Category: News & Current Events

Theme Night: Mobile Device and/or Creative Photography

Post author By Keith Gorlen
Post date January 12, 2013

Apply what you learned at the May Exploring Photography: iPhone Photography night, and share creative images taken with your mobile device.

Alternatively, show creative photos taken directly from your camera or after computer editing.

Send one or two digital images by midnight Wednesday, July 17, to: projectionist@photochrome.org

Name your image files:

TN-Photographer Name–Image Title. jpg

Please note: digital images should be re-sized so that the longest side is 1024 pixels. That is how they fit properly on our projection equipment.

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California Academy of Science Free Quarterly Sunday 12/09/2012

Post author By glarsen
Post date November 18, 2012

The California Academy of Science will be having a last quarterly free Sunday of the year on December 9, 2012 with its new theme: “Tis the Season for Science”. You don’t have to be a San Francisco resident. Consequently, people from all over the bay area and beyond take advantage of this event, so get there early. Be sure to see “Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet”, now showing at Morrison Planetarium. Get some great shots of birds and butterflies in the rain forest dome as well as fish and other aquatic creatures in the Steinhart Aquarium. At 11:30 am and 2:30 pm, you can photograph a diver inside the aquarium interacting with the crowd. Another photo op is when an Academy biologist feeds the African Penguin colony at 3 pm. The Academy opens at 11:00 am on Sundays and is located at 55 Music Concourse Drive in Golden Gate Park. For more information go to http://www.calacademy.org/
Gary Larsen

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Red Bull Flugtag – 11/10/2012

Post author By glarsen
Post date November 4, 2012

This fun event starts at 1:00pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Flugtag means “flying day” in German to celebrate the many brave men, who down through the ages built and flew, or not, their human-powered flying machines.
36 teams with their homemade vehicles will compete by launching themselves off a 30-foot high pier to soar as far as possible before crashing into the bay.
Contestants will be judged by their flight’s distance, creativity and showmanship. You can probably get some good shots depending on where you are standing. A large crowd is expected, so try to get their early.
It all takes place at Mc Covey Cove, 3rd Street / Terry A. Francois Blvd., in San Francisco next to the AT & T Park.
Gary Larsen

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Oakland Zoo Field Trip 10/20/2012

Post author By glarsen
Post date October 10, 2012

The zoo is located in Knowland Park at 9777 Golf Links Rd., Oakland 94605 just off highway 580.
Let’s arrive at 10:00 AM when it opens.
Admission: 10.50 (Adults 15-54), 7.00 (Seniors 55+)
Parking: 6.00
The Oakland zoo spreads out on 525 acres making it a much larger animal showcase than the San Francisco zoo. Larger animals are kept in natural environments resembling the African Savannah and a Tropical Rainforest besides the usual caged areas. There is also a children’s zoo making close-ups of kids interacting with animals a bonus feature.
We can meet some time between 11:30 and 12:00 at the Green Cafe before leaving.
Trip cancels with rain.
Gary Larsen

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Civil War Event at Fort Point 08/18/2012

Post author By glarsen
Post date July 28, 2012

Lets visit the fort sometime between 10am and 5pm to photograph the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry performing military drills every hour on the hour as well as on-going demonstrations of everyday activities that occurred in an army garrison during the 1800’s. Here is a chance for club members to shoot photos of Fort Point including individuals wearing appropriate epic union and civilian attire

Directions: The area is under construction due to the replacement of Doyle Drive so follow the Crissy Field detour signs to Old Mason Street upon entering the Presidio. If you are coming from Marina Blvd., just continue straight onto Old Mason Street. Park in the lot just past the Warming Hut or in the parking lot in front of Stillwell Hall. Additional parking is behind the Hall under the overpass. (Presidio detour signs say “Mason Street”, but should say “Old Mason Street”).

Gary Larsen

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Field Trip to Crissy Field 7/21/12 – 9:00 am

Post author By glarsen
Post date July 14, 2012

The area is under construction due to the replacement of Doyle Drive so follow the Crissy Field detour signs to Mason Street upon entering the Presidio. If you are coming from Marina Blvd., just continue straight onto Mason Street. Lets park and meet in the free parking lot at 9:00 am in front of Stillwell Hall. Additional parking is behind the Hall under the overpass.

Points of interest: Presidio Pet Cemetery, old brick buildings under overpass, Golden Gate Bridge, The Bay, Wildlife Protection Area, Shoreline, Pier, Fort Point, Warming Hut, Bikers, Joggers, Crissy Field Marsh, etc.

The Warming Hut sales coffee and sandwiches. Outside you can buy a $6.00 Hot Dog at the “Lets be Frank” Hot Dog stand. There are picnic tables outside the Hut as well as a few small tables inside. If there is fog, it usually burns off by 10-11:00 am.

Gary Larsen

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SF Botanical Garden Field Trip on 04/21/2012

Post author By glarsen
Post date April 13, 2012

Located in the Golden Gate Park near 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way, holding a variety of plants and flowers to photograph. Lets meet inside the front gate at 9:00 AM when it opens so we have plenty of time to stroll through the garden to capture natural or abstract images to present at our Exploring Photography Night on 05/17/2012. Best place for 11:00 AM coffee is in the de Young Museum Cafe.

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60th Annual Pacific Orchard Exposition

Post author By glarsen
Post date February 3, 2012

Open to the public February 24-26 with exhibits of orchids from around the world. You can get close-up photos of hundreds of exotic species displaying their intense colors, shapes and textures. Be creative applying special techniques to images in this indoor environment free from wind and harsh sunlight.

Location: Fort Masson.

Admission: General $15 / $13 on line, Senior $12 / $10 online. For tickets go online.

Gary Larsen