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Sierra Camera Club of Sacramento, Since 1936

Volume 82 Number 1 Q January 2019 Q www.sierracameraclub.com

Eighty Years of Support for the Art and Craft of Photography

Happy New Year2019

CalendarThursday Jan 3rd ....Program NAIE Show

Tuesday Jan 8th ......General Competition

Jan 8 - Feb 2nd .......Viewpoint Gallery“Finding the Spirit” by Larry Brenden

Saturday Jan 26 ......Gold Rush page 8

ContentsYear End Competition Results 2-7 Print Division Winners ....... pages 2-4 Nature Division Winners .... page 5 Travel Division Winners .... pages 6-7Gold Rush ............................ page 8NAIE SCC Awards ............... page 9-10“Finding the Spirit” by Larry Brenden -10Other Awards ........................ pages 11-12

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End of Year Competition Monochrome Print Winners

1st Joe Finkleman, Alabama Hills2nd Bob Hubbell, Ancient Art

3rd Dave Kent, Glacier NP

HM Dennis Scott, Wok SteamHM Lucille van Ommering, Last Rays on a Foggy Afternoon

Lucille van Ommering, Joe Finkleman, Bob Hubbell, Dave Kent, Jim Berger (Print Director), Dennis Scott

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End of Year Competition Creative Print Winners

Lucille van Ommering, Irene Berger, Dave Kent Jim Berger, Gary Cawood,

1st Lucille van Ommering, Carousel Dreams

3rd Dave Kent, Aspen Dreams

2nd Lucille van Ommering, Prisoner’s Last Request

HM Jim Berger, Frontier Picnic

HM Irene Berger, Menacing

HM Gary Cawood, Passion Flower on Steroids

HM Jim Berger, Artistic Cheetah

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End of Year Competition Color Print Winners

Joe Finkleman, Gary Cawood, Lucille van Ommering,Dave Kent Jim Berger

1st Jim Berger, Stand Off

2nd Lucille van Ommering, Wildfire Sunset

3rd Jim Berger, Stirring the Pot

HM Joe Finkleman, Jenny

HM Gary Cawood, Sunday Sunset at Huntington Beach Pier

HM Dave Kent, Curiosity

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End of Year Competition Nature Winners

1st: Jan Lightfoot, Alpha Female Domination

2nd Julius Kovatch, Flying Cheetah

3rd Lucille

van Ommering Mother and Child

Truman Holtzclaw, Jan Lightfoot, Jim Berger,Lucille van Ommering, Kristian Leide-Lynch

HM Kristian Leide-Lynch, Juvenile Gull Wants a Piece of Sea Lion’s Salmon

HM Jim Berger, Wild Horse Stampede Wyoming

HM Werner Krueger, Sand Hill Cranes Landing

HM Truman Holtzclaw, American Mink Jumping

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End of Year Competition Travel Single Winners

3rd Charlie Willard, White Pocket

HM Joe Finkleman, Isle of Skye

2nd Jim Berger Rundkutten Norway

HM Gary Cawood Lake Inley, Myanmar, Floating Home

1st Jam Lightfoot Guanaco in Early Morning Torres Del Paine

HM Truman Holtzclaw, Cadillac Ranch

Jan Lightfoot, Charlie Willard, Joe Finkleman,Jim Berger, Truman Holtzclaw, Gary Cawood

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End of Year Competition Travel Sequence Winners

1st Place Jan Lightfoot, Winter Countrysides of MontanaJan Lightfoot, Lucille van Ommering,

Charlie Willard, Truman Holtzclaw

HM Truman Holtzclaw, Venice In Full Color

2 nd Lucille van Ommering, Historic Folsom

HM Truman Holtzclaw, Welcome to Burning Man

3rd Charlie Willard, Yosemite Spring 2017

HM Charlie Willard, White Pocket

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Below is the announcement of an upcoming Gold Rush program that you may be interested in. Good to RSVP to Susan (see below) if you’re sure you’re coming, as the demand seems high for the program. Best, Laurie Friedman, VP Programs, PSA Gold Rush

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9am ........Registration: Guests $10, Gold Rush members free (you can join there)9:30 ........Viewing of images from previous Wall Art/Abstracts program and shoot.10-12.......Program12-1.........No-host lunch at a nearby restaurant1-4...........Portrait shooting opportunities with different models and lighting set-ups.

You’re invited to this interesting program, followed by lunch with fellow photographers, and a chance to practice your portrait photography!Gold Rush is a Chapter of PSA (Photographic Society of America) that has provided quarterly day-long

photography programs in Sacramento for many years. Gold Rush is changing its format to offer photography programs in the morning, lunch from 12-1 at a nearby restaurant, followed by photo shoots of subjects suggested by the morning program. BRING YOUR CAMERA AND TRIPOD! At the next program you’ll have an opportunity to show your work from this shoot!Since Gold Rush is a Chapter of PSA, membership in PSA is strongly encouraged, with many benefits of its own, and

you can sign up at the Gold Rush program. For more information and RSVP if you’re sure you’re coming, please contact Susan Bovey at susanbovey@yahoo.com or (530) 219-0955 for our planning. Looking forward to seeing you there! Program title: Shooting Models, Friends and Family Indoors. Program description: We will be using several different light sources (Natural Light, Speedlights, Flashlights, Incandescent Lights, Garage Fluorescent Lights, Bright Hot Lights and Reflectors) to make indoor photos of models, friends and family. We will have two hours of program/demos and then three hours of shooting by participants. We will have at least three different set ups with different subjects for each set up. Participants are invited to bring any of their own portable ( NO Wires!) light sources and reflectors. If any participant would like to bring a model to shoot that would be fine.

Bio: Truman Holtzclaw With 35 years of serious photography, Truman Holtzclaw has perfected the skills to artfully blend his teaching experiences, biology background, and his love of nature to create a collection of over 240,000 beautiful images. He is past-president of the Sacramento Audubon Society, Sierra Camera Club, and the Gold Rush Chapter of the Photographic Society of America, as well as working as a Park Naturalist for the State of California. Truman enjoys most all photographic endeavors, including attending and presenting

workshops, leading field trips, competing and judging in local and international competitions, and leading commercial photo tours. In addition, he photographs individuals, groups, special events, weddings, architecture and sporting events through his company called “A Beautiful Image”. From the beginning of his photographic exploits, Truman has been fascinated with

wide-angle lenses and their results. Lately he has been interested in portraiture, trying out different model situations

and lighting effects—which he hopes to share with us at the upcoming Gold Rush program.

PSA GOLD RUSH CHAPTER FEATURES TRUMAN HOLTZCLAW APSA

with a program onPORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING EFFECTS

on Saturday, January 26th, 2019 9am - 4pmat the Monroe-Eskaton Lodge on 3225 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento

Thank you to Mike's Camera for their support of Sierra Camera Club, by printing Grammagram Mike’s offer a full line of cameras, equipment and

classes. They still sell film and do film processing, printing and framing.Mike's can be found at http://mikescamera.com.Store located at 22nd & J Streets in Sacramento.

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SCC Awards from North American International Exhibition

WILDLIFE

NATURE

COLOR

1st Doug Arnold Meadowlark’s Song

2nd Charlie Willard Bald Eagle Taking Off

1st Takeshita Hhaya Hazy Sierra Foothills

2nd Kathleen GradyNight in Old Havana

3rd Charlie Willard Milky Way Over Colorado River

3rd Laurie Friedman, Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko on Branch

1st Charlie Willard South Coyote Buttes AZ

2nd Charlie Willard South Coyote Buttes AZ

3rd Charlie Willard Bald Eagle Juneau AK

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1st Kathleen Grady Chinese Lanterns

2nd Lucille van OmmeringThe Prisoner’s Last Request

2nd Lucille van OmmeringOut of Sight Out of Mind

3rd Lucille van OmmeringInvincible

CREATIVE

MONOCHROME

SCC Awards from North American International Exhibition

1st Charlie Willard White Pocket Reflection 3rd Lucille van Ommering

The Power of Nature and the Hand of Man

Larry Brendon’s show “Finding the Spirit“ opened at Viewpoint January 8th. Highly recommend. It is a wonderful exhibition of nature and the natural world. The show will run through February 2nd. Hours Tuesday through Saturday noon to 5. Located at 2015 J. Street, Suite 101,

Sacramento, CA

Viewpoint Photographic Art CenterFeatures Photographer from Lincoln CA

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General Division Creative Lucille van Ommering 1st

Jim Berger, Don Goldman, Truman Holtzclaw 2nd (3 tie)Ed Lindquist 3rd

General Division OpenJeanne Snyder 1st

Charlie Willard & Donna Sturla 2nd (Tie)Lucille van Ommering 3rd

Cumulative Score Awards 1 st Place Trophy Winners

President’s AwardsJan Lightfoot & Cheryl Glackin

Service AwardKristian Leide-Lynch

Service AwardMel Wright

Certificate of AppreciationDoug Arnold

Outgoing Travel DirectorCertificate of Appreciation

Mel WrightOutgoing Nature Director

AWARDSPresented by Charlie Willard

SCC President

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Cumulative Score Awards 1 st Place Trophy Winners2nd and 3rd Place

Travel Singles Doug Arnold 1st

Jan Lightfoot & Charlie Willard 2nd (tie)Gary Cawood 3rd

Creative PrintsDennis Scott 1st

Jim Berger and Lucille van Ommering 2nd (tie)Irene Berger 3rd

Color PrintsLucille van Ommering 1st

Dennis Scott 2ndGary Cawood 3rd

Travel SequencesDoug Arnold 1st

Don Goldman & Truman Holtzclaw 2nd (tie)Charlie Willard 3rd

Monochrome PrintsLucille van Ommering 1st

Dennis Scott 2ndJim Berger 3rd

Nature Division Jan Lightfoot 1st

Kristian Leide-Lynch 2ndJim Berger & Truman Holtzclaw 3rd (tie)