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The
Official Newsletter of the Anne Arundel Camera Club
http://arundelcameraclub.org/
Field Trip
October 18th - Loch Raven/Worthington Valley
Calendar of Events 2008-2009
October 1 Program – Christine Hunt
October 8 Contest Digital and Mono, People
October 15 Program – Joanie Surette, Marion Warren’s Life and
Images
October 22 Contest Slide and Color Prints, People
October 29 Program - Ian Plant, Natural beauty in his book
Chesapeake: Bay of Light
November 5 Contest Digital and Mono, Open
November 12 Program – Celia Pearson
November 19 Contest Slide and Color Prints. Open
November 26 No Meeting Thanksgiving
December 3 Contest Digital and Mono, Abstract
December 10 Contest Slide and Color Prints, Abstract
December 17 Christmas Party
December 24 No Meeting - Christmas break
December 31 No Meeting - News Year’s Break
January 7 Program - Middleton Evans
January 14 Contest Digital and Mono, Open
January 21 Program - Tabletop night (tent.)
January 28 Contest Slide and Color Prints, Open
February 4 Program - Tony Sweet
February 11 Contest Slide and Digital, Still life
February 18 Program – Elizabeth Gauld, 'Hand Coloring'
February 25 Contest Slide and Color Prints, Still life
March 4 Program: TBA
March 11 Theme Contest: Digital, transportation; Mono Prints,
hi-key, low-key
March 18 Program- Jack Mills
March 25 Theme Contest: Slide, architecture; Color Prints, glass
April 1 Program - TBA
April 8 Contest Digital and Mono, Open
April 15 Program - TBA
April 22 Contest Slide and Color Prints, Open
April 29 Digital Show and Tell
May 6 Business Meeting
May 13 Club Events Contest
May 20 Banquet
May 27 No Meeting/Snow Date
September Contests
Novice Digital September 10, 2008
1st Place Patrick McCann "Industrial Boat"
2nd Place Mark Owens "Stationary"
3rd Place Bob Miller "Artic Summer"
4th Place Gene Crooks "After the Storm"
HM Cathleen Steele "Red Sails"
HM Betty Harris "Heron with Fish"
Unlimited Digital September 10, 2008
1st Place Mike Thomas "Dark Hollow Falls"
2nd Place Chuck Gallegos "Jeep on the Hill"
3rd Place Tim Champney "Plein Air Palette"
4th Place Chuck Gallegos "Misty Cape Cod Morning"
HM Dolphy Glendinning "Queen Anne's Lace"
HM Howard Penn "Red-Tailed Hawk"
Unlimited Monochrome Prints September 10, 2008
1st Place Gene Crooks "Man Against the Sea"
2nd Place Chuck Gallegos "Nobska Road Walkers"
3rd Place Gene Crooks "Ruskie on Board"
4th Place Gene Crooks "Serenity"
HM Chuck Gallegos "Weathered"
HM Tim Champney "Shenandoah Mill"
Novice Monochrome Prints September 10, 2008
1st Place Mike Thomas "Town Hill House"
2nd Place Cathleen Steele "Reflecting on the Old"
3rd Place John Milleker, Jr. "Couch"
4th Place Michelle Barkdoll "Surfer"
HM John Milleker, Jr. "Cicada"
HM Mike Thomas "Night Train"
Novice Color Prints September 24, 2008
1st Place Tim Champney "Sunflower Sunrise"
2nd Place Mike Thomas "Hang Ten"
3rd Place Mike Thomas "Nicobar Pigeon"
4th Place Michelle Barkdoll "Journey"
HM Nancy Kennedy "Askew in Baltimore"
HM Cathleen Steele "Underworld Wonder"
HM John Milleker, Jr. "Raw Power"
Unlimited Color Prints September 24, 2008
1st Place Donna Neal "Neon Lights"
2nd Place Gene Crooks "Beautiful River"
3rd Place Howard Penn "And Behind Door # One"
4th Place Chuck Gallegos "Hibiscus"
HM Gene Crooks "Eagle on Fish"
HM Howard Penn "Tulip Curve"
Unlimited Slides September 24, 2008
1st Place Bob Miller "Birth"
2nd Place Dolphy Glendinning "Out of the Flower"
3rd Place Betty Harris "Male Lion"
4th Place Bob Miller "Old Time"
HM Bob Miller "Kale Leaf"
HM Tim Champney "Oh My Gosh"
Promotions and
Awards
At the last years business meeting there were some changes in the
contest rules and the amount of points needed to be promoted from novice
to unlimited. In order to advance now, all of the categories require 50
points to make it to the next level. So, with being said,
congratulations to….
Howard Penn was promoted to Unlimited in Monochrome
Angel Kidwell was promoted to Unlimited in Digital
Bob Miller changes to Unlimited in Color Print and Digital.
Mary Swanson advances to Unlimited in Color Prints
Welcome
Back
I hope everyone had a nice, long hot summer cause it’s time to bring in
the cold autumn weather and the Arundel Camera Club! Hopefully you were
able to make it to the fieldtrips or the cookout the Betty Harris was so
kind to host. As mentioned above there were some changes made to the
contest rules. Color prints and digital entries require 50 points to
advance to Unlimited. If you are the lucky winner of a 1st ,
2nd , 3rd or 4th place, you may not
re-enter the same photo in another category, in other words once it wins
it’s done. Also a picture can be entered no more than five times total
between all the categories. So, good luck to all and I look forward to
seeing everyone’s master pieces!
Reminder: Themes for the month March
Monochrome - high key/low key
Slide - architecture
Color Prints - glass
Digital - transportation
File
Synchronization
By John Milleker Jr.
When you think of it, digital and film shooting is a lot alike. That is,
up until the shutter closes. Film shooters get their images developed
and
store the negatives in a cool, dry place. Done. Archiving digital
negatives? Much more complicated.
I've been recommending that images are backed up on Hard Drives for
awhile
now, and I appreciate the fact that some people are completely happy
with
optical backups too. Either way, synchronization applies to everyone.
Even
if the last step of your archiving process is to create a DVD, you must
still keep that image safe during post processing and until you create
your backup. What happens if something happens to your images before you
make that disc? You really need to practice redundancy from start to
finish.
When you get your images into your computer, make a copy. Preferably on
a
different hard drive and preferably to a completely different computer
altogether. Hard drives die and while 'clean houses' can recover data
off
dead drives, you'll wish you were spending the money they charge on some
nice new glass instead.
This article is about how to make sure you have solid copies of your
images. No matter if you are backing them up before you burn them to
disc
or if your end result is archiving your images to hard drive.
Synchronization is the same.
Our goal is to synchronize your two image folders. Original and copy,
source and destination. We must make sure that at the time you
synchronize
those folders, every single piece of information is like a mirror copy
of
each other. Sure, we have the copy feature that comes with your
operating
system but there are problems with that. First, if you are copying a
group
of folders and the process errors out, where did it leave off? Usually
you
need to start the copy all over again. Also, if you are copying new data
to your backup folder and some of the data is the same you'll be
overwriting files which is a waste of time.
Enter synchronization programs, my favorite at the time of this article
is
Microsoft's SyncToy. Not only is it a good program, it is free as well.
Mac users should search for synchronization programs and should be able
to
find a few good ones. The settings I discuss below should pretty much be
the same on any program you use.
SyncToy allows you to choose two directories. A 'Left Folder' which is
your source and a 'Right Folder' which is your destination. Source is
always your live, original location and Destination is where you want to
copy to. Once you have selected both folders click next and you are
asked
how you would like your data handled. You have three options.
Synchronize: New and updated files are copied to both folders. If you
have
new data on the Left folder, it is copied to the Right. If you have new
data on the Right, it is copied to the Left. Anything renamed and
deleted
on either folder are mirrored on the other folder. (For example, you
have
your folders synchronized. If SyncToy notices that you deleted a file or
renamed a file on one folder, it will make sure that action is completed
on the other folder too).
Echo: Same as Synchronize but changes happen ONLY if they happened on
the
Left folder. Renames and Deletes on the Left are repeated on the Right,
Renames and Deletes on the Right are ignored.
Contribute: Same as Synchronize but only Renames are repeated from Left
to
Right only, if you delete a file on one folder, it is NOT repeated on
the
other folder.
Personally, I run the Contribute scheme because there have been times
when
I have accidentally deleted a file on the Left folder and if it would
have
repeated that on the Right folder, I would have been missing a perfectly
good file.
Once these are set you can press the Preview button. Preview looks at
both
folders and tells you what is different. It will tell you how many
Renames, New files and New Folders there are. It will also tell you how
many files it looked at and how much data it saved you by checking out
both folders and only copying what it needs. When you are ready, Press
Run
to start the process and everything will be Synchronized.
SyncToy has been an integral part of my Digital Asset Management scheme
and has saved me countless hours of copying files, folders and verifying
that everything has been copied down to the smallest files. Give a
synchronization program a try and I'm sure you'll ditch the simple copy
feature of your operating system.
The URL to Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 is a long one, load up your favorite
search engine and search for 'SyncToy 2'. Only download SyncToy from
Microsoft.com.
Around
Town
Sat, 23 August 2008 - Sun, 24 August 2008 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Maryland Renaissance Festival
The Maryland Renaissance Festival has become the region's premier
outdoor event and the second largest Renaissance Festival in the
country. Since the Festival's first season as a ramshackle village in
1977, the event has matured into a large theme show with more than 1,300
participants and 280,000 guests per season.
This Year's Story Line is His Rose without a Thorn Revel Grove,
Oxfordshire, England
At the gate prices are: Children(7-15)$8.00 Seniors $15.00 Adults $18.00
Contact: 1-800-296-7304
Location: Renaissance Festival Field. 1821 Crownsville Road ,
Crownsville 21032
Fri, 10 October 2008 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sunset Canoe Excursion
Paddle at sunset on this unique tour to introduce you to the marshes of
Muddy Creek as well as the research conducted here at SERC. This trip is
designed for beginning and intermediate paddlers. Basic instruction will
be given at the start of the program.
Cost is $12 per adult and $6 for children 6-12 years old, limited to 16
participants. Preregistration and payment is required by calling (301)
238.2737. You are not officially registered until we receive your
payment. Refunds are not given unless there is a family emergency or an
extenuating circumstance.
Contact: (301) 238.2737 or visit
www.serc.si.edu
Location: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 647 Contees Wharf
Rd , Edgewater 21037 .
Fri, 10 October 2008 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wine Tasting & Photography exhibit
Annapolis convenience store, Main St. Mini Mart, is offering a wine
tasting on Friday, October 10th 6-9 p.m. to coincide with the opening of
the US Sailboat Show.
Main St. Mini Mart will have four lesser known varietals that will give
customers an opportunity to become more familiar with something new
while nibbling on crackers, cheese, and grapes. Friday's wine tasting
will offer autumnal inspired wines appropriate for the fall holidays. A
Monastrell from Spain, an aromatic red Zinfindel from California, a
Prosecco from Italy, and lastly, a Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc Chilean
desert wine will be featured at 20% off.
Meet local photographer, Bill Burnette
(http://flickr.com/photos/28807279@N05/), who has an exhibit at Main St.
Mini Mart and will have signed and matted 8x10 Annapolis prints for
sale. Burnette's artful skill in capturing and preserving modern day
scenes from the past gives viewers a new perspective on Annapolis'
historic and nautical surroundings.
Main St. Mini Mart is an authorized Fedex shipping center and Western
Union & Lottery agent. Fax services and a copier are also available.
A Notary is usually on premise.
The wine tasting on Friday welcomes all of our friends and visitors to
gather and celebrate in Annapolis.
Contact: 410-626-2099 Ext.
Location: Main St. MIni Mart. 222 Main St. , Annapolis 21401
Sat, 11 October 2008 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Scottish Festival and Highland Games
The 17th annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds,
1450 Generals Highway in Crownsville. The opening ceremonies, featuring
the Parade of Clans and the Pipe and Drum Bands, will begin at 11:30
a.m. The festival includes highland dancing, fiddling, pipe and drum
bands competitions, Scottish animals, and food vendors. Advanced tickets
cost $13 for adults and $11 for senior citizens prior to Sept. 26.
Tickets cost $15 for adults, $13 for senior citizens and military, and
$6 for students 12 to 18 years after Sept. 26. For tickets and
information, call 410-451-4343 or visit www.aasfi-md.org.
Contact: 410-451-4343 or visit
www.aasfi-md.org
Location: Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. 1450 General's Highway (Route
178) , Crownsville 21032
Sat, 11 October 2008 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Annual Kinder Farm Park Fall Harvest Festival
A day of crafts, games, learning, and fun! This year there are wagon
rides, children's games and many crafts. See beekeepers at work,
woodturning, and farm animals. Admission and parking is free.
Activities, games, and food are available at nominal fees. Call the park
office for more information: 410-222-6115
Contact: 410-222-6115 or visit
www.kinderfarmpark.org
Location: Kinder Farm Park. 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road , Millersville
21108
Sat, 18 October 2008
British Car Show
A British car show, "Brits by the Bay," will be held 9:30 a.m. Oct. 18
at Downs Park, 8311 John Downs Loop in Pasadena. Sponsored by Triumphs
Around the Chesapeake, Ltd., this show features dash plaques, door
prizes, grilled food and a live band. For more information, call
410-336-9836 or visit www.tracltd.org.
Contact: 410-336-9836 or visit
www.tracltd.org
Location: Downs Park. 8311 John Downs Loop , Pasadena .
www.aacounty.org/recpark
Sat, 18 October 2008 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tilghman Island Day
Come enjoy the fun with the "locals" and watch watermen and boat docking
contests. Fill yourself with wonderful seafood, listen to live music,
and check out the antique shops, auction and craft tables. Kronsberg
Park.
Contact: 410-555-5555 or visit http://www.tilghmanisland.com/
Location: Tilghman Island. Tilghman Island , Tilghman 21401
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