NCC Members who have earned awards or have shows outside of the club
Congratulations to Eric Engles and Mike Shea for winning awards for their photography at Viewpoint Gallery's Eleven Show, themed "Reflections".
More information here: https://www.viewpointphotoartcenter.org/eleven-upon-reflection/
From Eric Lindberg
I'd like to announce my upcoming solo retrospective show at the Center For The Arts Granucci Gallery.
Editors Note: Do go see Eric’s show! Beautiful photography and great printing, framing and matting by David Wong
From Mike Shea
The Fall issue of Blues Music Magazine included two of my photos, one of Kenny Wayne Shepherd and this one of Walter Trout taken at the 2025 Fountain Blues Festival in San Jose.
Plus, my image, Termo Window Pane, won the Curator Choice award at the 2025 Viewpoint Photographic Art Center” Upon Reflection” show. The show runs from November 5th to December 20th.
From Kathy Triolo
I'm teaching a class at Viewpoint Photographic Art Gallery in November.
Click on the link for descriptions and to sign up.
November 22nd
Introduction to Compositing in Photoshop
https://www.viewpointphotoartcenter.org/introduction-to-compositing-in-photoshop/
From Therese Iknoian:
There is a small exhibit of photos and art at the so-called CHAMPS Gallery in the entry hall area at Nevada City’s City Hall, called “Hidden in Plain Sight.” Nice little area, not sure about traffic. I have a photo there that I had taken during the Grid Challenge. Others too perhaps? https://nevadacityca.gov/311/City-Hall-Art-Gallery
Congratulations to Anita DuPratt and Kathy Triolo for having their photos juried into the 59th Placerville Mother Lode Show. Entries here:https://www.paa.gallery/2025-mother-lode-all-entries
59th National Mother Lode Art ExhibitionNov. 6 thru 22, 2025
at The MACC
Mills Station Arts & Culture Center
10191 Mills Station Road
Rancho Cordova, CA
Gallery Hours:
Thursday & Friday 2 pm - 7 pm
Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Henry Goodman will be having an exhibit at the
Flour Garden Bakery on Sutton Way from December 1 through January 29. In December, the show will feature landscapes from Nevada County. In January, the show will include landscapes from the Eastern Sierra, the Rewoods, Table Mountain, and New England.
From Ann Westling:
I was looking through various photography websites for good speakers and came across the free courses by Joshua Cripps -https://www.joshuacripps.com/grand-landscapes/landscape-photography-masterclass-information/
He provides basic guidelines on ways to think about one’s photography and specifically landscape photography - and asks 2 good questions that I haven’t thought much about:
1) What do I like about this scene?
2) Why do I like it?
According to Joshua, by answering those questions you can bring more richness and creativity into shots plus your own story - rather than just shooting what others have shot. And then he provides access for other courses - some for free and ones you pay for.
From Donna Levreault
Two of my images, Above and Below (image below) and Reflections were chosen to be exhibited at the Museum of Northern California (MONCA) in Chico, CA. The juried show, H2O, runs from December 4 , 2025 - January 18, 2026 with an opening reception on Friday, December 5, 6-8 pm.
From Douglas Hooper
"Local poet Bill Gainer hired me to do the cover photo for his most recent book. I’ve done two previous covers.
Bill starts the project each time with a title and a very clear concept. This time, he supplied a sample photo, and told me he would have used it except that he didn’t have permission to use that image. I hired our very own Allison to model. We made an image that I thought was better than Bill’s sample. I showed it to Bill, and he loved it.
I did the front cover and back cover layout, and sent it in. The book came out in December. Inside the cover it says “Cover image: Bill Gainer”. Argh. I get no credit again. Oh well, I still like how the book looks.
This will be Bill’s last book - his health will not allow him to do any more."
Book 2:
In 1989, I heard the song “Chance to Be Loved” on KFOG in SanFrancisco. I loved it. I bought the album “Sunny Nights”. Every song on it is top quality. Some rock critics still say this album belongs in the top 100 albums of all time list.
I wrote a fan letter to Parthenon Huxley, the artist. I enclosed 12 4x6 prints of my best photos. The letter went to Parthenon’s manager. A couple weeks later, the manager called me and said “Parthenon loved you photos. Here’s his home phone; feel free to give him a call.” I did, and we became friends. Two years later, he flew me to New Hampshire to photograph his wedding. A few years after that, he hired me to do photos for an album cover and the lyric booklet.
It was about 1991 that I made a trip to LA, and told Parthenon that I wanted to do some band photos for him. One photo from that session ended up in Parthenon’s new memoirs book.
That’s Parthenon on the right in the photo on the book cover (not my photo).
