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Park West
PHOTO NOTES
October 2021
Camera Club
This Issue
Volume 84 • Issue 2
Club News…………………..…..…2 - 32
Photography News………………33 - 47
Exhibits, Workshops, Etc….….…47 - 52
Schedule of Activities……..….….53 - 59
Complete Index………………….….…60
Over 45 members’ images inside!
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 1
Park West Camera Club Club Officers
The Park West Camera Club is an independent President Chuck Pine
not-for-profit corporation. Guests are always V. President Michael Schleiff
welcome.
Corres. Sec. Helen Bohmart Pine
The PWCC newsletter, Photo Notes, is published
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 Laura Toledo
available to nonmembers by email at no charge.
Printed issues are available at PWCC meetings.
Submissions of full-length articles or smaller Committee Chairs
items of photographic or general interest are
Archive Inactive
always accepted. The staff of Photo Notes
reserves the right to edit any submissions Competition Hedy Klein
which are published. Vacancy
Photo Notes is optimized for viewing digitally. Field Trip Inactive
Contact Information Gallery Inactive
Website House Inactive
www.parkwestcameraclub.org Membership Marlene Schonbrun
E-Mail Addresses Elena Pierpont
pwccny@gmail.com Newsletter Chuck Pine
pwccny@aol.com
Program Marilyn Fish-Glynn
Club Mailing Address
680 West End Avenue, #5D NY, NY 10025 Social Natalie Manzino
Website Michael Schleiff
Christine Doyle
Workshop Ed Lee
Cover Photo
Profile
by Chuck Pine ©2021
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 2
CLUB President’s Message And then the COVID-19
pandemic appeared and we
Technical Problems entered the age of Zooming.
This, too, is chock-full of more
Were you a member of the technical problems than you
Club when our competition can shake a stick at. Glitches
included prints and slides? are everywhere. For the last
Don’t know what a slide is? It’s year or so we’ve been dealing
a small piece of film (do I have with them. Once we’ve got a
to explain this, too?), usually a particular problem solved,…
color positive (again?), that is another one crops up.
mounted in a cardboard or our software? Will the guest’s And so it goes. We are cur-
plastic holder and projected computer work with our gear? rently dealing with the idea of
onto a screen. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. hybrid meetings—a combo of
Way back then, over 15 It took several years to in-person and Zoom. So far, no
years ago, we had technical overcome these technical prob- solutions. Who knows what
problems when showing lems, but we finally made it. the future holds?
slides. The cardboard mounts Yet, after a dozen years of Let’s wait and see.
were prone to warping—this digital imaging, we still have
would “jam” the projector and members who cannot format Stay healthy,
we’d have to stop the program nor label their images correctly.
to fix the problem. Plastic-
mounted slides would often Chuck
slide around inside the mount
and would have to be reposi- Photo Notes
tioned, again stopping the
presentation. There also were Publisher: Park West Camera Club
numerous other technical Editor: Chuck Pine
problems with the slides.
Committee: Will Aimesbury, Madeleine Barbara, Elsa
Then, along came digital
Blum, Ann Broder, Ruth Formanek, Renée Harper,
imaging. It was a new era,…
Gladys Hopkowitz, Hedy Klein, Paul Perkus, Helen Pine,
almost. For several years we
Elena Pierpont, Judy Rosenblatt, and Julie Wosk
were showing prints, slides,
and PDIs (a term I created for Contributors: Bill Apple, Christine Doyle, Susan Hoehn,
‘Projected Digital Images”). We Julie Foehrenbach, Natalie Manzino, Chuck Pine, Helen
still had all the same technical Pine, Michael Schleiff Marlene Schonbrun, Laura Toledo,
problems with the slides, but a and Julie Wosk
whole new crop popped up Photo Notes is produced on a MacBook Pro
with the digital projections. using iWork Pages and Adobe Photoshop.
What size and resolution
All uncredited images are royalty-free clip art or otherwise
should the images be? How
believed to be in the public domain.
should the images be delivered
to the Club. Would out guest Credited images remain the sole property of their
presenters’ images work with copyright holders—all rights reserved.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 3
CLUB Renewal Time If you haven’t paid your Images Wanted
$50 Club dues already, you will
Welcome back to another year be removed from our mailing Photo Notes is looking for your
of Park West photography lists at the end of this month. images from our late summer
programs. Your membership To prevent this catastrophe outings—the sunflower pop-
brings with it a full comple- from happening, mail your up field trip and the Club’s
ment of rights and privileges, check or money order (no cash annual Labor Day Picnic (this
including participation in Club in the mail, please), payable to year held in Battery Park and
competitions and admittance PWCC, to our Membership the Staten Island Ferry).
to all our Zoom meetings. Co-Chair… If you haven’t sent yours
in yet, please choose a few of
Marlene Schonbrun
your favorites and email them
315 Riverside Drive, # 5E
to ASAP.
New York, NY 10025
P.W.C.C.
For your safety, cover your
check/money order with a
folded sheet of plain paper,
and seal it in an envelope.
As soon as it is deemed safe
We normally charge $150 to hold our meetings and other
for the Club year, October activities at the Soho Photo
through September. This Gallery, in the field, or at any
amount is divided equally to other venue, we will make
pay for Club activities (aka every effort to do so. At that
dues) and the rental of our time the ExeCom will decide
space at SoHo Photo Gallery. how much to charge members
Due to the circumstances for additional dues (if any) and
caused by the coronavirus for the rental of space.
pandemic, most of our Club
meetings—at least for the near
future—will be held virtually
using the Zoom software.
We, therefore, are foregoing
the $75 usually collected for
room rental.
We have also reduced the
$75 charged for Club activities
to only $50 per member—this
includes the Club’s honorary life
members. As usual, the ExCom
will consider requests for a
reduction of dues on an indi-
vidual case-by-case basis.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 4
CLUB
February
7 Monthly PDI Competition #5 (Z)
14 Theme Night—Sweethearts (Z)
17 PDI Workshop
21 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
28 You Be the Judge #4 —Landscapes (Z)
March
2021-2022 PWCC Schedule 7 Monthly PDI Competition #6 (Z)
14 Print Competition #1 & Social Gathering
September 21 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
5 Chuck Pine Labor Day Picnic 24 PDI Workshop
6 No Meeting (Labor Day/Rosh Hashanah) 28 Business Meeting #3 (Z)
13 Welcome Back (Z)
20 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z) April
23 PDI Workshop 4 Monthly PDI Competition #7 (Z)
27 Business Meeting #1 (Z) 11 Print Competition #2 & Social Gathering
18 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
October 21 PDI Workshop
4 Monthly PDI Competition #1 (Z) 25 Workshop—Table Top Photography
11 Photoshop Workshop (Z)
18 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z) May
21 PDI Workshop 2 Monthly PDI Competition #8 (Z)
25 Halloween Shoot & Party 9 Print Competition #3 & Social Gathering
16 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
November 19 PDI Workshop
1 Monthly PDI Competition #2 (Z) 23 Business Meeting #3 (Z)
8 Theme Night—Fall Foto Fun (Z) 30 No Meeting
15 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
18 PDI Workshop June
22 You Be the Judge #3 (Z) 6 Year-End Competition #3 (Z)
27 Business Meeting #2 (Z) 13 Otto Little Memorial Dinner (?)
20 ExCom Meeting
December 27 TBA
6 Monthly PDI Competition #3 (Z)
13 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z) Unless there are some changes in federal, state,
20 Holiday Party (?) or local policies, activities marked with a (Z)
27 No Meeting—Winter Break will be conducted virtually using the Zoom
software program. As soon as it is deemed
January safe to hold our meetings and other activities
3 Monthly PDI Competition #4 (Z) at Soho Photo Gallery (or elsewhere), we will
10 Theme Night—Holidays (Z) attempt to do so.
17 Guest Speaker/Curtain Raiser (Z)
20 PDI Workshop Pop-Up Field Trips will be announced to those
24 Workshop—Bookmaking (Z) PWCC members who have signed up to receive
27 Theme Night—Travel (Z) the invitations.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 5
Zooming Pop Goes the Weasel!
CLUB
Submitting Images
Zoom is a web-based video- The Club instituted Pop-Up The Club has over a dozen
conferencing software tool field trips this past summer activities this year which ask
that allows users to meet and they were a great success. you to submit images. These
online. Zoom is compatible Just what is a Pop-Up (also include competitions, theme
with Macs, Windows, smart- called a Drop-In) trip, I hear nights, workshops, classes,
phones, and tablets. Zoom you cry? It is a field trip that and more. Here’s what you
software is free to download any one of our Club members need to know:
to your devices. wishes to go on without a lot
The Club is using Zoom of pre-planning and fanfare. Images must be in .jpg
software to conduct all its You decide where you want (JPEG) format and sized at
meetings during the corona- to go and when you want to go 72 ppi resolution, 1400 pixels
virus pandemic. An email there. You send out an email to maximum width, and 1050
will be sent to all PWCC all the other PWCCers who pixels maximum height. [Do
members prior to virtual signed up. That’s it! not exceed these maximums!]
meetings. This email will Whoever shows up will be
contain the link to join the a surprise. All you’ve got to
Competition images must
meeting. All you have to do do is shoot away and have
be titled as follows:
is click on the link. fun doing it.
To download Zoom, go to As an afterthought, it LastNameFirstInitial_Month
would be appreciated if all Year_Title.jpg
and click on the “Download” those who attend send a few
for example
button. It’s that simple! images from the trip for Photo
Nonmembers who would Notes. A short article would be JonesM_Jan21_Flower.jpg
like to join our Club meetings nice but isn’t necessary.
may request the link by send- Other images should be
ing an email to titled as follows:
Name_Number_Title
You may use your first and/
or last name/initial. If you
want your images shown in
a particular order, number
them 01, 02, etc. Use a real
title, not the image number
that came out of the camera.
for example
MaryJ_07_Flower
Read each entry in the
Photo Cartoon Club’s Schedule for special
of the Month instructions, if any.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 6
CLUB
Club Meeting Times
All Park West Camera Club
Monday night meetings will
begin at 6:30 p.m. You may
sign into Zoom for chit-chat
with other members, to ask
questions, or just to hang out
before the meeting starts at
6:15 p.m.—unless otherwise
indicated in the Schedule of
Activities at the end of this
issue of Photo Notes.
The link to join the Zoom
meetings is sent out to Club
members and friends of the
Club in our Weekly Reminder
every Friday.
Sunshine Fund
A motion was passed at the But Natalie needs your
April business meeting to help in achieving the Club’s
establish a Sunshine Fund as goals through this committee.
part of the Social Committee. It would be great if each and
The responsibilities of this every member could give her
new entity are to the month and
acknowledge day of their
birthdays, deaths, birthday (years
births, illnesses, not requested).
and any other life In addition,
events that impact if you could let
our Club members Natalie know of
and their families. any life events
Long-time Club that occur to any
member Natalie of our members,
Manzino has volunteered to you or someone else, both
take on this task for the Club. present and past members,
She has already purchased that would be great, too.
the necessary stationery to be
able to express the sentiments 917-757-7086
of the Club and its members.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 7
Images of the Month
CLUB
October 2021
PDI-of-the-Month
Elephant Clan
© Madeleine Barbara
PDI-of-the-Month
Elephant Clan
© Madeleine Barbara
Honor PDIs
Amiable Fellow by Ann Broder
Rear Windows by Charles Levin
Foggy River by Natalie Manzino
Flower by Elena Pierpont The Honor PDIs are
African Moonscape by Helen Pine shown on the following
Birdman by Alice Somma two pages.
Lost by Carlton Johnson
3 Roses by Dotty Mills
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 8
CLUB
A with Honors
Flower
© Elena Pierpont
A with Honors
Amiable Fellow
© Ann Broder
A with Honors
Foggy River
© Natalie Manzino
A with Honors
African Moonscape
© Helen Pine
Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 9
CLUB
A with Honors
Rear Windows
© Charles Levin
A with Honors
Birdman
© Alice Somma
A with Honors
Lost
© Carlton Johnson
A with Honors
3 Roses
© Dotty Mills
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 10Cumulative Point Totals
CLUB
On the Website want to be included in these
through October 2021 by Michael Schleiff notifications you can easily
“opt out” from any or all of
Madeleine Barbara 20 The Club has set up Discus- the forums.
Chuck Pine 16 sion Forums for all members Members who have not
Laura Toledo 16 to use. The topics—which set up entry to the website
Ann Broder 14 you can create—could cover can easily add their informa-
Carlton Johnson 14 any area of photography and tion to be activated.
Charles Levin 14 imaging including, but not If you have any questions,
Natalie Manzino 14 limited to, how-tos (portraits, regarding the forums, please
Dotty Mills 14 landscape, macros, etc.), gear, feel free to contact me via my
Helen Pine 14 Photoshop, Lightroom, plug- email
Alice Somma 14 ins, and more. You are only
Sarah Corbin 12 limited by your imagination.
Christine Doyle 12 To get access to these Desperately Seeking…
Elena Pierpont 12 forums, you must be regis-
Marlene Schonbrun 12 tered on the Club website The Club is looking for a
Joan Slatkin 12 with an active email address. member who is good (or at
Bill Apple 8 After logging in, go to least adequate) in math to be
David Cassidy 8 “PWCC Members Discussion able to tally the monthly
Karen Corrigan 8 Forums” on the dropdown scores of our competitions
Carole de Beer 8 menu and click to enter. As (as seen in the left column
Nicole Dosso 8 you scroll down you’ll see a on this page) as well as to
Julie Foehrenbach 8 basic explanation of how list the winners of the Images-
Florence Forman 8 these forums work, along of-the-Month and Honors
Paula Paterniti 8 with a how-to video on them. (as shown on page 8 of this
Larry Sapadin 8 At the bottom of the page, issue of Photo Notes).
Janet Susin 8 there will be a heading for This position must be filled
Julie Wosk 8 ‘Park West Camera Club,” ASAP, but definitely no later
Jay Bitkower 6 with a button below, “View than the Club’s November 1st
Elayne Dix 6 Topic.” Once pressed you will competition.
Paul Grebanier 6 see the topics that have been We are also looking for a
Doris King 6 set up along with a button to co-chair of the Competition
Hedy Klein 6 “Create New Topic.” You can Committee to be in charge of
Michael Schleiff 6 view the topics and all the the print contests when they
Jeff Langford 4 posts. You may even post a (hopefully) start up again in
Peggy Winkelman 2 comment of your own. March, 2022. This is just as
All members who are important as the above-listed
signed on to the website will position, but not as urgent at
automatically receive an this time.
email notification when a By the way, the same Club
new post has been made. If member may assume both of
for any reason you do not these vital roles.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 11CLUB Minutes: ExCom Mtg. that, access will be given to asked to bring a mask, funny
another member. hat, or costume.
by Christine Doyle
Recording Secretary PhotoShop Virtual Summit 3— Member Q&As—Laura Toledo
Chuck also noted that the asked whether a forum could
September 20, 2021 PhotoShop Virtual Summit 3 is be set up for members to ask
coming up next month, and for information about technical
Participating: Executive Com- asked whether the Club should photographic issues. Helen
mittee members President purchase a VIP access pass. Pine suggested that members
Chuck Pine, Vice President Following a discussion, it was could email their questions to
Michael Schleiff, Recording decided the Club would not her, which she will then send
Secretary Christine Doyle, purchase a pass this year, and out to the whole Club. It was
Corresponding Secretary members will be encouraged suggested this be called
Helen Pine, and Treasurer to sign up for access to free PWCC Members Want To Know.
Laura Toledo. Club members videos. Christine Doyle said she
Marilyn Fish-Glynn, Ed Lee, would post the questions on
and Rita Russo also attended. the Club’s Facebook page, too.
[As a result of the Coronavirus Expanded Curtain Raisers?—
pandemic and the continuing Chuck noted that we were
restrictions the Club has not having two curtain raisers at
held any in-person meetings tonight’s meeting, and asked
since March 2020. This meeting whether the Club should
was held via Zoom.] consider having curtain raisers
at other Club meetings. Helen
The meeting called to order at noted that all members who
5:12 p.m. requested them have gotten
Halloween Party and Photo- curtain raiser slots for this year.
The meeting was called to Shoot—A discussion was had Following a discussion, it was
review general items for the about the Halloween Party and decided to address the issue,
Club and set an agenda for Photo-Shoot scheduled for. should it arise again, on an ad
the September 27th business October 25th. No venue has hoc basis.
meeting. yet been chosen as to where
the event will be held. It is Print Competition - Larry Ru-
PhotoShop Virtual Summit 2— believed that Soho Photo bin’s email about how to rein-
Chuck Pine has devised a Gallery limits the number of state print competitions was
process to share videos from people allowed in the gallery discussed, as well as the results
last year’s PhotoShop Virtual at any one time (Marilyn Fish- of the member survey on the
Summit 2 with members. He Glynn will check to confirm). same topic from last spring
will give members his email As an alternative, it was sug- (print competitions have been
address and passcode, and gested that members meet for scheduled for March thru May
members will have three days an outdoor shoot at Bryant of 2022).
to review the videos. After Park at 5 p.m. Members will be
Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 12CLUB As the circumstances sur- resolved. Chuck advised Laura
Be Sneaky
rounding the pandemic are that she will need to make a
still very much unknown, Treasurer’s Report at the
Street photography is all
it was decided to re-visit September 27th Business
about the essence of daily life
the issue at the November Meeting.
in the streets. The challenge
business meeting.
arises when you’re out there
The meeting adjourned at
pointing a camera at people,
Repetition of Judges—Chuck 5:57 p.m.
which makes them feel self-
Pine asked that the Club
conscious, and that kills the
revert to the ‘2-year-rule,
moment. You need to be more
whereby judges will not be
discrete.
repeated for two years. There
were no objections. Ed Lee
Pirouette— Use this trick if
noted that the New York Metro
someone is walking right in
Area Camera Council (aka
back of you that you want to
NYMACC) has compiled a list
shoot. Continue to walk, take
of judges available for club
photos (or at least pretend to
competitions; he will forward
do so) of people or the scenes
it to the Executive Committee
around you. Then, make a
and Marilyn.
quick turn and snap a photo
of the subject behind you.
(You really need to be quick
and accurate to nail your
Chuck noted that NYMACC, focus and composition.)
of which PWCC is a founding
and continuing member, pro- Be a Hipster— This technique
motes camera club activities. that lets you photograph
It was agreed that PWCC without having to hold the
would share its calendar with camera in front of your face.
NYMACC, and that their Hold the camera at hip level
announcements will be shared and take a photo when you
with our Club members. come across anything that
looks interesting. (Having a
Michael Schleiff noted that tilting/articulating screen
he will record tonight’s guest comes in handy.)
speaker, Tommy Mintz, for
members who are unable to Play Dumb— Pretend that
attend the meeting. you don’t know how to use
the camera properly and snap
Laura Toledo noted that the some photos whenever you
issue regarding double billing come across an interesting
by the State of Delaware for moment.
incorporation fees has been
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 13CLUB Committee Liaisons Photo Notes Deadlines
Issue Deadline
The Executive Committee
November Nov. 1
Curtain Raisers (ExCom) has decided to
December Dec. 6
by Helen Pine continue for this coming
January Jan. 3
year with the committee
Curtain raisers are short February Feb. 7
liaison model to spread the
(no more than five minutes) March Mar. 7
responsibility among the
programs presented by Club April Apr. 4
entire Executive Committee.
members prior to our guest May May 2
Here’s how it’ll work:
speakers. Here’s the list for Summer June 6
Each ExCom member (the
this year. five elected officers) will be The sooner articles and
assigned committees as a items are submitted to Photo
Sept. Elena Pierpont
liaison. Each committee Notes, the quicker the editing
& Larry Sapadin
chair or co-chair will report and revision process can begin.
Oct. Alice Somma
to the ExCom through this Competition scores and cumu-
Nov. Bill Apple
liaison. In this manner, it is lative points are submitted as
Dec. Charles Levin
felt that communication will soon after the competitions as
Jan. Laura Toledo
flow much more smoothly, possible, usually one to three
Feb. Elayne Dix
in both directions, between days following the submission
Mar. Natalie Manzino
the committees. In addition, deadline. Once all items are in
Apr. Dinorah Capota
any concerns raised by the place the draft copy of Photo
May Rain Bengis
ExCom will be passed along Notes will be sent to the editors
to the committee chairs who will then have several
Street Photo Tips through the liaisons. days to edit and return their
Here are the committee comments.
Blend Into the Environment liaison assignments for the Upon completion, the Photo
I’m not saying that you 2021-2022 Club year: Notes issue will be sent to all
should wear a hat, and dark
Competition Mike Schleiff members and to the Website
glasses, but it helps if you
Field Trip Chuck Pine Committee to be uploaded to
wear something that blends
Gallery Helen Pine the website.
in with the background.
Wearing neutral colors is the House Christine Doyle
safest bet as they don’t draw Membership Helen Pine
too much attention. Newsletter Chuck Pine
Program Christine Doyle
Fake a Phone Call Social Laura Toledo
Having your phone up to Website Mike Schleiff
your ear will give people Workshop Laura Toledo
the impression that you’re
busy with your call. While
doing so with one hand,
keep on shooting with the
other.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 14CLUB Minutes: Business Mtg • Membership: Marlene
by Christine Doyle Schonbrun and Elena
Recording Secretary Pierpont will continue as
co-chairs. Members should
September 27, 2021 send their renewal checks/
payments to Marlene (see
P{resent: Executive Com- page 4 of this issue of Photo
mittee members President 62 paid members; member- Notes for details).
Chuck Pine, Vice President ship dues totals $3,200; and • Newsletter: Chuck Pine is
Michael Schleiff, Corre- the Club’s bank balance is returning as chairperson/
sponding Secretary Helen $9,247.29. Projected expenses Editor-in-Chief. The dead-
Pine, Recording Secretary for the coming Club year line for articles, member
Christine Doyle, Treasurer total $2,915, covering: 9 portfolios, or other content
Laura Toledo. guest speakers ($900); 11 is next Monday, the 4th of
competition judges ($1,375); October.
[As a result of the Corona- Adobe plan ($90 for 9 • Program: Marilyn Fish-
virus pandemic, this meeting months); incorporate.com Glynn will return as chair,
was held via Zoom.] ($235); and banking fees responsible for selecting
($315). All outstanding bills and scheduling competi-
I. Call To Order: Chuck Pine and payments dating back to tion judges and speakers. If
called the meeting to order April 2021 have been paid. you have any suggestions,
at approximately 6:30 p.m. please send them to her.
and introduced members of IV. Committee Reports: Alice Somma offered to
the new Executive Commit- Chuck Pine reviewed the assist Marilyn with these
tee. He welcomed all partici- committees that have been tasks.
pants, and hoped everyone active throughout the pan- • Social/Sunshine: Natalie
was doing well and staying demic and introduced their Manzino will return as
safe. There being 25 mem- chairs. chairperson. Members are
bers participating, a quorum • Competition: Hedy Klein asked to send her their
was met. will return as co-chair in birth dates (day and month
charge of processing PDIs. only) and any information
II. Minutes of Previous Ex- John Brengelman, who was on members’ welfare,
ecutive Committee/Business co-chair in charge of pro- health, or other milestones
Meeting: By motion, mem- cessing prints and had that may require follow-up
bers present agreed to waive been tallying scores, is or a card. Ed Lee offered to
the reading of, and accept stepping down. We will assist Natalie with the re-
the minutes of the May 24, need a member to assume freshments once in-person
2021 Executive Committee/ John’s duties. It was sug- business meetings resume.
Business Meeting as pub- gested this also be an- • Website: Michael Schleiff
lished in Photo Notes. nounced at next week’s and Christine Doyle will
competition. (PDIs for the return as co-chairs. Mem-
III. Treasurer’s Report: October competition are bers were encouraged to
Laura Toledo reported that due by midnight tonight.)
as of this date the Club has Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 15CLUB register for the website, if requires proof of vaccination
they haven’t already, and and ID, and masking.
submit any ideas for new
features to Michael and Chuck also shared an email
Christine. Christine noted about resuming in-person
that Will Aimsbury was meetings that Bill Apple sent
responsible for creating to the Executive Committee,
the new banner photo on as Bill requested. Bill is very
the website home page. much in favor of resuming
• Workshop: Ed Lee volun- in-person meetings, citing
teered to serve as chair of the re-opening of schools,
the Workshop Committee. movie theaters, Broadway
theaters, and businesses, and
V. Old Business accommodating members
who would not feel safe by from these outings if they
A. Covid Poll: Chuck sum- live-Zooming the meetings haven’t already done so.
marized the findings of last (e.g., hybrid meetings). He
spring’s member poll on re- also cited Soho Photo’s pan- C. Photoshop Virtual Sum-
suming in-person meetings demic safety protocols. He is mits: Chuck noted that last
(results were originally pub- concerned that membership year the Club purchased a
lished in the summer issue and ties to and among mem- VIP pass to the Photoshop
of Photo Notes). There is still bers will fray and suffer un- Virtual Summit #2, which
trepidation about resuming less in-person meetings are allows owners to access the
all meetings in person, but resumed soon. 40 video presentations given
members would like a few last year in perpetuity. Any
(1-2 each month) with some B. Re-Cap of Club’s Summer member who wishes to view
masking required. The Exec- Activities: The Club held a the videos should contact
utive Committee has not yet number of well attended Chuck, who will give the
finalized plans for an in- activities over the summer, member the log-in info, after
person Holiday party in including: Club nights-out at which the member will have
December nor for the print Rockefeller Center and the three days to watch the
competitions planned for Flatiron Building; the Club videos. (See the article on
March—May, 2022; circ- picnic at Battery Park; an page XX of this issue of Photo
umstances regarding the outdoor model shoot in Notes for more details.)
pandemic will dictate. Central Park; an image Photoshop Virtual Summit
Should the Club decide to evaluation Zoom meeting; #3 will start next week, and
proceed with in-person a Zoom theme night will again offer 40 video
meetings at Soho Photo (“Summer”); two Zoom PDI presentations. It is free to
Gallery, the Club’s meetings workshops; and three pop- register but the videos are
will abide by whatever City up field trips (to Little. only accessible for a short
pandemic protocols are in Island, Grant’s Tomb, and period of time. A VIP pass
effect at the gallery at that a sunflower farm in New
time. (As of now, Soho Photo Jersey). Chuck asked mem-
has capacity limits (36 max.); bers to send him their pix Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 16CLUB costs $99 until October 4th, A Chuck believes it is easier to
and $149 after that. The Ex- curtain raiser presentation line up judges to do competi-
ecutive Committee decided can last no longer than 5 tions via Zoom. A discussion
not to purchase a VIP pass minutes. among members on how
this year. frequently judges should be
3. Print Competitions: invited back followed. It was
VI. New Business Chuck noted that the Club’s decided that Alice will work
schedule currently calls for with Marilyn Fish-Glynn to
A. From the Chair in-person print competitions come up with an acceptable
in March, April, and May practice.
1. Halloween Party and 2022. However, members
Photo Shoot: The October must be aware of the possi- 5. NYMACC: Park West
25th Club Halloween Party bility that the Club may not is a founding member of
and Photo Shoot will be held be able to adhere to this part NYMACC (New York Metro
outdoors, in Bryant Park of the schedule given the Area Camera Council), an
(West 40th Street and 6th many unknowns regarding umbrella group for camera
Avenue), instead of at Soho the Covid pandemic, includ- clubs in the tri-state area that
Photo Gallery as previously ing availability of a suitable is collecting information on
planned. The meet-up will venue; availability of storage speakers and judges used by
begin at 5 p.m. and go on as for the Club’s equipment; its member clubs, as well as
long as possible. Members social distancing rules; addi- sharing information on
are encouraged to wear a tional costs, devising a new member clubs’ events. After
costume or colorful hat or procedure for logging and a discussion, it was decided
mask (in addition to your presenting if a venue has that PWCC would partici-
protective mask). capacity limits; and how to, pate in sharing information
and how much to assess the on its events, too. Ed Lee, the
members for in-person meet- PWCC liaison to NYMACC,
ings. A discussion among and will share the informa-
members ensued. Ed will tion with Helen Pine, who
contact NYMACC (New will then forward it to the
York Metro Area Camera membership.
Council) to see if they have
any advice on how to set up 6. ‘Members Want To
hybrid/in-person Zoom Know’: The Club will revive
meetings. a method to allow members
to reach out to each other for
2. Curtain Raisers: Curtain 4. Repetition of Judges: technical advice. Members
raisers have been selected for Chuck noted that in prior should email their questions
all guest speaker nights years the Club would wait to
through May 2022. Any a minimum of two years which Helen will then send
members who want to be before inviting a judge back to the full membership for
back-ups, in case the original for competitions, but that
member can’t make it, this practice has not been
Continued on next page
should contact Helen Pine at followed recently. Also,
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 17CLUB
responses to the questions. 9. It was also noted that - The October 18th meeting
Ed Lee offered to take the submissions for next week’s will feature a guest speaker,
lead in answering members’ October competition are due Neil Lawver
technical questions. by midnight tonight. Images
should be sent to the Club at B. From The Floor:
7. Zoom Meeting Times: Hedy Klein asked if one of
Club Zoom meetings will Members must have paid the competition scorers
open up at 6:15 p.m. for their dues in order to partic- could send her a marked-up
member chit-chat; meetings ipate in the competition. version of the score sheet to
will start at 6:30 p.m. (unless tally point totals.
otherwise stated in the B. From the Floor: No new
“Schedule of Activities” in business from the floor. VIII There being no further
Photo Notes). business, the Zoom meeting
VII. Good And Welfare was adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
8. Instagram Account: Julie
Foehrenbach reported her A. From The Chair:
findings about starting a [Addendum: Subsequent to
Club Instagram account. Chuck went over upcoming the Business Meeting, Vice
Instagram is free and a Club events, including: President Michael Schleiff
account would be another was able to create a mem-
way to promote the Club. - Members should send their bers-only discussion forum
Julie proposed that images birth dates and other mile- accessible through the Club’s
receiving an A or higher in stone dates to Natalie on the website. This is available to
Club competitions be posted Sunshine Committee all members who have regis-
over the course of a month. tered on the website and can
Any member who does not - Photo Expo has been only be accessed when a
want his/her images posted canceled this year (again) member is logged in. Mem-
on the Club Instagram can bers who do not wish to par-
- Photoville is going on now,
opt out. Following a member ticipate in the forums can
in various locations through-
discussion, it was decided opt-out. The Executive
out the city
that Julie should take the Committee agreed to try this
next steps to set up a Club - The first competition of the forum for members’ techni-
Instagram account, including Club year takes place next cal questions about photog-
drafting rules and guide- Monday, October 4th raphy, instead of using the
lines. Paula Paterniti and procedure discussed above
Christine Doyle offered to - There will be a Photoshop —New Business, From the
assist Julie with account workshop at the October Chair, Item 6.]
administration. 11th meeting
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 18CLUB Treasurer’s Report
by Laura Toledo
Treasurer
September 27, 2021
Membership Income as of 9/27/2021 $ 3,200
from 62 members (one paying $150 instead of $50)
we have 2 more paid members whose checks have not yet been deposited
Bank Balance as 9/27/2021 $9,247.29
Since I took over the treasurer position, I have paid $1670 in checks
That includes * $ 625 for Judges from April, May and final Competition
*$ 429 reimbursements to Ed Lee for Competition Prizes
* $ 150 Summer Model
* $ 280 Delaware Taxes and reinstatement
* $ 86.25 Reimbursement to Christine Doyle and Natalie Manzino
Projected Expenses until June $ 2,915
9 Guest Speakers $ 900
11 Competition Judges $ 1375
9 Monthly Bank fee $ 315
incorporate.com $ 235
9 Month Adobe Plan. $ 90
Final Balance $ 9247- $429- $ 2915 = $ 5903
Based on 62 members.
In the Berks
The PWCC Berkshires
Chapter was at it again!
This time at the Siegel-
Kline Kill Conservation
Area in Ghent NY. From
left to right, that’s Natalie
Manzino, Elayne Dix,
Harriet Stein, and Julie
Foehrenbach.
Looks like fun!
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 19Member Participation
CLUB 11th at 11 p.m. You may
submit up to 15 images. You
Not including our monthly may send your images as
competitions, Park West has separate .jpg files or as part
scheduled eight member of a PowerPoint or Keynote
participation nights plus the presentation. Send your pix
Expanding Visions 28 class for to
the 2021-2022 Club year. Due Be sure to put “Welcome
to the ongoing coronavirus Back” in the subject line of
pandemic and its likely your email. This is a Zoom
Theme Night-Fall Foto Fun
restrictions on meetings, activity.
Tonight, November 8th, is
most of the activities listed
the first of this year’s theme
below will be virtual using
nights. It’s all about the fall
Zoom conferencing software.
—past, present, and future.
Images must be sent to the
Members may submit up to
Club prior to these events—
15 images for this program.
see below for the dates.
The images can be old or
Also, see Submitting Images
new, but they must be yours.
on page 6 of this issue of
Send your images to us at
Photo Notes for sizing and
by
titling directions.
11 p.m. on Friday, the 5th of
November. Be sure to put
Halloween Shoot & Party
“Fall Foto Fun” in the subject
Tonight is a tradition at Park
line of your email. This is a
West Camera Club. We’ll
Zoom activity. And, have
meet at Bryant Park and
fun! Remember, sharing is
shoot each other (photo-
caring!
graphically speaking, of
course) wearing costumes,
masks, whatever. This will
take place on Monday
Show & Tell-Welcome Back
evening, October 25th. Re-
This is the first meeting of
freshments appropriate to
the 2021-22 Club season—
the holiday will be served.
n e !
Monday, September 13th. It
go
is your chance to show us
nd
what you did during the
a
me
summer—Club activities,
o
C
shots around the City, your
personal vacation, etc.
Competition rules are not in You Be the Judge 3
effect. The deadline for We started last year off with
submitting images for this our first ever You Be the
event is Saturday, September Judge. It was such a great
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 20CLUB success that we’re doing it Year’s Day. Secular holidays,
again—for the 3rd time. religious holidays, et al., are
There is no theme for the all fair game for tonight.
image you submit, just Members may submit up to
make sure it has not been 15 images for this program.
previously shown to, nor Although we’d like to see
shared with, the Club (you images shot the last couple
may use it at a later date if of months, you can dig into Theme Night—Sweethearts
you wish). Interested Club your archives if you must. Theme night number 4 will
members may submit one Send all your images to be held on February 14th—
image. All members will by Valentine’s Day. The theme
then receive a slide show of 11 p.m. on Friday, January is, of all things, sweethearts
the entered images as well 7th. Be sure to put the word and love. You may interpret
as a ballot to complete and “Holidays” in the subject this theme any way you like
return. The results will be line of your email. This is a —be creative, be daring, be
tabulated and revealed at the Zoom activity. artistic. Limit your images to
November 22nd Club Zoom the 15 best shots. Send them
meeting. Due to the fact that to by
it takes a while to put the 11 p.m. on Friday, February
slide show together, create 11th. Be sure to put “Sweet-
the ballot, send it all out, get hearts” in the subject line of
it back, and calculate the your email. This is a Zoom
winners, we ask that your activity.
submissions arrive to us at
no Theme Night—Travel
later than Monday, the 1st of The third theme night this
November at 11 p.m. Be sure year, held on January 31st,
to put “You Be the Judge” in is all about travel. Show us
the subject line of your your images from any of
email. Good luck, all! your travels—in town, out
of town, even out of the
USA. Images from recent You Be the Judge 4—
travels, or those from the ‘Scapes
past are all welcome. Please We are adding a twist to this,
limit your images to one lo- the 4th iteration of You Be
cation only—not a compila- the Judge. It has a theme!
tion of many trips. Limit The theme is a classic one,
your images to your 15 best landscapes (think Ansel
shots. Send ‘em to by 11 p.m. Galen Rowell, and the like).
Tonight, January 10th, is the
second theme night this year. on Friday, January 28th. Be If you wish, you can expand
sure to put “Travel” in the the theme to include sea-
It’s all about holidays and
subject line of your email. As and even cityscapes. The
the holiday season—from
usual, this is a Zoom activity. showing will be held on
Thanksgiving through New
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 21CLUB February 28th. Interested
members may submit one
image; all Club members
will then receive a slide
show of all the images as
well as a ballot to complete
and return. Due to the fact
that it takes a while to put
together the slide show, “Great” Photo Op Tickets are for specific
create the ballot, send it all dates and times. Prices vary.
out, get it back, and calculate The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze Tickets must be purchased in
the winners, we ask that will take place in two places advance and on the website
submissions arrive to us at in New York State this year—
no historic Van Cortlandt Manor (Ages 2 and under are free
later than Tuesday, February (in the Hudson Valley) and and do not need a ticket.)
1st at 11 p.m. Be sure to put the Old Bethpage Village Masks are required for those
“You Be the Judge” in the Restoration (on Long Island). unvaccinated visitors over the
subject line of your email. You will find larger-than-life, age 12 and for everyone when
This is a Zoom activity. As outdoor displays, complete indoors. You must agree to
Yoda once said, “Choose with synchronized lighting their COVID Courtesy Code.
wisely.” and an original soundtrack. You must arrive by car but
See why visitors say there is no no earlier than 30 minutes
other experience like this in the prior to your entry time. Free
United States! parking is safe, and secure.
All the pumpkins—there Handicap parking is available.
are thousands of ‘em—are Both locations are open
Expanding Visions 28 (2022)
hand carved. It’s really a sight now and will be through mid
The theme for this year’s
to behold! November.
Expanding Visions class is
still in the works. Depending
on the COVID situation in
the late spring and early
summer, this class will either
meet at various locations to
shoot the assignments
together, or they will be
done by the participants on
their own. Only time will
tell. Watch for any future
announcements at meetings,
in Photo Notes, and on the
Club’s website.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 22CLUB Monthly Themes
We’re trying something new,…
again. This time it’s a monthly
R.I.P.—Caption This
theme competition. All you
have to do is go out and shoot
an image that fits the theme
We’re looking for images that
and then submit it to Photo
remind us of 9/11. They can be
Notes by the deadline. (Yeah, Nobody, either Club member
pix of the Twin Towers before,
you can also go back through nor guest reader, responded to
during, or after construction.
your image files to find an old the last two issues’ Caption This
During or after the devastation.
image that fits the theme.) columns.
Shots of the lights and/or the
Your submissions (one per All you had to do was give
memorial. Whatever makes
month per member) should be the shown image a name or a
you remember that fateful day
sized like our PWCC monthly caption. It could have been a
and period of time.
competition entries (1400 pixel serious or funny caption. That
Send your images to us at
maximum width; 1050 pixel was all there was to it.
maximum height; 72 ppi; and a But nothing was sent in. So
1 GB maximum file size. now the column is kaput, dead,
Send your images to us at put out of its misery.
See the article to the left
The theme for this month is (on this page) for the Caption
Street Art/Graffiti. How you This replacement.
interpret this is up to you. Be
creative. Have fun. The dead-
line for this month’s entries is
Sunday night, October 31st. Both images this page
(Yeah, I know, it’s Halloween.) © Chuck Pine
All entries will be shown in
Photo Notes. Only one image
will be declared the winner.
9/11 Note
You might like to read a review
of three New York photography
exhibits shown in September
2001 which appeared in Technol-
ogy and Culture, “Photographing,
Devastation: Three New York
Exhibits of 11 September 2001”
If you’ve got any ideas for written by PWCC member Julie
future themes, send them to us Wosk. Go to, or click on, this link
at the above email address.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 23Pop-Up Field Trip
CLUB
Sunflowers, Tractors, and More
An even dozen PWCCers
loaded into three cars on a
warm, overcast morning and
headed northwest to Sussex
County in New Jersey. After
meeting up at Yetter’s Diner
in Augusta, for a light lunch, ©2021 Chuck Pine
we drove to the first of our
three scheduled sunflower
fields—Brodhecker Farms.
Although not as many
acres of the huge, yellow-
petalled blooms as in earlier
years, there was plenty to
shoot. In addition to the sun-
flowers there were colorful
bales of hay, farm animals
and equipment, and lots of
other stuff at which to aim
our lenses.
The other two fields were
not as successful for us. The
Liberty Farm/Sussex County
Sunflower Maze was not yet ©2021 Ann Broder ©2021 Marvin Fink
open for the general public
(we were a day early). The
Ridgeway Farm was not
accessible due to the local
(Hardyston Township)
©2021 Marlene Schonbrun
annual tractor parade.
As the saying goes, “if
you’re given lemons, make
lemonade.” So we did! The
parade of 107 tractors plus
police and fire vehicles
passed right in front of us.
This was a first for all of us
city folk. Wow!
Here are some of our best
images. Enjoy! Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 24CLUB
©2021 Susan Hoehn ©2021 Natalie Manzino
Do you have a destination in or around the
City that you’d like to photograph? Are you
looking for some shooting buddies?
Then these pop-up field trips are just the
ticket. Here are the simple steps to follow:
(1) Get your name on the list;
(2) Plan the trip—meeting place and time;
(3) Send out the notice;
(4) Have fun shooting.
With this end in mind, a
very brief survey was emailed
©2021 Tom Quackenbush
to all Club members asking
whose work we can post and
whose we can’t. The survey
will also tell us how broadly
The Club is planning to launch Instagram is used among our
a PWCC page on Instagram members, should we decide to
and would like to post compe- do something other than just
tition entries that receive a post-competition winners.
score of A or higher. At the last If you haven’t already done
business meeting, several so, please complete the survey
members voiced reluctance to and return it to us as soon as
post their work on Instagram. you can.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 25Blast from the Past
CLUB
Sunflowers
Here are a couple of photos
of sunflower that were not
taken this year—nor even
the last couple of years.
The first was shot by
Club member Marlene
Schonbrun on a PWCC field
trip to the very same fields
that were shown on the
previous pages,… but these
were shot in 2014. That’s our ©2014 Marlene Schonbrun
Club president (back then he
was president emeritus),
Chuck Pine, tossing his hat
in the air for a series Marlene
was working on.
The second image was alive in a nursing home. Her
shot by Club member Susan niece whisked her away to
Hoehn. Here are her words Chicago and hasn’t been in
that accompanied this sun- touch.
flower image… “I missed the immediate
“You may think this is a terror in the city, but the I said my name was Marc,
photo taken on our recent aftermath is still with us all with a “c”.
trip to the New Jersey sun- “I prefer to think of the
flower fields. But no! This sunshine and sunflowers.”
was taken in the south of ©2011 Susan Hoehn
France exactly 20 years ago.
(Note hairdo).
“I was blissfully un-
aware of the attack in New
York until almost dinner
time. I went to Paris for a
few days and flew home as
scheduled. My three best
friends from that trip are
gone. Two died a few years
later and my travel buddy,
Natalie, who was already
exhibiting signs of
Alzheimer’s, may still be
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 26Club’s Night Out
CLUB
The Battery
©2021 Marlene Schonbrun
Traditionally the first get-to-
gether of every Club new
year is the Annual Chuck
Pine (Day Before) Labor Day
Picnic and Bar-B-Cue. This
year, due to the COVID-19
pandemic we couldn’t meet
at someone’s home for the
BBQ, so we gathered at The
Battery to shoot, share tales
of our summer’s activities,
and maybe even have a bite
or a sip
More than a dozen Club
©2021 Virginia Lawrence
members, along with a few
of their spouses, showed up
on this drizzly, overcast
evening. Since we met at the
SeaGlass Carousel, that was
the first target for most of
our cameras.
From there we scattered
to various areas of the park
and its nearby environs to
shoot the street performers,
the harbor, the people, and
whatever else caught our
fancy.
Yes, it was fun. However,
maybe by next September
©2021 Elayne Dix
things will be more normal
and we’ll be able to celebrate
the new Club year in a more
traditional manner. (I miss
the char of the hot dogs, the
snap of the ears of corn, and
the time to relax, chat, and
catch up with old friends.)
Continued on next page
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 27CLUB
©2021 Eric Pooley
©2021 Chuck Pine
©2021 Ann Broder
©2021 Paul Grebanier
©2021 Helen Pine
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 28CLUB
Photoshop Virtual
Summit 2
Instructors and Topics
Aaron Nace
Photoshop Greatest Hits
Last year the Club paid for Advanced Photo Compositing
the VIP pass to Photoshop Anya Anti
Virtual Summit II. This gave Portrait Retouching Workflow
Create Simple Animations in
us the ability to revisit all 40
Photoshop
workshop sessions as many Ben Willmore
times as we want and when- Hacking Photoshop Khara Plicanic
ever we wish to do so. What Causes Wonky Color Wild About Watercolor
Bert Monroy Resolution Revelation
We have finally come up
Creating Photorealistic Imagery, Kirk Nelson
with a plan for all PWCC Part 1 Better, Blurrier, Buttery-er, Bokehy-
members to have a chance to Creating Photorealistic Imagery, er, Backgrounds
learn from the 20 experts Part 2 Practical Water Effects
who gave presentations. This Blake Rudis Kristina Sherk
Monochrome... It's NOT all Black Three Photoshop Tools Every Portrait
is how we’ll do it, step-by- and White Photographer Needs to Know
step… The UNEQUIVOCAL Power of Correcting Common Photography
Blend If Mistakes Using Photoshop
1. Send an email with the Colin Smith Lisa Carney
Top 5 Camera Raw tasks to Make Masking Mastery
words Photoshop Summit
Your Photos Amazing Photoshop Mobile/Desktop Workflow
in the subject line. Send Using a Wacom Tablet In Photoshop Matt Kloskowski
it to Corey Barker Photoshop for Wildlife Photographers
Include your name in the Compositing Effects with Custom Sky Replacement Deep Dive
Brushes Nicole Young
body of the email.
Shapes & Copy: Introducing Design Styling a Photo with Textures and
2. You’ll receive a return Elements Into Your Photography Borders
email giving you all the Daniel Gregory Creating a Double Exposure
information you need to Advanced Printing Portrait
sign on to the website The Magic of Channels for Masking, RC Concepcion
Selecting, Color Correcting Working with Layer Masks in
and watch the videos. Dave Cross Photoshop
3. You will have three (3) Why Work Non-Destructively Photoshop for Social Media
full days to watch as Restoring Memories Sebastian Michaels
many of the videos as Glyn Dewis Portraiture Beyond the Looking
Fast Fixes in Photoshop Glass
you want, as many times
Pro Techniques for Selecting Hair Orchestrating the Impossible
as you want. and Fur Tim Grey
Jesús Ramirez Mastering Selections
Please do not go over Compositing Techniques You Must Maximum Control in Photoshop
Know
your three (3) day limit!
Photoshop Tips and Tricks You
You may sign up again, if (Probably) Don't Know
you wish, but not until all
other Club members have
had their chance.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 29Image Review Night
CLUB director Stanley Kubrick was depicted an African-
by Julie Wosk a photographer for Life American Washington DC
Magazine, and in a New government charwoman
On July 26th the Club York exhibit a few years ago, standing in front of an
engaged in a new activity— there was a similar version American flag and holding a
evaluating an assortment of of two teenage boys mop and broom, and several
photos selected by Helen whistling at a young members saw it as an ironic
Pine from Your Daily Photo, woman.) reference to Grant Wood’s
an online gallery. The criteria iconic painting American
for evaluating the 40 or so Gothic.
images were composition,
techniques, and subject. The
images were wide-ranging,
and though there was often
general agreement, many
times the evaluations were
wide-ranging, too.
Club members enjoyed
another photo of eyeing a
beautiful woman, actually
involving two women:
actress Sophia Loren taking
a sidelong glance at well- The more recent photo,
endowed Jane Mansfield. Reach Out (2020) was partic-
Speaking of eyeing, many of ularly enigmatic, generating
the images were praised for much lively discussion. Here
We started with a provoc-
being striking, elegant, and was a mysterious disembod-
ative and compelling image
witty, like Three Pigeons ied hand draped over a chair
—American Girl in Italy, by
Looking at a Cat. —pretty surreal!
Ruth Orkin (1951)—with
Other images generated There was friendly dis-
Italian men eyeing and
lively discussions about the agreement too: Members de-
whistling at a beautiful
meanings. Gordon Parks’ bated whether the photo
young woman who walks
1942 photo, American Gothic, Paris by Edouard Boubat
determinedly ahead, with
her eyes lowered. The image (1970) would benefit by be-
was well composed and bal- ing cropped. The elegant
anced. The subject—said one black-and-white photo fea-
member—was personally tured a figure standing be-
very familiar (though long hind soaring diaphanous
ago!) and women worldwide curtains in a room.
could certainly identify with Chuck encouraged other
this awkward experience. members to select their own
(Before he was a filmmaker, gallery of images for future
discussions.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 30CLUB Fall Foliage
Probably the best thing about
fall is the leaves—especially
here in the northeast (New
England and the Atlantic
states). All those warm colors
look amazing in landscapes or
serve as a perfect backdrop for
portraits. Want to make the
best of this year’s fall and its
colorful foliage? The 2021 Fall
Foliage Prediction Map will be
your best friend!
The map shown to the right
is the prediction for October
11th. Within the next two
weeks, though, the colors will
be fading fast in our area. If
you want to see the map for
the entire country and for
other dates, click on this link
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 31CLUB Sierra Photo
The New York City Sierra Club
Photography Committee held
its September meeting a week
ago. Members of Sierra Photo
participated with images of
their own; up to eight nature
images per member. Five Park
West members participated.
Here are some of the images © Judy Rosenblatt
from our members that night.
© Madeleine Barbara
© Helen Pine
© Pat Garbarini © Chuck Pine
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 32PHOTOGRAPHY
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 33PHOTOGRAPHY My Best Shot
In 1976, photographer Paul
Joyce was working at The
Photographer’s Gallery in
London, which was then
featuring an exhibition of work
by the legendary Hungarian-
French photographer Brassaï.
When two other photographic
legends—Ansel Adams and
Bill Brandt—showed up, Joyce
corralled them all on a bench
and shot a portrait with his
Gandolfi plate camera.
“I didn’t need to put them
at their ease. They just sat
down and started to chat,”
Joyce recalled in an interview
From left to right: Brandt, Brassai, Adams.
for The Guardian’s “My Best
©1976 Paul Joyce
Shot” series.
World Gorilla Day was held
around the globe a couple
weeks ago—September 24th
to be precise. Did you know
about it? Did you celebrate
in any way?
It’s never too late to go to
one of the local zoos and
capture a gorilla or two with
your camera. Let us see
what you’ve shot.
October 2021 www.ParkWestCameraClub.org 34You can also read
