Photochrome Camera Club

October 23, 2010
10:00 am	to	2:00 pm

Sonoma State Historic Park Field Trip
Saturday October 23, 2010
10:00 AM at the Park Visitor Center

We will walk around the park to photograph the various historic attractions and gardens. First off, let’s go straight to the visitor center located at the end of 3rd Street West, (see directions). The center was General Vallejo’s home, (Lachryma Montis). It’s surrounded by beautiful gardens, a few other buildings and a reservoir in back. We can get a map and more information from rangers before moving on. Afterwards, drive to the Mission area where more historic buildings are located, (see directions to the parking lot behind the Toscano Hotel and Sonoma Barracks). Besides the hotel and barracks, also check out the Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, Blue Wing Inn and La Casa Grande.
Let’s have lunch at 12:00 somewhere around the historic Sonoma Plaza across the street from the park. For now, I’m suggesting the Sonoma Cheese Factory where we can sit down for a casual lunch in their plaza grill. The Deli is located at 2 Spain Street. The plaza may also be great for photography. A couple interesting sits are the Historic Sonoma City Hall and a monument commemorating the Bear Flag Revolt.

Directions to Visitor Center: (About 1 hour)
Once you are on Hwy 101 driving north after about 25 minutes, take exit 460A for CA-37 toward Napa/Vallejo.
Continue straight.
Continue straight onto CA-37 E.
Turn left at CA-121 S/Arnold Dr.
Slight right at CA-121 N/Fremont Dr (signs for State Route 121/Sonoma/Napa).
Slight left at Broadway (signs for State Route 12/Sonoma/Boyes Hot Springs).
Turn left at W Napa St.
Take the 3rd right onto 3rd St W.
Continue to Vallejo Home parking lot.

Directions to Mission Area: (About 5 minutes)
From the visitor center, head south on 3rd St W.
Turn left at W Spain St.
Take the 2nd left onto 1st St. E.
Turn left into the parking lot behind the Toscano Hotel.

If the weather is good, this should be a most enjoyable outing.
See you there,

On 10/23/2010

Gary Larsen

October 14, 2010
7:30 pm	to	9:30 pm

All members are invited to attend these monthly meetings where activities of the Club are planned.

October 21, 2010
7:30 pm	to	9:30 pm

MARSHALL BERMAN TO MODERATE THE  EXPLORING PHOTOGRAPHY MEETING  ON THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 2010.

Homework: SFMOMA, Three Scallions, One Brown Onion and  One Red Onion

By Bob Nelson

The Photochrome Exploring Photography and Pic  meeting scheduled for Thursday 21 October 2010. Pic Two will feature member’s photos from the September 18th field trip to North Beach.

The Exploring Photography portion of the meeting will be  moderated by Marshall Berman, a professional photographer, sculptor and teacher of photography at City College of San Francisco.  As some of you may recall Berman was the judge  at  Judged Night in July.

He describes his part of the evening more as a salon than a presentation. He says: “ The whole notion of getting together would be to give voice to ‘free thought’.  A group of people ‘exploring’ through discussion and visuals the allied arts  (   music, drama, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture cinema etc ) and how they impact and especially enhance the choice one makes of any one of them, in this case photography.”

Berman makes the point that the meeting would be an open, interactive meeting that would be exciting, thought provoking where the  mind meets the heart. With discussions of why we do what we do with an aim to doing it  better. At the session there would be NO stupid or dumb questions.

Berman suggests an interesting  element to the meeting: Two areas of homework, encouraged by not required, and he outlines the assignment by saying:

“First go to the MOMA in San Francisco and look at the Fisher collection that is currently on display including the two videos on the  3rd floor. Get as much as you can of what you see. (DO NOT LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW.  But really “LOOK” at the Fisher Collection.    http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/audio/83

Secondly Bring a flash drive with three ( 3 ) VASTLY DIFFERENT “VERSIONS” of a still life of the following:

3 SCALLIONS, 1 BROWN ONION, 1 RED  ONION

Viewing these images  would not be a critique session but rather would be a springboard to express the diversity of thought as it  pertains to a given visual interpretation.”

Berman concludes his thoughts by saying: “Do I know what will happen or what the outcome will be…No…! and that’s as it should be.”

Please mark your calendar for the Photochrome Exploring Photography meeting on Thursday 21 October 2010.  It will be an   interesting and interactive experience.

Futher Details:

“ALL” the objects should be in the SAME picture:

• 3 scallions
• 1 brown onion
• 1  red onion

It’s important to make sure of the understanding that EVERYONE is welcome. The discussion is open and members do not all have to participate in the shooting to be a part of this workshop.

Those who do, do the “homework”, can do anything they want with the five items.. Any kind of lighting, objects can be cut, chopped, pealed, diced left whole, bent etc. and arranged in whatever fashion the participant feels makes the best composition. Foreground and backgrounds again are open to inspiritation . JUST “NO” PHOTOSHOPPING !!!

NATURALLY THE MORE PEOPLE WHO DO THE “HOME WORK” AND GO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF SHOOTING THE FIVE OBJECTS, WILL BE ADDING A RICHER  TEXTURE TO THE WORKSHOP AND THAT WILL MAKE IT A MUCH MORE INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US..

If only a few do the outside work it will lessen the depth (and especially the group energy) that this undertaking and the experience might provide .

This is an exercise dealing with how we “think” and then communicate visually.. No one is going to be graded or singled out for criticism, it’s the “process” I’m mostly concerned with..

I’m looking forward to this being is an open ended  workshop/discussion, where we will all have a voice in the outcome. Hopefully it will bring us a higher consciousness not only in the field of visual arts but perhaps a little something to think about for future.

Oh, one more thing (request),  everyone should come to this event wearing a different color or style sox on each foot. (nothing wrong with a male wearing one leg of a panty hose either)

October 7, 2010
7:30 pm	to	9:30 pm

Members enter up to two images for Club discussion and critique.

Save meeting time. Send your digital images by midnight Wednesday(s to: Photochromeprojectionist@gmail.com

Mark your images:

October 3, 2010

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October 9, 2010

Charleston, SC, October 3 – 9, 2010

Events for this year’s conference include lectures and presentations by four featured speakers: Joe McDonald, Wendell Phillips, Adam Jones and Julianne Kost. With additional presentations by Mark Buckler, Terry Livingston, Suchat Pederson.

The conference will also include teaching seminars on Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as guided photographic tours of Charleston, a historical city with great photography opportunities.

Charleston, SC is one of the original thirteen colonies of the United States, rich in history and other fascinating architecture with famous buildings, homes, plantations, and churches that date back to the 17th century. There are historic military forts such as Fort Sumter that is at the entrance to the Charleston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.

For more information: http://www.psa-photo.org/conferences.asp?menuID=8&DivID=8