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Shutterbug Times THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

THE

OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB September 2014

President’s Corner by Colleen Easley

Where did August go? I’ve been busy spending time with

my family after the death of my father on July 30, so I feel

like I pretty much missed most of August! It’s sad to think

summer is over and that we’ll soon be into the dreary rainy

season. But I’m hoping for some Indian Summer and that

we’ll still see some beautiful weather to get outside and

photograph. We have a fun photography hike planned

for September 20th to the Staircase area in the Olympic National Park near

Hoodsport. We’re hoping for some nice fall color. See Rosalind’s article later in the

newsletter for details.

Last month group had a great field trip to Mt Rainier and although I didn’t make it on

the field trip, I did take a couple days on the following Monday and Tuesday to get up to

Paradise to photograph the beautiful wildflowers. Thanks to Jay and Judy Mason for

giving us all a good trip report so we knew where to find the best wildflowers.

The other big events for August included the Love Our Local Festival and our Planning

Picnic. Both went extremely well. I think it is safe to say that everyone who

participated in the Festival had an enjoyable time and we were able to give the festival

coordinators some great photos of their event. I hope we get to do it again next year!

The Planning picnic had a great turn out of about 34 people. I saw many members there

that I haven’t seen at meetings for months or in some cases, I’ve never seen them at

meetings. I’m hoping this means they maybe have plans to become more active. There

was tons of food and I felt the online VolunteerSpot software worked very well to

encourage people to bring a good variety of goodies. I’m pretty sure we will use

VolunteerSpot again for the holiday party in December.

The summer gave us a nice break from some of our club duties, but we certainly still

kept busy! Now it’s time to settle back into the regular routine of 3 meetings per

month. We will start meeting at Capital High School again for the Fundamentals and

General meetings and continue at Edge Lake Mobile Park for the Advanced

Photography Group. Find details of each of these meetings further on in the newsletter

or on the calendar page of the club’s website, www.olympiacameraclub.org

Hope to see you at a meeting soon!

Happy Trails,

Colleen Easley

Executive Committee

President

Colleen Easley

Vice President

Currently Vacant

Secretary

Judy Mason

Treasurer

John Damitio

Immediate

Past President

Rosalind Philips

Newsletter Editor

Teri Dean

In this issue:

Board Minutes p. 2-3

Upcoming Events p 3-6

Proposed By-Law

Changes p 7

October Field Trip p 8

LOLF Review p 9-10

Traveling Prints p 11

Scavenger Hunt p 12-13

Tim Grey Article p. 14

Phototunities pp 15-16

Upcoming mtgs p 17

Committee Contacts p 18

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Olympia Camera Club Board Minutes September 2, 2014 @ 6:30 p.m.

Mekong Restaurant, Olympia

Persons Present: President Colleen Easley, Secretary

Judy Mason, Treasurer John Damito, Rosalind Phillips,

Jodi Cox, Wes Kirkpatrick, Terri and Frank Townsend,

Dale Easley, and Gary Wells

August Minutes: The minutes were accepted as they

appeared in the August OCC Newsletter.

President's Report: Colleen reported that last month the

Club had a great field trip to Paradise at Mt. Rainier.

Participating in the Love Our Local Fest event in the San

Francisco Bakery neighborhood on Aug. 24th proved to be

a good learning experience and fun. 34 people attended

the August Planning Picnic. Because the results of our

recent survey were available for review at the picnic, less

planning and more socializing occurred.

September marks the resumption of the Club's regular

routine of 3 meetings per month. Ideally these meetings

will be planned at least 3 months in advance.

Colleen has ordered inexpensive business cards with

OCC basic information on the face for members to

distribute at community events. These cost less than our

brochures.

Community Liaison: 8 members turned in photos taken

at Love Our Local Fest. Last month Cindy Chalmers and

Wes Kirkpatrick photographed at a Friend raiser for the

Capital Land Trust. This organization already has enough

photographers lined up for their Sept. Gala event. We

won't be needed.

General Mtg: The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on

Sept. 25th at Capital High School.

Keith Anderson, an OCC member, will speak about aerial

photography and other photographic work he does for the

Department of Transportation.

Advanced Group: A planning meeting for the advanced

group committee is scheduled for Sept 3rd. At 6:30 p.m. on

the 3rd Tuesday of Sept. at the Lake Edge Community

Center in Lacey. Tom Blankenship will present about

photographing panoramas.

Fundamentals Group: Unless we are notified otherwise

the Fundamentals Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9th

at Capital High School. The topic is Composition.

Members are asked to bring photos to share for a

discussion about composition.

Equipment: Frank Townsend will store our projector,

screen and computer. Frank will update the computer as

needed. Members leading a meeting will be responsible for

getting the equipment from Frank and for setting it up

ahead so it is operational by 6:30. Gene Partee will prepare

written directions on how to set up the computer and

projector.

Newsletter: Rosalind Phillips will investigate the

availability of both open source publishing and Publisher

for the person who does the OCC Newsletter.

Social Programs/Field Trips: On Sat., Sept. 20th

Rosalind will lead a field trip to the Staircase Rapids at the

end of Lake Cushman. An overnight trip to the Mt. Baker

area is in the works for the first weekend in October. This

will include photographing kayakers on the Nooksak River

on Sat.. Gary Wells is leading a Meet-Up Photographer's

Group field trip to photograph Seattle at night on Sat.,

October 18th. He has invited interested OCC members to

come along. Further details for all these trips will be

provided by e-mail.

Scavenger Hunt/Dinner: The October 28th “order off the

menu” dinner will be held at the Restaurant at the

Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Members need to give

Rosalind Phillips CDs or flash drives with copies of either

their last year's favorite images or images that meet the

Scavenger Hunt list criterion by October 14th so she has

time to assemble them into a slide show.

A discussion occurred about moving the Scavenger Hunt

for next year to May (with the list distributed by January)

in order to more evenly distribute our social events over

the course of the year. No decision was made.

Treasurer's report for August: Beginning Balance: $ 1,606.75

Deposits: (Dues) $ 17.60

Expenses: $ 225.22

Adobe Systems (PS rental)-$10.87

Colleen Easley (Brochures)-$61.33

Frank Townsend (Th Co Fair)-$153.02

End Balance $ 1.399.13

Savings $ 1.380.20

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NWCCC Traveling Prints: Members are reminded to

review the traveling print information provided in the

August Newsletter. September 25th is the last day prints

can be submitted to Jodi Cox. Bring prints to any meeting

during the month.

Old Business: Frank Townsend moved and Wes

Kirkpatrick seconded a motion to submit an OCC bi-law

revision to the membership at the September business

meeting. A majority voted to approve the motion. The

present bi-laws require that the VP automatically become

president and commit to a 3 year term on the board. As a

result of this policy, no one has been willing to run for

VP, which is the position responsible for planning the

general meeting programs. Members will have an oppor-

tunity to vote on the revision at the Scavenger Hunt

dinner in October. Members might consider whether they

would be willing to serve as VP if this revision passes.

New Business: Colleen suggested having members

donate photographic related door prizes to be distributed

at club meetings as a fun way pass on some still good

little things currently not being used.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:31 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Judy Mason, Secretary

Invitation from

Olympia Photographers

Night Shoot Trip

October 18, 2014 at 4:00pm

Have you or have you not shot in the dark? Would

you or would not like to shoot in the dark?. Join the

group for a night shoot in Seattle. I will offer as

much help as I can or know about this. I personally

enjoy night shooting. There are some great oppor-

tunity's to catch some gorgeous photos. You don't

need a fancy lens, in fact a wide angle lens and your

set. Now you don't have to have even a wide angle,

really about any lens will put you in the game. We

will meet at the Martin Way Park and Ride lot at

4:00 pm. This will give us time to get to our

location and get set up for Golden Hour and Blue

Hour. Feel free to contact me with any questions:

biggwells@gmail.com.

Any questions just ask Gary Wells.

September Field Trip – Staircase Rapids By Rosalind Philips

Our next field trip is on September 20, 2014 to

Staircase Rapids in the Lake Cushman area. There are

several easy trails in the area. The Rapids loop trail is

about 2 miles with not much up and down.

Occasionally there are roots and rocks to negotiate.

Hopefully we will have a little fall color and there

will be lots of fungi to photograph. We will stop

along the way home for an early dinner at the Tides

Restaurant, just 2.8 miles north of Hoodsport. They

would like a headcount, so please let me know if you

plan to go to dinner. Email me at:

RosalindPhilips@comcast.net

Meet at Cooper Point Plaza near the new 5 Guys

Burgers, on Cooper Point Rd just off Black Lake

Blvd, at 7:20 am so that we can leave promptly at

7:30 am. Don't block their parking; go off to the side

where the vacant Old Navy building is located. Bring

tripods, snacks/lunch, drinks and plenty of memory

cards.

The Olympia Camera Club Annual

Banquet and Scavenger Hunt By Rosalind Philips

This year the Annual Banquet and Scavenger Hunt

will be held on October 28, 2014 at River’s Edge

Restaurant in Tumwater. We used this venue for the

first time last year and everyone was much happier

ordering off the menu, so we will do the same this

year. We do have to have a head count, so please send

your reservation to Jodi Cox, our membership

coordinator at coxtribe@comast.net by October 21,

2014. The details of how to participate in the

scavenger hunt are on pages 12-13 of this newsletter,

or you can get them on the website at

http://www.olympiacameraclub.org/scavenger-hunt/.

Images are due no later than Tuesday, October 14,

2014 at the Digital Meeting.

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NWCCC by Frank Townsend

The Northwest Council of Camera Clubs (NWCCC)

is a non-profit association of camera clubs in

Washington and British Columbia. At present there

are 21 member clubs from Abbotsford, BC to the

North and Olympia to the South. The idea of the

Council originated with the Olympia Camera Club in

1940 as an outgrowth of our annual regional exhibit,

The Olympia Salon of Photography. The Council

provides a network to share photographic expertise.

Promote regional competitions, and communicate

education opportunities. The Council generally

sponsors one outing a year, this year is a Mt Baker

trip, an educational day with speakers on

photographic topics and an annual conference with

speakers and workshops. The organization has 12

directors who elect the officers; President, VP,

Secretary and Treasurer, and has a delegate from

each member club. Wes Kirkpatrick is currently

serving as a Director and I am our club's delegate.

The Council sponsors several competitions through

the year, including the upcoming traveling print

competition referenced in a separate article.

Website Stats Colleen Easley—Webmaster

June

Number of Visits 220

Number of Page Views 1006

Average Page Views per Visitor 4.57

July

Number of Visits 267

Number of Page Views 1343

Average Page Views per Visitor 5.03

August

Number of Visits 227

Number of Page Views 913

Average Page Views per Visitor 4.02

Sincere sympathies to Jo Ann Busby at the loss of

her husband, Gene Busby who passed away

July 2, 2014. The Busbys were long time members

of the camera club and had been married for

59 years. RIP, Gene.

The images below are just a couple from over 800

images that were taken by OCC club members

during the Love Our Local Festival (LOLF). Please

see the full recap of LOLF and more images on

pages 9-10 of the newsletter.

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Fundamentals Meeting

September 9, 2014

Capital High School—Pod A

This month in Fundamental Group we will be looking at composition. Composition is the heart of good

photography; it really does not matter how good your equipment is if your images are not composed well.

This is a two-part discussion. The second part will be in November when we will look at the photos you took

in October and explore more about composition. For September, please bring 3 -8 jpgs or prints that you

have taken over the past year or so, that you really like your composition or that you would like some help

with

See you in September,

Rosalind

Advanced Photography Group

September 16, 2014

Edge Lake Community Center

Educational Topic: Panoramas

We will not be doing official critique at this meeting. Instead we will be treated to a presentation by Tom

Blankenship on creating panorama images in Photoshop.

You are still welcome to bring up to 3 images for member sharing. Your images for sharing can be of the

monthly challenge topic or other images of your choice. Prints 8 x 10 inches or larger are preferred, but we

will show jpegs as well. The official subject for this month’s challenge is the Olympia Capitol Campus, but

at the August potluck it was announced as Percival Landing. As a result, please feel free to bring images of

either - your choice!

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General Meeting by Colleen Easley

September 23, 2014 - Capital High School Pod A

Our speaker this month is our own member, Keith Anderson. I hope to see you all there for this fall

kick-off meeting. Here is a little background on Keith and his description of his presentation.

Photography has been my passion for nearly 40 years. I've utilized film and digital media to capture imagery

in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. My photographic experience has ranged from deep (750')

caves to mountains, from the ocean's depths with SCUBA to the skids of helicopters. With every

photographic challenge, I've always been fascinated with capturing that exact instant of wonder and

excitement I am seeking.

My father had an interest in photography, and by the time I was 15 years old, I had appropriated his Exakta

and started processing Tri-x (b&w) film in home and school darkrooms. In my early 20’s I had a pair of

Minolta cameras – an SR-T 101 and XG7 - that I was packing to the mountains. A few years later I was

shooting underwater with a Nikonos and Sea & Sea Marine camera in the PNW and tropical

locations. Underwater photography pushed me into the digital world when I bought an Ikelite marine

strobe and a waterproof housing for a pair of Olympus Camedia 5.0 MP cameras. From there I went to the

Canon platform and currently use a 5D Mark II and 7D with a range of “L” lenses for my terrestrial and

aerial photography.

I am a transportation technical engineer and instructor for Washington State Department of Transportation

(WSDOT) and keep a digital photo frame on my desk. My scenery and portraiture attracted the notice of

WSDOT’s Visual Engineering Resource Group (VERG) and I was recruited to improve the aerial photos

that were being used in visualization projects for grant and public outreach efforts. This evolved to include

“section 106” cultural resources and project documentation work as well as executive portraits and litigation

work.

My presentation will include some of my personal work (more can be seen at KeithAndersonPhotog-

raphy.com) but will focus primarily on how VERG enhances WSDOT’s communications with still and

video photography. I will explain how photography is saving taxpayer dollars by documenting cultural

resources, and I will share technical tips I have learned that will enhance your aerial

photography. Helicopters are expensive to own and operate, but you can experience this facet of

photography at a reasonable cost – for a fraction of what most of us are spending on a camera body or lens

these days.

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Proposed Changes

to the Bylaws by Colleen Easley

I think it is a well-known

fact that each year the

Olympia Camera Club

struggles to fill the

position of vice

president. In years past

the vice president was elected to a one year term and once

that term was over they could either choose to run for that

position for another year, run for president, or bow out

completely. At some point the bylaws were changed to

make it so that the vice president was automatically

promoted to president after their one year as vice

president, and then to immediate past president the

following year. That meant that the vice president was

actually agreeing to a three year commitment. The

current board feels that this three year commitment and

the absolute necessity of becoming president in the

second year is the reason we have such a hard time

recruiting a vice president candidate. As a result we have

agreed that a change to the club’s bylaws is in order. The

change would mean that a new vice president would only

be committing to a one year term as vice president. It is

our hope that this will make it easier to fill the vp position

and that it will also open the door for continuity in both

the position of vice president and president should either

choose to remain in their positions for longer than one

year.

In order to amend the bylaws the board must

communicate the proposed changes to the membership,

read the changes at the next general meeting, and then

vote on the changes at the following general meeting. A

two-thirds majority vote is required for passage. You

may read the complete text of the OCC bylaws on the

club’s website. Here is the section of text that is

proposed to be changed:

ARTICLE IV—OFFICERS

Section 1. Officers shall consist of President, Vice

President/President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and

Immediate-Past-President (IPP).

Section 2. Election. A nominating committee appointed

by the President shall prepare a slate of officers chosen

from a list of paid-up members to be elected by the

members at the June Meeting. Nominations may also be

made from the floor.

Section 3. Terms of office. The “Presidential Train”

shall have a term of three years. The Vice-President/

President-Elect shall be elected annually to serve one

year in that office, advance to President the second year,

and become IPP in year three. The Secretary and Treas-

urer Officers shall be elected annually to one-year

terms. All officers are eligible for re-election. The

current President shall become the Immediate-Past-

President upon completion of the elections.

Section 4. Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by

election by the members present at the first regular

meeting after an office becomes vacant. If the presidency

becomes vacant, the Vice-President / President-

Elect automatically assumes the Presidency and a new

Vice-President/President Elect is elected.

Sell your Stuff with OCC Classified Ads

If you’re like most photographers, you probably

have some extra photography gear laying around

that you no longer use. Maybe you’d like to sell it,

but don’t want to deal with some of the “strange”

users on Craigslist. Did you know that the Olympia

Camera Club website has a section for classified ads

and that placing an ad is FREE? Head over the the

website at www.olympiacameraclub.org and click

on the menu item for Classified Ads. If you’re a

member of the club, you can post ads. If you are

not a member, you won’t be able to post ads, but

you can read the ads. I feel much safer offering up

my stuff for sale to members of my OCC

community than to strangers on Craigslist, and I

also feel better about buying items from my fellow

club members. To save you time, we’ve set the ads

to run for one year. You can always cancel an ad

once your item has sold. Photography gear only,

please.

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Cape Disappointment by Frank Townsend

After missing the entrance to what was later named the Columbia River, English explorer John Meares

dubbed the massive headland jutting out into the Pacific Ocean "Cape Disappointment." That was in 1788.

Almost 20 years later, Capt. William Clark and members of the Corps of Discovery explored the headland

in their final push to the Pacific Ocean. Today Cape Disappointment State Park offers 27 miles of ocean

beach, two lighthouses, hiking trails, camping and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

On Saturday, October 4th we will not be disappointed when we visit the Park. We can visit the historic

North Head Light, the oldest working lighthouse on the west coast, we can visit the Cape Disappointment

Light, the interpretive center, nearby Fort Columbia, and if time permits the Astoria column.

Our trek will begin by meeting in the parking lot near the 5 Guys Hamburger store (the old Kit's Camera)

1200 Cooper Point Rd, at the intersection of Cooper Point and Black Lake. We will leave the parking lot at

7:30 AM for the drive to Cape Disappointment. I would recommend being prepared for poor weather; also

bring a lunch and something to drink. I suspect someone will know of a good restaurant where we can

enjoy dinner before the long drive home.

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4th Annual Love Our Local Festival (LOLF)

On August 24 the Olympia Camera Club participated in the Love Our Local Festival in east Olympia near

the San Francisco Bakery. We put up a vendor tent and members volunteered to staff the booth for 2 hours

shifts and to also take photographs of the event. Visitors could stop by our booth and admire the work of

several of our photographers as well as to ask questions about the Olympia Cameral club. Each visitor was

given an OCC brochure and a little history of the club. Most were not aware of the club’s existence, and one

visitor from Venezuela even showed up several days later at our planning picnic. A big thank you goes out

to Dale and Colleen Easley, Frank and Terri Townsend, Gary Wells, John Gerecht, Jodi Cox, Teri Dean,

Rosalind Philips, Mary Bowman, and Wes Kirkpatrick. We were able to provide the Love Our Local

organization with over 800 images that they will be using for their mailings, brochures, handouts, and

website, and our members had a fun experience participating with this unique community event.

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2014 Traveling Prints Competition by Jodi Cox, Traveling Print Coordinator

Print Deadline - September 23, 2014

Each year the Olympia Camera Club participates in the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs annual traveling print

salon. This means that at our general meetings our club will judge prints from 3‐5 other clubs and our club's prints will

get judged by 3‐5 other clubs. The circuit starts in October and ends in March. Each club needs to have a minimum of

10 prints to participate and a max of 25. If we exceed the maximum of 25 prints for the club as a whole, we will ask

members with multiple submissions to withdraw one or more of their prints. If after that we still have more than 25

prints, we will do an internal judging to determine the top 25 prints to ship off.

Olympia Camera Club members (dues current) should begin now to ready their print entries for the 2014 Traveling

Print Salon. During September, club member submissions will be collected at any of our three meetings. The final

print selections must be made by September 23rd at the general meeting. These selected prints will then move forward

to the inter‐club competition.

Each person may submit up to 4 prints. The general categories are color and monochrome. A minimum of 5 print

entries from our club is required to enter the Color or Monochrome categories. If insufficient monochrome images are

submitted, our monochrome images will be combined with our color images for judging. The four (4) print per entrant

limit per club may be waived only if there are insufficient club entries to make the ten (10) prints minimum required.

Here are the requirements for your prints.

1. The photograph must be the work of the entrant. Commercial prints are acceptable. Use of a print or print title

that has previously won an award in a NWCCC Print Competition will disqualify the print.

2. Electronically manipulated photographs may be entered. Images must originate from a photograph taken by the

entrant on film or digitally. Vector elements are not allowed. Other graphic elements must have been created by

the maker in a photo editing software (Photoshop, Elements, etc.), but not in vector software such as In Design.

3. Maximum print and mat size is 16”x20”. Minimum print size is 8”x10”. (The actual print must be at least 8”x10”)

4. All prints must be on firm support so they will stand erect. Metals, masonite, or other heavy mounting materials,

frames or glass are not permitted. Finished mounting shall not be thicker then 2 sheets of 4-ply mat board. The

print title, name of the club, and the maker’s name must be on the back of the mount, preferably in the top left cor-

ner. The title on the back of the print must be in the correct image orientation. Maker’s name or print title cannot

appear on the front side. Print titles need to be unique for bookkeeping purposes. “Untitled” is acceptable if you

use “Untitled #1”, “Untitled #2”, etc. It is also important a maker not reuse print titles. Any prints that have

previously won an NWCCC award are not eligible to re-enter.

5. Print submissions are entered as Monochrome or Color. Photographers are encouraged to enter new images, but

prints that have not previously received a NWCCC Print Salon Competition award may be resubmitted again in

any annual NWCCC print competition.

6. “Monochrome” means “one color”. A monochrome or black-and-white print consists of one color on the white

paper base (white is not a color but an absence of color). Generally the color is black (in various densities or tones

from black through very light gray). It also may be black tones with a global tone, warm (brownish), cold (bluish),

sepia, or any other color tone.

7. Each circuit club will view and judge the club entries in their own circuit and select a First, Second, and Third

place in both color and monochrome, which will serve as the first round juried judging. It will be each club’s print

director’s responsibility to coordinate the transfer of the prints after club judging to the next participating circuit

club.

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The OCC Annual Banquet and Scavenger Hunt By Rosalind Philips

This year the Annual Banquet and Scavenger Hunt will be held on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 AT

RIVER’S EDGE RESTAURANT IN TUMWATER.

We used this venue for the first time last year and everyone was much happier ordering off the menu, so we

will do the same this year. We do have to have a head count, so please send your reservation to Jodi Cox,

our membership coordinator at coxtribe@comast.net by October 21, 2014. The details of how to participate

in the scavenger hunt are in the next article or you can get them on the website at

http://www.olympiacameraclub.org/scavenger-hunt/.

________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _______________________________________

Address: __________________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________________

Images MUST fit the category. Use your IMAGINATION!

Mail your CD of digital images and this form to Rosalind Philips

4643 Indian Summer DR SE

Olympia, WA 98513

Num Category Description

01 Mirror Mirror

02 Opposite

03 Thirst

04 Kiss

05 Collections

06 Hooked

07 Patterns

08 Gold

09 Dreamy

10 Olympia

11 Speed

12 Clean

13 Messy

14 Red

15 Self Identification

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2014 Olympia Camera Club Official Scavenger Hunt Rules

This year, members will have two ways to participate in Banquet Slide Show entertainment.

Submit one image for each of the 15 words below. You many take as many images as you like and do as

much processing as you like, but you can only submit one image for each word.

OR

Submit 10-15 of your favorite/best images taken between 10/1/2013 and 10/1/2014. You may do as much

processing as you like on the images.

Rules

All images must be JPEGS – no RAW or TIFF images.

The images must not exceed 1024 pixels in width or 768 pixels in height. The resolution should not exceed

72 dpi.

Scavenger Hunt Images. Name your images as Sxx_Name_word.jpg where S means scavenger hunt, xx is

the number of the word and word is the category. For example, an image submitted for the 5th word of Blue

would be named S05_RosalindPhilips_Blue.jpg. Please include a list of your images with descriptions.

Favorite/Best of 2013 images. Name your images as Bxx_Name_ImageName.jpg . B means Favorite/Best

of 2014, xx is the number of the image, Name is your name and ImageName is the name of the image. For

example the eighth image I submit would be named, B08_RosalindPhilips_BergyBit.jpg.

Please include a self Identification Image.

Please include a list of your images with descriptions.

Please burn your images to a CD or DVD.

Images are due no later than Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at the Fundamentals Meeting. You can bring your

images to the meeting or mail them to Rosalind Philips, 4643 Indian Summer Dr SE; Olympia WA, 98513.

We will watch the two slide shows at the Banquet on October 289th.

Please contact Rosalind at RosalindPhilips@comcast.net or at 360-790-2814 with any questions.

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Ask Tim Grey

Today's Question

I downloaded the 2014 version of Photoshop CC and once installed realized I needed to move all of my

Nik, Topaz and OnOne plug-ins over to the new version. However I notice that the filter "Oil Paint" is

not on the Filter Menu in the new version. Has it been dropped from Photoshop?

Tim's Answer:

In most cases you will indeed need to re-install any plug-ins you'd like to use with the new Photoshop CC

2014, as plug-ins installed for previous versions of Photoshop will not be migrated over the the 2014 release.

As for the Oil Paint filter, it has indeed been removed from Photoshop CC 2014. Apparently this filter relied

upon other technology that is no longer being supported, and so the Oil Paint filter has been removed.

I know many photographers prefer not to apply painting effect filters to their images (I received a lot of

feedback to that effect when I talked about the Oil Paint filter when it was first introduced). However, while I

thought the Oil Paint filter was interesting, I ended up not using it because it really only produced good results

when working with very low-resolution photos.

Instead I started using Snap Art from Alien Skin Software. This plug-in for Photoshop (as well as Photoshop

Elements, Lightroom, and Aperture) produces a wide variety of great artistic effects even for very

high-resolution images. This includes not only oil painting effects but also water color effects, sketch effects,

crayon effects, and much more. Even better, Snap Art is easy to use, and enables you to exercise great control

to fine-tune the effect.

So, if you're interested in replacing the Oil Paint filter with something that provides much better results with

many more options, I recommend taking a look at Snap Art. You can download a free trial through the Alien

Skin website here:

http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/

Tim Grey's articles are reprinted with permission. You can subscribe to the free Ask Tim Grey

eNewsletter at AskTimGrey.com.

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Phototunities

A listing of events of visual interest for Olympia Camera Club members

Washington Sept. 12–13 Connell - Fall Festival

The festival’s annual car show spotlights the "fast and the past," while other fun includes mural painting, a

street dance and the junior livestock show. Pioneer Park, 509.234.2701,cityofconnell.com

Sept. 12–14 Quincy - Farmer Consumer Awareness Day

Learn more about where our food comes from at this celebration featuring Friday’s chef challenge at White

Heron Cellars; weekend hot-air-balloon launches; a tractor pull; and sales of fresh corn, potatoes, apples and

beans. 509.368.0416,quincyfarmerconsumer.com

Sept. 13 Bellevue - Auto Angels Benefit Car Show

More than 200 cars of all types will be on view at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue,

425.785.9727, autoangels.org

Sept. 13 Chelan - Lake Chelan Car Show

At least five of the cars on view at Riverwalk Park will bring home a trophy, plus all attendees can enjoy the

potluck barbecue (on Sept. 12). lakechelancarshow.com

Sept. 13–14 Everett - Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl and Medieval Faire

Watching pumpkins splat after being catapulted as far as 1,800 feet is the highlight of an event that also

features archery and jousting knights. Alexander Farm, festivalofpumpkins.org

Sept. 20 Keyport - Keyport Fest

The community gets together for family fun including a classic car show, a performance by the North Kitsap

High School Marching Band and a fishing derby. keyport98345.com

Sept. 20–21 Tacoma - Tacoma Maritime Fest

Tacoma honors its maritime history with a full slate of activities and competitions, such as tall-ship cannon

battles, at Thea’s Park and Foss Waterway Seaport. 253.297.0510, maritimefest.org

Sept. 20–21 Whidbey Island - Whidbey Island Farm Tour

Discover the array of crops and livestock that 14 island farms are raising—everything from blueberries and

flowers to chickens and alpacas. 888.678.4922, whidbeyfarmtour.com

Sept. 26–28 Prosser - The Great Prosser Balloon Rally

Colorful hot air balloons launch at sunrise each day from the airport. prosserballoonrally.org

Sept. 26–28 Leavenworth - Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival

The leaves are turning just in time for Leavenworth’s longest-running festival, featuring music in the gazebo,

street dances, a pumpkin pie–eating contest and a parade. 509.548.5807,autumnleaffestival.com

Sept. 28 Snohomish - Snohomish Classic Car and Hot Rod Display

More than 650 shiny vintage and hot-rod automobiles line downtown streets.

360.568.2526, cityofsnohomish.com

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Oct. 2–5 East Wenatchee - Town Toyota Wings and Wheels Festival

The festivities—including a car show, radio-controlled airplane demos and a carnival—commemorate the

1931 flight of the Miss Veedol, the first airplane to fly nonstop across the Pacific Ocean. 509.886.6108,

east-wenatchee.com

Oct. 4–5 Ridgefield - BirdFest

Celebrate the return of the sandhill cranes to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge with guided walking or

kayak tours and other fun activities. 360.887.4106, ridgefieldfriends.org

Oct. 4–5 Goldendale - Car is King Weekend

Celebrate Maryhill Museum founder Sam Hill’s love of roads and cars by cruising the hairpin turns of the

Historic Maryhill Loops Road (normally closed to traffic), ogling classic cars at the Concours de Maryhill

show, and enjoying other family-friendly activities on the museum grounds.

509.773.3733, maryhillmuseum.org

Oct. 4–5 Port Townsend - Kinetic Sculpture Race

Art and transportation intersect in this unique race, in which ingenious human-powered contraptions must

traverse sand, mud and hills, as well as float on water. ptkineticrace.org

Oct. 4–5, 11–12, 18–19 and 25–26 Ione - Lions Excursion Train Rides

Travel the rails in historic coach or open-air train cars along the scenic Pend Oreille River between Ione and

Metaline Falls during these 90-minute round-trip autumn rides sponsored by the North Pend Oreille Valley

Lions Club. lionstrainrides.com

Oct. 17–18 Ryderwood - Fall Arts and Crafts Fair

Ryderwood's 10th annual festival features a quilt show at Pioneer Hall, live music, a craft fair, lunch in

Community Hall and a car show.

Oregon

Sept. 10–13 Pendleton - Pendleton Round-Up

This authentic Western town’s famous annual rodeo boasts bull riding and other classic contests, as well as

parades and entertainment. 800.457.6336, pendletonroundup.com

http://www.aaawashingtonjourney.com/events/index.asp

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The Advanced Photographers Group (APG)

Monthly on the Third Tuesday of the Month

September 16, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Edge Lake Mobile Home Park - Community Center, 3928 21st Ave SE, Lacey

Meeting Topic: no critic will be held this month. Instead there will be a presentation on Pan-

orama images in Photoshop by Tom Blankenship.

The Fundamentals of Photography Group

Monthly on the Second Tuesday of the Month

Capital High School—POD A

September 9, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Meeting Topic: Composition

Contact, Rosalind Philips, Fundamentals Chair

General Meeting

Monthly on the Fourth Tuesday of the Month

September 23, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Capital High School—POD A

Presenter: Keith Anderson / personal works & how VERG enhances

WSDOT’s communication with still/video photography

Contact, Contact, Colleen Easley, President

Monthly Business Meeting, First Tuesday of the Month

October 7, 2014, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Meeting at Mekong Restaurant (Downtown Olympia, 125 Columbia St. NW)

Open to all. Join us before the meeting for dinner at 6:00 pm if you would like.

Contact, Colleen Easley, President

September 2014

Olympia Camera Club Monthly Meetings

Koffee Klatch Meet up, Every Other Wednesday Morning

from 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Panera’s Bakery, 2525 Capitol Mall Drive SW, Westside of Olympia

Open discussions about photography and other topics of interest.

Contact, Wes Kirkpatrick at wesk67@gmail.com, Koffee Klatch Chair

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Community Liaison

Wes Kirkpatrick

wesk67@gmail.com

Equipment Custodian

Gene Pardee

gene@egp-photo.com

NWCCC Traveling Prints

Jodi Cox

coxtribe@comcast.net

Social Programs

Frank Townsend

Frank_townsend@comcast.net

Webmaster

Colleen Easley

Advanced Photography Group

Tom Blankenship

Newsletter Editor

Teri Dean

PSA Representative

Frank Townsend

Frank_townsend@comcast.net

Thurston County Fair

Terri Townsend

Frank_townsend@comcast.net

Fundamentals of Photography

Rosalind Philips

NWCCC Liaison

Wes Kirkpatrick

wesk67@gmail.com

Scavenger Hunt

Rosalind Philips

RosalindPhilips@comcast.net

Olympia Camera Club

PO Box 13333

Olympia, WA 98508-3333

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