The McLean Photo Club annual Holiday Party will be held Saturday, December 2nd. Ursy Potter has again been generous to host, and the party will be held at
Ursy's home in McLean starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to bring a guest. Please bring a side dish or equivalent for the buffet dinner -- a salad, dessert, a bottle of Wine, anything you like.
The club will provide the main dish and drinks will be served. Please let Ursy know that you're coming and what you'll bring.
Ursy's address is:
958 Saigon Rd.
McLean, VA 22102
703-821-1373 rivrlover@aol.com
From Exit 44 off the Beltway, at Georgetown Pike,
go about 1/3 mile northwest to Saigon Road;
turn left onto Saigon Rd. and go about 1/3 mile till
Ursy's house at # 958 on the right.
We’ve just passed Thanksgiving and so the holiday season is in full swing now. Our photo club holiday party will be a little early this year, Dec. 2, so make sure you mark your calendar now. And of course anyone who has any new photos they would like others to see should bring them by for the party.
We had many excellent photos for our recent
November competition. Check out the results on page 6 just following the NOVACC list of club events.
Upcoming area events include:
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Flash Photography presentation by Steve
Gottlieb at No. Bethesda Camera Club -
Nov. 29 th
.
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Seminar on Judging from Joe Miller Dec. 2
- Timothy Edberg – Open Studio Dec. 2
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Meadowlark Photo Expo February 3 – 4
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Nature Photography -- all day seminar at
Towson, MD by Rod Plank of the Baltimore
Camera Club Mar. 21, 2007
See the details for these events on the next
three pages.
Happy holidays to all!
– Bruce Copping

The Meadowlark Photography Expo will be February 3-4, 2007. Photos will be collected at the MPC meeting on January 10, 2007.
For more info: www.MeadowlarkPhotoExpo.org
Calling all McLean Photography Club nature photographers! The Meadowlark Photo Expo is your opportunity to exhibit your nature photos in a juried show that will be visited by over 2000 people. In addition, there will be a reception for all club photographers on Saturday evening.
The 5th annual Meadowlark Photo Expo will be held February 3-4th at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens located in
Vienna. It is the premier nature photography exhibition where photographers from all the clubs in Northern Virginia exhibit their photographs.
To participate in this event, you need to submit your photo to your Meadowlark Representative, Minnie Gallman, before Friday January 12th. On Saturday, January 13th, 3 judges will determine which photos will be exhibited. The guidelines for submitting photos are posted on the Meadowlark Expo website - www.MeadowlarkPhotoExpo.org. The guidelines are similar to previous years except the size of mat has been changed for photos 8x10 or smaller and photos are not limited to the locations in the US.
In addition to the Photo Expo, George Lepp will be the keynote speaker on Friday February 2nd. For details to purchase tickets, see the website. Tickets will also be available at the club meetings.
Of course an event of this magnitude needs volunteers to run it. This year McLean Photography Club will be at the front door to greet people, hand out flyers on the day's activities, and collect the suggested donation of $3. Therefore, on Saturday the 3rd, we need 6 people to cover the three shifts of 2 people each. Also, we are providing a volunteer to at the sales desk for the first shift on Saturday. In addition, there is a McLean Photography table at the Expo from which you can sell nature themed products such as note cards, calendars, etc. If you are planning to enter the expo, we hope you are available to volunteer.
Sign-up sheets will be available at the November meeting for volunteers. Because there is no meeting in December, your representative will be accepting entries for the show at the January 10, 2007 meeting or at her home (6744 Baron
Road) located 2 miles from the Community Center. Contact your representative, Minnie Gallman via e-mail pggallman@verizon.net or 703-356-0856 if you have any questions or want to drop off your matted prints..
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Flash Photography Program:
On November 29 Steve Gottlieb, photographer and director of Horizon
Photography Workshops in Maryland State will present a program on flash photography at the North Bethesda Camera Club (NBCC) beginning at 7:30 pm at the Faith United
Methodist Church, 6810 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD, 20852. Steve will demonstrate both by live demonstration and by showing examples of his work, some of the many ways to use flash both on and off camera.
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Nature Photography all-day seminar:
The Baltimore Camera Club is hosting an all day Seminar by noted Nature Photographer
ROD PLANCK. It will be in Towson, just north of Baltimore, on March 21, 2007.
Details are on the club web site (at the bottom of the home page): http://www.baltimorecameraclub.org/

Open Studio – nature photography
Timothy Edberg, professional nature photographer, will have an Open
Studio to display and market his award-winning fine-art prints. The
Open Studio will be at 6511 Homestake Dr. South, Bowie, MD, 20720, on
Saturday December 2nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Edberg's prints are in private, corporate, and university collections on three continents, and his work has appeared in Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer,
Petersen's PHOTOgraphic, PC Photo, PHOTO Techniques, Emulsion Magazine,
Popular Photography, and many other regional publications and books.
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Joe Miller - Seminar on Judging:
On Saturday, December 2, 2006, Joe Miller will be offering a "Seminar on Judging" to be held from 10:00 AM to 5:00
PM. Participants will be trained to become judges on all levels of camera club competitions (monthly, end-of-year, and exhibitions). Due to the thorough and comprehensive nature of the seminar, enrollment will be limited to 12 participants. The cost will be $70 per person. If you are motivated and think you have the qualities necessary to become a camera club judge, please contact Joseph Miller, furnfoto@aol.com as soon as possible, and a prospectus and detailed syllabus will be provided to you. It is expected this seminar will fill quickly so don’t delay in registering your interest for this unique educational opportunity.
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Joe Miller critiques via e-mail:
1) Be sure your image is no more than 8-bits per channel (In PS: Image > Mode & check 8 bits/channel)
2) Change the resolution to 72, change the long side to 500 pixels (Click on Image > Image Size)
3) If you have Photoshop, go to File > Save for Web and set the quality to High and 60 and save.
Or, if you don't use Photoshop
3a) After step 2 save as a JPEG.
4) E-mail it/them to Joe. furnfoto@aol.com
One restriction. Please don't send him more than 3 images at a time.
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Hawks and Owls:
The Raptor Conservancy of Virginia is interested in bringing a variety of hawks and owls to Meadowlark Botanical Gardens for a fall foliage photography session. This is in response to growing interest in raptor photography and, with the brilliant fall foliage, will yield stunning photographic results while helping the Conservancy protect and rehabilitate injured birds.
The cost will be $25 per person for a 45-minute session starting at 9:00 AM and running on the hour until 1:00 PM. A minimum of 20 people MUST register with the
Conservancy prior to the event. Groups, however, will typically be small and there will be a sufficient number of birds and handlers available to allow all photographers ample time to take lots of photographs in the wild.

The date for this event has NOT been selected because the Conservancy wants to time it for maximum fall colors. Interested photographers, thus, MUST contact the
Conservancy and they will advise you how to check for the final date AND they will arrange to call you in advance of the event if you provide your telephone number and/or email address.
Contact:
Raptor Conservancy of VA
703-578-1175
Web site: www.raptorsva.org <http://www.raptorsva.org/>
Email: raptorsva@aol.com

(As a member of the McLean Photography Club you may attend any of the listed activities)
Loudoun Photography Club
Contact : Lisa Duncan at (703) 725-2931 or LoudounPhotoClub@cox.net
.
Website : < http://www.loudounphoto.org/ > http://www.loudounphoto.org
Yahoo group: LoudounPhotographyClub-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Meetings: Held on the 2 nd & 4th Thursdays at 7:00 pm at the Eastern Loudoun (Cascades) Regional Library or as indicated.
No additional information provided for November.
Manassas Warrenton Camera Club
Contact: Gene Welles (703) 330-5835 or ewellsjr@verizon.net
Website: http://www.mwcc-photo.org .
Meetings : H eld on the 1 st and 3 rd Thurs. at 7:30 pm, Manassas City Hall, Old Town Manassas, or as indicated.
No additional information provided for November.
McLean Photography Club
Contact: Bruce Copping at (703) 725-9331 or bcopping@gmail.com
Website: http://www.mcleanphoto.org
.
Meetings: Held on the 2 nd Wed. at 7:30 pm (meet & greet at 7:15 pm), at the McLean Community Center, or as indicated.
Program: Nov. 8th, competition, see next line
Competition: Nov. 8th, Judge: Jim Steele
Northern Virginia Photographic Society
Contact: Sam Schaen at 703-560-8365 or schaen@mindspring.com
Website: http://www.nvps.org
Meetings : Held at 7:45 pm at Dunn Loring Fire Station, 2148 Gallows Rd., Dunn Loring, Va.
Program: November 7, “Chesapeake: Bay of Light An Exploration of the Chesapeake Bay’s Wild and Forgotten
Places: by Ian Plant
Competition: November 21, Theme: Reflections, Judge: Judy Switt
Workshop: November 14, 7:30 pm, Critique by Sherwin Kaplan and Joe Miller, Contact Bill Prosser: prosserwm@aol.com
or Minnie Gallman: pggallman@verizon.net
Field Trip: November 11, 8:30am, Raptor Photo Shoot at Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont, MD, Contact Paul
Simmons 703-912-4862 or pwsimmons@msn.com
Forum: November 28, Ed Knepley, “Through the Viewfinder to the Digital Darkroom”
Members ’ Gallery: November 28, Prints: Jan Ponder; Projection: Fred Chitty
Reston Photographic Society
Contact: Ellis Rosenberg at 703-855-4008 or erosenberg@cox.net
Website: http://www.leagueofrestonartists.org
Meetings : Held the 3 rd Tuesday of the month 7:30-10:30 pm at the Reston Community Center – Hunters Woods
Program: For Tues. Nov 21st we will have Elliott Stern from Ace Photo making a presentation.
Vienna Photographic Society
Contact: John Connell at (703) 352-8790 or john@johnsfineart.com
or Warren Standley at (703) 979-3838 or
VPSEditor@verizon.net
.
Website: http://www.vps-va.org
Meetings : H eld on the 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 pm in the main lecture hall of the Thoreau Middle School, 2505

Cedar Lane, Vienna, VA.
Program: Wednesday, Nov. 1 st at 7:30 pm… " Through the Viewfinder to the Digital Darkroom " presented by Ed
Knepley, nature photographer and NVPS member.
Competition: Wednesday, Nov. 15 th at 7:30 pm… themed competition, Night Photography , with Colin Winterbottom as judge.
Field Trip : Saturday, Nov 18 th
, “Nature and Rural Photography Along the Patuxent River and the Jug Bay Natural
Area”, departing by car from the Vienna Metro Station at 8:15 a.m. For additional information, contact Dennis Tarnay at dtarnay@starpower.net
Forum: Wednesday, Nov. 29 th at 7:30 pm, Thoreau Middle School… topic, “Hands-on technical and artistic coaching for novice photographers”
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November Competition Results
Judge: Jim Steele
NOVICE BLACK & WHITE
1. Tom Mangan- Intellectual Toughs
2. Willa Friedman- Office Building
3. Paul Weiner- Ta Prohm, Cambodia
HM. Willa Friedman- Lake Illusions
ADVANCED BLACK & WHITE
1. Bill Prosser- Rocky Mountain Infrared
2. Margaret Huddy- Snow Goes Up
NOVICE COLOR PRINTS
1. Tom Mangan- Marble Pier
2. Ursy Potter- Red River Bridge
3. Ursy Potter- Lazy Afternoon
HM. Tom Mangan- Snow Pod
ADVANCED POLOR PRINTS
1. Bill Prosser- Bedroom Geometry
2. Bill Prosser- Dolly Sods
3. Gloria Freund Red Sea Fan
HM. Bruce Copping- Dulles Air&Space Annex
COLOR SLIDES
1. Rhonda Simms- Solo Pink
2. Rhonda Simms- Heavenly Rain
3. Sue Teunis- Leaning Calla