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Last week, in my Learnshop "Taking a Shot In the Dark" I made reference to the book, "The Negative" by Ansel Ad-ams. If you don't have this book, you should get it, be-cause it is perhaps the best, most useful treatise on pho-tographic technique ever written. Yes, it's about film, but 90% of what he discusses is just as relevant in today's digital world. I started to say, "Go order it from Amazon, now!" when it occurred to me, that right now, you can't. An author-ized Ansel Adams title (there are many "unauthorized" ones, that reprint his public domain works) is only avail-able from Little, Brown & Company. When he selected them as his publisher, it was because they were the only ones who could faithfully reproduce his images to his exacting requirements. Little, Brown & Company is owned by the Hachette Book Group (as an interesting aside, Hachette's CEO started out as an editor for Little, Brown & Co.). If you are at all active on the inter-net (and most of us are), you may know that Hatchette and Amazon are having a little spat right now, and you basically cannot buy their books off of amazon.com (although maybe you can buy used copies).
There was an interesting arti-cle in the New York Times that reported that Amazon was not being monopolistic (that is, they can dictate terms to their buyers), but rather, that they were exhib-iting monopsonistic behavior (that is, they can dictate terms to those they buy from). Of course, this is not a legal indictment of Amazon, but it is interesting to see "the Internet" upset with Jeff Bezos again (he apparently didn't learn the first time with his patenting of "one click buy" that, like Mother Na-ture, you do not want to up-set "the Internet"). This is a "Clash of the Titans," so to speak, as neither com-pany is slim pickins, and book publishers might be hard pressed to make the case that they are aggrieved, hav-ing had their own share of anti-trust issues to deal with in recent years. But the Court of Public Opin-ion sometimes has bigger clout than any judicial circuit. Don't tell me I can't have my Ansel Adams, James Patter-son and J.K. Rowling! Some of you might have no-ticed that it rained on Adobe's cloud a few weeks ago. Maybe you didn't, or simply don't care. But again, "the Internet" was not happy.
Personally, I wasn't surprised, as I haven't bought into the Adobe cloud thing. Under-stand that professionally, my company has bet its future on cloud technology and I am actively involved with a num-ber of "cloud" projects. But Adobe "Creative Cloud" is not about technology, it is about marketing and sales. Adobe made a bet that changing the cash flow equa-tion in their favor would ei-ther not be noticed, or would alienate fewer customers than it would bring in. Or something like that. But ask the plethora of folks who could not use their Photo-shop for 24 hours what they think of that idea. "The Internet" was not happy! And just today, Apple an-nounced their new operating system, "Yosemite." Cool name, but meh? It is seriously sad when your sales pitch is "It's more like the iPhone!" (only a year or two later!). And this from a guy that prefers OS/X to Win-dozeXX! The Steve is proba-bly rolling in his grave...
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Choices Mike Boatright, SPS President May 2014 Volume 1, Issue 5
Exposure Notes The Monthly Newsletter of the Southeastern Photographic Society
Est. 1976
Upcoming Events
June SPS Meeting, Friday
June 6, 2014, 7:30 PM
SPS Coffee & Critique,
Saturday June 14, 9:00 AM
Deadline for entries and
entry fees to the 2014 SPS
ACP Show, June 30, 2014
SPS MEMBERS ONLY
Inside this issue:
May Black and White Print Winners
2
May Digital Winners 3
May Color Print Winners
4
Gardens Around Atlanta
5
Meet A Member 6
How To Submit Your Digital Entries
7
Logistics and Board Contacts
8
Page 2 Exposure Notes
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
HM1
HM2
Black and White Prints
May 2014
Theme: Winter
Judge: Kevin Ames
1st - Carl Fredrickson
“Frozen Maple”
2nd - Paul Rodgers
“Solitude”
3rd - Jeff Milsteen
“Alone in the Cold”
4th - John McGinn
“Winter Park”
HM1 - Ann Nettles
“The Cabin”
HM 2 - Greg Comstock
“Sixes Road Mill”
HM 3 - Stephen Weiss
“Chill Bison Chill”
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HM3
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Page 3 Exposure Notes
1st
2nd
4th
HM1
Digital
May 2014
Theme: Winter
Judge: Kevin Ames
1st - Carl Fredrickson
“The Walker ”
2nd - Paul Shimek
“Tree Blossoms in the Snow”
3rd - Melinda Anderson
“Local Landmark in the Snow”
4th - Jeff Milsteen
“Walking in a Winter
Wonderland”
HM 1 - Joey Thompson
“Snowball”
HM 2 - Stan Kalish
“Van Gough Meets Atlanta
Winter”
HM2 3rd
Page 4 Exposure Notes
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
HM1
Color Prints
May 2014
Theme: Winter
Judge: Kevin Ames
1st - Paul Rodgers
”Crystallized Nature”
2nd - Jeff Milsteen
”Outflanking the Cold”
3rd - John McGinn
“City Street”
4th - John Nichol
“Winter Harbor”
HM 1 - Carl Fredrickson
“I Hate Winter”
HM 2 - Steven Weiss
“Steamy River”
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HM2
Known for stone walled gardens, amphitheatre, and hanging gardens. Address: 3218 Roscoe Road, Roscoe, Georgia Website: dunawaygardens.com Admission: $10 Hours: Open selected weekend days in April, May and June; 10 AM to 4 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 4 PM on Sundays. 4. Gibbs Gardens. Sixteen gardens on 220 acres in Cherokee County. Opened to the public in 2012. Known for daffodils, ferns, and lane shaded by maples and cypress Address: 1897 Gibbs Drive, Ball Ground, Georgia. Website: gibbsgardens.com Admission: $20 Hours: June 12 to December 12 open 9 AM to 5 PM Wednesday to Sunday. 5. Smith-Gilbert Gardens. The 16 acre garden is associated with the historic Hiram Butler House, built in 1880. The garden features over 3000 plant species. Known for its sculp-tures as well as gardens. Address: 2382 Pine Mountain Road, Kennesaw, Georgia Website: smithgilbertgardens.com Admission: $7 Hours: Closed Monday. 9 AM to 4 PM Tuesday through Sunday. 6. Vines Gardens. When all I could find about the gardens was direc-tions on how to get there, it peaked my interest: I-285 east to Exit 39B; take US 78 east for 21 miles; turn left on Hoke Okelly Road, then left on Oak Grove Road. Known for 25 acre garden and model railroad.
There are a number of gardens in and around Atlanta. Most have sea-sonal plants, so that there is some-thing to photograph year around. You probably already know of some of these, but there are few smaller gardens you might find intriguing. Below, in no particular order, is a brief overview of the gardens to help you plan your next trip.
1. Atlanta Botanical Garden. Yep, everyone knows about ABG. Why not. It’s well done, large, and easy to find. Known for it’s orchid house, Japanese garden, desert plants, and high elevation plants.
Address: 1345 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta Website: atlantabotanicalgarden.org Admission: $18.95 Hours: Closed Monday/Tuesday—Sunday 9 AM to 7 pM (May to Octo-ber) May to September open to 10 PM on Thursdays for Cocktails in the Garden 2. Barnsley Gardens. The garden was started with the purchase of the land in 1840. Now its home to Barns-ley Resort. Known for it’s 19th cen-tury boxwood garden, wildflower meadow, and rose arbor. Address: 597 Barnsley Gardens Road, Adairsville, Georgia Website: barnsleyresort.com Admission: $10 Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 PM on Sundays 3. Dunaway Gardens. Started as a “theatrical training ground” and lo-cated approximately 6 miles from Newnan. Restoration began in 2000 and opened to the public in 2005.
Address: 3500 Oak Grove Road, Loganville, Georgia Website: gwinnettcounty.com Admission: Check website Hours: Sunrise to sunset, unless oth-erwise posted. 7. Callaway Gardens. Started by Cason Callaway and hs wife Vriginia in the 1930s, the gardens opened to the public in 1952. Operated by a foundation, the gardens are also offer a 2,600 acre resort complex. Known for the butterfly house, na-tive plants, huge azalea garden (peak bloom late March to April) and seasonal events. Address: 17800 US 27, Pine Mountain, Georgia Website: callawaygardens.com Admission: $18 to $25 Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM 7 days a week 8. State Botanical Gardens of Georgia. The gardens are located just minutes outside of Athens and offer a huge variety of plants and gardens, lots of educational oppor-tunities, hiking trails, and artwork exhibits, and festivals and live music. Address: 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia Website: botgarden.uga.edu Admission: Free Hours: Grounds 8 AM to 8 PM seven days a week; Visitors Center closed Mondays, 9 AM to 4:30 PM Tuesday through Saturday, 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday.
Gardens around Atlanta
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tend any workshop I can go to and do Kelby One training online. 5. Tell us about your equip-ment. I originally shot with a Nikon D7000, but last year I pur-chased a Nikon D800. My lenses are 17-35mm 2.8, 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8, 80-400mm 4-5.6 and a 105 macro lens. I have many fil-ters, but my favorite is a Lee Big Stopper filter. 6. What is your favorite subject/what inspires you? I love to shoot landscapes and travel. I have trav-eled to over 20 countries and I am always ready to go to another. I also enjoy street photography and photojournalism. Some of the photographers who inspire me most are Michael Kenna, Sebas-tioa Selgado, Mary Ellen Mark and Jay Maisel. 7. If you do your own post-production work, what software are you using? I love to work in Photoshop and Lightroom 5. I also have OnOne and Nik Software.
1.Where do you live in Atlanta? I am currently living in Loganville, GA, with my husband and our 17 year old son.
2.What is your profession? I graduated from the Art Institute of Boston majoring in graphic design and advertising. After college, I worked in a few advertising agencies and did some freelance work. I pro-duced a package design for Coca-Cola and Disney in the 1990's. I had taken film photography in college and al-ways loved it. Three years ago, I de-cided to get serious about photogra-phy and was given a digital camera by my son-in-law who repairs cameras. I enrolled in photography at the Art Institute of Atlanta and took a few basic classes.
3.How long have you been a mem-ber of SPS? I joined SPS in October of 2011. 4. How long have you been into photography, and how did you get started? I have always done photog-raphy, but never seriously. I now at-
8. Do you do your own printing? What type of printer do you use? I do print my own images on an Epson 3000. I love trying different pa-pers, espe-cially love Canson and Moab papers, but have tried several. 9. Anything else you'd like to share about yourself or your photogra-phy? I really enjoy this group and we have some of the best presenta-tions! I appreciate how hard the offi-cers and board work to bring us such great events. I am always ready to go out and shoot, send me a email and we will have some fun. I hope in the future to assist with some club activities. Thanks SPS!
Meet A Member—Ann Nettles
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Choices (continued)
There was a day when Eastman Ko-dak was pretty much the only game in town. Did you know that Kodak owned most of the patents on the digital technology that we use today? In the end, the patents were the only thing left of value in the company. What strikes me about all of this that in each case, a company could not see past its own business model. The jury may be out on some of those compa-nies and time will just have to tell. But what I am learning after about 35 years in the technology business is that there is always somebody out
there with a more creative idea, that new, new thing that will transform everything. For me, after 15 years of using Photoshop (since Version 3.5), I'm starting to learn onOne's Perfect Photosuite (thank you, Laura Kresmin!) and continue to be amazed at what I can do with a well exposed JPEG in Snapseed on my iPad. I guess I'm finally learning that life is too short to be beholden to any one product or manufacturer and
that at any given time, the wise pho-tographer will use the best tools avail-able to him or her at the time to ex-press their vision and creativity. Guess it is always a good thing to be learning new skills and to grow and improve your craft...and at the same time, reach back and learn from some of the old masters whose skill and technique remain enduring.
Our projector supports 1080p,
meaning its resolution is 1920 x
1080 pixels.
Aspect Ratio Change
Aspect ratio refers to the ratio
between width and height. The
35mm / APS-C size all of our stan-
dard cameras produce is 1.5 : 1,
meaning the width is one and a
half times the height.
Our projector’s aspect ratio is
1.77 : 1. Your image will have to be
cropped a bit top and bottom or
display some black borders.
Sizing your image un-cropped
If you want to display your image
un-cropped, size it so that it fits
within the 1920x1080 projector
dimensions. Both horizontal and
vertical images will show some
black margin on the sides.
Lightroom
In Lightroom, set the Export
Image Sizing to 1920x1080.
These are constraints, so
Lightroom will automatically
size the image without crop-
ping to fit in these dimen-
sions
How to Size Your Image for Digital Submission
Photoshop
In Photoshop, for both
horizontal and vertical
images set the height to
1080 and allow the width
to size automatically (it
should end up around 1624
for horizontal and 718 for
vertical). The projector will
have empty black space
left and right.
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Submission
Submissions are due no later than 9:00
PM on the Thursday before the monthly
meeting. Email your images to
[email protected]. If you’ll enter
“competition” or “submission” in the sub-
ject line, you’ll get an automated acknowl-
edgement of receipt of your image.
Exposure Notes is published monthly by the Southeastern Photographic Society P. O. Box 49646, Atlanta, GA 30359. Newsletter Submittals: Information and articles for the newsletter should be submitted one week prior to the meeting
date. Articles should be sent electronically to Josh Earhart at [email protected] (please no .pdf documents).
Meeting Location and Time: The Southeastern
Photographic Society (SPS) normally meets in the
Fellowship Hall of Briarcliff Baptist Church, 3039 Briarcliff
Road, on the first Friday of each month at 7:30 PM.
Directions: Take the Clairmont Road exit from I-85. Go
south on Clairmont Road toward Decatur/Emory. At first
light, turn right onto Briarcliff Road. Take the first left
past the QT station and the wrought iron fence. This is
the driveway to the church parking lot closest to the
entrance for the meeting. An awning labeled 7'6" CLEAR
covers the entrance to the hall that leads to the Fellow-
ship Hall.
SPS Board Member and Committee Chair Contact Information
President Mike Boatright [email protected]
Vice President Cherie Truesdell [email protected]
Secretary Stan Kalisch [email protected]
Treasurer Elton Saulsberry [email protected]
Competitions Ray Davis
Facilities Charles Pinckney
Programs Jack Martin
Membership Christy Murray
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