Cool toy Video camera- check it out

Here's a cool toy video camera that Lomo is putting out. It is called the LomoKino and uses regular old 35mm film. Check it out.

LomoKino site

Teaser Trailer from Lomography on Vimeo.

Get a Grip!

Here is a fantastic opportunity to get started as a photo assistant. There is an upcoming ASMPLA program called, "Get A Grip!" The program is offered Saturday, November 12, from 9am - 5pm at The Julia Dean Photo Workshops in Hollywood, for $75, and is recommended for students expressing an interest in Photo Assisting, with no experience in assisting yet, but whom have a basic understanding of studio lighting.

The initial program is an introductory session, Part I of III, which will cover the very basic aspects of preparing to enter the market as a photo assistant. In this first program, our faculty includes Art Brewer (ASMPLA General Member, www.artbrewer.com), Wendy Sue Lamm (ASMPLA GM, www.wendysuelamm.com), Scott Byrne (Pro Assistant/SYNC Associate), Joanna Tichauer (Pro Assistant/Digital Tech), and Bob Ware (Photo Educator, Santa Monica College).

Sponsored by Samy's LA/EDU, SYNC, TheAssistantList.com, MacGroup, Canon, and The Julia Dean Photo Workshops.

Our curriculum is as follows:

9am - 11am - Introduction to basic photo assisting with Scott Byrne, Pro Assistant and SYNC Associate. Scott will cover important topics including set etiquette, how to communicate with a photographer, what NOT to do, what is the job description of a second or third assistant as opposed to a first, what is grip work, what should be in your assistant kit, and what to charge when starting out. Scott's discussion will segue into the lighting demo.

10am - 12pm - Demo lighting and equipment products from various manufacturers with the leadership of Bob Ware, Photo Educator at Santa Monica College, and the pro rep from Canon. We'll be demonstrating Profoto, Broncolor, Dynalite, and Speedotron packs and heads, as well as various professional Canon bodies, the Mamiya/Leaf medium format digital kit, and several lighting accessories.

12-1pm - Lunch Break (12:30pm - Joanna Tichauer will begin setting up Art Brewer's portrait lighting set. Students are welcome to participate in set up with Joanna as a learning opportunity. Art will be using a Profoto set up with an Ellinchrome Octobank and Canon cameras, tethered with a digital tech station and capture software.

1pm - 3pm - Studio Portrait Lighting Demo and Assisting Discussion with Art Brewer, aided by Pro Assistant/Digital Tech Joanna Tichauer, using Canon, Profoto, Sekonic and Pocket Wizard products.

3 - 5pm - Outdoor/Ambient/Mixed Source Lighting Demo with Wendy Sue Lamm, assisted by students.

Workshop will conclude no later than 6pm with a handout/booklet from The Assistant List covering basic topics of the workshop and raffle prizes provided by our sponsors, including passes to Samy's EDU programs.

Click here for more info and to sign up.

LAC lab closure

Please note, the LAC B&W darkroom will be closed Wed, 10/19 from noon to 4pm.

Photographers Night - Aquarium of the Pacific

Join us for a special night of photography at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Now is your chance to take the photos you have always wanted. Back by popular demand, on this night, the Aquarium will be available to photographers for the sole purpose of getting their dream photos without having to worry about the general public either getting in their shots or being bothered by their equipment.

Take your time, set up your shots, and enjoy. In order to create the best environment for our photographers, we will be limiting ticket sales. We highly encourage you to purchase your tickets ahead of time to guarantee a spot or you may be turned away at the door.

Normally, lights begin to dim as 9:00 p.m. approaches, but on this night, the lights will remain on in all the exhibits in order to provide the best opportunities for photography.*

Cost: $24.95 per person, $18.95 for Aquarium members. No other discounts or special offers will be accepted for this evening.

Equipment

We are partnering with local camera shop Tuttle Cameras and offering free lens rentals during the event. Nikon and Canon lenses and bodies will be available for check out with a valid driver's license. Canon will have printers on hand for printing demonstrations from your memory cards. If you wish to print upto an 8x10, make sure to bring your digital file as a JPG on an SD card or thumb drive. You may also print something you take that night, just make sure to have a JPG version.

Tuttle Cameras will have limited items for sale, such as memory cards, rubber lens hoods, and other small items. The coffee cart will be offering drinks and snacks for purchase throughout the night.

Photography Workshops

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Photography workshops will be offered at this event and will be mandatory. There will be two sessions with capacity limited by our Honda Theater. When you make your reservation, you will be asked for a time, either 5:30 or 6:30 p.m. Each workshop is about one half hour and will consist of tips, tricks, and guidelines for the night. You must attend one of these workshops prior to entering the rest of the Aquarium for the rest of the night. You will not be allowed to enter prior to your scheduled workshop to shoot in the Aquarium and you will not be able to change your time on the date of the event due to capacity restrictions.

Additional Workshop: Learn Macro Aquarium Photography with your DSLR
In this 30-minute session, you will learn how to utilize your personal Canon DSLR camera by learning to capture Macro Aquarium Photographs. Arroyo will be covering topics such as camera settings, techniques, and tools of the trade. Many of the topics can also be used on non-Canon based cameras, so camera owners of all brands are welcome to attend this class. There will be two sessions during the night; first come, first served. Genaro Arroyo has been teaching technical classes for Canon for the last five years and has a Bachelor of Science in Video Productions from The Art Institute of Los Angeles.

Share your photos!

We love to see what you come up with, so please share your photos in our Aquarium of the Pacific Flickr Group after the event. You need to have a Flickr account first (they're free). Then join the group and share your shots. Tag them with aopnite0911.

Photo contest

In addition to offering this unique night, anyone who wishes to participate is automatically qualified to enter a special photo contest. This is a great opportunity to share your best shots of the night with the Aquarium of the Pacific. Simply upload your favorites to our Aquarium of the Pacific Flickr Group and tag them with pnc09122011 to enter. Aquarium staff will judge entries. Entry deadline is midnight September 30, 2010. Grand prize will be a behind the scenes tour for four with particular focus on great photo ops.

More Information

Guest Artist Lecture - Aline Smithson

ALINE SMITHSON

September 15, 2011
1:00 pm-2:30 pm - LAC-Room K-130

After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline Smithson discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries across the country and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera.

Aline has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, writes and edits the blog, Lenscratch, is a contributing writer for a variety of photography magazines, and has been curating exhibitions for a number of galleries and on-line magazines.

She was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and for The Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by Center, and recently received the cover of PDN magazine.

Next guest lectures:

October 4 Han Nguyen

October 27 Marissa Roth

November 2 Soo Kim

Lectures are free and open to all LBCC Faculty and students

Photography guest lectures are sponsored by the LBCC Foundation Grant and the LBCC Photo Club

College Seen Photo Contest

Dear California Community College Faculty, Staff, and Students,

We are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual College Seen™ Photo Contest for California Community College students, sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the CollegeBuys™ purchasing program, Adobe®, and lynda.com. The contest showcases and recognizes outstanding Community College student work and invites students to look around, pick up their cameras, and capture the scenes that make each college unique.

Submissions will be accepted online from April 4—June 30, 2011.

Students may enter up to eight photos, one per category, for an opportunity to win:

* A $500 cash award
* Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, Design Premium
* lynda.com online software training subscription
* Wacom Intuos Small pen tablet
* OnOne Perfect Photo Suite (Photoshop plug-in)
* Feature story in Affinity, the magazine for California Community Colleges

Eight First Place winners, including one Grand Prize winner, will be selected.

http://www.collegeseen.org/

Fotorama - LB Aquarium, Tuttle Camera and Nikon

Fotorama

The Aquarium of the Pacific, along with Nikon and Tuttle Cameras, is offering an incredible opportunity for photography enthusiasts to have full access to bring their gear and shoot to their hearts content. Never before has the Aquarium been closed to everyday visitors and open to photographers during the day. From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., it will only be you and like-minded photographers all looking to get their idea of the perfect Aquarium photos. Take a break in the middle of the day with your included boxed lunch and refreshment. Add a workshop or class to expand your skills and then try them out in the Aquarium.

Saturday, Apr 16, 2011
9:00 am–4:00 pm Reservations must be made before 2 p.m. on Thursday April 14.

http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/newsevents/eventsdetail/fotorama/

Unique opportunities, for example:

• Bring in all your gear and set up your tripods and that experimental lighting set-up you’ve always dreamed of
• Set up in the Seal and Sea Lions amphitheater and shoot during one of their feedings
• Feed the lorikeets and then take some of the most colorful photos of your day in Lorikeet Forest
• Get up close to some of our program animals with our husbandry staff (animals to be determined)

Nikon

Nikon will be offering free lenses and bodies that will be available for check out with a valid driver's license. You can basically show up with a memory card and pick out your dream Nikon/Nikkor set up and shoot to your heart’s content. Then when you want to switch it up, come back and try that lens that’s calling out your name. Additionally, they will be offering a couple of classes and workshops for an additional fee.

Tuttle Cameras

Tuttle Cameras will have limited items for sale, such as memory cards, rubber lends hoods, and other small items.

Classes & Workshops

• Creative Lighting Systems Workshop with Paul Van Allen.
  • Paul will give you a short overview of the menus and buttons for wireless flash and other flash settings. After a short presentation, he'll discuss some of the processes and technologies involved in creating staged still-life type images. You will then use your Nikon camera to re-create some of the same images in hands-on lighting stations.
• Nikkor Lenses: Focus on Your Vision
  • You will learn all about choosing the right lenses and settings for different scenarios, from macro to zoom. Take what you learn in this class and shoot in the Aquarium the rest of the day with your new knowledge. Don't forget that you can borrow free lenses during the event so you can experiment with the information you've just been given!

Customize your package:

• $50 admission includes all-day shooting, boxed lunch, and a drink.
• $10 parking. Carpooling is highly recommended as parking will be very limited. Once parking sells out, you will have to arrange transportation as parking will not be available for purchase in the area. Member parking cards will not be valid during Fotorama as you will not be parking in the normal structure. If you will be driving down, you need to purchase parking.
• $15 Creative Lighting Systems Workshop
• $15 Nikkor Lenses Class

The 2nd Annual and Entirely Fabulous Slideshow Event of the Season

ASMP/LA and MOPLA Present

FREE FOR LBCC PHOTO STUDENTS --
"faculty and staff can attend as our guest, just tell the folks at the registration table"

The 2nd Annual and Entirely Fabulous
Slideshow Event of the Season

Pints & Pixels:
The Cell Phone Edition

April 14, 2011

(SUBMISSION DEADLINE MARCH 24!)

7-10 PM
Julia Dean Photo Workshops
755 Seward Street
Los Angeles, 90038

SEE THE HTML VERSION HERE: http://bit.ly/hVDyEJ


Send us 3 of your best pics - as long as they come from your phone.

We'll show them for all the world to see on April 14.

BUT! YO! HOLD ON!

We're going to pick the best ones and put 'em in a book! Printed by A & I!

Which you can buy. Only $10! On that evening! With your name in it and everything!

Proceeds from the book go to a charity for kids learning photography (Snapshop).

That's right - your future competitors.

Show your character and photos anyway. We'll present them whether you win or not.

Plus pizza and beer (and veggies, fruit, sodas, wine, and like-that-there, too).

The slideshow is open to ALL. Come even even if you don't submit photos.

But, really....You got a phone, right? They all come with cameras, right?

~

Here's what we need from you:

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM, March 24, 2011

NUMBER: Up to three.

SIZE: 1,200 pixels minimum on the short side.

COLOR SPACE: sRGB

FILE TYPE: JPG

RESOLUTION: Don't worry about it! Whatever!

You are going to name each file like this:

FirstName_LastName_1, FirstName_LastName_2, FirstName_LastName_3

You get the idea.

Submit your photos by March 24, here:
http://monthofphotography.com/participate/pintsandpixels/

OR

You're just gonna show up at the party with your pictures on a thumb drive or CD
and we'll show them at the slideshow (but you won't be in the competition).

Either way, be prepared to maybe, perhaps, we-don't-know, WIN A DOOR PRIZE.

IT COULD HAPPEN!

SEE THE HTML VERSION HERE: http://bit.ly/hVDyEJ

$5 for Students, $10 for everyone else.

PRE-PAY ATTENDANCE (no fee to submit images) here:
http://asmpla20110414.eventbrite.com/

It's best if you pay in advance, but you can show up with money and images.

COME ON DOWN! ANYWAY!

APRIL 14, 7-10 PM

JULIA DEAN PHOTO WORKSHOPS (new location!)
755 Seward Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038

We here at ASMP/LA and MOPLA (Month of Photography L.A.)
hereby express our extreme gratitude to the
Julia Dean Photo Workshops
for offering up their space for us.

And to

A&I Photgraphic and Digital Services
as our primary sponsor.

And we're grateful to you - but you gotta show up for that.

“Plastic Perception” a toy camera photography contest

Long Beach City College presents “Plastic Perception” a toy camera photography contest.

“Photographing with simple plastic lens, these low-tech devices came to be popular with photographers, Plastic cameras, such as the original Diana and Holga appeal to a wide range of people. To some, they are a novelty; a cheap toy to play with. For many veteran photographers, they are a breath of fresh vision, allowing lightness and joy back into tired eyes.” – Michelle Bates, Toying with Creativity.


To enter contest use drop off-boxes at both Long Beach City College campuses, K119 at LAC Campus and OO3 at PCC Campus and fill out entry form.

Winners will be announced Friday April 1st 2011, at 6pm at Artist Reception held at The EXPO Building 4321 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach CA 90807.

Prizes include: Lomography Diana Deluxe set and other cash prizes. Judges for this plastic event are Craig Havens and David Daigle.

This event is open to the public.

To Enter:
Use drop off-box located at each campus’s photo lab
3 entries per person, Mat all entries (required)
Please include name, type of toy camera and title of work
Last day to enter is Wednesday March 30, at Noon.
Winner to be announced Friday April 1st, 2011 at 6pm at EXPO Building

“Lure of the Local”

Phantom Galleries Los Angeles/Long Beach
Presents

“Lure of the Local”

A body of photographic work exploring the urban aesthetic beauty of neglected corners, damaged streets and forgotten alleys.

Fine Art Photography by Anthony Castro
Curated by Neil France

Artist Reception
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
6 – 10pm

346 East 3rd Street Long Beach, CA 90802

Metro Blue Line to Long Beach exit 1st Street

http://thesaltypoet.blogspot.com

Mamma don't take my Kodachrome away

The last lab in the world is no longer processing Kodachrome.

Demanding both to shoot and process, Kodachrome rewarded generations of skilled users with a richness of color and a unique treatment of light that many photographers described as incomparable even as they shifted to digital cameras. “Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day,” Paul Simon sang in his 1973 hit “Kodachrome,” which carried the plea “Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away.”

Read more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kodachrome&st=cse
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/a-color-saturated-sun-sets-on-kodachrome/?scp=2&sq=kodachrome&st=cse

Photo Events this weekend in Los Angeles

I forgot to mention that this weekend is Photo LA, up in Santa Monica, at the convention center. The exhibition hall has booths with a wide range of most of the interesting photo galleries in the US, as well as many international ones. Across the street at the DoubleTree hotel will be a series of speakers - well known photographers lecturing about their work. Here's the website for more info:

http://www.photola.com/

There's also another event in LA on Saturday:

Two Photo Events on Saturday January 15th
2-5 pm Duncan Miller Gallery, 10959 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles 90034
Classic and vintage photography
Works on display from Bernice Abbott, Henri Daumann, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Ken Heyman, Larry Levenstein, Benn Mitchell, Norman Parkinson, Frank Paulin, Irving Penn, Aaron Siskind, Louis Stettner, George Tice, Brett Weston, Garry Winogrand, Fred Zinnemann and others.

6-9 pm Duncan Miller Projects, 1716 Ocean Park, Santa Monica 90405
Contemporary music photography
Reception and print signing with music photojournalist Baron Wolman and rock and roll celebrity Pamela des Barres. Wine bar, food truck.

Also on Saturday and Sunday:
>> CLASSIC PHOTOGRAPHS LOS ANGELES
>> RETURNS FOR TWO DAYS IN JANUARY 2011
>> TO A SPACIOUS NEW VENUE AT HELMS DAYLIGHT STUDIO
>>
>> 13 Internationally Known Dealers In Fine Art Photography
>> To Exhibit At Second Annual Event
>> Held On Saturday, January 15th & Sunday, January 16th, 2011
>>
>> Exhibition Hours:
>> Saturday, January 15th: 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
>> Sunday, January 16th: 12:00 noon- 5:00 p.m.
>> Admission is Free
>>
>>
>> The Helms Daylight Studio, located in the heart of the Helms Bakery District, will be the site for a two day photography fair featuring thirteen internationally known dealers exhibiting 19th and 20th century European, American, and Asian photography. Works by Ansel Adams, Eugène Atget, Imogen Cunningham, Frederick Evans, William Henry Jackson, André Kertész, Eikoh Hosoe, Dorothea Lange, Daidō Moriyama, Eadweard Muybridge, Carleton Watkins and Edward Weston, in addition to historic and vernacular photographs will be for sale. Admission is free and open to the public


Ann Mitchell
Chair Art & Photography Department
Long Beach City College