Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be at the Pin & Cue Bowling Alley in Whitefish, MT. at 6:30PM Thursday, February 14th.

Minutes from January

We had a really wonderful program from Doug that was a preview of great events to come. We will have digital meetings the third Thursday of each month during which we will all learn everything there is to know about digital photography. They will all be work sessions so bring your laptops. The meetings will last as long as the Mac's hold out, if you have a PC bring a spare battery. These will be very informative and fun meetings.

We need to thank Becca and Stephen for all the work they do getting all the pictures on the screen. Our meetings would not be nearly as well run or as much fun without them. Please thank them when you give them your pretty pictures.

Jeff and Adele are getting nearly as many frequent driver miles as Joe Beck. That of course is not totally true, nobody travels as much as Joe; even so they really bring new life to our meetings. This time was no exception; Adele brought pictures from Whitefish Stage to North Dakota and some nifty Ashley Lake shots. Nice work.

Dan Taylor always has nice pictures and this time was no different, great work.

Wow, I hope nobody slept through Dee's show. Utah never looked better. I have been there many times but Dee has a better camera.

If I could read my notes, which are written in the dark while I try to enjoy the pictures on the wall, they might say that John McCarty had some great pictures of Wilbur. I know they were great even if I don't know what they were. Thanks for participating John we are happy to have another talented photographer in our group.

It can't be easy to get warm and cuddly inside a camera. In fact the only person I've ever seen who can make super cuddly out of digets is Steve. You just have to love his Bunnies, they at least as cute as my sweet young wife but even she isn't that soft and cuddly.

Other News

Folks,

Attached, what might be called a teaching photograph (it sure as hell isn't an art photo). It didn't start out that way, of course, as I was simply documenting the aftermath of Saturday night's storm. But it so nicely illustrates the power of an image recovery technique that I thought some might find it interesting.

The dark areas in flash illuminated outdoor photographs often contain quite a lot of information. There are a number of techniques for bringing out the detail in the dark areas, but one of the simplest and most effective is equalization.

Examine the attached photograph. At the bottom, the original, a panorama comprising three exposures taken with a DSLR, a 28mm equivalent zoom lens at f/6.3, ISOe 400, and the camera's pop-up flash. In the middle, the image after applying Photoshop's equalization tool (normal blending). At top, the two images combined via a layer mask, after which I tamped down the highlights with the shadows and highlights tool.

The fence in the upper right is 100 feet from the camera.

The power of the equalization tool is why I always counsel clients to never discard an image because it appears too dark, or even all dark.

JRC

PS. The distribution list includes photographers who know at least as much about Photoshop as I do, so the only thing they're learning from this image is how willing I am to keep and distribute images that would give art photographers near-terminal heartburn. I apologize for that.

This really cool picture sent to us by James Conner is just so darn neat I had to rerun it.

FYI: there's a new photo lab opening at the Whitefish mall by the end of January. It's called Big Sky Wonderland Imaging.. The lady and a friend of hers are starting it up. Rachael used to run the photo lab at Smith's (Kalispell) before it closed. Not knowing much about processing myself, I thought she did a great job. One thing she mentioned was the ability to do large prints.

Jane

From Larry Stolte

Hi.... this is a list of Cannon equipment a man in the Camera Club is selling. I have a "hard" copy if this can't be forwarded...Don't know if you are at all interested....

His name is Duke Breitenbach tenbach@yahoo.ocm 435-773-8963

My trip to CA, from Ed

My friend Gordon Taylor and I just returned from a very nice trip to Southern CA. There is a chance that we might have gotten one or two nice shots. I took a chance on some old film and I sure hope I guessed correctly. The film I used was 8X10 Chrome that had been loaded in the holders for more than two years without proper storage. I did two shots last fall and the film seemed OK so I took a chance that it was still good.

Our travels took us to the Mojave National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Asa Borrego State Park and San Diego, Ca. We came home through the Yuma Sand Dunes, Phoenix, then Page AZ and on to I-15. We dodged the bad weather. It rained or snowed everywhere except where we were.

Web Site

How many of you have looked at the: www.glaciercameraclub.com

Web site lately.

There are some really nice portfolios on it. Take some time and really look it over. I know you will enjoy it immensely.

Send me news

If you have news items or stuff to sell, email me the stories. I try to get them in the newsletter.

Buffalo Hills Terrace

We need your help for March and on into next year. Please volunteer now.

Larry Stolte February

The 344 Gallery

John Kyle has some wonderful panoramic photography hanging at the Gallery. Please stop in soon for a look.

The Gallery schedule:

Please get in touch with me if you want a show at the gallery. Everybody in our club has nice photography to show and this is a fun way to show the world. March, April, and May are the next available months. We like to hang the shows for three month. If March is too soon then you tell me what months you want and I can change the schedule. Depending on the size of prints you have, you need between ten to twenty mounted, not frame prints. They can be framed if you want, but it's not mandatory.

John Kyle February

PROGRAMS

Doug Dye February 2008
Pady Dusing April 2008
Greg Thigpen June