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LENS LINES The Official Newsletter of the Arundel Camera Club April, 2004 |
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Programs Planned April 7th Howard Penn - Three Out of Four Courners April 21st Warren Kahle - Digital Landscape Photo April 28th Print Contest Theme - Color - Still Life April Field Trip Harper’s Ferry , historical site, is full of Civil War era buildings and monuments. Expect to walk on steep hill sidewalks. Parking is usually at the bottom near a railway station. There may be a fee of $6.00 per vehicle for town entry. There is a shuttle bus available from one of the entry points. Your National Park Passes will save you a fee. All fees go towards maintaining the park. Claiming to be part of a group costs extra. During the Civil War, Harper’s Ferry changed hands 8 times. You may see tour guides in period costume. The view from Harper House on the hill high above the confluence of the mighty Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers is well worth the hike. There are historical markers and wild flowers along the way. You can see 3 states ( West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland) along with the rivers and the Blue Ridge mountains. We will find a place to eat in the town. There are also numerous tourist shops and historical museums. March Field Trip Sunny Frank, Mike Lewis, Dave Long, Debbie Meekins, Alan Nicolaisen,
Jean Friday, Ted Golczewski, Mike Dulisse, Dick Fairhurst, Diana
Listmann, Bei Ma, Nancy (Bei’s Friend), Kathy Frantom, Catalina
Levay, and Betty Harris rose early to meet at 7 AM for the drive
to Hoopers Island and the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
It was a bit breezy so tripods (and coats) were especially
useful. We started on Hoopers Island to get the morning light.
We saw swans , great blue herons, and some saw a pair of bald
eagles. Boats, ropes, birds, and bouys were subjects of many
images. Major Awards!!!
Promoted to the Unlimited Monochrome Class Tony Sweet Returns to Show Recent Work Members welcomed Tony Sweet expecting beautiful images. We
were delighted with the unusual photographs shot locally. Tony
explained his use of blue mylar film to create a backround indoors
to simulate sky. His interesting flower photos used position,
depth of field, and double exposure to make ordinary flowers
extraordinary in the slide. Tony is a very interesting teacher
of photo techniques. One that caught members interest requires
a double exposure of the same image, one sharp and one out of
focus. Tony uses a diffusion filter and a color intensifier filter
for some of his flower images. Many of his classes are available
locally and can be found with his books on his website. February 25th Print Competition Our judge, Gyle Stocks, has been an award winning professional
photographer for 20 years. He specializes in classic portraiture.
He has photographed for the Ballet Theater of Annapolis. Many
of his Fine Art Posters have been distributed and sold in the
United States as well as abroad. His comments to members were
always prefaced with a compliment on the work being viewed before
some very constructive suggestions. The abstract competition
showed a lot of creativity by our photographers. A large variety
of styles were awarded ribbons. Gyle commented on the
way a viewer’s eye travels through an image as being important.
He praised balance and the creative use of color combinations
to make a pattern within the image. Members learned why some
color and line combinations attract the eye of the viewer.
Novice Color Prints Theme Abstract (15 entries) ( 2nd Place Ernest Swanson “Roof Lines” Novice Monochrome Prints Theme Open Unlimited Monochrome Prints Theme Open March 10th Slide Competition Theme - Shadows March 24th Print Competition Our judge, Scott Swanson, came to us from the Bowie Crofton Camera Club. He commented on the fact that their members present hundreds of images to be judged in both prints and slides on a contest night. He was happy to be able to have the time to comment of our prints. Members learned that this judge wanted to see a definite point of interest in the storm pictures. The monochrome leading line images needed to have the line lead to a point of interest. Sometimes when we shoot to a theme, we neglect other principles of composition. We thank Scott Swanson for his insight and his very fine comments. Novice Color Prints - Theme Storm or Aftermath of Storm (16
entries) ( 4th Place Sara McNeely “Storm Clouds Gathering” Unlimited Color Prints - Theme Storm or Aftermath of Storm
image shot since the Novice Monochrome - Theme Leading Lines Unlimited Monochrome - Theme Leading Lines image to be shot
since the May 2003 Business Meeting (14 entries)
NOTE from our WEB MASTER The Arundel Camera Club website URL is now http://arundelcameraclub.org/
Arundel Camera Club meets every Wednesday evening when
school is in session. We meet at 7:30 and usually end around
9:00 p.m. at Severna Park High School, 60 Robinson Road, Severna
Park in room G144. Meetings are open to the public, but only
dues paying members may enter competitions. Annual dues are $15
per adult, $7.50 per full-time student. If a second family member
joins the club, the second member's dues are discounted 50% or
$7.50. Howard Penn (410) 544-1742 e - mail hbpenn@erols.com Dolphy Glendinning (410) 267-0956 & Sara McNeely e-mail - saragary@ieee.org Alan Nicolaisen (410) 757-3243 & Ernie Swanson e-mail - miswanson@aol.com Betty Harris (410)-729-0255 e - mail ef.harris@verizon.net Delegate Ernie Swanson 2 year (410) 987-1066 Do you have and Idea for an Article for your Newsletter? Please e-mail your contributing article to the Newsletter Editor at tsquared@toad.net by the 4th Wednesday of Any Month to... Be a PUBLISHED AUTHOR and Make your Newsletter more interesting to our members! |