HCC Newsletter February 2020

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IN THIS ISSUE

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Announcements
Pictures from our January meeting
Tips
PSA, NECC competion rule changes
Program schedule
HCC Enrollement form
On Colors versus Black and White by Birgitt Pajarola
Visit and participate on our Facebook site
Winter Cold assignment pictures
PSA competition Pictorial pictures
PSA competition Travel pictures
NECCC competition Pictorial pictures
NECCC competition Nature pictures
Pictures from the Housatonic Camera Club Noble Show2020
Photography Articles site submitted by Karen Consolato
Our Flickr site pictures
Latest Photography News

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

—Dorothea Lange

Picture submitted by Nancy Zannini.

Kirkjufell by John Landon
Congratulations John for honorable mention in the last PSA Pictorial competition.

Webmaster: Lazlo Gyorsok lazlo1@optonline.net

“Photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” Elliott Erwitt

HOUSATONIC CAMERA CLUB REPRESENTATIVES for 2019/2020 season

President: TBD

Vice-President: TBD

Treasurer: Dawn Dingee
Membership/Dues: Dawn Dingee
d1295@aol.com

Publicity: Jeff Breitman
Special Events Coordinator: Jeff Breitman
Program Director: Jeff Breitman
sylvan4570©comcast.net

Webmaster: Lazlo Gyorsok
lazlo1@optonline.net

Newsletter: Lazlo Gyorsok
lazlo1@optonline.net

Hospitality:Karen Consolago
consolago8@aol.com

Secretary:Denise Rueger
rrueger2roadrunner.com

Competitions:Bert Schmitz
bschmitz@att.net

Salon Committee:
Brian Wilcox
ctphoto@comcast.net
Lazlo Gyorsok
lazlo1@optonline.net
Bill Devoti
abundancehill8@gmail.com

Projector Coordinator: Brian Wilcox
ctphoto@comcast.net

Liaison Representatives: PSA - Jane Rossman
jrossman222@gmail.com NECCC - Bert Schmitz
bschmitz@att.net

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Show at Noble Horizon

HCC Show........
Fresh on the heals of John Landon’s presentation two nights before. The club once again assembled at Noble Horizons for the Annual Winter Exhibit. See a few pictures from the Housatonic Camera Club Noble Show2020 courtesy of Steve Balkin
Our next show is coming up in Cornwall at the UCC Parish house.Dates for show: Opening Reception on Sunday, April 26th at 11:30 a.m., show closing on Monday, June 15th. Let Lazlo know if interested.
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HELP WANTED (!)

Both Jeff and Dawn are stepping down as Co-presidents of the camera club. The club is currently looking for one or more of our members to step in as President. There are several other committee positions open such as VP and Salon Committee. If interested in any of these positions, please let Jeff or Lazlo know

Assigned Topic

Assigned Topic for the next month will be: "Winter blues ?"

Pictures from our January presentation by John Landon

January 21st marked the coldest night of the season, but atmosphere inside Wagner Hall was considerably warmer as John shared the images of his recent sojourn to East Africa. His exceptional studies of birdlife and smaller mammals brought the work of Darwin to life. ~ by Steve Balkin

“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”

—Ansel Adams

Photography Tips

The best Luminar tutorial I have seen so far. If you decide to get the program, get it at our honorary member, David's site with discount:DavroFx

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

—Dorothea Lange

Changes for the NECCC and PSA competitions by Bert Schmitz

I hope all members had a good summer with lots of great photographs that you will submit for the NECCC and PSA competitions this year. There are some changes for the competitions in this new season, the most important one is the bigger size of the images we can now submit.
Please read the changes below and start preparing your images. For NECCC and PSA competitions, images can now be 1400 pixels in the horizontal direction and 1050 pixels in the vertical direction. Photographs must fit within those dimensions.
Unless your photograph’s proportions are in the exact ratio of 4 to 3, one of these dimensions will be less than the maximum. For example, if you have a vertical photograph, the height will be 1050 pixels, but the width will be significantly less than 1400 pixels. A square photograph will be 1050 pixels by 1050 pixels under these rules. It is suggested (though not a requirement) that entries be saved with the proper amount of compression so that the file size does not exceed 800-1000 KB. If saving from Photoshop, a quality setting of between 7 and 9 is usually sufficient to produce a high quality file. Keeping the file size small makes e-mailing and handling easier. It is strongly suggested that all photographs be converted to the sRGB color space. That color space most closely approximates the capability of monitors and projectors to display color and usually results in the best presentation of your image.
By entering these competitions you give NECCC/PSA permission to reproduce your photographs in connection with the activities and publicity of the NECCC/PSA including display on the NECCC/PSA Internet site. The copyright, however, remains with the photographer and the photographer will receive credit when his/her photograph is used. If you object to this stipulation, please do not enter your photographs.
Once a photograph has been entered by the Housatonic Camera Club into a NECCC Interclub Competition (either pictorial or nature), it may never be entered again. Entering a photograph into the NECCC pictorial category means it may never be entered in the NECCC nature category; also, a photograph entered in the NECCC nature category may never be entered in the NECCC pictorial category. (Note: This rule is for photographs the Housatonic Camera Club sends out to the NECCC competitions, not for the in-house club competition.)
Photographs entered by the Housatonic Camera Club in the NECCC competition, can be also entered in the PSA competition.

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Here is a short instructions on how to login and vote on the website.

On Colors versus Black and White by Birgitt Pajarola

I respect and admire artful black and white photos. Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lang just to name a few. Lazlo, who is a master in editing them to a dreamlike state. Journalistic street photography can be dramatic but.....I see the world in color. I need the colorful images to make me feel happy and alive. Reflect my moods. I cannot picture a sundown in black and white, our special fall trees, meadows of flowers.. Or even travel photos: The colors of India, Morocco, Africa just to name a few. It's a full symphony compared to a chamber music in black and white. Here are just a few impressions of variety in colors:

Winter Cold

A few pictures from the "Winter Cold" assignment. Click on any one of the pictures to see them in full size.

Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #10	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #1	Winter cold #4 by Lazlo
Winter cold by Karen Consolato #1	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #6	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #5
New year's day at Noyes Pond by Joanne Valeo	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #12	Winter weeds by Jane Rossman
Adirondack black ice by Joanne Valeo	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #2	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #15
Up from Durango by Joanne Valeo	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #4	Winter morning dove by Jane Rossman
Winter light by Bert Schmitz	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #3	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #11
Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #8	Winter ice by by John Landon	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #7
Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #16	Icey tree by Jane Rossman	Winter cold #2 by Lazlo
Bleak Midwinter by G.A. Mudge	Winter Cold by Steve Balkin #9	Winter cold #1 by Lazlo
Winter cold #3 by Lazlo	winter cold by Jane Rossman	Snowy tunnel by Jane Rossman
Winter cold by Karen Consolato #2	Snow on window by John Landon	Red barn in the snow by Bert Schmitz