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Park West
PHOTO NOTES
February 2019
Camera Club
This Issue
Volume 82 • Issue 4
Club News…………………..….…2 - 21
Photography News……………..22 - 30
Exhibits, Workshops, Etc…….…31 - 33
Schedule of Activities…….….….34 - 41
Complete Index………………………42
complete listings on last page
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1
Park West Camera Club Club Officers
The Park West Camera Club is an independent President Ed Lee
not-for-profit corporation. Guests are always
V. President Michael Schleiff
welcome.
The PWCC newsletter, Photo Notes, is published Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine
every month by and for the members of the Park Rec. Sec. Christine Doyle
West Camera Club. Subscriptions are included
with Club membership. Yearly subscriptions are Treasurer Maria Fernandez
available to non-members by e-mail at no charge.
Pres. Emeritus Chuck Pine
Printed issues are available at PWCC meetings.
Submissions of full-length articles or smaller Committee Chairs
items of photographic or general interest are
always accepted. The staff of Photo Notes Archive Inactive
reserves the right to edit any submissions Competition John Brengelman
which are published. Hedy Klein
Photo Notes is optimized for viewing digitally.
Field Trip Susan Sigrist
Paul Grebanier
Contact Information
Gallery Karen Corrigan
Website
www.parkwestcameraclub.org House Marty Smith
E-Mail Address Membership Marlene Schonbrun
pwccny@aol.com Elena Pierpont
Club Mailing Address Newsletter Chuck Pine
319 West 16 Street, #1 NY, NY 10011 Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn
Photo Notes Mailing Address Social Natalie Manzino
680 West End Avenue, #5D, NY, NY 10025
Website Michael Schleiff
Christine Doyle
Workshop Jan Noordin
Cover Photo
Jellyfish for Lunch
by Chuck Pine ©2019
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2
CLUB President’s Message In the past we have had I have enlisted Jean Miele,
guest photographers such as a former speaker and judge at
It is always great welcoming Sandra Carrion, a member of PWCC, to be our portfolio
new members. However, it the Soho Photo Portfolio reviewer for February 25th.
takes a while for a “newbie” to Committee, who critiques This event is filled, but if there
learn the “lay of the land” and potential members who wish is demand by the members, we
discover all that PWCC has to to join the co-op gallery. She is might be able to use the ”Snow
offer. The other day, I received also a leader of B&H’s Portfo- Day” we set aside in April for
an email inquiry about the lio Development Program. another. I will be checking with
club's Portfolio nights: Members who participate our four current portfolio
I see in a few weeks there is a in our portfolio nights submit a submitters, and if there's an
member portfolio review at our selection of at least 12 images issue, consult the waiting list.
meeting. I've never been involved (prints or PDIs) that follow a Be sure to check out
in anything like that and don't theme and are unified by sub- for
really know what it is for and how ject, color or monochrome, the latest news and this issue
to prepare. I suspect that some of meaningful relationships, of Photo Notes for upcoming
the other new members may have sequence and order of images, events and field trips.
the same lack of knowledge (al- and other factors for an Stay warm!
though I haven't spoken to any impactful portfolio. The goal of
about this). Since tomorrow night the half hour review is to see
is a competition and time is valu- how well the images hold up Ed
able, can I suggest that perhaps a as a group, the whole being
quick e-mail, at least to new mem- greater than the sum of the
bers to explain what is going on individual images.
and how to participate would be
helpful? Thanks. Photo Notes
Our Portfolio Nights began
several years ago when the Ex- Publisher: Ed Lee
ecutive Committee, and others, Editor: Chuck Pine
suggested a more hands-on Committee: Will Aimesbury, Bill Apple, Madeleine
way to help our members take Barbara, Elsa Blum, Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek,
their photography to the next Gladys Hopkowitz, Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Elena
level. Some of our judges have Pierpont, Helen Pine, Judy Rosenblatt, and Puneet Sood
also suggested having a num-
ber of “projects” that we are Contributors: Bill Apple, Joel Bernstein, John Brengelman,
interested in, things such as Sarah Corbin, Christine Doyle, Paul Grebanier, Ed Lee,
street photography, portraits, and Chuck Pine
animals, and myriad other Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro
potential subjects in our world. using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop.
In short, things we enjoy All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise
shooting, and are always on believed to be in the public domain.
the lookout for, and thus
Credited images remain the sole property of their
working on our potential
copyright holders—all rights reserved.
portfolios.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3
CLUB
Images of the Month
February 2019
by John Brengelman
PDI-of-the-Month
Wall by Nicole Dosso
Honor PDIs
Orchids in the Shower by John Brengelman
A Dancing Star by Dzan Harba
Woman by Natalie Manzino
Lalibela Students by Larry Rubin
Corcovado Rio bycHoward Stevens
PDI-of-the-Month
Wall
© Nicole Dosso
Print-of-the-Month
Sand Dune by Howard Stevens
Honor Prints
Freedom by Oggy Doytchinov
Black Crown Night Heron by Elena Pierpont
Red Glow by Elena Pierpont
Print-of-the-Month
Sand Dune
© Howard Stevens
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4
CLUB
Cumulative Point Totals
through February 2019 PDIs
by John Brengelman
Congratulations to our Nicole Dosso 64
Prints winners and honorable Florence Forman 62
mentions! George Hansen 62
Paul Grebanier 78 Chuck Pine 62
Sarah Corbin 72 Thanks to all who entered Harriet Josephs 59
Paula Paterniti 62 and competed this month John Brengelman 54
Florence Forman 60 and to all who helped Paul Grebanier 54
Elena Pierpont 60 Larry Sapadin 54
make the competition run
Oggy Doytchinov 56 Julie Foehrenbach 50
so smoothly.
Larry Rubin 54 Hedy Klein 48
John Brengelman 52 Natalie Manzino 48
And, a special thanks to
George Hansen 50 Howard Stevens 48
our judge, Robert Herman,
Bill Apple 44 Bill Apple 44
for a job well done. Christine Doyle 44
Howard Stevens 36
Alice Somma 22 Will Aimesbury 42
For the rest of us, there’s
Marvin Fink 14cDon Mac- Elena Pierpont 42
always next month!
Leod 8 Larry Rubin 42
Natalie Manzino 8 Janet Susin 42
Ruth Yashpan 8 Paula Paterniti 40
Marty Smith 4 Michael Schleiff 40
Marty Smith 40
Punnet Sood 40
Joan Slatkin 36
Alice Somma 36
Remy Deyglum 34
Rita Russo 34
Joel Bernstein 32
David Francis 30
Mark Kinn 30
Dottie Mills 30
Jay Bitkower 28
Susan Rauch 28
Jerry Vogel 22
Susan Genaro 18
Carole de Beer 16
Ruth Yashpan 16
Karen Corrigan 14
Dzan Harba 14
Virginia Lawrence 8
Don MacLeod 8
Indran Naidoo 6
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5
CLUB
Future Field Trips Summer
Dates: July 5—14, 2019
Mid-Spring Trinidad and Tobago
May 24th- 27th, 2019
Rhode—The Ocean State—Island We are going to paradise—
specifically to Trinidad and
Rhode Island is the smallest Tobago. This two-island nation
state in area, the seventh least is the southern-most of all the
populous, and the second most Caribbean islands lying just off
densely populated. It has the the coast of Venezuela.
longest official name of any
Reo We’ll be shooting land-
pene
state: the State of Rhode Island scapes, seascapes, wildlife, and
d!
and Providence Plantations. the human inhabitants, their
towns, villages, etc. For the
birders, there are hundreds of
species, including many found
only on these islands. Looking
for hummingbirds? Over two
dozen of ‘em abound, and
most can be found on the back
porch where we’ll be staying in
Trinidad.
Included in the itinerary On Tobago, we’ll be at an
will be: a cruise around Narra- exclusive beach resort with
gansett Bay to visit, view, and glass-bottom boats, scuba,
photograph lighthouses and snorkeling, and more.
mansions; a trip to the Roger To top it off, we’ll be there
Williams Park Zoo; and plenty at the height of the season
of time to drive through the when the female leatherback
state, do some shopping and/ sea turtles come ashore to lay
or antiquing. their eggs. We might even
glimpse the hatchlings as they
scramble to the ocean.
The price is $2,500 plus in-
ternational airfare (non-stop
from JFK is under $600). The
For more info, e-mail
single supplement is only $300
or call
—wow!
Chuck at 212-932-7665.
The deadline for signing-up
for this trip has been extended! Make your $250 deposit
We’ll be accepting deposits check out to PWCC and
Prices and details will be through the end of February. mail it to Chuck Pine at 82
available in next month’s issue Don’t miss out! Burgundy B, Delray Beach,
of Photo Notes. FL 33484.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6
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CLUB
Club Participation Nites canceled this past winter. But,
if we don’t need to make any-
This coming year there will be thing up, tonight will be Theme
four programs which require Night: Pick-A-Number. You pick
member participation. Here’s a a number, 3 let’s say, and then
quick rundown on these fun you shoot images that depict
and educational activities: that number in some way. Like
three ducks in a row, or three
• January 28th—Theme Night: bathing beauties, or… Just
Dealer’s Choice Tonight, in- make sure all of your submis-
e,
stead of the Club choosing a
t h er sion use the same number.
Been ne that!
theme, you make your own
choice. Anything you’d like to
Do
show us. Just make sure it is a
concise theme presented in 12
or so images. Your best work, Cotton Candy Falls
of course! ©2018 Chuck Pine
• April 22nd—Our final par-
ticipation night for the year
will be Theme Night: Celebrate
Earth Day Today is Earth Day.
Red Diesel
©2018 Chuck Pine Let’s celebrate it by bringing in
images of our planet. Land-
scapes, wildlife, plants, etc.—
but let’s try to keep the hand-
of-man out of the picture.
Again, up to a dozen or so im-
ages in the proper format.
• February 11th—Theme Night:
Pick-A-Color In this iteration Show Us Your Work
of a theme night we ask mem-
bers to choose a color and then Park West schedules so
shoot images which contain many field trips/photo
that color in a major way. This shoots/and workshops * Also for your photo sharing
might be a way to use the each and every month. Let pleasure, PWCC will have
”Spot Color” techniques from us see what you’ve done another members’ Portfolio
Expanding Visions 22 a few on Club activities. Review night. The scheduled
years ago. Be sure to use the Submit your favorites to date is February 25th. If you
same color in all your images. Photo Notes for publication. wish to share your portfolio,
Size them as for competition submit your name and theme
• April 8th—Tonight is sched- (72 ppi, 1400 x 1050 pixels) to either President Ed Lee or
uled to be the make-up night if and e-mail them to us at Workshop Committee Chair
any of our competitions were Jan Noordin.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9
CLUB PWCC 2018-2019 Schedule
September
2 Chuck Pine Picnic
3 No Meeting (Labor Day)
10 No Meeting (Rosh Hashanah)
17 Welcome Back March
24 Business Meeting #1 4 Competition #6 (Nir Arieli)
11 Workshop (Table Top & Lightbox)
October 18 Guest Speaker (Kathy Baca)
1 Competition #1 (Bina Altera) 25 Business Meeting #3
8 Workshop (Winning Images/C&H Pine)
15 Guest Speaker (G Greenstein & P Stahly) April
19-21 Weekend Field Trip (Mystic & More) 1 Competition #7 (TBA)
22 Portfolio Review 8 Comp Make-Up/Theme Night (Pick-A-#)
29 Halloween Portraits and Party 15 Guest Speaker (Bina Altera)
22 Theme Night: Celebrate Earth Day
November 29 Club’s Night Out
5 Competition #2 (Sandra Carrion)
12 Theme Night (Pick-A-Letter) May
19 Guest Speaker (Meryl Meisler) 6 Competition #8 (TBA)
26 Business Meeting #2 9 Expanding Visions 25
13 Guest Speaker (Joyce Vulver)
December 16 Expanding Visions 25
3 Competition #3 (Ron Terner) 20 Business Meeting #4
10 Guest Speaker (Ron Wyatt) 23 Expanding Visions 25
17 Holiday Party 24-27 Weekend Field Trip (Rhode Island)
24 Winter Holiday 27 No Meeting (Memorial Day)
31 Winter Holiday 30 Expanding Visions 25
January June
7 Competition #4 (Sara Signorelli) 3 Year-End Competition (TBA)
14 Workshop (Photoshop Ninja 2—D Atlas) 6 Expanding Visions 25
21 Guest Speaker (Allan Baillie) 10 Otto Litzel Dinner
28 Members’ Presentations 13 Expanding Visions 25
17 ExCom Planning Meeting
February 20 Expanding Visions 25
4 Competition #5 (Robert Herman) 24 Summer Meeting
11 Theme (Night: Pick-A-Color) 27 Expanding Visions 25
12 Print Workshop
18 Guest Speaker (Jean Bubley) Field trips, classes, additional workshops,
25 Portfolio Review and the 2018 summer schedule will be pub-
lished as the information becomes available.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10CLUB Competition Rotation Committee Liaisons Photo Notes Deadlines
The members of the Club, at The Executive Committee Issue Deadline
the May business meeting, (ExCom) has decided to con-
voted to change one of the March 2019 March 4
tinue for this coming year
rules regarding our monthly with the committee liaison April 2019 April 1
competition. We will go back model to spread the respon- May 2019 May 6
to alternating the order of the sibility among the entire Ex- Summer 2019 June 3
prints and PDIs in our eight ecutive Committee.
monthly competitions begin- Here’s how it’ll work: The sooner articles and
ning in October 2019. Here’s Each of the ExCom mem- items are submitted to Photo
the schedule: bers (the five elected officers Notes, the quicker the editing
plus the President Emeritus) and revision process can begin.
Month First Shown will be assigned committees Competition scores and cumu-
as liaison. Each committee lative points are submitted as
March PDIs chair or co-chair will report soon after the competitions as
April Prints to the ExCom through this possible, usually one to three
May PDIs liaison. In this manner, it is days following the submission
June Prints felt that communication will deadline. The draft copy of
flow much more smoothly, Photo Notes will be sent to the
in both directions, between editorial staff as soon as possi-
the committees. In addition, ble once all items are in place.
How I Did It! any concerns raised by the The staff will then have two to
ExCom will be passed along three days to edit and return
to the committee chairs
Do you have an image on their comments.
through the liaisons.
which you worked,… and it
Here are the committee
came out great?!? One you’re
liaison assignments for the
really proud of? Then why
2018-2019 Club year:
not share it with the Club?
Please send us a short Competition Mike
write-up of what you did to Field Trip Chuck
take and/or process your im- Gallery Helen
age. Of course, include the House Christine Once the Photo Notes issue
finished image (and a ‘before’ Membership Helen is complete, it is sent to the
shot would be nice, too). Newsletter Chuck Website Committee to be post-
Send your efforts to us at Program Christine ed online. As soon as this is ac-
Social Ed complished, an e-mail is sent
Website Mike to all Club members and other
Workshop Ed Photo Notes recipients inform-
ing them that the PWCC news-
letter is now available for
downloading.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11CLUB
Portrait Tip
If there are two of them, don’t
make them the same!
By having two of them, I
am talking about hands,
wrists, elbows, shoulders, and
so on.
Keep in mind that we have
two ears and two eyes as well.
In a portrait, tilt the head so
that the eyes and ears aren’t
on the same level. Tilt the
shoulders for the same reason.
These tips are designed for
Glimpses © Sarah Corbin
people portraits, but the same
idea can/should be applied to
PWP (Professional Women On the Level pets, wild animals, etc.—even
Photographers) is having a though it might be more diffi-
photo exhibit entitled Glimpses One problem that many cult to get your cocker spaniel
of Our World. It is being held at judges find with images is to tilt her head, it’s worth the
the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth that they are not level—in effort and the wait.
Avenue, now through the 16th
other words, the horizon
of February.
Six PWCC members are is not parallel to the top or
represented in this show: Rain bottom of the frame. How
Bengis, Madeleine Barbara, do you prevent this from
Carole DeBeer, Marjorie Gurd, happening to your shots?
Florence Forman, and Sarah
Corbin (whose B&W image,
make sure the camera is
Reflection of Herd, appears
above. on the level.
For more information on If you have neither of
PWP, visit their website at these, slip a portable spirit
Most modern cameras level into the hot shoe of
Please support your fellow
have an internal level that your camera. Use it to
PWCCers by going to see this
exhibition before it closes. can be switched on. Use it make sure your camera is
to make sure the camera is on the level.
on the level.
Many tripods have a
built-in bubble level on
the tripod head. Use it to
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12CLUB PWCC’s Yahoo Group PWCC Flickr Group
by Paul Grebanier
Do you have an idea to go out shooting but
don’t want to go alone? Have a question about Did you know that there is a way for PWCC
Photoshop, or your camera, or some technique, members to share their pictures with other
but don’t have someone to ask? Know of a members and the world? Probably not! Eight
great photo op or workshop that you’d like to years ago, a “Park West Camera Club” Group
share with your fellow Club members? What was set-up on the “flickr” picture sharing and
are you to do? social networking site, just for such a purpose.
Ta Da! The Club’s Yahoo group is the an- Unfortunately, the idea never really caught on
swer to your questions. You can communicate at that time. The weeds of neglect and disrepair
with other PWCC members about these and have overgrown the site. But the structure is
more. All you have to do is sign up for the still there—awaiting rehabilitation.
group. It’s easy and it’s free. What a waste!
All you have to do is send an e-mail to the
Club at We will respond
with an e-mail from the group website, and…
you’re in.
If you have a (free) Yahoo e-mail account
When we go on field trips and attend other
you can go to the group site. There you can see
PWCC events and take pictures, how do we
all prior e-mails, post pictures, post links to
easily share them? We don’t! How do we get
other websites of interest, and more. If you
feedback on these images? We can’t! The Solu-
don’t have a Yahoo account, you can only send
tion? Join our flickr group with many other
and receive e-mails.
members, and actively add to and comment on
the images to be viewed there.
For those who are not flickr members al-
ready, you should know that the site allows
members to store and share their pics with mil-
We belong! lions of other members throughout the world–
and also with non-members. Uploading pic-
tures and making comments is easy. Groups of
images and people that share an affinity are
also easily created and can be shared by any-
one. The site is free to join. But if you really be-
come an active member, showing over 200 pics,
full membership costs $25 a year.
To view the Park West Camera Club Group
site, go to
To join flickr so you can add pics to the
group, and also to make and receive comments,
go to or click on the “join
group” button shown on the Group front page.
Hope to see you there soon!
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13CLUB
Member Portfolio
Joel Bernstein, and his wife
Carol, are two of PWCC’s
newest members, joining the
Club after taking Expanding
Visions 24 last season. In this
portfolio, Joel takes the
plunge as an active member,
and exhibits a deep passion
for water and the serenity it
portrays.
Enjoy!
All images
© Joel Bernstein
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14CLUB
PWCC Website How To Upload Images to
by Christine Doyle Your Image Library:
Park West Camera Club has • After you log in, click on
a new website that is interac- the My Account tab and
tive and very user-friendly. select My Image Library.
By creating an account • Scroll down and press the
and signing on to the web- “Upload Images” button
upper right hand corner
site, members will be able to • Scroll down and press the
(below the PWCC logo).
create and update their own “Select” button. This will
• On the login page, scroll
personal galleries and share open your hard drive library.
down to the bottom you will
their work. (You can create • Select images to be added
see a box marked “Member-
multiple galleries if you from your hard drive. (Mul-
ship Information and Mem-
like.) The gallery template tiple images can be added at
bership Request.” Press the
comes with privacy settings the same time by pressing
“Membership Information”
that you control. multiple files.)
button.
We encourage members to • Press “Open” in your hard
• On the next page, press the
take advantage of this feature drive window. This will be-
“Create a new User Ac-
and to make their galleries pub- gin loading your images.
count” button.
lic so that visitors to the website • After your images are up-
• Scroll down to the box
can see the great work that our loaded press “Save Images
marked “Login Name.” We
members are doing, in addition and Proceed to Edit Page”
recommend you use your
to the monthly competition button.
email address as your login
winners and honors images. • At the Edit Page you can
name, but the choice is up to
All members are encour- make changes to your image
you. Press “Next” after en-
aged to join the website. titles. When done, press
tering a login name.
While the website contains “Save any changes and
• On the next page you will
links to videos on a variety return to the original page.”
be asked to create a pass-
of topics that will help guide You can now go to your
word and reminder question
you through many of these Gallery and upload your
for that password. Please do
processes, here are some de- images.
so.
tailed instructions on how to • On the next page you will
get started: How To Create a Member
be asked for some personal
Gallery:
information. You only need
How To Create a Member
to fill in the lines where “re-
Account: • After you log in, click on
quired” is indicated.
the My Account tab and se-
• An email will be sent to the
• Enter into your browser lect My Galleries.
webmaster to approve your
the following address: • Scroll down to Member’s
request. The webmaster will
New Gallery” button (on the
message will be sent back to
• On the home page, press right).
you that you can access the
the “Login” button in the
website as a member.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15CLUB • An online form will open. right), then at the next page • After your images are up-
Here you can customize press either “Display Recent loaded press "Save Images
your gallery, e.g., by adding Uploads” or “Display All and Proceed to Edit Page"
a Title or Description, and Images” (depending on how button.
adjust additional settings, recently the images were up- • At the “Edit New Images
such as loaded). in Gallery” page, you can
- Gallery Visibility • When you finish selecting review and edit the image
(Private, Organization images for your gallery,
titles. When done, press the
Access, or Public) press the “Finished Marking
“Save any changes and
- Transition (set how the Desired Images” button.
return to original page”
images will move) • This will take you to your
button.
- Options on what to gallery page, where you can
display (Image Title, change the order of the im- • This will take you to your
Author, Captions, ages by clicking and drag- gallery page, where you can
Thumbnails, etc.) ging. When finished, press change the order of the im-
• Press the “Update Gallery the “Save updates to image ages by clicking and drag-
Options” button to save your order” button. ging. When finished, press
settings and preferences. the “Save updates to image
• PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ALSO ADD IM- order” button.
NEW GALLERIES HAVE TO AGES DIRECTLY INTO AN
BE APPROVED BY WEB APPROVED GALLERY: Cold Weather Photo Tip
ADMINISTRATORS BE-
FORE YOU CAN ADD • After your new gallery is Changing lenses in freezing
YOUR IMAGES. You will be approved, open the gallery temperatures always puts
notified once your gallery is into which you want to up- your equipment at risk. There
approved. is always the risk of conden-
load images.
• The website has a section sation as you take off a lens
• Press the “Edit and Upload
for images taken during and mount another. Same
Images” button (on the
PWCC field trips (“PWCC goes for blowing snow.
right), then at the next page
CLUB OUTINGS”). Galleries To avoid this predicament,
press the “Upload Images
for field trip images are cre- bring a zoom lens. This will
Into This Gallery” button. make lens changes redundant
ated in the same way as
• Scroll down and press the and keep your gear free from
member galleries.
“Select” button (bottom left internal moisture.
How to Add Images to Your of the page). This will open
Gallery: your hard drive library.
• Select images to be added
• After you log in or after from your hard drive. (Mul-
uploading images to your tiple images can be added at
Image Library, open the the same time by pressing
gallery where you want to multiple files.)
display them. • Press “Open” in your hard
• Press the “Edit and Upload drive window. This will be-
Images” button (on the gin loading your images.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16CLUB
Dealer’s Choice
On Monday night, January
28th, the Club held a Theme
Night. The theme was titled,
Dealer’s Choice, in which all
members could show a con-
cise portfolio with images of
their choice.
Here are some of those
images…
Manchester, Vermont
© Paula Paterniti
Washington, DC
© Natalie Manzino
Iceland
© Marvin Fink
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17CLUB
Icebergs
© Joel Bernstein
Parades
© Joan Slatkin
Anzo Borego Desert State Park, CA
© Virginia Lawrence
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18CLUB
Viet Nam
© Marlene Schonbrun
Shells
© Dinorah Capota
Kensington Gardens
© Paul Grebanier
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19CLUB
Women’s March 2019
© Christine Doyle
Capital of Architecture
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has
been named the world cap-
ital of architecture for 2020
by UNESCO—making it the
first city to ever receive
this designation.
The UN’s cultural
organzation announced the
honor this week. It was
established along with the
International Union of Museum of Contemporary Art
Architects. The designation
is part of an effort to pre-
serve architectural heritage Oscar Niemeyer Popular Theatre
in cities and create a forum
to discuss issues related to
culture, architecture, and
social development.
As the Capital of Archi-
tecture, Rio will also hold
the UIA’s World Congress,
an event that takes place
every three years.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20CLUB Scam Alert Photo Cartoon
of the Month
I recently received the
following e-mail:
Hello,
I,m Sandra Donnel, i saw your
profile on the internet, are you
available in February for my fami-
ly reunion party,(5 hours cover-
age).Do yo accept credit card?
leave your phone number
Sincerely,
Sandra Donnel
Sounds interesting, does
it not? Would you jump at
the chance to make a few You won’t believe where that old
hundred extra bucks? And
guy keeps pictures. In his wallet!
get a free meal or two, as
well? Who wouldn’t be
interested? Cold Weather Tip Another
Me, that’s who! And trick is to
Your batteries lose power
neither should you be. stick a toe-
much faster in cold weather.
Here’s why… warmer
First of all, there are too packet to the
many mistakes—spelling, camera, right
grammar, punctuation, etc. over the battery
Sure, they could be simply compartment door.
typos. But there are so many
of them
Second, I absolutely do Wanna See More?
There is a simple
not have any kind of profile technique you can use
on the Internet. I’m not on to keep your batteries Please submit some of your images
Facebook, Instagram, Twit- from losing power from recent PWCC field trips, work-
ter, Flickr—nowhere at all. faster than normal. shops, or from your travels around
Finally, if it sounds too Keep them in one of the City. Prepare them as for a Club
good to be true—it isn’t! the inside pockets of competition (resolution set to 72 ppi;
Don’t get drawn in by your jacket. That way horizontal dimension not to exceed
this kind of scam (or any they stay nice and 1,400 pixels; and vertical dimension
other kind, for that matter). warm, and handy, to not to exceed 1,050 pixels).
As the saying goes, caveat be used whenever
Submit your images to
emptor—”let the buyer be- they are needed.
ware.”
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21PHOTOGRAPHY Depth of Field This “mush” turns up all I first tripped over clarity
by Bill Apple over communication: snow on when learning how to write for
TVs, static on radios, obfusca- a living. Short Anglo-Saxon
A Unified Theory? tion in print, politics and fast- words, I learned, are better
talkers. ”What we’ve got here than Latinate. "Fix it,” an
Physicists since Einstein, is a failure to communicate,” editor once bellowed my way.
maybe before, have sought a one of the great movie lines of He wanted me to change
“unified” theory, so far-reach- all time (from Hud). Missing something. He did not say,
ing it explains everything, clarity is one of the biggest “Repair it!” That would have
from the teensiest subatomic tragedies, in life and in art. been mushy.
particle to the universe. But what is clarity? The Further, short sentences
Not to worry—above my best dictionary clues come (and paragraphs) just work
pay grade. But it did get me from “clarify”: to free from best for your reader. Simple
thinking about photography impurities (like “refine”), to syntax—crisp, declarative sen-
and other art. Is there some- make something easier to un- tences—punch above their
thing—some thing—that good derstand (“comprehensible”). weight. And best to write
art shares in common, perhaps Like moths to flames, humans mainly with nouns and verbs,
hidden in plain sight? are drawn to the refined and sprinkling the adjectives and
I won’t keep you in the comprehensible, whether adverbs as sparingly as salt.
suspense. It’s clarity, I think, in people, pictures, plays, Meat and potatoes.
and it applies to performing novels, movies, and music. Decades ago I learned a lot
arts and good writing too. It’s Life’s too brief for an indi- about communication—in many
what everyone craves and gestible diet of mush. modes—from a skinny yet
what improves most artwork. [continued on next 2 pages]
Indeed, we seem repulsed Mount Fuji Duane Michals pioneered photo sequences around 1970:
by clarity’s opposite: “mush,” cartoon-like story panels, handwritten captions. This 15-panel set,“Take One
let’s call it, the bleary-eyed and See Mount Fujiyama,” 1972, starts with Michals in bed, reading.
state your camera’s focus dis- Suddenly, a packet of green pills is pushed under his door—he swallows one
patches as you turn the focus and gets high. A big, naked woman then arrives, perhaps hallucination. The
ring. Before Autofocus, there final three panels, above, bring the photographer’s out-of-focus jockey shorts
was that thrill, focusing man- —“Mount Fuji”—into relief. You don’t know the joke till the end, when things
ually, as you made blurs turn clear up. The caption under the leftmost panel, Michals still in bed:
crisp. (See “Mount Fuji,” this “Suddenly, in the darkness, he began to see the snow-covered peak of Mt.
page.) Fujiyama.” (See https://tinyurl.com/yb3rh9p5.)
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22PHOTOGRAPHY muscular little volume, parentheses, dashes, shorter
“Writing That Works,” by bursts of fire.
Kenneth Roman and Joel How does all this relate to
Raphaelson, ad men from Don photography? Just as most peo-
Draper’s day. If you’d like ple flee verbal obfuscation and
practical pointers on writing soggy sentences, they too flee
well enough to accomplish the muddled, indecisive, poor-
things, track down a copy. ly executed photographs, the
(Ken Roman, once Ogilvy & pictures that they don’t know
Mather’s CEO, is still kicking. quite what to make of.
You might enjoy his recent In a sense, good photos re-
op-ed, on the moniker “The semble good jokes. If you need
Big Apple”: ) —comedy isn’t your strong
Consider an early chapter, suit. And if your pictures de-
titled: “Don’t mumble—and mand poring over, viewers’ Simply Good Late January’s po-
other principles of effective eyes raking the surface, lar vortex hit the upper Midwest first
and worst. This photo, spotted on
writing.” It opens with H.L. searching randomly for mean-
page one of the Wall Street Journal,
Mencken: ”[Most people] write ing, the photograph probably ticks all boxes: simple, clean, crisp,
badly because they cannot is not working. Rethink, re- clear, compelling composition. It’s a
think clearly.” Then continues frame, redo, edit, fix. In short, news photo, but it could be fine art
with well-known essayist (and refocus for clarity. too. Even the colors help. Source:
the author of “Charlotte’s But how? A few principles: Joshua Clark / The (Appleton, Wisc.)
Web”) E.B. White: “When you Post-Crescent / AP.
say something, make sure you ‘Record Shots.’ Keep them
have said it. The chances of and travel snaps down. It’s been compromised. Be deliber-
your having said it are only great to shoot the kids (or ate, planned, cool-thinking, in-
fair.” A revelation. grandkids), the Eiffel Tower, a novative. Go boldly where no
Clarity, that’s rule no. 1. sunflower, but can you add photographer has gone before.
Brevity, that’s no. 1a. Brevity’s something fresh? Maybe, but
the soul of wit, after all, in odds go against you. Get such KISS. Keep it simple, stupid.
writing and in art. shots “out of your system,” as Consider closely the artwork
By contrast, Henry James more than one PWCC judge that emanates from the finger-
was one long-winded novelist. has advised members. Then tips of babes: refrigerator art-
His 217-word sentence holds onto something better. work. Kids draw simple, un-
the record, words enough to cluttered things: houses, trees,
lose readers fast. Why so ver- Tamp Down Emotion. Emo- dogs. They’re not going for
bose? It’s said that James tion is a cheap, calculated grab unicorn tapestries with com-
wanted his writing to reflect for attention. It may overcome plex, layered, Hells-a-Poppin’
people’s haphazard thinking: a photographer at home or iconography in every corner.
stray ideas, associations, enter- abroad, clouding his or her vi- Practice childlike simplicity to
ing the mind at will. But, real- sion. You won’t know whether declutter. (See “Simply Good,”
ly. Writers must make it easy you’re shooting gems or gooey this page.)
on readers—with commas, clichés because your psyche’s [continued on next page]
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23PHOTOGRAPHY Mono-a-Mono. Simplicity
often emerges as color is
stripped away (unless color is
key to the shot—fire engines!).
Had color entered photo-
graphs from photography’s
beginnings, it might have set
the art back by decades.
Consider the gray scale your
friend. It pushes a shot’s
graphic design to the fore.
Simpler Mono? The New
Yorker recently asked, “Does
the Paint World Need Another
White?” about a new boutique
shade called Elliyah (described
as “a perfect glass of two-per-
cent” milk). Ansel Adams
succeeded, masterfully, with
only about 10 gray-scale
“zones.” His work wasn’t too
shabby either. (See “The Color
White,” this page.)
Big, Bold, Crisp. Viewers are
drawn to big photographs. The Color White Benjamin Moore offers 164 white paints among
more than 3,500 hues. Here are bestsellers, with names like: “Distant
(Size, at PWCC competitions,
Gray” versus “Calm,” “Navajo White,” or “Dove Wing.” A different white,
seems to matter.) Maybe it’s Elliyah, debuted recently from the British paint boutique, Farrow & Ball
that extreme enlargements (named after the inventor’s 10-year-old daughter). Ansel Adams did just
help the myopic. Maybe we’re fine with 10 or so shades ranging from black to white.
genetically predisposed to
attend to oversized objects, lest
perspective. All are fascinating, good writing: pointed and
they kill us. You do want crisp
but wear thin if overworked. concise. Then, again, let’s
photos, so check your capture
More convention, less inven- recall just what photography
routinely for tack sharpness at
tion is a good rule: If you need means: It’s Greek for writing
100 percent magnification. Any
to rely on a glitzy technique, with light.
softness should give you
your subject may be too weak
pause, unless the photo’s
to stand on its own legs.
subject is softness (cotton-
candy clouds, anyone?).
The more I think about it,
good photography is really
Avoid Gimmicks. Bizarro
very much like no-nonsense
tints, HDR, impossible tricks of
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24PHOTOGRAPHY Gallery Watching Bokeh subject was kept four feet from
by Ruth Formanek the camera and six feet in front
and Judy Rosenblatt Don’t you just love it when of the background.
the background in your im- The survey revealed that
Due to the weather, and a lack age melts away giving it a the average person is not able
of any photo exhibitions soft creamy look? Photogra- to find differences in the blur
which we felt were worthy of phers love it and that’s why of images taken at different
review, this will be no gallery we spend thousands of dol- apertures even when they are
watches this month. lars for wide aperture lenses. specifically looking for it. What
Look for us next month in Most people love it and this means is that it doesn’t
Photo Notes with some all new that’s evident by the increas- really matter if you take a shot
reviews and suggestions on ing popularity of “portrait at f/1.4 or f/2.8. There is no
what to see in the world of mode” on modern smart- need to spend too much cash
photography gallery shows. phone cameras. But at the on an ultra-fast, expensive
end of the day, bokeh is just prime lens. Moreover, the
background. Should be we study also showed that people
obsessed over it? actually prefer (by more than 8
Conversions A controlled experiment to 1) to have some amount of
was performed to find out, detail in image backgrounds.
Most of us are familiar with one way or another, if bokeh The participants of the
the process of converting our (very shallow depth of field study immediately paid atten-
RAW files into JPEGs. But with blurry, out-of-focus back- tion to how sharp the subjects
what about the other way grounds) makes a difference in appeared. Background blur
around? Until now, its been a photograph. was not a priority for them.
impossible. Not anymore! The objective was to find While bokeh can be important
A very interesting new out at what point an average at times, it is more essential to
photo editor has just been non-photographer can tell the have the subject sharp from
released by TopazLabs. It’s difference in photos with front to back. Bokeh should
called Topaz JPEG to RAW A.I. different apertures. To achieve not necessarily be a photo-
(The A.I., of course, stands for consistent results from varying grapher’s top priority!
artificial intelligence.) J-to-R— subjects and locations, the
as I’ll call it—uses machine
learning to do what was previ-
ously impossible: turn JPEGs
into high-quality RAW files for
a better editing experience.
There’s normally no way of
recovering lost detail. J-to-R is
currently the only machine-
learning powered software
capable of doing this.
You can download a free
trial copy at
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25PHOTOGRAPHY 2019 PSA Conference
The 81st Annual Conference of
the Photographic Society of
America is scheduled for Sep-
tember 25th-28th, 2019, in
Spokane, WA. This is the
northern limit of the Palouse—
where the Club had its 2018
summer field trip.
If you missed our trip, but
are amazed by the images of
the members who attended,
why not add this PSA event to
your calendar?
Flickr Changes SmugMug is turning its There’s also new Premier
attention to better serving Customer Service—Pro users
After Verizon-owned Yahoo paying customers, which will now receive priority as-
sold Flickr to SmugMug in makes sense because Smug- sistance from a new dedicated
April last year, it seemed likely Mug’s own photo hosting support team.
that changes would be coming service doesn’t have a free plan Finally, Flickr is partnering
to the service. The first major at all. The Yahoo sign-in that with other companies to offer
changes just took place: Flickr was introduced after Yahoo discounts to Pro members—
has downgraded its free plan acquired Flickr will be phased companies like Adobe soft-
and upgraded its pro plan. out and Yahoo accounts will no ware, SmugMug portfolios,
Prior to this change, Flickr longer be required for access. Peak Design bags and gear,
users on the free plan were Photos are now displayed and more.
given 1 terabyte, of free storage at 5K resolution for any screen, Flickr Pro costs $50 per
space at full resolution. Since 1 from smartphone to jumbo- year, “hands down the best
terabyte can hold 20,000 files tron, SmugMug says. That’s up deal in photography,” Smug-
weighing 50MB each (which is to 5120×5120 pixels, or 26 Mug says.
way more than most photos), megapixels (6 times larger than
the new limit of 1,000 files is Flickr’s previous limit of 4MP).
clearly a downgrade for photo- Videos can now be 10 minutes
happy Flickr photographers. long, up from 3 minutes.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26PHOTOGRAPHY
Affordable Destinations
Looking for somewhere to go
and photograph? Here’s a list
of destination in the U.S.A.
which are both quite photo-
genic and affordable.
Lake Geneva, WI
Traverse City, MI
Greenville, SC
Cheyenne, WY
Astoria, OR
Hot Springs, AR
Albuquerque, NM
Pensacola, FL
Lexington, VA
Field trip, anyone?
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27PHOTOGRAPHY Using Your Camera mode and enter
by Chuck Pine the shutter speed
and f-stop. (3) Re-
Silhouettes on the Shade position the cam-
era to place the
”Silhouettes” is a song made subject into a
famous by the doo-wop group, pleasing position.
The Rays, in 1957. It was later And, finally, (4)
covered by Herman’s Hermits, take the shot.
The Four Seasons, The Crests,
Frankie Lymon, Bob Dylan and
the Band, The Ronettes, and In order to get the silhouet- A partial silhouette is
quite a few other groups. ted subject as dark as possible similar to a full/complete
But, I digress! (in other words, black), it must silhouette except that some
”A (photographic) silhou- be greatly underexposed. The of the subject’s details are
ette is the image of a person, simplest way to do this is to (1) visible in the image [see the
animal, object, or scene repre- take a meter reading from the photo of the elephant].
sented as a solid shape of a (brighter) background. To do
single color, usually black, this, you must select a meter-
All images
with its edges matching the ing mode that ”sees” only a
© Chuck Pine
outline of the subject. The inte- small portion of the image—
rior of a silhouette is feature-
less (usually and/or mostly),
and is typically presented on a
light(er) background.” —
Wikipedia definition (paren-
theses, mine).
Enough, already. How do
you shoot one using just your
camera?
spot metering on most
cameras, and/or partial
metering on Canons. (2)
Lock in this exposure—
usually by holding the
shutter release button
halfway down. You can
also do this if you switch
to the manual metering
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28PHOTOGRAPHY
PhotoShopping Access either of the Use the three sliders to
by Chuck Pine Exposure tools as mentioned adjust your image. How do
above… you know when you’ve got it
Exposure Adjustment right? When it looks
good to you, that’s how!
An Exposure Adjustment
corrects the tonal values or For this image of a
lightness of images (especially Brazilian dance troupe,
HDR/ High Dynamic Range I moved the Exposure
images). You can find the slider slightly to the
Exposure tool in two places right and the Gamma
in Photoshop: (1) Images > Correction slider to the
Adjustments > Exposure; and left. I did not use the
as an Adjustment Layer. Offset slider at all for
These allow you to edit this image.
three settings: Exposure (this To create the special
adjusts the highlights of your The Exposure Dialog Box effect image at the bottom, I
image while ignoring the will appear… used the Offset slider and
darker areas of your image); merely moved it to
Offset (this darkens or lightens the left.
the shadows and midtones of
your image while ignoring the
lighter areas); and Gamma
(adjusts the image’s gamma,
or midtone, values).
Here’s an image that needs
some tonal adjustments …
Before After
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo Shopping
by Chuck Pine
Lights, Camera, Action
GoPro makes the best action
cameras available today, in-
cluding the GoPro Hero5 Polaroid Cube Action Camera
Black. They have set the stan- $30
dard for what to look for when
it comes to these handheld
rugged devices. Buying GoPro
cameras will set you back quite Yuntab 1080P Action Camera
a bit, though, but they’re not $24
the only name in town. A
number of manufacturers have
entered this burgeoning mar-
ket with their own high-quali-
ty, low-cost action cams. Here’s
a peek at some of them…
VTech KidiZoom Action Camera
$42
None of these cameras have
the quality (nor the price tag)
Fitfort 4K Action Camera Ion Air Pro LiteAction Camcorder of the GoPro cameras, but they
$44 $100 do have an advantage over
their costlier brethren—you
can buy one for under a hun-
dred bucks, use it for a short
time, and then just forget about
it if it’s not your thing.
Disclaimer
I do not, nor does anyone else
in the Club, make a profit
Campark 4K Action Camera from the sales of these items.
$44 Chuck
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS • ETC.
B & H Event Space
B&H Photo offers free work-
shops. Here are a few of the
upcoming offerings:
Friday, February 22
Wwildlife Through the Lens
Speaker: Richard Bernabe
Tuesday, February 12
Diversity Underwater
Speakers: Larry Cohen
& Olga Torrey
Tuesday, February 19
The Empty World
Speaker: Nick Brandt
Check out
for details; as well as a complete list of other presen-
tations; and to register for the course(s) of your
choice.
Please note, they do accept walk-ins for events that
have not reached capacity.
The Event Space is on the second floor of the B&H
Super Store, located at 420 9th Avenue, at 34th Street.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS • ETC.
Happy Birthday NANPA
To celebrate its 25th year of
providing a guiding light to
nature photographers, NAN-
PA (the North American Na-
ture Photographers Associa-
tion will be holding its annual
nature photography summit
in Las Vegas, NV, later this
month.
NANPA is North Ameri-
ca’s premiere nature photog-
raphy organization. NANPA
promotes the art and science
of nature photography as a Easy Pyramids the country was named the
medium of communication, fastest-growing destination
nature appreciation, and envi- In an effort to ease congestion for travellers in 2017 by the
ronmental protection. NANPA from the main transport hub United Nations World
provides information, educa- in Cairo, a brand new airport Tourism Organization. The
tion, inspiration, and opportu- has opened on the outskirts government also introduced
nity for all persons interested of Egypt’s capital city. The an e-Visa that’s obtainable
in nature photography. Sphinx International Airport online in advance of your
To get all the info on this is open for a trial period but travel.
upcoming event, go to their is it is expected to be totally Lonely Planet named
website at You’re sure Egypt seems to be as its best value destination,
to learn a lot, meet some very emerging from the political as world-class ancient sites
interesting people, and take turmoil in the aftermath of from Luxor to Aswan are ac-
some fantastic images. the Arab Spring of 2011, and cessible for just a few dollars.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32EXHIBITS • WORKSHOPS • ETC.
Where in the world?
These three images were all taken
in the same country. Can you
guess where they were shot?
Send your responses to
Please use
”Where in the world?” in the
subject line of your e-mail.
Those who submit correct
answers will be announced in
next month’s issue of Photo Notes.
Last month’s destination was
another easy one—The
Netherlands (we also accept- Photo Notes is looking for images for this
ed Holland). The correct ”Where in the World?” column. If you would
answer was submitted by like to stump and/or amaze your friends and
Joan Slatkin. fellow Club members, submit 4 or 5 images of
Congrats! your destination to
Please size your images as for competition:
72 ppi; maximum width of 1,400 pixels; and
maximum height of 1,050 pixels.
Thank you for your participation
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
For all the details, see the Schedule of Activities on the following pages.
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Schedule of Activities
The Park West Camera Club
meets every Monday night
(with some exceptions for
holidays and a curtailed
summer schedule). Please join
us at a meeting or on one of
our other scheduled activities.
All Club Monday night
meetings take place at the Soho
Photo Gallery located at 15
White Street, between West
Broadway and Church Street/
Avenue of the Americas (6th
Avenue) unless indicated
otherwise in the listings below. Mon & Tue, February 11 & 12
Following the schedule of ac- Photo Op—Dog Show
tivities are detailed directions The 143rd Westminster Kennel
to each of our meeting sites. Club Dog Show will be held at
Check the PWCC Website Madison Square Garden over
these two days. Over 2,500
for late-breaking details on all dogs will be competing for the
meetings and other Park West title of Best in Show and other
Camera Club activities. awards. There are daytime
Meetings begin at 7 p.m. sessions (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and
sharp unless otherwise indi- evening sessions (6 p.m. to 11
cated below. p.m.) on both days. Tickets
An asterisk (*) preceding may be purchased on-line at color. For example, you choose
the date indicates an official ‘red,” you shoot an apple and
PWCC activity. Other listings or at the door (a tad more ex- other ”red” subjects; OR you
include: Photo Events which pensive). If you love dogs, this choose ”blue” and you shoot
may be of interest to photog- show’s the one for you! the sky and other ”blue”
raphers; and Photo Ops which things. Choose any color and
offer opportunities to take * Monday, February 11 shoot away. Finally, bring up to
photographs. Theme Night—Pick-A-Color a dozen images on a USB flash
Tonight is your chance to share drive to tonight’s meeting.
your images with the Club.
The theme is a new one for us! * Tuesday, February 12
First, you pick any color of the Print Workshop
spectrum. Next, you go out All Club members are invited
and shoot things that are your to bring a dozen or so prints
chosen color or contain that for this Club event. Bring them
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 35SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Street, women were anchored by
continues home and family, Bubley was a
onto East thriving professional, traveling
Broadway, throughout the world, photo-
and finally graphing stories for magazines
curves up such as LIFE and the Ladies'
through Sara Home Journal and for presti-
Roosevelt gious corporate clients that
Park. included Pepsi-Cola and Pan
American World Airways.
Esther’s
© Nancy Sirkis
work is still
widely ex-
for an honest, but gentle hibited, and
critique of your work. This it is found
workshop has limited space. in the per-
You must sign up in advance manent col-
with Elsa Blum at 516-621-3215 lections of
or to the Library
get the time and location for of Congress,
this session. The workshop the Stan-
leader is photographer and dard Oil
ICP printing instructor, Collection
Nancy Sirkis. © Esther Bubley
at the Uni-
versity of Louisville, the
* Monday, February 18 Pittsburgh Photographic Li-
Guest Speaker—Jean Bubley brary Collection at the
Tonight’s guest photographer Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
is Jean Bubley, the niece of the National Portrait Gallery,
Esther Bubley, a documen- the International Center of
tary photographer who was Photography, the Brooklyn
noted for her sober, no-frills Museum of Art, and the Mu-
portrayal of post-World War seum of Photographic Arts in
II middle America. A pro- San Diego among many other
tégée of Roy Stryker at the locations. Jean is the director of
U.S. Office of War Informa- her aunt’s archive and has
tion and subsequently at spent her life keeping Esther’s
Sunday, February 17 Standard Oil Company (New images in the public eye. Learn
Photo Op—Chinatown Parade Jersey), Esther (1921-1998) was more about Esther’s work and
a preeminent freelance photog- Jean’s efforts at Tonight’s curtain
in Chinatown is held today
of American photojournalism, raiser is a past Club secretary
starting at 1 p.m. The parade
from 1945 to 1965. At a time and current chair of the Social
starts at Canal and Mott
when most post-war American Committee, Natalie Manzino.
Streets, heads down Mott
February 2019 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 36SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES * Monday, February 25
Competition Entry Deadline
Please note that PDI entries are
due by midnight tonight for
next week’s Club competition.
© Nick Brandt
Thursday, February 28
Tuesday, February 19 Photo Event—Sierra Photo
Photo Event— The New York City Sierra
NY Photo Salon Club’s Photography Commit-
The New York Photo Salon is tee is holding its meeting
a forum offering the finest tonight. The program for this
photography. Their mission is evening will be three separate
* Monday, February 25
to build and maintain a presentations by Photo Com-
Portfolio Review
community of photographers mittee members: Linda Calvet
in the City. Tonight’s meeting Tonight is the second portfolio (Finding the Extra in the
is a special presentation by review night of the Club’s year. Ordinary), Lynne Cashman
photographer Nick Brandt. Four PWCC members will (Rhythm and Color Inspire
Nick is a British photographer present concise portfolios of up Intimacy), and Peter Post
whose themes relate to the to a dozen images of their (Photographing Wildlife). The
disappearing natural world— work. These may be in the meeting, which is open to the
before it is destroyed by form of prints or PDIs. The public, begins at 6:30 p.m. and
mankind. This special presenta- purpose of this review is to de- is held at the Metropolitan
tion is at the SVA Theater, not the termine how well the images Opera Guild, on the 6th floor
usual location! The SVA Theater hold up as a group—not to cri- of the Rose Building at Lincoln
is at 333 West 23rd Street The tique individual images (al- Center. The address is 70
presentation begins at 6:30 though some comments of this Lincoln Center Plaza. It’s
p.m. Admission is free, but nature will sneak into the dis- located on the north side of
seating is limited. For more cussion from time to time). We West 65th Street, between
info, google ”NY Photo Salon” will hire professional photo- Broadway and Amsterdam
to see their Twitter, Tumblr, or graphic educator as our critic Avenue, closer to Amsterdam.
Instagram pages. for this portfolio review. From the street, take the stairs,
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