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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 12 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 12 – 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
