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Welcome back to Martha! She is back doing the newsletter after having a bad spell during September. We are all so glad you are doing better and happy to have you back.

Fall has officially arrived. There is a bit of a chill in the air mornings and evenings with beautiful days. With fall comes halloween and Veterans day and daylight savings time ends. It also means, in some parts of the country at least, the leaves are changing colors. The club is planning an overnight field trip to the eastern sierras to see if we can catch some of it. The Bishop trip is coming up starting on the 9th. We have a good number of people going. Should be great fun.

We will get in the Halloween spirit with a field trip to Tanaka Farms in Irvine on October 23. It is a working farm with acres of pumpkins, a maze, a tractor tour, an animal petting area and fresh produce stands. See flyer for times and directions. This will be a mid week trip.

Coming right after halloween is the end of daylight savings time followed by Veteran’s Day on November 11th. We would like to honor the veter-ans in our club by including a list of members who have served our coun-try in this newsletter. We will also have a tribute, with their photos, at the beginning of the November meeting. Thank you all for your service. Continued on page 5

Table of Contents

President’s Letter 1

PSOC Info 2-3

Meeting Map 4

Meeting Info 5

Member Info 6

Ocotber field trip 7-9

Sept Assignment 10-11

Oct Assignment 12-13

Nov Assigment 14

Nov Asssignment 15-16

Honoring Vets 17-18

Holiday Mixer 19-20

Eastern Sierra Trip 21

Map for Carpool 22

2019 Calendar 23

2019 What to Show 24

Member Photos 25

“No use thinking

of the past, for its gone,

don’t think of the future

for it has yet to come,

think of the present

because that is

where you are.”

Kazi Shams

Meeting and Field Trip Information

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Board of Directors

Committee Members

Digital Show Tony Gilbert 714 925-1483

Deborah Anne 714 847-5619

Eric Walton 949 422-6144

Gary Miller 714 330-4045

Projectionist Mike Wilson 714 913-8195

Phil Yasskin 714 335-7329

Jack Strand 310 912-9313

Refreshment /Hospitality

Kris Bonham 714 846-2940

Linda Gray 714 420-3641

Field Trip Claudia Bennett 714 892-7871

Silvia Faris 562 592-9807

Membership Bernd Steinebrunner 714 604-7924

Janet Clarke 714 966-3011

Mentor Program Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Newsletter Martha Blake 541 923-1465

Ron Murphy 714 856-6503

Overnight Trips Kurt Bayless 714 893-4919

Deborah Anne 714 847-5619

Al Russell 714 281-0755

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Linda Calkins 714 847-5973

Ron Knievel 949 551-8111

Gordon Hastings 714 956-8337

LENS Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Linda Calkins 714 847-5973

Dan Anderson 714 348-3210

Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Facebook Carol Allen Calkins 714 963-2630

Assignments Stefan Steinberg 714 263-6824

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982

Frank Oliveri 714-473-7419

Ron Murphy 714 856-6503

Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Lending Library Richard Kusper 949 500-4441

President Connie Terry 562 296-5031

Vice-President Charlie Hunt 714 585-6946

Sec Deborah Anne 714 847-5619

Treas Carole Cherchian 714 963-1505

Past President Kurt Bayless 714 893-4919

Directors Al Russell 714 281-0755

Mike Whitmore 714 964-0982 Dan Anderson 714 348-3210 Ron Knievel 253 209-9430

General Meeting : October 24,th 2019 @ 7:00PM

November 21st, 2019 @ 7:00PM

Field Trips : October 23rd, 2019 - Tanaka Tree Farms

November 2nd, 2019 - Rancho Los Alamtios

LENS Meetings : October 17th, 2019 @ 7:00PM -

“ Getting exposure correct in difficult conditions” presented by

Barry Evans

November 14,nd 2019 @ 7PM

”How to” processing tips [panel] [Submit questions

before meeting]

Special Events : Bishop overnighter. October 9th through

October 13th.

Check out our Facebook page. Carol Calkins does an eccellent

job of posting things of interest in the area in a timely manner.

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PSOC WEBSITE: www.psoc.net

PSOC Mailing : 1230 Scioto Rd, #229A,

Seal Beach, CA 90740

Pres. e-mail : connieterry20@gmail.com

Editor e-mail: marthablake1940@gmail.com

Photo Submissions: psocphoto@gmail.com

MEETING PLACE FOR: PSOC

The Fount Church (A United

Methodist Community)

18225 BUSHARD, F V , CA

MAP ON PAGE 3

Carpool Location—South end of the Auto Club of SoCal (AAA)

The October meeting is on

October 24th @ 7PM

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THE FOUNT CHURCH (A UNITED

METHODIST COMMUNITY)

18225 BUSHARD, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA

The church campus is between Talbert and Ellis on the west side of the street

The meeting room for the PSOC monthly meeting is in the sanctuary, located in the

main building of the church with entrance off the patio in front of the church. We

meet at 6:30 for refreshments and a social time. The meeting starts at 7:00 and usual-

ly ends by 9:00 p.m.

The Learning Education Network (LENS) meets at 7:00 on Thursday evening, a

week earlier than the regular PSOC meeting, in the Sanctuary

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Meeting Info

October 24th @ 7PM meeting

The October meeting is on July 25th at 7PM. Refreshments and social

time begins at 6:30PM Photos from the field trip to Josuha Treeand/or the

shooting assignment “Sunsets, Stars and Moon” will be shown at the meet-

ing. Our guest critiquer will be Art Ramirez.

You can e-mail up to 3 images plus title photo to Digital Show Team

@ psocphoto@gmail.com on or before Tuesday 22 by 6PM.

PICTURE THIS

If you’re looking for landscape photography inspiration, look no

further than Ansel Adams. He is the godfather of all things landscape.

He’s famous for shooting monochrome images of National Parks

throughout the American West. Among his most well known images is the

stunning view of the Teton mountain ridge and Snake river.

The most amazing thing about these images is that they are large format.

The Deardorf 8×10 View Camera captured high quality images. This is be-

cause the negatives were 8 x 10 inches large. The remarkable thing is

that the camera, tripod and film had to be hand-carried long distances.

This image of the Teton mountain ridge was taken in 1942 while Adams was working for the Department of the Interior. They

commissioned him to photograph National Parks, Indian reservations, and other locations. These were for mural-sized prints

for the department’s new building. They had an understanding that he could photograph images for himself while employed.

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This year for the Holidays, we will be having a “Holiday Mixer” in place of a sit down dinner. Your board is hop-

ing this will give members a better chance to visit with each other and meet the newer members instead of having

so many having to work so hard. See flyer for more information.

Connie

Martha Blake

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Member Info

Members info

October Members info

Deborah Anne just did some digital images using photographs for a children's book which has just been published. The fun part is that she used Dan Anderson as one of her models. https://www.amazon.com/Emmas-Best-Friend-Robot-Piper/dp/169602756X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=emmas+friend+is+a+robot&qid=1570040837&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Linda Calkins sold 2 photos this month. One from the fair and one from her trip to the poppy super bloom.

Irv Dierdorff has just set up a new website with his images. Check out his great photography. https://irvfoto.com/

Cristian Donos has a large amount of images being displayed at exhibitions all over the world. I have an email from him detailing all the places and info on how he accomplished this. Contact me if you would like to have it.

Jennie Breeze has her photos displayed at the Pizzeria Ortica at 640 Anton Blvd, Costa Mesa, 92626 in a ongoing showing. Kurt Bayless, Robin Hoyland and Carol Calkins have images in The 2020 Wings Over Bolsa calendar which was released in October.

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TANAKA FARMS OF IRVINE

Date for Outing: WEDNESDAY, October 23, 2019

Time: Meet for lunch at 1:30 and then drive over to Tanaka Farms. If we plan on arriving to the farm by 2:30 we should get some good lighting

and avoid the school crowds…

I am recommending we meet at Luna Grill at Irvine Spectrum

The eatery prepares and serves amazing Middle Eastern food area to sit both inside and outdoors.

Located at: Irvine Spectrum Center

Address: 524 Spectrum Suite 602, Irvine, CA 92618

please let me know how many people would plan on meeting for lunch so I can make special arrangements to get

our food quickly. Directions from Spectrum to Tanaka Farms is at the end of the bulletin.

This shoot is for Color and we should have a lot of color at this working farm, along with the acres of pumpkins there is a

maze, a tractor tour, an animal petting area and the fresh produce stands. I have been told that there should be a lot of sun-

flowers during our visit.

Tanaka Farms is conveniently located in the heart of Irvine! Just south of the 405 Freeway off University Drive. Physical address is 5380 3/4 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612.

From the 405, exit University Drive and head south. Turn Left on to Strawberry Farms Road. Our parking lot is the first drive-

way on the LEFT. Entrance to the farm is at the center of the parking lot near the big tent. During the middle of the week there

should be no issues with parking. We should also have the farm mostly to ourselves, since the school tours begin to leave the

park around 2 pm.

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Produce Market Stand is open daily from 9am to 5pm

Admission to the farm: $4 (2 years and under are free) Includes visiting with the rescue flock of chickens, seasonal maze (when available), photo opportunities, and play area. Active and retired Military personnel are eligible for FREE entry with ID.

IT'S A RICH HISTORY WE ARE PROUD OF

O U R J O U R N E Y

Tanaka Farms began with great-grandfather Teruo who immigrated from Hiroshima-ken, Japan. After mak-ing the arduous journey to California his son, grandfather George, was born in Dinuba. Farmer Tanaka is a "Sansei", a 3rd generation Japanese American, who was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California and has a degree in Agricultural Business.

Farmer Tanaka, his wife, Shirley, and his son, Farmer Kenny, own and operate Tanaka Farms which is an au-thentic working farm. Our 30-acres produce fruits & vegetables that supply our produce stand, provide for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, and our various educational tours.

In 1998, Tanaka Farms decided to go to Responsible Farming Methods after land development forced them to move the farming operation from Irvine Center Drive and Bake Parkway. The farm is now situated in a valley in the heart of Irvine. It's hard to believe that this beautiful farm can exist among all of the develop-ment in Orange County!

Tanaka Farms believes in growing what’s in season!

We should see a lot of color including sunflowers and more….

Eating a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables when they are in season is a healthy way to get all of your vitamins and minerals. Below are a few of the things we grow throughout the year. For a complete list CHECK OUT OUR HARVEST CHART.

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Eating a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables when they are in season is a healthy way to get all of your vitamins and minerals. Below are a few of the things we grow throughout the year. For a complete list CHECK OUT OUR HARVEST CHART. I wanted to recommend we gather for lunch DIRECTIONS FROM SPECTRUM TO TANAKA FARMS I R V I N E S P E C T R U M C E N T E R Irvine, CA 92618

Get on I-405 N from Enterprise Dr and Entertainment Way 6 min (1.1 mi)

Follow I-405 N. Take exit 4 from I-405 N 3 min (2.9 mi)

Continue on University Dr to your destination 2 min (0.8 mi) TA N A K A F A R M S

5380 University Dr, Irvine, CA 92612

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Stars, Sunsets, and the Moon September Assignment (show October 24) by Mike Whitmore

Our September assignment is to get out and creatively shoot the night sky. Be sure to attend the September 15 LENS

meeting to hear Jan Maguire tell us how she captures amazing images of the night sky. You can check out Jan’s images

on her website to get some inspiration.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maguire33/albums/72157627725304835 .

Here are some of Jan’s notes on photographing the Night Sky from her 2016 LENS meeting presentation.

Jan’s 2016 LENS Meeting notes: “Shoot Raw. Turn on long-exposure noise reduction for SINGLE exposures (if you're a

patient person - it does basically double your exposure time) Don't use long-exposure noise reduction for star trails.

Consider manual white balance, around 3700K.

From mid-northern latitudes, we see stars moving across the sky from east to west. As the Earth rotates, the sky ap-

pears to pinwheel about the North Celestial Pole. In the early evening, a star rises in the east; at midnight it is on the

meridian; by sunrise it sets in the west.

Milky Way "Galactic core", the really gassy bright area, best viewed April to September. · Best seen facing south. · Look

for Scorpius and Sagittarius. · It is close to the horizon, and below the horizon later in the year, So: · Spring - southeast,

a couple hours before sunrise · Summer - south, around midnight · Fall - southwest, an hour after sunset

Where to see stars best - during New Moon (i.e., no moon); best 4 days before or after: · Yosemite · Eastern Sierra ·

Check this website: www.cleardarksky.com/csk/prov/California_map.html

For any night shoot, you can way overexpose a test just so you can check your composition. AND, because it's dark,

your image will look brighter...don't be fooled. Try checking histogram!

Rule of thumb for pinpoint stars - shutter speed should not be more than 500/focal length. So, e.g., 500/35mm = 14

seconds. Example exposures for pinpoint stars and Milky Way (remembering full stops are 1.0, 1.4, 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8,

11, 16, 22) · 14mm = 36 sec, ISO 3200-6400, F2.8 · 17mm = 29 sec, ISO 3200-6400, F2.8 · 20mm = 25 sec, ISO 6400,

F2.8 · 24mm = 21 sec, ISO 6400 F1.8, F2 · 35mm = 14 sec, ISO 3200, F1.8, etc.

Turn off IS/VR. MANUAL focus on infinity. Consider taping lens at infinity mark! And, btw, my 35mm will not have as

much DOF, so I should try to have foreground objects further away than if I used 14mm or 16mm.”

………..”In post-processing, try some white-balance work: add blue on temperature, magenta on tint. Selectively add

clarity to Milky Way only (or image gets noisy).”

………..”For star trails, the longer shutter speeds don't matter - I use 30 seconds @ F2.8 at an appropriate ISO, usually

3200.”

The PSOC will be going to Joshua Tree National Park for the September 28th field trip and conditions should be excel-

lent for shooting the night sky and Milky Way between sunset and midnight. We will pray for clear skies. You may

want to book a room in Twenty-Nine Palms since you could be up late that night.

Of course, you do not have to go that far to take creative night photos of sunsets and moonrises. Full moon will be on

August 19, September 14, and October 13. We will have a new moon on September 28.

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Light painting of foreground objects can be fun so bring a flashlight. A flashlight with adjustable intensity helps. You can also bring a white handkerchief to place over the light to diffuse the light. You can then paint the foreground ob-jects with light during the long exposure of the sky. Light painting takes some practice to get the effects that you want. This is something that you can experiment with near home, if you can find a dark area somewhere locally. Better to test things out before you get to Joshua Tree. You might check this link for some ideas from Rusty Parkhurst: https://improvephotography.com/40682/beginners-guide-using-light-painting-photography/

You might also consider the book Photography Night Sky by Jennifer Wu and James Martin which is very helpful. https://www.jenniferwu.com/Pages/Books/Night-Sky .

“Here is a link for light painting you will want to check out

https://waynepinkstonphoto.com/Low-Level-Landscape-Lighting “

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Color is My Subject

Creating A Masterpiece

By Charlie A Hunt

5. Processing: You may be out-of-the camera only person, however, I try never to show

An image without post-processing for the four elements above. Though much of image processing

Is in the camera, it is unlikely a perfect image. Bob Killen, a professional, is great at developing

His art in post-processing. https://www.bobkillen.com/index

Lastly, here are a few of my images in which I used color intentionally to create a views

Response to my work.

A complex well

Composed image

Using multiple

Colors and detail

Processing to achieve a WOW and calm response.

A singular-color A boat docked on

That evokes the Sea of Galilee

Passion...for the with Golan

Bee! Heights in

Background telling

A peaceful story.

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Saturday-November 2nd field trip to Rancho Los Alamitos

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. at Hof’s Hut Long Beach

2147 N Bellflower Blvd (just south of Stearns) Parking in rear

Carpool: Meet at 10:45 a.m. at the south end of the

parking lot located on the northeast corner of Beach

Boulevard and Stark Drive, Huntington Beach. There is

limited parking available at the Rancho.

Directions: Rancho Los Alamitos is located within

Bixby Hill and accessed through the residential security

gate at Anaheim and Palo Verde. From the 405 Freeway: exit at Palo Verde Avenue and turn south. From

Hof’s Hut: head south on Bellflower Blvd. Turn left onto Atherton, right onto Palos Verde and left onto

Bixby Hill Road.

Rancho Hours: 1:00-5:00 pm Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free. The Rancho Center offers a

self-guided tour. The Ranch House offers docent-guided tours only, every 30 minutes, with the first tour at

approximately 1:30 p.m. and the last at 4:00 p.m. The Gardens and Barns areas have self-guided or docent-

guided tours by request.

Photography: Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation welcomes

visitors who wish to photograph the gardens and other outside

areas. Please respect the site and do not move artifacts, trample

plants, or impede other visitors in order to get a good image.

Absolutely no photography is allowed inside the Ranch House.

Lights and/or light reflectors, large camera

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equipment/gear, etc. are not allowed on-site. For more information see https://rancholosalamitos.org/index.html A visit to Rancho Los Alamitos is like taking a peek into California history. Located in Long Beach, it is an

oasis among urban surroundings. The site reflects the history of the region from Spanish colonial days, and

the Mexican occupation, to the modern American era.

Rancho Los Alamitos has had many owners throughout the centuries, beginning with the Native Americans

who settled the land 1,500 years ago.

Manuel Nieto, a Spanish foot soldier, was granted

the land as part of his retirement. The acreage was

divided into five ranchos by Nieto’s descendants,

with Rancho Los Alamitos being 28,500 acres. It

passed from Spain to Mexico in 1810 and then to

the U.S. when California joined the union in 1850.

The adobe was originally built by the Nieto family,

from 1800-1834, to house the rancho vaqueros and

horses. After changing owners a few times, John

Bixby leased Rancho Los Alamitos in 1878 and

eventually bought it in 1881. It’s the Bixby fami-

ly’s simple adobe house visitors see today. Bixby’s

son, Fred, and his wife, Florence, acquired the

ranch in 1906.

Florence created the gardens that cover the ranch. Fred was

a businessman and rancher who bred shire horses. Fred

died in 1952. At Florence’s death in 1961, the city of Long

Beach gained ownership. Rancho Los Alamitos is now

listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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PSOC HOLIDAY MIXER!

Let’s celebrate the season with a casual evening filled with friends and festive fun.

Thursday-December 5, 2019

6:30-9:00 PM

Greenbrook Homeowners Association Clubhouse

18222 Santa Joanana, Fountain Valley

See Map on Next Page

Please bring your choice of an

Appetizer, Hors d’ Oeuvre, or Dessert

(enough to share with 10-15 people)

There will be a Gift Exchange.

If you would like to participate, please bringa gift valued at approx. $15.

PSOC will provide the drinks (wine, juice, coffee, water)

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Click on Map weblink below:

https://local.yahoo.com/info-21070360-greenbrook-homeowners-association-f

18222 Santa Joanana

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

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Eastern Sierra Weekend Trip

October 9 to 13, 2019

We have accommodations at the Comfort Inn in Bishop which is located in the north end of Bishop. They are

holding a block of 25 rooms at $105-$110 per night for the four nights from Wednesday 10/9 to Sunday

10/13. Call the Inn directly at (760) 873-4284 to reserve your room. Be sure to tell them you are with

the Photographic Society of Orange County.

Photo Opportunities: You will be near the Alabama Hills, the ancient bristlecone pines, Bishop Creek, the

Chidago Petro glyphs, the Owens River gorge, Mammoth Lakes, Rock Creek, Crawley Lake, the Mammoth

Lakes area, June Lake, Bodie, and the Tioga Pass. The fall colors are usually very good at this time in

October in the Bishop area and the many canyons between Lone Pine and Bodie.

Lundy Lake and Bodie Reflection by Mike Whitmore

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New PSOC Carpool Location: South end of the Auto Club of SoCal (AAA) parking lot at the north-

east corner of Beach Blvd. and Stark Drive.

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Annette Globits

Connie Terry

Kurt Bayless

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Dan Anderson

Mike Glosecki

Carol Calkins