Photochrome Camera Club

The Photochrome Camera Club of San Francisco was formed to provide an opportunity for members with a wide range of experience and interests to meet regularly to share, acquire, and develop photographic skills in a supportive and friendly environment where they can explore the potential of all aspects of photography.  To learn more, see Club Info.

Here is a list of up-coming dates we can enter the academy for free. It’s a great place for photography. Check it out.

SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD FREE DAYS – 2010 (Proof of Residency Required*)
Free admission is available for San Francisco residents in each ZIP code during the designated dates listed below. Each visiting adult is limited to six children for free entry. Continue Reading »

Here’s the pdf version of Color News, March 2010. If you are still receiving your Color News through snail mail and would prefer to get it electronically in your email (and save Photochrome a little overhead into the bargain) please emailSFalice@aol.com and Alice Steele will sort you out.

By Alan Heald

This past year during Photochrome meetings I’ve listened to a number of conflicting comments about where a photographer stands with regard to the Right of Privacy. Even though I thought I was already knowledgeable on this subject, I decided to go ahead and do a bit of research.

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Here is Martin’s presentation from Thursday on Black and White photography:

B&W Digital Photography: The How’s and Why’s from Martin Taylor on Vimeo.

• The free channel mixer effect I mentioned can be downloaded here: http://hiddenelements.com/
• The Virtual Photographer plugin can be found here: http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

If you want to see just the conversion methods, skip forward to minute 12. If you want to be able to see more detail of the screencasts (i.e. the exact menus I’m navigating to etc.) click the Vimeo link bottom right of the video to open the host’s site, then watch full screen by clicking the icon bottom right of that video.

Here’s the pdf version of Color News, February 2010. If you are still receiving your Color News through snail mail and would prefer to get it electronically in your email (and save Photochrome a little overhead into the bargain) please emailSFalice@aol.com and Alice Steele will sort you out.

By Garrett Griffin

Sixteen Photochromers braved lowering skies and met at the Esplanade in Yerba Buena Gardens on a gray, soggy Saturday morning in mid-January. Their assignment: capture images of the environs a bit differently from what a casual observer sees. After a short briefing by our intrepid leader, Gary Larsen, we agreed on a meeting place for our post-assignment de-briefing, a key element of these trips.

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