CASCADE CHATTER "PHOTO STARS"

Annual Meeting & Program

Set For Sept. 21 at 12 Noon

The Annual meeting will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church School, 5520 NE Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon in the small gym. The program will be presented by Michael Durham, staff photographer for the zoo. The title of his presentation is "Secret World of Wild Life Photography".
A Luncheon is planned and will be served by the church's DORCAS ladies. The cost for program and lunch is $13.50. Non-PSA members are welcomed and encouraged to attend. The cut off date for lunch is Tuesday, September 17th. Get your form in by then; the cost is the same, with or without the lunch.
Lunch will be served as first event of the day. Following the lunch, member's slides will be shown. Members are encouraged to bring 3 slides for showing (members will be asked to make very short comments on each slide so this can become and educational event as well as an opportunity to showcase your work). We don't want to forget our print makers and they are asked to display their work. Guests are invited to bring their work for display along with PSA members.
There will be a short business meeting as required by PSA. An award will be presented and a few short remarks are promised by our chairman, Jim Baker, APSA.
The main event, Michael Durham will now be presented. This will feature many of the techniques Michael uses to photograph wildlife both in the zoo and in the field.
The next meeting will be on Saturday, January 18th. Gary Fields of Hood River will present a program. Time and place to be announced in the winter issue of Photo Stars coming out in December.
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DUES ARE DUE

PSA Cascade Chapter Dues run from September to September each year. Only $5.00 per year. See other page on this web called "Dues" for form with the address to send in your dues. .
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Program For Chapter Meeting Features Zoo Photographer.

The world of nature is a favorite interest, where Michael has applied innovative equipment and techniques for remarkable results. He is an expert at high-speed photography and the use of camera traps for photographing wildlife. He is also an accomplished commercial photographer and he lends his talents to the Oregon Zoo as their staff photographer. Michael titles his program "Secret World of Wild Life Photography".
A few of his publications credits include Natural History Magazine, National Wildlife, National Geographic World, Ranger Rick, E Magazine, Wildlife Conservation, Audubon, Popular Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photo District News, along with many books and corporate publications.
Two years running he has been highly honored in Nature's Best Wildlife photography competition for professionals. This fall his work will be displayed in the Smithsonian in Washington DC. He is currently working on a project with the Nature Conservancy to photograph the biodiversity of Zumwalt, one of their newest and most impressive preserves.
Editor's Note: I strongly recommend that you look at Michael Durham's web page. You will find his work truly outstanding. I am sure you will find it a treat regardless of what kind of photography you fancy. E-Mail: http://www.durmphoto.com
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Cascade Board Meets On Aug. 21 - Plan for Future

The PSA Cascade Chapter No. 23 board met at chairman Jim Bakers house to plan for September program and for future programs.
The September program is pretty well covered on the first part of this page so will go into other events.
Youth Photography: Last year within a short time frame 10 schools were contacted and 6 of them sent in 18 prints. Two of the prints won at the national Youth contest, but information will not be released until after the PSA convention. The Chapter board felt it was very successful especially considering the time that we had. All agreed that it should definitely worth repeating and making into an annual event. It just needs a few members to devote some time to contacting the photo instructors in the High school that still have photo classes and present the program.
Chairman Jim is looking for someone to run the program and wants to get it started by October 1st. Details for next year will not be available until then. There are 5 or 6 categories for the student to enter in. It is hoped and planned to extend this program beyond the Portland Metro area. There is no cost to schools and is for high school age. Anyone interested in being a part of the Youth Photography activity get in touch with Jim Baker, APSA, 12232 SE 36th Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222. e-mail jjbaker@aol.com
Digital Photography: Jim told how the program was going. George Self has most of the equipment in place now with the exception of a laptop. He is working hard to make sure we get the right machine to run with the current equipment. The group OK'd to remain a sponsor along with 4 C's who have put up the money for the laptop. The digital project will be used in the September show.
Future Events: Planned for January 18th a program by Gary Fields. The place and other details to be announced in the next newsletter in late December or early January.
A part day of short programs and afternoon of table tops called "Foto Fun Fest" will be held in The Dalles April 19th. A similar event was held several years ago and the group felt it was worth repeating and enlarging on. There are planned several digital programs, one for those who want to know the what, why and how and one for those who know the what, why and how. Workshops in glassware, black light and other techniques will be featured.
Chapter Show Case: Slides have been judged and returned and now just waiting to see how we did at the PSA convention. Gary Fields, chairman of showcase for the chapter will be asking for slides again next year in April.
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Ted Peterson, Long Time PSA Member, Worker, Innovator.

Looking for someone who really gets their full value of PSA? Well I found one that has ten times over. Ted has attend every PSA convention since 1968 but two. That is a total of 32 conventions. This year Ted will be introducing a new service for PSA International in Pittsburgh.
Developed CD System for Recorded Programs: He has been working on a system to put the PSA slide instructions and recorded programs on CDs. At the upcoming PSA convention this new service will be announced. The cost is $7.50 that includes shipping. This is a non-returnable rental and only is available to PSA members. There are available 7 programs now. You will be able to get these from PSA, with check, credit card or cash or from Ted directly with check, or money order. This will save time in shipping. There will also be more information on the CD. Details on PSA, an application for membership form that so you sign up a new PSA member, instructions on loading and using the CD. Comes in an attractive CD Case.
Ted has received 4 PSA service awards, been chairman of Columbia Council, Maxine Van Hoy award, Chairman Photo Chemical group, vice chairman Techniques division, director stereo slide of the year when it started, secretary of a print group. Was president for 18 years of the old Oregon Camera Club and is a current member in Portland Photo and Pacific printers, who meet at his house. He has been active in about every division and activity in PSA, even several that do not exist today.
He is also a Ham radio operator and his net address is his call sign: http://www.w7wwg.com/
Check out his web pages, it is loaded with a worth of information from photography to where to find good locations in Oregon. Tons of more information. He adds a new article just about every week.
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