Light and Air The Sierra Club played an important role in my growth as a photographer. In a visual presentation of my work, I will trace the influence of John Muir, Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club books upon my photographic development. My use of the photographic medium for preservation and change especially involves landContinue reading “Guest Speaker: Frederick Charles, October 23, 2013”
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Members’ Night: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Come join us for some refreshments as we celebrate the beginning of another exciting year of photography at Lincoln Center. Members may present 6–8 images in either digital or slide format. Please arrive by 6:15 pm to load your digital images (memory stick or disc) into the computer or your slides into the tray. ToContinue reading “Members’ Night: Wednesday, September 25, 2013”
From the Chair, September/October 2013
Welcome everyone to our 2013–2014 Sierra Photo meeting season. I hope all of you had a good summer creating nature photography. This members’ night, we look forward to seeing your very best images since our June meeting. Perhaps you may want to submit some of those photos to our Calumet III show that opens inContinue reading “From the Chair, September/October 2013”
Members’ Night: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Come join us for some refreshments as we celebrate the end of the first year of photography in our new meeting venue. Members may present 6–8 images in either digital or slide format. Please arrive by 6:15 pm to load your digital images (memory stick or disc) into the computer or your slides into theContinue reading “Members’ Night: Wednesday, June 26, 2013”
From the Chair, May/June 2013
Spring has finally arrived after a long winter. In this time of great beauty, I hope you all can take the opportunity to get out into nature and shoot lots of great new images! You are going to need them, not only for Members’ Night on June 26, but for our new Sierra Club Photography CommitteeContinue reading “From the Chair, May/June 2013”
Guest Speaker: Denise Ippolito, May 29, 2013
Bloomin’ Ideas and Pleasing Blurs Denise will cover techniques, both in-camera and Photoshop, for capturing beautiful flower images and creating pleasingly blurred flower and bird images. Denise Ippolito is a professional freelance photographer, artist and writer living in NJ. She was a moderator for birdphotographers.net, an online photography site where she worked in the OOTBContinue reading “Guest Speaker: Denise Ippolito, May 29, 2013”
Guest Speaker: Carl Heilman, April 24, 2013
Determining Creativity Every photo a person takes is created using the basic principles behind the aperture and shutter for working with depth of field, motion, and exposure. Carl simplifies the techniques behind these principles and applies them to working with more advanced shooting techniques and some fun creative effects. Carl will also show his video, TheContinue reading “Guest Speaker: Carl Heilman, April 24, 2013”
Harriman State Park, NY: Lake Nawahunta
The Fahnestock outing participants, still in search for even richer fall colors, decided to drive south to Harriman State Park. There, they were rewarded with a blazing autumn display around Lake Nawahunta. Yellow everywhere, in the trees, at one’s feet and reflected in the lake. Phragmites marshes beckoned through the woods. The late afternoon lightContinue reading “Harriman State Park, NY: Lake Nawahunta”
Clarence Fahnestock State Park, NY
Photo outing participants sought peak autumn foliage in Fahnestock State Park. First they visited Jordan Pond near a farm on Glynnwood Road. Then they explored Sunken Mine Road, an unpaved woodsy route passing by colorful ponds, marshes and streams. Photographers: Linda Calvet, Louise Luger and Charles Dexter (NOTICE: All photography in this gallery is copyrightedContinue reading “Clarence Fahnestock State Park, NY”
Bushkill Falls Park, PA
Photo outing participants visited Bushkill Falls, a private park in the Delaware Water Gap region of Pennsylvania. Its trails lead through the woods to waterfalls, streams and a pond. Autumn colors adorned the waterfalls and created reflections in the water. Photographers: Linda Calvet, Bill Frick, Steve Feingold, Valerie Mayers and Charles Dexter (NOTICE: All photographyContinue reading “Bushkill Falls Park, PA”
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