Vol. 55, No. 04 April, 2008 Promoting the Enjoyment of Traditional and Digital Photography Greater New Orleans Photographic Society French Quarter Field Trip! Story by Jean Manale The March field trip started at the Cafe Du Monde with Stuart Fraser, Carole Pope, and myself. The Cafe Du Monde was so crowded that we could- n't get a seat. We started down Decatur Street stop- ping along the way to take several shots of different scenes, including the statue Joan of Arc and the musicians playing at a restaurant on the way to the flea market. The farmer's market area was closed for renovations, but I got an interesting shot of the empty archways and lights. Stuart came across a store front that he has been photographing, but has not been satis- fied with any of his previous shots. So he took the opportunity to shoot a re- take. We proceeded down Decatur. On the way to Royal Street we en- countered a woman begging for change, whom we successfully avoided. We walked along Royal Street for a short distant then turned towards Bourbon. We photographed an old diner and a house next to Jean Lafitte Bar. After Bourbon Street we pro- ceeded our walk to Jackson Square. By this time it was twilight, so we tried some night settings for night photography. The manual mode Coffee at Starbucks - At the end of the evening the group had a nice hot cup of coffee. Attendees are Stuart Fraser, Jean Manale, and Carole Pope. Photo provided by Stuart Fraser. French Quarter Balcony - Photo by Stuart Fraser. worked the best. We went into the Ca- thedral where we again encountered the same woman begging. We spent some time photographing the church interior and especially the candles for an upcoming assignment. We walked to Canal Place where Stuart bought Carole and I coffee. It was a beautiful evening to walk the French Quarter, and hopefully we got some good shots. See photos taken by Jean Manale on page 5.
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Vol. 55, No. 04 April, 2008
Promoting the Enjoyment of Traditional and Digital Photography
Greater New Orleans Photographic Society
French Quarter Field Trip!
Story by
Jean Manale The March field trip started at the Cafe Du Monde with Stuart Fraser, Carole Pope, and myself. The Cafe Du Monde was so crowded that we could-n't get a seat. We started down Decatur Street stop-ping along the way to take several shots of different scenes, including the statue Joan of Arc and the musicians playing at a restaurant on the way to the flea market. The farmer's market area was closed for renovations, but I got an interesting shot of the empty archways and lights. Stuart came
across a store front that he has been photographing, but has not been satis-fied with any of his previous shots. So he took the opportunity to shoot a re-take. We proceeded down Decatur. On the way to Royal Street we en-countered a woman begging for change, whom we successfully avoided. We walked along Royal Street for a short distant then turned towards Bourbon. We photographed an old diner and a house next to Jean Lafitte Bar. After Bourbon Street we pro-ceeded our walk to Jackson Square. By this time it was twilight, so we tried some night settings for night photography. The manual mode
Coffee at Starbucks - At the end of the evening the group had a nice hot cup of coffee. Attendees are Stuart Fraser, Jean Manale, and Carole Pope. Photo provided by Stuart Fraser.
French Quarter Balcony - Photo by Stuart Fraser.
worked the best. We went into the Ca-thedral where we again encountered the same woman begging. We spent some time photographing the church interior and especially the candles for an upcoming assignment. We walked to Canal Place where Stuart bought Carole and I coffee. It was a beautiful evening to walk the French Quarter, and hopefully we got some good shots. See photos taken by Jean Manale on page 5.
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Print Competitions The judge for the print competitions was Carroll Grevemberg. Bio from his website (grevy.com): Carroll S. Grevemberg is a photogra-pher that has been working profes-sionally since 1970. His photographic services include weddings, special events, location portraiture, and com-mercial photography. His approach as a photojournalist is to capture the story as it unfolds. This gives you the traditional wedding or event pictures as well as a remberance of your guests and their interactions. Carroll always provides you with his own personal service (unlike many larger studios). Carroll has photographed over 4,000 weddings, including celebrities like John Goodman, Arthel Neville & Gabrielle Union. His commercial pho-tography has appeared in various pub-lications such as: Town & Country, National Geographics, Time, Business Week, Washington Post & New York Times. He has also worked for Taylor Energy, Murphy Oil, Transco and Exxon. Thank you Mr. Carroll S. Grevemberg for judging the print competitions. We appreciate the thoughtful critique of the prints and the helpful tips you gave. After the judging Mr. Grevemberg showed us some of his beautiful wed-ding photography and the fantastic wedding albums he provides to his customers. See photos on page 4. Thank you Rose Parker for getting Carroll to judge the competitions. A special thank you to Jean Manale for doing a great job as the March chairperson.
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Carroll S. Grevemberg critiquing a print while our March chairperson Jean Manale handles the prints for him. Photos by Rose Parker.
Results of the March Print Competitions Color Prints - Assigned Topic (Feathers) 1st Place .... Zoo Greeter ...............................Rose Parker ...................8.90 2nd Place ... I’ve got my Eye on You ............Bud Logan .....................8.80 3rd Place .... Male Feathers ............................Walter Baldassaro .........8.50 H. M. ......... Indian Feathers ..........................Jean Manale ...................8.00 Color Prints - Open Topic Competition 1st Place .... Roll Up ......................................Bud Logan .....................9.90 2nd Place ... New Orleans Charm ..................Jean Manale ...................9.50 3rd Place .... Lake Louise ...............................Tom Oelsner ..................8.80 H. M. ......... Calf in Bluebonnets ...................Rose Parker ...................8.50 Black & White Prints - Open Topic Competition 1st Place .... McGinty ....................................Bud Logan .....................9.90 2nd Place ... Grasslands .................................Tom Oelsner ..................9.50 3rd Place .... Mandan Indian Dwelling ...........Tom Oelsner ..................8.90 H.M. .......... Old Barn Door ...........................Rose Parker ...................8.50 We thank photographer Carroll S. Grevemberg for judging the print competitions.
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Results of the GSCCC Pictorial Pro-jected Digital com-petitions for March 2008, as judged by the Houston Photo-c h r o m e C l u b : "Vegetables are Good" by John Pickles, 13 pts (1st Place), "Grizzly
Scratch” by Connie Allotto, 10 pts, “Katrina Norain" by Ricky Gilmore, 7 pts, "Gull and Bay Bridge" by Weston Strauch, 7 pts. Taking 1st place was John Pickles for “Vegetable are Good” with 13 points. Congratulations John!! Results of the GSCCC Pictorial Slides competitions for March 2008, as judged by the Houston Photochrome Club: "Rivergate Reflections" by Bud Logan, 11 pts, "Oranges” by Pat Am-mon, 11 pts, “Foxglove" by Ken Bell, 10 pts, "Harvest Time" by Laurie Thompson, 9 pts. Results of the GSCCC Photojourna-lism Projected competitions for March 2008, as judged by the Lions Field Camera Club: "I see You" by Ricky Gilmore, 10 pts, "Bone Tone Brass” by Ellis Baldwin, 10 pts, “Happy Days" by Tom Zaccaria, 9 pts, "Young Competitor" by Rose Parker, 9 pts. Results of the GSCCC Photojourna-lism Print competitions for March 2008, as judged by the Lions Field Camera Club: "Butterfly" by Bud Logan, 10 pts, "Watch out for that Mule” by Ellis Baldwin, 9 pts, “Young Judges for Fishing Contest" by Ricky Gilmore, 9 pts, "Strike" by Mike Parker, 7 pts. Thank you ladies and gentlemen for participating in the GSCCC competitions. And thank you Ozzie Hansen, and Rose Parker for doing a great job handling the GSCCC competitions for our club.
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News Briefs Marriott Exhibit The club's exhibit at the Marriott will change in April. The theme for this showing is "musicians". This is to ap-peal to the visitors coming in for the French Quarter festival and the two weekends of Jazz Fest. Answering to the call for participants are Dr. Fred Husserl, Dr. Tom Oelsner, Jean Ma-nale, Pat Ammon, Jackie Farrow, and Rose Parker. The change of images will take place on Friday, April 11th. Please watch your email for breakfast information.
****** Very Sad News For those of you who did not receive the news, Melvin Durr passed away in March. The wake was held at Mothe Funeral Home, 2100 Westbank Ex-pressway, Harvey, La. Our condo-lences and prayers go out to his fam-ily. Our prayers are with him.
****** WYES Calls for Donations and Help WYES, our local non-profit public broadcasting station, is preparing for their annual auction "Art Collection 12". They are asking for anyone inter-
ested in donating a framed, matted print or other art item to contact Judy Johnson at 504-483-8487. They also need help in photographing their vari-ous items for the catalog and televis-ing during the auction. If you can help with photographing the material, con-tact Melanie Andrews at 504-483-8486. Several members have helped in the past and they would appreciate any assistance club members can give. Deadline for donations is April 15th. Donations can be delivered to WYES at 916 Navarre Ave.
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Club President Rose Parker introducing the guest speaker.
April birthdays: April 01 - Walter Baldassaro April 11 - Bill Pinto April 12 - Linda DeBarbieris April 19 - Keith Debautte April 20 - Ron Alexander April 26 - Tom Bush April 29 - Alan Zakem
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Photographer Carroll S. Grevemberg showing his beautiful wedding al-bum. Photos by Rose Parker.
Club members Ozzie Hansen, Jackie Farrow, Ken Cheskin, Rose Parker, and Tom Bush at Sunday Breakfast. Photo by Ricky Gilmore.
Club members at meeting. Photos by Paul Muehlemann.
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The Shutterbug is published monthly by Greater New Orleans Photo-graphic Society which serves photographic enthusiasts in New Orleans and its suburbs. Our regular meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Munholland United Method-ist Church, 1201 Metairie Road, Metairie. Visitors are always welcome. Club Officers President .............................Rose Parker ......................... 985-785-8158 April Chairperson ...............J. Nasralla/C. Allotto ........... 504-738-7095 May Chairperson ................Mike Brouphy ..................... 504-309-9554 Treasurer ............................Jean Manale ........................ 504-835-0606 Shutterbug Newsletter Staff Editor ..................................Tom Zaccaria ...................... 504-455-9575 Photographer ......................Ricky Gilmore ...................................... NA Distribution ........................Rose Parker ......................... 985-785-8158 See our club’s website on the Internet’s World Wide Web. The URL or Internet address is: http://www.gnocc.org/ The creator and Webmaster of our web site is Tom Zaccaria.
Aquarium Photography!
The speaker for Thursday night was Richard Bejarano. He is a marine bi-ologist and has been working for the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries since 1979. He is from San Juan, Puerto Rico and has done photography as a hobby for over 30 years. He presented his program "Aquarium Photography" that he gave last year to the Dixieland Divers, a Baton Rouge diving club. He included some of his shark slide images shot while in a cage and others shot while diving amongst the sharks. Mr. Bejarano continues to shoot slide film because he feels the images are superior to digital images in many ways. Thank you Mr. Bejarano for a very interesting slideshow. The club en-joyed your presentation. And thank you Rose Parker for arranging to have Mr. Bejarano give his slideshow to our club. See photos more photos on page 6.
Speaker Richard Bejarano giving his slide presentation.
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Schedule of Events Thursday, April 3rd, 7:00 p.m. Tonight we will have the digital projected competitions judging. The digital projected assignment is “Candles”. The judge is Judi Bottoni. Judi is a photographer for the Associated Press and a member of the Photo Alliance. The "co-judge" is Jane Pyle, who is an artist that works mostly with oils. Thursday, April 17th, 7:00 p.m. The program for tonight will be "show and tell - listen and learn". The program should be beneficial especially for new members and the less experienced. Everyone is encouraged to bring an image to the meeting and show and tell. That is, show the image and discuss how it was taken. Tonight is also the night to submit the prints that you plan to enter in the May competitions. You may enter 2 color and 2 B&W prints in our open topic pictorial print competition, and 2 B&W prints in our assigned topic competition. The May assignment is ”Hands”. April Field Trip Field trip TBD. Ideas include Longue Vue Gardens, City Park and Audubon Park. We can check the enthusiasm level for any of these at the 1st meeting in April..
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