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

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

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

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

STEVE ANCHELL Route 66 Gallery Show at Freestyle Photo

STEVE ANCHELL
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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

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).

THE BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

THE BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

An ASMP Los Angeles event

With Steve Whittaker


Architectural photography - from marketing to answering the phone to
assignment to delivery.

Topics include:

Lighting small and large spaces.

Contractual issues, estimating, licensing, copyright.

Project coordination, including dealing with assistants.

Marketing strategies, and keeping your "brand" fresh.

Client issues; including award competitions and negative terms and
conditions.

How to identify the client's needs, and how to seamlessly blend them
with the photographer's needs.

How to pack for travel.

How to deal with "buyout" requests and stock sales.

Permits, city officials, shooting on the street, and releases.


Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and coming from a background of
advertising and graphic design, Whittaker Photography was started in
1980. Steve specializes in architecture, interiors, and aerials. He
shoots for architects, designers, developers, ad agencies, and
editorial clients.

See Steve's work here: http://whittpho.com/


REGISTER HERE: http://asmpla090324.eventbrite.com/


ASMP Members - $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Students (with ID ) - $5 in advance, $10 at the door.
Affiliate Organization Members - $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Non-Members: $20 in advance - $25 at the door.


TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009

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

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 - or right on Cloverfield.
At the first light/intersection
go right 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.

PhotoFest@LBCC 2009 - Register Now!

Registration for this year's PhotoFest is now open.

Fresh off of the success of our first PhotoFest last spring, the Photography Department at Long Beach City College will be hosting PhotoFest 09 @ LBCC on April 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. 2009. The 2nd annual PhotoFest@LBCC will be held in Long Beach, California with 4 days of free photography-related events and celebrations. The festival will bring together a wide array of accomplished photographers from Southern California and will showcase the work of renowned photographic artists and photojournalists. Our goal is to celebrate photography and it’s impact on our world.

The main emphasis of the festival will be the workshops, demonstrations and seminars held over the four-day period. These events are free, open to students and the general public as well, and are suitable for all levels of expertise.

As we said before, it's free, but you must register. Some workshops are limited in space, so sign up early.

Use this link to visit our Festival blog for more information and registration.

My Favorite Things...

Just as I hope you check this blog regularly, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite blogs that I check on a daily (almost) basis.

Marketing Photos with Mary Virginia Swanson
http://marketingphotos.wordpress.com/
This is where I go to get an overview of what's happening in the Photo World. She covers both commercial and fine art events and is a regular at the Festivals and Reviews. This is an excellent site for learning about photo-related lectures in the So. Cal. area.

PDN Pulse
http://www.pdnpulse.com/
The professional photography blog by the editors of Photo District News - the only pro photo magazine really worth reading. This is a "news of the world" approach to photography, also great place to go to find out the latest scandals.

A Photo Editor
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/
This is Rob Haggart's blog, a former Director of Photography for Men's Journal magazine. It's important to get a feeling for how the other side (editors, art directors) sees things. This is where I get to see the most imaginative work happening in the commercial world.

Art MoCo
http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/cat_photography.php
The Modern and Contemporary Art Blog, I've attached the link to photography. This is where I go to see a wide range of contemporary fine art photography. The site covers all types of art forms, so photography is usually added every week or so. Check out the side bar on the right, there's a "White Stripes Holga from the Lomo Society" - they've got both a "Jack" and a "Meg" version.

I heart photograph
http://www.iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/
I love this site, every day you'll find several bodies of work plus, on the right side, a photo of the day. Fine Art oriented, very wide range - from abstraction to narrative.

That should hold you...while you're at it, here's my "one a day" blog, Impermanence.

A. M.

Great Camera Review Website

Greetings.

For those of you looking for a shiny new digital camera for the Holidays, check out
this website: Digital Photography Review .com



This site features in depth reviews of all the latest cameras, and will even allow you to download sample images from most of the cameras. There is a really cool feature that allows you to select several cameras and see each one's specs side by side (navigate to -Buying Guide-Side by Side).

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Remember the campus is closed Thursday and Friday and the LAC lab will be closed Wednesday as well.

ONLY TWO WEEKS OF CLASS LEFT BEFORE FINALS!

js

Historic magazine's photos now online

There's a new resource online for historic images, Google and Life magazine have joined up to create a searchable data base of Life's photos. Some of these you'll recognize right away (see Dorothea Migrant Mother 1930's) but many of them are from their unpublished archives. The archive starts in the 1750's and continues to today.

AM