services the society has to offer.
using the member ID for MWCC organization:
993755. Administrative questions, please contact the
PSA Membership Coordinator, John R. Key
In the Club Services area, your organization will membership@psa-photo.org
find PSA activities and information including
interclub competitions, club/council contests,
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Logo Competition
Still In Progress
Are you tired of alphabetizing the spice cabinet,
clearing out the garage or, gasp, learning
Photoshop? Then here is another fun activity for
club members.
The Manassas Warrenton Camera Club Board of
Directors has announced a logo design competition.
To date, I have received one submission.
The Board will put together a way for members to
The current logo, pictured here, has been around
vote.
for several years. It has taken some criticism
recently, mostly due to the fact there is no camera A few graphic issues to be aware of.
or other photographic element in it. The file should be a vector image, (EPS), so it is
able to be resized both large and small without
Unlike many sports teams and corporations who
losing resolution.
redesign logos to sell new merchandise, the board
feels its time for a new look that both illustrates If you make a JPG that is fine, but keep the elements
photography and our geographic locations. you used so it can be turned into a vector graphic if
chosen.
The rules are simple:
Good luck.
• Produce a new logo
• Email it to editor
Looking for a Few Good Images, MWCC flickr
Panoramic in Size Page
Did you know MWCC has a
flickr page?
The page is linked from the
website or go to it here
Images are submitted by
members and from the
The Club Board is updating the Please submit any images that competition site.
website and are looking for new you think may qualify. To get
images for the header. an idea of suitable images look Check it out.
at the website and check out
The required proportions are the images displayed at the top
unusual at 1600x230 pixels. center of each page.
Kevin Mathews has opened up a Email Mandy Saunders with any
Website Images competition on questions.
the competition website.
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Club Member Wins Photo Contest
Canadian Rockies in 2017
Manorama Rani received the First Place in a Global This year, Manorama will be working with Joyce
Photography Competition organized by UMANG Harman on scheduling workshops and developing
(The Radiance of Life), Online Global Contest 2020. training sessions for the Club.
Manorama says she enjoys photography and likes to Congratulations Manorama.
capture moments through her photographs.
She particularly likes nature photography. She
believes that in photography, like any other
“Art” medium, one can never stop learning and
improving.
She is a freelance photographer and loves music,
singing and outdoors and most of all, enjoys
“traveling” around the world.
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Summer Meetups Cautiously Continued
Despite Pandemic Restrictions
Adhering to social distancing and group number
guidelines, members of the Manassas Warrenton
Camera Club continued to plan and take part in
Meetups throughout the area during the summer.
Many were formally announced on the club page
and others were impromptu excursions organized
by groups of friends. Regardless of how the
meetings were planned, members went to a variety
of beautiful places and came back with equally
beautiful photographs.
Some locations visited included:
• Baby Fawns in Big Meadows - Shenandoah
National Park and Skyline Drive Fawns by Gabriel Braunstein
• Sunrise/Sunset In Northern Virginia
• Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
• McKee-Beshers Sunflower Patch
• Meadowlark Gardens - Late Opening Greenspring
• Longwood Gardens Gardens
• Green Spring Gardens Park Photo Shoot by Gabriel
• Pollinator Garden and Mustang Trail Loop Braunstein
Leesylvania State Park by Gary Hall
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Pollinator Garden and Mustang Pollinator Garden and Mustang Trail Loop by Kevin Mathews
Trail Loop by Jerry Koons
Pollinator Garden and Mustang Trail by Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens by Art Cole
Alyssia Greiner
Social distancing at Bristoe
Heritage Battlefield Park with
Jeff Horn, Christine Born and Art
Cole. by Jack Nevitt
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Longwood Gardens
by Brenda Gollaher
by Mandy Saunders
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Longwood Gardens
by Mandy Saunders
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Program Meetings to be Held Virtually for
First Part of Club Year
September 10 Virtual Program --The Art of
Landscape Photography by Dr. Kah-Wai Lin
In a Manassas Warrenton Camera New Jersey.
Club first, Dr. Kah-Wai Lin will Over the past few years, Kah-Wai
speak to members virtually using has presented over 200 seminars
ZOOM. The program will begin at worldwide and has received
7 p.m., September 10. over 200 awards in photography
contests.
Details on how to join will be
posted on the club’s MeetUp page To see Kah-Wai’s work, go to
and via email. Also see this Quick www.kahwailin.com
Start Guide to Zoom.
Kah-Wai will present professional
tips on how to the unseen in
landscape photography. He
will provide details on using
light to create visual emotion,
using long exposures to
create visual dynamism, use
your field of vision to create
visual perspective and using
composition to create visual
continuity and a story.
Kah-Wai is a professional
landscape photographer based
in New Jersey. He is the Goodwill
Ambassador and former chapter,
clubs and councils vice president Some of Kah-Wai Lin’s images.
of the Photographic Society
of America. He is the director
of Global Elite Photographer,
ambassador and education
advisor of NiSi, ambassador
and global marketing advisor of
Fotopro, ambassador and global
marketing advisor of Feiyu,
pro team of Spiffy Gear, and
ambassador and international
liaison officer of Studio of
Masters. He also operates a
camera store, Stetinden Photo, in
Cont., page 20
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Lin, from page 19
Moreof Kah-Wai Lin’s images.
Program Schedule 2020-2021
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September -- January Competitions
Online; Digital Category Only Entry
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Board has numerous times
determined the September to January competitions as well as Versatile
meetings will be online only with digital categories Photographer of the
entries and none for print. Year at Northern
Everyone will be able to submit two images. Virginia Photographic
If in person meetings resume in February, the Society (NVPS); Best
print competitions also resume. The competition Landscape and People’s
guidelines will be adjusted for end of year winners. Choice awards at Nature
Visions Photography
Remember to join or rejoin the club before Expo; and Best in Show
September 30 to be eligible to compete in the and 2nd Place at the
October and on competitions. juried Meadowlark
For the club’s first competition night, September Photo Expo in Vienna,
17, Sandi Croan, will do the online judging. VA, as well as awards at
Art Space Herndon Fine Art Photography Exhibit,
Sandi is an independent photographer from
Reston Artists PhotoArt, and many more. I
Centreville, Virginia, who has been living in
Northern Virginia since 1978. She specializes in Sandi has been a member of the Northern Virginia
landscape, nature, and travel photography with an Photographic Society (NVPS) since 2004 and has
eye for capturing the unique and creating fine art served in a variety of board positions since 2005.
for homes and offices. She served as President of NVPS for two terms from
2009-2011.
Sandi has won numerous competitions and
awards for her fine art photographs including: You can see a sample of Sandi’s work on www.
Photographer of the Year and Print of the Year sandicroanphotography.com
Competition Schedule 2020-2021
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MWCC Meetups & Workshops
As Virginia continues to encourage
practicing safe procedures with
group events, Meetups are being
planned as long as social distancing
is maintained. Virtual sessions are
also still being planned so check the
Meetup page frequently. Stay safe
Lotus from Kenilworth Gardens
by Jack Nevitt
Early Morning Shoot at Meadowlark Gardens, Saturday September 12 at 7 a.m.
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna, VA
An entrance fee is required to access Meadowlark Gardens. Payment is given in the visitor center which
is now open. Cost is $3.00 for 55 an older, 6-17 is $3.00. Adult fee is $6.00 and under 6 is free. Bathrooms
are also open in the visitor center.
Workshop: Photo 101 Exposure Workshop, Saturday September 26, 2020, 9-11 a.m.
This workshop, which will be delivered via Zoom, is part of our Photo 101 series, designed for novice
photographers and those that want a refresher on basic photographic topics. In this session, we will
explore the concept of exposure and analyze the various camera settings that control the exposure. We
will also describe the histogram as a tool to evaluate exposure.
Please have your camera handy. We will try to introduce some hands-on exercises as we move along the
presentation.
MWCC Photo Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival Bealeton, VA Saturday, October 3-4, 2020
5114 County Road 644 Bealton, VA
This is an informal MWCC Meetup.
Airshows at 1:30 p,m. on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Hot Air Balloon Launches Both Days Early Morning & Late Afternoon/Evenings. Please check the website
for up to date information and fees.
https://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/balloon.html
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Board of Directors and Committee
Chairpersons for 2020-2021
Soliciting Content: Articles by Club
Members Welcomed and Encouraged
The club newsletter others sports. We want to hear about it. Teach our
editor is asking for input members how to do a certain type of photography
from MWCC members. and include photos with technical data.
Please take some time Send the content to editor@mwcc-photo.org
and pen an article for Under the Editor’s Note, page 3, I have also outlined
upcoming issues about some upcoming subjects for the year. I try to place
a vacation or unique photo adventure.. Attach a how to article about the upcoming photo contest.
jpg photos to the email along with the article, So if you are interested in any of these, please send
preferably written in Microsoft Word but any text them to me.
editing program will work.
Composition wasn’t your best subject? Don’t worry,
that is what I am here for. As long as I have the
Also, do you have a specialty you shoot? Some are content, I can make you sound like James Patterson.
good at astrophotography, other macro and still What are you waiting for? Start writing.
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Amazon Smile Program Donates
Millions to Charities, Non-Profits
How to set your Amazon To shop at
Account to automatically AmazonSmile
donate money to Manassas- simply go
Warrenton Camera Club. to smile.
amazon.
com from the
What is AmazonSmile? web browser
AmazonSmile is a simple and on your
automatic way for you to support computer or
Manassas-Warrenton Camera mobile device.
Club every time you shop, at You must always purchase from How much of my purchase
no cost to you. When you shop smile.amazon.com for your does Amazon donate?
at smile.amazon.com, you’ll purchase to be eligible to donate The AmazonSmile Foundation
find the exact same low prices, to your chosen charity. will donate 0.5% of the purchase
vast selection and convenient Which products on price from your eligible
shopping experience as Amazon. AmazonSmile are eligible for AmazonSmile purchases. The
com, with the added bonus that charitable donations? purchase price is the amount
Amazon will donate a portion paid for the item minus any
of the purchase price to your Tens of millions of products on
AmazonSmile are eligible for rebates and excluding shipping
charity. & handling, gift-wrapping fees,
donations. You will see eligible
Can I use my existing Amazon. products marked “Eligible for taxes, or service charges. From
com account on AmazonSmile? AmazonSmile donation” on their time to time, we may offer
Yes, you use the same account on product detail pages. Recurring special, limited time promotions
Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Subscribe-and-Save purchases that increase the donation
All your account settings are also and subscription renewals are amount on one or more
the same. not currently eligible. products or services or provide
for additional donations to
How do I select a charitable Can I change my charity? charitable organizations. Special
organization? Yes, you can change your charity terms and restrictions may
On your first visit to any time. Your AmazonSmile apply. Please see the relevant
AmazonSmile smile.amazon.com, purchases after the change count promotion for complete details.
select a charitable organization towards your newly selected Can I receive a tax deduction
to receive donations from charity. To change your charity, for amounts donated from my
eligible purchases before you sign in to smile.amazon.com on purchases on AmazonSmile?
begin shopping. Amazon will your desktop or mobile phone
remember your selection, and browser and simply select Donations are made by the
then every eligible purchase you “Change your Charity” in “Your AmazonSmile Foundation and
make will result in a donation. Account.” are not tax deductible by you.
You can search using Manassas- What charities can I choose How can I learn more about
Warrenton Camera Club and you from? AmazonSmile?
will find us. Please see complete
You can choose from almost one
How do I shop at million eligible 501(c)(3) public AmazonSmile program details.
AmazonSmile? charitable organizations.
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Join MWCC Meetup
The Meetup page contains all the pro-
gram nights, competition nights, work-
shops and field trips. It is free to join and
only open to Active MWCC members.
Choose how many or how few notices
you get and you can check dates and
times on your smart phone or tablet. The
advantage to using the app is changes to
event times and events can be sent to all
members who have signed up for that
event, and you receive instant notice of a
change.
Sign up now. The link is http://www.
mwcc-photo.org
MWCC Facebook Page
Go to https://www.facebook.com/ManassasWarrenton-
CameraClub/ for photo tips and techniques and to see
posts from other club members. Take a look and comment
or post. See what your fellow club members are up to in
photography.
MWCC has affiliations with B&H Photo in New York
and Amazon.com. B&H is one of the oldest and most
reliable vendors of photographic and audio/video
equipment and supplies. Amazon.com, is the pre-
mier on-line superstore and goto vendor for a broad
range of products. Each time you place your orders
through the following links, the club will receive a
small remuneration to be used to further the club’s
activities. Try it!
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