www.soundexposure.org
Monthly Quote:
"If
people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so
wonderful at all."
Michelangelo Buonarroti ~
This
month's meeting is
~ Slide
Night ~
From the editor's
desk:
Welcome to
the February - March Edition of the
Sound Exposure Photography Club's Newsletter. We hope to bring the
membership through these pages, a treasury of ideas, direction, artwork,
offerings and support. ~
Please note: Due to the website being in transition, this months Newsletter will be
much shorter than usual. All right, who was that I heard clapping back there? ~
Comments:
This
month is slide night. Bring up to three slides for viewing. Two normally, but
if it's a light turn out, then a third will work. Make sure you place your name
on the slide holder.
Remember we
are a community of photographers, and support is at the very heart of our club.
So do not hesitate to provide your suggestions on how to make our site,
newsletter or any of our other activities better for all of our member
photographers. ~
Club News:
Dues are due! Do not forget to renew your
club's membership before the end of February 2006. We are looking forward to
everyone returning for another year of photographic fun and gatherings. See
the dues form at the end of the newsletter.
Gallery 10 at the Rochester Institute
of Technology, an internet photography gallery is featuring a few of the club's
members and provides a brief look at our club.
Visit
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/cgi-bin/gallery-10
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Refreshments this is a reminder for those
who volunteer to bring refreshments for the club meetings. Save Your Receipts and hand them into the club treasurer.
In addition, a note from the
Refreshment Chair; for those of you who enjoy the refreshments please donate a little $$
to help offset the clubs expense. Remember a little goes a long way. And think
about volunteering to bring in goodies.
Doris
Nihart has kindly offered to help me with providing
refreshments for the next meeting. We will be needing a couple of members to
take care of the snacks on the following evening of March 22nd.
At the
moment, there is a $30 max. the club will repay for
the snacks but with fifty or more folk [attending each meeting,] that isn't
much per person is it? I will talk to Brian about it. ~
Club Meeting Dates for 2006
March
22 July 26
April
26 August 23
May
24 September 27
June
28 October 25
November
15 December?
All
meeting nights are Wednesday starting at
Member
News:
Ann Johnson will be missed as she once
again goes gallivanting around the world. She will be in
Gallery
News:
The Gallery's next change out date has
yet to be announced.
Any SEPC
member can hang their work. This is a benefit of your club membership.
We
hope you had a chance to visit the gallery and view all of this month's great
works. Leon Barber has been the gallery's featured photographer. You
still have time to see his work and all of the other great photography on
display, so bring the whole family!
The Gallery's next featured
photographer has yet to be announced. ~
Workshops
and Education News:
Brian Page has graciously offered to
conduct on workshop on "Pricing Your Photos" which of course is free
to club members. The workshop will be held on Sunday, February 26th from
It's that time of year once
again for Alan Caddy's workshops See Alan's itinerary and sign up forms at
the end of the newsletter.
4x5 CLUB Hosted by your favorite
veteran club member, Don Thompson. Learn large format technique and exercise. Contact Don at vett3@comcast.net
for further details.
Unfortunately, Roundtable
Discussions are on hold until further notice. ~
SEPC Field
Trip News:
Local
Organization News:
NWCCC TRAVELING PRINT SALON It’s time, again, for the
Traveling Print Salon. Register by March
1 and submit entries by March 27. If you need a registration form,
email Sam Ruljancich, at samr@highstream.net.
Participating
clubs will have an opportunity to view the photos; those clubs choosing to
judge the prints will select a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in color and black &
white, and in large and small size categories. This year, if there is a large
number of participating clubs, the clubs may be designated regionally to judge
and view prints. A professional photographer or a non-affiliated NWCCC club
will do final judging.
When
your club has completed viewing / judging, please be prompt in sending the
salon prints on to the next club so everyone can participate.
The NW Council of Camera Clubs For more information on NWCCC
activities, visit their website at: http://www.nwcameraclubs.org/
Alternatively, write them
at:
NWCCC
Nature Photographers of the
http://www.nppnw.org
For more
information about NPPNW, please contact Larry Rosenkoetter,
(
E-mail: larry@nppnw.org ~
The
Nature Photographers of the
The NPPNW
next meeting will be
Internet
Discoveries:
http://www.aspenphotoworkshops.com/ Summer Workshop
opportunities
http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6
All
manuals Pentax
Photographic
Techniques, Tips and Trips:
DRY
From Doug Sala Have you encountered problems dry mounting B/W fiber photographs with Color Mount? I have used this product for years, first from Seal, and more recently from Bienfang now owned by Elmers Products Inc.
My
most recent Color Mount purchase, made in October 2005, was a lighter color,
somewhat thinner, and had a noticeable texture.
My experience has been that the edges tend to curl after mounting, and
that the texture shows through the double-weight paper.
The
tendency of the edges to curl is quite evident visually at the "glare
angle". In some, but not all cases,
the edge curl leads to separation. In
one case, I was able to cure the separation by re-heating and immediately upon
removal from the press imposing a heavy weight.
In this case, the texture still showed through, affecting the look of
the print. I have never used a weight
with Color Mount, have never had edges tending to
curl, and no texture showing through.
At
first I thought the product was the old Archival Mount, which exhibited similar
characteristics, or a newer product called Tech Mount, but my supplier says
their source denies that and say the new "Color
Mount" is different, but should perform the same. They say the old substrate upon which the
adhesive was coated is no longer available.
This
is all I know at this point. My supplier
is trying to get more info, and I'll keep trying as well. If you get some of this stuff, you may want
to experiment with it before ruining some good prints. It may be that with a change in
temperature/time and using a weight, the new product can be made to stick, but
the texture is a real problem. Let me
know if you find a workable solution. Also
let me know if you have encountered this problem—it would help me in dealing
with Elmers.
If enough of us contact Elmers, we might spur
them to some action:
Elmers Products Inc.
1-800-873-4868
http://www.forframersonly.com
Equipment
News:
Linhof users will want to know that Marflex has
moved to
256-652-4401
However when I tried this
number, I got a message saying the "subscriber is not receiving calls at
this time," ~
Local
Events Calendar:
January 14 - April 30 at the
Business
News:
Ted Burford
is a
registered trading assistant and he can sell your items on ebay.
You can contact Ted by email at tedburford@yahoo.com, or visit his website at http:\\tedsphotogear.com
or http://stores.ebay.com/Photo-Camera-Lens-Photography-Focus
The Alliance Program sent the club our first check from American Frame Corporation. This contribution is based upon 5% of our
member’s purchases during the second quarter of 2005. AFC is offering free custom cut mat boards
with a purchase of a metal frame. Go to www.americanframe.com
for more exciting information and details.
Thank you for those who have made purchases with AFC. Every dollar you spend helps the club. ~
Also: Get 15% off your next order at Light
Impressions. Yes, this is the fantastic
discount mentioned at February’s Mat Cutting, Mounting & Framing Workshop.
To
get the discount you must place your order with Christine Gunst
at Light Impressions and mention KEY CODE B6342. Christine can be reached at
1-800-411-7038, ext. 2488. She is
available Monday – Friday from
Treasury
Report
LAST MONTHS TREASURERS REPORT
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CHECKING |
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Beginning
Balance |
$1767.08 |
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Credits |
$
419.25 |
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Debits |
-$ 410.25 |
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TOTAL ENDING BALANCE |
$1776.25 |
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Credits: |
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Deposit – Membership & Refreshments |
$419.25 |
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Debits: |
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Ted
Burford – Refund Club Patches |
$ 93.72 |
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Roy
Burnett – Refund Xmas Photos |
$168.75 |
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Roy
Burnett – Refund Refreshments |
$108.38 |
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US
Post Office |
$ 39.40 |
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Total: |
$410.25 |
Classifieds:
Janice Bell is selling one of her lenses, a Tamron
17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD IF Aspherical
for $450. Filter size is 77mm. The lens can be used for 35mm film but is
optimized for digital cameras.
Mary Westerback still has some Forte and Ilford paper and chemistry for sale. You can contact her at
mwesterback@wavecable.com
Janet Wilcox has a dozen Kodak Carousel
slide boxes in very good condition to give to club members if any one wants
them. [They may want to give a dollar to the club too!]
otherwise they are going to Goodwill! Call Janet at 851-5713
I have decided to sell my portable protrait back drop system from Bogen.
A great way to have quick and easy backdrops. The
system comes with two black auto poles, three drop brackets, three chain drives
and poles. $200 OBO . Contact me at fyrframe@centurytel.net or leave message at
253-265-6004 or try my cell at 253-225-2482. All gear in near mint condition,
complete and working flawlessly. ~
Photo of
the Month
The
Photo of the Month feature will return next month. We have an exciting image in
the queue from Doug Sala.
Send your images as JPEG
files at 96 dpi and 640 x 480 pixels in size or mail them on CD to Editor-SEPC
Newsletter, 3715 75th Ave. Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA. 98335 ~
New
members:
Kathy
De Vange of Fercrest
Peter
Elling of
Trish
Goodvin of
Danette Hodges of
Let
give a round a applause and general murmuring to our
newest members!
Support our
Local photo and print retailers:
Board
Members email address and phone numbers:
President: Brian Page
Email: bnc.page@centurytel.net
Phone: 253-858-9420
Chairperson: Roy Burnett
Email:
roynsueb@comcast.net
Treasurer: Doug Sala
Email: goldrg1@netzero.com
Phone:
253-581-0392
Editor:
Gregory Stempel
Email: fyrframe@centurytel.net
Phone:
253-265-6004
Secretary: Collette Barbee
Email:
cbarbee@co.pierce.wa.us
Hospitality:
Field Trips: John Woods
Email:
keoni37@comcast.net
Scavenger Hunt: Jack Falskow and Jim Bickley
Email:
jack@falskow.com
Gallery: Richard Ferre
Email: ferremapa@comcast.net
Webmaster Ted Burford
Email:
tedburford@yahoo.com
Projectionist: Lional Kam
Refreshments: Sherri Wetzel
Email: sherbit@earthlink.net
Critiques: Marion Leyrer
As you may have noticed, there are some
new names!
Lets give a warm round of applause to these members for stepping up to the
plate, we are grateful for their volunteering efforts in support of our club.
Well that
is it for now I hope you enjoyed reading through your newsletter. I would like to
reiterate this is your club and your
newsletter. If you have any ideas to make your club a better community, please
contact any of the board members.
Photography
has always been and remains multifaceted; it tells us stories of life,
providing insight, pleasure and pain. I am always amazed at the ease in which
photography can effect emotion and connection.
It is written,
that on July 4th in 1862, as a result of a controversy surrounding copyright
issues during a recent art show, the French Court declared that photography be
legally accepted as fine art.
I want to
thank the French for their marvelous insight.
We look forward to hearing from you. ~
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PALOUSE
Springtime with Alan Caddey
Photography Workshops in the Palouse Country of
Workshop Days: Saturday, May 27 through
Agenda: On the first day
we’ll meet mid-afternoon to review the workshop schedule and shoot in evening
light. During the coming days we’ll carpool to Alan’s favorite photo locations,
found over the past (25+) years. Subjects include panoramic vistas, pastoral
scenes, small towns, tree lines, rolling hills, fence lines, barns, churches,
graveyards, windmills, crop dusters, tractors, grain silos, and colorful flower
scenes. Fields of bright yellow canola/mustard should be in bloom during the
workshop. The workshop is open to those with a working knowledge of their
equipment and a basic understanding of photography. Either 35mm or larger
formats (film or digital) are welcome. A tripod is essential. Images (slides,
prints or digital on a laptop) will be shared and discussed in a group-study
session.
Accommodations
and Meals: Reduced room rates have been
arranged at the Super 8 Motel in
Registration: The workshop fee is $425. A deposit of $200 will hold a position through May 6, at which time full payment is due. Registration is complete upon receipt of a signed liability form, and full payment. More information will be sent upon registration. If cancellation is made before May 6 all payments, less one half of the deposit, will be refunded. After May 6, a refund will be issued only if a replacement person can be found. Full payment is refunded if the workshop is filled or cancelled by Alan. Participants are responsible for their own insurance, transportation, lodging and food.
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‘Springtime in the Palouse’
with Alan Caddey
Registration
Form
Please register me/us as
follows:
Workshop Days 5/27-5/30/06
Name(s) _______________________________________ Workshop fee is $425.00 per person.
Amount enclosed: $_____________
Address _______________________________________
City ________________ State/Prov. ____
Zip _________
Phone (H): _________ - ____________ - ____________
E–Mail: ________________________________________
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Mail your
payments to:
Alan Caddey
Phone: 206-242-5840
Fax: 206-242-8773
E-Mail:
alancaddey@aol.com