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Tanya Riseman and Sherm Edwards, Editors, Cable Release, at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.
Contents
- 1 KEY EVENTS
- 2 MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
- 2.1 MEETING LOCATION
- 2.2 SPEAKER NIGHT — RICK HULBERT — The Complexity, Contradiction, and Confusion over Colour in Photography
- 2.3 COMPETITION COLUMN
- 2.4 JUDGE ROLLIN FRASER – MONOCHROME
- 2.5 PHOTO FORUM
- 2.6 MAY 25 FIELD TRIP — NATIONAL ZOO
- 2.7 CANCELLED MAY 17 FIELD TRIP – Birds of Prey
- 2.8 MAY 31/JUNE 1 FIELD TRIP — Abandoned Pennsylvania
- 2.9 JUNE 21 FIELD TRIP – RAWLINGS CONSERVATORY
- 2.10 JULY 21 FIELD TRIP – KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS
- 3 CLUB NEWS
- 4 FEATURES
- 5 CONFERENCES AND EXPOS
- 6 MEMBER ARTICLES
- 7 COMPETITION RESULTS
- 8 COURSES, CALLS FOR ENTRY, AND EXHIBITS
KEY EVENTS
The following scheduled events will be conducted online as Zoom teleconferences, except for the Competition and Field Trip. Look for announcements and invitations by e-mail, Meetup, and on the club’s Website.
- May 1 – Speaker Night: (7:30 on Zoom)
- May 8 – Election (7:30 p.m. at Northwood Presbyterian Church)
- May 8 – Competition: Monochrome (7:40 p.m. at Northwood Presbyterian Church)
- May 8 – End-of-Year competition prints due, at church (7:30 p.m.)
- May 9 – End-of-Year projected image titles due (by 11:59 p.m.)
- May 15 – Photo Forum (7:30 on Zoom)
- May 22 – Board Meeting (7:30 on Zoom)
- May 25 – Field trip – National Zoo (8:00 a.m.)
- May 31/June 1 – Field trip – Abandoned Pennsylvania
- June 12 – End of Year Celebration and Competition (6:30 p.m. at Northwood Presbyterian Church)
- June 21 – Field Trip – Rawlings Conservatory (10 a.m.)
- July 21 – Field Trip – Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (9:00 a.m.)
2024-2025 Calendar
See here for this season’s calendar, which will be updated as information becomes available. It includes Speaker Night, Competition Night, Photo Forum, Board Meetings, and Field Trips.
If Montgomery County Schools close due to inclement weather, Silver Spring Camera Club meetings and outings will be canceled. See montgomeryschoolsmd.org for closure information during the work week. For Mon-Fri AFTER 5:00 pm & on the weekends, call 240-777-2710 or 311 from within Montgomery County. Sign up for text alerts: AlertMontgomery and choose both a local MCPS school and ‘Community Use of Public Facilities Alerts’. Note that this policy does not apply to online meetings!
For general information about the club, contact us at: info@ssccphotography.org
A list of the club officers and committee chairs, and their emails, is located here:
Officers and Committee Chairs
More information is available in the Silver Spring Camera Club (SSCC) Member Handbook: SSCC-Member-Handbook-2024-2025.
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MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
MEETING LOCATION
For the 2024-2025 club year, the second Thursday meeting of each month will be in person, at Northwood Presbyterian Church (https://www.northwoodchurch.com/). The address is 1200 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, Other meetings will be on Zoom. The in-person meeting will be Competition Night if the judge agrees, otherwise it will be Photo Forum and Competition Night will move to the third Thursday on Zoom.
SPEAKER NIGHT — RICK HULBERT — The Complexity, Contradiction, and Confusion over Colour in Photography
Thursday, MAY 1, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Abstract
The title of my presentation says it all.
Quoting Joseph Albers, “Every perception of color is an illusion. . . color is almost never seen as it really is . . . as it physically is.”
Did you know that plotting color in a circle has no physical rationale based on the properties of light?
Did you know that the color, Magenta, does not even exist in the visible spectrum?
After providing examples of the reasons for my presentation title,
I will suggest a methodology of how you can confidently embrace color in a creative way . . . from recording light through editing your images.
I will conclude with a couple of optional challenges for you to consider accepting as individuals or as a club wide exercise to share with each other.
Biography
Rick’s photography is informed by his background as a professional Architect and Urban Designer. His teachings reflect his knowledge of both the History of the 2-Dimensional Arts of Drawing and Painting along with the Sciences of Human Vision.
Rick Hulbert is an “Academician” of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and a “Fellow” of The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He has been a teacher of photography at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and he has led multi-day photo-workshops throughout Europe and North America.
As an International Award-Winning Artist, Rick was one of only two Photographers in North America to be invited to participate in the World Art Games held in Bratislava, Slovakia
https://www.rickhulbertphotography.com
COMPETITION COLUMN
Our May topic is Monochrome::
The term “Monochrome Photography” encompasses images that use only a single color, including the full array of shades of that color. So, for example, black and white photos, with black as the single color and its multiple shades of gray, are monochrome. Other single colors and their shades are equally acceptable. Under this definition, a sepia tone photo is acceptable, but a sepia tone photo containing a red umbrella would not qualify as a monochrome. Any subject matter is acceptable. In addition, a photo is acceptable if was originally taken as a color image, as long as the image presented for the competition has been rendered into monochrome.
Projected Portion of Competition
Members may submit up to two images meeting this definition for the Projected competition. Look here for details on Projected submissions. Projected images should be emailed to: competition@ssccphotography.org by midnight (11:59 p.m.) on the day of the month’s Speaker Night.
Remember:
- Send projected image submissions to competition@ssccphotography.org
- Format: JPEG, 1000 KB (max)
- File Name: Level~Maker’s Name~Image Title.jpg Example: Advanced~Tom Jones~Washington Landscape.jpg . The tilde “~” character separates the 3 subfields of the file name
- Level: Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced (see below); capitalization not required.
- Maker’s Name: spaces allowed. Please use the same name throughout the year to aid record keeping.
Print Portion of Competition
Members may also submit up to two images meeting the definition for the Print competition. Look here (Section IV) for details on submissions. A label template for Print submissions may be found here.
One important detail – In order to participate in either competition, you must pay the club’s annual dues before the start of the competition.
As you may have heard, the Club has changed the competition levels starting in September 2024. The new levels are Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced. To see a list of all 2023-2024 Club members with their tentative competition level assignments, separately for Projected and Print, click here. For details on what this change means for you, click here.
Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the year:
- June – End of Year Competition (special rules apply)
JUDGE ROLLIN FRASER – MONOCHROME
Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Rollin S. Fraser
Rollin S. Fraser is an adjunct professor of photography at Montgomery College (Rockville), and has been teaching various courses in photography for the past 24 years.
Rollin has, for the past eight years, taught courses in the history of photography for Osher Life Long Learning at Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Fraser has a BA in History from the University of Maryland and studied photography at Montgomery College (Rockville), earning a Master Certificate in Photography, Maine Photographic Workshops, and the Palm Beach Photographic Center and has participated in many continuing education programs. He has an extensive background in traditional (film) and digital photography.
He has exhibited his work in many venues, including the Washington Gallery of Photography, Metropolitan Center For The Visual Arts, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Brookside Nature Center, Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, Glenview Mansion, Black Rock Center for the Arts, and the Montpelier Arts Center. His professional affiliations include Maryland Professional Photographers Association, Professional Photographers of America, and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Mr. Fraser has won numerous awards for his photography. Under a grant from Montgomery College, he was a participating photographer on the Farm Project, which documented the disappearing farms of Montgomery County. His most important project to date was photographing Holocaust survivors of Montgomery County as part of the “Portraits of Life” project, under the auspices of the Paul Peck Humanities Institute and the Department of Photography at Montgomery College (Rockville).
His favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin.
PHOTO FORUM
Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
We are starting with image sharing: You may send up to 2 images you would like get feedback on or just share. This month’s theme will be “Open.”
May’s planned presentation and discussions:
- “Tuscany and Venice” – Sherm Edwards
- “Creating Impressionistic Images With In-The-Round Multiple Exposure” – Wendy Kates
- What’s on your mind, photographically?
- We are soliciting presenters. Contact Dennis ( dennisfreeman4510@msn.com ) if you’d like to present something!
MAY 25 FIELD TRIP — NATIONAL ZOO
Leader: Gerry Woods (202) 494-2131.
When: Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 8 am.
Where: Smithsonian National Zoo at 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW.
Tickets: Admission is free, but entry passes are required. I have twelve entry passes reserved. Please contact gerrywoodsdc@gmail.com if you want to use one.
Meet Up: Main Zoo Entrance on Connecticut Avenue at 8 a.m.
Pre-Game: You may also join us for coffee at the Starbucks, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW at 7:30 am.
Photograph: We will photograph the two new Giant Pandas. If we have time, we will also visit the newly renovated “Bird House.”
Brunch: Lillies Restaurant is two blocks away at 2915 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Meet at 11 a.m.
RSVP: Please RSVP to gerrywoodsdc@gmail.com and include whether you will be joining us for brunch as well as if you will be using one of my entry tickets.
Share your images from the trip: With the SSCC Facebook Group, on Meetup, and/or send to cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org for inclusion in the next month’s Cable Release.
CANCELLED MAY 17 FIELD TRIP – Birds of Prey
MAY 31/JUNE 1 FIELD TRIP — Abandoned Pennsylvania
Yellow Dog Village and Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historical Landmark
Date & Time: Saturday, MAY 31nd. We are scheduled for 1 PM at the Village. It’s 238 miles, about 4 hours [depending on speed] . We drive on Sunday, June 1st to the Blast Furnace, which is towards Washington. It’s about an hour’s drive from Kittanning, and we should try and be there early, although I’ll take care of the administrative stuff. I scheduled the shoot for 11 a.m..
Location: Worthington PA and Pittsburgh/Rankin PA
To do: Photograph an abandoned village with 16 buildings still standing [mostly houses] and the occasional ghost. https://yellowdogvillage.com
Then: Night with friends, food, and liquid refreshment; and on Sunday we visit an abandoned blast furnace at the Homewood Steel Works. The furnace is about an hour’s drive [towards home]. https://riversofsteel.com/attractions/carrie-furnaces/
Fees and arrangements: I have arranged a private visit for both locations—only Club members, no tourists, but it’s not cheap: $50 per person at Yellow Dog Village. At the Blast Furnace, there is a complicated sliding fee for the group. It is roughly $30-40 per person, depending on the number of people. For example, 5 people would be $40, 8 people $30, etc.
Yellow Dog Village is pay on arrival [cash is best]. Carrie Blast Furnace is a group fee; once we have a firm number, I’ll pay and be reimbursed.
The Carrie photo application may be found here. Please provide me with the required personal info and be sure to include your car. I’ll submit for the group. If possible, please submit the application to me by May 15. My email is philboyer60@gmail.com.
Liability: Carrie Blast Furnace noted that there is an assumption of the risk for visitors; that’s why there is required guide at $55 per hour for group. There is also a flat group fee, depending on size of group]. I will post a waiver of Club liability to be signed and given/sent to Leader.
Overnight suggestion: It’s about a 4-hour drive to Yellow Dog village [hence the 1 p.m. start]. Plan to stay overnight. We will drive on Sunday to Carrie Blast Furnace which is on the way home. Carpools suggested. I recommend Wingate by Wyndham [$139] but there is also a Quality Inn Royal [$96]; both are in Kittanning, about 7 miles from Yellow Dog Village. Wyndam has much better reviews. Note: The Quality Inn is not listed on Expedia, and don’t confuse it with the 20 other Quality Inns in the area.
Contact me at philboyer60@gmail.com or 301-204-5549 if you wish to coordinate.
Bring: Tripod, Telephoto Lens, flashlight [Furnace is dark] appropriate shoes/clothing for the Blast Furnace [e.g., no flip flops or shorts. ].
Leader: Phil Boyer –301-204-5549, philboyer60@gmail.com
Directions to site: Use GPS, OR Per MapQuest.
JUNE 21 FIELD TRIP – RAWLINGS CONSERVATORY
Leader: Gerry Woods (202) 494-2131.
When: Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 10 am.
Where: Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, MD. 21217
Meet Up: Meet at outside the main visitor entrance. Advance tickets are not required. To enter the Conservatory, you will register at the Front Desk in the Visitor Center. Donations are requested; but not required.
Photograph: Photograph a wide variety of flowers, plants, orchids and cactus plants located in an arid desert area to a lush tropical forest environment, includes many rare and endangered plant species.
Tripods/monopods: Not permitted on weekends, but you might get an exception if it’s not crowded. Keep one in your trunk just in case.
Lunch: Sabatino’s located in Little Italy at 901 Fawn Street, Baltimore, MD. 21202 (about four miles from the Rawlings Conservatory).
RSVP: Please RSVP to gerrywoodsdc@gmail.com.
JULY 21 FIELD TRIP – KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS
Leader: Gerry Woods (202) 494-2131.
When: Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 9 am.
Meet Up: Meet in front of the Visitor’s Center.
Photograph: Lotus flowers, water lilies, dragon flies, birds, frogs, bees and various water plants.
Tickets: No entrance pass is required and admission is free.
Lunch: TBD
RSVP: Please RSVP to gerrywoodsdc@gmail.com
CLUB NEWS
CLUB ELECTIONS – May 8
Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m, Norwood Presbyterian Church
Soon the club will elect our leadership for the upcoming year running from September 2025 through May 2026. Club Elections will take place MAY 8th – the 2nd Thursday, preceding competition that evening. Alternate nominations may be made from the floor that evening by any member, for any member including themselves.
Keep an eye out for an e-blast listing the proposed slate.
END OF YEAR CELEBRATION June 12, 2025
POTLUCK & VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
We Need You!
to bring food and other items!
and to volunteer to help!
Please visit our Live Online Sign Up Sheet. When you enter text, everyone can see it:
Thank you!
Dennis Freeman – dennisfreeman4510@msn.com
YEAR END COMPETITION ENTRY DATES AND RULES
The Year End Competition is not about selecting the best entries for a single month, but rather selecting the best entries from the monthly competitions for the entire club year (September 2024 through May 2025). The results are announced at the Year End Celebration on June 12.
Send an email to SSCC Historian, Norm Bernache, at normbernache@comcast.net if you would like a list of all of your print and projected images submitted from September 2024 to April 2025.
As in other competitions, the judge will select first, second, and third place winners, and as many honorable mentions as the number of entries requires. There are no ribbons or points awarded; however, a Best in Show award will be presented, known as the Len Tuchin Award.
Be aware of the submission deadlines in May:
End of Year Competition Entry Schedule
- Print Deadline: Thursday, May 8 – drop off at Competition meeting at Northwood Presbyterian Church.
- Projected Deadline: Friday, May 9 (midnight) – send titles (not images) to Competition@ssccphotography.org via email.
Each member may submit up to 5 projected and 5 print images from those that s/he entered in monthly club competitions this 2024-2025 season. Eligible submissions need not have won an award in the monthly competition(s) in which they were submitted. But please remember — images submitted for the year-end competition must be identical to those submitted in the regular season competitions and entries must be submitted in the same categories (Print or Projected) in which they were originally submitted.
Complete Details on the Rules and the Submission Forms are Found Here.
If you have any questions about the Year End Competition, please ask Dennis Freeman at dennisfreeman4510@msn.com . I’ll get the right person to answer your question.
CLUB POSITIONS
NEXT YEAR’S COMPETITION TOPICS
Next year’s competition themes are, drum roll please, and in no particular order,
- Leading Lines (TBD)
- Night Photography (TBD)
- Images from SSCC Field Trips (April 2026)
- Nature (October 2025)
- Monochrome (May 2026)
- Open (September, November, January, March)
As always, there are no time restrictions on when submitted images were captured. At the end-of-year competition/celebration we will announce the definitions and then post them on www.ssccphotography.org and in the July Cable Release.
BOARD MEETING
The SSCC Board last meet on April 24, 2025. The next meeting is May 22th via Zoom. Minutes from all meetings can be found in the board meeting minutes archives when they have been finalized.
GET READY FOR THE SUMMER EDITION
There will be no June edition of the Cable Release, but there will be a jammed-packed July edition, with both the Monochrome and End-of-Year competition results. Please send your image captions soon after the competitions, so you don’t forget. Also, send in your articles, announcements, and features. Your latest summer photo project, field trip pics, essays, equipment reviews, etc., are all great subjects. Email items or questions to Tanya Riseman and Sherm Edwards at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.
DEADLINE: by June 24th to cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org.
FEATURES
CONFERENCES AND EXPOS
2025 PSA PHOTO FESTIVAL REGISTRATION HAS OPENED
See https://www.ssccphotography.org/2025-psa-photo-festival-in-portland-oregon/ for images and lots of links for the schedule and hotels.
BILD EXPO – presented by B&H
Free! June 17-18 2025 in New York City
Bild Expo is back! Join us at The Javits Center in New York City for an unforgettable event featuring 100+ expert speakers, 250+ exhibitors, hands-on experiences, and the world’s greatest creative community. B&H’s incredible show specials will be the icing on the cake!
There are three streams: Photography, Content Creation, and Film Making.
DAVE CROSS’S LIGHTROOM AND PHOTOSHOP SUMMITS
Lightroom Virtual Summit
September 15 – 19, 2025
Photoshop Virtual Summit 7
November 3 – 7, 2025
Both are free and great for intermediate and advanced users. See https://www.davecrosssummits.com/ for updates and to see the past speakers.
MEMBER ARTICLES
COMPETITION RESULTS
ABANDONED COMPETITION – April 10, 2025
April’s competition was Abandoned for projected and print images. James Corbett was our judge.
Awards are generally given for first, second, and third place, with the number of honorable mentions (HM) dependent on the total number of entries in the respective Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice levels.
ADVANCED PROJECTED
1st Place: Sherm Edwards ~ Forgotten Door
2nd Place: Maude Svensson ~ Liberty’s Forgotten View
3rd Place: Karen Finkelman ~ Faded Prairie Dreams
HM: Sherm Edwards ~ Layers
Sherm Edwards ~ Forgotten Door
INTERMEDIATE PROJECTED
1st Place: Kay Carkhuff ~ Empty Prison
2nd Place: Ilona Linnoila ~ A Skyscraper Abandoned in Los Angeles
3rd Place: Anne Golfer ~ Running On Empty
Kay Carkhuff ~ Empty Prison
NOVICE PROJECTED
1st Place: Gerry Woods ~ Abandoned President
2nd Place: Kent Morris ~ Cafe
Gerry Woods ~Abandoned President
This is an aerial photograph of George Washington. It was taken at the "Abandoned President's Heads" near Williamsburg, VA. These twenty-foot tall busts of presidents Washington thru Clinton were originally in a road-side attraction called the "President's Park" which folded in 2010 due to lack of visitors. The busts are now slowly decaying in a field in a local farm.
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED PRINTS (COMBINED)
1st Place: Sherm Edwards ~ White Chair
2nd Place: Beth Koller ~ Going Anywhere Soon?
3rd Place: Kay Carkhuff ~ Eastern Pen Hallway
Sherm Edwards ~ White Chair
NOVICE PRINTS
1st Place: Ilona Linnoila ~ Orange Wall With a Sink
Ilona Linnoila ~ Orange Wall with a Sink
This is not a kitchen sink but one in a prison cell, many of which were decorated by bright paint and frequent graffiti. We were on a field trip to the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, WVa in the summer of 2023. Sony 7r IV with Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS lens. 0.4 sec, f/9.0, ISO 800.
COURSES, CALLS FOR ENTRY, AND EXHIBITS
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
by Karen Finkelman
The following list describes various photography classes and workshops in the Maryland, Northern Virginia, Washington DC area. Specific workshop offerings may be held in the classroom, in-field, online or via Zoom. Please see individual classes for the instruction format.
The list is organized into three categories:
- Classes and Workshops in the Washington DC area
- Online Courses
- Multi-Day Photography Workshops Within & Beyond the DMV
Please feel free to recommend any classes or workshops you have taken. Email the Cable Release Editors at cablereleaseeditor@ssccphotography.org and we will forward the recommendations.
Note: Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement of the provider or a particular course/workshop.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
by Dennis Freeman
The following offers a number of competitions for your consideration this month. Some of these sources have standing calls for entry, and others are one-time calls. Some offer cash and prizes, and others don’t.
See the full Calls for Entry article here.
EXHIBITS AND EVENTS
By Karen Finkelman.
Take a look at what our sister camera club, the NIH Camera Club, has going on. Here is a link to their site. There you can find their newsletter, the Cameraderie: nihcameraclub.com
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