The VIEW Finder
Sierra Club Photography Section
San Diego Chapter
September, 2001
"Wildlife in Everglades National Park"
Presented by Mel Forman
Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:00 PM
Tierrasanta Community Swimming Pool
11238 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard
At age 10 I picked up my mother's "Autograph Folding Kodak" and have been "bitten" by photography ever since. My first serious camera was a 4x5 Speed Graphic. It took 2-1/2 years on a waiting list during the Second World War to obtain…. Maybe that is where my "patience," waiting for the right shot, came from.
I owned "Forman Studios," a baby home portrait studio, for 25 years. During that time I always engaged in personal 35 mm photography.
Around 1970 I acquired my first "long lens," a 560 mm ƒ/5.6. It was that lens and its capabilities that introduced me to long lenses.
It is my main thrust into photography. I enjoy the intimacy that a very long lens affords us. It reveals details that the naked eye can't possibly discern. That lens is still in my possession and is as good as it was over 30 years ago.
I belonged to the Detroit Photo Guild for many years, competing in many categories, but primarily "Nature."
Moving to San Diego in 1979, I photographed the zoo animals, trying to make the images look like the animals were still in the wild. I still "shoot" them.
Between travel photos and zoo photography I have amassed thousands of images.
I am presently a member of the Photo Naturalist Camera Club. I have had the good fortune to have won two 1st place ribbons, a third place, many Honorable Mentions and Acceptances at the Del Mar Fair, along with other awards in San Diego Photography Club competitions.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Message from the Chair
An increasing number of SCPS members are adding "digital" to their repertoire of photographic skills.
Great!
Maybe you are wanting to join in but need a starting point. May I offer humble suggestions?
Here are some "best bets" I've learned with my group of digital photo buddies.
Printer: Epson 1280 (avoid Epson Premium Super Glossy paper).
Slide scanners: Nikon Group.
Flatbed scanners: Epson Group.
Computer RAM, 256-512. OS: Windows 98 Ver.2. (Your webmaster would disagree;
only an idiot would bother with Windows for photography. This site is made with
Macintosh, for instance)
Adobe Photoshop 6 to optimize your scans for printing and web sharing.
To reduce your software expenses 50-75% (Photoshop 6 is $285 instead of $799) shop at Graduate Ltd., 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite J, San Diego, CA, (858) 569-5995. You will need a student ID card available for 50 cents from the Metro Career Center, 8401 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA, (858) 627-2545. You need not be a (full-time) student to get the card, but they have wonderful free classes for all this digital stuff.
Steve Cirone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hot Flashes____________________
Quote: "Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and the wonder surrounding him." --Ansel Adams
-------------------------------------------------------
Member's work selected for the 2001 Del Mar Fair Exhibition of Photography:
Jo Ann Ginepra - honorable mention
MOPA Exhibit: July 29 - Oct. 21 Navigating by Light, Philipp Scholz Ritterman's photographs using urban lighting, firelight and moonlight to illuminate his subjects.
SD Natural History Museum lecture & booksigning: October 8 at 7 p.m.
Embark on a visual journey with internationally acclaimed landscape and nature
photographer Art Wolfe through California's beautiful and diverse natural landscapes
captured through the vivid images of his new book, California. To register phone
(619) 232-3821 ext. 203 or visit www.sdnhm.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The VIEW Finder:
have your submission to the Editor by the 21st of the month. If you would like to receive a soft copy edition , please send your e-mail address to Tony Mournian at mournian@acusd.edu
Volunteers/Officers____________
Chair Steve Cirone (858) 279-1248 photoloco@juno.com
Membership Everett Mehner (619) 232-9271 ecmehner@home.com
Treasurer Leo Holland (858) 455-1033
Advertising Karl Grobl (858) 689-1963 karl@karlgrobl.com
Web Master Ken Rockwell (858) 453-2099 ken@kenrockwell.com
Program Karl Grobl (858) 689-1963 karl@karlgrobl.com
Activities Ken Rockwell (858) 453-2099 ken@kenrockwell.com
Hospitality Karen LeCates (619) 523-5307 clecates@sdtg.com
Refreshments Robin & Blair Frances (619) 222-4566
Technical Guru. Wendell Glen (619) 696-6615
Editor Carolyn Barkow (619) 697-4969 itzmeee@home.com
Our Sponsors___________________
Special thanks to these photo businesses (alphabetically) for supporting the Sierra Club Photography Section. Please support them, too!
Camera Exposure 2703 Adams Avenue (619) 640-5300
Chrome (two locations) 2345B Kettner or 6150 Lusk Blvd. # B104 233-3456 or 452-1500
Chromacolor 1953 India Street (619) 232-9900 www.chromacolor.com
George's Camera 3837 30th Street San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 297-3544
Nelson Photo Supplies 1909 India Street 234-6621
Watts Color Lab 8624 Cuyamaca St, Ste C Santee, CA 92071 (619) 631-6348