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Happy Thanksgiving! It’s starting to feel like fall with the weather getting cooler and the time changing. Our trip to Maine made that feeling even stronger with all the wonderful color we found! We had a great time and it was enhanced by a couple great group get togethers. Be sure and go to the general meeting on November 15th to see the photos that we took

along with the regular assignments and our alternate field trip to San Diego. Most of us took the train and had a great time with a beautiful day. John Bare will be our guest critiquer at the meeting.

The LENS meeting on “edit my image” has been moved from 11/8 to 11/29. There was a delay in getting the photos to be edited out to the members and we felt it was better to move the meeting and give the members more time to pro-cess the photos.

If you plan on going to the Holiday Party on December 6th which will be ca-tered by Buon Gusto, send your check for $20 each to Carole Cherchian or bring it to the next meeting. The deadline to sign up is Nov. 22nd. See flyer in this newsletter.

Veteran’s Day is November 11th. The PSOC board of directors would like to recognize and honor our U.S. military veterans. We thank them for their ser-vice. Please take a moment to read their service histories and accomplishments in the newsletter. There will also be a slideshow with their pictures at the 11/15 meeting to honor them.

The board is finalizing the field trips and assignments for 2019. As soon as I have the finals, I will email them to you so you can get your calendars marked for next year. Thanks go to Silvia Faris and Claudia Bennett for stepping up to help the club with the write ups for the monthly field trips next year. And to Al Russell who has set up our hotel for the spring overnight trip to Death Valley. To get your room reserved from 2/27 to 3/3, call the Stagecoach Motel and Ca-sino, 900 Highway 95, Beatty, NV., 775-553-2419. Say you are from PSOC and the room rate is $70.85 per night. More details to come. continued on pg 4

Table of Contents

President’s Letter 1

PSOC Info 2

Meeting Map 3

Meeting Info 4

Member Info 5

Nov Assignment 6-9

Nov Field Trip 10-12

Spring Field Trip 13

Lightroom Class 14

Edit My Photo 15

Honoring Veterans 16-17

Holiday Party 18-20

Map for Carpool 21

2018 Calendar 22

2018 What to Show 23

Member Photos 24-26

“One doesn’t

stop seeing

One doesn’t stop

framing,

It doesn’t turn on

and off, it’s on all

the time”

Annie Lebovitz

Meeting and Field Trip Information

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PSOC WEBSITE: PSOC WEBSITE: PSOC WEBSITE: PSOC WEBSITE: wwwwwwwwwwww.psoc.net.net.net.net

PSOC Mailing : 1230 Scioto Rd, #229A, PSOC Mailing : 1230 Scioto Rd, #229A, PSOC Mailing : 1230 Scioto Rd, #229A, PSOC Mailing : 1230 Scioto Rd, #229A,

Seal Beach, CA 90740Seal Beach, CA 90740Seal Beach, CA 90740Seal Beach, CA 90740

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Editor eEditor eEditor eEditor e----mail: mail: mail: mail: marthablake1940@gmail.commarthablake1940@gmail.commarthablake1940@gmail.commarthablake1940@gmail.com

Photo Submissions: Photo Submissions: Photo Submissions: Photo Submissions: psocphoto@gmail.compsocphoto@gmail.compsocphoto@gmail.compsocphoto@gmail.com

MEETING PLACE MEETING PLACE MEETING PLACE MEETING PLACE

FOR: FOR: FOR: FOR: PSOCPSOCPSOCPSOC

The Fount Church The Fount Church The Fount Church The Fount Church

(A United Methodist (A United Methodist (A United Methodist (A United Methodist

Community) Community) Community) Community)

18225 BUSHARD, 18225 BUSHARD, 18225 BUSHARD, 18225 BUSHARD,

F V , CA F V , CA F V , CA F V , CA

MAP ON PAGE 3 MAP ON PAGE 3 MAP ON PAGE 3 MAP ON PAGE 3

New Carpool Location—South end of the Auto Club of SoCal (AAA)

Board of Directors

Committee Members

Digital Show Tony Gilbert 714 925-1483

Norman Chu 949 846-1474

Deborah Anne 714 847-5619

Projectionist Tony Gilbert 714 925-1483

Refreshment /Hospitality

Kris Bonham 714 842-3641

Linda Gray 714 846-2948

Field Trip Claudia Bennett 714 892-7871

Silvia Faris 562 592-9807

Membership Bernd Steinebrunner 714 604-7924

Janet Clarke 714 966-3011

Mentor Program George Hagen 714 522-6827

Newsletter Martha Blake 541 923-1465

Ron Murphy 714 856-6503

Overnight Trips Kurt Bayless 714 893-4919

Deborah Anne 714 847-5619

Al Russell 714 281-0755

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Linda Calkins 714 847-5973

Ron Knievel 949 551-8111

Gordon Hastings 714 956-8337

LENS Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Linda Calkins 714 847-5973

Dan Anderson 714 348-3210

Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Facebook Carol Allen Calkins 714 963-2630

Assignments Stefan Steinberg 714 263-6824

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Frank Oliveri 714-473-7419

Ron Murphy 714 856-6503

Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

President Connie Terry 562 296-5031

Vice-President Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Sec/Treas Carole Cherchian 714 963-1505

Past President Kurt Bayless 714 893-4919

Directors George Hagen 714 522-6827

Al Russell 714 281-0755

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982 Dan Anderson 714 348-3210 Ron Knievel 253 209-9430

General Meeting November 15, 2018 @7PM

No December meeting

Field Trips December 2, 2015 - Mission Inn Festival of

Lights (date change)

No December field trip

LENS Meetings Nov 29th - Linda Calkins

Edit My Image

Special Events PSOC Holiday Party - December 6th

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THE FOUNT CHURCH (A UNITED

METHODIST COMMUNITY)

18225 BUSHARD, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA

The church campus is between Talbert and Ellis on the west side of the street

The meeting room for the PSOC monthly meeting is in the sanctuary, located in the

main building of the church with entrance off the patio in front of the church. We

meet at 6:30 for refreshments and a social time. The meeting starts at 7:00 and usual-

ly ends by 9:00 p.m.

The Learning Education Network (LENS) meets at 7:00 on Thursday evening, a

week earlier than the regular PSOC meeting, in the Sanctuary

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Meeting Info

Meeting is November 15th, 2018 @ 7PM

Refreshments and social time begins at 6:30PM. Photos

from the field trip to New England or San Diego and/or the

shooting assignment “Color as a subject” will be shown at the

meeting. John Bare will be our guest critiquer.

You can e-mail up to 3 images plus title photo to Digital Show Team @ psocphoto@gmail.com

on or before Tuesday Nov. 13th by 6 PM.

PICTURE THIS

WINSTON CHURCHILL-1941 BY YOUSUF KARSH

“By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent, he could have devoured me. It was at that instant that I took the photo-

graph.” –Yousuf Karsh

In the wake of the attack on pearl harbor, Churchill arrived in Ottawa,

to thank the allies for their assistance.

Unaware that a photographer had been commissioned to take his portrait he refused to remove his cigar. Once the photographer was set up he walked towards Churchill, removed the cigar from his mouth and took his famous photograph with the scowl. Of the inci-

dent, Churchill told Karsh “You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed.”

This image is one of the most widely reproduced political portraits. It gave photographers permis-

sion to take more honest, and even critical, portraits of political leaders

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No general meeting or LENS meetings in December! Be sure and send in the candid photos you took during the year of other members to the same email and sizing you use for the general meeting.

Dues are coming up for 2019. This year we are asking you to fill out a new membership form so we can better serve you and to also sign a liability release. You can get the form on the website under “Membership” or pick one up at the meeting. Send or bring the completed form to Carole Cherchian at 18427 Santa Alberta Cr, Fountain Valley, 92708. The deadline is January 31st.

Enjoy your turkey! Connie Connie Connie Connie

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Member Info

Members info

Cheryl del Toro has photography hanging in the HBAL Member’s Show at the library from Nov 4th - 29th.

The reception is Saturday, Nov 10th, 6-8:00 PM.

We have several members with photography on display at the 5th Annual Council Exhibition “Inspired” at the HB Art Center, 538 Main St., HB, from Nov 17th thru December 31st. There will be a reception on Nov. 17th from 6:30 to 9pm. Nancy and Gordon Anderson will have their photography displayed at the Corner Gallery of the HB Library from December 1 - December 30. There will be a “meet the artists” event on December 8th from 2 to 4. Ken Renk's photo has been chosen as one of the 20 winners of the JetBlue 20th Anniversary Art Contest at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. His photograph will be displayed at the Aquarium starting in De-cember for two months.

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Night Photography

Assignment to be shown at the January 24th meeting

By Frank Oliveri

Night photography is a subject of various techniques and approaches. It would require an entire book to cov-er the entire subject. Since I am restricted to two pages, I’ll have to be brief.

For the purpose of this write-up, “Night Photography” can be any photograph taken just after sunset and pri-or to sunrise.

Some categories to choose from are: 1. Stars & Moon as subjects

2. Cityscapes

3. People at Night

4. Patterns and shadows created by artificial light

Whichever category you choose, plan ahead. Scout out the location so you can assess the environment and problems you may encounter

Which ever category you choose, there are fundamentals that have to be considered;

1. Be mentally preparedBe mentally preparedBe mentally preparedBe mentally prepared to spend much time getting your shot. It’s not a point and shoot assign-ment.

2. Use a Tripod. This cannot be stress enough. In fact, as your photography skills grow, you will find

that it is almost impossible to live without a tripod.

3. Learn the manual se%ngs on your camera. Know what shu�er speed, aperture, and ISO you have

to choose to get the ideal exposure for the subject ma�er..

4. Use a shu)er release cable. This will help with the camera vibra#on. Wireless remotes or the cam-

era’s built in #mer are other op#ons.

5. Use the mirror lockup func-on. Mirror flip-up causes vibra#on in the camera and can lead to blurry

photos. Mirror lockup reduces camera vibra#on.

6. A head mounted flashlight – Used for viewing you camera settings.

7. A high intensity portable light – Used to light foregrounds and for light painting.

8. An off-camera flashgun. A variation of 7 above -This is used to light a dark foreground

and to light people in the foreground.

If you’re new to this type of photography, it’s going to take a few night shoots to get to know which cam-

era se)ngs are best for the situa#on. For example, if you’re shoo#ng an urban scene with moving vehicles,

you need a slow shu�er speed to capture the moving lights as streaks in a sta#onary background. If you’re

shoo#ng fireworks or a starry night, you might use a “bulb” se)ng (on a tripod of course). The required

camera and ligh#ng variables are almost endless. If you have it, use the RAW se)ng format. This provides

the most informa#on in your file, which allows greater la#tude in the final image.

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The following subjects are just a few you might consider:

urban traffic, nighttime street festivals, well lite fountains, OC Fair at night, the desert away from city lights

for starry heavens shots, Christmas lights and decorations, well lite buildings and monuments.

For beginners, don’t become discouraged with your first attempt. Keep shooting. Don’t hesitate to experiment.

“Film” is now cheap.

I suggest you look up the many tutorials on the subject to get a more in-depth knowledge on how to set up for

a particular situation. Just Google “Night Photography”.

And finally - Don’t be a Couch Potato. Go Out and Give it a Try

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November 2018 Field Trip

Mission Inn “Festival of Lights”

3649 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA

Date: Sunday, December 2, 2018 (date was moved from November 18th)

Meeting Time: 4:00 PM

Meeting Place: Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine & Cantina

Shooting Assignment: Night Photography (Sunset begins at 4:40 pm)

*** DON’T FORGET YOUR TRIPOD/MONOPOD ***

CarpoolCarpoolCarpoolCarpool

Meet at 2:45 pm2:45 pm2:45 pm2:45 pm at the south end of the parking lot located on the northeast corner of

Beach Blvd. and Stark Drive in Huntington Beach. This parking lot includes many busi-

nesses - Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), BJ's Restaurant, and Party

City. Drive time to Mission Inn: 1 hour.

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Early DinnerEarly DinnerEarly DinnerEarly Dinner ((((before night shootbefore night shootbefore night shootbefore night shoot))))

Meet up with fellow members at 4:00 pm4:00 pm4:00 pm4:00 pm at the Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine & Canti-Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine & Canti-Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine & Canti-Las Campanas Mexican Cuisine & Canti-nananana for some authentic Mexican cuisine creatively prepared using the freshest herbs and ingredients. Relax in their beautifully landscaped outdoor garden patio while enjoying a

margarita. The restaurant is located on the Mission Inn grounds.

Driving DirectionsDriving DirectionsDriving DirectionsDriving Directions

From Orange County/Beach CitiesFrom Orange County/Beach CitiesFrom Orange County/Beach CitiesFrom Orange County/Beach Cities:::: Take the 55 North to 91 East toward Riverside Exit University Avenue in Riverside - continue straight to Mission Inn Avenue Turn Left on Mission Inn Avenue Turn Right on Lime Street Turn Left on 6th Street

Enter at 6th Street & Orange Street if you want to use “VALET” parking ($20.00)Enter at 6th Street & Orange Street if you want to use “VALET” parking ($20.00)Enter at 6th Street & Orange Street if you want to use “VALET” parking ($20.00)Enter at 6th Street & Orange Street if you want to use “VALET” parking ($20.00)

Self ParkingSelf ParkingSelf ParkingSelf Parking

All City parking garages are FREEFREEFREEFREE on Sundays. All City parking lots and meters are FREEFREEFREEFREE

after 5:00 pm on Sundays. See Riverside parking map below.

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OverviewOverviewOverviewOverview

The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Southern California’s historic AAA-Four Diamond ho-tel, officially kicks off the holiday season on November 23, 2018November 23, 2018November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 with its 26th Annual “Festival of LightsFestival of LightsFestival of LightsFestival of Lights” celebration. It’s a free, six-week-long holiday extravaganza, featuring one of the nation's largest holiday light collections of its kind. The “Festival of Lights” is an annual gift to the community from property owners Duane and Kelly Roberts who saved the historic hotel from destruction in 1992.

The beloved Southern California tradition, recently named “Best Public Lights Display in the Nation” by USA Today, creates a magical, Disneyland-like experience in the heart of Riverside, and attracts more than 500,000 visitors from all over the world each year. It commences with the famous “Switch-On” Ceremony, a spectacular event in which the castle-like hotel is instantly illuminated with 5 million holiday lights, followed by a full fire-

works display.

Highlights of the “Festival of Lights” includes 200 animated figures including angels, elves and Dickens carolers; appearances by Santa Claus, the world’s largest man-made mistletoe, horse-drawn carriage rides, elf tuck-ins, freshly fallen snow, elaborately deco-rated Christmas trees, and delectable holiday confections at the famous Casey’s

Cupcakes (among other festive offerings).

For more information about the “Festival of Lights,” click on the following website:

https://www.missioninn.com/festivalhttps://www.missioninn.com/festivalhttps://www.missioninn.com/festivalhttps://www.missioninn.com/festival----ofofofof----lightslightslightslights----en.htmlen.htmlen.htmlen.html

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DEATH VALLEY FIELD TRIP

Our PSOC club trip to Death Valley is scheduled for four nights rather than the traditional three nights. We will be staying in Beatty, NV. It is a 45 minute drive from Beatty to the Stovepipe Wells area of the Valley. The room costs in Beatty are about a third of the cost of rooms in the valley itself. We have reserved 25 rooms at the Stagecoach Motel and Casino, 900 Highway 95, Beatty at a discounted rate of $70.85 per night, tax included. To make your room reservation call the motel at 1 (775) 553-2419 identifying yourself as being with the Photographic Society of Orange County. The motel is holding this block of rooms for PSOC only until January 27 and then any unreserved rooms will be released to the public.

We are planning a BYOB welcome reception on Wednesday evening. Feb 27, at the motel. We will have some of our members who have experience photographing Death Valley sta-tioned at the reception for you to gather maps, information and first hand knowledge of where and when to get your prize winning photographs. Also, we are scheduling a group luncheon on Friday, March 1, somewhere on the valley floor (location yet to be booked). That leaves the early morning and late afternoon open for photo outings. We will have AAA maps of Death Valley available for you soon. Also, some areas of the Park are difficult to reach with passenger cars, so we will have Jeep rental information for those who want to venture in to the hills. Here is a link to a website that will give you some idea of what there is to photograph -

https://photographylife.com/what-to-photograph-in-death-valley. And we are developing

additional reference material for you and will have that available in the near future.

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Lightroom Class taught by Barry Evans

Barry Evans has agreed to offer a comprehensive class on Lightroom to PSOC members.

The class will be held over three Thursday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM beginning in January:

January 31. Class will cover the Library Module, which allows you to bring images

from cameras, memory cards and other folders into a central sorting and storage point.

Keyword and Meta Data tagging allows you to mark your images with easily recog-

nized information allowing for painless retrieval of the images at a later date. You will

learn how to set up Lightroom and use it in a very organized way.

February 7. Class will cover the Develop Module, teaching you effective ways to

develop and process your images in an efficient and creative way. Barry will include

both basic instruction and advanced ideas on the use of all the controls in this module.

February 14. Class will cover the Printing Module, showing you how to prepare

images for printing on your own printer and how to prepare an image for printing by a

commercial printing lab. You will learn how to manage color profiles and how to

optimize your image for these printing mediums.

The cost for the class is $50 for all three classes or $20 per class if you choose only one or

two modules. This is a real bargain as Lightroom classes usually cost three or four times that

amount.

Reservations and pre-payment will be required.

Checks should be made out to Barry Evans. We will send this announcement out to all

members via email.

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Edit My Photo! is back for our November LENS Meeting. This has been popular over the past several years, and was originally created by Jon Zich. You’re getting this invitation well in advance of the November 8th LENS meeting to give you plenty of time to participate. I expect this year’s project will be another great success! By way of explanation, if this idea is new to you, “Edit My Photo!” is an exercise where our PSOC members perform post-processing edits on the same photos—but not necessarily their own pho-to! Using your own tools, techniques, and interpretation, you work on someone else’s original, un-edited photo, and create a final product based on your own esthetic. It may be as simple as trying to rescue a poorly exposed or composed image, or it could be a more complex edit of the image “requiring” a more creative application of your editing skills. The real fun culminates in our Novem-ber LENS meeting review of everyone’s submission of their work…it’s not only fun to see how oth-ers approached the same photo, but, for the original photographer, it’s particularly fun to see your image through other people’s eyes. So how do we start? If you plan to attend the November 8th LENS meeting, then you are invited to submit to me one or two images for consideration for this effort. Your criteria should be to sub-mit a photo you liked but just didn’t know how to approach with your editing, or you can choose a photo that you find interesting and think others will enjoy working on. I don’t want your finished product - I want your original, unedited file. If you shoot JPG, send me your JPG file…if you shoot RAW, send me your RAW file (in the club's standard JPG size/format). This is NOT a contest on how great your photograph is, so don’t sweat that - this is an exploration of post-processing possi-bilities, and more specifically, the creativity and variety of interpretations that are possible. Once I have I received photos from everyone, I will then come up with a half dozen or so images that I think would be the most interesting and fun to work with. At that point, I will then send out an-other email to you with a link to review the image choices so you can download those that you wish to work on. You can choose to work on as few or as many of the photos as you want. The timeline looks like this… So in Summary: 1) If you want to participate in the November 8th LENS meeting, and want to submit one or two photos (in the club's standard JPG size/format), email them to me no later than Saturday October 20th. 2) You will receive another email from me by Tuesday, October 23rd with the link to review and download the photos that you’re interested in working on from a Drop Box.

Linda Calkins

PSOC LENS Committee

3) When you are done with your post-processed images, you will submit them back to me via email or Drop Box (in the club’s standard JPG size/format) - the deadline is Thursday, November 1st.

Please let me know if you have any questions. My email is pixelmover19@yahoo.com.

Take care,

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PSOC ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY!

Thursday-December 6, 2018 at 6:30 PM

Greenbrook Homeowners Association Clubhouse

18222 Santa Joanana, Fountain Valley

See Map on Next Page

There will be a gift exchange. If you would like to participate, please bring a gift valued at approximately $15.

This will be a catered dinner provided by Buon Gusto of Huntington Beach. There will be three entrees including a vegetarian and gluten free choice. The fee

for the dinner is $20 each.

MENU

Alla Dio - Cubed chicken with broccoli and sun-dried tomatoes

in a garlic cream sauce

Grilled Vegetable Lasagna

Gluten free penne with meatballs and marinara sauce

Salad, bread and butter

PSOC will provide the appetizers, drinks and desserts. All you need to do is show up and enjoy the evening.

You may BYOB.

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Click on Map weblink below:

https://local.yahoo.com/info-21070360-greenbrook-homeowners-association-fountain-valley

18222 Santa Joanana

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

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New PSOC Carpool Location: South end of the Auto Club of SoCal (AAA) parking lot at the north-

east corner of Beach Blvd. and Stark Drive.

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MEMBER PHOTOS

Mike Whitmore

Kurt Bayless

Eric Walton

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Marianne Cohen

Jennie Breeze

Norm Chu

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Jan Clarke

Glen Buto

Martha Blake