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

Sam Abell to speak this Thursday - Free to students!

SAM ABELL - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and CANON EXPLORER OF LIGHT

Thursday, December 2, at 7 PM.

"A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and
make mistakes."
Sam Abell

Sam Abell began shooting for National Geographic Magazine in 1970, and
in a publication where the highest quality work is the norm, his stood
out from the beginning.

A Canon Explorer of Light, he has photographed projects all over the
world - some of which have become legendary among photographers.
Abell's work manages to be (at least) three things at once: first-rate
photojournalism, beautiful and beautifully composed, and poetic and
moving.

Abell has also developed a highly-regarded career as a speaker and
teacher, mentoring countless photographers for many years, including
at the Maine and Santa Fe Workshops. As composed as one of his
images, clear-eyed, and passionate, he is able to convey what makes
images work - and what helps them fail - in ordinary language that
anyone at any level can understand.

Whether you're an experienced pro or a student, and no matter what
kinds of images you produce, you'll receive something from hearing
Abell talk that is rare and energizing. One of the most exciting
speakers ever to come to Los Angeles, he will also be giving a
workshop the weekend following his talk at the Julia Dean Photo
Workshops: http://juliadean.com.

The author of several books, you can watch Abell discuss his work at
the Geographic:

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2008/10/legendary-geographic-photograp.html

You can see more of Abell's work, and read a terrific interview about
his book,
Sam Abell, The Photographic Life at:

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/abell01.htm

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/abell_intro.htm

Learn more about Sam Abell at:

http://samabell-thephotographiclife.com

2010 LBCC Photo Club Exhibition

2010 LBCC Photo Club Exhibition

november 13 ~ december 31, 2010

PHANTOM GALLERIES LONG BEACH
346 east 3rd street long beach ca 90802

reception for the artists
saturday november 20th 6-9pm


featuring

andrew dahlin
britney jaime
christopher rendon
david kwock
deidre schletter
eydie mcconnell
john cocchia
john rem h. policarpio
linette sharrow
malina erhard
nate toering
nicole hinkle
paulo torres
rachel wright
rick motzkus
samantha solaas
karen camacho
shinichi ishikawa




befriend with LBCC Photo Club
photoclublbcc@gmail.com
facebook.com/LuzLongBeach
lbccpc.tumblr.com

Reminder - Photo 281/291 Prints Due this Friday

For those of you enrolled in Photo 281 or Photo 291, you will need to turn in 6 prints (spotted, and color corrected if digital) to the PCC Check-out room by this Friday, Nov. 5. The prints do not need to be matted. Put the prints in a manila envelope with your name, the name of your instructor and the class number on the outside.

LBCC Photo Alum Gallery Show

Please join LBCC Photo Alum Justin Renshaw at the Gallery opening to his new show.

Upcoming Photography Event

An Evening with Eric Draper, White House photographer

The Department of Journalism & Mass Communication at California State University, Long Beach invites students, alumni and members of the community for an evening with CSULB alum Eric Draper.

Draper served as the White House photographer from 2000-2008, and will be discussing his experiences during his tenure at the job.

Come spend an exciting and pleasant evening on November 12, from 5pm to 6:30pm at the Pyramid Annex, on campus, listening and interacting with Draper and other attendants during the department's alumni event.

LAC lab closings

Notice

There will be no open lab hours in the B&W darkroom (K119) or computer lab (K123/127) at the LAC campus this Friday (10/8/10) and the following Monday (10/11/10).

Friday hours at LAC

Notice:
The LAC digital lab and B&W darkroom will be open from 10am to 4pm this Friday Oct. 1st. We are closed during the usual hours of 8am to 10am. Thanks for your understanding.

I NEED TO JUMPSTART MY BUSINESS

Here is a great presentation - only $10 for students

I NEED TO JUMPSTART MY BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 7-9 PM

Presented by Judy Herrmann

- Struggling to adapt to a changing marketplace in a down economy?

- Satisfied with the work you're creating?

- Do clients appreciate what you bring to the table?

Whether you're starting out or have years of experience, the tools and
techniques in this program will give you greater control over your
future.

Learn real-world tactics for developing - and implementing - ways to
take your career where you want it to go.

Learn not only how to achieve your creative and financial goals, but
how to anticipate and adapt to business and technological change.

Not least, you'll learn more about how to build a satisfying and
stable photography business.

· Complete an honest analysis of your career
· Prioritize your goals and activities
· Exploit your strengths, minimize your weaknesses
· Anticipate and successfully navigate change
· Case studies show you how this really works
· Get moving in the right direction

Judy Herrmann of Herrmann+Starke (www.hsstudio.com) specializes in
digital still life and lifestyle photography for advertising. Her work
has appeared in Lurzer's Archive, Graphis, Communication Arts, the How
International Design Annual and Pix Digital Annual. She has been
recognized as an Olympus Visionary since 2000. She lectures
extensively about digital photography and offers consultations on
building a successful photography career. A past president of the
American Society of Media Photographers, she received the United
Nations' International Photographic Council's leadership award in 2008.

$25.00-ASMP Member
$50.00-Non-member
$40.00-Professional Association member
$10.00-Student

REGISTER HERE: https://asmp.org/education/event/register?venue_id=352

SPONSORED BY ADBASE

LOCATION:
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. i
Santa Monica, CA 90404

From the 10 Freeway, exit at Cloverfield, go North. At the first
light/intersection go right (East) onto Michigan, follow until it ends
(a few hundred yards), and make a left into the Bergamot Station lot
(you won't have a choice). There is a map in front of the first
buildings you'll see in front of you.

OR, click here for maps (Building i is the only one without its letter
on the map - but it's next to Building H): http://www.bergamotstation.com/map.html

If you haven't been to Bergamot Station, come early and check out a
fabulous group of galleries of all kinds - including photography
galleries.

GUEST ARTIST LECTURE: SHEILA PINKEL

GUEST ARTIST LECTURE: SHEILA PINKEL

"The Importance of Experimentation"
Thursday, Sept. 2nd, 1-3:30pm @ PCC-EE#250

www.sheilapinkel.com

PARISH KOHANIM to speak at ASMP MAY 12 Free to All Students and Faculty

ASMP LOS ANGELES PRESENTS
CANON EXPLORER OF LIGHT
PARISH KOHANIM, MAY 12
NOTE: This if Free to all LBCC Students and LBCC Staff


Parish Kohanim has been intimately involved with photography for over
25 years. A renowned commercial photographer, he is now devoting his
efforts towards his first love, fine art photography. Parish's
passion for the subtle beauty of life is apparent in his photographs.
He has focused on many exquisite subjects, and is able to bring them
out of the frame and into the live imagination of the viewer.

Advertising agencies, design firms, and Fortune 500 companies have
been his primary clients, some of which include IBM, AT&T, Coca-Coloa,
DeBeers Diamonds, Hanes, Fossil, and Kimberly Clark. His work has
repeatedly appeared on pages of such publications as Vogue, Harper's
Bazaar, Forbes, and Newsweek. He has received numerous Gold Addys, a
Clio, and a One Show Design Award.

"Photography has given me an expanded vision of the world, elevating
my passion and appreciation for the majestic beauty of nature and all
life.

There is no substitute that equals the profound pleasure, joy, and
fulfillment of documenting such essential beauty."
Parish Kohanim

Kohanim will show images from his entire career, illustrated by the
stories of how they were created and the philosophy that underlies his
photography, his life, and his passion.

You can see his work at www.parishkohanim.com




NOTE: This if Free to all LBCC Students and LBCC Staff

REGISTER HERE:

http://asmpla20100512.eventbrite.com


WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010

7:00 PM (door open at 6:30)

LOCATION:
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. i
Santa Monica, CA 90404

From the 10 Freeway, exit at Cloverfield, go North. At the first
light/intersection go right
(East) onto Michigan, follow until it ends (a few hundred yards), and
make a left into the Bergamot
Station lot (you won't have a choice). There is a map in front of the
first buildings you'll see in
front of you.

OR, click here for maps (Building i is the only one without its letter
on the map - but it's next
to Building H): http://www.bergamotstation.com/map.html

If you haven't been to Bergamot Station, come early and check out a
fabulous group of galleries
of all kinds - including photography galleries.

ASMP THANKS THE PRIMARY SPONSOR FOR THIS PROGRAM, CANON.

Architectural Workshop - Free !

Orange Coast College is sponsoring "Canon Day" with free Canon workshops, ending with a talk by renowned architectural photographer Norman McGrath.

It is happening this Friday, May 7 and is free to all.

http://www.occphoto.com/blog/?p=85

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING - Free to LBCC Students

Here is a great event that is free to LBCC photo students:

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

BY ROSH SILLARS

No secret that social media and all kinds of new marketing are a big part of the future - and the present.

Eighty percent of people with internet access (and who would the rest be?) go first to the Web to find information about people, products, and organizations.

Blogs, podcasts, social media, and Web 2.0 tools each offer opportunities to level the playing field to earn the attention of new prospects - and keep the attention of people who are already your clients.

New internet tools and applications are being introduced almost every day, designed to help individuals and companies tell their story through digital marketing and personal branding.

Rosh will do more than just name tools. He'll tell you why you need them and help you think about developing a plan based on best practices for using the Web 2.0.

These are the same tools that have helped Rosh attract new clients and grow his own photography business. He is, after all, one of us, a veteran photographer with a photojournalism background who specializes in people, food, and interiors.

Rosh offers his services to traditional media, new media, and corporate clients. He owns the creative representation firm, The Rosh Group Inc. and teaches photography at two universities.

Rosh has been online since the early 1990s. He recorded his first podcast (audio over the internet) in 1999 and has co-hosted the Prosperous Artists podcast and blog with writer Dean LaDouceur since early 2007. Other projects include Citynet Magazine (2000-2001) and mysuccessradio.com (2003-2004). He is also social media consultant for Detroit based Synectics Media.

Rosh has co-authored a book, Linked Photographer - Social Media for Photographers (with Lindsey Adler), due out this Spring.

Check him out at www.roshsillars.com and www.newmediaphotographer.com.

THERE WILL BE DOOR PRIZES, FOOD, and DRINK.

TIME: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30)

DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2010

LOCATION:

Writers Boot Camp

Bergamot Station Arts Center

2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. i

Santa Monica, CA 90404

From the 10 Freeway, exit at Cloverfield, go North. At the first light/intersection go right (East) onto Michigan, follow until it ends (a few hundred yards), and make a left into the Bergamot Station lot (you won't have a choice).

There is a map in front of the first buildings you'll see in front of you.

OR, click here for maps (Building i is the only one without its letter on the map - but it's next to Building H):

http://www.bergamotstation.com/map.html

If you haven't been to Bergamot Station, come early and check out a fabulous group of galleries - including photography galleries.

Free for Students - ProPhotoExpo

Here's a chance to attend the Professional Photographers of California's ProPhotoExpo which will take place Feb. 5-8 in Pasadena. Current students, with a valid student ID or class schedule, are being offered one complimentary day at ProPhoto Expo, from Saturday, February 6th through Monday, February 8th. In order to attend FREE, you will need to print out a pass before the event. Email Ann Mitchell, Brian Doan, Neil France or Jeff Smeding for the file.

For more info, check out the website:
http://www.prophotoca.com/index.html

An American Retrospective - Gallery show at Freestyle

Photographers Night - 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 online 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: $23.95 per person, $18.95 for Aquarium members. No other discounts or special offers will be accepted for this evening.

We are partnering with local camera shop Tuttle Cameras and offering free lens rentals during the event. Nikon and Canon lenses will be available for check out with a valid driver's license. Lighting will also be set up at a couple different stations throughout the Aquarium to allow photographers that don't have that equipment the opportunity to try it out by mounting it to their camera's hot shoe.

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 aopnite0110.

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 pnc01312010 to enter. Aquarium staff will judge entries. Entry deadline is midnight February 14, 2010. Grand prize will be announced at a later date.

Click here for more information

Pics from the Gallery opening

Thanks to all of you who attended the Photo Club's Gallery opening "From Within" at the OMC Gallery last Thursday. It was a great crowd, and the show was fantastic.

ASMP LA Invites You

Here is an exciting lecture opportunity brought to you by ASMP Los Angeles. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend gratis - just tell
the folks at the reception table they are our guest.

CREATING OPPORTUNITY - DICK DURRANCE

Seeing What Is / Imagining What Can Be


In difficult times, creative vision is the key to economic survival.

Dick Durrance, a photographer whose career reaches back to the Vietnam
War
and includes everything from shooting for National Geographic to
global advertising campaigns,
will talk about how to use your creativity to survive in an economically
challenging world.

Durrance gave the closing keynote address to the ASMP National
Leadership Conference this year -
about this same stuff - and received a standing ovation.

He’ll be talking about:

* It doesn’t matter what your gift is, what matters is what you do
with your gift.

* Creativity without craftsmanship is like a million times zero. It
equals zero.

* If you reach out to other people, you invite them to reach back in
return. In that
connection, you discover the understanding and opportunities that
arise when
you work freely with the people around you. Make that connection and
magical things can happen.

* If you create opportunities for your community, your organization,
and yourself,
you honor the gift of life.

* By stretching your imagination, you can see what is and imagine what
can be.

With a little prompting, he might even talk about his wide-ranging
career,
including his three books, his time as an All-American skier, and his
award-winning golf-course
photos - beautiful even if you don’t golf.


Learn more about Dick Durrance here:

www.dickdurrance.com

http://www.drinkerdurrance.com/


THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS, FOOD, AND DRINK.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE PROGRAM:

http://asmpla091105.eventbrite.com

Attention Photo 281 Students

Attention all students enrolled in Photo 281. You must turn in 6 prints to the instructor of your section of Photo 281 by Tuesday, November 3rd. If you do not turn in the prints you will be withdrawn from the class. There are instructions on what (and where) you need to turn in, as well as contact info for each of the instructors, posted in each lab (LAC and PCC). If you cannot turn in the prints by Tuesday get in touch with your instructor to make alternate arrangements.

From Within - LBCC Photo Club Exhibition

Please join us for the gallery opening of the LBCC Photo Club show "From Within". The show is at OMC Gallery in Huntington Beach and runs from Nov. 4 to Nov. 28. The opening is Thursday, Nov. 5 and starts at 6pm.

Don't forget the Photo Club camping trip. Fri. Nov. 6 - Sun. Nov. 8.

Photo Events YOU should attend

Brewery Artwalk & Translight Photography Center's (TPC)
Open House (see below)

TED ON THE RED - VIDEO PLUS STILLS

Ted Schilowitz, the first employee at the RED Digital Cinema company,
will introduce the RED ONE, along with the other cameras in their line.

The RED ONE is a revolutionary HD Video Camera, of interest to still
photographers if only
because each frame will provide up to 12 megapixel files - in RAW.
And that’s just from one of
the basic cameras with a “smaller” sensor - if smaller is the word to
use here. The RED ONE is also
known as a 4K camera, with frames up to 4520 pixels wide.

This is 35 mm film quality on video. The camera will accept a wide
array of lenses, rails,
and monitors. While it’s early days yet, RED Cameras are already
being used to shoot movies,
commercials, and print editorial and advertising projects.

As the world of photography moves closer to video all the time, the
RED is one of the
game-changers.

Ted will explain how it all works, and then some - including the
remarkable story
of how the entire system came to be.

Learn more about RED here:

http://www.red.com/

THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS, FOOD, AND (non-alcoholic) DRINK.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE PROGRAM:

http://asmpla091027.eventbrite.com


You are invited to the
Brewery Artwalk & Translight Photography Center's (TPC)
Open House
this weekend October 24th & 25th 2009 11am-6pm
Come down to TPC and enjoy one FREE 8x10 print from our Epson 9800 Digital Printer.
Bring a CD, DVD or USB stick and we will show you how easy it is to print on the 9800
Featuring Harman & Arista Digital Papers. One print per customer while supplies last.
http://www.translightcolors.com/epson9800printer.html

Photo Club - Upcoming Events

Be sure to check out these upcoming Photo Club events:

Shooting in the Gardens
Saturday, October 10
Join us at the Huntington Museum and Gardens for a photo shoot of the fantastic gardens. Meet at the museum at 11am.

Juried Exhibition and Publication
Deadline for entries Friday, October 16
Exhibition Dates: November 5-28
The LBCC Photo club will be having a juried exhibition at the OMC Gallery in Huntington Beach. The Juror will be Jason Landry, Project Manager at The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. He will select approx. 20-40 photo club members' work to hang at the OMC gallery. See a club officer or sponsor for the entry form.

Photo Gallery Visit
Saturday October 17
We will be visiting the Annenberg Space for Photography. Meet at the Annenberg at 11am.

Camping at Joshua Tree
Friday-Sunday, November 6-8
We will be camping at Jumbo Rocks campground in Joshua Tree Nat'l Park. Do your own thing or join us for a hike and then meet up at the campground for dinner and a campfire.

Everyone is invited. For more info contact Lucas North (club president) at lucasnorth@gmail.com, Brian Doan (club sponsor) at bdoan@lbcc.edu or Jeff Smeding (club sponsor) at jsmeding@lbcc.edu

STEVE ANCHELL Route 66 Gallery Show at Freestyle Photo

STEVE ANCHELL
OC TO B E R 1 5 — D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 2 0 0 9
Freestyle Photographic Supplies proudly announces a new upcoming gallery show
entitled “ROUTE 66”, featuring the fine-art black & white works of photographer Steve
Anchell. Over a time period of nearly ten years, Anchell traversed the legendary
highway, documenting with his oversized cameras the remnants of the American road
culture that had flourished in the middle of the 20th century. In an era where the
superhighway often dictates the pace of travel and quality of life in the heartland,
Anchell’s photographs recall a slower, less mechanized time that has been left behind
in the name of what some are hesitant to call “progress”. As he himself describes, “For
a moment in time Route 66 was a ribbon that connected us with the land, its people,
and our dreams. It was the highway that brought us from the past to our future.”
THE GALLERY AT THE CREATIVE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Freestyle Photographic Supplies, 5124 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, California 90027-9897 U.S.A.
For more info: 323.660.3460 x121 www.freestylephoto.biz /creativecenter.php

Visiting Artist Lecture

Visiting Artist Lecture
Photography, Pornography, and Autobiography
by Viet Le
Room # EE250, Monday September 21, 2009
Lecture from 1pm - 2:30pm

Viet Lê is an artist, creative writer, and curator. His work has been
published in Fuse; Amerasia Journal ; Art in Asia; corpus; Crab Orchard
Review; nhà; Blue Arc Anthology of California Poets; West Coast Line; Love,
West Hollywood anthology; Asia Art Archive; among others. Lê's artwork has
been featured at The Banff Centre, Canada; Laguna Art Museum, CA; DoBaeBacSa
Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Cape Museum of Fine Arts, MA; Shoshin Performance
Space, NYU, NY; Highways Performance Space, CA; among other venues.

Lê has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation,
Fulbright-Hays, William Joiner Center, Fine Arts Work Center, Center for
Khmer Studies, PEN Center USA. He is a current finalist for the Sovereign
Art Prize. Lê curated Miss Saigon with the Wind (Highways, Santa Monica) and
Charlie Don't Surf! (Centre A, Vancouver, BC); and co-curated humor us (Los
Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA), and transPOP: Korea Viet Nam Remix
(Seoul, Sài Gòn, Irvine, San Francisco). Lê received his MFA from the
University of California, Irvine, where he has also taught Studio Art and
Visual Culture courses. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the
University of Southern California.

REMEMBER, PHOTO CLUB WILL BE MEETING AT PCC EE250 THIS WED. AT 5PM (9/23/09)
PHOTO CLUB WILL BE GOING TO THE HUNTINGTON MUSEUM THIS FRIDAY (9/25/09)

Photo Club - First Meeting is Tuesday the 8th of Sept.

The Photo Club is up and running! We will have the first meeting on Tuesday, September 8th at the LAC campus (in room K143) at 4:30pm. Come join us! You're all invited to a slide show of previous Photo Club events. We will also be talking about the Photo Club newsletter that will be coming out shortly, trips to Huntington Museum Gardens, camping and Photo Exhibits.

If you have some awesome pics of last years outing, or any questions about the photo club, email me at jsmeding@lbcc.edu

Photo 281 - Still time to add

To: All students with a lab class

You MUST add the one-unit Photo281 class in order to access the darkrooms and digital labs during open-lab hours (outside of your class time).

You may still add the class online through Sunday (Aug. 30) if you have the permission number. If you wait until after Sunday, you will still need the permission number, and also must go to admissions and fill out a "Late Add Petition Form".

To obtain a permission number, contact the instructor of the Photo281 class that you'd like to add. You may add ANY class as long as it doesn't conflict with your schedule. You do not EVER have to show up at that time or attend any class meetings.

The class requirements are:'
1. Contact the instructor by Sept. 3rd to let them know you are in the class
2. Turn in 6 prints (digital or traditional) in a manila envelope to the instructor by Nov. 3rd. Prints must be spotted and color-corrected, but need not be matted.

This information is also posted at both labs.

Welcome back campers!

Seeing with Photography Collective
Radiant Abyss

2003

Hopefully you are all settling into your classes. Enrollments are up...at bit overwhelming at times, but everyone seems very excited to get back to photography. This summer I saw Doug McCulloh's curation of a group of blind photographers and I will be writing about it in the first PhotoClub magazine.

This Sunday, August 23nd, he'll be screening a documentary about the exhibition.
K LIGHT

The Art of Blind Photographers
Special Screening with the Directors
and Artists
Sunday, August 23, 1:00 p.m.
The public is welcome
Laemmle's Town Center 5
17200 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, 818-981-9811


SIGHT UNSEEN
International Photography by Blind Artists
UCR/California Museum of Photography
May 2 - August 29, 2009
Museum Hours: Tues - Sat 12 - 5 pm
3824 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501

New - True B&W prints from digital files - Fromex

Fromex in Long Beach is now offering true B&W prints from digital files, - not on inkjet or color paper but Ilford B&W paper processed in conventional B&W chemicals. What's more, they are offering a 10% discount to all LBCC students on all of their services. Read more about the process from their website:

At Fromex Photo & Digital our aim is to enable everyone to enjoy the finest quality black and white prints on real silver gelatin photographic paper. We believe there is a real difference between printing on genuine black and white paper and prints made by other methods, yet in most cases customers are never told how their black and white images are printed.

We are able to print from both film or digital files, so however you prefer to shoot your black and white we can still provide true black and white prints with a consistent and neutral image tone that will last a lifetime. We are printing on a Fuji Frontier Silver Edition Black & White Digital Printer using Ilford Express Digital Photographic Paper; these are not inkjet prints, but rather real B&W photographs. We offer 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 10x15 and various other custom sizes of prints in either glossy or pearl finish. Our lab is located in Long Beach, California for walk-in business anytime; or we can ship to you worldwide.

For more info, visit the website at http://www.fromex.com/

Fromex
5277 E. 2nd Street
Long Beach, CA 90803

Digital Photo class this Summer...

If you're interested in learning more about digital photography - specifically the entire workflow then you should sign up for Photo 40: Mastering the Fine Photographic Print with Craig Havens.

Learn to:

Create exhibition grade limited edition prints from digital and film-based medium / Get the most from your color inkjet printer and test the newest inkjet papers / Explore the traditional art of fine Silver Gelatin printing (Black and White) / Optimize your negatives and/or digital files for stunning final prints / Prepare your images for 3rd party output agencies (Photo Labs) for Lightjet and C-Print output / Understand Color Calibration and Print Matching technologies / Create one of a kind self-promotional materials from your own computer.

The class will start June 1st, sign-up now!

Inside the Mexican suitcase

Here is a fascinating article on the New York Times website about a box of original film shot by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and David Seymour (Chim).
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/29/arts/20090429_SUITCASE_SLIDESHOW_index.html

LBCC Photo Students Honored in Freestyle Event

The Emerging (I) Student Showcase at Freestyle Photographic Supplies will include the work of 4 LBCC Photography students, Ana Brum, Gustavo Torres, Marin Wendoll and Neilanie Besana, this exhibition will showcase outstanding B&W photography in Southern California colleges. Come support them at the Artist Reception in Hollywood on Thursday April 23, 6-8:30pm. Freestyle Gallery, 5124 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA

Robert Farber Talk

Robert Farber is coming to speak on his work in photography as a fashion and fine art photographer, April 25 at Pier59 Studios West at the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.
5:30 p.m. start time.

Pier59 Studios West
2415 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
http://www.pier59studioswest.com/contact.html

Robert's Website
www.farber.com/

Come listen. Get inspired.

Sponsored by Santa Monica College Photo Department and the Month of Photography in LA (Mopla).

Student Photo Contest Winners

The LBCC Foundation Student Photo Contest was a smashing success. Last Friday evening,
April 3rd, LBCC photo students and staff met at the Mark Anthony Gallery in the East Village Arts District in downtown Long Beach for the opening reception and display of the winners and runners-up of the student photo contest. A big Thank You to all who entered.

Here is a list of the winners:

Best in Show

NADIA SANTA CRUZ

Best Black and White print

1 TETSUJI UEDA

2 RICK MOTZKUS

3 SARAH MAY QUIOCHO

Best Color print

1 KENTA TAKAHASHI

2 CODY MORAND

3 ELAINE TUSIA

Best Alternative Process print

1 HECTOR ANGUIANO

2 LUCKS NORTH

3 KYM CLARK

Freestyle Scholars Award for Black and White Silver Photography

1 GUSTAVO TORRES

2 ANA BRASIL BRUM

3 HECTOR GONZALEZ

Ilford/Harman CrystalJet Prize

1 LUCANO MEIRCLLES

2 TRAVIS GAYLER

3 LINETTE SHARROW

High School Photo Contest Winners

1 SHAVEENA GARDNER/BELLFLOWER HIGH

2 HOUCK BABIJ/ POLY HIGH

3 JANET/ BELLFLOWER HIGH


Thanks to Linette Sharrow for the photos.

Special Student Price for MOPLA

Cat Jimenez, Executive Director for The Lucie Foundation and the Month of Photography in Los Angeles (MOPLA) has created and extended just a wonderful offer to all students. If a student joins for $25, they can get into many/most of the lectures for free during the entire month of MOPLA

Go To http://mopla.org/ for more information about the event.
This is the student price sign-up page: http://mopla.org/Signup/studentSignUP.php

This is a great invitation and is available only to students.

Salton Sea Camping Trip a Success!