Focal Points September 2021 Final

Focal Points Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine

September, 2021

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Focal Points Magazine

Due to current directives from The Sierra Club, we will be holding our October 14, 2021 meeting on-line.

I will be contacting everyone when the time comes with instructions as to how to access via Zoom.

Contents 14. Meetings and Outings 18. Joe's How-To 24. Member Photos 74. Black and White Pages 86. Contributor's Bio's 100. Notes and Announcements

Focal Points Magazine

108. Photo of the Month

Published monthly by the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Camera Committee, John Nilsson, Editor.

109. Parting Shot

Questions and comments can be directed to John at 213-266-2224 Follow us on Instagram

Cover Photo Credit:

@SCCameraCommittee for news and announcements

©Thomas Loucks, All Rights Reserved

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#SierraClubCameraCommittee to see what our members are up to.

Tag us in your posts, too!

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Notes from the Chairman The Camera Committee is hoping to get more members to use our Instagram hashtag: The Camera Committee is hoping to get more members to use our Instagram hashtag: #SierraClubCameraCommittee in their posts so we can all see what our members are up to. We are adding a “Follow Us” note to Focal Points Magazine but it would be swell to bulk up a little for the expected new visitors.

Right now, our feed is mostly me and Joe (How-To) Doherty. Maybe you could help us prove that Joe and I are not trying to monopolizing the CamCo social media? We just need more tags from a variety of members. So could you please tag us in a couple of posts in the coming days and help fill-out our feed? It will show everyone that we have some pretty cool talent amongst us.

Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time.

Of course, it would be even better if you tagged us when appropriate going forward, too.

Thanks for considering this request. And thanks for your anticipated tags.

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Cover Photo Story:

Between Clearing Storms: Mid-May in the Pyrenees Thomas A. Loucks

My wife and I had targeted mid-May for our trip to the French Pyrenees, and our intentions were hiking, cycling, and landscape photography; a number of factors constrained the timing of our trip, and we recognized that we’d be too early for wildflowers. A professional landscape photographer had once told me that he could never design a photography workshop for the Pyrenees because all the valleys trend North-South, with no easy way to move a group from one valley to the next. I was determined to prove him wrong, and indeed I managed to find a series of valleys that radiate more or less from a center. Even better, the area I chose includes the National Park of the Pyrenees, and also included a fabulous-looking hotel near but outside of goodsized village (Luz-St. Sauveur). We booked our flights and were off! (The easiest access to the central French Pyrenees is to connect into Pau, Tarbes, or Lourdes, otherwise Toulouse.)

flowing, and there were waterfalls everywhere. Water was seeking every means of descending, and even the roads at times were covered with sheets of water. I’ve never seen anything like it – and thus we eliminated the cycling! Every morning met us with parting rains or fresh snow, clearing clouds, and the trails were soggy but hikeable. Then, by mid-day, we generally had impressive views and maybe some sunshine. We may have been a week or more early, but then we saw waterfalls and clearing spring storms such as we’d never seen or photographed, and we pretty much had the mountains to ourselves (the number of day hikers was nil, but we did see alpinists armed with ice axes who were headed for the snowfields).

Our readers doubtlessly know that the Pyrenees form the border of France with Spain, so the only location map we’ll use is one for our trip (Figure 1), depicting an area of 195 square miles located south Lourdes, France, and north of the Spanish border.

The Pyrenees are not as tall as the Alps, but the height difference from valley floor to summits is actually taller than that of the Alps or the Rockies. This difference affords potential for spectacular scenery: 8,200 feet from prominent valley towns to typical summits, vs 7,300 feet in the Alps and less in Colorado.

Never before have I seen so much water. We discovered firsthand where “Springtime in the mountains” meets typical Pyrenean weather: winds are from the north, and thus precipitation falls on the French side of the mountainous border, and the Pyrenees are already known for being one of the wettest regions in France. Says the internet, “Wet cool springs are typical, with a good amount of rainfall, and the rivers are swollen with snowmelt.” And so it was!

Our hotel suited us perfectly and was located high on a hillside in the village of Viscos (Map - above right). The owners had remodeled rooms in former houses, and thus the rooms were spacious and comfortable, and the food was delicious. www.grangeauxmarmottes.com.

More specifically, we encountered spectacular weather between clearing (and almost daily) storms, but, between snowmelt runoff and continuing snow and rain squalls, the streams were swollen and over4

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Gavarnie:

Naturally our first goal was to see the Cirque de Gavarnie, an enormous glacial cirque with a staggering headwall that forms the border with Spain and which sets the stage for Europe’s tallest waterfall outside of Norway. It’s 3.5 miles up a dirt road (Right) from town to a restaurant in the cirque basin, and then onward by trail to the Headwall.

Due to the continuing storm, we decided to retreat and return later in our sojourn!

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Next morning, the weather was socked in, so we visited the morning street market in Argelès-Gazost, and then we further delayed our plans for a hike to Lac d’Estom by touring the falls at the Cascade de Lutour.

Lutour:

(Photo Right) - depicts one of the falls along the Lutour, this one including a footbridge across its base. One can park at any number of trailheads or drive farther upstream to the principal trailhead for Lac d’Estom and beyond to Spain. The Lutour falls are magnificent, and to my right (as I take this photo), the Marcadau river enters from Pont d’Espagne to the east, and there is even a spa with hot springs.

Lac d’Estom: (Elev. 1804m = 5,919 feet with a hike of 3.5 miles and climb of 1,480 feet). Today was pretty typical: we started the morning with the risk of rain or drizzle, and it would clear up as we hiked uphill. There was a Refuge (Below) at the lake that would sleep 28 in summer, but it was still closed. Beyond the lake, the trail

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continued over the border and into Spain. Cloud cover contained the peaks above the lake while we were there, so better images (Figures 5 and 6) show trip down when, of course, the clouds did part and the vistas were stunning as the sun broke through.

Pont d’Espagne: Named for trade routes

from Spain (over the Pyrenees) dating at least to the 1800s, Pont d’Espagne (Below) is a major trailhead with multiple parking lots serving numerous hiking trails. There is a main building with restaurant and shops, but atop one of the cascades is a fabulous restaurant housed in an old stone inn – perfect for after-hike-refreshments (we sampled it to be sure!).

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Lac de Gaube: (Elev. 1725m = 5,660 feet with a hike

of 4.5 miles from Pont d’Espagne and a climb of 2,200 feet).

(Right). We stayed at the lake for an hour or so, hoping that the clouds would lift, but we never saw the spectacular Vignemale, the highest summit in the French Pyrenees (3,298m (10,820 ft)), close to the Spanish border and itself bordered by the Glacier d’Ossoue.

Marcadau (Spain) – The Vallée du Marcadau (Below) is a broad and picturesque valley, and we hiked many miles up a wide trail as the route wends its way to the Spanish border and beyond.

Lac d’Estaing:

(Elev. 1,163 m): (Right) The morning sun was actually shining as we drove up the Estaing valley to the lake and the valley’s principle trailhead; we drove past picturesque farmhouses along the way, with fruit trees blossoming. The peaks to the south tower over the valley at elevations of 3,000m.

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Return to Gavarnie:

With the daily storms tailing off, it was time for us to return to Gavarnie, France’s most popular scenic venue. We hustled up the now-dry 3.5 mile jeep trail only to realize that the cirque is far too massive to capture with anything other than a fisheye lens – the closer we got, the better we could see the waterfall, but the landscape was overwhelming my wide-angle lens. Alternatively, from farther back, the cirque is well seen but France’s largest waterfall (422 m = 1,384 feet) hardly shows up! (Right).

Pragnères:

Any day that we drove south from our hotel or Luz-St. Sauveur, we noted a massive hydropower plant at Pragnères (Map - Page 5), operated by Électricité de France (“EDF”). We regret that we did not learn of their daily tours until after returning home to the States. This plant produces enough electricity for domestic use of a populace of 335,000 people, and, to do so, it taps some 22 reservoirs and streams which are linked by 25 miles of tunnels, untold miles of pipe, and some 30 take-out points (Right). Having observed some of these structures, we asked the locals who informed us that EDF not only recycles water while generating power via pumped storage, but, if they sense that snowmelt will lead to too much water in one location, they can shuttle existing water to a different reservoir to use the total resource more effectively over the season.

We retain great memories from our trip, and we are grateful that we did it when we did it. If we returned, however, now we’d go slightly later in the season, both to continue to avoid the crowds but in hopes of capturing some fair-weather views of the summits which by then might be hosting expanses of wildflowers.

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Meetings and Outings

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Sierra Club Camera Committee --

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Sierra Club Camera Committee --

December 9, 2021 Meeting

Member’s Show!

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Joe’s How-to

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Joe’s How-To Calibration

money and it seemed very complex. But the need to calibrate crept up on me until it became inevitable. Now I calibrate everything – camera, scanner, monitor, printer – and not only do I get consistent color, it makes my workflow much easier.

Joe Doherty

joedohertyphotography@gmail.com

I cut my teeth in a world where serious photographers bought film by the case, sacrificed one roll for a series of tests to determine the true speed and color balance of the batch, and refrigerated the rest. In the twenty years that I’ve been doing digital color photography it’s become progressively easier for the average photographer to recreate that process, and surpass it. Consumerlevel calibration packages and professional services give the rest of us control that was undreamed of 40 years ago.

Ansel Adams once compared color photography to playing an out-of-tune piano. When we calibrate each piece of equipment we tune the piano by creating a profile. Cameras have profiles. If you use Adobe Lightroom you probably already use a profile in the Develop Module, such as Adobe Standard or Adobe Vivid. As you switch between them you can see how they interpret the colors captured by your camera. Vivid is more contrasty and more saturated than Standard, but the underlying relationships among the colors remain unchanged.

The purpose of calibration is to standardize the process of color imaging. It provides a “true” baseline of what was photographed, and a system for keeping color and contrast consistent online and in print. It significantly reduces the number of things I need to worry about, giving me more time and energy to create.

I use the X-Rite (now Calibrite) ColorChecker Passport to create custom profiles for my cameras. This involves shooting a color chart and passing it through software that creates a new profile (Figures 1a-1c). The chart is standardized. The software knows what combinations of Red, Green, and Blue to expect from each square, and it creates a profile that adjusts the colors to match what was photographed. In the case of my camera, the custom profile changes the relationship among the colors. It gives me more vivid blues and magentas than the Adobe profiles, while leaving the yellows and oranges unchanged. It is tuning the colors.

The need for calibration has been around for a long time. A clothing designer who commissions a catalog wants her cerulean blue dress to be cerulean blue on the page. A museum wants a catalog with images that faithfully represent the objects in its collection. Both of these have been traditionally accomplished by including a standardized color chart within the image frame, which the printer would then use to calibrate her presses. Now we can incorporate the color chart seamlessly into our workflow at home, calibrating every step in the process.

The differences are subtle but important. If I’m shooting deep purple lupines on the shore of Lake Tahoe, I want the file I start with to be as close as possible to an accurate representation of the scene (Figure 2). From

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that baseline I make artistic judgments about color, saturation, and contrast in my processing. This profile is my default for landscape photography, but I don’t always use it. Sometimes I decide that it isn’t appropriate (in portraiture, for instance), and I use Adobe Neutral.

Figure 1a. Adobe Standard

Figure 2 - Lake Tahoe Lupines

I also calibrate my scanner. I’ve been scanning film and prints since 2001, but I never calibrated my scanner before last year. I’m so glad I did. It’s made my workflow much easier as I no longer spend hours adjusting the color and contrast of old slides in post-processing. I use the software and calibration targets from Silverfast on an Epson V850 Pro scanner. I won’t go into great detail about it here, but reach out to me if you’d like more information.

Figure 1b. Adobe Vivid

Both of the preceding steps are about calibrating image inputs. Now I’ll turn to outputs. The first (and arguably most important) is your monitor. In the simplest terms, for each pixel on your monitor the computer sends an instruction to display a specific value of Red, Green, and Blue (between 0 and 255 for each color in sRGB).

The aforementioned cerulean blue, for example, is RGB(42,82,190). This raises an obvious question. Does your monitor display what it was intructed to display?

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To answer that, you need a colorimeter and calibration software. I use an old X-Rite Colormunki colorimeter, with X-Rite software. Calibrite now sells the ColorChecker Display, which is functionally the same thing.

what you get in the final output.

If you are printing, the final output is usually on paper or metal. Each printer and paper/metal combination has its own characteristics that affect the color and contrast of your final artwork. Good labs will have a custom profile made for each combination, and they will update it on a regular basis.

They do this by printing out a color chart, reading it with a colorimeter, and using software to adjust the instructions sent to the printer so that the output is the intended color. Many labs will publish their printer profiles, which you can download and use to soft-proof your image (both Lightroom and Photoshop allow soft-proofing). That way you can have a pretty good idea what your finished print will look like before it leaves your desktop.

There are several key steps in calibrating your monitor. With the colorimeter in place on your screen and the software running, use your monitor’s controls to set the brightness to a value between 80 and 100.

(Adobe recommends 120, but I have found that my prints come out dark if I set it to that high a value.) You also choose a Gamma value, which is contrast. A value of 2.2 is standard, but since I print on matte papers I use a lower contrast value of 1.8.

At this point your monitor is ready to be calibrated. Your computer sends it instructions to display a flickering parade of different colors. The colorimeter measures each one and passes the RGB values to the software. The software takes what the colorimeter measures and compares it with the original instructions. If the color displayed is different from the instructions, the software adjusts the instructions so that the proper color will be displayed. A profile (.icc file) is created, that contains all of the new instructions for displaying color on that specific monitor. This profile will adjust the values that your computer instructs the monitor to display images so that the intended color is what you see on the monitor. The profile is “tuning” the monitor.

If you are printing your own work, it’s worth the money to have a custom profile created for the printer/paper combination(s) you like to use. We have a Canon Pro 2000 printer, and Velda and I use six different papers on a regular basis, mostly from Hahnemuhle. So we have six different custom printer profiles. It’s very possible to download profiles from the paper manufacturer websites, but from what I’ve seen these are only almost good enough. The difference between “almost good enough” and a custom color profile is the difference between a digital music file and an original vinyl record. A custom profile has greater separation in the highlights and shadows, and it will faithfully render the subtle colors you can see on your calibrated monitor. The difference in the emotional impact can be surprising.

Having a well-tuned monitor is crucial if you want to do more than share your images on social media. For example, printers can only produce what they are sent.

A poorly calibrated monitor may result in prints that are too green (monitor has a magenta tint), too dark (monitor is too bright), or too contrasty (monitor is low contrast). In the film era it was easy to blame the lab for these errors, but now the blame may rest on the photographer’s shoulders. The goal, as always, is to have consistency so that what you see in the field and on your screen is 20

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Outings 2021: The Sierra Club Re-Opens For Outings

by Joan Schipper, Camera Committee Outings Co-Chair It was a wretched day in the Spring of 2020 when the Sierra Club told us to wipeout our scheduled outings and meetings. The entire calendar became tentative. In the grand scheme of the pandemic, a few lost outings and the conversion to Zoom meetings was not much hardship. But gosh, it’s good to bring the re-opening news.

Effective July 5th the Sierra Club, the Angeles Chapter - the West LA Group and the Camera Committee – are all back in the “business” of organizing and conducting outings!

Of course, things have changed a bit. Notably we will be operating under a new set of evolving COVID Outings Protocols in addition to our usual safety and procedural rules.

So, when next you join an outing, expect to see a few changes.

Here are somethings to bear in mind.

• Reduced group size. This fits the CamCo nicely as our typically small groups of 8 to 12 are fine.

• Masks are required only for indoor close quarters (for example shared vehicles, restaurants, visitor centers) and are optional for outdoors. So, carpools are back! Picnics are fine! Happy hour around the picnic table is restored! Of course, we will all be a bit more conscious of the way we share things. Less dipping, more spooning. Tongs may become a new car camp essential.

The mask rules amp-up if there are minors on the trip. Please check the protocols.

• We will abide by state, county, and local regulations regarding masks, social-distancing, and occupancy limits.

• Vaccinations will not be required and must not be a pre-requisite for inclusion in daytrips. Outings write-ups will carry a reminder that participants may be exposed to other participants who may not be vaccinated. Participants will make their own decisions on whether to join based on this information.

• For multiday outings, a medical questionnaire is required and is intended for the leaders’ use in determining fitness for an activity only. Leaders will not share medical information with anyone in or outside the outing unless medical assistance is required.

• Also for multiday outings, vaccination is required when overnighting indoors. Exemptions are allowed for persons with a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test 72 hours before trip departure.

• All trips: if a participant shows up with COVID symptoms they will be barred from the outing. If symptoms arise during an outing participants will be sent home. An escort out will be provided.

Our Camera Committee leaders are planning and negotiating outings now. Please keep an eye on the Camera Committee Calendar or the Chapter’s Schedule of Activities for outings posted as they are approved. Some leaders post outings on MeetUp or Instagram, as well.

In-person meetings have not yet been approved.

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This Month’s Member Photos

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Larry Miller ©2021 Larry Miller, All Rights Reserved

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During the dog days of summer I like to focus on intimate landscapes. Here are some of my favorite photos taken during July and August.

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© 2021, Larry Miller, All Rights Reserved

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Velda Ruddock © 2021, Velda Ruddock, All Rights Reserved

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Sea Sirens

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John Fisanotti

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The color images are from a trip to the eastern sierras a few years ago. They include two views of Mono Lake by moonlight. The black and white image is Coyote Gulch in Utah, south of Escalante.

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Paul Rienstien © 2021,Paul Rienstien, all rights reserved

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This is the historic Pt Reyes transmission station/museum. established by Marconi, then RCA, it was used to transmit radio telegrams to ships at sea until some time in the 30s.

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This round of submissions, i’m gonna go a little off the bird routine, adding some landscapes

Iconic Yosemite

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The Phillips 66 refinery down near Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. it may look questionable, but there is no question about the pollution and greenhouse gasses being emitted by this place, and others like it. look at the handrails on the smokestack, and consider the size of this puff of flame. it was by no means the largest, i just chose it because it looked like a question mark.

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Yosemite, ‘fire fall’.

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Joshua Tree NP. I completely missed the focus, but the blurry and bolder lines worked out ok.

The main geyser at Fly Ranch, up in the NW corner of Nevada. its an interesting geyser that looks like cave stalagmites or stalagtites and may have taken thousands of years to form, but in fact, its the result of drilling for water in 1964. they found some!

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Mono Lake tufas. i’ve shot this place at least 5 times in the past 40 years, and this is the first time i’ve had a sunset with real color. yay!

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Beverly Houwing ©2021, Beverly Houwing, All Rights Reserved

I did go back the the LA Zoo the other day, and got some nice photos and had more practice with my new Sony camera.

FOR SALE: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Body, body cap, charger & 2 batteries.

Well maintained and serviced 2x a year at Canon CPS. Shutter count 87,000 shots $1,600.00

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Another trip to the LA Zoo! The meerkat I saw in May has had her babies. There are three new meerkats in the enclosure. These are 2 of the babies.

Chloe

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Something is very tasty for the giraffe.

These are two Greater Flam - alert and resting.

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mingos

he Sumatran tiger relaxes and rooms himself

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The gorillas also have a new member of their family and dad has decorated himself with a leafy branch. ©2021 Beverly Houwing, All Rights Reserved

That chimpanzee is quite the “hoarder!!”

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We arrived in Truckee just as the Tamarack and Dixie Fires were exploding. For the first couple of days the smoke stayed out of the Truckee Valley, but then the winds died and the smoke descended. The PM2.5 scores were near 200 as smoke from both fires converged and settled on top of us. Not one to waste an opportunity, I photographed the sun setting over the mountains to the West, and used the blue smoke in the valleys and canyons to separate out the different layers of foreground. Near the end of our stay the Tamarack Fire crossed over US395 just north of Topaz Lake, and shut down that route for several days. It opened back up the day before we left, and I photographed the devastation from the truck window as we passed through.

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JW Doherty © 2020 JW Doherty, All Rights Reserved

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© 2021 JW Doherty, All Rights Reserved

Damage from the Tamarack Fire along US 395, north of Topaz Lake, NV.

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John Nilsson © 2021 John Nilsson All Rights Reserved

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MAY 2015

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....Over Water

MAY 2015

As I looked for photos to contribute to Focal Points this month I dedcided to have only one requirement: They had to be taken...Over Water.

Above Left: Cathedral Rock, Sedona Arizona Left: Santa Monica Beach, California Above: Bosque del Apache, New Mexico

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Canyon De Chili, New Mexico

Mono Lake, California

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Chrystal Cove, California

Oak Creek near Sedona, Arizona

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Susan Manley ©2021 Susan Manley, All Rights Reserved

REDDISH EGRET Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

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Bob Cates Boojum trees in flower; Huntington Library, 8 August 2021

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Cosmos in flower at the Huntington Library.

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The Mount Gleason Road off Angeles Forest Highway has finally been opened after the 2009 Station Fire. You can drive within about 1/3 mile of the summit, then continue down the other side to shaded Messenger Flats Campground, a good place for a picnic lunch. On the drive up, take a short side road to the site of the former Nike Base/Fire Station that burned to the ground, and visit the memorial to two fire fighters who died in the conflagration. Drive and hike to Mount Gleason, with side-visit to Messenger Flats Campground, 31 July 2021.

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Poodledog bush flowers. Mount Gleason Road, 31 July 2021. © 2021 Bob Cates, All Rights Reserved

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Nothing like ice-cold watermelon after a very hot morning of brushing the upper Alder Creek Trail, 11 August 2021

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Editor’s Note: Welcome to Sandra - new member of the Camera Committee and first time contributor!

Above: Assassin Bug cruising along across the tops of cactus spines.

Above Left: Swallowtail enjoying a patch of daisies on a warm overcast afternoon.

Right: A Mallophora fly, or more commonly known as a Southern Bee Killer. “They will hunt just about any flying insect but favored prey seem to be honey bees, Apis mellifera, which are taken on the wing as they visit flowers. The fly pierces the bee with bladelike mouth parts just behind the head into the thorax, immobilizing by severing the thoracic nerve, and carrying it back to its perch, drinks it dry.” - Don McIntire 60

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Sandra Kirwin © 2021, Sandra Kirwin, All Rights Reserved

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© 2021,Sandra Kerwin, All Rights Reserved

Above: Ladybird beetle stretching out its wings for the first time after emerging from its pupa.

Above Left: Double Delight rose from the South Coast Botanic Garden Left: Yellow Bellied Marmot surveying the epic landscape of Tuolumne Meadow from literally the top of shite mountain. Preferably I don’t do substantial editing but the visual story was very different before I removed a quarter ton of poo hahahaha

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David DesRochers

Harbor Seal at Dawes Glacier

Exploring Southeast Alaska David DesRochers

While exploring the southern regions of Southeast Alaska by small ship, I experienced the beauty of this truly wild region. We sailed past areas of the Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres. Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna. We experienced rain daily and the dramatic clouds, fog, and mist were ideal for creating moody landscape images.

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LeConte Glacie Iceberg - with Sentinel

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Vaughn Hart © 2021, Vaughn Hart, All Rights Reserved

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I just returned from Uganda where I had the opportunity to photograph both Gorillas and Chimpanzees. The Gorillas were in Bwindi National Park, and the Chimps were in Kibale National Park. It was a great time. Very steep mountain forest but well worth the effort. Many more of my images are on my website. www.vaughnhart. smugmug.com

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Black and White Black The The Black and & White Pages White Pages

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Velda Ruddock

Off Stump Beach

Nikon D750 Nikon 28-300mm F3/5-5.6 @100mm f/8, 1/320, ISO 160

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Velda Ruddock

Dust Web and Drops

Nikon D750 Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 125mm f/11 @ 1/320 ISO 360

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David DesRochers

Dawes Cove, Alaska

Olympus E-M1MarkIII Olympus M.100-400 F5.0-6.3 @ 100mm f/8 @1/80 ISO 400

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Coyote Gultch Near Escalante, Utah

John Fisanotti Nikon D5100 f/8 @1/30 ISO 100

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Griffith Observatory and Downtown LA John Nilsson

Leica M10 Monochrome Macro-Elmar 90mm f/8@1/1000 ISO 3200 An Island of Clear in a Hazy Sky

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Contributor Bios Contributor Contributor Bios Bios

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Steve Anderson

John Clement

Steve worked primarily in the conventional

John began his career in photography in the early 70’s after graduating from Central Washington University with a double major in Geology and Geography. Since then he has earned a Masters of Photography from the Professional Photographers of America. He has received over 65 regional, national and international awards for his pictorial and commercial work. His photographs grace the walls of many businesses in the Northwest and has been published in numerous calendars and coffee table books.

He has provided photographs for Country Music Magazine and for Northwest Travel Magazine. He has supplied murals for the Seattle Seahawks Stadium and images for The Carousel of Dreams in Kennewick, WA. Current projects include 17 – 4x8 foot glass panels featuring his landscapes in Eastern Washington for the Pasco Airport Remodel. Last year he finished a major project for the Othello Medical Clinic where almost 200 images were used to decorate the facilities ranging in size from 24” to 35’ in size.

His work can be viewd at:

medium of Black and White silver-based photography for many years as he explored the natural landscape of the local San Gabriel Mountains and his beloved High Sierra in California. In the last 20 years he has engaged in digital photography as it has opened up new avenues and excitement about making images of the natural scene.

His interest in photography began in junior high school when he developed his first roll of film from a Kodak Brownie camera. He became very interested in combining photography and traveling adventures as a member of the Highlanders, a mountaineering club at Pasadena City College. His work turned more serious during military service as the landscape became his focus of attention.

Steve’s interest in the environmental movement, starting in his college days, led him to actively seek ways of using his photography to help in a personally significant way. He joined the Mono Lake Committee 40 years ago and has been an active leader in the Sierra Club since 1981. He served as the chairperson of the Camera Committee of the Angeles Chapter for 5 years.

www.johnclementgallery.com John Clement Photography Face Book Professional page The Kiona Winery in Benton City, and at Allied Arts Gallery in Richland, WA.

Steve’s images have appeared in Sierra, the Southern Sierran, Images of the West, A Portrait of Bodie, and the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Schedule of Activities. Some of his monochrome images were significant contributions to help save Mono Lake. He has had work shown in a number of local galleries. Steve was the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Artist in Residence in 2015. Steve has published four photography books that are available through Blurb.com.

“My images sum up my feelings about the grandeur of nature. It is never just one thing that touches me when I try to capture a moment, but always a vast array of emotional and photographic textures. Most of my images are therefore complex and detailed.”

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Joe Doherty grew up in Los Angeles and developed his first roll of film in 1972. He has been a visual communicator ever since.

He spent his teens and twenties working in photography, most of it behind a camera as a freelance editorial shooter.

He switched careers when his son was born, earning a PhD in political science from UCLA specializing in American politics and research methods.

This led to an opportunity to run a research center and teach at UCLA Law, where he became best known as an empirical bankruptcy scholar.

After retiring from UCLA in 2016 he continued to consult, but now he and his wife Velda Ruddock spend much of their time in the field, across the West, capturing the landscape.

As a youth, John’s interest in photography stemmed from an interest in astronomy. His first photos were attempts to photograph the night sky using a folding Kodak camera, that once belonged to an uncle. Later, John used a 35mm rangefinder camera to photograph nature, particularly the San Gabriel Mountains above his home in La Crescenta. After high school, John sold his telescope to purchase a 35mm SLR camera outfit.

John was a photography major in his first three years of college. He has used 35mm, 2-1/4 medium format and 4x5 view cameras. John expected to be a commercial photographer.

His personal work leaned heavily to shooting landscapes and outdoors. In 1977 John changed majors. After graduating from California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban Studies in 1979, John’s first post job college was in a commercial photo laboratory.

In 1980, he pivoted from photography and began his 32-year career in public service.

John worked for four Southern California cities in city planning, community development and redevelopment, and concluded his career as a Project Manager for the Culver City Redevelopment Agency. During these decades, he continued to shoot outdoor scenic images whenever possible.

After retiring from public service in 2012, John has pursued his astronomical and photographic interests. Beginning in 2013, John has been a telescope operator for the 60" reflector telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory.

And John has increased his photographic portfolio concentrating on outdoors, landscape, travel and astronomical images. Beginning in 2018, he has expanded his repertoire to include architectural and real estate photography.

Occasionally, John has been fortunate to have photographs selected for various exhibitions or publications.

He currently shoots with Nikon DSLR cameras.

John’s photographic websites: Landscape, Travel and Astronomical images http://www.johnfisanottiphotography.com; Architectural and Real Estate photography are at http://www.architecturalphotosbyfisanotti.com.

Contact John at either jfisanotti@sbcglobal.net or fisanottifotos@gmail.com.

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Phil Witt

Velda Ruddock

Phil Witt has been photographing nature since he got his first SLR camera in the late 70s.

An avid birder, he is a volunteer at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary of NJ Audubon in Bernardsville, where he coleads the photography workshop series. He is currently on NJ Audubon’s Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Camera Naturalist Photo Club, and program chair of the Somerset County Camera Club.

He judges photography competitions and presents instructional programs at photography clubs throughout New Jersey. He received the NJ Federation of Camera Club’s 2017 Citation for service to photography in the state.

Creativity has always been important to me. I received my first Brownie camera for my twelfth birthday and I can’t remember a time I’ve been without a camera close at hand.

I studied the social sciences and art, and later earned a Masters degree in Information and Library Science degree. All of my jobs allowed me to be creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative. For the last 22 years of my research career I was Director of Intelligence for a global advertising and marketing agency. TBWA\ Chiat\Day helped clients such as Apple, Nissan, Pepsi, Gatorade, Energizer, and many more, and I was considered a leader in my field.

He and his wife enjoy traveling the world for photography--Antarctica, the Galapagos, Tanzania, Iceland, Costa Rica, among others.

During our time off, my husband, Joe Doherty and I would travel, photographing family, events and locations. However, in 2011 we traveled to the Eastern Sierra for the fall colors, and although we didn’t realize it at the time, when the sun came up over Lake Sabrina, it was the start of change in our careers.

When not birding or photographing, he is a (mostly retired) forensic psychologist, specializing in legal cases and court testimony. https://philwitt.smugmug.com

By 2016 we had both left our “day jobs,” and we started traveling – and shooting nature – big and small – extensively. Our four-wheel drive popup camper allowed us to go to areas a regular car can’t go and we were – and are – always looking for our next adventure.

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Susan Manley

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Susan Manley has more than 35 years experience as a photographer.

Her career consisted mainly working in a Communications Department writing and shooting a wide variety of public relations and photojournalism photos.

Since she retired approximately ten years ago, she switched her focus onto nature photography including landscapes and wildlife in America.

I have two lifelong hobbies; photography and fine woodworking. My father fostered both those interests. At 14, right before I went on a 1 week backpacking trip around Yosemite Valley with my friend Joe (16) who could drive, my father taught me the basics of using a camera on an Olympus camera that shot half frames on 35mm film. Can you imagine allowing a 14 year old to do that in today’s world? By 20, I was fully independent. In my 20s, I bought a Minolta SRT101, and I also started dabbling in woodworking as a way to have simple furniture while working my way through college (Biochemistry, UCLA).

I even had a simple B&W darkroom for a while.

I shot mostly landscapes. After getting my degree, I decided I didn’t like working in that field, so I went back to school, and worked my way through a masters degree (Electronics Engineering, CSULB). I spent the majority of my career at The Aerospace Corp, working mostly on electrical power systems for rockets and satellites for the Air Force, NASA and the NRO. During that time, when not working, I began focusing mostly on fine woodworking, shooting occasional snapshots.

By 50, my woodshop was enviable, my wife and I were flipping homes on the side, I was a manager at work, and digital cameras reignited my interest in photography. When the music stopped in real estate, we built our own home in Mar Vista. Then, my boss, and his boss both died unexpectedly (and independently), a huge layoff was announced, and I was retired.

I got my general contractor’s license, and tried that for a couple of years. I retired fully at 60, earlier than I would have imagined.

ssnmanley@Yahoo.com

By 2016, I had amassed a number of bird photos, just by happenstance, so I decided to see what I could get that number up to, just for fun. That turned out to be eminently satisfying, albeit expensive, and now I spend much of my time shooting birds locally or travelling worldwide to do so. My big birding trips so far include the Galapagos and the UK, and my list is presently up to about 350 species, and I have a small presence on Instagram and on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/preinstein54/.

I’ve sold a few images upon request, several of my friends have my images on their walls, and I still dabble in woodworking, including making my own frames.

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Wiebe Gortmaker

I first became interested in photography back in high school sometime in the last century. My father worked for many years in a professional camera store in Pittsburgh (Kadet Photo Supply) where he did the picture framing.

I am based in Boulder, Colorado and consider myself a full-time hobbyist. After retiring from the airlines, I have devoted a high percentage of my time to travel and learning photography.

I spent a few summers working in that camera store mostly doing shipping and receiving but every chance I got, I would be talking with and learning from the salesmen who knew everything about cameras and photography.

In the past few years I have moved from travel photography to primarily wildlife and landscape photography. Prior to the airlines, I spent considerable time in remote areas of Alaska and Central and South America. I am now able to revisit those places with a focus on photography.

At the end of the summer they gave me a used Pentax Spotmatic 500 and there began my love of photography. I did all the shooting and darkroom work for my high school yearbook and later as a photographer and writer for college newspapers.

At the same time, I developed a love of nature and graduated college with a degree in Geology (with several electives in Photography). That was where all the environmentalists spent their time.

I have lived in Colorado since college and spent a lot of time flying, hiking, and climbing in the wild places in my back yard.

With my new hobby I am looking at these places in a new way, trying to preserve the image and feelings I have of the wildlife and landscape.

This process motivates me to learn and discover.

The love of nature and photography were a perfect match and after retiring from IT a few years ago (there was a career change somewhere in there) I’ve returned to those early loves and am able to spend a lot more time on photography, enjoying workshops and especially the Sierra Club trips :).

Wiebe is concentrating on his photography at this time and is not currently active on social media. He does plan to have a website together in the near future.

My photos can be seen at https://www.jeffgottesmanphotography.com/

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Joyce Harlan I have always loved photography! First to document and save photos of my sons. We had little to no money for film developing in the beginning but I kept shooting. Every year my husband would ask me what I wanted for Christmas/birthday and I would always say “develop my film”!! After several years he finally did, but everything was yellow but the memories were there. From there, when I was coaching downhill skiing for Westside Special Olympics, I took photos of my athletes and created a book for each of them. The pure joy I saw on their and their family’s faces was priceless!

Allen Johnson

I'm a PhD in psychology with a passion

for photography. I'm also the author of several books: a memoir on France entitled "Pardon My French" and two novels: "The Awakening" and "Spike, Benny, and Boone."

Finally, I was at Mammoth skiing with my family (grandkids!!) and we had lunch at Bergers Burgers. They had the most gorgeous landscape photos on they walls. I asked the waitress about them and she said they were by Vern Clevenger and that he often came in for lunch after skiing and she would point him out for me. She did, I asked about workshops and he said “absolutely”.

That was it!! I took one workshop from him and many, many more with Mountain Light in Bishop with Jack Dykinga, John Shaw, Jerry Dodrill, David Meunch and Jeff Foote. One of the most memorable was their ten day inaugural rafting the Grand Canyon trip with Jack & Jerry.

Over the years I have been blessed to travel the world with Muench Workshops (Cuba, Yukon, Mongolia, Alaska) Visionary Wild (Botswana, Kenya, Patagonia, Greenland), Aurora Expenditions (Antarctica), and Nathaniel Smalley (Iceland, Maine fall color).

Photography mixed with travel has been my favorite soul food for a long, long time.

And will continue to be for as long as I am able. Sadly, I am missing a trip to China in April and Uganda in June to see the gorillas.

But I’ll get there as soon as it is safe again.

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Butch Mazzuca

John Nilsson

I was born in Chicago IL and attended the University of Dayton. After graduation I served four and half years as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.

I have a fond memory from my early years of my father dragging me to the Denver Museum of Natural History on a winter Sunday afternoon. He had just purchased a Bosely 35mm camera and had decided he wanted desperately to photograph one of the dioramas. I distinctly remember the display was of several Seal Lions in a beautiful blue half-light of the Arctic winter that required a tricky long exposure. The transparency he showed me several weeks later was spectacular and mysterious to my young eyes. Although the demands of Medical School made this photo one of the first and last he shot, at 5 years old I was hooked.

My last official ‘work' position was President & CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co-Denver. I Retired in 1999 and moved to Vail where I taught skiing, a “fundamentals of photography” class at our local community college and wrote (still do) commentary for the Vail Daily Newspaper.

I Started taking pictures in 2008 when my wife Bobbi “talked me” into traveling to Africa (we returned seven more times! ) My images have been published in Shutter Bug Magazine, Sarasota Magazine, Travel Africa Magazine (5 times) and Africa Geographic (6 times including two photo essays) I consider myself a generalist although African wildlife and landscape photography are my favorites.

The arrival of the digital age brought photography back to me as a conscious endeavor - first as a pastime enjoyed with friends who were also afflicted, and then as a practitioner of real estate and architectural photography during my 40 years as a real estate broker. Since retiring and moving to Los Angeles, I have continued my hobby as a nature and landscape photographer through active membership in the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Camera Committee and my vocation as a real estate photographer through my company Oz Images LA. The camera is now a tool for adventure!

www.OzImagesLA.com dtlanow@gmail.com

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David DesRochers

Larry Miller

In the summer of 2000, David traveled from New Jersey to Montana to visit Glacier National Park. With camera in hand, he attempted to capture the amazing wildlife and beautiful landscapes. Although his photos were somewhat disappointing, the experience inspired him to study the art of photography and travel the world to witness and capture the wonders of our natural world.

I bought my first SLR camera in 1985 to document hikes in the local mountains that I did with friends. My first Sierra Club Camera Committee outing was a wildflower photo shoot in the Santa Monica Mountains led by Steve Cohen in 1991. Since then the SCCC has introduced me to many other scenic destinations, including the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, the Gorman hills, Saddleback Butte State Park, East Mojave National Preserve, the Eastern and Southern Sierras, Point Reyes, the Big Sur Coast, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Tejon Ranch, and Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.

At the same time, my own photography trips gradually expanded in scope over the years to include most of the western National Parks and National Monuments, with the Colorado Plateau becoming a personal favorite.

David is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association and an Associate Naturalist with The New Jersey Audubon Society. Over the past 15 years, David has shared his knowledge teaching workshops, leading tours, and writing articles.

David’s photos have been recognized in several international competitions and have been published in books, magazines and on calendars.

David is an accomplished public speaker and has appeared at events including the New England Camera Club Council Annual Conference (2014 & 2016), the Connecticut Association of Photographers and New Jersey Audubon's Birding Festival.

Photography is an avocation that took a backseat to my career during the 32+ years that I worked as a radar systems engineer at Hughes Aircraft/ Raytheon Company. Since retiring in 2013, I’ve been able to devote more time to developing my photographic skills. Experiencing and sharing the beauty of nature continues to be my primary motivation.

David's experience judging photo competitions has taken him as far as Budoia, Italy to judge the Bio Photo Contest. In 2014, David was awarded the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs Citation in recognition for his contributions to the advancement of the art and science of photography in the state.

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Thomas Loucks

Tom has been a longstanding amateur photographer, but only in recent years has he had more serious time to devote to the hobby.

He garnered first place in National Audubon’s 2004 Nature’s Odyssey contest and has placed well in several contests by Nature’s Best, Denver Audubon’s Share the View, and the Merrimack Valley’s George W. Glennie Nature Contest.

He has two images of “Alumni Adventurers” on permanent display at Dartmouth College.

He is also the incoming President of Mile High Photo Club in Denver (2021-2022) where he currently serves as VP and as a Director.

His photographic interests are landscape, wildlife, and travel photography, though his favorite subjects are alpine landscapes. Recently retired, Tom is looking forward to spending more time on photography and other outdoor activities. He recently signed up as a volunteer with Denver Audubon to assist with field trips and hopes that those will soon resume.

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Basil Katsaros

A native of Denver, Colorado, I first attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Not understanding humidity or seeing the sun for 30 days, I transferred to the University of Colorado. During my junior year, a roommate needed money and sold me his Pentax 35mm camera. That moment launched my interest in photography. My interests and knowledge were expanded by the Nikon School of Photography.

In the earlier days, subject matter centered around my twin sons with travel photos and Christmas cards. As a real estate appraiser, I used photography in much of my work. I must admit, however, the 70’s primarily utilized a Polaroid as film was too time consuming for client demands. I have since graduated to two Nikon digital cameras and too many lenses.

While attempting to downshift in work, I occasionally use my photography skills to testify as an expert witness in real estate. My interests include travel, landscape, and wildlife photography. I’m not smart enough to have a website, maybe someone can show me how.

Most images are for personal enjoyment and mainly remain in my computer. My goal at this time is too not only become a better photographer, but to conquer Photoshop!!!

Peter Bennett

Karen Schuenemann

My mother’s father was a studio photographer on the Coney Island Boardwalk, my father’s father was an artist in Germany, and my father was a filmmaker and amateur still photographer in New York, so naturally I decided to pursue a career in music. Luckily after hearing the error of my ways, I picked up my father’s old Nikkormat and haven’t looked back since.

Karen Schuenemann is a Nature and Wildlife photographer frequently found exploring the parks and wetlands of Southern California. In 2015, she left her retail management job to pursue her passion for Wildlife Photography. Her work focuses on “Urban Wilderness” and she spent over 100 days photographing the Red Foxes in her neighborhood in 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic.

She recently was awarded a Highly Commended Award-Bird Behavior in the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year sponsored by the London Natural History Museum. Her work was exhibited in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Summit in 2019. In 2017 she was the Professional Honorable Mention in the National Audubon Contest.

Her work has hung in the London Natural History Museum and has been included in shows at the San Diego Natural History Museum, The G2 Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center and Armenia Conservation Show. She has been published in Nature’s Best, Audubon Magazine, USA Today, NANPA, Shadow and Light Magazine, and American Photo Magazine. In addition, she has garnered numerous awards from Best in Show in Los Angeles County Fair to Honorable Mention in the National Park Contest.

She enjoys writing about her photographic adventures and has written articles for NANPA and enjoyed being a judge in several photography contests. She was the 2019 President for the Photography and Digital Artists group of the Palos Verdes Art Center and was the volunteer Faculty Coordinator for the NANPA High School Scholarship Program in Tennessee.

She currently leads workshops to a variety of locations from Bosque Del Apache, to the Grand Tetons to Africa and Central America with her company, Wilderness At Heart Photography, LLC. She enjoys teaching classes at Samy’s Cameras in Los Angeles and Tuttle Cameras in Long Beach.

From 1998 to 2014 I ran my own stock agency, Ambient Images, which specialized in photos of New York and California. In 2015 I formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of my stories and work that focus on environmental subjects such as water and air quality issues, fossil fuels, drought, green construction, alternative energies and urban farming.

My editorial work has appeared in numerous publications and books, and I am privileged to have my fine art prints hang in museums, the California State Capitol and many other private institutions and collectors.

I’ve also had to opportunity to have worked with many local environmental organizations including FoLAR (Friends of the LA River), Heal the Bay, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Communities for a Better Environment, and the LA Conservation Corps.

I have been an instructor for over ten years at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (formerly the Julia Dean Photo Workshops).

I love teaching photography and having the opportunity to pass on what I was given from all the amazing teachers I’ve had the honor to learn from.

Karen currently celebrates life with her husband and two dogs in St. George, Utah.

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Bob Beresh

Bob Cates

Los Angeles is where commercial photographer Bob Beresh will always call home, but having recently relocated to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he is truly a global creative. His commercial photography includes work for clients in automotive, aviation, corporate executive and business portraiture, architecture, and product work. Bob’s photos are influenced by his observations in nature, travel and sports to deliver memorable images.

Bob Cates led his first Camera Committee outing in 1975 as co-leader with Allan Der, so his roots go way back. He has chaired the Angeles Chapter History Committee since the mid-70s, and as such has archived tens of thousands of photographic images, many from his own documentation of Club outings, but also images donated from hundreds of Club members.

He is primarily a nature/landscape photographer, but is also drawn to macrophotography— primarily of botanical subjects. Since 2015 he has lived in Pasadena and frequently may be found haunting the grounds of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.

Bob served two years as US Forest Service Artist in Residence to interpret and showcase the beauty of the Angeles National Forest and is past Chairman of the Sierra Club Camera Committee, Angeles Chapter.”

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Notes and Announcements Sierra Club National Chapter Has authorized limited and controled day and over-night outings. However, in person outdoor meetings are still on hold due to Covid-19 Let’s all look forward to the second 1/2 of 2021!

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Susan Manley Writes: In the past 10 years, I have been on many photo tours, some with better photo leaders than others. Two of the photo leaders who gave me great individual attention are David Swindler and Rod Barbee: David Swindler day/overnight/multi-day trips https://actionphototours.com/utah-photo-tours/ David along with Juan Pons also give free informational photography videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwxX4-m1RQOBH8gKOICO1Sw Rod Barbee workshops.BarbeePhotos.com Robert OToole See June 10 Program Notice this issue www.RobertOToolPhotography.com Susan Manley

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Get out there and get involved!

Our natural world is under attack and we all need to fight to preserve the things that we hold dear.

CONTRIBUTE

YOUR TIME, YOUR DOLLARS....

OR BOTH! Do you know anyone who would like to become a member of the Sierra Club Camera Committee?

We are seeking new members to share their outdoor experiences and photographs.

If you have a friend or acquaintance whom you feel would benefit from and add to our membership, please ask them to join us at our next meeting.

Membership costs only $15.00 per year - a tremendous value!

To join or renew, please mail a check for $15 (payable to SCCC): Wesley Peck, SCCC Membership 3615 Gondar Ave. Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

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The Member’s Choice Photo Contest What’s your favorite photo in this Focal Points? Continuing with this issue I am asking all members to vote for their favorite photo. Here’s how: 1. Please e-mail me at dtlanow@gmail.com (Heading: Member’s Choice) and let me know your choice for the best photo by the 20th of the month in which the issue is published.

2. In your e-mail, give me the page and the name of the photographer and a brief descrip- tion so I can identify your choice.

I will tally up the votes and announce the winner in the next issue and republish the photo with a paragraph from the photographer about how it was captured, where, when, and even the dreaded mire of camera, settings and lens.

This should be a fun feature!

..........John Nilsson, Publisher

Wanna Go on a Hike?

Just in case you didn’t realize it...........

The Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club has litterally 100’s of outdoor activities that Sierra Club Camera Committee members can attend.

You can find these activities at http://angeles.sierraclub.org/activities If you have an idea for a trip that the Camera Committee might like to plan for, tell a leader. They are always open to ideas of new places to go, new places to shoot. See the end of the newsletter for a list of contact information for the leaders.

CST 2087766-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the State of California. All participants on Sierra Club outings are required to sign a standard liability waiver. To read the liability waiver before you participate on an outing, go to: http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/forms

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Focal Points

Angeles Chapter Camera Committee Magazine November 2020

Focal Points Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine December, 2020

Focal Points Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine January 2021

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If your answer is "Yes" and you want to continue receiving Focal Points, please send us your check for $15.00 and your full name and email address for a yearly subscription to: Sierra Club Camera Committee c/o Wesley Peck 3615 Gondar Ave. Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

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Photo of the Month

Angelpop

By: John Clement Olympus E-M1 MarkIII 12-40mm F-2.8 Taken at F-2.8 at 28mm Morning soft sun light, 7am Manual focus.

Processed in camera raw.

Only adjustments were the clarity setting to give it a little more dreamy look.

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The Parting Shot

Sometimes you just gotta take a break!

Leader Contacts John Nilsson, Chairman Leader, Editor - Focal Points information.sccc@gmail.com

Steve Anderson, Leader

sandersonimagery@outlook.com

Carole Scurlock, Leader cscurlock@charter.net

213-266-2224

Allan Der, Leader, ader@sprynet.com

714-962-2054

John Boyle, Leader jboyle6300@gmail.com

ed5ogawa@angeles.sierraclub.org

Wesley Peck, Membership

562-420-8543 wesdpeck@gmail.com NOTE: Send Membeship Checks to Wesley at 3615 Gondar Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

310-994-1019 310-828-6300

Peter Mason, Leader

Joan Schipper, Leader, Co-Chair: Outings joanschipper@ix.netcom.com

714-892-4857

Ed Ogawa - Treasurer

Alison Boyle, Leader, Co-Chair: Outings alisoniboyle@icloud.com

626-794-5207

peter@petermason.com

323-828-8334

530-265-2528

Susan Manley: Programs

Susan Manley: Programs

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