NEWSLETTER
MAY
2025
India by John Allen
A good photo-op event next Saturday, 10th of May at 11-6 pm in Torrington. For more info visit their site on Facebook
Support you club and your newsletter with active participation because we cannot survive without that.
There are several committee positions open such as Secretary, Public Events Coordinator (have one, can use another), Salon Show Coordinator (have one, can use another). If interested in any of these positions, please let Dawn or Lazlo know
our and participate on our Facebook site
the videos of our previous meetings
is finished. Thank you Jeff Breitman for your hard work on the project, selecting the pictures, putting it altogether, arranging the printing, etc.
Get in touch with Jeff if you want a copy of the book.
President: Dawn Dingee
d1295@aol.com
Vice-President: Steve
Goldberg
steven.goldberg512@gmail.com
Treasurer: Heidi
Hoeller
heidi.m.hoeller@gmail.com
Membership/Dues: Heidi
Hoeller
heidi.m.hoeller@gmail.com
Publicity: Open position
Program Director: Open
position
Webmaster: Lazlo
Gyorsok
lazlogyorsok6@gmail.com
Newsletter: Lazlo
Gyorsok
lazlogyorsok6@gmail.com
Hospitality: Gail
Goldberg
Secretary: Open Position
Competitions: Bert
Schmitz
bschmitz@att.net
Salon Committee:
Brian Wilcox
ctphoto@comcast.net
Gail Goldberg
gadgoldberg@gmail.com
Lazlo Gyorsok
lazlogyorsok6@gmail.com
Projector Coordinator:
Brian Wilcox
ctphoto@comcast.net
Liaison Representatives:
PSA - Jane Rossman
jrossman222@gmail.com
NECCC - Bert Schmitz
bschmitz@att.net
Proud member of:
HCC just wrapped up another busy month.
At our April Meeting, held at the Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury,
Peter Pierce shared his project about the list Swift River Valley towns
and their 2000 residents. Peter Peirce is a professional photographer who
was handed a shoebox full of unidentified glass plate negatives in 2001.
Among them were hundreds of studio portraits, landscapes, and houses detailing
the history of four towns in the Swift River Valley of Massachusetts from
the early 1900s until their abrupt and tragic end in April 1938. This was
our first joint program with the library and it was quite a success. Unfortunately,
I was not able to attend. If you missed the presentation or just want to
know more about this event, there is some information available online.
These online articles included some before and after photographs.
We
also wrapped up our salon show at the Scoville library. The library proved
a great place to display our photographs. I am not sure if we got any sales,
but I think we did get some new members. Our membership has grown to more
than 50 which is exciting.
The NECCC and PSA competitions for this season
are complete. For NECCC, we scored very well in both categories – Color
and Monochrome. More information about NECCC results is available later
in this newsletter. Results for the final round of PSA have not been received
yet. We will share those when available.
For our May meeting, Jeff will
share his thoughts on traveling in Europe with a camera. He’s sure to show
some fascinating photos from his trip. For our June meeting, we will have
our annual picnic at Kent Falls State Park. More details to follow as we
get closer.
We would love to hear from members about possible field trips
for May and June. Follow us on Facebook for pictures of past field trips
and information about upcoming trips. FB is a great way to share your love
of photography and advise members of photo opportunities in our area.
And although our season officially ends in June, we will once again attend
the Sharon on the Green festival in August. Details to follow as we get
closer.
Dawn
In the Spring NECCC Competition, our club scored FIRST in the Color category
and 2 nd in the MONOCHROME category.
The South Street Seaport is a historic area
in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets
the East River, within the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The Seaport
is a designated historic district. It is part of Manhattan Community Board 1
in Lower Manhattan, and is next to the East River to the southeast and the Two
Bridges neighborhood to the northeast.
The district features some of the
oldest buildings in Lower Manhattan, and includes the largest concentration
of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. This includes
renovated original mercantile buildings, renovated sailing ships, the former
Fulton Fish Market, and modern tourist malls featuring food, shopping, and nightlife.
From Wikipedia
This past April, my family and I visited Branson, Missouri You might be thinking….Branson,
MO – what is in Branson MO? Well, actually, there’s a lot to do. My mom saw
Branson MO highlighted on the travel channel and so when I asked her where she’d
like to go on vacation, this was the place she picked. I was very skeptical
at first. I wondered what we would find to do over the several days we planned
on visiting.
After some research, we realized there is a LOT to do in and
around Branson. So much so, we had to pick and choose what to do since it was
impossible to do everything in only a few days. Loving nature like do, we selected
visits to 2 state parks that were close by, one of them being Top of the Rock.
The great thing about visiting these state parks is that you paid one fee for
both parks, and then you could arrive at any time during your stay – you didn’t
have to pick a day or time. This worked out very well since the first day of
our trip it rained. We were easily able to switch our schedule around and visit
Table Rock State Park first. And the best thing about this park is the ease
of travel….we used a golf cart to travel the 2.5 miles through the Lost Canyon
Cave and Trails. This was included in the fee and was perfect for my mom as
it allowed her to see everything in the park without having to miss out on parts
she couldn’t walk to.
There are 17 waterfalls, many bridges and you even
get to drive through a cave where you can purchase beverages at the Bat Bar.
You can travel at your own pace. And there are several areas to pull over and
enjoy the magnificent view of the Ozarks. We also got free access to Ancient
Ozarks Natural History Museum. This museum has an astounding collection of Native
American artifacts and artwork.
While in Branson, we caught a few shows and
even drove to Arkansas to visit the Hot Springs National Park. Overall, a fantastic
place to visit, I highly recommend it.
