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September 2017 Vol. 34, No. 9

In This IssuePresident’s Letter Page 3

Members’ Scores Page 4-5Useful Web Links Page 5 Upcoming Events Page 5 Members’ Images Page 6-15 NWCCC Conference Flyer Page 16

Lynne Greenup — San Xavier Mission

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InFocus, the Newsletter of the Puget Sound Camera ClubThe Puget Sound Camera Club (PSCC) welcomes new members of any level of expertise indigital and film photography. The Club meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month atMaplewood Presbyterian Church in Edmonds, Washington.Activities include education, review of work, and exhibition opportunities.The Club was organized in 1984 and is a member of the Photographic Society of America andthe Northwest Council of Camera Clubs.

Officers PhonePresident Lauren Heerschap 206-719-3752Vice-President Margery Robison 425-501-7585Secretary Mary Tevis 206-533-8301Treasurer Yvonne Shimek 425-745-2335Digital Director Dave Patzwald 425-485-3176Print Director Al Koskie 206-604-6433Member-at-Large Henry Heerschap 206-719-1782Committees Chairperson PhoneArchives Henry Heerschap 206-719-1782

Audit Mary Pease 425-478-7015

Digital Dave Patzwald 425-485-3176

Education Margery Robison 425-501-7585

Equipment Henry Heerschap 206-719-1782

InFocus Editor Henry Heerschap 206-719-1782

Membership Lynne Greenup 425-771-5703

NWCCC Delegate Bill Royce 425-821-3190

Prints Al Koskie 206-604-6433

PSA Representative Renata Kleinert 425-355-7758

PSA Nature Competition Renata Kleinert 425-355-7758

PSA Pictorial Competition Renata Kleinert 425-355-7758

Refreshments Emily Patzwald 425-485-3176

Webmaster Henry Heerschap 206-719-1782

Puget Sound Camera Club (PSCC): www.pugetsoundcamera.com

Northwest Council of Camera Clubs (NWCCC): www.nwcameraclubs.org

Photographic Society of America (PSA): www.psa-photo.org

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President's Message

Dear PSCC Members,

I am happy to announce that we are now able to pay our dues online! Our finances are stable, but the Boardwould like to see our all of our members keep current with their dues. This has been a priority for a long time.You can still give Yvonne Shimek, our treasurer, cash or a check. Many thanks to Henry Heerschap for settingthis up on our website, www.pugetsoundcamera.com He also recreated the website so that it is accessibleand easier to see on our cell phones.

We continue to have fun on our field trips! Last month there was a field trip to a Dahlia garden and to anequestrian site. The next field trip will be to the Volunteer Park Conservatory and Lake View Cemetery on Sep-tember 20th. There are dahlias also growing in a garden at Volunteer Park. The conservatory has cacti as wellas tropical plants. More info on our Meetup page at https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-Camera-Club-Meetup/events/242550130/

It is time to REGISTER for classes at the NWCCC CONFERENCE. Go to www.nwcameraclubs.org. This year’sspeaker is George Lepp. In addition, you can choose from three classes, view the Traveling Print Salon winners,and ENTER PRINT AND DIGITAL COMPETITION. Enter even if you are not coming to the convention. We haveamazing photos, and strong potential to beat any club in the council!! There will be door prizes too! The con-ference will be on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2017 and will take place at Everett Community College. Cost is$60 and includes a box lunch. Be sure to start thinking of what images you will enter in the digital and printcompetitions. You must be a member of a photo club to enter, but there is no fee. The deadline is October 31.For competition information, go to www.nwcameraclubs.org/competitions.

I hope you have enjoyed Summer, and I look forward to Fall this year,

Lauren HeerschapPSCC President

Welcome New Member!

Al Kamil

Lauren Heerschap — Night at Pulteney Bridge

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August 2017 Digital Images Competition Assignment: “Urban Wildlife”Judges: Mary Wang, Linda Falconer, Mary Tevis Commentator: Bill Royce MP– most popular

Category Title Maker TotalAssignment Macaw Parrot Renata Kleinert 22 First Place, MP

Whidbey Doe Bill Royce 21Bunny Visits the Garden Lynne Greenup 21Orb Spider Danika Pease 20Sharing a Stump Marc Weinberg 20Oh, Yeah Mary Tevis 20Her Majesty's Royal Squirrel,St James Park, London

Henry Heerschap 19

Ranger Feeding Wild Deer Mary Pease 17Altered Reality Berries at Edmonds Marsh Mary Pease 22 First Place

Red Sun Renata Kleinert 21 MPCreatures Grebe Court Dance Mary Ye Wang 24 First Place, MP

Namibian Lion Mary Tevis 23Follow the Leader Al Koskie 22Anna's Hummer Lauren Heerschap 21Love Me Some Artichoke Henry Heerschap 19Little Horned Sheep Danika Pease 18

Open Butterfly and Flowers Renata Kleinert 23 First Place, MPTinturn Arches Henry Heerschap 21Night at Pulteney Bridge Lauren Heerschap 21Milky Way over Coal Creek Pond Margery Robison 21Santorini Vista Bill Royce 20Sol duc Falls Lynne Greenup 20Golden Light on a Hazy Night Marc Weinberg 20Hama Rikyu Garden Tea House Dave Patzwald 19My Sister Barbara Jack Broom 19Dick's Cream Stout Alex McLain 18Landscape #6 Danika Pease 18Singapore CBD at Night Dave Patzwald 18Butterfly Above Me Jack Broom 18Big Dipper Reflected in Coal Creek Pond Margery Robison 18Dune 45 Mary Tevis 18Peyto Lake Sunrise Mary Ye Wang 18A Favorite Rose Mary Pease 17

September Assignments

Digital Night – From Above

Print – Negative Clarity(Lightroom/ACR Slider to the left or similar)

For the full list of assignments, go tohttp://pugetsoundcamera.com/assignments

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Category Title Maker TotalAssignment Color At the Top Andy Royce 25

View Through the Glass Brick Wall Jack Broom 24Assignment Monochrome San Xavier Mission Lynne Greenup 27 MPM

Altered Reality Eclipse over Lynnwood Margery Robison 22Open Color Bird of Paradise, Kew Gardens, London Jack Broom 26 MPC

Heritage Barn Al Koskie 24St Paul's, Port Gamble Dave Patzwald 24Overgrown Bill Royce 24Harbor Seal at Rest Andy Royce 24The Sun's Spots Margery Robison 22Traditional Dress, Admori Japan Dave Patzwald 21Buckeye Butterfly Jack Broom 21Boats at Crescent Lake Al Kamil 21Tillandsia Al Kamil 20

Open Monochrome Seabeck Chapel Bill Ray 24Navaho Country Bill Royce 24Reflections on Ice Bill Royce 24

August 2017 Print Competition Assignment: “Architectural”Judges:

MPC– most popular color, MPM - most popular monochrome

Revised Rule on Panorama PrintsPanoramas can be up to 24” wide, but no higher than 12”. Vertical panoramas can be up to 24” high, but nowider than 12”. You will need to provide your own backing which can be up to 14″ x 26″. For the complete listof print rules and guidelines, see http://www.pugetsoundcamera.com/print-submissions.

Useful Web Links

10 Photography Bad Habits for You to ConquerSome little things that have a bit impact on the quality of your photos. Worth pondering.https://digital-photography-school.com/10-photography-bad-habits-conquer/

Learn Adobe PhotoshopA free 33 episode course on YouTube. Some of this may be of more interest to graphic designers, but there’slots of good info here for photographers as well. Note this is for the full product, not Photoshop Elements.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYfCBK8IplO6v0QjCj-Tsrfuxnrv0wxfe

Upcoming Events

September Field Trip - Volunteer Park Conservatory & Lake View CemeteryWe’ll be exploring the wonderful Victorian-style conservatory in one of Seattle’s oldest parks, then visitingSeattle’s pioneer cemetery. More information athttps://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-Camera-Club-Meetup/events/242550130/

Saturday, November 11 – Northwest Council of Camera Clubs Annual Conference with George LeppEverett Community College, Henry M Jackson Conference Center. More info at http://nwcameraclubs.org.

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Margery RobisonThe Sun’s Spots

Renata KleinertRed Sun

Marc WeinbergGolden Light on a Hazy Night

“A photograph is aninvitation to look – andto look at looking.”

– John Paul Caponigro

“Ask yourself what makes youcome alive and go and do that.For what the world needs, ispeople who have come fullyalive.”

– Gil Baile

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Lynne Greenup — Bunny Visits the Garden

Marc Weinberg — Sharing a Stump

Danika Pease — Orb SpiderLynne Greenup — Sol Duc Falls

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“Photography is compellingly at-tractive because it is recording light.But it’s not so much for me the lightin photographs that I’ve been at-tracted to, it is the experience oflight in my life that interested me inphotography.”

– Adam Fuss

“I have a real appreciationthese days for work thatabrades me into awareness.”– Sean Kernan

Andy RoyceAt the Top

Margery RobisonEclipse Over Lynnwood

Margery RobisonMilky Way over Coal Creek Pond

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Renata KleinertButterfly and Flowers

Al KoskieFollow the Leader

Jack BroomBuckeye Butterfly

“I can’t talk about my style. It us kind ofdifficult for me. I don’t like styles. I onlylike taking photos and expressing myselfthrough them.”– Andre Kertesz

“I try to search my own sense of beauty.And where I can see it, I use it as astudy, thinking about what is life andwhat is death. It’s a big subject and I stillcan’t figure out what it’s about. But byobserving I can sometimes feel … but Ican’t really say.”– Kenro Izu

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Andy RoyceHarbor Seal at Rest

Mary TevisOh, Yeah

Bill Royce — Navaho Country

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Henry Heerschap — Tinturn Arches Bill Royce — Santorini Vista

Jack Broom — View Through Glass Block

“I gravitate towardsplaces where humanshave been and are nomore, to the edge ofman’s influence, wherethe elements are takingover or covering man’straces.”– Michael Kenna

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Bill Royce — Overgrown

Dave Patzwald — St Paul's Church in Port Gamble

Bill Ray — Seabeck Chapel

“Living in a time of the in-creasing struggle of themechanization of man,photography has becomeanother example of thisparadoxical problem ofhow to humanize, how toovercome a machine onwhich we are thoroughlydependent… the camera…”

– Ernst Haas

“It does not matter how slowly you go solong as you do not stop.”― Andy Warhol

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Dave PatzwaldLady in Traditional Dress Aomori, Japan

Bill Royce — Whidbey Doe

Lauren Heerschap — Anna’s Hummer

“If I could find them (assemblages)in nature I would photographthem. I make them becausethrough photography I have aknowledge of things that can’t befound.”

– Frederick Sommer

“The great geniuses are those who havekept their childlike spirit and have addedto it breadth of vision and experience.”– Alfred Stieglitz

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Mary PeaseBerries at Edmonds

Mary Ye WangGrebe Court Dance

Bill RoyceReflections on Ice

“Light gesture and color of the keycompliments of any photograph.Light and color are obvious, but it isgesture that is the most important.There is gesture in everything. It'sup to you to find a gesture that ismost telling.”

– Jay Maisel

“I would say to any artist: ‘Don'tbe repressed in your work, dare toexperiment, consider any urge, ifin a new direction all the better.’”

– Edward Weston

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Jack BroomBird of Paradise

Mary TevisNamibian Lion

Renata KleinertMacaw Parrot

"Photography has notchanged since its origin exceptin its technical aspects, whichfor me are not important."

– Henri Cartier-Bresson

" The enemy of photography isthe convention, the fixed rulesof 'how to do'. The salvation ofphotography comes from theexperiment."

– Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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