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DECEMBER 2004
CHRISTMAS POTLUCK PHOTO PARTY: Saturday, December 11th, 7PM. This replaces the usual monthly meeting. Bring a home-made dish and photos to share!
What to bring:
1.) Your appetite! Create a dish to share. Each year we're asked who should bring what. Don't worry: we have so many members that we always seem to have just the right mix of every possible home-made salad, desert, meat, cookies, drinks, poultry, fudge, breads and everything imaginable. Make your own favorite or personal specialty dish and impress everyone! Thank goodness many of our members are talented culinary as well as photographic artists and don't just put Costco items on fancy plates.
2.) Photos! The photos start after we eat. Bring some great slides and digital files to share. (guidlines for files here.) We'll have a 35mm projector and a computer projector. If you shoot prints or some other film or digital format please fell free to bring your own medium or other format projector, and if you're using some other digital format or software other than the file guidelines feel free to bring your own computer and projector, too. Fun!
Where:
We are graced with the use of a home on the Island of Coronado thanks to our member Theresa Vernetti. The bridge toll has been waived for club members and guests attending the party.
Photo Outing: Friday - Saturday December 3 - 5: Death Valley. LEADER NEEDED, contact Ken to volunteer.
NOVEMBER 2004
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, November 13th: Tide pools in Point Loma. Low tide of -1.1 feet happens at 3:47 PM. For more and more information see below or contact our leader, Mark Malter, at mark_malter@ins.memec.com
We will be meeting up Saturday afternoon at 3pm at the Tidepools in Point Loma. The pools are located in the Cabrillo Monument State Park. You can just ask the ranger at the guard shack about how to get down to the pools. The directions are: Interstate 8 to Sunset Cliffs Blvd. Take left on Nimitz Blvd, Right on Chatsworth and a left on Catalina which becomes Cabrillo Monument Dr. and leads you right to the gate of the park. Once you're there, just find your way to the pools and you'll see us with Camera's, and related gear.
I feel compelled to make the following statement due to the broad range of tidepool experience possible on this outing.
Please Wear comfortable
shoes with plenty of grip. The rocks are covered in Algae and are extremely
slippery. Be prepared to get wet and bring extra clothes in case you do. You'll
want to drive home dry. Be respectful of the sea life you encounter. Don't detach
anything from the rocks or take anything home. It is a felony to disturb the
animals or bring them home. This even applies to empty rocks. So, take only
images and memories.
I also suggest bringing a tripod and a macro lens if you have one and want those
super-close up shots. If we get lucky, we'll see some OWL LIMPETS !!! Oh Joy
!!
Hope to see you all there for a fun adventure at the tidepools. !!!
If you get lost, I'll have my cell phone with me when I get there (858) 361-6344.
PHOTO LECTURE:
Eric Meola: "Last Places on Earth"
Thursday, November 18, 2004
6pm Reception with the photographer
7pm Lecture in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater
Presented by ASMP San Diego
Sponsored by Canon
Admission $10 Sierra Club (Students or Members of ASMP, APA or MoPA are $5)
RSVP to Chris Micheals of Ray St. Studios at (619) 299 - 0010
also see:
www.lastplaces.com
asmp-sd.org/html/calendar.php3#OCT
asmp-sd.org/html/meola.php
PHOTO EXHIBIT RECEPTION: Saturday, November 20th, 4 - 8 PM, La Jolla Art Association, 7917 Girard Ave, La Jolla. Exhibit runs 15 - 28 November. Gallery open daily noon - 4.30PM at (858) 459-3001. Curator: Steven Churchill (858) 792-8020.
PHOTO OUTING: Thanksgiving in the Sierras, Wednesday - Sunday, 24 - 28 November. Meet in Lone pine at dawn to photo graph the arches in the Alabama Hills. LEADER NEEDED, contact Ken to volunteer.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, November 11th, 7PM: Humanitarian Photojournalism by Karl Grobl. Several years ago long time SCPS member and program chairperson, Karl Grobl left a successful career in medical sales management in order to pursue a dream…To create a career in photography, documenting the work of humanitarian organizations in the developing world.
By focusing his camera, his passion and his photographic abilities, Karl knew that he could capture images that would help change lives.
Photo by Karl
Grobl
With an awareness and reverence for human dignity, Karl creates photographs that not only educate and motivate, but also stir a viewer’s deep emotion. His subjects are global humanitarian relief organizations and the people they serve all over the world. From Guatemala to Uganda, from Haiti to Cambodia and everywhere in between, Karl’s keen eye captures the essence of human need and the compassion and appreciation of those who both deliver and receive help.
To date, his client list includes World Vision, Health Volunteers Overseas, Catholic Relief Services, Freedom From Hunger, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Friends without a Border, Family Care International, Net Aid, World Emergency Relief and others.
At this month’s meeting Karl will share images and insights from the humanitarian assistance programs he’s been photographing all around the world.
Also see Karl's website at KarlGrobl.com
OCTOBER 2004 Sierra fall color info here
Artist's Reception: Tom Mangelsen Gallery 5-9 PM Satuday October 30th, 7916 Girard, La Jolla (858) 551 9553. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres - be there! More info here.
Canon Promotional Trip: First Annual Canon Captures Catalina Trip, Saturday, October 30th or Sunday, October 31st. Come and enjoy a day of shooting on the island. The cost is $100 per person. It includes roundtrip boat fare to Catalina Island, Light Morning Snack, Inland Excursion Tour to photograph Buffalo, Avalon City Tour, Botanical Garden Tour, BBQ Lunch, Canon event T-Shirt, Use of Canon Equipment, free Kodak film or use of Delkin Compact Flash Cards. CDs will be burned at the end of the day for photographers to take home. They will have Canon people greeting all guests as they come off the boat in Avalon Harbor. Contact Maggie Maki at (310) 510-2199 or visit her website at www.catalinameetingspecialists.com. Please register under Chrome for your store contact.
EXHIBIT: Four of member Paul Sewell's photos from the West Chester Farmhouse series have been selected for an online group exhibit for Octobers f-stop magazine. To see the entire exhibition, go to: fstopmagazine.com or click on the link in the news section on Paul's web site: sewellstudio.com.
OUTING:
Zion National Park, Friday, October 22nd to Sunday, October 24th.
Call leader: Richard Masser (760) 753-2883 to agree on a time to meet
at the Park entrance on Friday afternoon.
Please note that I-15 has roadwork and it is recommended to take I-215 north
of Temecula to join the I-15 after San Bernadino - this is not really a detour
but an alternate.
OUTING: San Diego Convention Center at night. Monday, October 25th, 7PM: Leader: Bob Gottlieb (760) 445-5459 bgott@nethere.com
PHOTO CLASS: Tuesday, October 19th, 2004, 6:30 - 9:30PM: Member Ken Rockwell at Palomar College. One night only. Details here.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, October 14th, 7PM: Abe Ordover. Abe will be talking about modern landscape and animal photography and printing. Mostly, he will show slides of work of artists he features in his gallery. See more at www.ordovergallery.com
Gallery owner and fine
art nature photographer Abe Ordover has always been
drawn to the inherent beauty of the natural world. His photographic work is
a testament to his passion, as is the gallery that he recently founded in
Solana Beach, CA. The Ordover Gallery is a venue with a mission of elevating
the art form to greater prominence among collectors and nature enthusiasts
by showcasing the nation's best nature and wildlife photographers.
A Yale-educated attorney, Ordover's career has included positions as a legal
professor at Hofstra University in New York and Emory University in Atlanta,
as well as visiting professor positions at Cornell and Harvard, where he won
numerous national awards for created courses for National Institute for
Trial Advocacy.
In 1980, between lectures
at the University of Colorado law school, he drove
to Rocky Mountain National Park. Awestruck by the sheer beauty and
magnitude of the surroundings, he headed for the nearest town, purchased a
camera, and returned to document the magnificence the Rockies revealed to
him.
What began as a tourist's
diversion quickly evolved into an accidental
second career in photographic art as he began to immerse himself in the raw
beauty of nature, reveling in the symmetry and randomness of its patterns
and patinas.
Ordover continued to spend
much of his day-to-day life teaching law and
settling complex cases as a professional mediator. As time permitted, he
indulged his passion for nature photography and diligently studied the
technical side of the craft. Being selected by the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center in 1992 to help on a major photo shoot of its
work, collections, and research, Ordover's life was pushed closer to a
major, midlife career change.
After losing his first
wife to a protracted battle with cancer, Ordover
traveled to Antarctica on a cathartic journey in search of new perspectives.
Moved by the sheer majesty of the region's icescapes, Ordover resolved to
follow his passion full time. In March of 2004, Ordover moved to San Diego
County and founded the Ordover Gallery.
As an artist today, Ordover
sees that the environment is precious and
fragile. His motivation is to capture and protect Earth's natural beauty
and to share the emotions and qualities felt while taking the shot --
whether of a tiny desert flower that blooms once every ten years or a
massive iceberg as it crumbles.
Ordover has traveled to
southern and east Africa, South America, Alaska, the
European arctic, much of the American west, New England and the Southeast.
He has photographed the California coast, deserts and its mountains.. In
addition to capturing the natural patterns of land, sea and wildlife,
Ordover often utilizes technology to infuse his photos with powerful hues,
blurred and blended abstraction and inventive cropping to highlight and
evoke the same strong emotions he felt at the moment the shutter clicked.
LODGE
WEEKEND Saturday - Sunday October 9 - 10
Download the PDF flyer here
SEPTEMBER 2004
Exhibit: September 3rd until October 2nd: SELECTIONS: Photographs from the 2004 San Diego County Fair. North County Cameras Gallery - 830 W. Valley Parkway Suite 330, Escondido, CA 92025. Following his success at the Del Mar Fair (1st Place in Class-B/W Other) club member Paul Sewell has been invited to show the winning image at the gallery. To view more of Paul's images visit his web site at sewellstudio.com Also Cathy Scholl is exhibiting, see some images here.
ART SHOW: Saturday and Sunday September 18th and 19th all day, Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park. Members Shawn Irwin and Richard Hoppe will have a 10 ft by 20 ft booth just outside the Village entrance on Village Place. Please stop by and say hello.
Photo Outing: Monday, September 27th, 6:00PM: Harvest Moonrise over San Diego from the top of Lucinda Street in Point Loma. More info about the harvest moon here. Moonrise is 6:30PM and sunset is 6:38PM. Sun and moon data here. On Sunday the 26 moonrise is 6:00PM and sunset is 6:39PM, which will put the moon in the sky at sunset. For more info call Ben Hans (858) 549-4788. Please call before noon Monday, otherwise please leave a message.
Monthly Meeting:
Thursday, September 9th, 7PM: Scavenger Hunt results:
The Sierra Club Photography Section Scavenger Hunt Does Downtown!
For over a decade the annual Photography Section Scavenger Hunt has been a popular
tradition: An enthusiastic band of photographers descend on a location, provisioned
with only their camera, 36 exposures that they can shoot, and a sheet of categories
that they're asked to photograph before returning to home base within three
hours. The 2004 edition was the largest scavenger outing in recent memory, with
17 photographers participating, taking waaaaay over 500 images.
The program for September is the annual Scavenger Hunt Awards Slide Show, spiced
up this year by opening up the friendly competition to the digital folks as
well as the traditional film shooters. Come see what the participating Photography
Section photographers did with this year's categories and this year's location,
Downtown San Diego!
There are always lots of terrific images taken during the hunt, and three judges
will sift through the hundreds of images and curate a fun romp through Downtown
using the best of the images. So you think you already know what Downtown looks
like? These photographers will change your mind! Along the way, the judges will
comment on what draws them to the images and provide [gentle, they promise]
critiques on how to make some images even better. And, as usual, you'll get
a chance to see what image the ever-controversial judges select as the best
image of the outing.
So…who are these judges? This year they're none other than SCPS’
own Steve Cirone, and two veterans of Scavenger Hunts past, Jo Ann Ginepra and
Jim Soe Nyun.
Come on out for an interesting—and fun!—presentation.
Please note that Steve Cirone will be too busy presenting this show with his computer to load digital member sharing images and present them. SO, we need members to show up with laptop/s so we can do the member share digital images after the presentation. Many of you have laptops. Bring them! I can't do it all. We also need somebody to run the film projector on member sharing slides.
AUGUST 2004
PHOTO OUTING: Friday - Sunday August 27 - 29: Montaña de Oro State Park and Morro Bay. Maybe even see cute elephant seals at Piedras Blancas! LEADER NEEDED, contact Ken to volunteer.
Photo Outing: Saturday, August 21th, 11AM: 2004 SCAVENGER HUNT and SUMMER POTLUCK. It’s time again for the annual scavenger hunt! MEETING PLACE: Jim Soe Nyun’s house, 2759 Burgener Blvd., San Diego California, (619) 275-3148. DIRECTIONS: from Highway 5 take Clairemont Ave exit east, Go to top of hill, turn right at Burgener by the bank.
The scavenger hunt is an annual fun outing designed as an exercise in creativity. We (Jim Soe Nyun and Jo Ann Ginepra) select a theme for the Hunt and then 12 categories that we leave open to your interpretation and photographic imagination. This year the hunt is open to both slide and digital shooters. Cost for slide shooters is $15 (includes processing cost); cost for digital shooters is $10. There is a grand prize and ribbons for each category. All slides and digital images will be juried for presentation at the September 9th meeting.
Location for the shoot is DOWNTOWN, however the categories will only be released at 11am at Jim’s house. You must sign in there, pay, and pick up your categories, rules, and directions, etc. We suggest carpooling and have ideas for parking as well.
A potluck get together directly follows the outing. You must stop shooting at 3pm and turn in your images to Jim or Jo Ann at Jim’s house. Potluck items and drinks should be dropped off at 11am when you pick up your categories. You can do both the hunt and the potluck, the hunt only, or just stop by Jim’s house for the potluck any time after 3pm (no prize/processing fees due if you’re only potlucking…).
A handout will be available at the August 12th meeting with all the details! There are many veterans of the hunt! Past themes have included movie titles, song titles, and classic literature titles; and categories such as The Odd Couple, The Call of the Wild, California Dreamin, Naked Lunch, and more.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, August 12th, 7PM: Dennis Mammana: "The Top Ten Myths about Night Sky Photography." location. For more than a quarter century, Dennis has brought the wonder and mystery of the cosmos to millions around the world. A dynamic public speaker with an infectious enthusiasm and lively sense of humor, he has entertained and enlightened thousands at resorts, on cruise ships, and as an after-dinner speaker, and has become a frequently invited guest on both radio and television. He is the author of six books on astronomy and hundreds of popular science articles. Dennis leads many international comet-, meteor shower-, and eclipse-observing and photographic expeditions for the general public. As an accomplished sky photographer, his work has been published internationally. Currently, Dennis serves as the Resident Astronomer at San Diego's world-famous Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. His website is www.skyscapes.com.
JULY 2004
Outing: Friday - Sunday July 23 - 25th, Mono Lake (east of Yosemite.) Meet at Murphy's Motel in Lee Vining at 4PM on Friday and go to Mono Lake Committee headquarters for information and then South Tufa for sunset. Also visit the park's own visitors' center for ideas and inspiration. The sun drops below The Sierra at about 7.45PM at South Tufa. Info: Ken Rockwell. Photos from previous outings here and here. This outing is lead in the Italian style.
Directions: EASY! See the hotel's website or just head north about 2 - 1/2 hours or 125 miles on I-15. Exit right at Rt 395. Continue a several more hours on Rt. 395 north for a total of about 5 - 1/2 to 7 hours or 425 miles since leaving San Diego. Murphy's Motel is on the left hand side of the street in Lee Vining, a three-block-long town through which Rt 395 is the main street.
If you miss us Friday afternoon then look for us at dinner probably at Nicely's. The best restaurant in town actually is the Mobil Station, if they're open.
If you miss us at dinner then meet down at the picnic grounds for 6AM sunrise. Try to meet at Murphy's Motel at about 5AM to head down. The sky becomes blue at 5.15AM, pinkish at 5.30, peach at about 5.45 and the disk of the sun appears 6AM. Try a very long lens (like 600 mm) to get all the tufas to appear to be in your foreground. By 7AM the light gets duller than sunrise and we typically meet at Nicely's about 7.30 or 8AM for breakfast. Then we shower, nap, and explore the rest of the day till sunset. Go to the Mono Lake Committee headquarters and look at the books and ask the people if you're out of ideas. The area is loaded with great subjects, and there's Bodie, too.
Sunrise is 5.45AM and sunset is 8.15PM calculated at the horizon, which of course you can't see. Mountains make the effective sunrise about 6AM and sunset somewhere around 7:45PM.
This outing is lead in the Italian style.
ART NIGHT AT HILL STREET CAFE AND GALLERY, Tuesday July 27th 6:00-8:00pm 524 S. Coast Hwy., Oceanside, CA 92054 (760) 966-0985. Includes complimentary appetizers and the country blues of Nathan James and Billy Watson. More importantly, see the work of member Cathy Scholl on exhibit.
Photo Class: Tuesday, July 20, 2004, 6:30 - 9:30PM: Member Ken Rockwell teaches at Palomar College. One night only! Details here.
Through July 15th: National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest. Details here.
Photo Exhibit: July 15, 2004: Frans Lanting at The Ordover Gallery, 444 South Cedros #172, Solana Beach, CA 92075, (858) 720-1121. Frans Lanting, hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time, portrays wild creatures as ambassadors for the preservation of complete ecosystems. This unique view of wildlife, which lies at the heart of his work, provides some insight into why Mr. Lanting's photographs are so hauntingly beautiful.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, July 8th, 7PM: Blake Shaw location and directions
Step back in time on Route 66! Let award–winning photographer Blake Shaw take you along the Will Rogers Highway, back to the time of 5-cent sodas, Edsels, Phillips 66 gasoline, bright red corvettes, and diners where waitresses still call you Hun’. Lace up your saddle-shoes, sleep in a wigwam, drink Coke out of a glass bottle, climb a giant rabbit, and enjoy life away from the Interstate.
Blake Shaw uses his unique style of bold color and composition to evoke the timeless qualities of life along Route 66. Colorful motel signs, vintage cars, abandoned gasoline pumps, wooden indians, roadside dinosaurs, and Burma Shave signs are brought to life. He has spent many weeks in the past two years driving west-to-east and east-to-west along 66, seeking out images beyond what you see in guidebooks.
If you are too young to remember Route 66, this will pique your interest in the past. If you drove out West on Route 66, this will bring back waves of nostalgia. If you just love outstanding photography, this show’s for you!
Blake Shaw specializes in travel, fine-art and sports photography. His photography has won many awards, including Best of Show in the 1995 Del Mar Fair International Photography Exhibition, First Place in the 2004 Del Mar Fair, and First Place in the 2003 San Diego Union Nature and Eye Photo Contest. He has been published in Smithsonian Magazine, Islands Magazine, and has had cover photos on A-16 Magazine, San Diego Physician Magazine and Coronado Lifestyles Magazine.
Born and raised in San Diego, Blake maintains a private practice of ophthalmology in Coronado. His photography can be seen at www.blakeshawphotography.com.
EVENT: Moon Amtrack Day, Saturday, July 10, 2004 all day, Laguna Niguel, Orange County. Info here and photos from last year here.
JUNE 2004
OUTING:
Saturday, June 26th: Pacific Marine Mammal Center (formerly
Friends of the Sea Lion Marine Mammal Center). Photograph seals, sea lions and
other marine mammals and rehabilitation efforts! Meet starting at 10 AM at the
center at 20612 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. (949) 494-3050. Directions:
street numbers are not in order and the name has just been changed, so pay attention.
Take I-5 to the PCH at Dana Point, enjoy the ride heading north and hang a right
in the middle of Laguna Beach at Rt. 133 or Broadway, which becomes Laguna Canyon
Rd. (You also could exit Laguna Canyon Rd from I-73 from I-5 and head south.)
Coming up from the PCH you'll pass a U-Haul and then make a left just past Coastal
Kennels. You have to walk in past the animal shelter and look for the red barn
in the back, which is the Marine Mammal center. Map here.
The center is supported by your donations and there is no set admission charge.
Please plan to help with a few dollars. It's been embarrassing on other outings
when we get the VIP tour and everyone forgets to give a couple of dollars since
we were walked around the entrance booth. More info on the center here
and for coordination info on the outing call Ken. CARPOOL:
Connie Massey (619) 516-0448 needs a ride from near Balboa Park, or could drive
to anyone's home that has an extra seat in their car.
Slide Show: Monday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m.: Jim Cline at the Photo Arts Building in Balboa Park in San Diego.
Monthly
Meeting: Thursday, June 10th, 7PM: Jerry Schad: "ETERNAL EGYPT."
Poke into Cairo's back alleys. Tour the magnificent Mediterranean waterfront
in Alexandria. Visit the arid Sinai peninsula, and dive into the Red Sea. Sail
a felucca along the Nile in Upper Egypt. Marvel at steely winter stars over
iceberg-like rock formations in western Egypt's
White Desert. Visit museums, temples, mosques, and churches. In short, enjoy
a comprehensive photo expedition of contemporary and ancient Egypt.
Jerry Schad is a Professor of Physical Science at San Diego Mesa College. He
is also Chair of the Physical Sciences Department Jerry Schad received a bachelors
degree in astronomy from U.C. Berkeley in 1971 and a masters degree in astronomy
from San Diego State University in 1975. Jerry, a fifth-generation Californian,
identifies strongly with his home
state and his adopted region, San Diego. Jerry has been writing and illustrating
hiking and bicycling guidebooks covering California locales since the mid-1970s.
His "Afoot and Afield" hiking books covering San Diego, Los Angeles,
and Orange counties are recognized leaders in their field. Among Schad's 12
published books is Physical Science:Physical Science: A
Unified Approach, a textbook written for conceptual-level courses similar to
Schad's "Survey of Physical Science" at Mesa College. Schad's articles
on the subjects of science, travel, and outdoor sports have appeared in more
than 30 national and regional publications, including the San Diego Reader,
which currently carries his biweekly outdoor column titled "Roam-O-Rama."
Schad has been a specialist in astronomical photography since he was in his
teens; his photos of the night sky have appeared more than 600 times in books
and magazines published worldwide. Schad's web site displaying astronomical
photographs can be viewed at http://www.skyphoto.com Schad has served as host
and consultant for the KPBS-TV series "Afoot and Afield in San Diego"
(based on his book of the same name). He has co-written
and was featured in the KPBS documentary "San Diego Night Sky."
Cancelled:
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation's NATURE CELEBRATION AND ARTS
FESTIVAL, Sunday, June 27, 2004. To show and sell your photos you'll
need an application from (760) 931-0800. There is no registration fee, but you'll
have to donate at least 10% of sales to The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. Bring
your own equipment and display material. Details will be mailed after the
application is received. More info at batiquitosfoundation.org
and Sharon Anthony (760) 632-8382
MAY 2004
OUTING PLANNING MEETING: Thursday, 27 May, 2004, 7:30 PM at Carol Brody's house (directions below): Please bring your suggestions and ideas for future outings. At this short meeting we plan and schedule our outings for the coming months. We try to have a weekend's journey (Yosemite, for instance) and a local day outing (Balboa Park, for instance) each month. We brainstorm a list of all the places we'd like to go (bring your wish lists) and from that big list we figure which ones we can do, the best month to do them, and have someone volunteer to be the contact person for each. It's easy to volunteer to lead one of our informal outings since each is just a suggestion of when and where we'll meet. Even for the longer trips everyone makes their own lodging or camping arctangents, so all you have to do as a leader is to be a contact person.
Address:
8000 Wetherly St. in La Mesa
Phone (meeting information): (858) 453-2099 (Ken Rockwell)
Phone (if lost): (619) 466-3371 (Carol Brody)
Directions from San Diego: EAST on Hwy. 8, exit Fletcher Pkwy.
Turn RIGHT at first signal which is Baltimore Dr. RIGHT on University Avenue.
LEFT on Dale. Dale becomes Cinnabar at Normal St. Continue 3 blocks on Cinnabar
to Highwood. RIGHT on Highwood. LEFT on Wetherly St. The house will be up the
hill on the left, a 2 story with pine trees in front. (8000 Wetherly St.)
Directions from East County: WEST on Hwy 8, exit at El Cajon Blvd. LEFT at first signal which is Baltimore Drive. Right at University Avenue. LEFT on Dale. Dale becomes Cinnabar at Normal St. Continue 3 blocks on Cinnabar to Highwood. RIGHT on Highwood. LEFT on Wetherly St. The house will be up the hill on the left, a 2 story with pine trees in front. (8000 Wetherly St.)
From the San
Diego Natural History Museum Yosemite's Water Works: A Natural
History and Photography Tour. Travel to Yosemite to explore a majestic part
of the natural world. In mid-May, waterfalls are vigorously flowing. There are
juxtapositions of light and shadow, and a natural sense of form and texture.
Photograph the breathtaking Half Dome and El Capitan, watch for animals, look
for wildflowers, and see yourself in a reflecting pool. Price includes accommodations,
guided photography walks, equipment demonstrations and lectures, and some meals.
Monday, May 17; 8 a.m. to Thursday, May 20, 2004; 6 p.m.
Price $345; optional $150 per person for van transportation from San Diego
More info here.
OPEN STUDIO
this weekend, May 22 and 23, from 10am-4pm at Jo Ann Ginepra's. 50 new images
will be premiered from her Fall 2003 trips, both abroad and in the US. Some
of the images were recently published in the Presidio Sentinel, here in San
Diego, however none have been exhibited at any of the locals galleries yet.
The new images will be available this weekend for viewing or purchase.
The address in Scripps Ranch is 11305 Ravensthorpe Way. Directions: 15N to Mira
Mesa Blvd exit East or right; left on Scripps Ranch Blvd; left on Farmingdale;
left on Winding Ridge, corner of Winding Ridge and Ravensthorpe Way. Questions
(858) 527 0400.
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, May 8th, 3PM: Birds at San Diego Riverbed. Meet at Robb Field in OB at 3PM. If you can, bring the longest lenses you can borrow or rent, and waders for crawling around in mud. Sunset 7.34PM
MONTHLY MEETING: Thursday, May 13th, 7PM. “Spirit of Photography” by Cliff Oliver and friends will be a multimedia presentation using traditional instruments of the Native American and Aboriginal cultures, and spoken word combined with photography to deepen the interconnectedness of Mother Nature and all of her creations. We will be privileged to be joined by Jim Moreno, an activist poet who teaches poetry and creative writing at the All Tribes American Indian Charter School on the Rincon Reservation. He will be presenting two poems and singing two Native California songs during the presentation. Live music will be provided on the Native American flutes, drums, and Australian Didgeridoo.
Verse, poems and writings of Chief Seattle, Aboriginal Elders, David Whyte, David Wagner , Rumi and of course the original work of Jim Moreno will be presented throughout the display of images.
Cliff's intention is that during the program the audience will be inspired to reaffirm their commitment to sharing the wonders of nature and all of its beauty and abundance using photography
Cliff Oliver is a dedicated photographer, musician, chiropractor and nutritionist who travels the globe lecturing on lifestyle and the achievement of optimal wellbeing through holistic health.
APRIL 2004
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Fourth Annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD): Sunday, 25 April 2004. People throughout the world are invited to make a pinhole photograph during these twenty-four hours. Each author will be able to submit an image to the unique and international WPPD gallery at www.pinholeday.org.
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Pinhole photographs are made without lenses, using a tiny hole as the image-forming device. Photographs are made with simple and inexpensive tools: from shoeboxes and tomato tins to pinholes fitted on regular cameras. A world of pure creativity, a tender and joyful approach to photography, and the discovery of the emotion and the wonder of the photographic action itself, far from the excessive and oppressive power of extreme technology, await the pinhole photographer.
The WPPD web exhibition of 2001 showed 291 pictures by pinhole photographers from 24 nations, the 2002 exhibition contained 903 photographs from 35 nations; in 2003, 1082 pinhole photographers from 43 nations participated.
On 25 April 2004 there will be numerous events all over the world dedicated to the pinhole photography: meetings, lectures, workshops and informal gatherings to celebrate the Fourth Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and to increase the former editions' success.
WPPD is the result of the work of a group of volunteers from across the globe. Their combined efforts and individual skills contribute to make this event an ever-growing success, allowing more and more people to discover the beauty and mysteries of pinhole photography.
From the San
Diego Natural History Museum:Flowers after the Storm: Wildflowers
and the Cedar Fire. In October 2003, the Cedar fire charred over 270,000 acres
in just one week. However, fires, even large ones, are a part of San Diego's
natural ecology. After the flames are gone and the smoke has cleared, a marvelous
event takes place: the hillsides are carpeted with brilliant wild flowers. During
the evening class you will be introduced to fire ecology, an overview of the
Cedar Fire, and the variety of colorful wildflowers expected to grow on the
burn area. On Saturday, we will visit several sites burned in the Cedar Fire
between the coast and the mountains to see post-fire blooms up close. Price
includes van transportation.
Class: Tuesday, April 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Field trip: Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$69.
More info here.
PHOTO OUTING: Sunday, 7:30AM (Date TBA until the flowers bloom) Anza Borrego off-road 4 wheel drive Jeep run. 7:30 am start. If there is someone who knows exactly where the best desert flower areas are, this person may take over this lead and guide us there for that adventure. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's number for advice on where and when to find the best wildflowers is (760) 767-4684. Each off-road vehicle must bring 1 gallon of water and food for the day. This is an off road trip for 4WD vehicles and drivers. If you are in a car or regular SUV please be sure to let Rob know you need to ride with someone else. Drivers who can take passengers can list spaces they have to carry passengers for 4X4 driving with Rob. There will be no stores where we are going. Bring food for lunch and snacks to cover through dinner if anyone has a problem we have to address in the field. Vehicles should have tools for minor repairs and a quart of oil or any fluids their vehicle tends to consume. Know how to layer as it can get very cold or be reasonably warm depending on which way the wind blows. We will go out I-8 and return via State 78 probably after dark. We will probably eat dinner in Julian or Santa Isabel. We will continue down toward State 67 and drop down ScripsPoway Parkway to get to I-15. Coordinator: Rob Weissberg robweiss.ca@netzero.net (858) 748-4409
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, April 10th, 3PM: Balboa Park Flowers. Meet at the Rose Garden just across the street to the east of the fountain at 3PM.
MONTHLY NIGHT PHOTO OUTING: Thursday, April 15th at 7pm. Meet Bob Gottlieb and the group in front of Samy's near Horton Plaza in the Gaslamp. We will go from the Gaslamp to the Convention Center. Bring your tripod, imagination, spare battery and be ready for some fun! Bob is at (760) 445-5459 and bgott@incom.net
SLIDE SHOW: Friday, April 16th, 7:30 p.m: Jim Cline will be showing his Brazilian Magic slide presentation at the Sierra Club San Diego Chapter Monthly Program at the Otto Center in Balboa Park.
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, April 3rd: California Poppies, Gorman, CA: More info to follow as the poppies mature. Poppy updates here. Contact: Lidija lidijagrazulis@yahoo.com (619) 846-0134
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, April 8th, 7PM. (postponed from March:) Internationally renowned digital imaging authority Ken Rockwell will share his decades of experience to shed light on digital photography topics that confuse many of today's photographers. Ken would rather show us his art, but bows to popular demand to show us not only little-known practical tricks like how to straighten a horizon perfectly and automatically in PhotoShop, but also clarify many areas like how to get your colors to match from your screen to your prints, what you should or shouldn't care about when it comes to color profiles, bit depths, resolutions, RAW and JPG and TIF formats, the realities of film and digital capture, and the best ways to prepare your images for printing and the best way to get absolutely stunning prints. Ken is unique in his ability to put excruciatingly complex technical jargon into everyday language so the freshest beginner can outproduce even a crusty old professional.
Ken Rockwell is the man behind KenRockwell.com, the internet's most popular single-person photographic anchor website with 10,000 visitors each day reading over 3,500,000 pages every month. KenRockwell.com has more readers every month than Popular Photography magazine has annual subscribers. Ken has been studying digital photography since 1973, when only our federal government could afford it for processing intelligence images. Ken invented the world's first integrated circuit digital colorspace converter 15 years ago and has been working in digital imaging full-time since the 1980s both in La Jolla and Hollywood, where he has worked in the design of film scanners and consulted to organizations like Fox Television, The National Security Agency, NBC, The British Broadcasting Company, Warner Brothers and DirecTV. As an artist Ken has been exhibited in galleries that also have exhibited work by Ansel Adams. Ken's works are held in public and private collections across the USA. Ken won both first place prizes in the San Diego Union-Tribune's Nature and Eye photo contest in 2001 and his works were exhibited at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Ken was granted his first US Patent in 2002 and lectured on photography in Italy in 2003. Ken won the grand prize trip to Hawaii in the Union-Tribune's most recent travel photo contest. Ken won all these contests with prints made on Price Club paper printed on his four-year-old obsolete inkjet printer competing against thousands of real photo prints. Ken can show you how to get results instead of just getting more gear!
Ken is looking forward to sharing all he can about how to get great results with the equipment you already have, so don't miss this opportunity to hear one of the world's most recognized experts help you make the images you want!
MARCH 2004
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, March 6th: Wild Animal Park. Meet at the front gate at 9AM opening. More Wild Animal Park logistical info is here .
Photo Exhibit Reception: Sunday, March 7th, 3-5PM: Karen Ganschow at Santos Coffeehouse, 3001 Beech St., San Diego (619) 236-8622
PHOTO CLASS: Tuesday, March 9th, 6:30 - 9:30PM: "How to Make Big Bucks with Your Photography" taught by our Karl Grobl at Palomar College. It's a one-evening class. Details here and register here.
MONTHLY MEETING: Thursday, March 11th, 7PM, Otto Center, San Diego Zoo.
MONTHLY NIGHT PHOTO OUTING: Friday, March 12th at 7pm in Balboa Park. Meet Bob Gottlieb and the group in front of the Prado Restaurant at 7PM. Bring your tripod, imagination, spare battery and be ready for some fun! Bob is at (760) 445-5459 and bgott@incom.net
GRAY WHALE EXPERIENCE: PRIMITIVE CAR CAMPING TRIP TO SAN IGNACIO LAGOON, week starting Saturday, March 27th, returning Friday, April 2nd. MEET AT FIRST TOLL GATE SOUTH OF TIJUANA AT 8:30AM ON 3/27-RETURN 4/2 -NEED MEX AUTO INSURANCE + MEX TOURIST VISA +EXTRA GAS-NEED OTHER INFO CALL BAJA BOB VINTON AT (619) 295-6783 or bajabob8@yahoo.com.
FEBRUARY 2004
From
the San Diego Natural History
Museum: Butterflies in Winter. While other areas of the country
are under winter storm warnings, butterflies, native bees, and day-flying moths
are visiting flowering plants in our desert. Join Photo Section member Bob Parks
to see what is flying in San Diego County in winter. Pack a lunch, walking stick,
and close-focus binoculars and camera to join us on this winter butterfly hunt.
Rock scrambling required. Price includes van transportation.
Class: Thursday, February 26; 6:30-8 p.m. Field trip: Saturday, February 28;
7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
$69. More info here.
SLIDE SHOW BY BAJA BOB VINTON: BAJA SUR BINATIONAL NATURAL HISTORY EXPEDITION. Friday, 20 February 2004 AT SIERRA CLUB MEETING AT SAN DIEGO ZOO'S OTTO CENTER AT 7:30pm-EVERYONE WELCOME-FREE. (Also Thursday the 19th at 7PM at REI, 5556 COPLEY DR.)
Santa Fe Station Night Outing
NIGHT PHOTO OUTING: Monday, February 16th, 7PM. Meet Bob Bob Gottlieb at the historic Santa Fe train station in downtown San Diego. Bring your tripod, spare battery and be ready for some fun! Bob is at (760) 445-5459 and bgott@incom.net
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, February 12th, 7PM: Images from Laos, Thailand, and India by Bob Jacobson. Bob Jacobson has been a avid photographer since he was 12 years old. He was the photographer for his Jr. and Sr. High Schools. He began his professional career after retiring in 1990. He did stock photography for several agencies until the late 90's It was then that he began to do travel photography, and his passion soon shifted to shooting portraits of beautiful faces of indigenous people from various parts of the world. His images have won 1st place at the Del Mar fair in 2002 and 2003.
PHOTO OUTING: Saturday, February 14th, 9AM: Hawk Watch, Ramona. Meet in Ramona at the Wildlife Research Institute. Take Hwy 67 north and just before Ramona turn left on Highland Valley Road. Where it hits Rangeland is the place. Dave Bittner will have a bunch of raptors that you can photograph point blank. 18030 Highland Valley Road. Organizer: Steve Cirone (858) 279-1248 stevecirone@juno.com
From the San
Diego Natural History Museum: Cambria, Elephant Seals, and Monarch
Butterflies Photography Workshop Scout the Central Coast of California's many
attractions well suited for photography. The primary focus will be on a few
colonies of massive elephant seals that are found just south of Big Sur. Females
will be tending their newborns and mating with the males, who in turn will also
be battling other males to win and hold onto their harems. Then visit the Pismo
Beach eucalyptus grove that contains up to 250,000 mating Monarch butterflies.
Capture the tranquil beauty of rural landscapes along country backroads, as
well as stunning seascapes found in this area. Price includes lodging; meals
on your own.
Monday, February 2; 7 a.m. to Thursday, February 5, 2004; 6 p.m.
Price $360; optional $150 per person for van transportation from San Diego
More info here.
JANUARY 2004
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, January 8th, 7PM Sulu Sea Adventure (Diving in the Philippines) By Lin Craft, APSA. This program will take you to the remote islands and reefs of the Sulu Sea in the Philippine Islands. We will visit both an island community that harvests seaweed to support itself and the rustic camp of some itinerant shark fishermen. The main part of the program will take you diving to explore the incredible underwater world of the Tubataha reefs to learn about the colorful and diverse marine life that inhabit them, including manta rays. Although still relatively pristine, sadly, even these remote reef areas are being faced with illegal fishing activities that threaten to destroy forever what has been considered one of the most beautiful and diverse marine ecosystems in the world.
Photo Exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum through January 4, 2004: Images of Nature: The Photography of Thomas Mangelsen. Devoted to a lifetime of documenting the natural world, Thomas D. Mangelsen is one of the world's premier nature photographers. Approximately 30 images from his collection of thousands will be on display. 619.255.0203
PHOTO TRIP: Friday- Sunday 16-18th: Death Valley National Park. Meet at Zabriskie Point for sunset Friday, then for dinner afterwards at the 49er cafe in front of the Furnace Creek Resort at about 6.30 or 7PM. Saturday morning we'll meet at the entrance at about 6AM (which looks like this:)
and from there head out for sunrise.
See park info here, which also contains lodging info here and camping info here. See photos from previous outings here. This is a group-led trip, there is no single leader. Ken Rockwell (858) 453-2099 will be staying at the Cabins at Furnace Creek, reservations at (800) 236-7916 and (760) 786-2345 and www.furnacecreekresort.com.
Sunrise (at horizon) will be 6:59 AM and sunset 5:01 PM. Manley Beacon gets lit at about 7:10 AM.
Want to car pool? Lidija Grazulis lidija@grazulis.com (619) 846-0134 and Peter Nagainis (760) 438-4786 nagainis@yahoo.com are looking to share rides.
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