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MARCH 2004 NEWSLETTER
Digital
Imaging
Presented by Ken Rockwell
Thursday, March 11, 2004 @ 7:00 PM
Digital imaging authority Ken Rockwell will share his decades of experience
to shed light on digital photography topics that confuse many of today’s
photographers. Ken will show us not only little-known practical tricks
such as how to straighten a horizon perfectly and automatically in PhotoShop,
but also clarify many areas such as: how to get your colors to match from
your screen to your prints, what you should or shouldn’t care about
when it comes to color profiles, bit depths, resolutions, RAW, JPG, and TIFF
formats, the realities of film and digital capture, the best ways to prepare
your images for printing, and the best way to get absolutely stunning prints.
Ken Rockwell is the man behind KenRockwell.com,
the internet’s most popular single-person photographic reference website
with 10,000 visitors each day reading over 3,500,000 pages every month.
KenRockwell.com has more readers every month than Popular Photography has
subscribers. Ken has been studying digital photography since 1973, when
only our federal government could afford it for processing intelligence images.
Ken invented the world’s first integrated circuit digital color space
converter 15 years ago and has been working in digital imaging full-time since
the 1980s both in La Jolla and Hollywood, where he has worked in the design
of film scanners and consulted to organizations like the National Security
Agency, the British Broadcasting Company, Warner Brothers, and DirecTV.
As an artist, Ken has been exhibited in galleries that also have exhibited
work by Ansel Adams. Ken’s works are held in public and private
collections across the United States, including the San Diego Natural History
Museum.
BOOK REVIEW
Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography
By Brenda Tharp
Review by Karen Ganschow, Nature Photographer Magazine Field Contributor
“I found the book ‘Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography’
to be one of the best books I have ever read! The gist of this
book is to help photographers develop an artistic way of ‘seeing’
their subject. Brenda’s belief that creating a great photograph is rooted
in our individual ‘creative well of experiences’ comes across
loud and clear. This unique perspective is communicated
through her descriptive writing style and through the many beautiful photographs
she includes to illustrate her objectives.
Brenda’s approach of mixing the technical and creative is absolutely
inspiring! She provides chapters on the elements of light and color
and how they influence what we see with our eyes and what our film will record.
She discusses in depth how the elements of line, shape, form, pattern, and
texture can provide a more visual impact. She provides simple explanations
and examples of how the technical aspects of flash, exposure, filters, focus,
and types of lenses can be used to accomplish specific goals. She also teaches
how to develop a vision and then communicate that vision through composition
and individual creative technique.
Brenda has a wonderful ability to encourage and persuade through her writing.
She challenges us to experiment with these methods and even provides exercises
to help expand our imagination and to open our eyes to the new possibilities
of interpreting that which is before us. Then, she asks us to dig deeper,
to see from the depths of our emotions, to find the ‘personality’
and the ‘essence’ of the object or scene we want to capture in
a photograph.
This book is a must for both the beginning and advanced photographer who wishes
to not only create powerful and visually appealing images, but to also capture
the magic that is in everything before us and within us.”
CLUB MEMBERS ONLINE
Congratulations to our fellow club member Kat Miner whose work has been published
online. Visit www.perigee-art.com and click on “Visual Art.”
Her photographic eye will impress you.
OFFICERS/VOLUNTEERS
Chair: Steve Cirone
(858) 279-1248
or stevecirone@juno.com
Membership, Equipment Manager: Everett Mehner
(619) 232-9271
or ecmehner@cox.net
Treasury & Sponsors: Carol Brody
(619) 466-3371
or cbrody8000@cox.net
Programs: Karl Grobl
(858) 689-1963
or karl@karlgrobl.com
SCPS Webmaster & Activities: Ken Rockwell
(858) 453-2099
or ken@kenrockwell.com
Hospitality: Karen LeCates
(619) 322-6818
or karenlecates@hotmail.com
Refreshments: Blair Francis
(619) 222-4566
or blairf5@cox.net
Newsletter: Wendy Brown
(858) 538-2922
or wendybrown13@yahoo.com
Newsletter Mailing: Everett Mehner/Wendy Brown
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
PLEASE SUPPORT THEM!!
BOB DAVIS CAMERA
7720 Fay Ave
La Jolla 92037
858-459-7355
bobdaviscamera.com
CHROMACOLOR
1953 India St
San Diego 92121
619-232-9900
chromacolor.com
CHROME
2345 - B Kettner Blvd,
San Diego 92101
619-233-3456
chromedigital.com
CHROME
6150 Lusk Blvd, #B104
San Diego 92121
858-452-1500
chromedigital.com
JIM CLINE
PHOTO TOURS
858-350-1314
JimCline.com
NELSON PHOTO
1909 India St
San Diego 92121
619-234-6621
nelsonphotosupplies.com
NORTH COUNTY CAMERA
830 W Valley Pkwy #330
Escondido 92025
760-737-6002
nccamera.com
WATTS COLOR LAB
9640-B Mission Gorge Rd #342 (By Appt. Only)
Santee 92071
619-631-6348
wattscolorlab.com
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The Photography Section of the San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club is a group
of hobbyist-photographers of all levels who meet to learn more about photography
and its applications in natural settings. Meetings generally feature
a speaker from the local photographic community.
We meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Otto Center
at the San Diego Zoo.
We welcome new members! To join, pick up a membership application at
any of the meetings, or call Everett Mehner at (619) 232-9271 to request an
application, or send your name, address, telephone number, and check to the
address below. Annual membership is $20 and includes a subscription to this
publication, The VIEW Finder.