Photochrome Camera Club

Our members are a peripatetic bunch and when they were asked to name some of their favorite places for photography, the answers were varied. These recollections come from our 2005 newsletter, the Color News. From time to time, we will add more “Favorite Places” to this column. Naturally, we’d love to hear your favorite place too, so please send it along to the editor of the Color News. We’ll print it for others to enjoy.

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Image Impact

Know Thy Self – Key Questions To Ask

Unlike recommendations in other articles I’ve read, I think the best way to immerse yourself into this question of whether to use RAW or JPEG file formats, in capture and/or edit, is to ask yourself the following questions:
“What are your goals as a photographer?”

Surprisingly, this is often alluded to in articles I’ve read on this subject, but never explicitly stated. The significance of this question is quite important, as you’ll want to select the right file format to match the following: your output goals (print, online display, etc), your technical comfort level, your available storage capacity, your computer software/hardware capabilities, and the amount of time you’re willing to commit to the post-production of your work.

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Annual Awards Banquet

Irish Cultural Center
2700-45th Ave.
San Francisco

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Annual Awards Banquet

Sunday, December 7
6:00pm
Irish Cultural Center
2700-45th Ave.
San Francisco

$28

Fillet of Sole—-Chicken Marsala—-Vegetarian Pasta

Awards

plus

A pictorial review of the Club’s best work during 2008

A chance to renew old friendships and make new ones.

Tickets on sale now and at Photochrome Meetings

Or, download and print this form.

November Color News

The Yerba Buena Chapter of PSA is offering — for a change of pace — a regular workshop with all kinds of interesting new things to try out. Model shoots all day! Creativity on a light box! Monet painterly effects! Photoshop & Lightroom whizzes to answer your questions! Macro photography instruction in the Japanese Garden. Simple Mat cutting.  More Info.