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The Bellows
Contra Costa Camera Club
June 2013
PSA/N4C
Volume 65 No. 6
Young Boy with Intense Eyes by Joan Field
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Founded in 1948the Contra Costa Camera Club is a member of the Northern California Council of Camera Clubs- N4C and the Photographic Society of America-PSA
WE OFFER• Competitions to hone skills, from beginner to master's with a critique. Both projected images and prints are exhibited in pictorial, nature, creative, travel, journalism and sequence categories,• Guest speakers to enlighten you on the newest aspects of photography,• Field trips to expand your horizons,• Mentors for fellow photographers,• A monthly publication The Bellows to inform you of our competitions and upcoming events,• An annual awards banquet for your enjoyment,•Various member-sponsored programs that can enhance your skills.
_____________________________________________________________All images contained herein remain under copyright protection of the individual photographers
Summer Garden~Lucy Beck
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Useful Information2013 Board MembersPresident: Helen Sweet [email protected] 925-283-6708Vice President: Roger [email protected] 925-934-1896Treasurer: Barry [email protected] 925-827-9540Secretary: Tim [email protected] 925-351-9975Journalism and Travel Chair: Joan [email protected] 925-254-0176Print Chair: Stephen [email protected] Chair: Georges [email protected] 510-504-8285Creative and Nature Chair: Bill [email protected] 925-935-6097Education Chair: Helen [email protected] 925-283-6708Judge Chair: Sherry [email protected] 408-923-3841N4C Rep: Mike [email protected] 925-349-5990PSA Rep: David [email protected] 925-943-1594Field Trip Chair: Janet [email protected] 925-934-3069Hospitality Chair: Gisela [email protected] 925-820-5768Webmaster: Pat [email protected] 925-254-0176Bellows Editor: Leslie [email protected] 925-672-5639
Upcoming EventsJune 27- Club CompetitionDigital - Pictorial, Color Prints - PictorialJudge –TBA
July 11- Club CompetitionDigital - Creative and NaturePrints - Travel and JournalismJudge –TBA
July 25- Ed NightOliver Klink
Wishing~ Ileana Pacheco
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Results of Club Competition June 2013Reflections on Golden Pond~Stephen Weiss
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Pictorial
Pictorial photography is the use of the photographic medium as an art form. The emphasis is on interest, visual impact, composition, and technical excellence. Images in the Pictorial Division are not confined to any particular subject, type, or style of photography. Competition Pictorial images may be manipulated in the darkroom, on the computer or in the camera in a manner consistent with the standards stated in the preamble to these definitions.
Gotcha!~Georges Pelpel
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Pictorial Digital Color
Image of the MonthDawn Erupts over Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Torre by Bob Johnson
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Pictorial Digital ColorJune 6, 2013Judge: Wendell Delano
BASIC (2 entries)1 Lady Embroidering Linda Horng2 Oldest Wooden Churches On Island Of Kizhi Russia Linda HorngINTERMEDIATE (26 entries)1 Photographer And Reflection Meng Horng2 Wishing Ileana Pacheco3 Sunrise At Millers Ghost Town, Nevada David Grube4 Rail Car Shadows George Field5 Paramount Theater Glass Daniel WagnerHM Battery Point Lighthouse Reflects In Bay In Crescent City Eileen JohnsonHM Hawk Self-Grooming Boris DmitrukHM By The Light Of The Moon, His And Hers Rodney SweetADVANCED (24 entries)1 Dawn Erupts Over Mount Fitzroy And Cerro Torre Bob Johnson2 Red Chair Number 62 Bill Stone3 Exploring The Yellow Mountains Barry Hart4 Cactus Flower Rose Bower5 Racetrack Playa-Death Valley Kalynda StoneHM Blue Mosque At Dusk Joe HearstHM Lunar Flight Bob Johnson
ADVANCED (cont.)HM The American Cowboy Begins A New Days Work On The Ranch Bilha SperlingMASTERS (18 entries)1 Reflection On Golden Pond Stephen Weiss2 Gotcha! Georges Pelpel3 Dunes Jane Postiglione4 The Subway Zion Np San Yuan5 Tide Pool Reflections At Sunset Leslie CrandellHM Catching Early Light In The Alabama Hills Georges PelpelHM Big And Bigger Sparklers Over Charles River, Boston Stephen WeissHM Light In Yosemite Meadow Robert Watters
Sunrise at Millers Ghost Town, Nevada~David Grube
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Pictorial Digital ColorYear to Date (as of June 6, 2013)
BASICNes Atayde 27.0Clo Leraul 21.5Linda Horng 17.5Alan Gould 11.0Janet Reinstra 5.0Sherry Mullin 2.5INTERMEDIATEOjars Kratins 29.5Meng Horng 26.5Rodney Sweet 26.0George Field 22.0David Grube 21.0Boris Dmitruk 14.5Eileen Johnson 13.0Marcia Hart 11.0Stephen Busch 11.0Daniel Wagner 11.0Gene Molander 10.5Bob Rogers 8.5Ileana Pacheco 8.0Bill Rauch 6.5Roger Chapin 5.0Marilyn Cunningham 2.0
ADVANCEDBob Johnson 39.5Sherry Grivett 28.0Helen Sweet 17.0Kalynda Stone 16.5Selden Parmelee 15.5Bill Stone 15.0Barry Grivett 14.0Rose Bower 14.0Barrie Bieler 13.0Barry Hart 11.5Joe Hearst 10.5Mike Luebke 10.5Jorge Brown 9.0Donita Hohenstein 6.5Morris Johnson 6.0Bill Chambard 3.0Bilha Sperling 2.5MASTERSLeslie Crandell 34.0Georges Pelpel 31.5Randy Hake 24.5Joan Field 16.0Stephen Weiss 16.0
Red Chair #62~Bill Stone
MASTERS (cont.)Pat Prettie 17.5Jane Postiglione 15.0San Yuan 12.5Robert Watters 11.0
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Photographer and Reflection~Meng Horng
Dunes~Jane Postiglione
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Exploring the Yellow Mountains~Barry Hart
Lady Embroidering~Linda Horng
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Travel
A Travel picture must express the feeling of a time and place, portray a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographic limitations. Ultra closeups which lose their identity, studio-type model shots, or photographic manipulations which misrepresent the true situation or alter the content of the image are unacceptable in Travel competition. No manipulation or modification is permitted except resizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening and restoration of original color of the scene. No special effect filters can be applied. Any sharpening must appear natural. No elements may be moved, cloned, added, deleted, rearranged or combined. The use of HDR is allowed provided it produces a realistic image._____________________________________________________In Travel competition the title is read when showing the image. The title should give the location and complement the travel story.
Civil War Era Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Georgia~Sherry Grivett
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Travel Digital
Image of the Month In Cuba, After Sugar Juice Has Been Extracted, The Cane Is Loaded Into Carts And Driven Away To Feed Livestock
By Helen Sweet
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Travel Digital June 20, 2013Judge: Dan KatzmanBASIC ( 7 entries)1 Wedding Photographs On Love Lock Bridge Paris Janet Reinstra2 Forsyth Park Fountain, Savannah, Georgia Barry Grivett3 The Whitby West Pier Yorkshire Janet ReinsraINTERMEDIATE ( 7 entries)1 In Cuba, After Sugar Juice Has Been Extracted, The CaneIs Loaded Into Carts And Driven Away To Feed Livestock Helen Sweet2 Vendors And Trafic At A Cario Intersection Kalynda Stone3 Visitors Enjoy Mineral Baths At Pamukkale, Turkey Stephen BuschHM Curandera Posing In Havana George FieldADVANCED (15 entries)1 A Tibetan Artisan Carefully Cuts The Tines Of A Yak BoneComb Using A Hacksaw Barry Hart2 One Of The Many In Need Asks For Help, Varanasi, India Bob Johnson3 Camels Rest At Sahara's Edge. Morocco Gene Molander4 Sunday Morning On A Street In Paris Ojars Kratins5 Mayan Couple In Traditional Dress Solala Guatemala Mike Luebke
MASTERS ( 13 entries)1 Civil War Era Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Georgia Sherry Grivett2 In A Wing Of The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul Joe Hearst3 Three Toed Sloth Enjoying A Refreshing Shower In TheRain Forest Of Costa Rica Pat Prettie4 Men In India Waiting With Bales Of Cotton Rose Bower5 Woman Carrying Firewood In India Rose BowerHM Light Through Stained Glass Illuminates Organ, Air ForceAcademy Chapel, Colorado Sherry Grivett
A Tibetan Artisan Carefully Cuts The Tines Of A Yak Bone~Barry Hart
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Travel Digital Year to Date (as of June 20, 2013)
BASICDaniel Wagner 15.0Raymond Wu 14.0Janet Reinstra 14.0Barry Grivett 13.5Bob Rogers 11.0Linda Horng 9.0Alan Gould 6.5Nes Atayde 6.0Bill Rauch 2.5
INTERMEDIATEStephen Busch 21.0Kalynda Stone 20.0George Field 16.5Helen Sweet 15.0Meng Horng 13.0Marcia Hart 10.0Morris Johnson 8.0Eileen Johnson 5.0Barrie Bieler 2.0
ADVANCEDGeorges Pelpel 25.0Bob Johnson 19.0Mike Luebke 18.5Barry Hart 16.0Rodney Sweet 13.0Gene Molander 11.5Bill Stone 11.0Ojars Kratins 10.0John Roberts 2.0Jorge Brown 1.0
MASTERSPat Prettie 22.0Joe Hearst 18.0Jane Postiglione 18.0Rose Bower 17.5Joan Field 12.0Bilha Sperling 11.5Sherry Grivett 11.5Stephen Weiss 9.0Selden Parmelee 2.0Barry Grivett 1.0
In A Wing Of The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul~Joe Hearst
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One Of The Many In Need Asks For Help, Varanasi, India~Bob Johnson
Camels Rest At Sahara's Edge. Morocco~Gene Molander
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Wedding Photographs On Love Lock Bridge Paris~Janet Reinstra
Forsyth Park Fountain, Savannah, Georgia~Barry Grivett
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Journalism
Journalism entries shall consist of pictures or sequences (up to 4) with informative content and emotional impact, including human interest, documentary and spot news. The Chair of the division will reject pornographic or generally considered objectionable images. The journalistic value of the photograph shall be considered over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, photographs which misrepresent the truth, such as manipulation of the image, or depict situations which are set up for the purpose of photography, are unacceptable in journalismcompetition.
The primary concern is to make story-telling and/or newsworthy photographs. No manipulation or modification is permitted exceptresizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening and restoration of original color of the scene. No special effect filters can be applied.Any sharpening must appear natural. No elements may be moved, cloned, added, deleted, rearranged or combined.
There Goes the Bride~Rose Bower
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Journalism Digital
Image of the Month Young Hawaiian Surfer Makes Sweeping Cutback~Sherry Grivett
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BASIC (6 entries)1 A Tender Moment At The Walnut Creek Memorial DayObservance Janet Reinstra2 Priest Waits Patiently For The Service To Begin Marilyn CunninghamHM Crab Boat Returning To Dock - San Francisco Bay Kalynda Stone
INTERMEDIATE ( 16 entries)
1 Escaped Cattle [1] Chaos David Grube2 If You Can't Handle The Hiking, You Can Be Carried UpThe Mountain - China Barry Hart3 Bronco Rider Is Thrown From His Powdered Mount, RowellRanch Rodeo Rodney Sweet4 Sharing A Moment David Grube5 Morning Warmup Lap At Golden Gate Fields Stephen Busch
ADVANCED ( 7 entries)1 Glass Blower Shapes Vase With Wet Newspaper - NoticeSparks And Smoke From Burning Paper Bill Stone2 There Goes The Bride Rose BowerHM Rider & Horse Jump In Competition Barry GrivettMASTERS (19 entries)1 Young Hawaiian Surfer Makes Sweeping Cutback Sherry Grivett2 The Dangers Of Bull Riding [1] Just Fell Off Joan Field3 Catching Air At Venice Beach Skate Park Jane Postiglione
Journalism Digital June 20, 2013Judge: Dan Katzman
MASTERS (cont.)4 Crosses And More Crosses, War Memorial, Lafayette, Ca Stephen Weiss5 There's More Than One Way To Ride A Bronco Joan FieldHM Rock Crawler Driver Waits While His Spotter Piles Up RocksTo Build A Ramp Mike Luebke
Glass Blower Shapes Vase With Wet Newspaper - Notice Sparks And Smoke From Burning Paper~Bill Stone
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Journalism Digital Year to Date (as of June 20, 2013)
BASICJanet Reinsra 29.0Linda Horng 13.0Daniel Wagner 12.5Nes Atayde 9.0Kalynda Stone 7.0Marilyn Cunningham 5.0Alan Gould 1.0
INTERMEDIATEMeng Horng 31.5Helen Sweet 19.0David Grube 19.0Bill Rauch 18.0Rodney Sweet 13.5Barry Hart 13.0Stephen Busch 11.0Gene Molander 9.0George Field 8.0Roger Chapin 6.0Bilha Sperling 4.5Sherry Mullin 2.0Marcia Hart 2.0
ADVANCEDBob Johnson 22.0Joe Hearst 16.0Bob Rogers 12.0Bill Stone 11.0Randy Hake 10.5Rose Bower 9.5Barry Grivett 8.5
MASTERSJane Postiglione 28.0Sherry Grivett 28.0Joan Field 24.0Mike Luebke 23.5Georges Pelpel 13.0Stephen Weiss 11.5
The Dangers Of Bull Riding [1] Just Fell Off~Joan Field
Priest Waits Patiently For The Service To Begin~Marilyn Cunningham A Tender Moment At The Walnut Creek Memorial Day Observance!
~Janet Reinstra
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Prints
Both prints that win at club level (excluding HMs) and those that go on to N4C require a .jpg file of the print submitted to the print chair. It is recommended that they be set to 1600 (width) x 1200 (height) pixels, the new N4C suggested digital size similar to the digital images. Thus it is not necessary for photography of the prints to take place and the maker’s .jpg image will be far finer for projected display than photographed prints. Prints without submitted .jpgs are still eligible for the Annual Competitions but, if a winner, will not be displayed at the Annual CCCC or N4C Banquets.
The thrill of seeing one of your better photos transformed to an inspiring color or monochrome print is hard to beat. You can hold your work in your hand, admire it, hang it on the wall, give it away as a gift, or even sell it if you are lucky. You can compete with it not only in camera club but also at the county fairs or other venues. When your club has a gallery showing, your print will be among those admired by visitors and prospective buyers.
Hands of the Maker~Stephen Busch
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Pictorial Print of the Month
Trees in the Fog by Joan Field
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Pictorial PrintsJune 6, 2013Judge: Wendell DelanoMONOCHROME DIVISIONINTERMEDIATE (2 entries)
1. To Open or Not to Open Daniel Wagner2. Banyon Tree, Kauai, HI Daniel Wagner
ADVANCED (4 entries)
1. The Hands of the Maker Stephen Busch2. A Whimsical Costume for the Masked Ball Bilha Sperling3. Harlequin Bilha Sperling
MASTERS (4 entries)
1. Boy with Intense Eyes Joan Field2. Wary Observer Joan Field3. Caligraphica Jane Postiglione
COLOR DIVISIONINTERMEDIATE( 5 entries)
1. Parked Bicycle, Trinidad, Cuba Rodney Sweet2. Old Mill, Chittenden, Vermont Gene Molander3. Showgirl, Jinghong, Yunnan Gene Molander
ADVANCED (3 entries)
1. Summer Garden Lucy Beck2. A Beginner's Crown for a Tiny Tot Bilha Sperling3. Sands of the Sahara, Morocco Jorge Brown
MASTERS (6 entries)
1. Trees in the Fog Joan Field2. Contemplation at the Carnival Jane Postiglione3. Rusten Pasha Mosque Ceiling Joe Hearst
Caligraphica~Jane Postiglione
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Pictorial Prints YTD as of June 2013MONOCHROME INTERMEDIATEDaniel Wagner 22.0Lucy Beck 6.0Jorge Brown 5.0
MONOCHROME ADVANCEDBilha Sperling 25.0Stephen Busch 18.0Selden Parmelee 11.0Ojars Kratins 6.0Rodney Sweet 6.0Joe Hearst 1.0
MONOCHROME MASTERSJoan Field 54.0Jane Postiglione 31.0
COLOR INTERMEDIATEDaniel Wagner 28.5Gene Molander 28.0Stephen Busch 7.0Morris Johnson 6.0
COLOR ADVANCEDBilha Sperling 18.0
Showgirl, Jinghong, Yunnan~Gene Molander
COLOR ADVANCED (cont.)
Ojars Kratins 14.0Rodney Sweet 16.0Jorge Brown 13.5Lucy Beck 11.0Bill Rauch 5.0Selden Parmelee 2.0
COLOR MASTERSJoe Hearst 37.0Joan Field 32.0Jane Postiglione 24.0
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Harlequin ~Bilha Sperling
A Whimsical Costume for the Ball~Bilha Sperling
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Contemplation at the Carnival~Jane PostiglioneA Beginners Crown for a Tiny Tot~Bilha Sperling
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Creative
Creative photography is producing an image through the use of imaginative skill or originality of thought including the altering of reality. No image should be eliminated from competition simply because it looks realistic, provided it shows originality of concept. This includes modifications in the darkroom, on the computer, or in the camera, as well as unusual points of view, imaginative use of subject matter or lighting,or any other presentation that begins with the maker’s photograph or a collection of photographs.
Creative images must be consistent with the standards stated in the preamble to these definitions. In the Creative image competition, the title is read when showing the image. ____________________________________________________________
Print Levels: There are two levels: B (Basic) and A (Advanced). Digital (Electronic) Imaging Levels: B (Basic), I (Intermediate), A (Advanced), M (Masters).
No more than two submissions per level at the club level.
Floaters 2~Ojars Kratins
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Creative Print of the Month
Fire Dancers by Jane Postiglione
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Creative PrintsJune 20, 2013Judge: Dan Katzman
BasicOjars Kratins 14.0Morris Johnson 9.0Gene Molander 6.0Stephen Busch 5.0Daniel T. Wagner 4.0
Creative Prints YTDAs of June 20, 2013
Basic (8 entries)1. Floaters 2 Ojars Kratins2. Happy Door, Chelmsford, UK Gene Molander3. Agate Tulip Stephen BuschAdvanced (3 entries )1. Fire Dancers Jane Postiglione2.Concert Hall #2 Joe Hearst3. Cottonwood Lake Sketch, Eastern Sierras Jane Postiglione
AdvancedJane Postiglione 25.0Joe Hearst 10.0
Concert Hall #2~Joe Hearst
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Agate Tulip~Stephen Busch
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Nature
The Nature Photography Division is restricted to the use of the photographicprocess to depict observations from allbranches of natural history except anthropology and archeology in such a fashion that a well-informed personwill be able to identify the subject matterand certify as to its honest presentation.The storytelling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality.
Nuttall's Woodpecker Feeding Chick (Picoides nuttallii)~Stephen Busch
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Nature Print of the Month
Adolescent Cheetahs Playing By Al Gould
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Nature PrintsJune 20, 2013Judge: Dan KatzmanBasic (3 entries)1. Nuttall's Woodpecker Feeding Chick (Picoides nuttallii) StephenBusch2. Yellow-Eyed Penquin (Megadyptes antipodes)Native to New Zealand Rodney Sweet3. Wooden Trees, Georgia Gene MolanderAdvanced (6 entries )1. Adolescent Cheetahs Playing Al Gould2. Northern Elephant Seal Mom Bonds with her New Pup(Mirounga angustrostris) Jane Postiglione3. Portrait of Vervet Monkey up in his Tree(Ceropithecus pygerthus) Bilha Sperling
Nature Prints YTDas of June 20, 2013BasicStephen Busch 12.0Rodney Sweet 5.0Gene Molander 4.0AdvancedJane Postiglione 15.0 Bilha Sperling 10.0Al Gould 11.0 Sherry Grivett 6.0
Yellow-Eyed Penquin (Megadyptes antipodes) Native to New Zealand~Rodney Sweet