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!

Photo Club News

This past Saturday the Photo Club joined Jeff's beginning B&W class for a field trip by Metro to Los Angeles. The trip was a great success and everyone had a great time.

A reminder.......
The Photo Club is going Camping this weekend. Join us this Friday to Sunday at the Salton Sea. For more info, come to the meeting at the LAC Campus K143 Wed. at 4:30pm, or email jeff at jsmeding@lbcc.edu.

Here are a few pics from the LA by Metro day trip:

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.

The inaugural Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA) will debut this April 2009.

MOPLA's two-fold mission is to advance dynamic programming designed to engage and stimulate the photography community, as well as to present a comprehensive resource of exhibitions and events in April 2009.

Read more about it HERE

Photo Club Events - Keep these days open

The Photo Club is planning two events for March, and everyone is invited.

On Saturday, March 14th, we are riding the Metro into Los Angeles to photograph Watt's Towers, Union Station, Olvera Street, the Grand Central Market and Disney Concert Hall. Meet at 9am at the Long Beach Willow Metro Station. It costs only 5 bucks for a full day Metro pass.

The next weekend the Photo Club is going on its spring camping trip to the Salton Sea. The trip is Friday the 20th of March to Sunday the 22nd. We will surely visit Salvation Mtn. and Slab City, the bubbling mud pots and Bombay Beach. If we are lucky the wildflowers will be in full bloom.
Figure on paying 5 bucks per night for camping at the Salton Sea Beach Marina.

If you have any questions, contact Jeff Smeding at jsmeding@lbcc.edu

Photo Club Meeting - This Wed. at LAC

Come join us at the LAC campus for a Photo Club meeting.
Wednesday, February 25 in room K143 at 4:30pm.
See you there!

Call For Entries: Young Guns

About the Theme - Young Guns

In keeping with Watson Studio Gallery’s philosophy of providing exposure to emerging photographers, this exhibit will celebrate the world as seen through the eyes of young photographers and digital illustrators. Subject matter is open but should be “family friendly”.

Watson Studio Gallery invites and encourages all young photographers and digital illustrators working in all media, to participate in this exhibition.

Eligibility - Age Restriction:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international photographers aged 25 years and under (as of February 28, 2009) working with digital or traditional photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media.

Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and digital art forms.
-Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from March 27 to April 25, 2009.
-Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio Gallery website and be included in news releases to various local and web publications.
-A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, March 27th to coincide with opening events at the Kirchman Gallery and Arts Encounters at the Benini Sculpture Ranch.
Awards:
Age Category: 18 years and under
-Juror’s Choice award: $200
-Director’s Choice award: $150
Age Category: 19 to 25 years
-Juror’s Choice award: $200
-Director’s Choice award: $150
Visitor’s Choice Award: $100

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.

Photo Club Meeting - Wed. the 11th at 5pm at PCC

Come join us and get involved in the Photo Club. The next meeting is Wed. Feb. 11 at 5pm in room EE250 at the PCC campus. We will discuss the upcoming trip to the Botanical Gardens. Also, the trip to LA on the Metro was rained out. We will re-schedule it.

Hope to see you there.

LICENSING, PRICING, and NEGOTIATING

LICENSING, PRICING, and NEGOTIATING

ASMP presents two seminars in one program, so get prepared to pack your head with an incredible amount of useful information about the photography business.

Hang out in a historic L.A. house in the historic West Adams District (convenient to downtown and the 10 Freeway), and chow down on some (non-historic) food, as well.

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WHAT DO I CHARGE?

Susan Carr presents a candid discussion on licensing and pricing your work. Take the mystery out of determining your fees and setting licensing terms. Get real world strategies for pricing in this tough business climate. Learn how to sell your prices with confidence.

Are your clients asking for more and paying less? Are your costs increasing? Are you struggling with how to determine your fees? And, what about talking to clients about price?

Topics:

• What you need to know about copyright.
• A real world look at how to license photography.
• Why are copyright, licensing, and pricing connected?
• Pricing models.
• Learn the steps to determining what to charge.
• Selling your price.

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I STINK AT NEGOTIATING

Join Blake Discher for his highly acclaimed “Strictly Business 2” lecture on how to win jobs. Blake will teach you the steps to become a top negotiator. This critical skill can change your business in the most profound way — more and better work! Blake will walk you through real world scenarios, show you how to listen and talk to prospects turning them into loyal clients.

Do you panic when you have to discuss money with a client? Do you talk too fast, ramble or sound indignant? Do you give in too fast to a lower price or broad licensing terms?

Seminar Topics:

• Learn how to prepare for a negotiation.
• Researching the client.
• Increasing your clout.
• Listening skills.
• When is it time to walk away.
• The follow-up is critical.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2009

9:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Doors open at 8:30.

LOCATION:

The Wilshire House (built for Mrs. Wilshire),

2501 Fourth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90018

REGISTER AT WWW.ASMP.ORG under SEMINARS:

Register today!

$50 – ASMP Member

$75 – Professional Association Member

$85 – Non-Member

$35 - Students

DOOR PRIZES

Two copies of Microsoft Expression Media (a $299 value)

A copy of Photo Price Guide from Hindsight (a $99 value)

A copy of METAmachine from Hindsight (a $49 value)

Two copies of The ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography book

This program is sponsored by MICROSOFT

Photo Club to Meet at PCC

Please join us for the first Photo Club meeting at the PCC campus this semester. The meeting will take place Wednesday, February 11 at 5pm in room EE250.

The last meeting at the LAC campus had a very large turnout. We talked about getting a newsletter started and a camping trip to the Salton Sea. For more information, show up next Wednesday!

This weekend we will be taking the Metro to Los Angeles for a day of shooting....if it doesn't rain. The trip is Sat. February 7 and we will meet at the Willow Station of the Metro Blue Line at 9am. For more info, contact Jeff Smeding jsmeding@lbcc.edu

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.

Shuttle Service Begins Between PCC & LAC

Shuttle service began yesterday, January 26. LBCC Students are encouraged to take advantage of this FREE feature which transports passengers with a current ASB sticker to travel between PCC and LAC, Monday - Thursday, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. during the academic year (August through May). The route will start at 7 a.m. from the Pacific Coast Campus (lot 2, near Building GG), traveling to the Veteran's Stadium parking lot, and then heading to the north side of campus (Parking lot I, between building B and C) before returning to PCC at the top of each hour.

For more information, click here

Photo Club Meeting - This Wed. at LAC

Come join us for the first Photo Club meeting this Wed. at the LAC campus. It is at 4:30 pm in room K143.

We have a lot to talk about. We're planning a get-together bonfire at the beach, a spring camping trip, and we'd like to get a newsletter started.

Remember to reserve the date - Saturday February 7th. Jeff Smeding's class is planning a field trip and the photo club is invited. We'll hop on the Metro and visit and photograph the Watt's Towers, Union Station and Olvera Street, then head over to Disney Hall and the Central Market. It is a fun day and only costs 5 bucks for an all day metro pass.

See ya Wednesday!

CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

First Exposure announces its annual photo show, Exposure 2009, in Long Beach's East Village Arts District.

It is an open show with cash prizes in five catagories: digital and traditional in both black & white and color and mixed media.

We will mount the exhibition on March 1st with opening reception on Saturday, March 14th from 6-9pm at a location to be announced soon.

Entry fees are $30 for three photos or $60 for six. Half price with valid student id.

If you wish to enter the contest, you must provide a floor easel for each entry (one per catagory). Your entry must be unsigned, and you must be at the reception site between 5 and 6 pm on the day of the opening to tell us which picture(s) you want to include in the contest.

For more info call (562)436-1224 or (562)435-5232. Email:

ronjavorsky@hotmail.com or hellada@earthlink.net.

website: firstexposure.com

Welcome to Spring Semester!

Hello everybody and welcome back to the LBCC Photo Dept.
There are a few changes to tell you about this semester.

First of all, the bookstores at each campus now carry photo supplies. There is B&W darkroom paper and B&W film, inkjet printing paper and 11x and 16x matboard (being sold by the sheet). If these items sell well the bookstore will keep them in stock and probably add more items. If there are supplies that you'd like to see stocked, let us know.

Because of the insane cost of printer ink, the Photo Dept. will now be charging a per-semester fee for using the Epson photo printers.
The following fees will apply:

Art 41, 81, Phot 31, 42, 43, 71-73 fee = $10.00 per semester
Phot 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 281, 291, 681, fee = $20.00 per semester

The fee will be paid to the Photo Club account #207-0303. You will need to have a receipt and show it to either Neil or Jeff or the instructor in charge. The fee can be paid at the ASB bank, which is located on the first floor under the photo facilites in the gameroom at PCC, or at the rear of the bookstore at the LAC campus

Good Luck this semester! Happy Shooting!

Photo Club Events - Stay Involved!

Christmas Party
Join us for an end-of-semester holiday party.

When: Sunday, December 14

6:oo-9:oo pm

Other Photo Club happenings over the break:

December 23: Vanity Fair Gallery, LACMA

@ 12:30 PM, tour at 1:00 PM

8 dollars at the door with school ID

January 3-8: San Francisco

-Will be discussed on December 14th @ The Christmas Party

-If you want to fly tickets range from $49-$60 one way, depending on where you are departing and arriving

-Drivers: get a head count on who will be car pooling with you (gas is cheap right now)

-Hotels ranging from $50-$90 per night depending on bed sizes (we will look into it more when we know how many people are coming)

January 30: Bonfire at Bolsa Chica Beach

-Field trip for new members and welcome back to a new semester

For information about any of these events contact:
Marin Wendoll - marinwendoll@yahoo.com Club President
Brian Doan - bdoan@lbcc.edu
Jeff Smeding - jsmeding@lbcc.edu

Communication Arts Photo Contest

Communication Arts

Photography Competition

Deadline: March 6, 2009
click on the above link for more details

Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in photography, the 50th annual Communication Arts Photography Competition. Any photograph first printed or produced between March 12, 2008 and March 6, 2009 is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be published in the August 2009 Photography Annual. Over 70,000 copies of the Photography Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work. As a service to art directors, designers and art buyers, a comprehensive index will carry telephone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses of the photographers represented.

Photo Club Meeting - Wed the 3rd

Photo club will be meeting Wed. December 3rd at 4pm in room EE250 at the PCC campus. We will be discussing the upcoming Christmas Party, and we are starting to get organized for next semester. We hope to see you all there.

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

Watch your Stuff!!

A word of warning to all who use the photo lab and studios at the PCC campus. There is a thief among you! There were two thefts yesterday of unattended bags sitting in the lab. One of them was only 3 or 4 feet from the owner. Please, keep an eye on your belongings and keep an eye out for anyone who is suspicious.

On another note:

There is a camera expo this Sunday (the 23rd) in Carson. What is it? A large room set up with tables and tables of used equipment. It is a lot of fun to go and look, and you just might find a good deal. There is also a photoshop workshop that is free with admission (only $5).
For more info, go to:
http://www.cameraexpo.com/

Also, if you haven't already turned in your four 8x10s for Photo 281 or 291 DO IT NOW!!! We are still accepting them.


js

Exhibition for LBCC Photo Coordinator

This past weekend, I visited Seattle to attend the opening reception of the exhibition that I'm in at the Photographic Center Northwest. I was showing my Val Verde project which features an estate and gardens in Montecito, CA (where the fires are). The event went well and I'm pleased to say work sold before we opened (always a good feeling).

I also got a chance to tour the facilities, which were really wonderful. The Center specializes in "photography for social justice" and they have terrific b&w and color darkrooms. What I really loved was the passion and enthusiasm for photography that everyone seemed to have. The Center was started as a grass roots project in the 1980's and has evolved into a well respected and active organization.

A. M.

Photo Club Camping Trip a Success!

The Photo Club camping trip to Joshua Tree National Park was a smashing success. Most campers arrived Friday night to a lively campfire. Saturday a group went on a 3 mile hike to 49 Palms Oasis. Sunday morning we awoke to some wind which caused a few snapped tent poles. A good time was had by all.

Reminder - Turn in your prints for Photo 281

If you enrolled in the lab class Photo 281 or 291, you need to turn in your prints to get credit for the class.
You need to turn in 4-8x10s in a manila envelope to the instructor of the lab class you signed up for. There is a poster in each lab with a list of instructor names and on which campus they are located. If your instructor is at PCC, then leave the prints in the checkout room. If the instructor is at LAC, leave them in that instructor's mailbox in the Art office K102.

js

Photo Club - Pre-trip meeting for the Camping Trip

The Photo Club will be having a pre-trip meeting for the Joshua Tree camping trip. Come and join us Wed. Oct 29 at 4pm in room EE250.

This camping trip is open to all. We'll be leaving Friday Nov. 7 and will be in Jumbo Rocks campground until Sunday Nov. 9. Make sure you contact Brian or Jeff or one of the photo club officers if you'd like to go. The campground is very busy and will fill up fast. We'll be going early and will reserve campsites for as many people we know will be going. There is no fee, but it does cost $10 per campsite and there is a $15 entrance fee to the park.

Joshua Tree National Park is about 2 and a half hours from Long Beach. It is beautiful high-desert country filled with, what else, Joshua Trees and strange rock formations. It is a nature and landscape photographers dream. Not into nature and landscape, then explore the small desert communities around the area, photograph the dinosaurs along the way, or just show up in the evening for the campfire.

We hope to see you there!

Photo Club Meeting

The Photo Club will meet this Wednesday (Oct. 15) at 4pm in room EE250 at the PCC campus. New and exciting events will be planned. See you there!

Darkroom clean-up day Tomorrow!

Do you use the darkroom and lab at the PCC campus? Then you should join the Photo Club in its first "Clean-Up Day". Tomorrow, Friday the 10th, We will gather at 12:30pm and dust, sweep, clean and scrub up the lab. The more people who show up the easier it will be.

Camping trip - Joshua Tree National Park
The Photo club is planning a group camping trip to Joshua Tree National Park on November 7, 8 and 9 (Fri-Sun). If you'd like to help plan the trip, show up at the next meeting, Wed. the 15th of October or email Jeff at jsmeding@lbcc.edu. We will discuss the trip in full at the meeting on October 29. If you've never been camping before, now's the time. Joshua Tree Nat'l Park is about a 3 hour trip from Long Beach and is a beautiful high desert with incredible rock formations and, of course, tons of Joshua Trees.

Photo Club - Next meeting is Wednesday October 15 at 4pm in room EE250. We hope to see you there.

Join the Photo Club !

Now is the time to join. The Photo Club held its first meeting this past Wednesday and elected club officers. Congratulations to:

President: Marin Wendoll
Vice Presidents: Zulema Breedlove and Matt Pham
Secretary: Nancy Rodriguez
Treasurer: Linette Sharrow

We are really trying to get the club going with outings, activities and fund raisers. It is all up to YOU to get it going. We are talking about a camping trip to Joshua Tree, a photo outing to LA or downtown Long Beach, and maybe even a trip to the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson for a look behind the scenes.

The next meeting is Wednesday, October 15th at 4pm in Room EE250 at the PCC campus.

For more information or to get on the email list, email club sponsors Brian Doan (mail@briandoan.com) or Jeff Smeding (jsmeding@lbcc.edu).

Juried Photo Show

Here is a great opportunity to get your work shown in a gallery. Start building up your resume.

Entries are now being accepted for this year's Michael Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show Through A Lens: Contrasting Elements. Entries will be received now through January 31st 2009. This year we are honored to introduce a panel of 3 jurors.

About the Theme
Capturing an image that shows an unusual combination or contrast is rewarding but can be challenging. Cause the viewer to pause and explore the relationships of the objects in the frame. Why are they together? How are they similar? How are they different?

About the Jurors
To provide the best evaluation of images we have a panel of three luminary jurors.

Charles Cramer
Charles Cramer has been photographing the landscape for 30 years. He is recognized as a master printmaker for his rare expertise in dye transfer printing-a nearly lost photographic art form-and his more recent mastery of digital printmaking processes. Photographs by Charles Cramer are available through fine photographic galleries, including the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite. He has taught digital imaging for the Ansel Adams Gallery Workshops, Palm Beach Workshops, West Coast Imaging, Anderson Ranch, The Lepp Institute, and in seminars co-sponsored by HP. Charles Cramer's landscape work has been published by National Geographic Books, Sierra Club, and the Yosemite Association. He has been profiled in PhotoTechniques, PhotoVision, and View Camera Magazines. He is also included in the book "Landscape: The World's Top Photographers," published by Rotovision.

Janet Jones
Janet Jones is a San Francisco artist working in a variety of media, incorporating printmaking, painting, collage, assemblage, photography and digital techniques. She is a graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts, now known as the California College of the Arts, and has exhibited extensively and won numerous awards. Her work is in corporate and private collections in the United States and Europe. She has been invited to jury exhibits for San Francisco Women Artists, the Oakland Art Association, the Central California Art League and the California State Fair. She is represented in the Achenbach Collection of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. She is a past editor of The California Printmaker. Currently her three-dimensional photo-assemblage "Identity Papers" is in a traveling exhibit that includes venues in Japan, Slovakia and New York.

Michael Collopy
Photographer Michael Collopy is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time and has gained worldwide recognition for his commissioned portraits of hundreds of public figures. His portfolio includes portraits of world leaders such as Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher and entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald, Mick Jagger, B. B. King and Luciano Pavarotti. Collopy's photos have been published worldwide in numerous books, magazines and newspapers. A San Francisco native, Collopy is a self-taught photographer whose enthusiasm for the arts led him to meet and spend time with such luminaries as Ansel Adams and Richard Avedon.


Hosted by the Coastal Arts League.
Juror: Michael Collopy
First Prize: $2,000 (Over $3,500 in total prizes)
Entry deadline: January 31st, 2009 (received by)
Exhibition: April / May 2009
Media: Open to all forms of photography

Entries need to be received by January 31st 2009, for more entry details please review the entry form and prospectus, available at
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow/Prospectus/2009KellicuttProspectus.pdf

Feel free to forward information about this show to your friends. You can simply direct them to the informational link on our site at:
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow/

We also have a flyer for the show available at:
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow/flyers/TAL-CE.pdf


If you are interested in seeing shows from previous years you can see selected works at:

2008 Through A Lens: Patterns of People or Patterns in Nature
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/kellicutt/2008/index.html

2007 Through A Lens: Life in Motion
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/4thAnnualJuriedShow/4thAnnual_Juried_Show.htm

2006 Through A Lens: Textures of Our Lives
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/2006JuriedCompetition/2006NationalJuriedCompetitionCA.htm

2005 Through A Lens: The Human Element
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/2005Photoshow/2005PhotoShow.htm

2004 Through A Lens: Urban Landscapes
http://www.coastalartsleague.com/urbanlandscapes.htm

Photo Club is coming!!!

Want to get involved with the program - meet new people - get rich quick (just kidding)?

Brian Doan (our newest faculty member) and Jeff Smeding will be starting the LBCC Photography Club again this semester. Posters will be up at both labs - membership will have its benefits, so plan to attend and participate. In the past Photo Club members have funded field trips and many other interesting projects.

AM

LA Flash @ LACMA

Last Saturday evening the LA County Museum of Art hosted a celebration of Los Angeles street style with an event called LA Flash. Billed as "one of the social and photographic highlights of the season" it featured book signings by Larry Sultan, Henry Wessel, Lauren Greenfield, Ed Panar, and Mike Slack.

Just off the entrance to the museum was an exhibition of Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The exhibition is a mix of prints from the various series he's done over the past 20 years. Unfortunately for me, this approach didn't work, but what I would really recommend was the showing of 1,000 of his Polaroids. It really gave me a chance to get a better sense of how he thinks and there was an intimacy that his large photographs lack.

It got me thinking about Polaroid and how working with it was such an important part of so many photographers' creative experience. There's something about being able to lay a set of Polaroid prints down on the table and try and figure out what was or wasn't working with a shooting session. Prints could be cropped, combined with other images, placed into layouts...you name it, and at the end of the shoot you'd be able to bring them home. I still have Polaroids that I look at every day - trying to figure out why I'm drawn to an image - what' s important about it.

I wonder if the demise of Polaroid is also about the demise of the print. So many of our images are never printed now, they just exist on hard drives or cell phones. Is it still important to print? What's important about the printed image?

Just wondering,
AM

Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to Justin Renshaw for winning "Best in Show" in this year's Spring Photo Contest. The Gallery opening was held Saturday, April 19 at a funky upstairs gallery in the Arts district in downtown Long Beach. A great time was had by all. Congratulations to the winners:
Best in Show Justin Renshaw
Color
First Place Jacob Greenlund
Second Place Rozlynn Fattaleu
Third Place Natashi Rossi
Black and White
First Place Andrea P. Saenz
Second Place Norma Padilla
Third Place Joshua Rayburn
Alternative Processes
First Place John N. Fouts
Second Place TeNesha Mosley
Third Place Jonathan Ramirez

Freestyle Scholars Award for Black and White Silver Photography.
First Place Nick Motzkus
Second Place Andrea P. Saenz
Third Place Oscar Alcaraz

You should also check out the ART STUDENT ART exhibit in the art gallery at the LAC campus. This is a student show featuring all of the art departments with the photography program well represented. Check out the pics below (Justin's Grand Prize photo contest winner is the large night-shot in the center of the first photo).

Naked Clowns on Unicycles! PhotoFest a Smash!

The first annual PhotoFest@LBCC turned out to be a smashing success. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, and thanks to everyone who attended. Three days of workshops, portfolio reviews and hands-on workshops ended Thursday evening with an eclectic panel of noted photographers talking about their projects and a round table discussion afterwards. The main theme that all four photographers could agree on was to GET OUT AND SHOOT! Unleash your passion for photography and the ideas will come (even ideas about naked clowns on unicycles!). It was a very inspiring evening.

Join us this Saturday for the Gallery opening and the Student Photo Show awards. It will take place from 6pm to 10pm at at the Mark Anthony Gallery, 441 East First St., Long Beach CA 90802.

Keynote Event: The Photographic Project

Unless you've been asleep for the past few months, you've realized that we're having a Photography Festival here at the college. One of the events that I'd strongly like to encourage you to attend is our Keynote Event: The Photographic Project.
This semester I've been teaching Photo 38: Marketing Professional Photography Skills. The most interesting part of the class is our visits and discussions with working photographers. Our Keynote Event is basically just that. You're going to get the opportunity to listen (and speak) to a very diverse group of individuals discuss how they are making a life in photography. Each one of them has had a very different journey and I think that's what makes photography such an interesting field.
My biggest goal with the Festival was to give us all a greater sense of the love and passion that photographers have for their work. I know that experience can easily get lost as you sit in a classroom during the regular semester, so here's a chance to get inspired!

Keynote Event: The Photographic Project, Thursday April 17th, 6pm
PhotoFest@LBCC

Best to all,
Ann Mitchell

Juried Competition at the L.A. County Fair

Photography at High Speed:
A Historical and Contemporary Exhibit

Showing at the 2008 L.A. County Fair
September 5-28, 2008

This year's juried competition will result in a dynamic exhibit – potentially reaching 1.4 million viewers that attend the Fair annually – that displays both the winners and highlights key moments in photographic history, from pinholes to pixels! The distinguished jury panel comprises jurors from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, the UCR/California Museum of Photography, and Nash Editions. Professional and amateur entries will be judged separately. Entries are accepted online, so there are NO GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS. Shipping credit is available.