The Noble Horizons salon show has wrapped up. We had 1photo sale this. Don’t forget our next salon show is at the Scoville Memorial Library, titled “What do you see?”. Deadline for drop-off is March 15th. The reception will be Thursday, March 19th at 5:00 pm. There’s still time to participate. I look forward to seeing the diverse subjects, variety of photography styles and personal stories about each photograph.
There’s also another show in the works at the Sharon Town Hall. There is no specific theme for this show. Due to the smaller venue, we can accommodate about 20 photos. The drop-off date will be March 11 th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm; hanging will take place on the 12 th and the opening reception will be Friday, March 13 th . Additional details will be provided via email.
Dawn
This season NECCC and PSA completions The Housatonic
Camera Club will again compete this coming season in the NECCC and PSA
interclub competitions.
The NECCC Digital interclub Competition
will have “Open”, and “Nature” categories.
The maximum image
size for the NECCC competition will this year increase to 1920 x 1080
pixels.
We will sent the four highest scoring images from our
internal scoring to the NECCC Competition.
Be aware that NECCC does not allow any "Nature" subject in the color
competition.
Regarding "AI", it seems it will not being allowed in the competition
images, but they are still putting the new rules on their website and
when they have finished I hope to sent everyone a link to these
"Rules".
The PSA Digital Interclub Competition will have "Color"
and Monochrome categories. The maximum image size stays 1920 x 1080
pixels and all subjects are allowed in both categories. We will sent
the six highest scoring images from our internal scoring to the PSA
Competition.
PSA is also writing new rules about using "AI" in
competition images and I hope to send links to those rules in the
future.
We hope that many members participate this year and use
these competitions to show each other our images.
Happy
shooting
Bert
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There are several committee positions open such as Secretary, 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
President: Dawn
Dingee
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Vice-President:
Steve Goldberg
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Treasurer: Heidi
Hoeller
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Heidi Hoeller
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Publicity:Pamela
Peeters
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Program Director:
Open position
Webmaster: Lazlo
Gyorsok
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Newsletter:
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Hospitality:
Gail Goldberg
Secretary: Open
Position
Competitions:
Bert Schmitz
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Salon Committee:
Brian Wilcox
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Gail Goldberg
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Lazlo Gyorsok
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Projector Coordinator:
Brian Wilcox
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Liaison Representatives:
PSA - Jane Rossman
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NECCC - Bert Schmitz
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Proud member of:
For our February meeting, Bert Serkin gave us a presentation on Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice.
We were given a 60-minute journey through Iceland - it’s history, geology, and many wonderful
images. For our March presentation, fellow club member Steven Goldberg will give us an in-
person presentation at Noble Horizons, on Scandinavia Standing Apart: Impressions and Images
from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Steve will share photographs taken in major cities, remote
rural areas and fjords. He will discuss the culture across the region and contrast them with our
own country. Don’t miss it!
The Noble Horizons salon show has wrapped up. We had 1photo sale this. Don’t forget our
next salon show is at the Scoville Memorial Library, titled “What do you see?”. Deadline for
drop-off is March 15th. The reception will be Thursday, March 19th at 5:00 pm. There’s still
time to participate. I look forward to seeing the diverse subjects, variety of photography styles
and personal stories about each photograph.
There’s also another show in the works at the Sharon Town Hall. There is no specific theme for
this show. Due to the smaller venue, we can accommodate about 20 photos. The drop-off date
will be March 11 th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm; hanging will take place on the 12 th and the opening
reception will be Friday, March 13 th . Additional details will be provided via email.
I hope despite the single digit temperatures, blizzard conditions and challenging storms, you
have been able to get out and photograph. If you have, consider sharing your photos in our
newsletter, on Face Book on our group page or in your User Gallery on our website. Winter
offers a beautiful time to photograph. If the weather’s too cold, consider practicing some indoor
macro or still life photography.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our next meeting at Noble Horizons on March 17 th . Until
then, happy shooting.
Dawn
Patagonia is one of those iconic destinations that fully deserves its reputation, especially for landscape photographers. It’s diversity of habitats is stunning, including glaciers, volcanos, countless rivers & lakes, temperate rainforests, mountain spires, and dramatic skies. In Jan/Feb my wife and I returned to Patagonia for the third time but less so to photograph and more to fish and hike. Even though the photography was incidental, compelling opportunities still abound, which I share below. If you haven’t been, I rate it right up there with the best of natural landscape destinations.
Tom Blagden
The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers NY is hosting an extensive exhibition of photography from the Bank of America Collection titled “Modern Women, Modern Vision: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection”. The exhibit runs until May 10th. The museum website describes the show.
Since photography’s inception in 1839, women have stood among its artistic and technological pioneers, at the forefront of every photographic movement and style. Iconic works by Diane Arbus, Graciela Iturbide, Barbara Kruger, Dorothea Lange, Cindy Sherman, and Carrie Mae Weems, alongside many others, tell the dynamic story of photography’s evolution across six thematic sections: Modernist Innovators, Documentary Photography and the New Deal, the Photo League, Modern Masters, Exploring the Environment, and the Global Contemporary Lens.
https://www.hrm.org/exhibitions/modern-women-modern-vision/
The Bank of America website has more examples of the photographs.
https://about.bankofamerica.com/en/making-an-impact/art-in-our-communities/modern-women-modern-vision
The Hudson River Museum contains a Victorian mansion (used in the HBO series The Gilded Age ), a planetarium, paintings, sculpture and modern art installations. HVM is a nice day trip easily reached from the Saw Mill Parkway. They participate in NARM and other reciprocal programs. Yes, and of course they have a nice collection of Hudson River School paintings including an Albert Bierstadt. Chronogram lists this show as “must-see”. Here are a few photographs of some of the most famous pieces. Explore the two links to see more.
