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Photo Developments Newsletter.....
March 2004.....
Meeting place:
The meeting location for the Calgary Photographic Society will held at the University of Calgary, Kinesiology (Phys Ed) building, room KN133 (alternate room KN129), 1st Wednesday of Month @ 7:30pm .
Newsletter Web site: http://members.shaw.ca/baziw/cps.html
President's Message Hello Everyone, For those of you who are not aware, during the February 4, 2004 meeting, I
was elected President of the Calgary Photographic Society for the period of
February 2004 through to January 2005. The appointment is a real honour for me and I want to thank those individuals
who nominated me. I also want to thank the individuals who served in the last
volunteer committee: Scott Winter, past president, your work as president was
outstanding, I will have a hard time keeping with the quality of leadership that
you provided; Neil Koven, Program Coordinator, for the great job that you did by
bringing excellent speakers with a wide variety of expertise and techniques.
I also want to thank those folks who for one more year have accepted to
continue being part of the volunteer committee: Julie Meisser, Secretary; Fran
Williams, Archivist; Stephen Butt, Outdoor Programs Coordinator and Harry Mah,
who was our former newsletter editor and who has now accepted the position of
Program Coordinator. Last but not least, I want to thank Norm Capper and Jack
Dyck for accepting respectively, the Treasurer and Newsletter Editor roles. Please remember that the volunteer committee exists to ensure that the
Calgary Photographic Society delivers the best possible programs and that
provides positive and constructive feedback to your photographic work. CPS is
also a place to meet fellow photographers and have fun! Thank you, Club meeting, February 2 2004 There was no guest speaker for the February meeting. In lieu of a guest
speaker, attendees displayed prints they had made from negatives shot by Harry
Mah. Harry made original negatives available to members at prior meetings. Prints were displayed and discussed by Rinus Borgsteede, José Guillen, Neil
Koven, Harry Mah, Fran Williams, and Scott Winter. Each person described what he
or she had done to make their print unique, from nominally identical negatives.
Cropping, rotating, hand-colouring, and substituting backgrounds were among the
techniques described. The range of prints displayed showed that a great deal of
control is available to someone doing his or her own printing. Prior to discussion by the presenters, the audience was given ballots and
asked to vote on their favorites (first, second, and third choice). The
submitter's names were hidden during the voting. Upon tallying the ballots, Rinus Borgsteede's print was found to be the
popular choice for first, Harry Mah's was second, and José Guillen's was third.
An unexpected treat was that Winter Photographic had donated prizes for the 3
winners! Rinus was presented with a perpetual flashlight, Harry with a Roots
Multimedia sling pack, and José with a multiple-window picture frame. Our thanks go to the club members who demonstrated their talents, to Harry
Mah for the negatives, and (last but not least!) to Scott Winter and Winter
Photographic for the prizes. Club meeting, February 2 2004 The annual elections were held to ensure the Calgary Photographic Society
remains an entertaining and useful organization. The elections were run by Jeff Perkins, a self-proclaimed "past, past, past"
president of CPS. There may have been more "past"s there, but the scribe
couldn't write that fast... Since there were only sufficient nominations to fill the slate, voting was
not required. Contact information for the 2004 executive Note - the e-mail addresses above have been modified to prevent automated
harvesting. To use them, you must replace at with @. Club meeting, February 2 2004 Judges for the print competition this month were José Guillen, Bob Lee, and
Deb Marchand. The reserve judge was Jeff Perkins. Competition Notes. Two prints displayed for judging at the February meeting invoked significant
discussion. Popular consensus by the attendees - but not a voted matter - regarding
prints provided for judging was that: "A judged image should be shot by the competitor". And also: "The images presented for judging are expected to have photographic origins".
Upcoming Competition Themes: Web Crawl Once again, Neil Koven's alert eyes have brought us these pearls: Keeping in Touch Photography is a solitary pursuit. So if a spouse or friend accompanies you,
on shoots, either they get bored, or you feel pressured to shoot faster than you
should. If your companion is also a photographer the situation is different, but
still fraught with problems: you want to take more photos here, they want to
take some in the next block or over the hill. You agree to meet at particular
location in 20 minutes, but one of you finishes in 10 minutes, while the other
needs another 30. After years of such compromises, frustrations, and foul-ups, we finally found
a solution. We went from one cell phone to two, and switched to a provider that
includes unlimited anytime/anywhere minutes between our two phones. Now with one
press of a speed dial key we can check each other's location or time frame, or
say "Hey, I need the macro lens, where are you?" While we were unable to get
definitive information for all parts of the country, it appears that AT&T,
Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon offer similar arrangements, while Cingular and
Sprint do not. An alternative is to buy a pair of inexpensive hand-held 2-way FRS (Family
Radio Service) radios. Their range is typically limited to a couple of miles,
and they may not work if you're in a high-rise building or on opposite sides of
a mountain. But in open wilderness, urban wilderness, or a mall, they're a
reasonable solution. For more information about these walkie-talkie-like devices
see "Look Ma, No Cell Phone" in the July 2002 issue of Consumers' Reports at
your local library. The grandeur of Alaska A couple of years ago when we were in Alaska, one of the museums we visited
featured the photography of Michio Hoshino. His images were large, about 60" x
48", and they are the most incredible nature photos I have ever seen. He was killed by a bear while on one of his photo journeys; he was dragged
out of his tent and eaten. The exhibit said that that was the way he would have
wanted to end his days. Albert Wong sent me this site featuring his work; it's well worth the time to
go through. http://home.fujifilm.com/alaska/index.html
Meeting Notice
The next meeting is March 3 2004. It will be held at 7:30pm at the
University of Calgary, in the Kinesiology building. Our normal room is KN133; if
there are availability problems, the alternate room used is typically KN129.
Our guest speaker at the March meeting will be John Bargman, who will
present a show on Bird Photography that covers some advice on how, when are
where (locally and further a field) to photograph birds. He will also show a
couple of short dissolve shows that highlight some of his more recent work. John Bargman is a keen amateur photographer, outdoor enthusiast and bird
watcher. He started his photography as a teenager in East Africa where he also
developed a keen interest in natural history. John has been a member of
photography clubs since 1980 in Houston, Texas; he was a member of the Foothills
Camera Club executive during the 1980's and has over the last few years become
active in the club again, after spending the 1990's concentrating on his career.
John has remained involved in bird watching and has participated in many bird
counts - he currently has a life list of over 1300 birds. If anyone has ideas for guest speakers for future meetings, please contact
Harry Mah. That's it for the March newsletter. If any members have material for the
newsletter (soapbox articles, news, exhibitions, wanted/for sale, etc), please
forward by e-mail to cps_news at telus.net. Please use the same e-address
to advise if your contact information changes! See you at the March 3 meeting, and don't forget to bring your "Decay" print
for judging! Jack Dyck
José Guillen
President, Calgary Photographic Society
Guest Speaker
Executive Elections
position
name
e-mail
phone
President
José Guillen
guillenj at telus.net
226 2517
Treasurer
Norm Capper
cappernl at telus.net
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Monthly Program Dir.
Harry Mah
mahharry at netscape.net
286 3401
External Program Dir.
Stephen Butt
butts1 at telus.net
247 6649
Secretary
Julie Messier
meissert at telus.net
288 7869
Archivist
Fran Williams
franonccd at yahoo.com
238 0808
Newsletter Editor
Jack Dyck
cps_news at telus.net
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Print Competition Results
Theme:
"Curves"
.
Novice Open
8.3
Terry Mah
Untitled (man with glowing bottle)
7.6
Marcello Pinheiro
The Owl
7.0
Michael Sundberg
Table Study One
6.3
Jacques Brache
Bluish Light
.
Novice Theme
8.0
Marcelo Pinheiro
Black Boots
7.3
Jacques Brache
Curves
7.0
Terry Mah
Untitled (smoke curls)
6.0
Michael Sundberg
Path
.
Intermediate Open
6.3
Fran Williams
Hockey Fans
.
Intermediate Theme
7.6
Jack Dyck
Curves
.
Advanced Open
8.3
Julie Meisser
Poppies
8.0
Neil Koven
Walking the Dog
7.6
Norm Capper
Quick Meal
7.3
José Guillen
Agfa Viradon at Work
7.3
Bob Lee
Alone
.
Advanced Theme
8.6
Rinus Borgsteede
Curvaceous
8.0
Neil Koven
Aberystwyth Waterfront
7.3
Bob Lee
Curves
.
Digital
6.6
Neil Koven
Blue Eyed Boy
.
Exhibition
-
Norm Capper
Fractal Mask
-
Michael Sundberg
Untitled (child on couch)
Date
Theme
Definition
March 3 2004
Decay
Rot: lose quality or strength. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
April 7 2004
Action
A process of doing something or functioning: thing done. Source:
Oxford English Dictionary
by David Arnold & Gail Rutman
by Neil Koven