OCTOBER 1969

THROUGH THE

DARKROOM DOOR Volume 44 Official Publication - ClevelandPhotographlc Society. Inc. Number 6

A. - C LAB TRIP - October 24 Have you ever wondered what goes on in a Commercial

photo lab? I know I have. Here is your opportunity to find out. On Friday night, October 24, CPS members will journey to the A-C COLOR LAB at 1545 East 23rd Street where the proprie­tor, Tony Cannato, and his able assistants will squire us through their plan t. This is· an excellent opportunity to see first hand what happens in these magic realms.

REMEMBER: No meeting in the clubrooms. See you promptly at 8:00 p.m. at the lab.

GUARDING HER EGGS Bill and Roger Bliss

This was the winning print in Class B on P~to'fHtl print night in September. This team is showing keen sight when they find such minute subjects as spider eggs.

Calendar

OCTOBER PROGRAM

Friday, 3 - PICTORIAL SLIDE NIGHT Tuesday, 7 - BOARD MEETING Friday, 10 - PICTORIAL PRINT NIGHT Friday, 17 - FIRST NATURE PRINT NIGHT Friday, 24 - FIELD TOUR A-C COLOR LAB

1545 E. 23rd Street Friday, 31 - HALLOWEEN NIGHT - WEIRD SLIDES

AND PRINTS

NOVEMBER PROGRAM

Friday, 7 - PICTORIAL SLIDE NIGHT Tuesday, 11 - BOARD MEETING Friday, 14 - PICTORIAL PRINT NIGHT Friday, 21 - NATURE SLIDE NIGHT Friday, 28 - 2nd NATURE PRINT NIGHT

Every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. during October and No­vember - MONOCHROME WORKSHOP - an activity for members only.

EIGHTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP

Hope you have saved Saturday, October 18 for the Eighth Annual NEOCCC Workshop. You'll be sorry if you stay home as it promises by far to be the best ever.

If you are running out of ideas and feel that you are in a rut, fellowship with photographers from other areas than your own little club will renew your zest for photography and give you some new ideas and enthusiasm. Photographers are wonderful people and just rubbing elbows with them does something to you.

With Frank Kukowitch,. Mr. Davis of the Davis and Davis Studios in Lakewood, Dot Wohltman, fPSA, Alfreda Dembsey, APSA, Frank Gould, APSA , and Paul Ya~ows, FPSA on the program, it will be a day to remember. Registration forms are in the clubrooms and the photo stores. Bring-your friends.

THROUGH THE DARKROOM DOOR ia publiahed monthly by

THE CLEVELAND PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, INC.

MEMBER 1296 W. 6th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44113 L---_===--_-' Phone 781-1533

Editor. Edna Mueller 3561 Boynton Rd., 44121 'phone 382·2414

Business Manager Frank J. Otto 3326 Dorchester Rd., Shaker Hgts., 44120 'phone 9914286

Circulation (mailing) . Evelyn Gillespie 20777 Lorain Rd., Apt 6 44126 'phone 333·4979

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The Cleveland Photographic Sociery, a member of The Photographic Society of America, and of the Northeastern Ohio Camera Club Council; was founded in /887 and has been in continuous operation since that time. The present officers are:

President. .Wm. (Bill) Bliss 6011 Theota Avenue, 44129 'phone 884·2695

Vice President . . Jack Rogers 136 E. Bridge St., Berea 'phone 243·1122

Secretary. . Ruth K. Morrison 1315 W. 104th Street, 44102 'phone 961·8817

Treasurer. . Arnold Weinberger 2407 Saybrook Road, 44118 'phone 932·9954

All evening meetings at 8 () 'clock. Visitors are always welcome.

A bou t People and Things NEOCCC will host a PSA Regional at the Pick-Carter Hotel

in 1971. Eleanor Miltenberger has been appOinted General Chairman. She will need lots of help. If you are approached to serve, it will be worth your while to say "Yes".

More honors have come to Joe Brilla. He has been invited to donate a slide to the PSA TOPS IN PHOTOGRAPHY. He is sending OUCH! Congratulations, Joe.

The School registrar, Christine Rogers, reports the enroll· ment in the monochrome classes is still holding up. Contrary to all reports we have heard, it seems as though the art is very much alive. The class is full. At the present writing the color slide enrollments have not been completed, but it looks like another very successful year. Many thanks to all of you who helped take the registration forms to the dealers; the photo dealers for displaying the forms; Mr. E. A. Vorpe of the Plain Dealer and Mr. Wm. Baughman of the Cleveland Press for the timely mentions in their respective columns. CPS appreciates your assistance.

It has come to our attention that Jayson Schneider, who with his wife, Ruth, journeys to Florida each winter has given several programs to various clubs down there. One is DISCOV­ERING FLORIDA and the other, NATURE THRU THE CAMERA LENS.

Wednesday Workshop

Are you having trouble reducing or snapping up the con­trast on your prints; determining the ' best cropping, spotting and/or mounting? Then the Wednesday night monochrome workshop is for you. Even if you are an expert in all phases of print making, it is still for you. Your expertise is needed to help others.

J. C.C. SIXTH ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

Wouldn't you like to have your prints hang on the same walls with some of those of "Karsh", Arnold Newman, Ed­ward Steichen and John Scofield? These are some of the photographers of national and international reputation whose prints will be hung at the Jewish Community's Sixth Annual Photography Show on December 9-23, 1969. These famous photographer's prints will not be in competition with the work of the photographers of the Cleveland area.

What an opportunity! Some entry forms are now available in the clubrooms, or contact Flora Wayne Sargous at 382-4000. Plan now to enter your best work. Deadline for entries No­vember 16-17-18. These dates will be here before you realize it unless you start preparing now.

N. E. O. C. C. C. NEWS Beverly Wallencheck has been appointed chairman for the

Western Reserve Historical Society Sunday afternoon series of

travel programs to be given during February and March 1970.

On Sunday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m. a group of NEOCCC members will rendezvous at the gas station at the junction of route 62 and 586 (Martinsburg, Ohio). They will then travel to

Henpeck, an oldfashioned rural community that is famous for fall color. Bring along plenty of food, beverages and drinking water for a picnic in a cozy woodland glen.

On Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. October 12, the South­west Camera Club will host the annual Interclub nature print and slide contests at the Baldwin-Wallace Life Science Labora­tory on 336 Front Street, Berea - the building with the green­house in front. This is an opportunity to see what other coun­cil clubs are dOing.

c. P. S. that wuz The Dodd Co. ad In the July, 1929 issue of TDRD reads:

"New Zeiss Icon Roll Film Camera with F4.5 lens and compur shutter - BIG VALUE - $35.00." How times have changed!

In the same issue: "A list of popular camera colors just issued includes such standard ones as: Snake, Peacock, Dough­

nut, Exposure, Sepia, etc. and one exotic tint, viz., Black."

In November, 1931 it was reported: ''Through the gener­

osity of about 20 clubbers (names not mentioned) 14 new pieces of fibre furniture have been placed in the lounge. The old furniture was ditched."

ON WILDFLOWERS Always there is controversy. Especially so in the wildflower

category. What is a wildflower? The obvious description is that it is a flower growing wild. However, some of these flowers may well be garden escapees.

In a recent competition there again was a flower that was photographed in an obvious wild area but one of the judges scored it zero because in his opinion it is cultivated. However, upon looking in the wildflower books, such authorities as Ricketts, Wherry and Peterson each list that flower as a "wild­flower" but it is marked "alien". This, of course, means that the original plant came from a different area than it is now found. While the original came from an alien source, the plant has adapted itself to our area and now grows here without any help from man .

A cultivated flower is one that has been changed in some way by man either through selective pollination, layering or grafting. We must never lose sight of the fact that even in nature there are mutations such as the "green striated trillium", the four-, five, or six-leafed trillium. When found in a natural environment, these would be considered as " wild" . But, on the other hand, while some roses are wild , notably the pasture rose and a few others, the tea rose is obviously changed by man and cannot by any stretch of the imagination quaJify as wild. This is also true of many of the day lilies and other flowers which we commonly associate with the garden.

If all flowers which are marked "alien" in the wildflower books were disquaJified, there would be precious few that could qualify . Many of our very common wildflowers are ualien". Among the best known are Queen Anne's Lace and Coltsfoot.

To eliminate this controversy in the future , may this humble editor suggest that at least one wildflower book, possibly more be present at all nature competitions and consulted in case of challenge.

HI POE'S LAMENT

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NATURE

NOTEBOOK

NATURE SLIDE NIGHT .J~~~ First of Competition Year

CLASS A

1st - CRANESBILL GERANIUM . · G. Scholz 2nd - UNDER A COOL LILY PAD J. WaJlencheck 2nd - WHO'S BEHIND ME? . · . J . Brilla 2nd - TRAILING ARBUTUS · R. Meyer 3rd - WHITE TOP SEDGE J . Schneider 4th - SQUIRREL CORN . .E. Gillespie 4th - FEEDING TIME . . · . J . Brilla 5th - FOX SQUIRREL J. Schneider 6th - YELLOW MOCASSIN FLOWER . G. Scholz

CLASS B

1st - CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER . J. Selby 2nd - SQUIRREL . . S. Kangas 3rd - ASIATIC DAYFLOWER . B. Tropea 3rd - WET SNAIL . T. Fedun 3rd - AVOCET . . . . . . N. White 3rd - ELK THISTLE . . . . E. Owensby 4th - MARSH MARIGOLD (Three stages) B. Tropea 4th - FAIRY CASTLE . . J. Selby 5th - SUN WORSHIP . . C. Rogers 6th - A FREE MEAL . A. Dryfoos

ATTENDANCE: 48; JUDGES : Jack Selby, Elva Hunting and Leslie Szalay; ALTERNATE: Elmer Mueller ; COMMENTA­TOR: Edna Mueller ; RECORDERS: Ruth Meyer and Helen McCay; TABULATORS: Gretchen Scholz and Sophia Kangas PROJECTIONIST: John Moddejonge ; FOCUSING: Sanford Saul; HOSTESS: Ruth Meyer and Gretchen Scholz; NATURE SLIDE CHAIRMAN: Nancy White.

* • * * * HAPPINESS IS : To a nature photographer . .. a moldy old

log. Recently a group of dedicated nature photographers found just such an object and spent countless hours documenting it from all angles. Wonder why they say photographers are nutty! They looked as though they were having fun.

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1 st - BOY IN WINDOW · M. Tetinek 2nd - A BURST OF YELLOW . · . J . Brilla 3rd - ABSTRACT . . . . · J . Sudyk 4th - EARLY FISHERMEN -. M. Owensby H.M. - FOGGY MORN' . . . · H. McCay H.M. - PETALS AND STAMEN E. Gillespie

CLASS B

1st - AT LAKE TENAYA . E. Owensby 2nd - CATERPILLAR . . . J. Rogers 3rd · - FISHING VILLAGE. . N. Fedun 4th - VILLAGE CHURCH. C. McClave H.M. - HAND OF DEATH . E. Owensby H.M. - SUNSET . . . . . . R. Tropea

ATTENDANCE : 41; JUDGES: M. Owensby, Beverly Wallen­check and Joe Brilla; ALTERNATE: Gerardas Juskenas; COM­MENTATOR: John Wallencheck; RECORDER: Nancy White; PROJECTIONIST: John -Moddejonge; FOCUSING: Sanford Saul; SLIDES ENTERED: Class A - 40, in Class B - 19; HOST­ESS: Evelyn Gillespie .

PSA INTERNATIONAL f<CONVENTION f<

WASHINGTON} D. C. OCTOBER 7thru 11, 1969

SHAVING ... . . J. Gianelos PRICKY STUFF . Elmer Mueller PARADE REST _ . . J. Rogers THE LAST SNOW J. Wallen check

P S A ICPC John Wall~ncheck, PSA International Club Print Chairman,

and his committee selected the following prints for the October com pe tition :

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PICTORIAL PRINT NIGHT Fifth Of Competition Year

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CLASS A . 1 st - SHAVING. · J. Gianelos 2nd :- CARNIVAL DESIGN · J. Gianelos 3rd - DAYBREAK. . . · J. Gianelos 4th - SYCAMORE OR LESS · J. Rogers

CLASS i3 1st - GUARDING HER EGGS . B. & R. Bliss 2nd-GRASS&GLASS . .F. Vano

·3rd - DECEMBER LAKE · .8. Klein 4th - OHIO RIVER MIST · E. Cerutti

ATTENDANCE: 27; JUDGES : John Moddejonge, Elmer Muel­ler and Allyn Thayer; ALTERNATE: Frank Vano; RECORD­ER: Gretchen Scholz; HOSTESS: Beverly Wallencheck; PRINTS SUBMITTED: Class A - 9 prints by 3 makers, Class B ­10 prints by 6 makers; PRINT CHAIRMAN: John Wallencheck.

P SA ICSC Sophia Kangas, PSA International Ciub Slide Chairman,

has, together with a committee, selected the following slides to represent CPS in the October competition being hosted by the Pittsburg Natural Color Camera Club. Due to the fact that CPS finished in 4th place in Class A2 the last year we com­peted, we are now in Class A-I. It will take outstanding slides to win this year.

WINDMILL ... . · J. Sudyk BOY IN THE WINDOW · M. Tetinek GRACEFUL .. .. R. Morrison THE RIGHT KIND OF BAIT. . J . Brilla LIGHT IN THE FOREST C. Rogers PEACOCK FEATHER . . . S. Kangas

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