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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | APRIL 2017 45 We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the RCN main Lobby Room; thus, our April meeting will be April 18. Visitors are always welcome. We invite all photographers, regardless of skill level, to join us for our regular meetings, workshops, speakers, field trips, and in-house demos. At our March meeting, our chairperson, Irve Sturner, continued his presentation on the Exposure Triangle, i.e. settings for shutter, aperture, and ISO. These are settings that determine how much light will reach the sensor of the camera thus determining the exposure of the photograph. These settings also affect the photograph in other ways. The genre assignment for the March meeting was "Sports in the Four Seasons" using the Exposure Triangle as a guide. Photographs could be of activities of ping pong, pickleball, paddle ball, tennis, billiards, dancing, or anything with movement. One of the photographs presented is the one at the top of this article of a billiard game just beginning with the traditional break shot. It was exciting to welcome professional photographer Felix Marquez at our February meeting where he did an excellent visual sports presentation using the Exposure Triangle workshop Irve presented. Felix has visited our meetings in the past and is always ready and willing to share his expertise with us. His action shots from a recent Montana State University football game were phenomenal. ~ Lyle Cameron Camera Club Billiard balls breaking in the Lodge Billiard Room taken by our chairperson, Irve Sturner The blur of the picture was intentional to show a sense of speed and to tell a story The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown's robust book and our selection for the April 11 meeting, tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together — a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and optimism. Drawing on the boys' own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times — the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really means. If this book interests you, please join us whether you have read it or not, on Tuesday, April 11, at 9:30 am. Newcomers are always welcome. For information about the Book Club, please contact Doreen Sanders at (951) 769-1913. ~ Peggy Ligori Book Club

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