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June 2011 General Meeting— 4th Monday monthly Volume 78, Issue 6
Shutterbug Times THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB
President's Corner Camera Club Year
Greetings All,
Well, as they say, all good things must come to an end. And so it is that this will be my last newsletter message to you as your current president. My tenure ends this month with the election of new officers come this month's general meeting. It has been fun. And I would like to thank all of you for being as patient with me as all of you have. I just hope that my service as president has been what it should have been to give a forward movement to the club and it's place in our community.
I think we accomplished a few things along the way. And I really would like to thank all the executive board members for helping me get things done. So thank you Allynn, Shawna, and Chris, and also Frank, Wes, Tom, Debby, Nandita, Cornelia and Dottie. I appreciate your service and your wonderful help in all of the events and meetings that we accomplished together throughout the year.
I wish Allynn the very best of luck as she now takes over the reigns of leadership. I hope that your turn at the helm will be as satisfying as mine was. I know the club is in good hands and that you will do the job justice as you always have.
So I will make this short and sweet. Thank you again, everybody. Good night.
-John West,
President
Executive Committee
President John West
(360) 459-3183 [email protected]
Vice President Allynn Balch
(360) 570-1928 [email protected]
Secretary Chris Weinreich (360) 352-8183
Treasurer Shauna Kearns (360) 866-9374
Immediate Past President
Wes Kirkpatrick (360) 754-3925 [email protected]
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Editor Cornelia Kirkpatrick [email protected]
In this issue: Scavenger Hunt page
2
Palouse Trip page 4
Thurston County Fair page 5
Puyallup Fair page 6
Meeting Schedules and other events page 8
(C) 2011 John M
. West
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SCAVENGER HUNT 2011
It’s time for the annual OCC Scavenger Hunt, a summer of looking for images that fit the new list of 24 scav-enger hunt categories, things like “insect” and “bliss”, and “graffiti”. Some are more challenging than others. You have all summer to find one image for each category. Then you name and size then according to the rules (enclosed) and send them on CD to John West by September 13. One of the rules is to not make improvements with Photoshop. This is all for fun, not for competition, and no one’s picture gets identified. John will trans-form all our images into a wonderfully entertaining slide show for our viewing pleasure at the monthly general meeting on September 26. That meeting will be a dinner meeting, held at the Chambers Restaurant at Pano-rama City, so it’s a special night out for OCC members and their guests.
Later in the summer we’ll get information to you about menu options and reservations, but for now, just take a look at the rules of the hunt and the list of categories and begin collecting your images. If you work better un-der pressure, you can wait until early September for all this, but some great summer photo ops may have passed by then. Have fun!
“Give us Your Best Shot!”
This year’s planning committee for the Scavenger Hunt (Ann Rockway, John West, Nandita Adhia, and Al-lynn Balch) has come up with the 2011 list of categories for the hunt. We are assuming that all images will be shot and submitted digitally. Here are the rules:
1. Make one exposure for each category listed on the form and briefly describe each image.
2. Images must be new images taken after receiving this announcement. They may be taken in any order.
3. The self- identification image tells the compilers (and your audience) who the images belong to. You can be creative (photo of self, things that reflect your interests, etc).
4. No post-production in Photoshop or other image manipulation software is permitted, other than sizing and naming the image file as described below under Image File Properties.
5. Put all your images on a CD as jpeg files, and mail to Scavenger Hunt 2011 c/o John West, 3808-C 22nd Ave. SE, Olympia, WA 98501. The CD and the form listing your images must be received by Tuesday Sep-tember 13. E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
Images taken under conditions other than these are not eligible for entry into this Scavenger Hunt.
Image File Properties:
1. Images must be submitted in JPEG only. (No RAW or TIFF files allowed)
2. Image resolution: no more than 1024 pixels wide or 768 pixels high at 72 DPI (no cropping – resize the actual file). Check with John if you have questions about this.
Filename: Save each image as follows: 2 digit number of category-_your name_category (example: 02_JohnWest_grafiti.jpg). This makes it much easier to compile the digital slideshow of all our images.
The Scavenger Hunt Committee will assemble the digital images into a slideshow to be shown at the Septem-ber 26 OCC general meeting. This meeting will take place at Panorama City’s Chambers Restaurant as a din-ner program. All members of OCC are invited to attend the dinner show and can bring a guest. We’ll send out information about menus and reservations in an upcoming newsletter and on the OCC website www.olympiacameraclub.org.
We look forward to seeing how varied and creative the 2011 images will be. Your involvement will help make the scavenger hunt a fun program for our September 26 meeting. Everyone in the club is encouraged to partici-pate. If you have questions contact Ann Rockway at 866-1415, John West at 459-3183, Nandita Adhia at 510-673-9383, or Allynn Balch at 360-556-9427.
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Olympia Camera Club
Scavenger Hunt 2011
Your Name: _______________________________________ Fill in this form and give to
Address: __________________________________________ John West by Sept. 13, 2011
Phone: ____________________________________________
Photographs may be taken in any order.
Cat.# Categories Give a brief description of the image representing the category
Images MUST fit the category. Use your IMAGINATION!
Mail your CD of digital images and this form to John West
3808-C 22nd Avenue SE
Olympia, WA 98501
01 Self identification
02 Graffiti
03 Tattoo
04 Inspired
05 Bliss
06 Night Shot
07 Fireworks
08 Insect
09 Cat
10 Nails
11 Mailbox
12 License plate
13 Framing
14 Sign
15 Purple
16 Snack
17 Cup
18 Corner
19 Blurry
20 Landmark
21 Scary
22 Creating
23 Soft
24 Oops/your choice
01 Self identification
02 Graffiti
03 Tattoo
04 Inspired
05 Bliss
06 Night Shot
07 Fireworks
08 Insect
09 Cat
10 Nails
11 Mailbox
12 License plate
13 Framing
14 Sign
15 Purple
16 Snack
17 Cup
18 Corner
19 Blurry
20 Landmark
21 Scary
22 Creating
23 Soft
24 Oops/your choice
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OCC TO VISIT THE PALOUSE by Frank Townsend (reprinted)
The rolling hills of the Palouse is fairly unique to Eastern Washington and may be the most photographed area of the state. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 24, 25, and 26 the Olympia Camera Club will be doing its share of photographing the area. This will be a little different than most of our ventures, for one you'll need to make your own room reservations, you will be given maps with locations previously scouted and can join the group any where along the way on any day. Some may leave Friday morning, others on Saturday, and some may return at their own choosing. Many of the spots are too small for a large number of cars to pull off at one time so car pooling once in the area is encouraged, this is also why everyone will have maps so that large cara-vans won't form.
The closest hotels are in Colfax, the Siesta Motel is only $62 but is small and nearly full. Call 509-397-3417. Best Western is about twice that but has more room. Call 509-0397. Sally Parker and Linda Foss are the leaders of this expedition and have sent everyone an email about the trip, please contact them for more in-formation or contact me.
In Sprague, off I-90 on Hwy 23, on your way to the Palouse, see dozens of old rusted vehicles.
http://www.palousescenicbyway.com/pages/map.asp?
(C) 2011 Cornelia Kirkpatrick
(C) 2011 Cornelia Kirkpatrick
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THURSTON COUNTY FAIR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
By Allynn Balch, Photography Exhibit Superintendent
This year’s Thurston County Fair runs from Wednesday, August 3rd to Sunday, August 7th. Each year the cam-era club sponsors the fair’s Photography Exhibit, as well as providing volunteer assistance for print drop off, judging, hanging, and staffing the exhibit during the fair run. I have had a sign-up sheet circulating for the shifts I have available, and I plan to continue to do so at the next few meetings I am able to attend, as well as the June General Meeting.
Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions or are interested in help-ing out, but haven’t seen the sheet yet. I will then let you know what shifts are available. Also, don’t forget to submit your images as well!
It’s time to plan for your 2011 Thurston County Fair submissions ,
Deadline is Saturday July 30th, see exhibitor’s guide for complete information.
www.co.thurston.wa.us/fair/documents/exhibitor_guide/Fair-Guide-complete.pdf
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The Puyallup Fair 2011, PHOTOGRAPHER’S EXHIBITIONS The Northwest International Exhibition of Photography (NWIEP) and the 2011 Washington State Photogra-phers Exhibition at the 2011 Puyallup Fair will be held Sept 9th through Sept 25.
To view the rules and regulations visit www.thefair.com and at the bottom of the home page click on "Entries" and then you are able to click on the links to either exhibition for step-by-step instructions. If you have partici-pated in either exhibition in prior years please be sure to read this year's prospectus as there are new require-ments.
The Washington exhibition is to showcase exclusively the work of Washington state photographers where the NW International Exhibition is for anyone throughout the world and is much more competitive.
For those interested I've included the Int'l information below for rules and requirements but since there is much more information for the Washington State exhibition please visit the website.
Thank You, Wes Kirkpatrick
Online Entry Registration Step-by-Step for
Northwest International Exhibition of Photography (NWIEP) at the 2011 Puyallup Fair
Enter online at: www.thefair.com and click ENTRIES at the bottom of the Puyallup Fair’s home-page
then select one of these options. It is titled 2010 but is actually for 2011.
2011 NW International Photo Salon
LAST DAY FOR ONLINE ENTRY REGISTRATION:
Monday, August 8, 2011, by 10 pm (Pacific Time)
LAST DAY TO RECEIVE ENTRY PACKAGES:
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 3pm
2011 CALENDAR
Last day for receiving entry packages .................... August 9 (3 pm)
Judging of Digital-Projected Images and Prints ... August 20 and 21
Judging will be completed ............................................... August 21
Notification letters will be mailed on or before ........... September 1
Entries for which the exhibitor requests “Return Prints” and pays the return fees will be mailed (if not already picked up) by October 8,
Prints may be picked up from the Photo Salon on these days and times:
September 29, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
September 30, October 3, & October 4, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Prints will be destroyed after October 8 unless prior arrangements are made.
Catalog will be online at thefair.com on or before.......... October 21
Digital images must be submitted on a disc. Do NOT send digital images via email. Discs will not be returned
You can also view all the information for submitting images into the 2011 Washington Photographers Exhibi-tion on the page as well.
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Olympia Camera Club Executive Board Minutes June 1, 2011, held at the Mekong Restaurant
Present were: President John West, Vice President Allynn Balch, Past President Wes Kirkpatrick, Newsletter Editor Cornelia Kirkpatrick, Digital Group Chair Debbie Ferrell, Frank and Terri Townsend and new members Randy and Sharon Yaple. Secretary Chris Weinreich and Treasurer Shauna Kearns were absent.
Meeting was called to order at 6:15.
May Minutes: Frank moved that the May minutes be approved and Wes seconded. The motion passed.
Treasurer's report for May 2011:
Beginning balance - $1981.01 No Activity for May
Ending Balance - $1981.01 Savings Balance - $1374.15
President's report: John said he had nothing to report.
Community Liaison: Air Show, Wes has eight members lined up to take photos at the June show for the Olympic Museum of Flight Air Show. The club received 20 passes, contact Wes, if interested. The air show runs on Satur-day and Sunday, June 18th and 19th with a Friday night reception.
Capital Land Trust will hold its annual Gala on August 13th. It will be at a new location and needs volunteers. Con-tact Wes for more information.
Arts Walk Images, Wes will meet with Rosalind and Frank to finalize the images for the City of Olympia.
General Meeting: Per Allynn the June meeting will have a guest speaker Josh McMeel. He will share images from his travels in Peru, Puerto Rico and Belize. The second half of the presentation will include tips for photographers on shooting in the field in remote locations.
Social Programs: The Palouse trip will be June 24, 25 and 26. Contact Linda or Sally for more details.
Thurston County Fair: Allynn said the 2011 Exhibitor Guide is now online. The fair will run from Aug. 3rd thru 7th. Photo intake day at the fairgrounds will be Saturday, July 30th, 9 am with judging on Sunday, July 31 9 - 4pm. Photo hanging will be Monday, August 1st. If interested please volunteer to help.
Digital Group: Debby will send out an email with the next meeting’s information , as the usual location will not be available on June 14. The image theme is “flags.”
Newsletter: Cornelia said she needs articles by Saturday.
NWCCC: Wes reported, the council is planning their annual conference, Nov. 13th in Edmonds, WA.
PSA: Frank sent out the PSA newsletter , The Projector, and their annual conference will be in September, in Colo-rado. Club member, Bonnie Liberty placed in the traveling prints competition and her image goes on to PSA.
New Business: We will hold new officer elections at the June meeting. There are several committee positions also to fill, equipment, scavenger hunt, community liaison, social programs and digital group. Locations were discussed for the August board meeting and August planning picnic.
Old business: Website: Wes reported that Dave Simmerman, who had created and maintained the club's web site in the past, has offered to maintain and update the website for one year, at $25 per month, $300 for the year, and a free membership with the club. There was a discussion; Wes made a motion to follow-up with Dave for his recommen-dations for how to proceed and restoring the website. Allynn seconded the motion and it passed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 Cornelia Kirkpatrick for Chris Weinreich, Secretary
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OFFICER NOMINATIONS
By Allynn Balch, President-elect
Well, it’s that time of year again! Summer is getting started and we would like your ideas for nominations for some of the club’s officer positions. Some of the current officers are remaining in their respective positions for another fun filled year, while others will be moving on. I am in the process on receiving confirmation on some of them, but the available positions for sure are as follows:
Vice President—nomination
Equipment Custodian—volunteer
Digital Chair—volunteer
Scavenger Hunt Chair—volunteer
If you are interested, or know someone who may be interested in being nominated or volunteer for one of these exciting roles, let me know by email: [email protected] or by phone: 360-570-1928. Elections will be held at our June 27tb General Meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to let me know. Thanks!
Northwest Council of Camera Clubs
The 2011 conference will be held at the Nile Country and Golf Club on Sunday, November 14, 2011. The club is located at 6601 244th SW Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043. There will be a catered lunch provided by the country club.
This year's guest speaker will be Terry & Julie Eggers, both professional photographers, very well known and highly recommended. In the morning their program will be comparing software and TOPAZ software and the afternoon session will be on travel photography.
Currently, but not yet confirmed for attendance, are vendors Hunts Photo and Video, and possibly San Disk who designs, develops, manufactures and markets flash storage products for a wide variety of electronic sys-tems and digital devices
The conference is still in the planning stages and more information will be distributed when it becomes avail-able.
Wes Kirkpatrick NWCCC Representative
Directions to
OCC General Meeting 4th Monday of the Month
Address: The Friendly Village Clubhouse 1111 Archwood Drive S.W. Olympia, Washington 98502-4590
It is located in West Olympia off of Capital Mall Drive SW behind (just west of) the Big 5 Sporting Goods strip mall and about four or five blocks west of the Westfield Shopping Mall; across the street from Yauger Park.
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Photo Critique Meeting Third Tuesday of the Month 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Meets at Capital High School, Pod B For more information contact: Tom Blankenship, Critiquing Group Chair [email protected]
Digital Meeting Second Tuesday of the Month 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Meets at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia June Meeting details to be sent by email For more information contact: Debby Ferrell, Digital Group Chair, [email protected]
Month Topic Presenter Refreshments
June 27th Photo Travels Aboard: Peru, Puerto Rico and Belize and Traveling to Remote Areas, Tips for Photographers D
Josh McMeel Volunteer
General Meeting Fourth Monday of the Month 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Meets at Friendly Village Clubhouse, Westside of Olympia, 1111 Archwood Drive S.W.
Business Meeting First Wednesday of the Month 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Meets at Mekong Restaurant (banquet room), Downtown Olympia Address: 125 Columbia Street NW All members and guests are welcome to attend. For more information contact: Allynn Balch, president [email protected]
June 2011 Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings
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Community Liaison Wes Kirkpatrick [email protected]
Digital Imaging Debby Ferrell [email protected]
Equipment Custodian John West [email protected]
House Shauna Kearns [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Cornelia Kirkpatrick [email protected]
Social Programs Frank Townsend [email protected]
Thurston County Fair Allynn Balch [email protected]
Video Group Dottie Hall [email protected]
Webmaster Nandita Adhia [email protected]
PSA Representative Frank Townsend [email protected]
NWCCC Traveling Prints Nandita Adhia [email protected]
Critique Group Tom Blankenship
Olympia Camera Club PO Box 13333 Olympia, WA 98508-3333
June 2011