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Shutterbug Times THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

THE

OLYMPIA CAMERA CLUB August 2013

President’s Corner by Rosalind Philips

I am writing this from the sunny and warm east coast. I have

been here all week visiting my family in New York City and Northampton Mass. What has

struck me is how different the colors are here from the Pacific Northwest. The greens, the sky,

even the clouds are different. We were driving north on Westside Drive toward the George

Washington Bridge and the Cumulus clouds were huge castles starting to turn into thunderheads.

They looked like extreme graduated filters!

July and August have been busy months for the Olympia Camera Club. We had the wonderful

field trip to the Palouse, Lakefair fireworks, the Thurston County Fair and the Air Show at the

Olympia Airport. We have the planning pot-luck picnic coming up on August 24th at Priest Point

Park. Please plan to attend so that you can help plan exciting meetings and activities for the club

over the next year.

Both Digital Group and Critique Group meet as usual this month. Our speaker for the September

24th general meeting, David Jennings, will be speaking about underwater photography. The Octo-

ber 22 general meeting will be held at the River’s Edge restaurant for our annual banquet and

scavenger hunt. See details later on in the newsletter. I hope that everyone will participate. Jim

Crocker, the Lacey Costco Photo supervisor, will be speaking to us at the November 26 general

meeting on how to get the most out of Costco photo services. Please email me your questions

([email protected]) ahead of time so that Jim will have an idea of what we are inter-

ested in learning about.

There are lots of great posts happening on the club’s Facebook page. This is the place to post

equipment for sale, announcements like “Anyone want to meet me at the kissing statue for sunset

pics?”, articles and webinar. So please like us at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-

Camera-Club/242680499095549.

Thank for being active members in the club and I hope to see you at least one of the meetings

this month.

Photography Forever,

Rosalind

Executive Committee

President

Rosalind Philips

[email protected]

Vice President

Vacant

Secretary

Christian Weinreich

Christi-

[email protected]

Treasurer

John Damitio

[email protected]

Immediate

Past President

Gene Pardee

[email protected]

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Newsletter Editor

Teri Dean OlympiaCameraClubNewslet-

[email protected]

In this issue:

Events, pp. 2-3

Field trip/Fair update p. 4

Scavenger Hunt, pp. 5-6

Phototunities, pp. 7-8

Upcoming Year Club

Meeting Schedule, p. 9

Web Stats, p. 9

Meeting Notes, p. 10

Committee Contacts p.11

Volume 78, Issue 8

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Planning Picnic (for 2013-14)

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Priest Point Park Park, Shelter #1

5:30—8:30 pm

At the planning picnic the everyone is encouraged

to make suggestions and give ideas for activities,

field trips, etc and topics/guest speakers. This dis-

cussion helps in the setting and planning of pro-

grams that are of most interest for the upcoming

general meetings and other activities for the year. This is a favorite event and a great pot luck picnic, so bring

a dish to share, your appetite (plates, utensils, napkins provided), and your ideas/suggestions!

DIRECTIONS: Priest Point Park is located at 2600 East Bay Drive NE, travel north on East Bay Drive . Follow

East Bay Drive from 4th Avenue and take first right into the park and follow one-way lane (see map for blue

arrow for turn and the red circle marks shelter #1). We will gather at Priest Point Park Shelter #1, the Rose

Garden. It is a covered picnic shelter that has water, electricity, large flat grill, and parking.

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ANNOUNCING The OCC Critique Group's

"First annual Bar-B-Que"

Tuesday, August 20th

PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL TO TOM BLANKENSHIP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY MOUTHS WE WILL BE FEEDING!!!

TIME?

(prior to the August Critique Group Meeting)

Tuesday, August 20th from 5pm to 6:30pm

WHERE?

Edge Lake Mobile Home Park (regular Critique Group meeting place)

Ok, everyone. This is a freebe, so we'll be depending on the generosity of members to fill in all menu gaps.

So far:

1. Hotdogs and hotdog rolls...Al & Holly

2. Crock pot full of baked beans...Judy & Jay

3. Almost-homemade lemonade & sodas...Tom

4. Seashell salad (sorta like macaroni salad...Dorothy & John

5. Napkins...Tom

We need...

-- Hamburgers

-- Hamburger rolls

-- Ice for drinks (w. bucket and tongs)

-- Condiments (mustard, ketchup, relish, etc)

-- Potato chips, Fritos, etc.

-- Dessert(s)

OK. I'm not an event planner, so with your e-mail reply I welcome your suggestions.

BTW: The preferred topic for the August Critique Meeting is "ABSTRACT". Start clicking.

Best regards,

-Tom Blankenship

Critique Group Chairman

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The Palouse Follow Up by Frank Townsend [email protected]

Fourteen members of our club spent the

weekend with Jack Lien in the Palouse in July and

what a trip it was. We did everything but sleep. We

all arrived Friday in time for an incredible spaghetti

dinner then traveled to a local grain elevator to do

some night shooting. There was a bit of cloud cover

and a fire in Pullman put some orange in the sky, but

there was an incredible amount of stars, including

the Milky Way, showing. We tried silhouettes and

painting with light on the grain elevator and a nearby

tree, turning in around 1 AM. Later that morning,

around 5:30 we joined for a tour around the Palouse,

stopping at several spots to shoot landscapes you can

only see in the Palouse, old trucks, wagon wheels,

and an abandoned house. This went on until about 8

PM when we returned to Jack's for a cook out, then

off for more night shooting. This time the sky was

more clear and the Milky Way more pronounced,

again we turned in around 1 AM. The hardiest three

of us were up at sunrise to venture to Steptoe Butte.

This was an incredible trip made all the

more fun by the fellowship shared through our club.

Jack has offered to provide the club with dates of

the weekend photo opportunities in the Palouse in

September and October, Plowing Bee, etc. If you

are interested contact one of the club's board mem-

bers and we will follow through.

Thurston County Fair

by Terri Townsend

Another Thurston County Fair has ended and

it was a great success at least for our Club. While I

don't have actual numbers as to how many club

members entered the Open Class Photography com-

petition, I am fairly certain that each member that

entered received at least one ribbon. Congratula-

tions to all who brought home rewards, after viewing

them many times I feel they were all well earned.

With over 420 images entered there was quite a few

competing images to overcome.

We all know how good Olympia Camera

Club photographers are so perhaps more impressive

than the photographic skills the club displayed was

the volunteer effort the club put forth.

All told there were over 25 members who

took part either the weekend before the fair or by

taking a shift during the fair. Between the intake,

judging, hanging, shift work, and pickup an incredi-

ble 270 hours of work went into bringing the Open

Class Photography to the Fair and the public. These

figures don't even count the meetings with the Fair

Board Allynn Balch attended or the preregistration

work Jodi Cox did.

So many members provided so much help

that listing all would be difficult and every job per-

formed was just as important to the goal as any other

job so I don't want to single any one person or any

one job. I think I've done than personally, but Frank

and I are both immensely grateful for everyone who

helped and we are proud the way the club supported

the Fair.

Jack Lien Tours by Frank Townsend [email protected]

Jack is leading a tour in La Jolla California

to photograph birds and more in January 2014 and a

Wildlife Tour in Yellowstone during May 1 through

5. If you are interested in either of these trips you

should contact Jack directly at [email protected].

Jack is also considering special tours to both loca-

tions for club members only, with a special rate of

$200 per person to cover his expenses. I will be

out of town from the end of August until late Octo-

ber but you can reach me via email if you want be

to be a go between, you can contact Rosalind, or

Jack direct. If you have ever thought of a photo

tour by a professional you will never find an oppor-

tunity at this price, so you may want to give some

serious thought.

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Mark your calendar for Annual Scavenger Hunt Dinner

October 22, 2013 at 6:00 PM

The dinner will be held on October 22, 2013 at the River Edge Restaurant located at The Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Each at-

tendee will order from the menu for the dinner and pay by separate check. Reminder notices will be sent in September to provide an

estimate of people attending. The dinner menu is at http://www.riversedgetumwater.com/dinnermenu.htm.

2013 Olympia Camera Club Office Scavenger Hunt Rules

This year, member 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 pro-

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

OR

Submit 10-15 of your favorite/best images taken between 10/1/2012 and 10/1/2013. 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 num-

ber 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 2013, 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 8, 2013 at the Digital 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 22nd .

Please contact Rosalind at [email protected] or at

360-790-2814 with any questions.

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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

Due no later than October 8, 2013

Num Category Description

01 Converging Lines

02 Rough

03 Summer Fun

04 A Daily Task

05 Turmoil

06 Wisdom

07 Something Wet

08 Grandeur

09 Sports

10 Olympia

11 Photography

12 Purple

13 Circles

14 Uneven

15 Self Identification

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Phototunities for Shooting A listing of suggested events of visual interest for pho-

tographers.

Submitted by Gene Pardee, [email protected]

Aug. 9–11 Downtown Auburn—Auburn Days

Friday’s all-school reunion and community barbecue set

the tone for a weekend of fun events, such as a model

boat exhibition, car show, and Saturday night street dance.

(253) 939-3389, auburndays.com

Aug. 11 Port Orchard—The Cruz

The classic car show coincides with the Festival by the Bay

street fair. (360) 895-1766, portorchard.com

Aug. 16–18 Union Gap

Central Washington Agricultural Museum

Central Washington Antique Farm Equipment Expo

Peruse the displayed antique farm implements in between

tractor pulls, a threshing bee, a free train ride for kids and

other events. (509) 457-8735, centralwaagmuseum.org

Aug. 19–25 Long Beach

Washington State International Kite Festival

A week of competitions, world-record attempts and more

fill the skies with color and bring the art of kite flying to

new heights. (360) 244-9155, kitefestival.com

Aug. 25 San Juan Vineyards, Friday Harbor Concours d’El-

egance of the San Juan Islands

This annual charity event showcases classic, sports and

unique cars, with wine, music and prizes as an added bo-

nus. sanjuanconcours.org

Aug. 24–25 TTacoma Maritime Fest Tacoma celebrates its working waterfront and maritime heritage with a full slate of competitions, exhibitions and activities in the water and on shore. (253) 297-0510, mari-timefest.org

Aug. 25 San Juan Vineyards, Friday Harbor

Concours d’Elegance of the San Juan Islands

This annual charity event showcases classic, sports and unique cars, with wine, music and prizes as an added bo-nus. sanjuanconcours.org

Aug. 30–Sept. 1 Percival Landing and Port Plaza, Olympia

Olympia Harbor Days

Sunday’s tugboat races pull spectators in to celebrate the city’s maritime heritage, while tours of vintage and work-ing tugs are offered all weekend. (800) 788-8847, harbor-days.com

Aug. 31 Maritime Museum, Westport

Seafood Festival and Craft Show

Fresh fish, oysters, live music and local crafts make for a fun day along Grays Harbor. (800) 345-6223, experiencewestport.com

Aug. 31–Sept. 2 Louis Mentor Boardwalk, Bremerton

Bremerton Blackberry Festival

Blackberries shine in everything from maple bars and scones to jam and wine at this annual gathering, which also features family-friendly activities. (360) 377-3041, blackberryfestival.org

Aug. 31–Sept. 2, Seattle Center

Bumbershoot

The 2013 urban arts extravaganza welcomes Heart, Fun, Death Cab for Cutie and dozens more musicians, comedi-ans, and visual artists. (206) 673-5060, bumbershoot.org

Sept. 6–8 Daubenspeck Park, Bingen

Huckleberry Festival

Buy wild huckleberries by the gallon, try them in ice cream and pie, or enjoy them in pancakes Saturday at White Salmon Fire Hall. (509) 493-3607, huckleberry-fest.com

Sept. 6–8 Mukilteo

Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival

The highlights include salmon bakes, a fishing derby and lighthouse tours, plus Saturday’s parade, fly-over air and fireworks display. (425) 353-5516, mukilte-olighthousefestival.com

Sept. 6–8 Edmonds

Puget Sound Bird Fest

Birders flock to Edmonds for a weekend of guided walks, natural habitat tours, a birding cruise, and ac-tivities at Frances Anderson Center. (425) 771-0227, pugetsoundbirdfest.org

Sept. 6–8 Port Townsend

Wooden Boat Festival

More than 300 beautiful wooden vessels dock in Port Townsend for this renowned annual event. (360) 385-3628, woodenboat.org

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Sept. 7 Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle

Fishermen’s Fall Festival

The community honors the North Pacific fishing fleet with lutefisk-eating and salmon-filleting contests, sur-vival-suit races, live music, and a salmon barbecue fundraiser. fishermensfallfestival.org

Sept. 7 Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon

Skagit River Salmon Festival

Celebrate the mighty Skagit River and the return of spawning salmon with music, a salmon barbecue, and fly-fishing demos. (360) 428-5972, skagitriverfest.org

Sept. 7 Winthrop

Winthrop Vintage Wheels Show

This year, Winthrop’s annual antique car show incor-porates vintage wheels of all types, including motor-cycles, travel trailers, tractors and bicycles; the fun includes a parade and swap meet. (509) 996-2125, winthropwashington.com

Sept. 8 LeMay–America’s Car Museum, Tacoma

Kirkland Concours d’Elegance

In its second year at LeMay–America’s Car Museum, this popular event for car enthusiasts spotlights fine vintage automobiles. kirklandconcours.org

Sept. 11–15 Chandler’s Cove South Lake Union,

Seattle—Boats Afloat Show Find whatever floats your boat at South Lake Union, where dozens of yachts, more than 150 new and used boats, and boating equipment will be on view. (206) 748-0012, boatsafloatshow.com

Sept. 12–14 Pioneer Park, Connell

Fall Festival

The “Fast and the Past” are highlighted at the festi-val’s annual car show; the fun also includes mural painting, go-kart races and a junior livestock show. (509) 521-7277, cityofconnell.com

Sept. 13–14 Town Toyota Center, Wenatchee

Harvest of Quilts

The North-Central Washington Quilt Guild’s annual show displays 200 quilts, and includes live demon-strations and a silent auction. (509) 782-1206, ncwquilt.org

Sept. 13–15 St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle

St. Demetrios Greek Festival

It’s all Greek to attendees of this lively festival, which features folk dancing and the chance to sample Greek wine, gyros, souvlaki, and more. (206) 325-4347, se-attlegreekfestival.com

Sept. 14 First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue

Auto Angels Benefit Car Show

Cars of all types—new and vintage—will be on view, in addition to a catered barbecue and games. (425) 785-9727, autoangels.org

Sept. 14–15 Alexander Farm, 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 fea-tures archery and jousting knights. festivalofpump-kins.org

Sept. 15 Anacortes

Anacortes Home and Boat Tour

The tour of boats at Cap Sante Boat Haven and of five homes is a fundraiser for uncompensated care at Se-attle Children’s Hospital. (360) 293-3832 drsamu-elgbrooksguild.weebly.com

Sept. 19–21 Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery

Wenatchee River Salmon Festival

This free festival celebrates the fall return of salmon to the river with recreation and arts. (509) 548-6662, salmonfest.org

Sept. 27–29 Prosser

The Great Prosser Balloon Rally/Harvest Festival

Colorful hot air balloons launch at the airport at sun-rise each day, while downtown hosts entertainment and food all weekend and a Night Glow show on Sat-urday. (509) 786-3177, prosserballoonrally.org, prosserchamber.org

Source: http://www.aaawashingtonjourney.com/events/

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Website Stats for April 2013 Jul-13 Last Reported

Month (Apr 13)

Change In-crease

(Decrease) Percentage

of Change

Number of Visits 222 290 (68) -31%

Number of Unique Visitors 182 191 (9) -5%

Number of Page Views 1207 2715 (1508) -125%

Pages per Visit 5.4 9.4 (4.0) -73%

Ave Visit Duration (minutes:seconds) 0:03 5:23 1:22 2718%

Percentage of New Visits 45.5% 35.5% lower

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Olympia Camera Club Upcoming Meeting Dates

Date Meeting Type Location

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Annual Planning Picnic Priest Point Park - Shelter #1

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 General Meeting Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday October 15, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Scavenger Hunt Dinner River’s Edge Restaurant

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Critique Group Community Center – Edge

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 General Meeting Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Digital Group Fireside Room – Gloria Dei

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Holiday Potluck Community Center – Edge

Tuesday, December 24, 2013 General Meeting Dark – No Meeting

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Monthly Photo Critique Meeting, Third Tuesday of the Month

August 20th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Edge Lake Mobile Home Park - Community Center, 3928 21st Ave SE, Lacey 98503

Critique Meeting Subject of the Month: Abstracts

Contact, Tom Blankenship at [email protected]

Monthly Digital Meeting, Second Tuesday of the Month

August 13th. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia

Digital Meeting Topic: Filters

Contact, Rosalind Philips at [email protected]

General Meeting, Fourth Tuesday of the Month In lieu of the planning picnic in August, there will be no General

Meeting. Regular meetings will resume starting on September 24th

at 6:30 p.m.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Westside of Olympia

Meeting Topic: Underwater Photography / Guest speaker: David Jennings

Monthly Business Meeting, First Wednesday of the Month

There will be no board meeting in August.

August 2013

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 [email protected]

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Community Liaison Wes Kirkpatrick

[email protected]

Equipment Custodian Gene Pardee

[email protected]

NWCCC Traveling Prints Cornelia Kirkpatrick

[email protected]

Social Programs Frank Townsend

[email protected]

Webmaster Dave Simmerman

[email protected]

Critique Group Tom Blankenship

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor Teri Dean

OlympiaCameraClubNews-

[email protected]

PSA Representative Frank Townsend

[email protected]

Thurston County Fair Terri Townsend

Digital Imaging Rosalind Philips

[email protected]

NWCCC Liaison Wes Kirkpatrick

[email protected]

Scavenger Hunt Rosalind Philips

[email protected]

Video Group Dottie Hall

[email protected]

Olympia Camera Club

PO Box 13333

Olympia, WA 98508-3333

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