Photochrome Camera Club

This was the first time this year Photochrome invited an ‘outside’ judge to comment on projected images. We’ll do this every three months. This time, Dick Stalke, recently President of N4C(Northern California Council of Camera Clubs) came to our meeting with a wealth of judging experience. And our members came with a fine selection of images to be critiqued. After critiquing, Stalke was asked to pick five Favorite Images from the entire pool of entries and he did have a tough time. There were two straight color shots, one monochromatic, one montage and one posterized. And one was by a new member. These are his choices.

April Color News

We’d like to find out what kind of gear you are using. This would help us decide what kind of events we should host and might also lead to smaller affinity groups, e.g., Mac users.  Here’s a PDF of the form. Thanks for you help.   Survey

These exhibitions may be of interest to Bay Area Photographers: Continue Reading »

We’ve had some exciting and interesting meetings lately at Photochrome. The new format is one that combines the exploration of photography with sharing ideas. And then there’s the enjoyable experience of viewing and learning from each other’s images.

In the last two months, we’ve learned such technical data as how to make a Polaroid Transfer, how a Digital Camera works, and how to use a Light Tent to control light in a setup Continue Reading »

When this image came up on the screen during a recent Exploring Photography special presentation, there was quite a bit of interest in how it was done. The technique is fairly easy, and adapts well to many uses. For this particular image, it was necessary to use just a little Photoshop.

First, make a gradient on your computer monitor. In a darkened room, position your object in front of the monitor. In this case, the glass of pink colored water was set on a light box covered with black velvet so just a little light reflected through the base of the glass. To illuminate the stick, flick a flashlight on it for just a moment or two. (Experiment for the timing). That’s about it. Crop to get rid of the ugly edges and use your normal post-processing to cleanup any left over spots. On this image, the glass got a small dose of Noise Ninja and the stick was lightened a bit with levels/curves. (The image was taken to demonstrate “refraction.”)