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New wordpress Site: Art News |
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| Announcing a NEW web site featuring local Silicon Valley artists: "the Artist and the Art". Steve Toll and Joan Sparks are featured on this site. The site also has an ArtBlog news page that has links to galleries taken at recent art events. Latest posts include a photo competition at the Triton Museum, the San Jose SubZero Street Festival, and exhibits at ArtArk and workssanjose galleries. |
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Mike Brake's Photo Published in Magazine |
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| "One Day at a Time" taken
by club member Mike Brake was used as the cover photo for a travel magazine. |
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Mike Brake's Photo Published in Calendar |
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"Hawaiian Sunset" was captured by
club member Mike Brake on the island of Molokai Hawaii in October of 2008. This photo has been featured on
the official 2013 calendar for Hawaiian Airlines and has been seen on countless travel websites. The photo was captured
using a combination of 3 different filters attached to the camera: Circular Polarizer, Rainbow Polarizer and a Red Filter.
Using multiple filters can sometimes yield spectacular results at sunset.
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 12 x 24
Aperture: F/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/40
Focal: 16mm
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Ira Greenberg Wins National Award |
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Club member Ira Greenberg's photo "Taro Field, Kauai'i, Hawai'i" won an Honorable Mention in the American Farmscapes category of the 2012 Capture the Heart of America photography contest. This is a national contest sponsored by the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, which is based in Waterloo, Iowa. Complete results for the contest can be seen at:
Capture The Heart of America Photo Contest |
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Portrait Techniques Program |
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| Mr. Gould Demonstrating Camera Height |
Karen McCann |
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Mr. Gould's presentation on Sept 24 was a big success with club members. We were impressed with the depth of his knowledge and experience; the information was presented well; and, the talk was very informative. We all felt that we understood portraits better after his talk; and it was really fun to try out the poses with each other.
Please see Mr. Gould's web site for more information about classes and workshops. We recommend his training services to any photographer who is interested in portrait skills.
Here are several photos that members took at the workshop.
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| Coastal Explorer (Gledy Marquez) |
Robyn Aber |
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Robyn Aber took this portrait of Gledy and stripped it in on top of a scenic background.
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| Robyn and Photo Model |
M. Cohen & R. Aber |
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Malcolm Cohen took this shot of Robyn - then Robyn stripped it in on top of her background shot of a model in Las Vegas.
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| Trying out poses |
Karen McCann |
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Club members at the presentation.
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| Camera and Operator |
Malcolm Cohen |
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| Macro Workshop |
Bob Rewick |
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Bob recommends the following sources for Macro Photography:
1. Book: "Macro Photography--Photo Workshop", by Haje Jan Kamps
2. "How To Get Really High Magnification", Google link.
3. "Understanding Macro Photography", by Erez Maron, Google link. |
| Sunnyvale Photo Safari |
Robyn Aber |
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| Robyn organized and led a Photo Safari - celebrating National Photo Day on June 29, 2012 - in downtown Sunnyvale. We met up, followed the map, wandered about, and took lots of pictures. 13 club members attended - it was especially interesting to see how different photographers took different shots of the same subjects. We enjoyed the safari and hope to do more in the future. |
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