Photochrome Camera Club

Members submit two images via e-mail for judging and discussion at the meeting. Our guest Judge will select about five images as “Favorites.”

As always, members are invited to attend this meeting where club events are planned.

Sponsored by N4C
Saturday, June 12, 2010, Brenda Tharp
San Leandro Library Auditorium
$45 per person before May 15;
$50 per person after

Brenda will present a whole day’s worth of her fantastic photography with information on how to take these kinds of photos.

Find complete registration materials at the N4C website: N4C.org.

Rose, Martin Taylor

Flowers, or better yet roses, are probably the most photographed subjects of all. Several styles of photography can be achieved when a beautiful rose is placed in front of a lens. Categories ranging from simple catalog photos to dramatically sharp close-ups or creative impressionistic blurs to whimsical abstracts can be captured by using a bit of imagination and technical diversity. Whatever your approach may be, the garden offers plenty of opportunity in its two long rows of rectangular beds with hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora and miniature roses of all colors. To expand your possibilities for this field trip, I suggest bringing a macro lens, tripod, diffuser and even a “mist” container. Try to get there early to catch side light or even some early morning fog. We will meet at the garden.

Directions:

The garden is located at Kennedy Drive behind the Japanese Tea Garden. It extends to Fulton Street near 14th Avenue, (Presidio Way) in the Richmond District. Parking is available around Stow Lake; just make sure you get there early. I guess sometime between 10:30 and 11:00 AM we can go have coffee in the de Young museum café. There is no entrance fee.

Alan Heald, Chair

Since the club now holds just three of these events a year, it behooves our print makers to mark this date down on their calendars. Of course, it also means that it is time to begin warming up those printers so you can make some prints to show to the group.

In any case, as of this moment, you cannot claim to have been left out in the dark about Print Night. There is still plenty of time to come up with some images to show to the group!