Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Camera Committee Focal Points Magazine. October 2021 edition by John Nilsson

Focal Points Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine

October, 2021

Focal Points Magazine

Due to current directives from The Sierra Club, we will be holding our October 14, 2021 meeting on-line. I will be contacting everyone when the time comes with instructions as to how to access via Zoom.

Contents 6. Meetings and Outings 10. Joe's How-To 16. Member Photos 70. Black and White Pages 78. Contributor's Bio's 92. Notes and Announcements

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Notes from the Chairman

It is becoming evident that we are quickly running out of 2021. Our October 14 meeting is planned and awaiting execution. That leaves only our December meeting. I hope you are all getting your 10 best photos together for the member’s show! Next year we are all hopeful for a little more predictability and regularity in our lives and for the term “Post Pandemic” to become more than wishful thinking. I have very much enjoyed occupying the “Chair” position of the Camera Committee over the last two years. Thanks to all of you for helping us collectively and successfully keep the doors open. There is some amazing photographic talent in our little group!

Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time.

We have never established or practiced a tenure for our Camera Committee Offices. My personal feeling is that the Chair position should be a minimum and maximum of two years and so, I am announcing my retirement from acting as Camera Committee Chair at the end of the year – December 31, 2021. New blood and new directions always help an organization grow. By announcing now, we should have ample time to get the nominations for a new chair in order and elect a new chair at our December 10 Member’s Meeting. I’ll announce the procedure for nominations and voting at our October 14 Meeting. Oh yes….I’ll be happy to continue preparing and publishing Focal Points Magazine into the indefinite future. John Nilsson

Meetings and Outings

Sierra Club Camera Committee --

October 14, 2021 Meeting An Evening with Lisa Langell “The New Nature Photography”

Important!

Where:

Please Note:

In the comfort of your own home via Zoom

You must register before the presentation to receive the program Link:

When:

Thursday, Oct. 14 7:00 PM

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p7x2blnesh7logb/ AAD3WnAkLp-OZc_EvBJo-5y7a?dl=0

What:

The Zoom platform has recently been upgraded to provide high security and ease of operation. Be certain to download or upgrade to the latest vesion before the presentation!

The New Nature Photography

The New Nature Photography: Trends for the Future by Lisa Langell

Do you recognize these scenarios today? •Nature photographers put their photography on their website, in coffee shops, in galleries, art exhibits, art shows, or online --but often struggle selling it. •People LOVE a beautiful image of nature -- but aren’t compelled to buy it for their home. •Nature photographers crave creating something different—but often aren’t sure how to execute new looks.

Did you know there are interior design concepts that are unfamiliar to many nature photographers when we set out to make photographs?

Photographers venture out seeking the right light, action, moment, and composition—but often do not think first about the differing “criteria” for creating work appropriate for the various design elements of home or office interiors versus the classic criteria for magazines and calendars. Get in-the-know! This live, interactive and fun webinar will help you to better understand how to differentiate photography markets and shoot for them in order to create modern nature photography that is desirable to consumers looking to adorn their interiors.

You will learn to: •Identify the difference between “Classic Nature Photography” and the new nature photography for today’s artistic decorative trends. •Spot the right photographic compositions for modern decorative art. •Identify and apply photographic techniques that elevates your work from traditional to art-worthy for of today’s interior trends. •Incorporate mixed-media and “found objects” into your creations. •Apply simple—but impactful post-processing techniques. •Discover images in your archives that, with a few tweaks, can be translated into the New Nature Photography. Enable Disclaimer: TERMS: Registering for and joining this webinar means you have reviewed, understand, and agree to these terms. https://www.langellphotography.com/Webinar-terms/n-Mk3KJK

O: Draconids Meteor Shower in the Volcanic Tablelands Thursday, October 7, 2021, 3:00 PM and ending before midnight. Leader: Allan Der ader@sprynet.com (714) 653-8319 Assistant Leader: Joanne Hihn (Range of Light Group, Toiyabe Chapter) jhphotos73@gmail.com (518) 222-0640

The nearly new moon will leave dark skies for what should be a good show. And you don’t even have to stay up late - the Draconids is an unusual shower in that it arrives in the early evening. Best viewing will be just after sunset in a dark location far away from city lights in Mono County. The Draconids occurs annually; this year from October 6-10 with the peak viewing on the night of the 7th.

We will meet two hours before sunset (to allow for lessons and setup) near Tom’s Place and caravan out to a dark sky area. High clearance vehicles are best. You can arrange carpools on your own or drive solo. Allan will show some examples of astro-photography, then discuss basics for setting up for a successful exposure, setting your composition, focusing, using smartphone apps for photography, and basic post-processing options. For more details, see this trip description. You can RSVP there or send an email to Allan. A full description with equipment tips will be sent to registered participants. You must sign the Sierra Club liability waiver at the meeting site before heading to the photo location. Covid Protocols: Local Covid-19 protocols will be observed but at a minimum we will follow the Sierra Clubs guidance. Masks will be required in confined spaces and social distancing required outdoors Covid vaccination is not required; so, take note that unvaccinated participants may be in the group.

To signup go to: https://www.sierraclub.org/angeles/camera-committee then scroll down to activities, go to calendar 9

O: Mono-Inyo Fall Photography Exploration Date and Time: Friday, Oct 8, 2021, 8:00 AM through Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021, 6:00 PM Allan Der Joan Schipper ader@sprynet.com joanschipper@ix.netcom.com (714) 653-8319 323-828-8334

Eastern Sierra Photography, classic fall color locations, and hidden gems

Fall colors at McGee Creek We will be chasing the light in the Eastern Sierra from Inyo to Mono counties. Fall colors will be our primary photo objective but as conditions vary from year to year and as colors move down in elevation about 500 feet per week, we have some other subjects in mind, too. We’ll look for aspens, cottonwood, and willows in the canyons of the Eastern Sierra and we’ll visit some water features, abandoned buildings and towns, as well. Mono Basin has the most beautiful “Golden Hour” light, so we plan to capture the sunset from various locations over the course of our days together. We plan to do more road touring than serious hiking but we could find ourselves walking short trails (up to 2 miles) as high as 6000 feet. The Owens Valley elevation is 10

generally about 4000. Expect early morning sessions and days that could extend beyond the twilight, so you’ll need to dress in layers on both ends of the day. Be prepared to carry water, lunch, and carry snacks as we may be in a remote locations away from town.

Expect some unpaved roads in our travels. A high clearance vehicles is advised. You will have the opportunity to arrange carpools on your own. You may lodge in town or car-camp nearby. At dinner we will be near restaurants. We plan on at least one group dinner. We’ll be centered in Lee Vining. A detailed trip sheet will be emailed to participants and it will include information to aid ride-sharing and lodging and camping arrangements. Covid Protocols will be observed, local requirements but at minimum, we will comply with Sierra Club standards. Masks will be required in close quarters (shared vehicles, tents, hotels, visitor centers, restaurants). Masks are optional for outdoor activities where we will be socially distancing. Covid-19 vaccinations are not required, so you are forewarned that unvaccinated people may be among the group. In the interest of public safety and the preservation of resources and wildlife, unmanned aircraft systems (drones, quad-copters, and similar craft) will be not allowed. Level: Easy

Our group size will be limited to 10 people

Cost: There is no trip fee. You are responsible for your lodging and transportation. Signup Instructions: Please use the RSVP form to reserve your place and sign the required liability waiver. Carpool: A participant contact list will be provided for you to arrange your own carpooling (Note: Carpool transportation is at the sole risk of the participants.). Cancellation Policy: Activity is held rain or shine, but may be altered due to inclement weather To signup go to: https://www.sierraclub.org/angeles/camera-committee then scroll down to activities, go to calendar

Joe’s How-to

Joe’s How-To

Contests and Calls for Entry

minded artists, others offer prestige, and some offer publicity. For my purposes the best offer all three.

By Joe Doherty

We want our work to be seen. Once upon a time that involved showing prints at a local group show, or shooting for a small publication, or, under certain conditions, producing a slideshow about a recent trip. There were contests, but they were very time-consuming and expensive to enter. Things have changed.

My preferred communities are those that promote nature. I enter the Yosemite Renaissance show every year for that reason, and through that show I’ve become part of the Yosemite Sierra Artists group, whose shows I also enter. The community at the Los Angeles Center of Photography is very broad and supportive, too, and I’ve been juried into two of their group shows. Museums and galleries (like the late, great G2) that organize shows are also good places to find community and support for your work.

It’s now relatively easy to get your work seen. Social media, online publications (including Focal Points), and personal websites are ubiquitous. And then there are the contests and calls-for-entry. My inbox is inundated by invitations to enter them. These are sponsored by popular publications, prestigious-sounding organizations, government agencies, art galleries, and the like. I decline nearly all of these invitations because I have other things in my life that are important to me. But I respond to a few. In general, I apply if it will help me to achieve my goals as a photographer. In a nutshell, I want to make personal photographs of nature that people will want to hang on their walls. Over time I’ve developed some guidelines for how to quickly sort through these invitations. Although your goals are probably different than mine, I think the guidelines I follow are broadly applicable. They fall into three main categories. • Do I want to be associated with the sponsor? • Am I signing away any rights to my photographs? • What is the final product?

“The Pack Station, currently on display at Yosemite Renaissance.”

Museums and galleries can be good opportunities even without community if the jurors are well-regarded. Well-regarded by who? That’s a good question. It’s a feather in your cap to have been juried-in by a photography curator at a museum or the director/ owner of a large gallery. It’s a quality signal Sponsors. There are many reasons to people who might be interested in buying why I want to be associated with a spon- or hanging your work. sor. Some of them offer a community of like10

I will also consider whether the contest or show can expose my work to a broader audience in a meaningful way. For some reason I receive a lot of calls for entry to shows in Europe, but I don’t think my work would sell there. Magazine contests (ones that are not rights-grabs, see below) are likely to have a more focused audience and built-in mechanisms for publicizing the entries in their contests. Getting the Outdoor Photographer “Photo of the Day” on Facebook was nice. When Velda was awarded the “Final Shot” section in Shutterbug (in the monthly print edition!), that was nicer.

exceed the immediate show. At the other end of the spectrum is what is known as “rights-grabbing.” These are contests that are created for the purpose of building stock photo libraries. Who is accepted into the show is secondary to that goal. You can only spot these types of calls by reading the fine print. The terms and conditions might say something like, “by submitting your image to ABC Contest you are granting XYZ Corporation and its assignees worldwide irrevocable royalty-free rights to use your photograph for publicity, marketing, packaging, and other uses.” Note that this is not limited to the winners, it includes all submitted images. Also note that “its assignees worldwide” could include a trinket manufacturer in Indonesia engaging in “other uses.”

I also take into consideration whether the sponsor is a non-profit or for-profit entity. I don’t mind paying a fee to enter the Yosemite Renaissance, as I know how close to the bone that organization is. I also don’t mind paying if the purpose of the fee is to reduce the entries to a volume that the jury can handle. On the other hand, I wouldn’t pay a fee to Outdoor Magazine. And if I don’t know the organization, I assume it’s a moneymaking operation that sees photographers as an easily exploited group.

I have found terrible terms and conditions hiding within the most innocuous contests. This passage was buried in the rules for a photography show sponsored by the California Coastal Commission in 2018: “By entering this contest, each contest entrant agrees to grant the California Coastal Commission and the Thank You Ocean Campaign a perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, adopt, distribute, publish, use in the creation of derivative works, use in advertising or for commercial purposes, and display the Photograph(s), or any part of it, and to grant to any third party a coextensive sublicense to use the Photograph(s) for governmental or educational purposes or for promoting public awareness of the coast and ocean.”

Rights to photographs. Contests and shows generally need you to give them some rights to use your photographs, and these are mentioned in the Terms and Conditions. Sometimes these are buried in legalese, but the main components are these: to whom are you granting the rights, for what uses, for what period of time, and for what compensation. Once you’ve agreed to the terms, it’s binding. At minimum you are granting rights (a) to the sponsors of the contest or show, (b) to be used for publicity, (c) for the duration of the contest or show, and (d) you are compensated by having your credit on all uses. Sometimes these need to be expanded a bit. The sponsor may outsource publicity to someone else, and they will need to assign the rights to use your photograph for that purpose. Also, the sponsors may want the right to use your image to publicize future contests, so the duration of use might

“Promoting public awareness of the coast and ocean” sounds great, until your dramatic photograph of the Big Sur coast shows up on postcards at a Carmel gift shop. Sometimes you will give the sponsor rights somewhere in between these extremes. Outdoor Photographer has a contest that limits its uses to publicizing the contest, and it gives credit to the photographer, but 15

with the final product being a bound volume that includes your work. As with the above guidelines, be sure that the final product suits your long range goals as a photographer.

is also irrevocable, worldwide, and royaltyfree. That’s OK with me. Other reputable magazines have terms that allow them to use your image for editorial purposes forever, with credit. I think it would depend on the magazine. If I submitted an image for a calendar in 2017, I’m not sure I’d like to see it as art illustrating an article in 2021 unless I got paid for it. The main point is, be aware of what you are agreeing to.

Calls for entry into contests, gallery shows, and group exhibitions are a good thing for photography. The more good work we do, the higher the standards will become for everyone. But there is no need to feel like you’re missing out by ignoring most of the opportunities you see. Be selective about the sponsors. Make sure that your rights are protected before participating. And have a goal in mind about what you plan to do with the final product. We ultimately have a limited amount of time to dedicate to our art, and so we need to decide how to selectively share it. No matter what the final product is, it provides you with an opportunity to brag about – on email, on social media, by holiday card – the fact that your work is being recognized, and how it is being recognized. Finally, remember to have some fun.

The Final Product. Knowing how your work will be displayed helps inform you about whether you want to respond to a contest or call for entry. These days, displays are in printed publications, on walls, and in virtual galleries, or in some combination of the three. Does one of these suit your needs more than another at this moment in time? Do you have the time and money to make, frame, and ship a print? If not, then a virtual show is ideal. I like to print my own work, so if I have the choice between exhibiting on a wall or online I’ll choose the wall. But if I can’t get a print to the show, or if my entry is not selected for the wall, then a virtual gallery is just fine. In other situations getting into a printed publication is the goal,

www.joedohertyphotography.com

Joe Doherty and Velda Ruddock are each selling calendars this year. Joe is continuing with the fourth in his series on “The Public’s Land,” Velda is releasing a calendar of her photographs, “Flowers in a Time of Quarantine.” The link to order both calendars is here: https://joe-doherty.squarespace.com/ordering 12

Outings 2021: The Sierra Club Re-Opens For Outings by Joan Schipper, Camera Committee Outings Co-Chair It was a wretched day in the Spring of 2020 when the Sierra Club told us to wipeout our scheduled outings and meetings. The entire calendar became tentative. In the grand scheme of the pandemic, a few lost outings and the conversion to Zoom meetings was not much hardship. But gosh, it’s good to bring the re-opening news. Effective July 5th the Sierra Club, the Angeles Chapter - the West LA Group and the Camera Committee – are all back in the “business” of organizing and conducting outings! Of course, things have changed a bit. Notably we will be operating under a new set of evolving COVID Outings Protocols in addition to our usual safety and procedural rules. So, when next you join an outing, expect to see a few changes. Here are somethings to bear in mind. • Reduced group size. This fits the CamCo nicely as our typically small groups of 8 to 12 are fine. • Masks are required only for indoor close quarters (for example shared vehicles, restaurants, visitor centers) and are optional for outdoors. So, carpools are back! Picnics are fine! Happy hour around the picnic table is restored! Of course, we will all be a bit more conscious of the way we share things. Less dipping, more spooning. Tongs may become a new car camp essential. The mask rules amp-up if there are minors on the trip. Please check the protocols. • We will abide by state, county, and local regulations regarding masks, social-distancing, and occupancy limits. • Vaccinations will not be required and must not be a pre-requisite for inclusion in daytrips. Outings write-ups will carry a reminder that participants may be exposed to other participants who may not be vaccinated. Participants will make their own decisions on whether to join based on this information. • For multiday outings, a medical questionnaire is required and is intended for the leaders’ use in determining fitness for an activity only. Leaders will not share medical information with anyone in or outside the outing unless medical assistance is required. • Also for multiday outings, vaccination is required when overnighting indoors. Exemptions are allowed for persons with a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test 72 hours before trip departure. • All trips: if a participant shows up with COVID symptoms they will be barred from the outing. If symptoms arise during an outing participants will be sent home. An escort out will be provided. Our Camera Committee leaders are planning and negotiating outings now. Please keep an eye on the Camera Committee Calendar or the Chapter’s Schedule of Activities for outings posted as they are approved. Some leaders post outings on MeetUp or Instagram, as well.

In-person meetings have not yet been approved.

This Month’s Member Photos

Blue Nigella

Brown Widow

Julia Butterfly

Nymph Gray Bird

Scorpion

Yerba Mansa

Badger Mtn. Lenticulars-4x5” Linhof view camera in 60 mph winds. Set the camera up in my vans wind shadow. 1977 image. In the first picture the color change area on the Mtn. is the water level line during the Ice Age Floods that inundated our region. The lakes depth was approximately 434’. Our Badger Mtn. has become the place to go for fitness hiking with it over 3 miles of trails for all levels of abilities. These views of Badger Mtn. are about 1/4 mile from my house.

Badger Mtn. Fire Fingers-2008

Silo’s Bow-2021

The summer less traveled. Most of my Photography has been close to home this past summer. Two new grand babies in May. So helping there. Our annual storm chasing trips were both cancelled, one due to lack of storms, the 2nd one due to emergency with my older brother who has now almost recovered. My garden is still producing an abundance of blooms. After 0ver 50 years of photographing our local landscapes I’m sorting thru ten’s of thousands of negatives, building location files and processing requests for images for private and corporate clients. So here are some of my random captures dating back to the 70’s up to last week.

Beautiful Sky-Badger Mtn-2012

Sky Fire Badger Mtn.-2017

Garden Art-#24

Double Suns -as raging NW fires turn everything gold and amber for days on end.

116 Degree Droop as scorching temperatures wilt everything this pst summer.

Smoke Plume- obscures the sun and Mt. Rainier

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These color shots are from a past trip to Northern Arizona in the fall.

I’ve begun a project that’s been on my mind since I was a teenager, photographing wine and winemaking. These photographs are from mid-September. The grapes, vines, and nighttime harvest are at the FiddleStix Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills AVA, near Lompoc, CA. (Fig. 1, 2, 3) The other photos are at Challen Winery in Santa Maria, CA, and those are FiddleStix pinot noir grapes being processed. (Fig. 4, 5)

The winery is owned by my friend Challen Cates (the redhead punching down the grapes), whose father owned Tantara Winery. Small vineyeards and wineries have a very close-to-the-ground experience, where every hand is on deck at certain steps in the process. (Fig. 6, 7)

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Morning in the City...From the 12th Floor

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Jim Cahlin

Welcome new Camera Committee Member Jim Cahlin! We hope to see many of your photos gracing Focal Points in the Future!

Elizabeth Bassarian Here’s a little story to go with my submission: Finally, Allan and I were in the Eastern Sierras searching for landscapes to use as a foreground, in a startrail and/or Perseid meteor shower photograph. One would think that finding a location would be easy. Disappointedly, most of the locations I wanted to photograph were facing the wrong direction. Ughhhhhh! Eventually, we found an area, in the Granite Mountain Wilderness area. Once off Hwy 120, another dirt road lead us to a large deserted dirt area at the base of some huge boulders topped with trees. This made an excellent parking area or camp spot, except it lacked natural shade for us and Mozart(dog) to escape the day’s scorching heat. Luckily, the pop-up canopy provided some relief, along with a tarp and a couple camp chairs. Mozart preferred to stay in the back of the Jeep Cherokee on his comfy dog bed. Nightfall was several hours away so we examined this area for all possible angles to capture. As the blue hour approached we finally setup our gear to start shooting and Allan placed the three Lume Cubes to illuminate the foreground. I took some test shots and checked my focus setting for infinity. My Nikon D750 manual camera using a Nikon AF 18-35mm f3.5-4.5 IF-ED settings were as follows:

Aperture f4.0 ISO 9000 Shutter Speed 30 sec Format: Raw White balance 4600K

Post Processing: I used Lightroom and Photoshop CC

Lightroom: Adjusted the exposure, clarity, highlights, and contrast on one image. Then I applied these changes by using Lightroom’s “Sync” to all the 40 images. I then exported the images, as JPEG, into their own folder on my computer. Photoshop: Open a new document. Go to File –> Scripts –> Load Files into Stack… All the imported images are then imported onto their own layer. Select all the layers and change the blending mode to Lighten (keeps only the lightest pixels). Look for the appearance of airplanes and/ or satellites. Paint these out using a black brush on the offending file. Finally, merge all the layers using the Merge Layers command. If a large number of images are used, merge the layers in several small groups to decrease processing time. Then merge those groups together. Before I saved the merged file as a TIFF, I took the merged image into Adobe Camera Raw for final adjustments. Accepted the changes and saved as a TIFF file. This process took a little time but it’s easy. Try it the next time you shoot the stars.

Joyce Harlan

Here are several Fall color pix that I took in Maine in 2019 with Nathaniel Smalley. Almost all of them were taken in Acadia National Park. The color was stunning - hard to stop shooting!! Found out later that a huge cyclonic wind storm arrived days after we were there, striping the trees - very grateful!

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Los Angeles River – San Fernando Valley The Los Angeles River begins its 51-mile journey at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas in Canoga Park. What starts as a channelized river dramatically changes when it enters the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, a soft-bottomed section of the river that features abundant bird life, kayaking, and a quiet respite from the urban landscape that surrounds it. The river exits the park at the Sepulveda Dam, built in 1941 to withhold flood waters, it has also served as a popular film set and skateboard park.

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John Clement

Begonia Dew early morning gentle light caresses the delicate petals

Olympus E-M1MarkIII OLYMPUS M.40-150mm F2.8 @150mm 1/20 @ f/7 ISO 400

John Fisanotti Nikon D800 f/8 @1/30 ISO 100 Tthe Palisades area of the Sierra Nevada. Mt. Sill is the prominent peak in the center.

John Nilsson

City of the Angels Leica M-10 Monochrome Zeiss 50mm Lens f/8@1/250 ISO 800

Smog? No Smog here!

Contributor Bios Contributor Contributor Bios Bios

Steve Anderson

John Clement

Steve worked primarily in the conventional

John began his career in photography in the early 70’s after graduating from Central Washington University with a double major in Geology and Geography. Since then he has earned a Masters of Photography from the Professional Photographers of America. He has received over 65 regional, national and international awards for his pictorial and commercial work. His photographs grace the walls of many businesses in the Northwest and has been published in numerous calendars and coffee table books. He has provided photographs for Country Music Magazine and for Northwest Travel Magazine. He has supplied murals for the Seattle Seahawks Stadium and images for The Carousel of Dreams in Kennewick, WA. Current projects include 17 – 4x8 foot glass panels featuring his landscapes in Eastern Washington for the Pasco Airport Remodel. Last year he finished a major project for the Othello Medical Clinic where almost 200 images were used to decorate the facilities ranging in size from 24” to 35’ in size. His work can be viewd at:

medium of Black and White silver-based photography for many years as he explored the natural landscape of the local San Gabriel Mountains and his beloved High Sierra in California. In the last 20 years he has engaged in digital photography as it has opened up new avenues and excitement about making images of the natural scene. His interest in photography began in junior high school when he developed his first roll of film from a Kodak Brownie camera. He became very interested in combining photography and traveling adventures as a member of the Highlanders, a mountaineering club at Pasadena City College. His work turned more serious during military service as the landscape became his focus of attention. Steve’s interest in the environmental movement, starting in his college days, led him to actively seek ways of using his photography to help in a personally significant way. He joined the Mono Lake Committee 40 years ago and has been an active leader in the Sierra Club since 1981. He served as the chairperson of the Camera Committee of the Angeles Chapter for 5 years.

www.johnclementgallery.com John Clement Photography Face Book Professional page The Kiona Winery in Benton City, and at Allied Arts Gallery in Richland, WA.

Steve’s images have appeared in Sierra, the Southern Sierran, Images of the West, A Portrait of Bodie, and the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Schedule of Activities. Some of his monochrome images were significant contributions to help save Mono Lake. He has had work shown in a number of local galleries. Steve was the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Artist in Residence in 2015. Steve has published four photography books that are available through Blurb.com. “My images sum up my feelings about the grandeur of nature. It is never just one thing that touches me when I try to capture a moment, but always a vast array of emotional and photographic textures. Most of my images are therefore complex and detailed.” Email: sandersonimagery@outlook.com Viewingwebsite:www.pbase.com/spanderson 78

JW Doherty

John Fisanotti

Joe Doherty grew up in Los Angeles and developed his first roll of film in 1972. He has been a visual communicator ever since. He spent his teens and twenties working in photography, most of it behind a camera as a freelance editorial shooter. He switched careers when his son was born, earning a PhD in political science from UCLA specializing in American politics and research methods. This led to an opportunity to run a research center and teach at UCLA Law, where he became best known as an empirical bankruptcy scholar. After retiring from UCLA in 2016 he continued to consult, but now he and his wife Velda Ruddock spend much of their time in the field, across the West, capturing the landscape.

As a youth, John’s interest in photography stemmed from an interest in astronomy. His first photos were attempts to photograph the night sky using a folding Kodak camera, that once belonged to an uncle. Later, John used a 35mm rangefinder camera to photograph nature, particularly the San Gabriel Mountains above his home in La Crescenta. After high school, John sold his telescope to purchase a 35mm SLR camera outfit. John was a photography major in his first three years of college. He has used 35mm, 2-1/4 medium format and 4x5 view cameras. John expected to be a commercial photographer. His personal work leaned heavily to shooting landscapes and outdoors. In 1977 John changed majors. After graduating from California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban Studies in 1979, John’s first post job college was in a commercial photo laboratory. In 1980, he pivoted from photography and began his 32-year career in public service. John worked for four Southern California cities in city planning, community development and redevelopment, and concluded his career as a Project Manager for the Culver City Redevelopment Agency. During these decades, he continued to shoot outdoor scenic images whenever possible. After retiring from public service in 2012, John has pursued his astronomical and photographic interests. Beginning in 2013, John has been a telescope operator for the 60" reflector telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory. And John has increased his photographic portfolio concentrating on outdoors, landscape, travel and astronomical images. Beginning in 2018, he has expanded his repertoire to include architectural and real estate photography. Occasionally, John has been fortunate to have photographs selected for various exhibitions or publications. He currently shoots with Nikon DSLR cameras. John’s photographic websites: Landscape, Travel and Astronomical images http://www.johnfisanottiphotography.com; Architectural and Real Estate photography are at http://www.architecturalphotosbyfisanotti.com. Contact John at either jfisanotti@sbcglobal.net or fisanottifotos@gmail.com. 79

Phil Witt

Velda Ruddock

Phil Witt has been photographing nature since he got his first SLR camera in the late 70s. An avid birder, he is a volunteer at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary of NJ Audubon in Bernardsville, where he coleads the photography workshop series. He is currently on NJ Audubon’s Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Camera Naturalist Photo Club, and program chair of the Somerset County Camera Club. He judges photography competitions and presents instructional programs at photography clubs throughout New Jersey. He received the NJ Federation of Camera Club’s 2017 Citation for service to photography in the state.

Creativity has always been important to me. I received my first Brownie camera for my twelfth birthday and I can’t remember a time I’ve been without a camera close at hand. I studied the social sciences and art, and later earned a Masters degree in Information and Library Science degree. All of my jobs allowed me to be creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative. For the last 22 years of my research career I was Director of Intelligence for a global advertising and marketing agency. TBWA\ Chiat\Day helped clients such as Apple, Nissan, Pepsi, Gatorade, Energizer, and many more, and I was considered a leader in my field.

He and his wife enjoy traveling the world for photography--Antarctica, the Galapagos, Tanzania, Iceland, Costa Rica, among others.

During our time off, my husband, Joe Doherty and I would travel, photographing family, events and locations. However, in 2011 we traveled to the Eastern Sierra for the fall colors, and although we didn’t realize it at the time, when the sun came up over Lake Sabrina, it was the start of change in our careers.

When not birding or photographing, he is a (mostly retired) forensic psychologist, specializing in legal cases and court testimony. https://philwitt.smugmug.com

By 2016 we had both left our “day jobs,” and we started traveling – and shooting nature – big and small – extensively. Our four-wheel drive popup camper allowed us to go to areas a regular car can’t go and we were – and are – always looking for our next adventure.

Susan Manley

Paul Reinstein

Susan Manley has more than 35 years experience as a photographer. Her career consisted mainly working in a Communications Department writing and shooting a wide variety of public relations and photojournalism photos. Since she retired approximately ten years ago, she switched her focus onto nature photography including landscapes and wildlife in America.

I have two lifelong hobbies; photography and fine woodworking. My father fostered both those interests. At 14, right before I went on a 1 week backpacking trip around Yosemite Valley with my friend Joe (16) who could drive, my father taught me the basics of using a camera on an Olympus camera that shot half frames on 35mm film. Can you imagine allowing a 14 year old to do that in today’s world? By 20, I was fully independent. In my 20s, I bought a Minolta SRT101, and I also started dabbling in woodworking as a way to have simple furniture while working my way through college (Biochemistry, UCLA). I even had a simple B&W darkroom for a while. I shot mostly landscapes. After getting my degree, I decided I didn’t like working in that field, so I went back to school, and worked my way through a masters degree (Electronics Engineering, CSULB). I spent the majority of my career at The Aerospace Corp, working mostly on electrical power systems for rockets and satellites for the Air Force, NASA and the NRO. During that time, when not working, I began focusing mostly on fine woodworking, shooting occasional snapshots. By 50, my woodshop was enviable, my wife and I were flipping homes on the side, I was a manager at work, and digital cameras reignited my interest in photography. When the music stopped in real estate, we built our own home in Mar Vista. Then, my boss, and his boss both died unexpectedly (and independently), a huge layoff was announced, and I was retired. I got my general contractor’s license, and tried that for a couple of years. I retired fully at 60, earlier than I would have imagined.

ssnmanley@Yahoo.com

By 2016, I had amassed a number of bird photos, just by happenstance, so I decided to see what I could get that number up to, just for fun. That turned out to be eminently satisfying, albeit expensive, and now I spend much of my time shooting birds locally or travelling worldwide to do so. My big birding trips so far include the Galapagos and the UK, and my list is presently up to about 350 species, and I have a small presence on Instagram and on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/preinstein54/. I’ve sold a few images upon request, several of my friends have my images on their walls, and I still dabble in woodworking, including making my own frames.

Jeff Gottesman

Wiebe Gortmaker

I first became interested in photography back in high school sometime in the last century. My father worked for many years in a professional camera store in Pittsburgh (Kadet Photo Supply) where he did the picture framing.

I am based in Boulder, Colorado and consider myself a full-time hobbyist. After retiring from the airlines, I have devoted a high percentage of my time to travel and learning photography.

I spent a few summers working in that camera store mostly doing shipping and receiving but every chance I got, I would be talking with and learning from the salesmen who knew everything about cameras and photography.

In the past few years I have moved from travel photography to primarily wildlife and landscape photography. Prior to the airlines, I spent considerable time in remote areas of Alaska and Central and South America. I am now able to revisit those places with a focus on photography.

At the end of the summer they gave me a used Pentax Spotmatic 500 and there began my love of photography. I did all the shooting and darkroom work for my high school yearbook and later as a photographer and writer for college newspapers. At the same time, I developed a love of nature and graduated college with a degree in Geology (with several electives in Photography). That was where all the environmentalists spent their time.

I have lived in Colorado since college and spent a lot of time flying, hiking, and climbing in the wild places in my back yard. With my new hobby I am looking at these places in a new way, trying to preserve the image and feelings I have of the wildlife and landscape. This process motivates me to learn and discover.

The love of nature and photography were a perfect match and after retiring from IT a few years ago (there was a career change somewhere in there) I’ve returned to those early loves and am able to spend a lot more time on photography, enjoying workshops and especially the Sierra Club trips :).

Wiebe is concentrating on his photography at this time and is not currently active on social media. He does plan to have a website together in the near future.

My photos can be seen at https://www.jeffgottesmanphotography.com/

Joyce Harlan I have always loved photography! First to document and save photos of my sons. We had little to no money for film developing in the beginning but I kept shooting. Every year my husband would ask me what I wanted for Christmas/birthday and I would always say “develop my film”!! After several years he finally did, but everything was yellow but the memories were there. From there, when I was coaching downhill skiing for Westside Special Olympics, I took photos of my athletes and created a book for each of them. The pure joy I saw on their and their family’s faces was priceless!

Allen Johnson I'm a PhD in psychology with a passion

for photography. I'm also the author of several books: a memoir on France entitled "Pardon My French" and two novels: "The Awakening" and "Spike, Benny, and Boone."

Finally, I was at Mammoth skiing with my family (grandkids!!) and we had lunch at Bergers Burgers. They had the most gorgeous landscape photos on they walls. I asked the waitress about them and she said they were by Vern Clevenger and that he often came in for lunch after skiing and she would point him out for me. She did, I asked about workshops and he said “absolutely”. That was it!! I took one workshop from him and many, many more with Mountain Light in Bishop with Jack Dykinga, John Shaw, Jerry Dodrill, David Meunch and Jeff Foote. One of the most memorable was their ten day inaugural rafting the Grand Canyon trip with Jack & Jerry. Over the years I have been blessed to travel the world with Muench Workshops (Cuba, Yukon, Mongolia, Alaska) Visionary Wild (Botswana, Kenya, Patagonia, Greenland), Aurora Expenditions (Antarctica), and Nathaniel Smalley (Iceland, Maine fall color). Photography mixed with travel has been my favorite soul food for a long, long time. And will continue to be for as long as I am able. Sadly, I am missing a trip to China in April and Uganda in June to see the gorillas. But I’ll get there as soon as it is safe again.

Butch Mazzuca

John Nilsson

I was born in Chicago IL and attended the University of Dayton. After graduation I served four and half years as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.

I have a fond memory from my early years of my father dragging me to the Denver Museum of Natural History on a winter Sunday afternoon. He had just purchased a Bosely 35mm camera and had decided he wanted desperately to photograph one of the dioramas. I distinctly remember the display was of several Seal Lions in a beautiful blue half-light of the Arctic winter that required a tricky long exposure. The transparency he showed me several weeks later was spectacular and mysterious to my young eyes. Although the demands of Medical School made this photo one of the first and last he shot, at 5 years old I was hooked.

My last official ‘work' position was President & CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co-Denver. I Retired in 1999 and moved to Vail where I taught skiing, a “fundamentals of photography” class at our local community college and wrote (still do) commentary for the Vail Daily Newspaper. I Started taking pictures in 2008 when my wife Bobbi “talked me” into traveling to Africa (we returned seven more times! ) My images have been published in Shutter Bug Magazine, Sarasota Magazine, Travel Africa Magazine (5 times) and Africa Geographic (6 times including two photo essays) I consider myself a generalist although African wildlife and landscape photography are my favorites.

The arrival of the digital age brought photography back to me as a conscious endeavor - first as a pastime enjoyed with friends who were also afflicted, and then as a practitioner of real estate and architectural photography during my 40 years as a real estate broker. Since retiring and moving to Los Angeles, I have continued my hobby as a nature and landscape photographer through active membership in the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Camera Committee and my vocation as a real estate photographer through my company Oz Images LA. The camera is now a tool for adventure!

www.OzImagesLA.com dtlanow@gmail.com

David DesRochers

Larry Miller

In the summer of 2000, David traveled from New Jersey to Montana to visit Glacier National Park. With camera in hand, he attempted to capture the amazing wildlife and beautiful landscapes. Although his photos were somewhat disappointing, the experience inspired him to study the art of photography and travel the world to witness and capture the wonders of our natural world.

I bought my first SLR camera in 1985 to document hikes in the local mountains that I did with friends. My first Sierra Club Camera Committee outing was a wildflower photo shoot in the Santa Monica Mountains led by Steve Cohen in 1991. Since then the SCCC has introduced me to many other scenic destinations, including the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, the Gorman hills, Saddleback Butte State Park, East Mojave National Preserve, the Eastern and Southern Sierras, Point Reyes, the Big Sur Coast, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Tejon Ranch, and Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. At the same time, my own photography trips gradually expanded in scope over the years to include most of the western National Parks and National Monuments, with the Colorado Plateau becoming a personal favorite.

David is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association and an Associate Naturalist with The New Jersey Audubon Society. Over the past 15 years, David has shared his knowledge teaching workshops, leading tours, and writing articles. David’s photos have been recognized in several international competitions and have been published in books, magazines and on calendars. David is an accomplished public speaker and has appeared at events including the New England Camera Club Council Annual Conference (2014 & 2016), the Connecticut Association of Photographers and New Jersey Audubon's Birding Festival.

Photography is an avocation that took a backseat to my career during the 32+ years that I worked as a radar systems engineer at Hughes Aircraft/ Raytheon Company. Since retiring in 2013, I’ve been able to devote more time to developing my photographic skills. Experiencing and sharing the beauty of nature continues to be my primary motivation.

David's experience judging photo competitions has taken him as far as Budoia, Italy to judge the Bio Photo Contest. In 2014, David was awarded the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs Citation in recognition for his contributions to the advancement of the art and science of photography in the state.

www.desrochersphography.com

Thomas Loucks Tom has been a longstanding amateur photographer, but only in recent years has he had more serious time to devote to the hobby. He garnered first place in National Audubon’s 2004 Nature’s Odyssey contest and has placed well in several contests by Nature’s Best, Denver Audubon’s Share the View, and the Merrimack Valley’s George W. Glennie Nature Contest. He has two images of “Alumni Adventurers” on permanent display at Dartmouth College. He is also the incoming President of Mile High Photo Club in Denver (2021-2022) where he currently serves as VP and as a Director. His photographic interests are landscape, wildlife, and travel photography, though his favorite subjects are alpine landscapes. Recently retired, Tom is looking forward to spending more time on photography and other outdoor activities. He recently signed up as a volunteer with Denver Audubon to assist with field trips and hopes that those will soon resume.

Basil Katsaros A native of Denver, Colorado, I first attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Not understanding humidity or seeing the sun for 30 days, I transferred to the University of Colorado. During my junior year, a roommate needed money and sold me his Pentax 35mm camera. That moment launched my interest in photography. My interests and knowledge were expanded by the Nikon School of Photography. In the earlier days, subject matter centered around my twin sons with travel photos and Christmas cards. As a real estate appraiser, I used photography in much of my work. I must admit, however, the 70’s primarily utilized a Polaroid as film was too time consuming for client demands. I have since graduated to two Nikon digital cameras and too many lenses. While attempting to downshift in work, I occasionally use my photography skills to testify as an expert witness in real estate. My interests include travel, landscape, and wildlife photography. I’m not smart enough to have a website, maybe someone can show me how. Most images are for personal enjoyment and mainly remain in my computer. My goal at this time is too not only become a better photographer, but to conquer Photoshop!!!

Peter Bennett

Karen Schuenemann

My mother’s father was a studio photographer on the Coney Island Boardwalk, my father’s father was an artist in Germany, and my father was a filmmaker and amateur still photographer in New York, so naturally I decided to pursue a career in music. Luckily after hearing the error of my ways, I picked up my father’s old Nikkormat and haven’t looked back since.

Karen Schuenemann is a Nature and Wildlife photographer frequently found exploring the parks and wetlands of Southern California. In 2015, she left her retail management job to pursue her passion for Wildlife Photography. Her work focuses on “Urban Wilderness” and she spent over 100 days photographing the Red Foxes in her neighborhood in 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic. She recently was awarded a Highly Commended Award-Bird Behavior in the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year sponsored by the London Natural History Museum. Her work was exhibited in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Summit in 2019. In 2017 she was the Professional Honorable Mention in the National Audubon Contest. Her work has hung in the London Natural History Museum and has been included in shows at the San Diego Natural History Museum, The G2 Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center and Armenia Conservation Show. She has been published in Nature’s Best, Audubon Magazine, USA Today, NANPA, Shadow and Light Magazine, and American Photo Magazine. In addition, she has garnered numerous awards from Best in Show in Los Angeles County Fair to Honorable Mention in the National Park Contest. She enjoys writing about her photographic adventures and has written articles for NANPA and enjoyed being a judge in several photography contests. She was the 2019 President for the Photography and Digital Artists group of the Palos Verdes Art Center and was the volunteer Faculty Coordinator for the NANPA High School Scholarship Program in Tennessee. She currently leads workshops to a variety of locations from Bosque Del Apache, to the Grand Tetons to Africa and Central America with her company, Wilderness At Heart Photography, LLC. She enjoys teaching classes at Samy’s Cameras in Los Angeles and Tuttle Cameras in Long Beach.

From 1998 to 2014 I ran my own stock agency, Ambient Images, which specialized in photos of New York and California. In 2015 I formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of my stories and work that focus on environmental subjects such as water and air quality issues, fossil fuels, drought, green construction, alternative energies and urban farming. My editorial work has appeared in numerous publications and books, and I am privileged to have my fine art prints hang in museums, the California State Capitol and many other private institutions and collectors. I’ve also had to opportunity to have worked with many local environmental organizations including FoLAR (Friends of the LA River), Heal the Bay, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Communities for a Better Environment, and the LA Conservation Corps. I have been an instructor for over ten years at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (formerly the Julia Dean Photo Workshops). I love teaching photography and having the opportunity to pass on what I was given from all the amazing teachers I’ve had the honor to learn from.

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Bob Beresh

Bob Cates

Los Angeles is where commercial photographer Bob Beresh will always call home, but having recently relocated to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he is truly a global creative. His commercial photography includes work for clients in automotive, aviation, corporate executive and business portraiture, architecture, and product work. Bob’s photos are influenced by his observations in nature, travel and sports to deliver memorable images.

Bob Cates led his first Camera Committee outing in 1975 as co-leader with Allan Der, so his roots go way back. He has chaired the Angeles Chapter History Committee since the mid-70s, and as such has archived tens of thousands of photographic images, many from his own documentation of Club outings, but also images donated from hundreds of Club members. He is primarily a nature/landscape photographer, but is also drawn to macrophotography— primarily of botanical subjects. Since 2015 he has lived in Pasadena and frequently may be found haunting the grounds of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.

Bob served two years as US Forest Service Artist in Residence to interpret and showcase the beauty of the Angeles National Forest and is past Chairman of the Sierra Club Camera Committee, Angeles Chapter.”

bentriver.co bobbereshstudio.com

Notes and Causes, Notes, Notes and Causes, and Announcements Announcements Announcements

Notes and Announcements Two of our Sierra Club Camera Committee members were honored to have a photo selected for inclusion into the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar for 2022. Jeremy Evans and John Fisanotti contributed one photo each to the calendar. Calendars are available from the Sierra Club on-line bookstore at: https://store.sierraclub.org/2022-sierra-club-engagement-calendar-p819.aspx or wherever Sierra Club calendars are sold.”

THE LOS ANGELES RIVER Photographs by Camera Committee member Peter Bennett

Now on sale. The time has finally come, my LA River book is soon heading to the printer and I am taking orders for both the hardcover and the softcover editions.

When I first started this project, I made a decision to self-publish. This book means a lot to me having spent over twelve years documenting the river. By self-publishing, I felt I could maintain the creative control necessary to tell the story of the river in a way I thought it deserved. But in order to afford the printing costs, I need to sell as many copies as I can ahead of time. I have tried to keep the prices as low as possible and still cover my costs. I will be sending to the printer in September and should have copies to deliver by the middle of November - just in time for the holidays (should make a great gift). The book looks beautiful, I think everyone will really like it. Thank you so much for the support.

PURCHASE YOUR COPY ON LINE AT: https://www.citizenoftheplanet.com/lariverbook-sc All profits from copies purchased through this ad will be donated to The Sierra Club

Allen Jackanow Writes: http://midatlanticphotovisions.org This is MidAtlantic Photo Visions, a landscape conference I have attended in the past. This year its virtual and FREE. Its also among the greatest collections of speakers I have seen. I have attended lectures from all of them and actually studied with more than half in the field. Sarah Marino and Erin Babnik are two of my all time favorite teachers. Here is their schedule:

Friday, November 5

6:00 PM – Alister Benn – The Secret to Life: The Real Power of Photography 8:00 PM – Angie McMonigal – Abstract Architecture Photography: Creativity In Composition

Saturday, November 6

1:00 PM – Kristi Odom – Creative Time-Lapse Photography

3:00 PM -- Erin Babnik -- Color Theory in Landscape Photography

5:00 PM – John Barclay – Portraits and Action Photography at the Hideout Ranch.

Sunday, November 7

1:00 PM – Sarah Marino – Beyond the Grand Landscape: Expanding Your Vision to Include Nature’s Smaller Scenes 3:00 PM – Guy Tal – Visual Language

5:00 PM – MAPV Image Awards Presentation

Get out there and get involved! Our natural world is under attack and we all need to fight to preserve the things that we hold dear.

CONTRIBUTE

YOUR TIME, YOUR DOLLARS.... OR BOTH! Do you know anyone who would like to become a member of the Sierra Club Camera Committee? We are seeking new members to share their outdoor experiences and photographs. If you have a friend or acquaintance whom you feel would benefit from and add to our membership, please ask them to join us at our next meeting.

Membership costs only $15.00 per year - a tremendous value! To join or renew, please mail a check for $15 (payable to SCCC): Wesley Peck, SCCC Membership 3615 Gondar Ave. Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

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The Member’s Choice Photo Contest What’s your favorite photo in this Focal Points? Continuing with this issue I am asking all members to vote for their favorite photo. Here’s how: 1. Please e-mail me at dtlanow@gmail.com (Heading: Member’s Choice) and let me know your choice for the best photo by the 20th of the month in which the issue is published. 2. In your e-mail, give me the page and the name of the photographer and a brief description so I can identify your choice. I will tally up the votes and announce the winner in the next issue and republish the photo with a paragraph from the photographer about how it was captured, where, when, and even the dreaded mire of camera, settings and lens. This should be a fun feature!

..........John Nilsson, Publisher

Wanna Go on a Hike? Just in case you didn’t realize it........... The Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club has litterally 100’s of outdoor activities that Sierra Club Camera Committee members can attend.

You can find these activities at http://angeles.sierraclub.org/activities If you have an idea for a trip that the Camera Committee might like to plan for, tell a leader. They are always open to ideas of new places to go, new places to shoot. See the end of the newsletter for a list of contact information for the leaders. CST 2087766-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the State of California. All participants on Sierra Club outings are required to sign a standard liability waiver. To read the liability waiver before you participate on an outing, go to: http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/forms

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Angeles Chapter Camera Committee Magazine November 2020

Focal Points Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine December, 2020

Focal Points Sierra Club Camera Committee Magazine January 2021

Do you enjoy receiving your monthly copy of Focal Points? If your answer is "Yes" and you want to continue receiving Focal Points, please send us your check for $15.00 and your full name and email address for a yearly subscription to: Sierra Club Camera Committee c/o Wesley Peck 3615 Gondar Ave. Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

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Photo of the Month

An Intimate Landscape - Ant on Sunflower By: Larry Miller Pentax K-1 Pentax K Lens 1/40 @ 85mm ISO 100 100

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Leader Contacts John Nilsson, Chairman Leader, Editor - Focal Points information.sccc@gmail.com

Steve Anderson, Leader

sandersonimagery@outlook.com

John Boyle, Leader jboyle6300@gmail.com

213-266-2224

Allan Der, Leader

714-653-8319

ader@sprynet.com

714-962-2054

Ed Ogawa - Treasurer

ed5ogawa@angeles.sierraclub.org

Wesley Peck, Membership

562-420-8543 wesdpeck@gmail.com NOTE: Send Membeship Checks to Wesley at 3615 Gondar Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808-2814

310-994-1019 310-828-6300

Peter Mason, Leader

Joan Schipper, Leader, Co-Chair: Outings joanschipper@ix.netcom.com

626-794-5207

cscurlock@charter.net

Alison Boyle, Leader, Co-Chair: Outings alisoniboyle@icloud.com

Carole Scurlock, Leader

peter@petermason.com

323-828-8334

530-265-2528

Susan Manley: Programs ssnmanley@yahoo.com

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