Newsletter of the Johnson County Camera Club
Established April 1963
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Meeting: December 12, 2011 (second Monday)
Time: 6:30 P.M. (chat time), 7:00 P.M. meeting
Location: Asbury United Methodist Church
Music Room
75th St. and
Nall Avenue, Prairie Village, Kansas
(Park behind the church;
meeting entrance is near the corner on the back of the building near
Nall.)
Meeting Agenda for December
The December meeting is
our annual social and print exchange.
Prints should be at least 8x10, matted, and wrapped so we can’t see the
image. The photo you get is entirely
random, and each year many wonderful images are exchanged. Participate—you will be glad you did.
The Program Committee will
be providing the service ware and beverages.
Members may bring goodies to share.
Finger foods for the evening are whatever you choose to bring—it need
not be fancy.
Remember to bring some
images for Show & Tell since we have no other program scheduled. Please see the requirements for image sizing
listed herein.
Bio Sheet for our Spotlight Section
Don’t miss out on an
opportunity to be featured in our newsletter.
This is your chance to let the other members learn a little about you
and your photography. Please send your
bio sheet to Erin Schuerman, Program Committee Chair, at .
Annual Membership Dues
Member
dues of $25 for 2011-2012 are now due.
Michael Stone, our Treasurer, will be collecting the dues. Please pay by check made out to
"Johnson County Camera Club" for the exact amount. If you must pay cash, Michael will accept
only the "exact amount", he will not have cash to make change. Please note, payment of dues allows
you to participate in all club activities including the End of The Year jurored
contest.
Notes from Our Last Meeting
At The Galleries – Michael Stone
(Photography currently on display):
Images Art
Gallery, 7320 W. 80th Street, Overland Park, KS (913-232-7113).
Hours:
Tuesday thru Saturday 10am-5pm.
"China" The gallery's featured artist
is JCCC member, Marla Craven, presenting images from her recent visit and
exploration of this enigmatic yet extremely photogenic nation -
Closes December 10.
Note: Several other photographers have
their work on display as well.
Revocup
Coffee, 11030 Quivira (behind McDonalds), Overland Park, KS (913) 663-3695.
Hours:
Monday thru Friday 6:30am-7pm, Saturday 7am-5pm, and Sunday 8am-5pm.
"Photography
by Ernie Lowden" JCCC member Ernie Lowden's 17 photographs offer the viewer a broad
range of subject matter and pictorial genre, from traditional landscapes and
nature, to subjective abstraction
- Closes December 22.
All Souls
Gallery, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO
(816-531-2131).
Hours: Tuesday thru Friday 9am-3pm, and Sunday 9am-3pm.
"Serendipity
and Intuition" Photographer Robert Gaines strives to refine some aspect of his
subjects, whether mundane and commonplace, exotic or novel -
Closes December 31.
National
Archives Central Plains Region, 400 West Pershing Road, KCMO
(816-268-8000).
Hours:
Tuesday thru Saturday 9am-5pm.
"Picture
This! One Hundred Years of Photography" An exhibit of photographs from the National
Archives' vast collection - Closes December 31.
Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art - Block Building, 4525 Oak, KCMO (816-561-4000).
Hours:
Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-9pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday
noon-5pm.
The
Photographs of Brett Weston This exhibition features 39 photographs, and presents a
concise survey of the career of Brett Weston, son of famed photographer Edward
Weston. Brett's work exemplified the modernist aesthetic. In the details of
everyday things, he combined fact and form, objective reality and abstraction.
Reports from those who have already seen the exhibit agree, its a "Do
not miss!" experience for any serious photographer -
Closes April 1.
The Editor’s Corner – Bill
Staudenmaier
Digging
through a collection of photos left by a family member can be boring and time
consuming. Most of the time, at least in
my experience, you find stacks of photos in the proverbial shoeboxes. In rare cases you may find a few of these
photos organized into albums and identified by year, at best. Somehow, relatives feel that those of us, who
come after them, will be clairvoyant and not require any scribbled information
on the back of the photo. Can’t say that
I’m much better, although I’m trying.
Yes I’ve got boxes and processing envelopes of photos; those duplicates
a local processor talked us into purchasing.
Why I ever assumed that anyone would want my extra photos I don’t
know. But I can’t bring myself to throw
them away; at least not yet.
Regardless
you have to admire some relative’s propensity to create a mystery, knowingly or
unknowingly, for their descendents to solve.
This past year my mother-in-law passed away. Among the photos displayed in her home was an
antique brass frame with a black and white photo of her first husband and her
two sons when they were probably about two and three years old. My wife asked that I make a copy of this
photo so it could be passed on to one of her brothers. In the process of disassembling the frame and
disgorging its contents, I discovered I had a problem. This photo had gotten wet at some point and
was now stuck to the glass. Since the
print had originated in a wet darkroom, I saw no problem with soaking the glass
and attached photo in a try of
water. Try doing that with a digital
photo that might get stuck to the glass of a frame. Take note here and ponder the question, which
process has more longevity?
An hour
later I was able to remove the photo, which had by now given up its attachment
to its glass captor. However I had a
surprise, for I found not one, but two photos in my tray of water. Apparently at some point my mother-in-law had
decided to recycle the antique brass frame.
But rather than remove or throw away the image of the original occupant
of the frame, she had inserted the image of her husband and sons on top. When it got wet the first time, the images
had merged. Until I had attempted to
separate the newer image from the glass the two pieces of photo paper were
one. With delicate prying and a little
additional soaking I had managed to free both images. The hidden image turned out to be that of a
cute little girl with long curls.
Judging from the tone of the black and white image, although this is by
no means scientific or capable of being proved at this point, she may have had
red hair. From the look of the dress
style she is wearing, it is possible that this image was captured around
1920. Unlike the photo on top that was
adhered to it, the paper was almost a heavy cardstock. And although there is no studio imprint at
the bottom of the image as was the custom at that time, it is obvious from the
pose that it was a studio portrait.
Our best
guess is that this girl was a relative who lived in Colorado where Muriel, my
mother-in-law, was born and lived until her college years. Based on earlier photos we’ve determined that
it is not Muriel even though the shape of the face is similar. She had two sisters, but none of the early
photos of them resemble the girl in the photo either. Fortunately the image was a vignette, which
allowed considerable loss of emulsion around the edges due to the adhesion of
the top photograph, yet preserved the main part of the image.
As in all
families the individuals who would know have long since passed on. So we may never know who this child is, or we
may hit it lucky and find a relative that has an original of the same or
similar image with a name scribbled on the back.
Images for Show and
Tell
There is always a
possibility at all of our meetings (if time permits) for member images to be
shown and discussed. Please see the
information below regarding sizing of images.
All images should be sized for 1024 pixels on the
longest dimension and saved in jpeg format at 72 dpi. Images should be renamed to include the
artist’s last name in the first characters of the title. Check your image, if it looks blurry or
pixilated (unintentionally), you may have started with a low resolution or
highly cropped image. In this case, you
may need to increase the setting in the resolution box to improve the image;
but be sure to retain 1024 on the longest side.
Submit JPG files on a flash drive tagged with your name. Drives will be returned after the images have been
loaded into the computer for projection.
Subjects for the Year-End 2011-2012 Photo Contest
Submittals
for our Year-End-Contest are due at our May 2012 meeting. Only images shot since April 2011 are
eligible. There are nine subjects to
choose from. You may select a maximum of
six subjects with a maximum of two entries for each of the six subjects chosen. A professional photographer will judge the
contest, with the results to be presented and discussed at the June 2012
meeting.
2011-2012 Year-End-Contest Subjects
- Abstract
- Autos/
Transportation/Wheels
- Close
Up
- Curves
- Rusted/Busted/Old/Dilapidated
- From
Below
- HDR
- Nostalgia
- “Wild”
Things
Please patronize the following area businesses when you need
photographic supplies or camera repairs.
Overland Photo
Supply, Inc. 8967
Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212 (913) 648-5950, FAX (913) 648-5966, e-mail – sales@overlandphoto.com, Hours: M-F 10-7, Sat 10-5
Crick Camera
Shop 7715 State Line Rd. Kansas City, MO 64114
(816) 444-3390, e-mail - crickcamera@sbcglobal.net Established in 1946
The Aperture, newsletter
of the Johnson
County Camera Club, is published monthly. Meetings are held the second Monday of each
month, unless otherwise announced, at the Asbury United Methodist Church. Short articles written by club members, or
selected from other sources of possible interest to club members, may be sent
to the editor for inclusion in the newsletter.
Membership dues of $25.00 for one year are to be paid during the month
of September, which is the beginning of the club year. Anyone who joins the club after March 1st.
will not be required to pay dues and will not be eligible to participate in the
year end competition.
For additional information or questions on the Johnson
County Camera Club, activities, meetings, and membership contact the following
members:
