I must be losing it!! I spent the morning in the darkroom thinking I was developing two rolls of film - one from San Diego and the other of the family portraits - and both contained zippity doo dah, with the exception of two pictures. Apparently the shutter on this particular camera I was using (Minolta SRT 101) stopped working!! I thought I was hearing a different sound when I was taking the pictures, but blew it off, thinking I just didn't remember that sound. Yeah, right! So as a result of this moronic episode, I went thru all my film cameras to check them out making sure they were in good working condition, namely working shutters, as I do have four other film cameras to work with that are 20+ years old. I still plan on purchasing a new digital slr camera to use - just not today.
In the meantime, I also am getting geared up to submit my work to another local co-op gallery. The work is juried for starters. There's alot for me to do if I'm going to meet their deadline for this month, which is this Thursday!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wellspring Annual Fundraising Auction
My friend Janie sent me information regarding the Wellspring Women's Center Organization's 'call to artists'. The organization provides support services in the Sacramento area to single mothers, without the help of government money. Now there's a mission! The submission was last Friday, but apparently I'm getting in under the wire. I will be donating "Cypress in the Mist" from my Point Lobos Series of 2009, which I have posted the photo above.
If you are interested in attending, the auction and dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, September 30th. The flyer does say that the event was sold out, but you can contact Yolanda by email at: yolanda.wellspring@comcast.net. If you are unable to attend, you can also make donations!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Jurying Photography
I received a call about a month ago asking me to jury a photography show in Folsom. As I am saying "yes", I'm thinking, "...I can do this. I've got the background and it's all about offering support to newcomers in the field."
Tuesday was the day. I was all prepared. I'd done my homework and developed a guideline worksheet that comprised the following categories: composition, background, technical work, craftsmanship, and my 'personal feelings'. It was the second version. The first version was too complicated I decided. I was trying to cover all the bases in 'digital' photography as all the entries were digital. The evaluation sheet was more for ME than the ARTISTS. There were some very good entries, and then there were definitely the newbie entries, and I hope I offered them some good advice. I've been asked many times if I gave classes. And I don't. I'm self-taught, and that's more than half the journey. Go experience it yourself. One can collaborate with other photographers as I did. It's good to get a critique from someone else now and then, and at the same time, critiquing is often too close to personal preferences by individuals.
I think if I had to come up with one piece of good advice to instill in a newcomer to photography, it would have to be COMPOSITION. If you can get that down, the rest will follow. You can learn film and/or digital processes out of a book. I think passion is what lends itself to good composition. So if you have the passion - you'll achieve the composition aspect.
The show is tonite, I wonder how it all goes? ; )
Tuesday was the day. I was all prepared. I'd done my homework and developed a guideline worksheet that comprised the following categories: composition, background, technical work, craftsmanship, and my 'personal feelings'. It was the second version. The first version was too complicated I decided. I was trying to cover all the bases in 'digital' photography as all the entries were digital. The evaluation sheet was more for ME than the ARTISTS. There were some very good entries, and then there were definitely the newbie entries, and I hope I offered them some good advice. I've been asked many times if I gave classes. And I don't. I'm self-taught, and that's more than half the journey. Go experience it yourself. One can collaborate with other photographers as I did. It's good to get a critique from someone else now and then, and at the same time, critiquing is often too close to personal preferences by individuals.
I think if I had to come up with one piece of good advice to instill in a newcomer to photography, it would have to be COMPOSITION. If you can get that down, the rest will follow. You can learn film and/or digital processes out of a book. I think passion is what lends itself to good composition. So if you have the passion - you'll achieve the composition aspect.
The show is tonite, I wonder how it all goes? ; )
Thursday, September 16, 2010
San Diego
My husband and I have returned from his Army Reunion in San Diego last week. It was a great trip - combined reunion / vacation. The weather was glorious: 60 to 70 degree weather! Can't beat that - AND with sunshine. Only one morning did it drizzle a little, but it was kind of like being in Hawaii - didn't bother you at all!
We visited the San Diego Museums - there were several all located in Balboa Park. My fave was the Photography Museum to see Graham Nash's B&W Exhibit of rock bands, as well as other photographer friends of his who captured the same from the 1960s thru early 2000. It was so good I had to buy the bound book of all the photos on exhibit. Took a tour on the trolley car of SD and Coronado island; toured the USS Midway (aircraft carrier); and toured Old Town San Diego as well as Little Italy... well for dinner anyway.
Here are a couple of color shots I took with my small digital. I have a roll of B&W film to develop from the trip as well. The top photo is the inside of a transport helicopter; the second is the walkway surrounding one of the museums; and the last one is the cover over the train railway.
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