Reminder May Outing: Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

Hoping to get shots for the Haycation show we have coming later this year. It is the largest Sheep and wool show in the U.S. and should be very interesting The show and parking are free but the ask for a donation of $5 to help the association. 

Carpooling would be helpful so we will be in the usual park and ride until 9AM. The date will be Sat. May 2,2015 

For more info and to signup for this outing visit: http://www.cmpg.org/NavigationMenu/CMPG-Events/Group-Outings

New CMPG Website Announced

The new website will not only make it easier for us to communicate to our members, but it will be an interactive community for our members to communicate and learn from one another. Users will be able to interact, receive notifications, comment on pictures, join groups; post pictures and yes edit your own gallery…FINALLY!

To view the features of the site, and to see a preview, click on the link below. The website is scheduled to go live this summer (or as soon as possible). At that point you will receive your login and access to the full features and members area of the website. The area of the site you will be previewing is the public area of the website.

Click here to preview

Also, We are looking for 5 CMPG members to volunteer to test functionality of the new website. To accept this opportunity you must be willing to actively use the site and provide some feedback. Please contact Ken Losurdo if interested.

April Outing Gallery

To view images from our April outing to the Cherryblossom Festival Click here

Speaker for May Meeting-Bryan Ramsay

Image: Bryan Ramsey

Bryan Ramsay “BJ”, Volunteer Photographer for the Smithsonian Institute

He is currently a full time Navy employee (the Navy pays enough to put food on the table so his pictures don’t have too, which has allowed him to really explore his photography).  As a volunteer photographer to the Smithsonian Institute and the American Orchid Society he has multiple several published photographs. He is also the president of the St Mary’s Camera Club and an occasional lecturer.  

BJ started shooting at an early age (primarily landscapes) with 120 film in a brownie instamatic, followed by a Yashica and a Bronica (he is still a huge fan of Ansel Adams).  He did his own darkroom work all the way through HS, then beer and life got in the way and his photography slowed way down. He dabbled a little in underwater work with a Nikonos II/III and some aerial photography with a 35mm Canon SLR and slides but nothing serious until he picked up a Sony 727 digital point and shoot.  All of a sudden he could do his own “darkroom” work again, and even print in color. With that his photography started to explode. He now shoots with a D800E almost exclusively but will occasionally pick up the D7000 depending on the subject/location etc.  Somewhere along the way Bryan picked up a passion for orchids, primarily as great photography subjects, and the rest is history. He is now an accredited AOS judge (6 year in the training) with a passion for photographing orchids around the world.

But how does that make him a qualified speaker on image stacking? The ability to control the DoF with subjects that are not flat and are occasionally very small made understanding image stacking a necessity. It is now as much a part of his photography arsenal as his macro lenses.  Several years ago, he had the pleasure of taking a workshop with Joe McNally and Vincent Versace, both of whom had a significant impact on his photography, “I have as many speedlights as Joe” (well not quite but some days it seems that way) and Vinny’s influence on his Photoshop skills really opened the door for the art of the possible in the area of fine art photography. 

Meeting Information
May 27th, 2015
Chaplegate
2600 Marriottsville Road
Marriottsville, MD 

Courtesy of Sabrina Raymond

		April 27 - May 31
	29 W	Wednesday Night Sailboat Races	Annapolis	http://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/wnrfb
April	29 W	Twilight Tatto	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA	http://twilight.mdw.army.mil/	Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from April through June, and on Whipple Field from July through August. Twilight Tattoo performances begin at 7 PM. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 PM.
May	1 F	May Day	Annapolis	http://www.visitannapolis.org/includes/calendar-of-events/May-Day/2244/?menuid=37	residents & merchants decorate with baskets of flowers
	2 Sa	Opening Day & Annual Steam Show	Fire Museum	http://www.firemuseummd.org/thingstodo.htm#ProgramsEvents	10-2
	2 Sa	20th Annual British Motorcar Show	Lewes, DE	http://www.leweschamber.com/event/19th-annual-british-motorcar-show
	2 Sa	Opening Day Parade of Engines	Walkersville, MD Frederick County	http://wsrr.org/2013/schedule	all engines on display
	2 Sa	Kinetic Sculpture Race	Baltimore	http://www.kineticbaltimore.com/
	2 Sa	Point Lookout Lighthouse Open House	Scotland	http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.asp	2 1/2 hours away
May	3 Su	The Flying Circus - Opening Day	Bealeton, VA	http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/schedule.html	2 hours away; airshow starts 2:30 pm ends about 4
	3 Su	First Sunday Arts Festival	Annapolis	www.firstsundayarts.com
	3 Su	Western Circuit Open Show	Carroll Cty Equestrian Center	http://carrollcountyequestriancouncil.org/Calendar.htm
	3 Su	Point to Point Steeple Chase	Winterthur	http://www.winterthur.org/?p=1045
	3 Su	Blessing of the Fleet	Lewes, DE	http://www.leweschamber.com/event/community-events/blessing-fleet-0
	3 Su	Hagerstown Aviation Museum Ramble	Hagerstown	http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/eventcalendar.html	1 - 4
	1 2 F Sa	Flower Mart	National Cathedral	http://allhallowsguild.org/Flower-Mart/flower-mart
	1 2 F Sa	Flower Mart	Mt Vernon	http://www.flowermart.org/
	1 3 Fr Su	Spoutwood Fairie Festival	Glen Rock, PA	http://192.185.79.55/~spout/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FF2015Poster.jpg	Fr 12-7 Sa & Su 10-6
	1 3 F Su	Dover Days	Dover, DE	http://www.doverdaysfestival.com/
	2 3 Sa Su	Civil War Living History Reenactment	Farm Museum, Westminster	http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/farmmus/Events.aspx
	2 3 Sa Su	Solomons Maritime Festival	Calvert Marine Mus Solomons	http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/233/Annual-Events	10-5; antique boats, dogs in action
	2 3 Sa Su	Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival	West Friendship	http://www.sheepandwool.org/	Sat 9-6 Sun 9-5
		May 4 - May 10
	6 W	Wednesday Night Sailboat Races	Annapolis	http://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/wnrfb
	6 W	Twilight Tatto	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA	http://twilight.mdw.army.mil/	Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from April through June, and on Whipple Field from July through August. Twilight Tattoo performances begin at 7 PM. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 PM.
	F 8	DC WWII Fly Over	Washington, DC	http://ww2flyover.org/
May	9 Sa	Celtic Festival	Mt Airy Fire Dept Fairgrounds	http://www.sasmm.com/
	10 Sa	Open Cockpit Day Martin Airport	Bmore	http://mdairmuseum.org/calendar.html
	9 Sa	Horse Appreciation Day	Pasadena	http://pasadenahorse.org/HAD	The Riehl Farm
	10 Su	Medieval Mother's Day Tea	Steppingstone	http://steppingstonemuseum.org/events/	Medieval treats; Medieval to Renaissance fashion show
May	10 Su	The Flying Circus Mother's Day Show	Bealeton, VA	http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/schedule.html	2 hours away; airshow starts 2:30 pm ends about 4
	9 10 Sa Su	3rd An Mid Atlt Wild West Fest & Cowboy Reunion	West Friendship	http://www.farmheritage.org/wild-west-fest-plow-days.html	10 - 6
	9 10 Sa Su	Medieval Days Encampment	Steppingstone	http://steppingstonemuseum.org/events/	11-4
		May 11 - May 17
	13 W	Wednesday Night Sailboat Races	Annapolis	http://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/wnrfb
	13 W	Twilight Tatto	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA	http://twilight.mdw.army.mil/	Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from April through June, and on Whipple Field from July through August. Twilight Tattoo performances begin at 7 PM. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 PM.
	16 Sa	The Scottish Games	Elkton	http://fairhillscottishgames.org/index.html
	16 Sa	Warrior Dash	Mechanicsville	https://www.warriordash.com/location/2015-warrior-dash-maryland/
	16 Sa	Horn Point Antique Fly-in	Cambridge, MD	http://visitdorchester.org/events/antique-fly/	Antique airplanes, over 200, 9am to 4pm, rain date May 17
	16 Sa	Jesse James Day at Walkersville Railroad	Walkersville, MD Frederick County	http://wsrr.org/2013/schedule	Old West Raid on the Train
	16 Sa	Elf Classic Yacht Race	Annapolis or Solomons	http://www.cyrg.org/elfclassic2015.htm	Start Annapolis end Calvert Maritime Museum
	16 Sa	Open Cockpit Day Air Mobility Command Musuem	Dover	http://amcmuseum.org/events/#summer-camp	aircraft will be opened to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 3rd Sat - spring thru Nov
	16 Sa	Kent Island Heritage Day	Stevensville	http://www.kentislandheritagesociety.org/kent-island-day.html
	17 Su	National Maritime Day - closed toed shoes	Baltimore	http://bayheritage.org/program-events-calendar/	Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue; lego fleet Tugs! Closed toes shoesPier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue; lego fleet Tugs! Closed toes shoes
	17 Su	The Flying Circus	Bealeton, VA	http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/schedule.html	2 hours away; airshow starts 2:30 pm ends about 4
	14 18 Th M	Remembering WWII - Fifi is Coming!	Martin State Airport
	14 16 Th Sa	Military Vehicle Rally	Aberdeen	http://www.militaryvehicleshow.com/
May	14 16 Th Sa	Preakness Balloon Festival		http://www.ballooningusa.com/preakness/
	16 17 Sa Su	WWII Air Show - Warbirds Over the Beach	Virginia Beach, VA	http://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/ww2-airshow.html
	15 17 F Su	Lancaster Cty Fireman's Assoc Annual Fire Expo	Harrisburg, PA	http://www.lcfa.com/index.php?submenu=Expo&src=gendocs&ref=FireExpo&category=Main
	15 17 F Su	National Pike Festival	Hagerstown	http://www.nationalpikefestival.org/	Wagon trains on the National Pike, encampments
	16 17 Sa Su	Blacksmith Days	CC Farm Museum	http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/farmmus/Events.aspx
		May 18 - May 24
	20 W	Wednesday Night Sailboat Races	Annapolis	http://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/wnrfb
	20 W	Twilight Tatto	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA	http://twilight.mdw.army.mil/	Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from April through June, and on Whipple Field from July through August. Twilight Tattoo performances begin at 7 PM. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 PM.
May	23 Sa	Horseshoe Crab Festival	Milton, DE	http://www.historicmilton.com/events/event/285-Horseshoe+Crab+&+Shorebird+Festival.html	in conjuction with Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge
	23 Sa	Fairhill Races	Elkton, MD	http://www.fairhillraces.org
	23 Sa	Civil War Reencactors at Walkersville Railroad	Frederick County	http://wsrr.org/2013/schedule	on the train and along the tracks, skirmishes & mock battle
	24 Su	The Flying Circus	Bealeton, VA	http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/schedule.html	2 hours away; airshow starts 2:30 pm ends about 4
	24 Su	Rolling Thunder	Washignton DC	http://www.rollingthunder1.com/
	22 24 F Su	Chestertown Tea Party Festival	Chestertown	http://www.chestertownteaparty.org/	tea toss reenactment; raft race, Colonial Parade
	22 25 F M	Balticon		http://www.balticon.org/	Hunt Valley
		May 25 - May 31
	25 W	Wednesday Night Sailboat Races	Annapolis	http://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/wnrfb
	25 M	Memorial Day Flags In at Arlington Cemetery	Arlington	http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Plan-Your-Visit/Events-and-Ceremonies/Ceremonies-and-Traditions/Flags-In
	26 T	US Marine Corps Tuesday Sunset Parade	Arlington	http://www.barracks.marines.mil/Parades/ParadeSchedule2015.aspx	7 pm at the Marine Corps War Memorial
	27 W	Twilight Tatto	Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA	http://twilight.mdw.army.mil/	Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from April through June, and on Whipple Field from July through August. Twilight Tattoo performances begin at 7 PM. Pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 PM.
	31 Su	The Flying Circus	Bealeton, VA	http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/schedule.html	2 hours away; airshow starts 2:30 pm ends about 4
	30 31 Sa Su	MD Special Olympic Equestrian Games & Trials	Upper Marlboro, MD	http://calendar.visitmaryland.org/Views/Events/Details.aspx?id=89289