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Photo Contest, open until 31 December 2007.
Annual Photo Club Holiday Party!!
Linda Lawley and Richard Jacobs (Linda is our Treasurer) have graciously offered their house for this years holiday party.
The date is Friday, December 14th.
The time is 7pm.
As usual it is pot luck. I believe Linda said she will be cooking a turkey.
Bring a dish and bring some images as well. We will have a screen and projector to show images.
Their address is:
1826 Sunset Blvd., San Diego (Mission Hills) map
From W. Washington, turn north on Goldfinch.
Go one block and turn left on Fort Stockton.
Go through three stops signs.
At the fourth stop sign, Sunset veers off to the left.
The house is the sixth one on the right: one story with an olive tree in the front yard.
and here is their phone number in case you get lost
(619) 220-0931
See you all there!
November 2007
MEETING: Thursday, November 15th, 2007, 7PM: Ken Rockwell: COLOR.
Ken Rockwell, decades-long photo section member and, more recently, the world's most-recognized outdoor photographer, will give a live showing of his work on COLOR. Some was created last month in The Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, and more will be domestic and international work from Guatemala and México City DF.
Ken apologizes for missing last month's meeting, but he was out producing the work he'll be showing at this month's meeting.
Ken is bringing camera-original Velvia transparencies and will be treating us to direct projection from them, presuming Ken's crappy home projectors will fill our huge screen better than our crappy Costco digital projector. If you have a Leitz Xenon 35mm or medium format projector, bring it on.
Here are some teasers:
Dawn, Mono Lake.
June Lake Loop.
Ghosts of Bodie Clichées.
Bridgeport, California.
Emperor's Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
October 2007
MEETING: Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 7PM: Peter Fay, "Eclectic Visions."
Pete Fay’s professional background is in Engineering having worked for many years in the aerospace and electric power generating fields. When this phase of activity came to a close he turned to photography, which had been a life long interest of his. He was now able to pursue his passion full time. His subject matter varies widely including Nature, Scenics, Cityscapes, Portraiture and Wildlife. The source for much of his work is derived from hiking in wilderness and extensive worldwide travel.
Pete is a member of the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild and also a member of the Ordover Project Gallery located in Solana Beach. He is also a member of the Sierra Club.
Pete has been a consistent exhibitor at the Del Mar Fair Exhibition of Photography where he received the “Best Of Show” award in 1998.
Other interests include tennis, travel, wilderness hiking and inventing.
This show will present a number of portfolios covering the range of Pete’s photographic interests. They include Nature, Scenics, Portraiture, Flowers, Horses and possibly even a surprise or two.
September 2007
Lodge Weekend: 29 - 30 September 2007. This is the club's most popular annual event. We get together for a weekend of photography at the Sierra Club's lodge in the Laguna Mountains.
See the PDFs of 2007 Lodge Weekend Information and the 2007 Lodge Weekend Sign-up Form.
Peter Gorwin founded the Photographic Arts Group that operates under the auspices of the Escondido Arts Partnership. It was formed for the purpose of promoting, exhibiting and educating photographers throughout the San Diego area. Any photographer is welcome to join. During the last year he’s embarked on organizing a series of workshops designed to reveal the mysteries of Photoshop with a group of his colleagues. He’s been a judge at the San Diego County Fair for 3 years.
Over the last decade he’s won prizes in various competitions: at the Del Mar Fair in 1991; 3rd place in the Black & White division at the 42nd International Exhibition of Photography; and in 2002, 2nd place for a digital blend in the eArts division. Last year he exhibited his fine art photography with the Ordover Project in the Cedros Design District.
He attended Columbia College of Communications, and Loyola University in Chicago. Though always interested in photography, he received his first formal instruction in photography in an ROP class taught by Bob Bjorkquist during the 80's. In 1992, he completed an AA Degree in Photography from Palomar College. He completed his English Degree at California State University at San Marcos in 1994.
Peter's work spans alternative processes, pinhole, analog and digital. However, He has enthusiastically pursued digital photography as his primary means of expression. Peter taught high school Photography for 3 years during the late '90's at the Army and Navy Academy, a private military school in Carlsbad, California. Reach him at pshelleyg@cox.net. cell: 760 250 5902. His website is petergorwin.com. There you will be able to learn more information about the ongoing workshops.
Presentation:
Peter Gorwin will show basic workflow from the digital camera, to Bridge, to Camera Raw, and finally to Photoshop CS3. He'll demonstrate new tools added to these various programs, but also ways that one could have made such adjustments before the addition of such new tools. He'll also show you some classic ways to convert your color photographs to black & white for both traditional and more creative results. If time permits, hell demonstrate advanced sharpening techniques and noise reduction.
August 2007
MEETING: Thursday, August 16th, 2007, 7PM: David King.
From David: My recent work has been following the concept of creating an image so hyper-real that it presents the viewer with a view of a subject beyond the capability of the human eye to have resolved were they standing where the camera was located.
This has required the creation of large (24x36 and up) images made using a technique called mosaic or multi-row panorama. It is the breaking up of a single image into many smaller sections, sometimes 30 or more, shooting those sections, then stitching them back together to form the single image. The result is astounding.
Also - presentation of scavenger hunt results!
Scavenger Hunt: Saturday, August 11th, 2007. Photo Results!
Greetings Fellow Photo Enthusiasts ! You are all invited to participate in the 2007 Sierra Club Photo Section Scavenger Hunt. It’s an opportunity to explore the up and coming neighborhood of North Park and to tap your creative mind for interesting photographic possibilities in 12 very special categories. We will spend about 3 hours exploring and shooting on foot, then reunite at Theresa’s house for a potluck and some camera chit chat while dropping your images onto our hard drive. The resulting slideshow and awards will be presented at the August SCPS meeting. This activity has always been full of fun, adventure and camaraderie so please dust off your gear and join us.
Where: Theresa Vernetti’s House
When: Saturday, August 11, 2007
11am-2pm Scavenger Hunt
2-5 pm Potluck
Bring: Digital camera --SLR or point and shoot, memory card, any lenses you might with to use, laptop if you want to speed up the renaming and delivery process, potluck dish to share.
**bring potluck items and any items you don’t want to leave in your car to Theresa’s house at 11am. She will be there to warm/cool food items and to watch equipment. (better to bring appetizers, beverages and main course—not too many desserts)
**set all cameras to .jpg
**be prepared to shoot as much as you want, but edit as you go. We’ll end up with 36 images each.
July 2007
NEXT MEETING: Thursday, July 19th, 2007, 7PM: Wayne Richard! NEW 2007 MEETING LOCATION: Wesley Palms, 2404 Loring Street, Pacific Beach 92109, (858) 581-8423. map.
A little from Wayne:
My love for photography is seeded in the emotions that are evoked by taking the time to stop, see, and emotionally absorb what is in front of me. As a serious photographer for over 30 years now, I have built a synergistic technical career as a color imaging scientist that facilitates my understanding of the tools of the trade. Recently, I expanded my career to encompass my primary motivations by registering wayne-photo.com as an official business where I accept commissions, sell prints, provide individual and group instruction, and offer a variety of technical support services and consultation. I look forward to sharing some of my nature images from Costa Rica to home with you, travel photos, stories and experiences, and also trying to answer any compelling technical questions that you might have. I would feel personally rewarded if I in any way am able to add to your knowledge base or level of inspiration for our shared interest of photography!
It is no accident that our paths are about to cross given our common appreciation of nature and the companion interest in photography that it inspires. We love capturing and sharing beautiful visions of the natural world that surrounds us. Ironically, as our paths may cross at a common intersection the individual paths that bring us together are unique. That's what makes photography so interesting and diverse; every photograph that is captured is not only a statement about the subject that is in front of the lens but a collective expression of all of the lifelong experiences, inspirations, and other influences of the photographer that is on the other end.
Party: Wednesday, July 4th 2 - 6PM at Bob and Rose Jacobson's house, 13532 Penfeild Point, San Diego 92130, 2 - 6PM, potluck. Please RSVP to (858) 794-8900 or awish4roses@san.rr.com. Bring samples of your work to show and we'll see you there!
Directions to Bob and Rose's home/studio/gallery:
Coming from the south on the 5 Fwy:
-Take the 5 Fwy north
--- Take the Del Mar Heights Road exit and turn right onto
Del Mar Heights Road ---
-go approx. 1.1 miles and turn left onto Lansdale ---
-go approx. 1/2 mile --- turn left onto Winstanley Way ---
-go approx. 1/4 mile and turn Right onto Chelterham Terrace – (you will
be turning right but the street sign is on the left)
-go one block and make a right onto Penfield Point --- we are the first house
on the right ---
Coming from the north on the 5 Fwy:
-Take the 5 Fwy north
--- Take the Del Mar Heights Road exit and turn left onto
Del Mar Heights Road ---
-go approx. 1.1 miles and turn left onto Lansdale ---
-go approx. 1/2 mile --- turn left onto Winstanley Way ---
-go approx. 1/4 mile and turn Right onto Chelterham Terrace – (you will
be turning right but the street sign is on the left)
-go one block and make
a right onto Penfield Point --- we are the first house on the right ---
Coming from the East – via the 56 Fwy.
-Come west on 56 Fwy.
-Take the Carmel Country Road exit – at top of ramp - turn right onto
Carmel Country Road - go one short block to
Carmel Canyon Road (this street comes up almost immediately) – turn right
onto Carmel Canyon Road - take it all the
way up the hill until it ends
-Turn right onto Del Mar Heights Road go about 1/4 mile
-Turn left onto Lansdale Drive and go about 1/10 of a mile
-Turn right onto Winstanley Way and go about 1/4 mile
-Turn right onto Chelterham Terrace and go one block — (you will be turning
right but the street sign is on the left)
-Turn right on the first block – Penfield Point – we are the first
house on the right
Please do not hesitate to call if you run into any problems with directions.
June 2007
Check out the (USA) National Wildlife Federation's Photo Contest. Deadline is 01 July 2007.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday, June 21st, 2007 7PM: Annual Extended Member Share! NEW MEETING LOCATION: Wesley Palms, 2404 Loring Street, Pacific Beach 92109, (858) 581-8423. map.
The Annual Extended Member Share is usually one of our best programs. It's a great variety of terrific images from all over the world from our talented members.
Each member is encouraged to bring up to 15 of your very best images. Please edit out similars; if you have only 6 great images, or just one good one, bring that. The best show comes from bringing only your strongest images.
Please do bring images, even if you're new, and if you do, try to arrive early (6:30 or 6:15 PM or so) so we can load them all in. See our image standards for what to bring (only JPGs burnt on a CD).
See you all there!
OUTING: Saturday, June 23rd: 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. More info on the center here. (no-host anarchical outing, check with the center before going.)
May 2007
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, May 17th, 7PM: Journalist Jeffrey Lamont Brown, whose cleints include Kodak, National Geographic, Newsweek, Nike, Time and USA Today. See more at his site jeffreybrown.com. In 1997 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for a documentary about undocumented immigrants, and in 2002 he was shortlisted for a Fulbright Scholarship for a documentary on sea turtle conservation and poaching in Baja California.
Outing: May 17 thru 20: The Eastern Sierra and Yosemite National Park. Leader: Edwin Rosete, Poway, edwinr@san.rr.com, (858) 539-5939
May 17, 6;30am- depart SD to Yosemite
Check-in at Curry Village upon arrival
May 17-19, photo, hike and stay in Yosemite
May 19, more photo inthe am, 11am check-out
May 19, 12-1pm- drive to Kings Canyon and photo
May 19, 7-8pm- drive to Three Rivers and check-in at Comfort Inn & Suites Sequoia/Kings Canyon,just outside the Park (abt $100-140/night, this one is not reserve yet)
May 20, check-out very early and drive for the park (Sequoia), photo, then drive home in the pm
April 2007
Outing: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, April 19th, 7PM: Kevin M. Connors: Back to the Future: The Art, Craft, and Zen of Digital.
With the advent of new technology for the capturing, processing, enhancing, and printing of photographic images has come a "back to the future" effect for those photographers embracing the idea of "printing their own." Seventy-five years ago, there were no labs or other professional services as there are today, so photographers had to do everything in house, from shooting, to developing, to ultimately printing their own images. Thanks to the constantly evolving world of digital, photographers, as artists realizing their vision from beginning to end, are able to create beautiful works of art that will last for centuries and provide other opportunities for growth, development, and the pure pleasure derived from "sustainable" creativity.
The goal of this presentation is to provide a sequential overview of the front end of digital workflow, from download to creating a .psd master file in Photoshop. Using Lightroom, the latest addition to the Adobe workflow solution, photographers can intake files, quickly database them, and ultimately create superb quality, high bit master files. This presentation is designed to introduce this new technology and the new concepts, techniques, and opportunities available for photographers to realize their complete artistic vision.
Time permitting, those attending will also learn some of the fine points to personally printing on fine art papers while realizing their artistic vision, furthering their craft, and having their work live on for hundreds of years.
See also CoastHighwayPhoto.com.
March 2007
VISIONS of the NATURAL WORLD through the LENS of the MASTERS (VISIONS), on view on the San Diego Natural History Museum's 4th floor January 28, 2006 - January 8, 2007. VISIONS is a joint effort of the Museum and The Ordover Gallery, and will be presented in a series of eight shows that feature nature-based photography.
Outing: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, March 15th, 7PM: John Watts from Watts Digital Imaging will present a program entitled "Photofinishing with Photoshop". John will show us what constitutes a good (digital) color print, and how to use the basics of Photoshop to achieve your desired results. For over 23 years, John has been a custom photographic printer in San Diego, specializing in Nature/Landscape/Scenic photography, and is one of the leading custom printers in the industry nationwide. You can visit John's website at www.wattsdigital.com.
NEW MEETING LOCATION: Wesley Palms, 2404 Loring Street, Pacific Beach 92109, (858) 581-8423. map.
Outing: Central Coast Seals and Monarch Butterflies.
Canon 10D and 28-135 IS lens. Asking $750 for both but am willing to negotiate a fair price. Charles W Ham, (619) 461-9769. charleswham@cox.net.
February 2007
Audubon Bird Count 16-19 Feb 2007.
Outing: Death Valley. Arrive via Trona Pinnacles Monday afternoon, Feb 19th 2007. Meet at Stovepipe Wells the next morning. Monday Feb 19th - Wednesday Feb 21st 2007. Leader: Peter Nagainis (760) 438-4786.
Photos from February 2007's Death Valley Outing.
Trona Pinnacles at Dusk, from last year's trip.
A Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Preserving Stovepipe Dunes' Delicate Natural Heritage. This Porsche is preserving Stovepipe Dunes because this photo is from Porsche's press introduction of the Cayenne Turbo S in Dubai. It's nowhere near Death Valley. I was taken by how it looks just like Stovepipe Dunes with the Grapevine Mountains behind it at dawn, so it got my attention and I knew it would catch yours. Hope to see you in Death Valley, just don't do this!
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Monthly Meeting: Thursday, February 15th, 7PM Iceland and Spitzbergen: Bruce Muirhead.
NEW MEETING LOCATION: Wesley Palms, 2404 Loring Street, Pacific Beach 92109, (858) 581-8423. map.
Yes, it’s midwinter here in San Diego, but you’ll need a heavier coat to visit these arctic lands! Local nature and travel photographer Bruce Muirhead will present a multi-media slide show on Iceland, Norway and Spitzbergen. A former Peace Corps Volunteer and National Park Ranger, Bruce has traveled and photographed the world for the past 25 years, visiting over 100 countries and all 7 continents. Bruce has a degree in Geology and did his thesis on glaciology – useful in these largely ice-carved wonderlands!
ICELAND: A little-visited land of Fire and Ice – largely volcanic and sitting on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where active volcanoes are still creating new land, Iceland is home to Scandinavians who still speak the ancient language of the Vikings. Sparsely populated and mostly treeless, Iceland has spectacular icecaps, fjords and many thundering waterfalls. There are many hot springs, including the original geysers, named after the place they were found, at “Geysir.”
NORWAY: Bruce takes us on a tour of the most spectacular scenery in Europe – the glacier-carved fjords of western Norway. Some measuring over 100 miles long, the fjords are narrow inlets flanked by huge cliffs and towering mountains. Many small ‘Heidi’ villages dot the landscape which is covered deep green forests and fields with an abundance of wildflowers.
SPITZBERGEN: A territory of Norway, Spitzbergen is an island archipelago only 700 miles from the North Pole, one of the most northerly land masses in the world. Largely covered in ice-clad mountains, Spitzbergen is the home of many arctic wildlife species: seals, walruses and polar bears. Bruce circumnavigated the Ireland-sized island aboard a Russian icebreaker, landing at many interesting sites along the rugged coast.
For a preview of Bruce’s photography, visit his website at: www.FarAndAwayPhotographicArts.com
January 2007
Outing to Opening: Thursday, 18 January, 2007, 6 - 8:30PM: Jim Cline at The Ordover Gallery, Studio 172, 444 South Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075. (858) 720-1121. ordoverproject.com
Outing to Opening: Saturday, 13 January, 2007, 10:45 AM - 1PM: Christopher Burkett at the Natural History Museum. Meet 10:45AM at the museum. (There's also a lecture from 9:30 - 10:30)
I (Ken Rockwell) have seen Christopher Burkett's work at the Ansel Adams Gallery and I've never seen anything more amazing. You must see his work if you haven't already.
Christopher Burkett is/was one of the world's last remaining photographers printing optically on Cibachrome from large format transparencies. In recent years he downgraded to Hasselblad instead of 8 x 10" and I'm unsure if he's exhibiting optical prints or if he's also downgraded to lightjets and inkjets like everyone else. See his large format Cibachromes before you die: it's as good as Ansel Adams, and in color. His work is epiphanal, regardless of format!
There may be a charge to get into this, contact The Ordover Gallery, who mailed me an invitation, for a pass.
The 9:30AM lecture is eight bucks. Look it up here. I'm going to that, too.
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Photo Opening: Sat. Jan 6th from 6-9PM, OPT gallery.
The last one was a real class act with decent wines, cheese and food, followed on Sunday by a lecture by David King who teaches Photography at UCSD.
January’s opening features work by Jack Iskin, and Peter Nagainis will have a lot of prints in the exhibition as well.
The exhibit runs from Jan 6 to Feb. 3. Gallery hours are Tues-Sat 10-6 and Sun 12-5.
Monthly Meeting: Thursday, January 11th, 7PM, Otto Center, San Diego Zoo: Underwater adventures. The cold, the colorful and the sublime. Travel vicariously around the world with Steve and Marie to Antactica, Galapagos, the South Pacific, everywhere there are interesting animals, people and behaviors to photograph.
Marie Tartar and Steve Eilenberg are a husband and wife team of diagnostic radiologists practicing together in La Jolla, CA and traveling the globe as professional caliber nature and underwater photographers. Diving since 1990, they took up underwater photography in 1996. Since then, this consuming passion has taken them to destinations ranging from Galapagos to Indonesia as well as the frigid waters of British Columbia. Along the way, their photographic interests have expanded to encompass topside nature and landscape photography, as well as travel photography. Steve and Marie's work has been published in a variety of books, magazines and calendars, and has been included in exhibitions at the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Birch Aquarium and the Smithsonian.
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