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May 2016

Chuck Colucci,Untitled

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once inawhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.Wash your spirit clean.”– John Muir

Submitted by Dawn Damico

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CoASTAL PHoTo CLUB, INC.MONTHLY TREASURER’S REPORT – APRIL 2016

BEGINNING BALANCE - $4,452.72

DEPOSITS:

MEMBER DUES 4/6 20.00

MEMBER DUES 4/20 20.00

SUB TOTAL: $4,492.72

EXPENSES:

PHOTO COMP. JUDGES LUNCH 24.20

CENTENARY METHODIST CHURCH – RENT 360.00

PSA 3 YEAR MEMBERSHIP 120.00

FEBRUARY CLUB SPEAKER-J CHANDLER 75.00

ENDING BALANCE $3,913.52

NURSING HOME BALANCE: $649.60

AVAILABLE CLUB BALANCE: $3,263.92

Respectfully Submitted 4/20/16MaRy O’Neill

NEXT MEETING: SATURDAY, May 14, 2016Basement level, Centenary United Methodist Church

309 New Street, New Bern, NC. - Joel Collins --- Seeing the World

or eighty people at our meetings. Not everyone isinterested in competitions or field trips or meetings. All of our members are interested in photography. So, what can we do to engage thosewho currently are not participating…what are wemissing?I am looking at several options to get input fromevery member interested in sharing their thoughtsand ideas. This is your club and I will listen to whatyou have to say and do my best to make it a clubthat helps you meet your personal photography interests and goals…regardless of your experiencelevel.

PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT: As I sit down to pen my first letter as CPCPresident, a thousand thoughts are racingthrough my mind. I know I can’t cover all Iwant to say to you in this first letter so I’ll share a fewthoughts I believe are very important.Let me start by thanking Tom McCabe for his leader-ship at the helm of this organization for more thantwo and one half years. Tom has been…and I believe will continue to be…a huge advocate for our club.Every-time he sees a person holding a camera he introduces himself and invites them to join us. UnderTom’s direction the club has grown to more thaneighty members. We are now classified as a “LargeClub” by the Photograph Society of America (PSA) ofwhich we are a member. Tom has inspired many clubmembers to grow and improve their photographyskills and shared his knowledge as they continuedon their journey. He has forged relationships withother Photo or Camera Clubs in Eastern North Carolina. I hope to continue those relationships andbuild more relationships with clubs all across ourState. Such relationships can help us with monthlyprograms, field trips, competition rules and prac-tices, and so much more.I was not here when our club…then called The NewBern Camera Club…was formed in 1991 “to bringpeople together who want to share their interestsand skills in photography.” I can imagine it was asmall group of people with similar interests gathering on a regular basis. It is relatively easy torun a club with a few members who all share thesame interests. It is a challenge to run a club withover eighty members who share a common interestin photography but have varied interests in how theywant to pursue their photography. I believe this is one of thebiggest challenges we face.My personal goal, and I hopeyou will join me, is to increaseparticipation in the life of ourclub. Now, that doesn’t meaneveryone submitting photos to our club competitions oreveryone going on a field trip

John SteadyPresidentjohn@lifeskeepsakes.com

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Congratulation s to the Winner s in the Spring Photo Competition!

CPC Spring Print Competition Summaryby Jeanne JulianThe CPC’s seasonal major competition was held at theNew Bern Craven County Public Library on Saturday,April 9. There were a total of 50 entries. Kathy Tucci andAlan Welch handled check-in. John Steady and Rick Meyerorganized the display of images. Judges were artist Joyce Stratton, an award-winning, mixed media artist (www.joycestratton.com), andCharlotte Fitz Daniels, Executive Director of the Greenville(NC) Museum of Art. Ms. Stratton’s work is represented inprominent galleries and many exhibits; she recently wontop honors for her two-dimensional piece at the CravenArts Council National Juried Art Show. Ms. Daniels, anexperienced potter, earned her MAT in art education andBFA in ceramic design from East Carolina University. Shehas curated a number of photography exhibits at theGreenville Museum. Both judges offered comments about the images theychose as exemplary. The most-mentioned attributes ofaward-winning photos were drawn from the 12 elements of a merit image, especially impact, story-telling, composi-tion, color balance and tones, composition, lighting, and creativity. Both judges emphasized the “feeling” that an imageevoked. “You can pick something apart, but what it comesdown to is a little thump in my chest when somethingmoves me,” said Ms. Stratton. First comes “a connectionwith the piece,” said Ms. Daniels, “and then you pull awayfrom your own values and look at the technical aspects.” In regard to technique, the judges gave high marks tophotos with interesting or appropriate depth of field. Theyalso appreciated focus: sharpness of detail, evidence of texture. originality of treatment was important to the judges,too. For instance, the “Best of Show” photograph by ClaireHageman demonstrated an ability to “heighten the ordi-nary,” as Ms. Daniels phrased it. While the subject matterwas “simple,” the judges agreed, it had striking color, waswell-composed, sharp, and evoked feelings in the viewer, asense of history, nostalgia, mystery. Claire won a $50.00 gift certificate to ASAP inGreenville. Her photo of an antique bottle was shot with amacro lens in natural light from a window at her sister’shouse. It was virtually SooC (“straight out of camera,” withlittle post-processing). The judges respected the talent of all of the memberswho entered the competition. When the first-place entrieswere collectively being evaluated to determine the “best inshow,” Ms. Daniels remarked, “This is getting’ hard, y’all!”

BEST IN SHOW& 1st Place Color - Intermediate

Claire HagemanBlue-eyed Honeybees

MONOCHROME1st Place: Intermediate

Elaine Varley,1st Monument to a Dream

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At the conclusion of the event, John Steady explainedthat the fall major competition will include prints and, forthe first time, projected images, with no printing andmounting costs, to encourage everyone to enter. In regardsto mounting and matting, Rick Meyer reminded members tomake sure that prints are secure on their backing (he suggested using Japanese hinge tape) and that folio-stylemats are held closed with removable double-sided tape. afterward, the judges joined a dozen members for a well-deserved lunch at Morgan’s restaurant downtown.

CPC MAJOR SPRING PRINT COMPETITION RESULTSApril 9, 2016

BEST IN SHOWBlue-eyed Honeybees Claire Hageman

INTERMEDIATE: Monochrome1st Monument to a Dream Elaine Varley2nd Overcast Janusz Sendor3rd Serenity Elaine VarleyHM What Lies Within Elaine VarleyHM Why Does the Caged Claire Hageman

Bird Sing?

INTERMEDIATE: Color1st Blue-eyed Honeybees Claire Hageman2nd Wyse Fork Roots Claire Hageman3rd Under Blue Sky Janusz SendorHM Just Breathe Elaine VarleyHM Nature’s Palette Elaine Varley

INTERMEDIATE: Digital ManipulationNo entries

ADVANCED: Monochrome1st Williamsburg Brooklyn Scott Sirkin2nd Memorial in Mist Jeanne Julian3rd Masks at a Gallery Jeanne Julian

ADVANCED: Color1st Electric Storm Claire Hageman2nd Snake Scott Sirkin3rd Mattamuskeet Scott SirkinHM Wooden Boat Harbor Alan WelchHM The Flower Vendor Jeanne Julian

ADVANCED: Digital Manipulation1st All That Remains Evie Chang Henderson2nd Pitcher of Wisteria Clifton Baker3rd Little Songster Clifton BakerHM Feathers in the Wind Evie Chang HendersonHM Stairway at the Old Jeanne Julian

Opera House

MONOCHROME - 1st Place: Scott Sirkin, Brooklyn Williamsburg

COLOR - Advanced1st Place: Claire Hageman, Electric Sky

DIGITAL MANIPULATION - Advanced1st Place:: Evie Chang Henderson, All That Remains

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MONOCHROME - Intermediate2nd Place: Janusz Sendor, Overcast

COLOR - Intermediate2nd Place: Claire Hagemanr, Wyse Fork Roots

MONOCHROME - Advanced2nd Place: Jeanne Julian, Memorial in the Mist

COLOR - Advanced2nd Place: Scott Sirkin, Snake

MONOCHROME - Intermediate3rd Place: Elaine Varley, Serenity

COLOR - Intermediate3rdPlace: Janusz Sendor, Under Blue Sky

DIGITAL MANIPULATION - Advanced2nd Place Clifton Baker, Pitcher of Wisteria

DIGITAL MANIPULATION3rd Place (Advanced)

Scott Sirkin, Mattamuskeet

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MONOCHROME - IntermediateHM: Claire Hageman, Why Does the Caged Bird Sing?

MONOCHROME - Advanced3rd Place: Jeanne Julian, Masks at a Gallery

DIGITAL MANIPULATION - AdvancedHM: Jeanne Julian, Stairway, Old Opera House

DIGITAL MANIPULATION - AdvancedHM: Evie Henderson, Feathers in the Wind

DIGITAL MANIPULATION - Advanced3rd Place : Jeanne Julian, The Flower Vendor

COLOR - AdvancedHM: Jeanne Julian, The Flower Vendor

COLOR - AdvancedHM: Alan Welch, Wooden Boat Harbor

COLOR - AdvancedHM: Elaine Varley, Just Breathe

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COLOR - IntermediateHM: Elaine Varley, Nature’s Palette

MONOCHROME - IntermediateHM: Elaine Varley, Overcast

Jurors: Joyce Stratton and Charlotte FitsPhoto: Courtesy of Jeanne Julian

Shop TalkL to R: Claire Hageman, Geraldine Carlton, Elaine Varley. Photo: Courtesy of Jeanne Julian

Taking the Job Seriously

L to R: Alan Welch, Kathy Tucci

Photo: Courtesy of Jeanne Julia

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Viewing the Entries Photo: Courtesy of Scott Sirkin

Competition Candids: Beh i n d t h e S c e n e s

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ADVISORY BOARD TO BE ESTABLISHED

To help me better understand peoples needs and

concerns, I am establishing an advisory board. The

board will be comprised of a cross section of our

membership.

I will be looking for members who are new to the

club, long time members who are not currently active,

and active members to be part of the board. The board

will not have any authority…it’s purpose is to share with

me what is important to them. Any suggestions or

recommendations that come out of this board will be

presented to the Executive Board for consideration. This

is the first of several steps I will take to give everyone

who has ideas for improving the club a chance to share

those ideas. - John Steady, President - 252-671-0288

CALENDARFor complete and up-to-date information, visit the Coastal Photo Clubwebsite calendar: http://www.localendar.com/public/AlanWelchAccolades: Four photographs by Jeanne Julian are included in the

anthology: “Nature Inspired: Spring 2016”.

Here is one of them.

Link: http://www.natureinspiredanthologies.com/

• The April issue of Vogue magazine features images by the famous photographer, Annie Leibovitz, selected from her current exhibition "WOMEN: New Portraits." The show will go to 10 major cities over the next 12 months. If you can't get to Singapore, flip through the magazine!

• Through June 19, the North Carolina Museum of Art has an exhibit of photogra phy, "This small yet nuanced place": Photographs of the Isles of Shoals” by Alexandra de Steiguer. "For the past 19 winters, Alexandra de Steiguer has lived as the sole human occupant on the Isles of Shoals, off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. Her photographs meditate upon the solitude and austere grandeur of these remote, rocky islands." -- JEANNE JULIAN

Upcoming Meeting Presentations (subject to change)

May 14 - Joel Collins Seeing the World

June 11 - Jennifer King Travel Photography

July 9 - Evie Chang Henderson Color

August 13 - alan Welch Using layers to Create Composites

September 10 - angela Blankenship Photographing Children

October 8 - Open

November 12* Club Fall Competition

December 10**HOLIDAY PARTY * Major Competition

**Holiday Party

NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Wednesday, May 25th

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Scouting out New Gear!

A THANK YOU from one of our Nursing Home Community Service Clients. Each year, our Club Photographs Senior Citizens(for families and historical record).

At ASAP Photo & Camera recently...Photo Courtesy of Alan Welch

Alan Welch trying out Tamron lens.Photo Courtesy of John Steady

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Build Your Skills

Photographic Society of America:courses for members. ● Explore the PSA galleryTake a look at the new membergallery at the Photographic Societyof America: http://www.psa-photo.org/index.php?galleries-new-member-gallery.

SPECIAL EVENTS

On Location: A Photography Workshopwith David Guy MaynardMay 20, 2016 | Friday | 6:00pm - 9:30pm |ASAP Classroom

In this lively 3.5 hour workshop you will learnstraightforward and useful techniques for takingstunning portraits anywhere. David will covertopics from posing and composition, to lightingtechniques and choosing/using the right gearfor the job.With an emphasis on staying portable, savingtime and money, and just plain having fundoing it, David uses a combination of class-room style and live demonstration with realtime results being shown. This offers a truly effective learning opportunity for amateurs andpros alike.There will be special offers and rebates fromthe sponsors, as well as awesome door prizesfrom Tamron, Peak Design, and DGMP.With the help of a live model, David will demon-strate and teach the following:* Use of Speedlights on & off-camera* Use of Mono Lights w/wo Diffusion* Achieving Balance with TTL or Manual* Flash modification - Softbox, Reflectors* How to pose and create a rapport with yoursubject* Color balancing techniques* Lens choice and usageFrom lighting to composition, from preparing forthe shoot to the workflow, and much, muchmore.Boost your creativity, add some new skills toyour bag of tricks, and have a great time!To learn more about David Maynard, visithttp://www.dmaynardphotography.com/D._Maynard_Photography/DMP_HOME.html

Price: $69.99/person

Light Like a Pro (2:45 – 4:45pm)

Understanding light is the key to great pho-tography. When it comes to photographingpeople, knowing how to look for and manip-ulate light is a skill that often takes years tomaster. But once you start to see it, youcan't un-see it! In this session, we will teachyou a few shortcuts that you can replicatevirtually anywhere, with anyone. And we willeven have a live shooting station, so you'llwalk away with a real hands-on experience.(Hands-on photo session from 3:45pm –4:45pm)

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Club Photo Gallery

Susan WilliamsProthonotary Warbler

Robert ChurchillVapor Trails and their Creator

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This series of photos by Ralph Wilson

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Reflection of Youth

Sunset over Gulf of Mexico

Two Midgets or One Giant -You be the Judge 3

This series of photos by Bob Schrader

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Janusz SendorRed Beauty

Alan WelchWell, Trust me Anyway

Larry SantucciListen to the Quiet

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Whirligig #2Whirligig Renovation

Whirligig #1

This series of photos by Pat Schrader

The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park(Vollis Simpson: 1919-2013).

A project that was supported in part, by funding from the NC Arts Councilto support “Outsider” Art and to help vitalize the City of Wilson

http://folkart.org/mag/vollis-simpson

http://www.wilson-nc.com/whirligigs.cfmEditor’s Note: I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Simpsona few years before he passed away in 2013. He was still working in his studio most every day.

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• Get in Touch! Join the Club! E-mail: john@lifeskeepsakes.com• • Correspondence: Coastal Photo Club, Inc. • P. O. Box 585, New Bern, NC 28563-0585 Web: http://www.coastalphotoclub.com/• Facebook: “Like” us! Meetings: Unless otherwise announced, theCoastal Photo Club meets on the second Saturday of each month in the Scout Room, basement level, Centenary United MethodistChurch, 309 New Street, New Bern, NC. Visitors and guests are welcome!

COASTAL PHOTO CLUB OFFICERSPresident: John B Steady john@lifeskeepsakes.com < email: john@lifeskeepsakes.com

252-671-0288

Vice Pres.: Alan Welch reverierealm@gmail.com 252-637-4044

Secretary: Claire Hageman email: joclair@suddenlink.net 252-671-0701

Treasurer: Mary O’Neill mary.dibellaoneilll@gmail.com 252-652-7134

COMMITTEESTalent Development Chair: Sue WilliamsPublic Education Chair: Tom McCabe assistant: John SteadyCompetitions Chair: alan Welch assistants: archie lewis Joan BowerSpecial Events/Community Service Co-Chairs: Rick Meyer, Judy HillsWebmaster: alan Welch Field Trips: Chuck ColucciMedia: ed HallNewsletter Editor/Designer: evie Henderson Past Newsletter editor

& advisor Jeanne Julian assistant: Dave Slyck

We love to hear about your activities andaccomplishments or see samples of your work.

Please send items to:Evie Chang Henderson at:eviearts@embarqmail.com

approximately two weeks beforeeach monthly meeting.

Members, who are up to date with their dues, may submit from one to five photos for our club gallery photo section each month,

to be published as space allows. Please include your name and the title

of your work with your .jpg file. (example: JDoe Spring.jpg)Since this is an online publication,

your photo file need not be larger than 3MB.

Next Newsletter Deadline: Wednesday, May 25

C O A S T A L P H O T O C L U B

BENEFITS OF CPC MEMBERSHIP• Web portfolio: Display and edit your portfolio at no charge on the CPC web site.• Competition: Challenge yourself and receive feedback on your workthrough monthly competitions available only to members. Two juried competitions annually.• Instruction:In-house, hands-on workshops with experts and novices,and presentations by visiting pros, make meetings interesting and useful.• Exhibit your work: The CPC is regularly invited to mount exhibits in galleries and other public venues. Usually, you can offer your prints for sale.• Service: Give back to the community by doing what you love. CPC members have the opportunity to volunteer as photographers for local non-profit events and organizations.• Free newsletter: Our monthly newsletter offers photography tips andevent information. Submit your own images for publication.• Field trips: Enhance and practice your skills in new settings. Grouptravel makes it fun and affordable. Past trips include the Great Smoky Moun-tains, Duke Gardens, Wilmington, and the Pocosin Lakes Wildlife Refuge.• Discounts: At www.redriverpaper.com/myclub: enter the club code“coastal” when placing your order. The club also gets a commission eachtime you order. Ballantyne Framing and Art in New Bern offers a 15% artist discount to active CPC members.

About this Publication

Coastal Photo Club News is the monthly newsletter e-mailed free to members and friends of the CPC. Items highlighting the activities of the club, news, opportunities and awards as well as items related to thePhotography field submitted by members are encouraged and welcomed. The experience and accomplishments of our members are diverse but we en-courage learning and sharing. Members’ photos by our Club Gallery are especially encouraged. All image rights reserved by the photographers. our newsletter, then designed and edited by Jeanne Julian,was the recipient of the Small Club Division First Placeaward in the Photographic Society of America NewsletterContest for 2013 and for 2014. In 2015, the newsletter received an Honorable mention in the Large Club Division.