"Exploring the art of Photography"
Various field trips are scheduled throughout the year to places in New England. Sign-ups are necessary to get an idea of how many are attending. Carpooling is generally available which is a great way to get to know other members of the club and to discuss photographic ideas and techniques while travelling to the venue.
When, Where, and
Who to Contact
June 11, 2012 (Evening Exposure)
End of Year Pizza Party:
June 18, 2012 7:00 P.M.
Coordinators: Cheryl Vossmer and
Dick Simmons
Questions regarding the
Field Trips:
fieldtrips@greaterlynnphoto.org
Members Form:
Field Trips Sign-up Form
Field Trip Galleries
January 7, 2012
"Nubble Light Flash Gallery"
York, Maine
Field Trip Policy Reminder
With the new season upon us, we want to encourage members to take advantage of the field trips that are researched and made available during the course of the season. These provide excellent opportunities to interact with your fellow photographers and to make some top caliber images. We hope that the "old hands" will take an active part in mentoring newer workers in the photographic process. We also need to remind all members that while our Field Trip Chair and other volunteers identify locations for photography and attempt to help with logistics, neither they nor the Greater Lynn Photographic Association has any control over travel to or from a location or the conditions encountered at it. All participation in field trip activities is voluntary on the part of the member and any minor member they may bring. Neither GLPA nor the Field Trip Chair or volunteers assume any
liability for any accidents or other situations which may occur as a result of a member's participation in a field trip.
Field Trips and Evening Exposure
Up and Coming Field trips
Evening Exposure
June 11, 2012 7:30 PM
Our last Monday night combined program/field trip is the annual evening exposure. This year we will be going to East Boston’s Piers Park. We visited this park a few years ago but it is worth revisiting. Piers Park has a wonderful view of the Boston waterfront skyline and offers the opportunity to capture tugs, the smaller harbor cruise ships, and some sail boats in the foreground. It extends out into Boston Harbor facing the Custom House. It is beautifully landscaped with grass and sycamore trees amid walks of brickwork. Picnic tables abound as well as plenty of benches to sit on and watch the sunset. There is parking there and along the adjacent street. Bring your tripod!
If you are driving directly there please plan on being there between 7:30 and 8:00 P.M. For those who wish to car pool, please meet Dick Simmons and Dana Patch at the club no later than 6:45 P.M. They will be leaving promptly at 7:00 P.M. Sunset is at approximately 8:22 P.M. Remember some of the best shooting occurs after sunset.
NOTE: If it rains, it will be canceled as a club event, but you could check it out on your own. There are plenty of picnic tables if you want to bring your dinner along.
For info on the park go to www.bostonharborwalk.com and click on East Boston, then Piers Park. There are many great new places to go in Boston. The Harbor Walk has many of them.
Driving Directions to Piers Park from the North:
Take Route 1A toward Logan Airport.
After passing left-hand exit to Orient Heights, Starbucks, and the Marriott, take the next exit on the right before going uphill. (Do not turn right and cross the river.)
Go straight.
At the fork bear a little left with the white and brick building on your right.
Cross Bennington Street and take Bremen Street (gas station on right) past the Bremen Street Park on left.
Go several blocks, then under the overpass, and go three blocks more (counting on the right) to Sumner Street.
Turn left, firehouse on right, and go two blocks (second block is long) to Cottage Street.
Turn right and go two blocks to Marginal Street (Piers Park is in front of you).
Turn left and find parking lot on right. If you drive past the main entrance to the park, you will find the off street parking just beyond it on the right hand side.
Additional directions from the Callahan Tunnel and the Ted Williams Tunnel
From Callahan Tunnel to East Boston
Take the right hand exit immediately at the end of the tunnel and head toward Santarpio’s Pizza.
Pass Santarpio’s on the right and go one block more to Bremen Street.
Turn right and go 3 blocks (counting on the right) to Sumner Street.
Turn left, firehouse on right, and go two blocks (second block long) to Cottage Street.
Turn right and go two blocks to Marginal Street (park is in front of you).
Turn left and find parking lot on right.
From the Ted Williams Tunnel to East Boston
Take the left exit to Route 1A.Take the first exit to Bennington Street and stay in the left lane.
Turn left toward Day Square and a gas station.
Before gas station turn oblique left onto Bremen Street.
Drive past Bremen Street Park on left until you go under the overpass.
Go under the overpass and go 3 blocks more (counting on the right) to Sumner Street.
Turn left, firehouse on right, and go two blocks (second block long)to Cottage Street.
Turn right and go two blocks to Marginal Street (Piers Park is in front of you).
Turn left and find parking lot on right.
Nubble Lighthouse
January 07, 2012 Recap
Slideshow Gallery for Nubble Light
Our first field trip of the year was a great day of social interaction and photography. Well the photography might have gone better but we still had a great excuse to get out and enjoy ourselves. The day started out with sunny skies and a promising weather report! Twenty or so enthusiastic photographers met at the camera club to car pool to the Maine coast for what we hoped would be some great images. We split up into car pools and left. In my SUV the rambling conversation was such, that we hardly noticed the skies slowly changing from a cloudless blue to one with more clouds then predicted. Ok, we thought, probably all the better for a great sunset shots. Upon arriving at the York, Maine destination, we were met by a dozen more club members and friends all ready for some image making. However, also present were some very unwanted clouds and downright poor light. Luckily for us we had some unseasonably warm weather. The group made the best of the situation, shooting away for about two hours, undaunted by the solid overcast. Though he was a bit small in the frame, even with a long lens, the group also had the company of a visiting snowy owl on the island. It was certainly nice to be able to finally see this magnificent beautiful bird that has eluded me at Plum Island for years. After the photography, we moved on to the social interaction by revitalizing the fortunes of a local restaurant. We filled their main dining room with 34 hungry attendees, who proceeded to dine on sandwiches to lobster dinners. After paying the bill, we even had a little extra cash left over ($42) for the Building Fund.
Despite the dubious photography a good time was had by all, as it seems good food and friendly conversation trumps a heavy overcast day. I would like to thank everyone who attended, especially co-chairmen Dana Patch and Dick Simmons, a new member, who will be leading some interesting trips for us in the future. If you have any ideas on where you might like to go on a field trip, drop Dick or me an email.
Field Trip to Hackett’s Tavern
April 14, 2012 Recap
We had a great time last Saturday. A small group of 8 members met at the club and drove town to Battle Road in Lincoln where we hocked up with about 12 to 17 other members. The weather was warm and sunny, the skies clear. We were greeted with a total of about 500 re-enactors (men, women and children) all dressed in 18th century garb. Initially the soldiers practiced military maneuvers and we were able to get close to the action: marching, practicing firing rifles (without actually pulling the trigger), mock inspections and loading muskets. There were several fife and drum corps, playing and marching. When the mock battle began we were forced to stand behind a rope and really needed telephoto lenses but there were a lot of opportunities to photograph, soldiers battling and firing muskets. At about 1:00 we all broke for lunch and met up at On the Border in Woburn for Mexican food. Not really in keeping with the period but I do not think that they had marguerites in the late 1700s.