In Focus Blog

Sunday, April 14th, Bergen County Camera partnered with Lensbaby to create an unforgettable trip down to Hamilton New Jersey’s Grounds For Sculpture. Lensbaby provided lenses for the participants to walk around the gardens and explore their creativity with.

Lensbaby is a Portland, Oregon based company that launched in 2004. The idea of the Lensbaby started with a vacuum tube and has evolved throughout the years into eight different optics which each create a unique effect. See attached gallery for examples of images from the trip that were taken with several different optics.

Grounds For Sculpture is a 42-acre property located in Hamilton, New Jersey. It was the former location of the NJ State Fairgrounds and has been transformed into a array of sculptures, flowers, trees, and more for the public to wander and enjoy.

Click on an image below to see it larger and to see which Lensbaby optic the image was shot with.

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Heather Lang and Alan Schwab will be exhibiting at the River Vale Public Library from May 20th through June 18th. An opening reception will be held at the River Vale Public Library on May 20th at 7 pm. Heather and Alan both work at Bergen County Camera in Westwood, NJ.

Here’s a preview of Michael Massaia’s next show “Afterlife 2013” featuring images from the Jersey shore – before and after Sandy. The photographs are split toned silver gelatin contact prints and gold platinum prints.

Gallery 270 will be hosting an Artist Reception on Thursday April 18, 2013 from 7 – 9 pm. Light refreshments will be served. We hope you can join us at our Westwood location for a great evening with the artist. This show will be on display from April 11, 2013 – June 8, 2013.  For gallery info please call 201-664-4113 or visit www.gallery270.com

Michael has just won the Hearst 8×10 award with a photograph from his “Seeing the Black Dog” portfolio of work. In the world of photography, this is a very prestigious award. It was chosen as one of the eight winning bodies of work from all fifty states, 2400 entries and 78 different countries. The judges are composed of the most respected photographers, gallerist and experts in photography.

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Additional information is available by clicking on any trip name listed below. Every trip includes a pre-trip session, and Saturday Focus Session Review.

Longwood Gardens – Sunday, June 9, 2013
Price: $129.99 through March 17th then $159.99 with registration required. Register

Includes bus transportation, admission, and lunch.

Grounds for Sculpture – Sunday, April 14, 2013
Price: $99.99 through March 17th then $129.99 with registration required. Register
Our friends from Lensbaby will be joining us for this event. They will have an assortment of Lensbabies lenses to borrow and try during the trip.

Includes bus transportation, admission, and lunch.

Rockland Boulders Dugout Experience – Meetup Rockland County, NY – Thursday, May 16, 2013

Tickets: $50.00 with registration required. Register

Bronx Zoo – Sunday, May 19, 2013
Price: $129.99 with registration required. Register

Includes bus transportation, admission, and lunch.  Special guest Ron Magill of the Miami Dade Zoo (Thanks to Nikon.)

For the full story take a look at the Adobe blog post explaining all the latest camera and lens profiles updates / supported. Adobe recommends that you use the update mechanism inside Photoshop – “Help -> Updates”

Here’s the list of changes to existing camera support (referenced in Adobe’s blog post).

Camera Raw 7.4  includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans sensor. This specifically impacts the following cameras:

• Fujifilm X-Pro1 (*)
• Fujifilm X-E1 (*)
• Fujifilm X100S
• Fujifilm X20

(*) Based on user feedback, the default sharpening amount applied to Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujifilm X-E1 raw files has been increased between Camera Raw 7.4 Release Candidate and the final Camera Raw 7.4 release.

Camera Raw 7.4 includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the EXR sensor. This correction applies only to raw images captured using the “EXR HR” mode with the following cameras:

• Fujifilm X10
• Fujifilm XF1
• Fujifilm X-S1
• Fujifilm S200EXR
• Fujifilm HS20EXR
• Fujifilm HS30EXR
• Fujifilm F550EXR
• Fujifilm F600EXR
• Fujifilm F770EXR
• Fujifilm F800EXR

Adjusted Nikon default white balance for the following camera models:

• NikonD2X
• NikonD2Xs
• NikonD2Hs
• NikonD200
• NikonD40
• NikonD50
• NikonD80

- Fix default aspect ratio support for Fujifilm X-E1 raw files.

The Adobe blog post referenced above has a full list of bugs fixed by this update.

Lightroom 4.4 has several improvements, bug fixes, supports several new cameras and lenses to the list. The new features listed below are from Adobe’s website.

Adobe downloads can be found on Adobe’s website.

New Cameras and lenses supported in 4.4

• This update includes bug fixes, new lens profiles, and support for 23 new cameras including the Canon EOS 1D C, Nikon D7100 and Samsung NX300.
• This release also includes improved support for the X-Trans image sensor in FujiFilm cameras, such as the X-Pro1.

To get the update: Inside Lightroom just click on Help –> Check for Updates

The download is 788MB – Once downloaded you can complete the installation.

Focus sessions are free and take place in the Westwood store from 9:30 am – 10 am and at our Englewood store from 10:30 – 11:00 am. All sessions will allow for questions and answers. Please bring your camera and any images along that you have questions about.  On Focus Sessions marked Westwood only, Englewood will host a general Question and Answer session from 10:30 am – 11:00 am.

Hit the “Like Button” to let your friends know. Have suggestions for future focus sessions? Feel free to leave a comment. (Comments actually work now!)

Here’s our upcoming Focus Sessions:

March 30 – Sensor Cleaning

April 6 – Lakota Wolf Trip Review (Westwood Only)

April 13 – Using LensBaby

April 20 – Using Filters

April 27 – Grounds for Sculpture Trip Review (Westwood Only)

May 4 – Sports Photography

May 11 – Manual Controls

May 18 – Flower Photography

May 25 – Rockland Boulder’s Trip Review (Westwood Only)

June 1 – Bronx Zoo Trip Review (Westwood Only)

June 8 – Portrait Photography

June 15 – Fireworks Photography

June 22 – Longwood Gardens Trip Review (Westwood Only)

June 29 – Fine Art Photography

These are free events – bring a friend along if you’d like. Share with your friends on Facebook – Click the Like button below. Hope you can join us!

Additional information is available by clicking on any trip name listed below. Every trip includes a pre-trip session, and Saturday Focus Session Review.

Lakota Wolf Preserve in Columbia, NJ – Sunday, March 24, 2013
Price: $250 with registration required. SOLD OUT
Our friends from Tamron will be joining us for this event. They will have an assortment of Tamron lenses to borrow and try during the trip.

Grounds for Sculpture – Sunday, April 14, 2013
Price: $99.99 through March 17th then $129.99 with registration required. Register
Our friends from Lensbaby will be joining us for this event. They will have an assortment of Lensbabies lenses to borrow and try during the trip.

Includes bus transportation, admission, and lunch.

Rockland Boulders Dugout Experience – Meetup Rockland County, NY – Thursday, May 16, 2013

Tickets: $50.00 with registration required. Register

Bronx Zoo trip – Sunday May 19, 2013
Price: $99.99 through March 17th then $129.99 with registration required. Register
Our friends from Nikon will be joining us for this event along with special guest Ron Magill.

Includes bus transportation, snacks, pre-trip info session, post trip Focus Session, admission, and lunch.

Additional information is available by clicking on any trip name listed below. Every trip includes a pre-trip session, and Saturday Focus Session Review.

Lakota Wolf Preserve in Columbia, NJ – Sunday, March 24, 2013
Price: $250 with registration required. Register
Our friends from Tamron will be joining us for this event. They will have an assortment of Tamron lenses to borrow and try during the trip.

Grounds for Sculpture - Sunday, April 14, 2013
Price: $99.99 through March 17th then $129.99  with registration required. Register
Our friends from Lensbaby will be joining us for this event. They will have an assortment of Lensbabies lenses to borrow and try during the trip.

Includes bus transportation, admission, and lunch.  

Rockland Boulders Dugout Experience – Meetup Rockland County, NY – Thursday, May 16, 2013

Tickets: $50.00 with registration required. Register

Join Bergen County Camera for an exciting opportunity to photograph a Rockland Boulders baseball game from the Dugout! We have reserved opening night, Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:30 PM. This is a meet-up trip and does not include transportation.  Parking is $5 per vehicle. Ballpark food and refreshments will be served in the Dugout before the start of the game at 7 PM.  Our group will have exclusive access to the Dugout right next to the Boulders dugout. We’ll have all our long Nikon and Canon lenses for you to try out during the event. Be prepared to stick around, there will be fireworks after the game!

A pre-trip lecture will be held in our Westwood store on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 7pm to 8pm. The pre-trip lecture will cover what you should expect, what to bring, and how to get the best shots! Tickets are $50 each and include access to the Dugout and ballpark refreshments. Tickets will be distributed at the Tuesday night class.  If you can’t make it please make arrangements to pick up your tickets at Bergen County Camera in Westwood before the trip. Tripods and monopods are recommended for this trip.

Advance reservations required.

Rockland Boulders Dugout Experience – Meetup Rockland County, NY – Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tickets: $50.00 with registration required. Register

Includes: Hamburgers, Hot dogs, water, soda and after game Fireworks!

A release will be required for the Rockland Boulders and Bergen County Camera.

Please give us a call or send an email if you have any questions about our photo excursions. Hope you can join us!