Photochrome Camera Club

Judged Night with special guest and judge Dick Stahlke

Dick has been photographing seriously since about 1993 & has studied with many of the best, including Freeman Patterson, Galen Rowell, George Lepp, Eddie Soloway, & Neil Chaput de Saintonge. Beyond the technical aspects of good photography, Dick soon realized that the best of photographic expression emanates from within oneself. It communicates the essence of the subject in some way, using principles of design, lighting & perspective to elicit a response from the viewer. The attempt to achieve in an image what he wants to see & wants to communicate is a constant challenge. He feels that judging will be a similar challenge, beginning with the craft of photography & looking for greater meaning & interpretation in the photographic expression of others.

Print Night moderated by Alan Heald

The last Print Night for this year takes place on Thursday, September 16th. After that, the next Print Night won’t be held until March, next year! So, if you have something to show the group, there is still some time to get busy and make a few prints for display.

Print Chair, Alan Heald, says that “this has been a very good year for Photochrome’s print makers”. Alan reports that “not only the evenings have featured excellent work, perhaps even more gratifying has been the enthusiasm shown by everyone who attend these events.” Print making at Photochrome is alive and well!

Even for those of you who don’t yet make prints for display, it’s quite possible that you just might enjoy coming to this event and see what the rest of us are up to.

By Bob Nelson

Buongiorno! We are off to Italy, or at least to San Francisco’s North Beach for the Photochrome field trip on Saturday 18 September 2010. We will meet at about 9 am in Washington Square Park in front of the statue of Ben Franklin.

I believe this is the only field trip that I have been on at which one can photograph the entire field trip area. Just jump on a MUNI 39 bus at Washington Square an in about 10 minutes you can be at Coit Tower from the top of which you can photograph the entire area of North Beach. Also with its 360 degree view the entire North part of the City and the East Bay are available to your lens. Speaking of MUNI

North Beach is accessible easily by bus from any part of The City. It is served by MUNI lines: 8X, 30, 30X 41, 45, 39 and the Powell and Mason and Powell and Hyde cable car lines.

The photo ops in North Beach are too numerous to list them all in this article but here are a few general and specific ones: Cable cars, two tattoo parlors, numerous interesting coffee houses, two world class churches, classic view of the Trans America Pyramid looking down Columbus Ave., funky and chic upper Grant Avenue and of the course people of North Beach.

If you choose to get to Washington Square Park earlier that the 9am meeting time,about 7:30 to 8am you might see the group of Tai Chi ladies doing their routine with their very real looking four foot swords. You’d best use a long lens though as they really move those blades. If you are really lucky you might see and photograph the elder man who is a Mark Twain look-alike named Vince who carries of picture of Twain in his coat pocket.

He is shown on this web site: http://www.bpnelsonimages.com/images/galleries/favorite_images/people_adults_vincetwain.htm

After the shoot about 11:30 am we will meet at C.Cavelli coffee house on Stockton Street at Columbus Avenue for refreshments and a discussion of our morning in… Italy.

Ciao.. until Saturday 18 September 2010.

Interested in meeting other camera clubs and seeing their members’ work by being a judge at their meetings? Or just wanting to hone your critical skills for judging your own images or for commenting during our open meetings? The Yerba Buena Chapter of PSA is sponsoring a Judging Workshop on September 19, 2010. The fee is $25, and you will receive a handout of materials at the end of the session. Advanced registration is required. Some flyers and registration forms will be available at our next Photochrome meeting, or contact Dick Stahlke (baleaf@aol.com) or Joe Hearst (joe@jhearst.com) for more information. The workshop will take place at the Central Park Recreation Center in San Mateo.