Join us for our Year End competition. Ref reshments are provided and is open to the public.

9am Cleaning s tarts. (Donuts will be provided for the crew) bring your own coffee
\n11:30am Lunch reception (Sandwiches will be provided)
\n12 Noon Com petition begins

Darkroomers is heading to California’s E astern Sierra Mountains to photograph the fall colors! Join the #eastern-s ierras-fall-colors Slack channel for the most up-to-date info.

Celebrate a year of stunning photography with us at our Year -End Competition\, a highly anticipated event that showcases the best work from our talented members. This event is open to the public\, and refreshments will be provided.

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9:00 AM – Setup and Cleaning Crew: Help us prepare for the event while enjoying complimentary donuts. Don’t forget t o bring your favorite coffee!
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11:30 AM – Lunch Recepti on: Join us for a casual lunch.
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12:00 PM – Competi tion Begins: Experience the excitement as we unveil and celebrate this year’s top photographic works.
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We look forward to seeing you there for an inspiring and fun-filled day!
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9797@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a year of stunning photography with us at our Year-En d Competition\, a highly anticipated event that showcases the best work fr om our talented members. This event is open to the public\, and refreshmen ts will be provided.\nSchedule of Events:\n\n10:30 AM – Setup\n11:30 AM – Lunch Reception\n12:00 PM – Competition Begins\n\nWe look forward to seein g you there for an inspiring and fun-filled day! DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260111 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2025 Year End Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/2025-year-end-competition/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/09/Events.png\;1200\;675\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/09/Events.png\;1200\;675\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Events.png\;1200\;675\,full\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Events.png\;1200\;675 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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Celebrat e a year of stunning photography with us at our Year-End Competition\, a h ighly anticipated event that showcases the best work from our talented mem bers. This event is open to the public\, and refreshments will be provided .
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Schedule of Events:
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10:30 AM – Setup
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We look for ward to seeing you there for an inspiring and fun-filled day!
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9815@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Ralph Vasquez\; ralph@scacc.us DESCRIPTION:The Horseless Carriage Club will be putting on an event in Janu ary 11th 2026. The vehicles are early 1900 vintage. The event will start f rom the San Diego Auto Museum\, through Mission Hills and down through Pre sidio Park\, over to Shelter Island\, Point Loma and will have about a two -hour display event in Liberty Station before ending.\nSCACC is collaborat ing with the Horseless Carriage Club on this event by encouraging SCACC ph otographers to participate at the start of the event and along the route t o Liberty Station. SCACC photographers are needed from the various camera club to participate in this event. It should be a great opportunity for ou r club members to photograph vintage vehicles and the drivers in period co stumes. Particularly while vehicles are in motion along various location o f the route.\nI would like a response from those interested so we can cove r may of the route locations. An idea SCACC and Horseless Carriage Club ar e thing about is to have a photo contest with the winner or winners’ photo being hung at the Balboa Auto Museum. This has not been approved as yet. We are hoping to get approval and we are in the process of find judges if this contest takes place.\nPlease forward your response of participation t o me at ralph@scacc.us\, The sooner the better. I think it will be an exci ting event which SCACC looks forward to being a part of. I will provide mo re information to the photographers as I get it. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260112 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC – Horseless Carriage Club Event URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-horseless-carriage-club-event/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/12/Untitled-2.jpeg\;1920\;1080\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-2.jpeg\;1920\;1080\,large\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-2.jpeg\;1920\;1080\,ful l\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-2.jpeg\ ;1920\;1080 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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The Hors eless Carriage Club will be putting on an event in January 11th 2026. The vehicles are early 1900 vintage. The event will start from the San Diego A uto Museum\, through Mission Hills and down through Presidio Park\, over t o Shelter Island\, Point Loma and will have about a two-hour display event in Liberty Station before ending.
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SCACC is collaborating with the Horseless Carriage Club on this event by encouraging SCACC photographers to participate at the start of the event and along the route to Liberty St ation. SCACC photographers are needed from the various camera club to part icipate in this event. It should be a great opportunity for our club membe rs to photograph vintage vehicles and the drivers in period costumes. Part icularly while vehicles are in motion along various location of the route.
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I would like a response from those interested so we can cover may of the route locations. An idea SCACC and Horseless Carriage Club are thi ng about is to have a photo contest with the winner or winners’ photo bein g hung at the Balboa Auto Museum. This has not been approved as yet. We ar e hoping to get approval and we are in the process of find judges if this contest takes place.
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Please forward your response of participation to me at ralph@scacc.us\, The sooner the better. I think it will be an exciting event which SCACC looks forward to being a part of. I will provide more information to the photographers as I get it.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9884@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION: \n\nCome out and represent Darkroomers at the San Diego County Fair Exhibition of Photography! On Photo Club day\, we’ll have a session where the community can come together and learn about various photography clubs in the San Diego area. We’ll have a table for Darkroomers and need v olunteers to represent the club. Volunteers will receive free fair tickets \, so come for the day and stay to help out at the evening reception. If y ou’re interested\, reach out to Angela for more info.\nTickets: https://ww w.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/photography. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620 GEO:+32.976901;-117.262749 LOCATION:Del Mar Fairgrounds @ 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd\, Del Mar\, CA 92014 \, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:San Diego County Fair Exhibition of Photography Club Day URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/san-diego-county-fair-exhibition-of-p hotography-club-day/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/4-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/4-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/4-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/4.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

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Come out and represent Darkroomers at the San Diego C ounty Fair Exhibition of Photography! On Photo Club day\, we’ll have a ses sion where the community can come together and learn about various photogr aphy clubs in the San Diego area. We’ll have a table for Darkroomers and n eed volunteers to represent the club. Volunteers will receive free fair ti ckets\, so come for the day and stay to help out at the evening reception. If you’re interested\, reach out to Angela for more info.
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Tickets: htt ps://www.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/photography.
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Join us for o ur First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. We’ll have an Ask Me Anything (AMA) se ssion with SCACC President\, Roben Stern about Interclub Competitions.
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This meeting will be held via Zoom. Members will be sent information via email. If you’d like to attend as a guest\, please email us at info@da rkroomers.com so we can add you to the guest list.
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Once again\, we are photographing p otholes around Hospitals Reef in La Jolla.
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Don’t forget to bring W ide Angle lenses\, tripod\, cable release\, and filters to get silky smoot h water at sunset.
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Arrive around 6 Sunset at 7pm\; Parking is a ch allenge
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Dinner afterward at Mandarin House in Bird Rock
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9030@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for May will be Jennifer Wolf.\nOn the third Wednesday of each month\, members bring in prints for critique. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building g allery.\nImage critiques are available for members only. If you’d like mor e information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\nAbout Jennifer\n\nJennifer W olf comes from a science background with bachelor’s and master’s degrees i n marine biology and ecology. After a couple decades working with sea urch in fisheries and wetland restoration\, she now spends more time engaging w ith the photography community.\n\n\nShe has spent the past 6 years as the program coordinator for the North County Photographic Society. In 2014\, a fter many years of entering the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego Fair\, she decided to move to the other side of the table a nd become a judge. She has continued to enjoy judging since then and has b een a guest judge at other local clubs as well.\n\n\nIn 2021 and 2022 she applied for and was accepted as an official photographer for the Albuquerq ue International Balloon Fiesta. In addition to photographing balloons\, s he holds a commercial balloon pilot license.\n\n\nHer balloon photography can be seen at https://wolfharttimages.com\n\n\nJenny and Sandy Zelasko ho st bi-monthly photo critiques on their YouTube channel @chickstalkingpics DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-78 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011-283x 300.jpg\;283\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011.jpg\;481\;510\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm \, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge f or May will be Jennifer Wolf.
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On the third Wednesday of each month \, members bring in prints for critique. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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Image critiques are available for members only. If you’d lik e more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questio ns.
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Jenn ifer Wolf comes from a science background with bachelor’s and master’s deg rees in marine biology and ecology. After a couple decades working with se a urchin fisheries and wetland restoration\, she now spends more time enga ging with the photography community.
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S he has spent the past 6 years as the program coordinator for the North Cou nty Photographic Society. In 2014\, after many years of entering the Inter national Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego Fair\, she decided to move to the other side of the table and become a judge. She has continued to enjoy judging since then and has been a guest judge at other local club s as well.
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In 2021 and 2022 she applie d for and was accepted as an official photographer for the Albuquerque Int ernational Balloon Fiesta. In addition to photographing balloons\, she hol ds a commercial balloon pilot license.
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Jenny and Sandy Zela sko host bi-monthly photo critiques on their YouTube channel @chickstalkin gpics
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9040@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jeff Booher\; jeff@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to make amazing nightscape images with the Milky Way galaxy? In this talk\, Stephen will discuss all the basics nece ssary to get started including what camera gear and lenses are recommended \, how to plan an outing\, how to think about composition\, how to photogr aph in the field\, and how to edit your images. Time permitting\, we will do demos of planning apps and editing of images in Lightroom and Photoshop .\n\nAbout Stephen Bay\nStephen Bay is a landscape photographer living in San Diego. His work focuses on capturing local scenes in both the natural and urban environments. He works in an intentional manner and carefully pl ans his images in advance which may require waiting for the right environm ental conditions to materialize. He is deeply involved with photography ed ucation and the local community. He regularly holds workshops\, gives pres entations on photographic technique and vision\, and does tutoring and ind ividual coaching. Stephen came to the U.S. from Canada for graduate school in Computer Science. He then met his wife and permanently settled in Cali fornia. After leaving a career as a data scientist he now devotes his full attention to photography. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230531T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230531T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Lecture Series: Processing Milky Way Photos with Stephe n Bay URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-lecture-series-processing -milky-way-photos-with-stephen-bay/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 021/04/stephen-bay-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/stephen-bay-portrait-225x300.jp g\;225\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021 /04/stephen-bay-portrait.jpg\;600\;800\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Have you ever wanted to make amazing nightscape images with the Milky Way galaxy? In this talk\, Stephen will discuss all the ba sics necessary to get started including what camera gear and lenses are re commended\, how to plan an outing\, how to think about composition\, how t o photograph in the field\, and how to edit your images. Time permitting\, we will do demos of planning apps and editing of images in Lightroom and Photoshop.
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About Stephen Bay
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Stephen Bay is a lan dscape photographer living in San Diego. His work focuses on capturing loc al scenes in both the natural and urban environments. He works in an inten tional manner and carefully plans his images in advance which may require waiting for the right environmental conditions to materialize. He is deepl y involved with photography education and the local community. He regularl y holds workshops\, gives presentations on photographic technique and visi on\, and does tutoring and individual coaching. Stephen came to the U.S. f rom Canada for graduate school in Computer Science. He then met his wife a nd permanently settled in California. After leaving a career as a data sci entist he now devotes his full attention to photography.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9061@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Antoine Didienne as he discusses an d presents his amazing style of portrait photography mixing both street an d photojournalism to create amazing imagery.\nIn his own words\n\nI realiz ed that I preferred to capture real\, intimate and honest moments of life rather than posing my kids and get them in their most favorable pose. Taki ng a photo of my youngest stuck under a chair while my oldest is getting m ad at me because I am laughing while taking the photo is much more fun tha n taking a photo of them in their Sunday clothing flashing a toothy grin. There are absolute moments of beauty in everyday life and we are so busy l ooking our best on social media that we forget how precious these fleeting moments are. With the crazy lives we live\, we often forget how special i t is to have a family with their own traditions\, weird rules and quirks t hat we create for ourselves inside of our homes. I personally find great b eauty in the mundanity of our lives.\n\nAt the intersection of street phot ography and studio portraiture… In the genres of photography that we all e njoy to dabble in\, it is close to an indisputable fact that photojournali sm and documentary photography are the hardest forms of this art to do wel l and beautifully. It is so easy to fall into the mundane or to care onl y about the aesthetics of the photo that to create a beautiful photo that is emotional and tells a good story is very very hard. The same goes for s tudio portraiture. Becoming a good street photographer will make you a bet ter studio portrait artist. \nJoin us! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T203000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Meeting URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-meeting-32/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/06/750_9901-copy-2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/750_9901-copy-2-272x300.jpg\;272\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/750_99 01-copy-2-929x1024.jpg\;756\;833\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/06/750_9901-copy-2.jpg\;1218\;1343\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Join us for an evening with Antoine Didienne as he discusse s and presents his amazing style of portrait photography mixing both stree t and photojournalism to create amazing imagery.
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In his own words
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\nI realized that I preferred to capture real\, inti mate and honest moments of life rather than posing my kids and get them in their most favorable pose. Taking a photo of my youngest stuck under a ch air while my oldest is getting mad at me because I am laughing while takin g the photo is much more fun than taking a photo of them in their Sunday c lothing flashing a toothy grin. There are absolute moments of beauty in ev eryday life and we are so busy looking our best on social media that we fo rget how precious these fleeting moments are. With the crazy lives we live \, we often forget how special it is to have a family with their own tradi tions\, weird rules and quirks that we create for ourselves inside of our homes. I personally find great beauty in the mundanity of our lives.\n

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At the intersection of street photography and studio por traiture… In the genres of photography that we all enjoy to dabble in\, it is close to an indisputable fact that photojournalism and documentary pho tography are the hardest forms of this art to do well and beautifully. It is so easy to fall into the mundane or to care only about the aesthetics of the photo that to create a beautiful photo that is emotional and tells a good story is very very hard. The same goes for studio portraiture. Bec oming a good street photographer will make you a better studio portrait ar tist.
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Join us!
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9031@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for June will be Mickey Strand.\nOn the third Wednesda y of each month\, members bring in prints for critique. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nImage critiques are available for members only. If you’d like mo re information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\nAbout Mickey Strand\nMickey is a retired Navy Photographers Mate\, Chief Petty Officer\, and the Lead ing Chief of the Navy’s elite Combat Camera Group Pacific. Mickey’s curre nt focus is the Veterans Portrait Series\, which documents veterans’ stori es of service. He is focused on our World’s Greatest Generation. The veter ans of World War II.\nMickey interviews each Veteran\, collecting and writ ing their service stories\, archiving these amazing historic figures and t heir stories for generations to come. Mickey has collected and displayed i mages and stories from over 100 warriors that at one point\, signed the do tted line when our country needed their sacrifice of service most.\nMickey continues to collect Veterans from all services for the Veterans Portrait Series. In 2019 the work was displayed at the Palm Beach Photographic Ce ntre Museum from Nov 11\, 2019 – to March 1\, 2020.\nMickey and the projec t were in the national spotlight\, featured on the Sunday Today show with Harry Smith Today Show Link to YouTube. \nIn 2022 Mickey has photographed over 25 more WW2 Veterans and will be hosting a print show in San Diego in November with an open house on Veterans Day.\nWWW.VETERANSPORTRAIT.COM\nW WW.MICKEYSTRAND.COM DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230621T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230621T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-79 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/64591025-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/64591025-214x300.jpg\;214\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/64591025-730x1024.jp g\;730\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/64591025.jpg\;913\;1280\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

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The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge for June will be Mickey Strand.
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On the third Wednesday of each month\, members bri ng in prints for critique. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up t o 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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Image critiques are available for members only. If you’d like more informa tion about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
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About Mickey Strand
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Mickey is a retired Navy Photogra phers Mate\, Chief Petty Officer\, and the Leading Chief of the Navy’s eli te Combat Camera Group Pacific. Mickey’s current focus is the Veterans Po rtrait Series\, which documents veterans’ stories of service. He is focuse d on our World’s Greatest Generation. The veterans of World War II.
\n< p>Mickey interviews each Veteran\, collecting and writing their service st ories\, archiving these amazing historic figures and their stories for gen erations to come. Mickey has collected and displayed images and stories fr om over 100 warriors that at one point\, signed the dotted line when our c ountry needed their sacrifice of service most.
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Mickey continues to collect Veterans from all services for the Veterans Portrait Series. In 2019 the work was displayed at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum f rom Nov 11\, 2019 – to March 1\, 2020.
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Mickey and the project were in the national spotlight\, featured on the Sunday Today show with Harry Smith Today Show Lin k to YouTube.
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In 2022 Mickey has photographed over 25 more WW 2 Veterans and will be hosting a print show in San Diego in November with an open house on Veterans Day.
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WWW.VETERANSPORTRAIT.COM
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9032@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for July will be Jacqueline Ramirez.\nOn the third Wed nesday of each month\, members bring in prints for critique. Prints accept ed by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Buil ding gallery.\nImage critiques are available for members only. If you’d li ke more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membe rship page and email us if you have any questions.\nAbout Jacqueline\n\n\n \n\nJacqueline Ramirez is a San Diego-based artist and educator who has be en photographing since high school when she received her first Kodak Insta matic camera. She received a BA in Journalism (Photojournalism emphasis) f rom SDSU. Inspired by the work of Robert Frank and the creative energy of early punk rock culture\, she pursued a spontaneous documentary style whic h led to further experimentation with pictorial organization\, content\, a nd alternative printing and process techniques. She has photographed many notable punk rock artists including the Ramones\, Patti Smith\, and Richar d Hell. Several of her photographs and issues of Substitute\, San Diego’s first alternative music zine (which she co-edited) are included in I’m Not Like You: Notes from the San Diego Underground at the San Diego History C enter in Balboa Park\, an –exhibit with celebrates the independent\, uniqu ely creative spirit that distinguished skate\, punk and hip- hop culture f rom the 1970s through the 1990s in San Diego.\nShe received her MFA in Cre ative Photography from California State University\, Fullerton in 1997. He r images are characterized by continual experimentation as well as examina tion and analysis of ordinary\, unremarkable moments and sites which chara cterize contemporary society. Her cameras of choice include several vintag e Diana cameras\, Nikon FM\, Holga\, and iPhone.\nShe is an educator who b elieves a beautiful thing is never perfect and “the best teacher is also a student” (fortune cookie message).\nhttps://www.instagram.com/phtoj/\nI’m Not Like You: Notes from the San Diego Underground DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-80 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/JRamirez-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JRamirez-225x300.jpg\;225\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JRamirez.jpg\;338\;4 50\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge for July will be Jacqueline Ramirez.
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On the third Wednesday of each month\, member s bring in prints for critique. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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Image critiques are available for members only. If you’d like more in formation about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
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About Jacqueline
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\n< p>Jacqueline Ramirez is a San Diego-based artist and educator who has been photographing since high school when she received her first Kodak Instama tic camera. She received a BA in Journalism (Photojournalism emphasis) fro m SDSU. Inspired by the work of Robert Frank and the creative energy of ea rly punk rock culture\, she pursued a spontaneous documentary style which led to further experimentation with pictorial organization\, content\, and alternative printing and process techniques. She has photographed many no table punk rock artists including the Ramones\, Patti Smith\, and Richard Hell. Several of her photographs and issues of Substitute\, San Diego’s fi rst alternative music zine (which she co-edited) are included in I’m Not L ike You: Notes from the San Diego Underground at the San Diego History Cen ter in Balboa Park\, an –exhibit with celebrates the independent\, uniquel y creative spirit that distinguished skate\, punk and hip- hop culture fro m the 1970s through the 1990s in San Diego.
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She received her MFA i n Creative Photography from California State University\, Fullerton in 199 7. Her images are characterized by continual experimentation as well as ex amination and analysis of ordinary\, unremarkable moments and sites which characterize contemporary society. Her cameras of choice include several v intage Diana cameras\, Nikon FM\, Holga\, and iPhone.
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She is an ed ucator who believes a beautiful thing is never perfect and “the best teach er is also a student” (fortune cookie message).
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https://www.instag ram.com/phtoj/
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I’m Not Like You: Notes from the San Diego Underground
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T he meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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Join us for our Monthl y Critique Night!
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Judges vary monthly.
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Members bring prin ts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by t he Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building ga llery.
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Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting ima ges for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more informa tion about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9092@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jeff Booher\; jeff@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us as Lightroom Classic Expert\, Paul Shilling\, guides us through the Develop module in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Paul will demonstr ate how the many buttons\, dials\, and sliders in the Develop module can b e used to bring your raw images to life. He will also review some tips and tricks that even advanced Lightroom Classic users may not be familiar wit h. Since the editing tools in the Develop module are almost identical to t hose in Adobe Camera Raw\, this presentation should also be of interest to Photoshop users.\nPaul retired from the UCSD Department of Psychiatry aft er a productive 30-year career investigating the brain mechanisms underlyi ng schizophrenia and the antipsychotic drugs used to treat this severe bra in disease.\nPaul’s passion for photography began when he was a graduate s tudent. He loves to capture nature stories with his camera and is especial ly passionate about creating artistic images of birds\, as well as a varie ty of macro subjects. Creating macro images of subjects such as insects an d flowers has allowed him to share interesting details and patterns in nat ure that usually go unnoticed.\nPaul has exhibited his award-winning photo graphy in numerous local shows and competitions. He most recently was awar ded first place in the San Diego Floral Association/Museum of Photographic Arts contest “The Power of the Single Flower” and his winning image is di splayed on the cover of the July/August 2023 edition of California Garden. His images have also been published in the book\, San Diego’s North Count y Coast: A Photographic Portrait\, and Nature’s Best magazine.\nPaul has d eveloped expertise in image post processing using a combination of Lightro om Classic\, Photoshop\, and Topaz filters. He currently trains photogr aphers how to better organize\, manage and edit their images in Lightroom Classic. You can learn more about Paul’s Lightroom Classic training sessi ons at shillingphotojewelry.com/lightroom-training\nPaul lives in Encinita s\, California with his wife Lesley\, a retired special education teacher\ , who is now a jewelry maker and painter.\nYou can see more of his photogr aphy at shillingphotojewelry.com\nThis event will be held live via Zoom\nT ickets: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88019861377?pwd=eExNaEw0Wk5CK1ptZUR4aWhy bmJ4UT09. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230830T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230830T220000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Revealing the Power of Lightroom Classic’s Develop Module URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/lightroom-develop-module-with-paul-sh illing/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/08/PaulShilling-PhD-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PaulShilling-PhD-212x300.jpg\;212\; 300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Paul Shilling-PhD-722x1024.jpg\;722\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PaulShilling-PhD.jpg\;846\;1200\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Join us as Lightroom Classic Expert\, Paul Shilling\, guid es us through the Develop module in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Paul will dem onstrate how the many buttons\, dials\, and sliders in the Develop module can be used to bring your raw images to life. He will also review some tip s and tricks that even advanced Lightroom Classic users may not be familia r with. Since the editing tools in the Develop module are almost identical to those in Adobe Camera Raw\, this presentation should also be of intere st to Photoshop users.
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Paul retired from the UCSD Department of Ps ychiatry after a productive 30-year career investigating the brain mechani sms underlying schizophrenia and the antipsychotic drugs used to treat thi s severe brain disease.
\nPaul’s passion for photography began when h e was a graduate student. He loves to capture nature stories with his came ra and is especially passionate about creating artistic images of birds\, as well as a variety of macro subjects. Creating macro images of subjects such as insects and flowers has allowed him to share interesting details a nd patterns in nature that usually go unnoticed.
\nPaul has exhibited his award-winning photography in numerous local shows and competitions. H e most recently was awarded first place in the San Diego Floral Associatio n/Museum of Photographic Arts contest “The Power of the Single Flower” and his winning image is displayed on the cover of the July/August 2023 editi on of California Garden. His images have also been published in the book\, San Diego’s North County Coast: A Photographic Portrait\, and Nature’s Be st magazine.
\nPaul has developed expertise in image post processing using a combination of Lightroom Classic\, Photoshop\, and Topaz filters. He currently trains photographers how to better organize\, manage and e dit their images in Lightroom Classic. You can learn more about Paul’s Li ghtroom Classic training sessions at shillingphotojewelry.com/lightroom-training
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Paul lives in Encinitas\, California with his wife Lesley\, a retire d special education teacher\, who is now a jewelry maker and painter.
\nYou can see more of his photography at shillingphotojewelry.com
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This event will be held liv e via Zoom
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Tickets: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88019861377?pwd=eExNaEw0Wk5CK1ptZU R4aWhybmJ4UT09.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88019861377?pwd=eExNaEw0Wk5CK1ptZUR 4aWhybmJ4UT09 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9102@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us as award-winning photog rapher\, Paulette Donnellon\, takes us on a photographic journey to some o f our state and federation recreational lands. She will share her favorite subjects to photograph within a day’s drive from San Diego\, an overnight trip outside of San Diego County\, and a quick plane ride for a weekend e xcursion.\n\nAbout Paulette\nPaulette is an award-winning photographer who enjoys taking pictures of nature and wildlife as a hobby. Her image of an Eastern Collared Lizard will be on the 2024 America the Beautiful Nationa l Park Pass. When she isn’t taking pictures\, she is employed by LEGO® Edu cation and\, in her spare time\, serves as a trustee for the San Diego Cou nty Board of Education. Paulette also served nine years in the U.S. Army a nd was deployed during Desert Storm.\n \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230906T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:National and State Parks with Paulette Donnellon URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/national-and-state-parks-with-paulett e-donnellon/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/08/Paulette-Camera-Head-shot-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Paulette-Camera-Head-shot -214x300.jpeg\;214\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2023/08/Paulette-Camera-Head-shot.jpeg\;457\;640\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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Join us as award-winning photographer\, Paulette Donnellon \, takes us on a photographic journey to some of our state and federation recreational lands. She will share her favorite subjects to photograph wit hin a day’s drive from San Diego\, an overnight trip outside of San Diego County\, and a quick plane ride for a weekend excursion.
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About Paulette
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Paulette is an award-winning photographer who enjoys taking pictures of nature and wildlife as a hobby. Her image of an Eastern Collared Lizar d will be on the 2024 America the Beautiful National Park Pass. When she i sn’t taking pictures\, she is employed by LEGO® Education and\, in her spa re time\, serves as a trustee for the San Diego County Board of Education. Paulette also served nine years in the U.S. Army and was deployed during Desert Storm.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9111@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for September is Duane Murphy.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\nAbout Duane\nDuane started Great American Portraits to chang e people’s lives by creating custom photography based on the unique experi ences of each person’s life.\nI want to help make people’s lives better by allowing them to see themselves and what respect\, love\, comfort\, and m ore all look like in their own lives by creating fun\, loving custom portr aits that take them to a special emotional time in their lives.\nWhen not photographing people\, I help photographers become better at the business and the art of photography to make their own lives better! There is so muc h to the art and science of photography we all learn best by learning hand s-on from those who have already traveled this road before us. I love to s hare this journey with you!\n\n2022 Orange County Photographer of the Year \nPPA Master Photographer\nPPA Craftsman Photographer\nPPC Certified Photo graphic Judge\n5 Time President of Professional Photographers of Orange Co unty\n2021 & 2022 Orange County\, San Diego County Fair Judge and Panelist \n10+ Years of Showing families the love they have for each other.\nFeatur ed Artist for the Bold Beauty Project in Los Angeles Sept 30\, 2023\nDesig ner and Photographer for the Segerstrom Shelby Event Center 2024 Collectio n calendar\n\nGreat American Portraits change the world one person\, one p et\, one family at a time. We look forward to making your world a better p lace! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230920T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-81 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/09/DuaneMurphyHeadshotHiRes--150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DuaneMurphyHeadshotHiRes-- 240x300.jpg\;240\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2023/09/DuaneMurphyHeadshotHiRes--819x1024.jpg\;756\;945\;1\,full\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DuaneMurphyHeadshotH iRes-.jpg\;1080\;1350\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge for September is Duane Murphy.
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Members bring pri nts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building g allery.
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Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting im ages for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more inform ation about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
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About Duane
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Duane started Great American Portraits to change people’s lives by creating custom phot ography based on the unique experiences of each person’s life.
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I want to help make people’s lives better by allow ing them to see themselves and what respect\, love\, comfort\, and more al l look like in their own lives by creating fun\, loving custom portraits t hat take them to a special emotional time in their lives.
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When not photographing people\, I help photographers be come better at the business and the art of photography to make their own l ives better! There is so much to the art and science of photography we all learn best by learning hands-on from those who have already traveled this road before us. I love to share this journey with you!
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2022 Orange County Photographer of the Year
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PPA Master Photographer
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PPA Craftsman Photographer
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PPC Certified Photographic Judge
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5 Time President of Professional Photographers of Orange County
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2021 & 2022 Orange County\, San Diego Count y Fair Judge and Panelist
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10+ Years o f Showing families the love they have for each other.
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Featured Artist for the Bold Beauty Project in Los Angele s Sept 30\, 2023
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Designer and Photogr apher for the Segerstrom Shelby Event Center 2024 Collection calendar
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Great American Portraits change the world one person\, one pet\, one family at a time. We look forward to mak ing your world a better place!
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Join us as the creative genius Stephen Burns shows us abstra ct art and photography and how to be an abstraction.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9098@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com\; https://worldwidephotowa lk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-park-with-darkroomers-photographic-club/ DESCRIPTION:Sign up at https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-p ark-with-darkroomers-photographic-club/\nJoin the Darkroomers Photographic Club members for a photo walk around Balboa Park. We’ll share our favorit e spots to capture the park’s amazing architecture and the best places for people-watching and street photography. The walk will last approximately two hours\, starting and ending at the Photographic Arts Building next to Spanish Village (NOT the Museum of Photographic Arts).\nAt a minimum\, you ’ll want to bring a camera (Phone\, DSLR\, Mirrorless\, you choose!). If y ou have interchangeable lenses\, keep it simple with gear you’re comfortab le walking with and carrying. Tripods are optional.\nTickets: https://worl dwidephotowalk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-park-with-darkroomers-photographic- club/. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T110000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Best of Balboa Park Photo Walk | WWPW 2023 URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/best-of-balboa-park-photo-walk/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/08/Untitled-1-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-1-300x300.png\;300\;300\;1\,larg e\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-1-1024x 1024.png\;756\;756\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/08/Untitled-1.png\;1080\;1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Sign up at https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-park-with-darkroo mers-photographic-club/
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Join the Darkroomers Photographic Club members for a photo walk around Balboa Park. We’ll share our favorite spo ts to capture the park’s amazing architecture and the best places for peop le-watching and street photography. The walk will last approximately two h ours\, starting and ending at the Photographic Arts Building next to Spani sh Village (NOT the Museum of Photographic Arts).
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At a minimum\, y ou’ll want to bring a camera (Phone\, DSLR\, Mirrorless\, you choose!). If you have interchangeable lenses\, keep it simple with gear you’re comfort able walking with and carrying. Tripods are optional.
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Tickets: https://worldwi dephotowalk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-park-with-darkroomers-photographic-clu b/.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/best-of-balboa-park-with- darkroomers-photographic-club/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9112@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for October will be Susan Hill.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galle ry.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is av ailable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dar kroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have a ny questions.\nAbout Susan\nSusan Hill is an award-winning commercial and fine art photographer and co-owner of Photo Darkroom. Her commercial work has appeared in national and international trade journals and publications \, including AD\, Sun Valley Magazine\, and the Nature Conservancy Magazin e. Her architectural photography work is also housed at the Smithsonian.\n Susan is among a small group of photographers who avidly continue to shoot film\, preferring black & white medium format. Her fine art photography i s collected by individuals and corporations across the country. Presently\ , much of her fine artwork is commission-based\, giving her creative freed om from concept to completion of her work.\nAs co-owner of Photo Darkroom\ , Susan manages the custom printing digital lab. She combines film-based p rinting techniques with digital technologies to achieve professional print ing results.\nSusan has curated numerous photographic exhibits and is a fo unding member of the Photographers Eye Collective.\n“I am so fortunate to work in a craft I love alongside a wonderful human being\, my husband.” DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-82 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/09/Hill_Susan-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hill_Susan-1-240x300.jpg\;240\;300\;1\, large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hill_Susan-1 -819x1024.jpg\;756\;945\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2023/09/Hill_Susan-1.jpg\;1920\;2400\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’l l open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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Our judge for October will be Susan Hill.
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Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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V isitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is availabl e for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroome rs\, please check out our membership page and emai l us if you have any questions.
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About Susan
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Susan Hill is an award-winning commercial and fine art photographer and co-owner of Photo Darkroom. Her commercial w ork has appeared in national and international trade journals and publicat ions\, including AD\, Sun Valley Magazine\, and the Nature Conservancy Mag azine. Her architectural photography work is also housed at the Smithsonia n.
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Susan is among a small group of phot ographers who avidly continue to shoot film\, preferring black & white med ium format. Her fine art photography is collected by individuals and corpo rations across the country. Presently\, much of her fine artwork is commis sion-based\, giving her creative freedom from concept to completion of her work.
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As co-owner of Photo Darkroom\, Susan manages the custom printing digital lab. She combines film-based pri nting techniques with digital technologies to achieve professional printin g results.
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Susan has curated numerous p hotographic exhibits and is a founding member of the Photographers Eye Col lective.
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“I am so fortunate to work in a craft I love alongside a wonderful human being\, my husband.”
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9050@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting presented by Cr aig Strong from Lensbaby.\nThis meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Members will be sent login information via email. If you’d like to attend as a guest\, please email us at info@darkroomers.com so we can add you to the guest list.\nWith stories from your photographic journey and the signi ficant milestones that have defined your creative vision\, Craig will lead us in exploring ways to expand our vision of the world in ways that are c onsistent with your journey\, ways that bring you closer to who you are an d what you see.\nPlease prepare for our discussion by considering the foll owing questions:\n\nWhat’s your first cherished memory?\n\nDo you see it: \n\nFrom your eyes?\nFrom someone else’s perspective?\nWith a wide lens/te lephoto lens?\nCrystal clear/hazy?\nWhat is the quantity and quality of th e light?\n\n\n\n\nHow has your way of seeing this cherished memory affecte d your vision of the world around you?\n\nWhat might you do to portray the world in ways more consistent with this early vision?\n\n\nHow has your p hotographic vision of the world grown in ways that have surprised or delig hted you?\n\nIs there an event that led to you seeing a subject matter in a new\, unique way?\nWhat/how do you see now that you didn’t see before th at event occurred?\nWhat would you like to portray in your photographs tha t you see but have a hard time capturing?\n\n\n\nAbout Craig Strong\nCraig Strong’s career as a photographer grew from a staff photographer position at his college newspaper to photographing for The Oregonian\, Associated Press\, Los Angeles Times\, New York Times\, Sports Illustrated and numero us other magazines and newspapers. Having learned on-the-job as a photojou rnalist\, especially from staff photographers Greg Anderson\, Karen Tapia and Keith Durflinger\, during an internship at the Whittier Daily News\, S trong learned to recognize moments and apply his creative vision to captur ing those moments in increasingly unique ways. Over nearly two decades as a professional photographer\, the lack of ideal\, affordable tools to real ize Strong’s creative vision turned his efforts more and more toward makin g the photographic tools he needed\, eventually leading him to cofound Len sbaby\, Inc. in 2003. For nearly 20 years\, he’s served as the Chief Creat ive Officer at Lensbaby\, heading up their R&D efforts to bring unique cre ative effects lenses and filters to visual artists all over the world.\n\n \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T203000 LOCATION:Microsoft Teams SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Expand Your Vision by Craig Strong URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/expand-your-vision-by-craig-strong/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/20190123_2381_1080x-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20190123_2381_1080x-300x300.jpg\ ;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/20190123_2381_1080x-1024x1024.jpg\;756\;756\;1\,full\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20190123_2381_1080x.jpg\;1080\;1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting present ed by Craig Strong from Lensbaby.
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This meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Members will be sent login information via emai l. If you’d like to attend as a guest\, please email us at info@darkroomer s.com so we can add you to the guest list.
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With stori es from your photographic journey and the significant milestones that have defined your creative vision\, Craig will lead us in exploring ways to ex pand our vision of the world in ways that are consistent with your journey \, ways that bring you closer to who you are and what you see.
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Please prepare for our discussion by considering the following questi ons:
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What’s your first cherished memory?\n
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From your eyes?
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From someone else’s perspective?
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With a wide lens/telephoto lens?
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Crystal clear/hazy?
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What is the quantity and quality of the light?
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How has your way of seeing this cherishe d memory affected your vision of the world around you?\n
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What mig ht you do to portray the world in ways more consistent with this early vis ion?
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How has your photographic vision of the world grown in ways that have surprised or delighted you?\n
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Is there a n event that led to you seeing a subject matter in a new\, unique way?
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What/how do you see now that you didn’t see before that event occur red?
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What would you like to portray in your photographs that you see but have a hard time capturing?
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About Craig Strong
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Craig Strong’s career as a photographer grew from a staff photographer position at his college newspaper to photographing for The Oregonian\, Associated Press\, Los Angeles Times\, New York Times\, Sp orts Illustrated and numerous other magazines and newspapers. Having learn ed on-the-job as a photojournalist\, especially from staff photographers G reg Anderson\, Karen Tapia and Keith Durflinger\, during an internship at the Whittier Daily News\, Strong learned to recognize moments and apply hi s creative vision to capturing those moments in increasingly unique ways. Over nearly two decades as a professional photographer\, the lack of ideal \, affordable tools to realize Strong’s creative vision turned his efforts more and more toward making the photographic tools he needed\, eventually leading him to cofound Lensbaby\, Inc. in 2003. For nearly 20 years\, he’ s served as the Chief Creative Officer at Lensbaby\, heading up their R&D efforts to bring unique creative effects lenses and filters to visual arti sts all over the world.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9113@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for November will be Will Gibson.\nMembers bring print s for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by th e Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gal lery.\nMEMBER NOTICE: Since we will not be holding an image critique in De cember\, you can submit up to six (6) images for the November 2023 critiqu e.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\nAbout Will\nI turned my hobby into a vocation in 1979. By th e next year\, I had opened my own commercial studio in San Marcos. When I closed the studio 20 years later\, I had a full wet lab for film and print ing and became a one-stop shop for digital pre-press\, including drum scan ning. After a three-year sojourn to Ohio\, where I traveled the art fair c ircuit\, I returned to California. I became a photo teacher at Palomar Col lege and UCSD Extension and continued my personal work in a wide range of techniques and styles. I currently show my work in Studio 3\, 317 E Grand Ave in Escondido\, and teach tintype workshops at the Photographer’s Eye a cross the street. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-83 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/09/1ddd589e-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1ddd589e-294x300.jpg\;294\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1ddd589e.jpg\;756\;7 70\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1ddd589 e.jpg\;991\;1010\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge for November wil l be Will Gibson.
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Members bring prints for critique on the third W ednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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MEMBER NOTICE: Since we will not be holding an image critique in Decembe r\, you can submit up to six (6) images for the November 2023 critique.
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Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for c ritique is available for members only. If you’d like more information abou t joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
\n< h2>About Will\n
I turned my hobby into a vocation in 1979. By the next year\, I had opened my own commercia l studio in San Marcos. When I closed the studio 20 years later\, I had a full wet lab for film and printing and became a one-stop shop for digital pre-press\, including drum scanning. After a three-year sojourn to Ohio\, where I traveled the art fair circuit\, I returned to California. I became a photo teacher at Palomar College and UCSD Extension and continued my pe rsonal work in a wide range of techniques and styles. I currently show my work in Studio 3\, 317 E Grand Ave in Escondido\, and teach tintype worksh ops at the Photographer’s Eye across the street.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9144@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in prepara tion for the January 13\, 2024 Year End Competition.\nEntry Categories\n\n Architecture & Cityscapes\nAnimals and Insects\nPeople\nLandscapes and Wat erscapes\nOther\nStill Life\n\nMembers may submit up to 10 images each. En tries must be submitted online at submissions.darkroomers.com between Dece mber 1-31\, 2023\, before print delivery on January 3\, 2024.\nThe 2023 Ye ar End Competition judges will be Larry McDaniel\, Judith Preston\, and Ol iver Asis. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240103T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Year End Competition Print Drop-Off URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/year-end-competition-print-drop-off/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 017/08/print_submissions-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/print_submissions-224x300.jpg\;224 \;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pr int_submissions.jpg\;716\;960\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in p reparation for the January 13\, 2024 Year End Competition.
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Members may submit up to 10 imag es each. Entries must be submitted online at submissions.darkroomers.co m between December 1-31\, 2023\, before print delivery on January 3\, 2024.
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The 2023 Year End Competition judges will be Larry McDaniel\ , Judith Preston\, and Oliver Asis.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9125@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for January is Dave Veit.\nMembers bring prints for cr itique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nV isitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is availabl e for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroome rs\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any que stions.\nAbout Dave\nRaised with a pack of dogs in the forest somewhere in the Northeast\, award-winning photographer Dave Veit has owned a camera s ince 1979. After college\, including a year studying art and photography i n Kyoto\, Japan\, and 15 years in corporate America\, Dave began to combin e his passions as an “Environmental Dog Photographer”\, leveraging positiv e reinforcement-based dog training principles\, his inborn dog whispering ability and his artistic vision\, to “beautifully and whimsically capture the personalities of dogs doing what they love to do”. In recent years Dav e has broadened his commercial offering to include portraiture (for other pet species\, but) mainly for humans\, be it environmental\, executive\, b oudoir\, family\, fine art\, or lifestyle portraiture. To enrich his own s oul\, in his spare time\, he enjoys landscape photography\, chasing sunset s\, camping\, and often all of the above\, all at the same time.\nDave liv es in San Diego\, where he is a solopreneur and manager of David Veit Phot ography since 2009. A seasoned world traveler and linguist\, Dave is avail able for commissions globally. Please contact him through his website to b ook a session. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240117T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-84 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/IMG_2959-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2959-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2959-1024x683.jp g\;756\;504\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/IMG_2959.jpg\;1600\;1067\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
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J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!
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Our judge for January is D ave Veit.
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Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
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Visitors ar e welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for memb ers only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, pleas e check out our me mbership page and email us i f you have any questions.
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About Dave
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Raised with a pack of dogs in the forest somewhere in the Northeast\, award-winn ing photographer Dave Veit has owned a camera since 1979. After college\, including a year studying art and photography in Kyoto\, Japan\, and 15 ye ars in corporate America\, Dave began to combine his passions as an “Envir onmental Dog Photographer”\, leveraging positive reinforcement-based dog t raining principles\, his inborn dog whispering ability and his artistic vi sion\, to “beautifully and whimsically capture the personalities of dogs d oing what they love to do”. In recent years Dave has broadened his commerc ial offering to include portraiture (for other pet species\, but) mainly f or humans\, be it environmental\, executive\, boudoir\, family\, fine art\ , or lifestyle portraiture. To enrich his own soul\, in his spare time\, h e enjoys landscape photography\, chasing sunsets\, camping\, and often all of the above\, all at the same time.
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Dave lives in San Diego\, wh ere he is a solopreneur and manager of David Veit Photography since 2009. A seasoned world traveler and linguist\, Dave is available for commissions globally. Please contact him through his website to book a session.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9169@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow Darkroomers for a day trip to the Southern Cal ifornia Railway Museum in Perris\, CA!\nThis is a members’ only event\, bu t members are allowed to bring immediate family members (e.g.\, spouse\, k ids) as guests. Not a member? Click here for more info and to join Darkroo mers!\nThis incredible museum features the West’s largest collection of ra ilway locomotives\, passenger and freight cars\, streetcars\, interurban e lectric cars\, buildings\, and other artifacts dating from the 1870s. Ride streetcars\, interurban electric cars\, and trains on the Museum railway on our 100-acre campus.\nWe’ll meet at the museum at 9 AM and explore for a few hours with our cameras. Bring a tripod\, wide-angle lens\, and cable release. Around noon\, we’ll regroup and head to Caffe Mercato (30141 Ant elope Rd) in Menifee for lunch.\nCollections DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T130000 GEO:+33.760148;-117.231834 LOCATION:Southern California Railway Museum @ 2201 S A St\, Perris\, CA 925 70\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers On Location: Southern California Railway Museum URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-southern-cali fornia-railway-museum/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/12/scrm_@2x-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/scrm_@2x-300x213.png\;300\;213\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/scrm_@2x.png\;334\;2 37\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
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Join your fellow Darkroomers for a day trip to the Southern Califo rnia Railway Museum in Perris\, CA!
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This is a members’ only event\, but members are allowed to bring immediate family members (e.g.\, spouse\, kids) as guests. Not a member? Click here for more info and to join Darkroomers!
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This incredible museum featu res the West’s largest collection of railway locomotives\, passenger and f reight cars\, streetcars\, interurban electric cars\, buildings\, and othe r artifacts dating from the 1870s. Ride streetcars\, interurban electric c ars\, and trains on the Museum railway on our 100-acre campus.
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We’ ll meet at the museum at 9 AM and explore for a few hours with our cameras . Bring a tripod\, wide-angle lens\, and cable release. Around noon\, we’l l regroup and head to Caffe Mercato (30141 Antelope Rd) in Menifee for lun ch.
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</ifram e></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9157@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presentations. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography and enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!\nJoin us for Iceland: 2 weeks\, 2300 miles\, an d 3400 images presented by Michael and Mary Peddecord.\nThe Land of Fire a nd Ice is rightly on many photographers’ bucket lists. In June 2022\, we e mbarked on a two-week trip that would cover 2290 miles\, including the 830 -mile Ring Road. Side trips off the Ring Road took us to Gullfoss and Geys ir Hot Springs\, the Westfjords\, Vatnsnes Peninsula\, and Lake Myvatn. Th e ever-changing landscapes and weather conditions provided endless photogr aphic opportunities.\nThe trip was planned using travel and photography bo oks as well as the internet – especially Google Maps. All lodgings were bo oked online\, including B&Bs\, farms\, apartments\, and small hotels. Driv ing ourselves allowed us to stop at the unexpected – be it a motorcycle mu seum\, shark museum\, or simply the sun breaking through the clouds. Now t hat we have compiled our lists of dos and don’ts that might be useful for future travels\, our one burning question – should we go back in the winte r for the Northern Lights?\nFollowing a short presentation\, we invite oth ers who have visited Iceland to share their experiences. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight – Iceland: 2 weeks\, 2300 miles and 3400 images URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-presentation-iceland -with-michael-and-mary/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/12/Peddecord-Iceland_-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Peddecord-Iceland_-300x236.jpg\;3 00\;236\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ Peddecord-Iceland_-1024x804.jpg\;756\;594\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Peddecord-Iceland_.jpg\;2000\;1571\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/12/Peddecord-Iceland_-300x236.jpg' width='300' height ='236' /></div><p>Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presenta tions. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography and enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!</p>\n<p>Join us for <strong>Iceland: 2 w eeks\, 2300 miles\, and 3400 images</strong> presented by Michael and Mary Peddecord.</p>\n<p>The Land of Fire and Ice is rightly on many photograph ers’ bucket lists. In June 2022\, we embarked on a two-week trip that woul d cover 2290 miles\, including the 830-mile Ring Road. Side trips off the Ring Road took us to Gullfoss and Geysir Hot Springs\, the Westfjords\, Va tnsnes Peninsula\, and Lake Myvatn. The ever-changing landscapes and weath er conditions provided endless photographic opportunities.</p>\n<p>The tri p was planned using travel and photography books as well as the internet – especially Google Maps. All lodgings were booked online\, including B&Bs\ , farms\, apartments\, and small hotels. Driving ourselves allowed us to s top at the unexpected – be it a motorcycle museum\, shark museum\, or simp ly the sun breaking through the clouds. Now that we have compiled our list s of dos and don’ts that might be useful for future travels\, our one burn ing question – should we go back in the winter for the Northern Lights?</p >\n<p>Following a short presentation\, we invite others who have visited I celand to share their experiences.<span class='c-message__edited_label' di r='ltr' data-sk='tooltip_parent'> </span></p>\n<p><a href='https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4.jpeg'><img loading='laz y' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9159 size-large' src='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4-791x1024.jpe g' alt='Member Spotlight Michael and Mary Peddecord' width='756' height='9 79' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitle d-4-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 23/12/Untitled-4-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4-50x65.jp eg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-4 .jpeg 927w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</ BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9184@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER\, WE ARE CANCELLING THIS MEETING A ND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY FOR OUR WEEKEND WORKSHOP.\n \nJo in us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesday Meetings ar e lectures\, talks\, discussions\, or presentations.\nThis meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nAbout Rob\nOwner-operator of PhotoMonkey grip and light ing in San Diego\, CA\, an equipment rental house specializing in lighting \, grip\, and production support for still photographers with a minor in v ideo. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CANCELLED – Presentation by Rob Stephen from PhotoMonkey URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/presentation-by-rob-stephen-from-phot omonkey/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/1517246960989-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1517246960989-300x300.jpeg\;300\;300\ ;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/15172469 60989.jpeg\;360\;361\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/1517246960989-300x300.jpeg' width='300' height='30 0' /></div><p><strong><span style='color: #ff0000\;'>DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER\, WE ARE CANCELLING THIS MEETING AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY FOR OUR WEEKEND WORKSHOP.</span></strong></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesday Meetings are lectures\, talks\, discussions\, or presentations.</p>\n<p>This meeting wi ll be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (nex t to Spanish Village).</p>\n<h2>About Rob</h2>\n<p>Owner-operator of Photo Monkey grip and lighting in San Diego\, CA\, an equipment rental house spe cializing in lighting\, grip\, and production support for still photograph ers with a minor in video.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9172@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:One of the things that makes Darkroomers unique is that we prin t our photos and submit them for critique and exhibition each month. Matti ng and mounting prints\, especially if you plan to cut your mats\, can be its own art form\, and takes practice to master. To help members with this process\, we hold an annual matting and mounting workshop where members c an bring in their mat cutters and show some of the available tools. We’ll walk you through cutting a custom mat and how to mount your print using ar chival tools processes.\nBring:\n\nA mat cutter (if you have one) – if you don’t own one\, you can see what other members are using and have a chanc e to try one before you invest in your own.\nUncut mat board (16×24 recomm ended)\nA printed photograph\nAdhesives or other tools you use for matting and mounting\n\nWe ask that both new and longer-term members plan to atte nd. This is a great way for those who have been involved for a while to sh are their knowledge with our newer members.\nNOTE: Weekend workshops are m embers’ only events. Not a member? Click here for more info and to join Da rkroomers! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T120000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Matting & Mounting Prints URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-matting-mounting-pri nts/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 019/02/matting1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/matting1-225x300.jpg\;225\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/matting1.jpg\;720\;9 60\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2019/02/matting1-225x300.jpg' width='225' height='300' />< /div><p>One of the things that makes Darkroomers unique is that we print o ur photos and submit them for critique and exhibition each month. Matting and mounting prints\, especially if you plan to cut your mats\, can be its own art form\, and takes practice to master. To help members with this pr ocess\, we hold an annual matting and mounting workshop where members can bring in their mat cutters and show some of the available tools. We’ll wal k you through cutting a custom mat and how to mount your print using archi val tools processes.</p>\n<p>Bring:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mat cutter (if you ha ve one) – if you don’t own one\, you can see what other members are using and have a chance to try one before you invest in your own.</li>\n<li>Uncu t mat board (16×24 recommended)</li>\n<li>A printed photograph</li>\n<li>A dhesives or other tools you use for matting and mounting</li>\n</ul>\n<p>W e ask that both new and longer-term members plan to attend. This is a grea t way for those who have been involved for a while to share their knowledg e with our newer members.</p>\n<blockquote><p>NOTE: Weekend workshops are members’ only events. Not a member? <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/a bout/membership/'>Click here for more info and to join Darkroomers!</a></p ></blockquote>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9156@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for February is Roy Ang.\nMembers bring prints for cri tique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge w ill hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nVi sitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomer s\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any ques tions.\nAbout Roy\nRoy has been a professional photographer since the mid- 1980s. He has done portrait\, wedding\, event\, commercial\, and landscape photography. His clients have included NBC Studios\, the US Coast Guard\, and airports. Due to his level of security clearance\, he has been one of the few photographers with access to airport runways and lighthouses thro ughout the US. Recently\, Roy has been engaged with overseas wildlife cons ervation organizations by providing hybrid source imagery. He is an experi enced photography instructor and enjoys teaching surf imaging techniques. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-87 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/12/IMG_98891-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_98891-1-220x300.jpg\;220\;300\;1\,la rge\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_98891-1-75 1x1024.jpg\;751\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/12/IMG_98891-1.jpg\;1501\;2048\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_98891-1-220x300.jpg' width='220' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h 2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for February is Roy Ang.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesd ay of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 month s in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for me mbers only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, ple ase check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'> membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>About Roy</h2>\n<p>Roy h as been a professional photographer since the mid-1980s. He has done portr ait\, wedding\, event\, commercial\, and landscape photography. His client s have included NBC Studios\, the US Coast Guard\, and airports. Due to hi s level of security clearance\, he has been one of the few photographers w ith access to airport runways and lighthouses throughout the US. Recently\ , Roy has been engaged with overseas wildlife conservation organizations b y providing hybrid source imagery. He is an experienced photography instru ctor and enjoys teaching surf imaging techniques.</p>\n<p><a href='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9187 size-larg e' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1- 3-1-791x1024.jpeg' alt='' width='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-23 2x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/U ntitled-1-3-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-1582x2048.jpeg 1582w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-1200x1 553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Un titled-1-3-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-3-1.jpeg 1920w' siz es='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9165@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. Our March 202 4r topic will be All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair with Lois Fong-Sakai.\nLet’s Go Retro at the 2024 San Di ego County Fair\nWith a nod to nostalgia and a focus on fun\, the 2024 Fai r will give our yesteryears another moment in the San Diego sun. Bop your way around the happy days of the ‘50s. Twist\, shout\, and shake it into t he bewitching ‘60s. Move and groove through the disco nights of the ‘70s. Moonwalk it back to the gnarly age of big hair\, shoulder pads\, and parac hute pants of the ‘80s. And enjoy the era of flannel and floppy drives of the ‘90s – or whatever\, nevermind. When we look back on today\, what will stand the test of time to be considered “retro” to future San Diegans?\nT he 2024 season runs from June 12 – July 7.\nThe San Diego County Fair bega n in 1880. One of the treasured traditions and key components that continu es to set the fair apart from other events and amusement venues is its par ticipatory element. The community is the star of the show\, and the public is encouraged to take part in the Fair by performing center stage as a co mmunity entertainer or submitting arts and hobbies through the fair’s comp etitive exhibition program. Entry materials and applications for public pa rticipation programs will be available starting in January\, and admission and ticketed concerts and festivals are expected to go on sale in March. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego Coun ty Fair URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/all-about-entering-the-photography-ex hibition-at-the-san-diego-county-fair-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-150x150.png\;1 50\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-300x300.png\;300\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2 024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1.png\;450\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291 -1-300x300.png' width='300' height='300' /></div><p>Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. Our March 2024r topic will be <span class=''>< em>All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego County F air</em> with Lois Fong-Sakai.</span></p>\n<h2>Let’s Go Retro at the 2024 San Diego County Fair</h2>\n<p>With a nod to nostalgia and a focus on fun\ , the 2024 Fair will give our yesteryears another moment in the San Diego sun. Bop your way around the happy days of the ‘50s. Twist\, shout\, and s hake it into the bewitching ‘60s. Move and groove through the disco nights of the ‘70s. Moonwalk it back to the gnarly age of big hair\, shoulder pa ds\, and parachute pants of the ‘80s. And enjoy the era of flannel and flo ppy drives of the ‘90s – or whatever\, nevermind. When we look back on tod ay\, what will stand the test of time to be considered “retro” to future S an Diegans?</p>\n<p><strong>The 2024 season runs from June 12 – July 7.</s trong></p>\n<p>The San Diego County Fair began in 1880. One of the treasur ed traditions and key components that continues to set the fair apart from other events and amusement venues is its participatory element. The commu nity is the star of the show\, and the public is encouraged to take part i n the Fair by performing center stage as a community entertainer or submit ting arts and hobbies through the fair’s competitive exhibition program. E ntry materials and applications for public participation programs will be available starting in January\, and admission and ticketed concerts and fe stivals are expected to go on sale in March.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1.jpeg'><img loadi ng='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9163 size-large' sr c='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-7 91x1024.jpeg' alt='Lois Fair Presentation 2024' width='756' height='979' s rcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2 -1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Untitled-2-2-1-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-158 2x2048.jpeg 1582w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Untitled-2-2-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-700x906.jpeg 700w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-2-2-1-50x65. jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled -2-2-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a>< /p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9193@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow Darkroomers as we explore one of San Diego’s m ost colorful neighborhoods\, Barrio Logan. We’ll meet up for coffee\, expl ore for a few hours\, then regroup at a brewery. This neighborhood is grea t for street photography\, murals\, and architecture\, so come ready to wa lk. Bring as much gear as you’re willing to carry\, but we recommend trave ling light – one camera\, one lens. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T113000 GEO:+32.700487;-117.142867 LOCATION:Chicano Park @ 1986 Logan Ave\, San Diego\, CA 92113\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers On Location: Barrio Logan URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-barrio-logan/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/01/210313_barrio-logan_1505_AuroraHDR2019-edit_LuminarAI-edit-150x150. jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/01/210313_barrio-logan_1505_AuroraHDR2019-edit_LuminarAI-edit-300x240. jpg\;300\;240\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 24/01/210313_barrio-logan_1505_AuroraHDR2019-edit_LuminarAI-edit-1024x819. jpg\;756\;605\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 4/01/210313_barrio-logan_1505_AuroraHDR2019-edit_LuminarAI-edit.jpg\;1280\ ;1024\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/01/210313_barrio-logan_1505_AuroraHDR2019-edit_Lumina rAI-edit-300x240.jpg' width='300' height='240' /></div><p>Join your fellow Darkroomers as we explore one of San Diego’s most colorful neighborhoods\ , Barrio Logan. We’ll meet up for coffee\, explore for a few hours\, then regroup at a brewery. This neighborhood is great for street photography\, murals\, and architecture\, so come ready to walk. Bring as much gear as y ou’re willing to carry\, but we recommend traveling light – one camera\, o ne lens.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9150@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for March will be Amethel Parel-Sewell.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Buildi ng gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critiq ue is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joi ning Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if yo u have any questions.\n\nAbout Amethel Parel-Sewell\nAmethel Parel-Sewell has over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience as an editor-in-chief\, creative director\, photography editor\, photographer\, multimedia produce r\, graphic designer\, and educator. She’s a Program Coordinator for the I nternational Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair\, wher e she has also served as a judge and a speaker before joining as a coordin ator.\nShe has a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director of Brilliant Star\, an award-winn ing international publication encouraging world citizenship\, social justi ce\, and using the Arts to make the world a better place. She’s the founde r of Light Chasers\, a vibrant photography community-based in San Diego\, where she and a leadership team host competitions\, group exhibits\, works hops\, meet-ups\, and other opportunities for learning and community-build ing. Amethel also works as a photography mentor when she’s not chasing the moon\, the stars\, the sun\, and other beautiful light.\nThe best way to contact Amethel is in Light Chasers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Light Chasers DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-85 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 022/04/Amethel-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Amethel-200x300.jpeg\;200\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Amethel-683x1024.jpe g\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022 /04/Amethel.jpeg\;1365\;2048\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2022/04/Amethel-200x300.jpeg' width='200' height='300' />< /div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for March will b e Amethel Parel-Sewell.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the t hird Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for u p to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote> <p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avai lable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkr oomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/m embership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'> email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9152 size-larg e' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1- 791x1024.jpeg' alt='' width='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-232x300.jpeg 2 32w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-76 8x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/U ntitled-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2023/12/Untitled-1-1582x2048.jpeg 1582w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-1-700x90 6.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untit led-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023 /12/Untitled-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Amethel Parel-Sewell</h2>\n<p>Amethel Parel-Sewell has over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience as an editor-in-chief\, creative director\, photography editor\, photographer\, multimedia produc er\, graphic designer\, and educator. She’s a Program Coordinator for the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair\, whe re she has also served as a judge and a speaker before joining as a coordi nator.</p>\n<p>She has a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director of Brilliant Star\, an aw ard-winning international publication encouraging world citizenship\, soci al justice\, and using the Arts to make the world a better place. She’s th e founder of Light Chasers\, a vibrant photography community-based in San Diego\, where she and a leadership team host competitions\, group exhibits \, workshops\, meet-ups\, and other opportunities for learning and communi ty-building. Amethel also works as a photography mentor when she’s not cha sing the moon\, the stars\, the sun\, and other beautiful light.</p>\n<p>T he best way to contact Amethel is in Light Chasers: <a href='https://www.f acebook.com/groups/LightChasers'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/LightChas ers</a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9178@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:From Little League to the Olympics\, from city council to Presi dents of the United States and everything in between\, K.C. Alfred has pho tographed it all in San Diego during a 20-plus year career as a staff phot ographer at The San Diego Union-Tribune. K.C. specializes in a variety of photography disciplines ranging from portraiture to sports to aerial and underwater. K.C. will show his photos from the U-T\, such as Padres\, Comi c-Con\, and life around town\, as well as personal projects\, such as his favorite subject\, his world-famous skateboarding cat Comet. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photographer of all things San Diego with K.C. Alfred URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photographer-of-all-things-san-diego- kc-alfred/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/KC_Alfred_headshot-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC_Alfred_headshot-1-300x200.jp g\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/KC_Alfred_headshot-1-1024x683.jpg\;756\;504\;1\,full\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC_Alfred_headshot-1.jpg\;1920\;128 0\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/KC_Alfred_headshot-1-300x200.jpg' width='300' heig ht='200' /></div><p>From Little League to the Olympics\, from city council to Presidents of the United States and everything in between\, K.C. Alfre d has photographed it all in San Diego during a 20-plus year career as a s taff photographer at The San Diego Union-Tribune. K.C. specializes in a v ariety of photography disciplines ranging from portraiture to sports to ae rial and underwater. K.C. will show his photos from the U-T\, such as Padr es\, Comic-Con\, and life around town\, as well as personal projects\, suc h as his favorite subject\, his world-famous skateboarding cat Comet.</p> \n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Al fred.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-imag e-9176 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/KC-Alfred-791x1024.jpeg' alt='' width='756' height='979' srcset='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred-2 32x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ KC-Alfred-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/KC-Alfred-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred-1582x2048.jpeg 1582w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred-924x1196.jp eg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KC-Alfred -700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/KC-Alfred-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/KC-Alfred.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 7 56px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9211@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; 619-948-5464\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:RSVP/Signup Required\nJoin us for a day trip to Temecula. We’ll start by meeting at Ricardo Breceda’s Art Gallery in Aguanga at 10 AM – t he artist who created the monumental metal sculptures in the Anza-Borrego Desert. The entrance fee is $10/person.\n\nAfter the gallery\, we’ll drive to Robert Renzoni Vineyards\, with breathtaking De Portola Valley views\, for wine tasting and lunch at noon at Mama Rosa’s Trattoria.\nAfter lunch \, we can drive to western-themed Old Town Temecula to explore the shops and grab a few more photos. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240406T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240406T140000 GEO:+33.446614;-116.887451 LOCATION:Ricardo Breceda Art Gallery @ 44450 CA-79\, Aguanga\, CA 92536\, U SA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers On Location: Temecula URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-temecula/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\; https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2 019-edit-Edit-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-1024x682.jpg\ ;756\;504\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03 /131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit.jpg\;1280\;853\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-300x200.jpg' widt h='300' height='200' /></div><h2 style='text-align: center\;'><a href='htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/temecula-day-trip-signup-sheet/'>RSVP/Signu p Required</a></h2>\n<p>Join us for a day trip to Temecula. We’ll start by meeting at <a href='https://ricardoabreceda.com' target='_blank' rel='noo pener'>Ricardo Breceda’s Art Gallery</a> in Aguanga at 10 AM – the artist who created the monumental metal sculptures in the Anza-Borrego Desert. Th e entrance fee is $10/person.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit.jpg'><img loa ding='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9212 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_Auror aHDR2019-edit-Edit-1024x682.jpg' alt='Challenge Accepted | by Angela Andri eux' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-1024x682.jpg 1024w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR20 19-edit-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit- Edit-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-7 00x466.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1 31A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit-50x33.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/131A1335_AuroraHDR2019-edit-Edit.jpg 1280w' s izes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p>After the ga llery\, we’ll drive to <a href='https://robertrenzonivineyards.com' target ='_blank' rel='noopener'>Robert Renzoni Vineyards</a>\, with breathtaking De Portola Valley views\, for wine tasting and lunch at noon at <a href='h ttps://robertrenzonivineyards.com/mama-rosas-trattoria/' target='_blank' r el='noopener'>Mama Rosa’s Trattoria</a>.</p>\n<p>After lunch\, we can driv e to western-themed Old Town Temecula to explore the shops and grab a few more photos.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/03/IMG_3599.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='alig ncenter wp-image-9213 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-768x1024.jpg' alt='Robert Renzoni Vineyards' width='756' height='1008' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-768x1024.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-225x300.jpg 225w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-924x1232.jpg 924w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-700x933.jpg 700w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599-50x67.jpg 50 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3599.jpg 96 0w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></H TML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9155@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for April will be John Watts.\nMembers bring prints fo r critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Ju dge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery .\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avai lable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkr oomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout John Watts\nJohn Watts from Watts Digital Imaging in San Diego is a photographic post-processing specialist who’s been privileg ed over the last 35+ years to work in printing partnership with some of th e world’s finest photographers\, both professional and serious amateur.\nJ ohn’s motto is\, you take the perfect shot\, & I help you get the absolute most out of it – your printer or mine.\nJohn has now taken that expertise and applied it to the world of Digital Imaging Education\, particularly a s it relates to Photoshop\, Digital Printing\, and Color Management for Ph otographers.\nHis seminars and Meetups are widely attended and always fun & educational. John is also a frequent judge for many prestigious photo co ntests\, including the San Diego County Fair Photo Exhibition and the Oran ge County Fair Photo Exhibition.\nYou can find out more about John and his products & services at his website: https://wattsdigital.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-86 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/59473559-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/59473559-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/59473559.jpg\;480\;5 91\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/59473559-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300' />< /div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for April will b e John Watts.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wedne sday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 mon ths in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitor s are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, p lease check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/ '>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</ a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1.jpeg'><img loadin g='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9153 size-large' src ='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-79 1x1024.jpeg' alt='' width='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-232x300. jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitle d-1-2-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-1582x2048.jpeg 1582w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-1200x1553.jp eg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled -1-2-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-2-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='au to\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About John Watts</ h2>\n<p>John Watts from Watts Digital Imaging in San Diego is a photograph ic post-processing specialist who’s been privileged over the last 35+ year s to work in printing partnership with some of the world’s finest photogra phers\, both professional and serious amateur.</p>\n<p>John’s motto is\, y ou take the perfect shot\, & I help you get the absolute most out of it – your printer or mine.</p>\n<p>John has now taken that expertise and applie d it to the world of Digital Imaging Education\, particularly as it relate s to Photoshop\, Digital Printing\, and Color Management for Photographers .</p>\n<p>His seminars and Meetups are widely attended and always fun & ed ucational. John is also a frequent judge for many prestigious photo contes ts\, including the San Diego County Fair Photo Exhibition and the Orange C ounty Fair Photo Exhibition.</p>\n<p>You can find out more about John and his products & services at his website: <a href='https://wattsdigital.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>https://wattsdigital.com</a></p>\n</BODY>< /HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9209@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held online via Microsoft Teams.\nJoin us for a presentation on Janet Sternburg’s “Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back\,” which combines a visually stunning collection of photographs and a thought-provoking conversation with José Alberto Romano Romero\, a local friend of Sternburg’s. This bilingual collaboration in photography and wor ds across the Mexican/USA border will take you on a journey of transformat ion and understanding. Renowned for her evocative work\, Sternburg’s uniqu e perspective\, shaped by over two decades in Mexico\, captures its essenc e authentically. Her refusal of digital manipulation adds rawness to her i magery\, complemented by a poetic bilingual dialogue. A brief Q&A will fol low the presentation. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T203000 LOCATION:Microsoft Teams SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Looking at Mexico | Mexico Looks Back by Janet Sternburg URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/looking-at-mexico-mexico-looks-back-b y-janet-sternburg/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/MAIN-HEADSHOT-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MAIN-HEADSHOT-203x300.jpeg\;203\;300\ ;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MAIN-HEA DSHOT.jpeg\;578\;856\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/MAIN-HEADSHOT-203x300.jpeg' width='203' height='30 0' /></div><blockquote><p>This meeting will be held online via Microsoft T eams.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Join us for a presentation on Janet Sternburg’s “Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back\,” which combines a visually stunn ing collection of photographs and a thought-provoking conversation with Jo sé Alberto Romano Romero\, a local friend of Sternburg’s. This bilingual c ollaboration in photography and words across the Mexican/USA border will t ake you on a journey of transformation and understanding. Renowned for her evocative work\, Sternburg’s unique perspective\, shaped by over two deca des in Mexico\, captures its essence authentically. Her refusal of digital manipulation adds rawness to her imagery\, complemented by a poetic bilin gual dialogue. A brief Q&A will follow the presentation.</p>\n<p><a href=' https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Fly er-1.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-imag e-9208 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg' alt='Janet Sternburg Flyer' wi dth='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Stern burg-Flyer-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-1582x204 8.jpeg 1582w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jane t-Sternburg-Flyer-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1- 700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Janet-Sternburg-Flyer-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, ( max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9232@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join Darkroomers members for a lovely evening at Windandsea! We ’ll be focusing on WAVES for our 2nd Quarter Theme.\nWe’ll meet at 4:30 PM above the tiki hut\, then have ample time to explore and take photos befo re sunset (7:37 PM). Low tide is at 4:03 PM\, so the tide will be on its w ay back in (high tide is at 10:23).\nDinner at Mandarin House to follow. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers on Location: Windandsea URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-windandsea/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/20140314_la-jolla_13844-Edit-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20140314_la-jolla_13844 -Edit-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/03/20140314_la-jolla_13844-Edit-1024x683.jpg\;756\;504\;1 \,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20140314_la -jolla_13844-Edit.jpg\;1920\;1280\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/20140314_la-jolla_13844-Edit-300x200.jpg' width='3 00' height='200' /></div><p>Join Darkroomers members for a lovely evening at Windandsea! We’ll be focusing on WAVES for our 2nd Quarter Theme.</p>\n <p>We’ll meet at 4:30 PM above the tiki hut\, then have ample time to expl ore and take photos before sunset (7:37 PM). Low tide is at 4:03 PM\, so t he tide will be on its way back in (high tide is at 10:23).</p>\n<p>Dinner at Mandarin House to follow.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2018/04/me.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' w idth='300' height='300' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/04/me-300x300.jpg' alt='' class='alignnone size-medium wp-image-716 7' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/me-300x3 00.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/me-15 0x150.jpg 150w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/me -768x768.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04 /me-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 018/04/me-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2018/04/me-160x160.jpg 160w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2018/04/me-924x924.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2018/04/me-700x700.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2018/04/me-50x50.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2018/04/me.jpg 1366w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 300px) 100vw \, 300px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9202@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for May will be Stephen Burns.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\n\nAbout Stephen\nStephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is a digital artist and author of books on being creative with your digital to ols. He is an Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader) as well as an Adobe Com munity Expert and has taught digital creativity internationally. He is an Instructor at Goldenwest College\, Santa Monica College\, Coast College\, and Studio Arts of Los Angeles. He worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Techno logies and is the president Of Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers .com)\, currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the country. You can view the Facebook section at https://www.facebook.com/groups/photo shopusersgroup.\nHe is a guest writer for a number of magazines\, includin g the feature article and front cover of Photoshop User Magazine (http://w ww.chromeallusion.com/articles_index.htm). In addition\, Stephen is the a uthor of the following books (http://www.chromeallusion.com/books.htm):\n \n“3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals”\n“Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX” \n“The Art Of Poser & Photoshop”\n“Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”\n “Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX”\n“Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX”\n“Photoshop CS Trickery & FX”\n\nHe has discovered the same passion f or the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His backgr ound began as a photographer 28 years ago and\, in time\, progressed towar d the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractio nists & the Surrealists\, including Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\, Pablo Picasso\, Franz Kline\, Mark Rothko\, Mark Tobey\, and Lenore Fini\, to name a few.\nStephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecture r in the application of digital art and design for the past 29 years inter nationally. He has been exhibiting digital fine art around the world at ga lleries such as the Durban Art Museum in South Africa\, the Citizens Galle ry in Yokohama\, Japan\, and the CECUT Museum Of Mexico\, to name a few. P art of his exhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold Interna tional digital arts contest. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-88 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/self-portrait-with-transparency2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\; https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/self-portrait-with- transparency2-260x300.jpg\;260\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/self-portrait-with-transparency2-886x1024.jpg\ ;756\;874\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /self-portrait-with-transparency2.jpg\;1010\;1167\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/self-portrait-with-transparency2-260x300.jpg' widt h='260' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptl y at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour. </p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Ou r judge for May will be Stephen Burns.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for cr itique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p >\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for c ritique is available for members only. If you’d like more information abou t joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroom ers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@da rkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n< h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen -Burns-Flyer-1.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncent er wp-image-9201 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg' alt='Stephen Burns Fly er' width='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-232x300.jp eg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-B urns-Flyer-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-1582x2048.jp eg 1582w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen- Burns-Flyer-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1-700x906.jp eg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stephen-B urns-Flyer-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Stephen-Burns-Flyer-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756 px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Stephen</h2>\n<p style='font-wei ght: 400\;'>Stephen Burns (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.com/'>www.ch romeallusion.com</a>) is a digital artist and author of books on being cre ative with your digital tools. He is an <strong>Adobe AEL (Adobe Education al Leader</strong>) as well as an <strong>Adobe</strong> <strong>Community Expert </strong>and has taught digital creativity internationally. He is an Instructor at Goldenwest College\, Santa Monica College\, Coast College \, and Studio Arts of Los Angeles. He worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Tec hnologies and is the president Of Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopus ers.com)\, currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the countr y. You can view the Facebook section at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/ groups/photoshopusersgroup'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoshopusers group</a>.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>He is a guest writer for a n umber of magazines\, including the feature article and front cover of <str ong>Photoshop User Magazine</strong> (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.c om/articles_index.htm'>http://www.chromeallusion.com/articles_index.htm</a >). In addition\, Stephen is the author of the following books (<a href=' http://www.chromeallusion.com/books.htm'>http://www.chromeallusion.com/boo ks.htm</a>):</p>\n<ol>\n<li>“3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals”</li> \n<li>“Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX”</li>\n<li>“The Art Of Poser & Photosho p”</li>\n<li>“Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”</li>\n<li>“Advanced Ph otoshop CS3 Trickery & FX”</li>\n<li>“Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX ”</li>\n<li>“Photoshop CS Trickery & FX”</li>\n</ol>\n<p style='font-weigh t: 400\;'>He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 years ago and\, in time\, progressed toward the digital medium. His ar tistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists\, in cluding Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\, Pablo Picasso\, Franz Kline\ , Mark Rothko\, Mark Tobey\, and Lenore Fini\, to name a few.</p>\n<p styl e='font-weight: 400\;'>Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and l ecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 29 years internationally. He has been exhibiting digital fine art around the world at galleries such as the Durban Art Museum in South Africa\, the Citizens Gallery in Yokohama\, Japan\, and the CECUT Museum Of Mexico\, to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold I nternational digital arts contest.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9228@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jeff Booher\; jeff@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presentations. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography and enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!\nJoin us for Panama: More Than Just a Canal\, pr esented by Janie Anderson.\nAbout Janie and Traveling to Panama\nFollowing her career in nonprofit management and fundraising\, Janie Anderson has h ad more time to combine her passions for photography and foreign travel. A member of Darkroomers since 2017\, Janie will share photos and experience s from her 2024 trip to Panama\, including some reflections on differing s tyles of photo guides\, as well as the challenges and opportunities of sma ll-group travel with photographers. The Panama trip included birding\, str eet photography\, and visits to a coffee plantation\, a beekeeping and hon ey enterprise\, a racehorse breeding farm – and\, of course\, the Panama C anal. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: Panama – More Than Just A Canal URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-janie-anderson/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/highres_485294721-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/highres_485294721-247x300.jpg\;247 \;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hi ghres_485294721.jpg\;756\;920\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/03/highres_485294721.jpg\;822\;1000\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/highres_485294721-247x300.jpg' width='247' height= '300' /></div><p>Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presentat ions. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography and enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!</p>\n<p>Join us for <strong>Panama: More T han Just a Canal</strong>\, presented by Janie Anderson.</p>\n<h2>About Ja nie and Traveling to Panama</h2>\n<p>Following her career in nonprofit man agement and fundraising\, Janie Anderson has had more time to combine her passions for photography and foreign travel. A member of Darkroomers since 2017\, Janie will share photos and experiences from her 2024 trip to Pana ma\, including some reflections on differing styles of photo guides\, as w ell as the challenges and opportunities of small-group travel with photogr aphers. The Panama trip included birding\, street photography\, and visits to a coffee plantation\, a beekeeping and honey enterprise\, a racehorse breeding farm – and\, of course\, the Panama Canal.</p>\n<p><img loading=' lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9239 size-large' src='h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Janie-Anderson-791x1 024.jpeg' alt='Member Spotlight Janie Anderson' width='756' height='979' s rcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Janie-Anders on-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 4/03/Janie-Anderson-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2024/03/Janie-Anderson-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Janie-Anderson-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Janie-Anderson-700x9 06.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jani e-Anderson-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2024/03/Janie-Anderson.jpeg 927w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\ , 756px' /></p>\n<div class='wpcp-carousel-wrapper wpcp-wrapper-9285'>\n <d iv id='wpcp-preloader-9285' class='wpcp-carousel-preloader'><img decoding= 'async' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-carousel-fr ee/public/css/spinner.svg' alt='Preloader Image' /></div> <div class='wpcp- carousel-content-wrapper'>\n <div id='sp-wp-carousel-free-id-9285' class='w pcp-carousel-section sp-wpcp-9285 nav-vertical-center wpcp-image-carousel wpcp-preloader wpcp-standard' data-swiper='{ 'pagination_type': 'dots'\,' accessibility':true\, 'spaceBetween':20\, 'arrows':true\, 'freeMode': fals e\, 'autoplay':true\, 'effect': ''\, 'centerMode': false\, 'autoplaySpeed' :3000\, 'dots':true\, 'infinite':true\, 'speed':600\, 'pauseOnHover':true\ ,\n 'slidesToShow':{'lg_desktop':5\, 'desktop': 4\, 'laptop': 3\, 'tablet': 2\, 'mobile': 1}\, 'responsive':{'desktop':1200\, 'laptop': 980\, 'tablet ': 736\, 'mobile': 480}\, 'rtl':false\, 'lazyLoad': 'false'\, 'swipe': tru e\, 'draggable': true\, 'swipeToSlide':false }' dir='ltr'>\n <div class='sw iper-wrapper'>\n <div class='swiper-slide'>\n <div class='wpcp-single-item'> \n <a class='wcp-light-box' data-buttons='['close']' data-wpc_url='https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z87426.jpg' href='https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z87426.jpg' data-fancybox= 'wpcp_view'>\n <figure>\n <img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='skip-l azy' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z87426.j pg' alt='Panama © Copyright Janie Anderson' width='1000' height='666'> </fi gure>\n </a>\n </div>\n</div>\n <div class='swiper-slide'>\n <div class='wpcp- single-item'>\n <a class='wcp-light-box' data-buttons='['close']' data-wpc_ url='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z86702.jpg' h ref='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z86702.jpg' d ata-fancybox='wpcp_view'>\n <figure>\n <img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='skip-lazy' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /03/0Z86702.jpg' alt='Panama © Copyright Janie Anderson' width='667' heigh t='1000'> </figure>\n </a>\n </div>\n</div>\n <div class='swiper-slide'>\n <div class='wpcp-single-item'>\n <a class='wcp-light-box' data-buttons='['close ']' data-wpc_url='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0 Z85724.jpg' href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0 Z85724.jpg' data-fancybox='wpcp_view'>\n <figure>\n <img loading='lazy' deco ding='async' class='skip-lazy' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2024/03/0Z85724.jpg' alt='Panama © Copyright Janie Anderson' widt h='1000' height='667'> </figure>\n </a>\n </div>\n</div>\n <div class='swiper- slide'>\n <div class='wpcp-single-item'>\n <a class='wcp-light-box' data-but tons='['close']' data-wpc_url='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/03/0Z82664.jpg' href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/03/0Z82664.jpg' data-fancybox='wpcp_view'>\n <figure>\n <img loadin g='lazy' decoding='async' class='skip-lazy' src='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0Z82664.jpg' alt='Panama © Copyright Janie A nderson' width='1000' height='666'> </figure>\n </a>\n </div>\n</div>\n </div> \n <div class='wpcp-swiper-dots swiper-pagination'></div>\n \n <div class='wpcp-prev-button swiper-button-prev'>< i class='fa fa-angle-left'></i></div>\n <div class='wpcp-next-button swiper -button-next'><i class='fa fa-angle-right'></i></div>\n </div>\n </div>\n</d iv>\n\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9231@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Bu ilding in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nThere are only 2 ways to show your art – prints and online. The Darkroomers are experts at printin g\, but let’s face it: it’s expensive to print\, and limited by the people you can show your prints to in-person. On the other hand\, sharing your w ork online offers you a tried and true way to reach greater audiences and open your work up to the entire world – which\, by the way\, could lead to print sales!\n\nScott Kelby once said that your Portfolio website can mak e you a better photographer. And\, Bob DiNatale said that you’re not known by what you shoot\, but by what you show!\n\nSince 2010\, SlickPic has pr ovided a user-friendly\, professional-caliber platform for easily creating private/secure Galleries with which to share your images AND includes a m odern Portfolio website builder that is genuinely powerful as any other an d easy to use. Join folks like Scott Kelby\, Lindsey Adler\, Joe Edelman\, Serge Ramelli\, Matt Suess\, Deb Sandidge\, Tony Sweet\, Rick Sammon\, an d tens of thousands more in showcasing your best work online with SlickPic !\n\nKevin La Rue is a long-time photography and software enthusiast who w ill show you the essential knowledge you need to get started with your own website utilizing the SlickPic platform! You’ll learn key elements for a successful portfolio website\, how to create\, work with and share galleri es (privately or publicly)\, and finally we’ll build a website from scratc h in just a few minutes!\n\nDon’t miss this fast-paced meeting – it will c hange the way you present your amazing images online\, even if you’re on a lternative platforms or – perish the thought – social media! Join Kevin an d learn the modern way to put your images online – take control of your on line destiny!\n\n\nAbout Kevin\nKevin La Rue is a senior manager whose 35+ year background in consumer software and entrepreneurship began with one of the early leading independent Mac software developers\, traversed throu gh many early-stage start-ups (including one of his own) and ultimately le d in 2006 to Nik Software and later Skylum Software\, both leading photo e diting developers.\n\nIn his career\, La Rue held many product-related and senior management roles\, including Product Manager\, VP of Marketing\, H ead of U.S. Operations and International Business Development and Partners hips. Recently\, these influences led him back to photography and the many amazing feats that can be accomplished in the “digital darkroom.” Current ly he is an independent Crypto investor\, and works with Radiant Imaging L abs (Radiant Photo) and SlickPic. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Creating an Online Photography Portfolio with SlickPic by Kevin La Rue URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/creating-an-online-photography-portfo lio-with-slickpic-by-kevin-la-rue/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/LaRue-headshot-Levi-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LaRue-headshot-Levi-300x300.jpg\ ;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/0 3/LaRue-headshot-Levi-1024x1024.jpg\;756\;756\;1\,full\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LaRue-headshot-Levi-scaled.jpg\;2560\ ;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/LaRue-headshot-Levi-300x300.jpg' width='300' heigh t='300' /></div><blockquote><p>This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).</p></ blockquote>\n<p>There are only 2 ways to show your art – prints and online . The Darkroomers are experts at printing\, but let’s face it: it’s expens ive to print\, and limited by the people you can show your prints to in-pe rson. On the other hand\, sharing your work online offers you a tried and true way to reach greater audiences and open your work up to the entire wo rld – which\, by the way\, could lead to print sales!</p>\n<p>\nScott Kelb y once said that your Portfolio website can make you a better photographer . And\, Bob DiNatale said that you’re not known by what you shoot\, but by what you show!</p>\n<p>\nSince 2010\, SlickPic has provided a user-friend ly\, professional-caliber platform for easily creating private/secure Gall eries with which to share your images AND includes a modern Portfolio webs ite builder that is genuinely powerful as any other and easy to use. Join folks like Scott Kelby\, Lindsey Adler\, Joe Edelman\, Serge Ramelli\, Mat t Suess\, Deb Sandidge\, Tony Sweet\, Rick Sammon\, and tens of thousands more in showcasing your best work online with SlickPic!</p>\n<p>\nKevin La Rue is a long-time photography and software enthusiast who will show you the essential knowledge you need to get started with your own website util izing the SlickPic platform! You’ll learn key elements for a successful po rtfolio website\, how to create\, work with and share galleries (privately or publicly)\, and finally we’ll build a website from scratch in just a f ew minutes!</p>\n<p>\nDon’t miss this fast-paced meeting – it will change the way you present your amazing images online\, even if you’re on alterna tive platforms or – perish the thought – social media! Join Kevin and lear n the modern way to put your images online – take control of your online d estiny!</p>\n<p>\n<img decoding='async' class='aligncenter' src='https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kevin-La-Rue-1024x576.jpeg' alt='Kevin La Rue | Photography Portfolio Presentation' /></p>\n<p><h2>Abo ut Kevin</h2>\n<p>Kevin La Rue is a senior manager whose 35+ year backgrou nd in consumer software and entrepreneurship began with one of the early l eading independent Mac software developers\, traversed through many early- stage start-ups (including one of his own) and ultimately led in 2006 to N ik Software and later Skylum Software\, both leading photo editing develop ers.</p>\n<p>\nIn his career\, La Rue held many product-related and senior management roles\, including Product Manager\, VP of Marketing\, Head of U.S. Operations and International Business Development and Partnerships. R ecently\, these influences led him back to photography and the many amazin g feats that can be accomplished in the “digital darkroom.” Currently he i s an independent Crypto investor\, and works with Radiant Imaging Labs (Ra diant Photo) and SlickPic.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9256@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn how to create unique and textured images using Polaroid emulsion lifts. Our experienced instructors will guide you throu gh the process of working with instant photography and transferring your i mage onto watercolor paper. With the opportunity to experiment with differ ent techniques\, receive personalized guidance\, and collaborate with fell ow photography enthusiasts\, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking t o unleash their creativity. Come join us and discover the endless possibil ities of instant photography!\nDarkroomers’ workshops are open to members only. Click here for membership information. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T123000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Polaroid Emulsion Lifts with Willow Parker URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-polaroid-emulsions-w ith-willow-parker/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/Willow-Headshot-1-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Willow-Headshot-1-1-200x300.jpg\ ;200\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/0 4/Willow-Headshot-1-1-683x1024.jpg\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Willow-Headshot-1-1.jpg\;1281\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/04/Willow-Headshot-1-1-200x300.jpg' width='200' heigh t='300' /></div><p><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' width='1024' heigh t='536' class='size-large wp-image-9301 aligncenter' src='https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer-1024x536.png' alt='W illow Parker | Polaroid Emulsion Lift Workshop Flyer' srcset='https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer-1024x536.png 102 4w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer -300x157.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05 /polaroid-flyer-768x402.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer-120x64.png 120w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer-924x484.png 924w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer-700x366.png 70 0w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/polaroid-flyer -50x26.png 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/po laroid-flyer.png 1200w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw\, 1024px' /></p>\n<p>Join us to learn how to create unique and textured images using Polaroid emulsion lifts. Our experienced instructors will guide you throu gh the process of working with instant photography and transferring your i mage onto watercolor paper. With the opportunity to experiment with differ ent techniques\, receive personalized guidance\, and collaborate with fell ow photography enthusiasts\, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking t o unleash their creativity. Come join us and discover the endless possibil ities of instant photography!</p>\n<blockquote><p>Darkroomers’ workshops a re open to members only. <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/member ship/'>Click here</a> for membership information.</p></blockquote>\n</BODY ></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9303@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Let’s celebrate the Darkroomers members whose photos are displa yed at the San Diego County Fair! This get-together is open to all members \, even if you didn’t enter the fair this year.\nWe’ll meet for happy hour at the Brigantine in Del Mar at 5:30 p.m. for a light dinner and libation s (the happy hour menu is available from 3-6 p.m.)\, then make our way to the fairgrounds for the art reception\, which starts at 7 p.m.\nYou may al so want to bring your camera and a walk-around lens. The evening before th e fair opens is quite interesting to capture!\nPlease RSVP to Angela if yo u plan to attend the happy hour portion. We hope to see you there! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T210000 GEO:+32.979397;-117.268775 LOCATION:Brignatine Del Mar @ 3263 Camino Del Mar\, Del Mar\, CA 92014\, US A SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Happy Hour & SD Fair Artists Reception URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/happy-hour-sd-fair-artists-reception/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-150x150.png\;1 50\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-300x300.png\;300\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2 024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1.png\;450\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291 -1-300x300.png' width='300' height='300' /></div><p>Let’s celebrate the Da rkroomers members whose photos are displayed at the San Diego County Fair! 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High tide is at 4:08 PM (3.74 ft) and will be on it s way out when we arrive (low tide at 9:04 PM\, 2.85 ft).\nDinner (locatio n TBD) to follow. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240612T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240612T203000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: La Jolla Potholes URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-la-jolla-potholes/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/221213_0152_HDR-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-300x200.jpg\;300\;20 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213 _0152_HDR-1024x683.jpg\;756\;504\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR.jpg\;1920\;1280\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-300x200.jpg' width='300' height='2 00' /></div><p>Join Darkroomers members for a lovely evening at the La Jol la Potholes! We’ll be focusing on WAVES for our 2nd Quarter Theme.</p>\n<p >We’ll meet at 5:30 PM on the bluff and have ample time to explore and tak e photos before sunset (7:58 PM). High tide is at 4:08 PM (3.74 ft) and wi ll be on its way out when we arrive (low tide at 9:04 PM\, 2.85 ft).</p>\n <p>Dinner (location TBD) to follow.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9298 size-full' src='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR.jpg' alt=' Pictures of People Taking Pictures | by Angela Andrieux' width='1920' heig ht='1280' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2 21213_0152_HDR.jpg 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-768x512.jpg 768w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR- 1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 04/221213_0152_HDR-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-700x467.jpg 700w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/221213_0152_HDR-50x33 .jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n</ BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9205@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for June will be Sam Chen.\nMembers bring prints for c ritique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\n Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is availab le for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroom ers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any qu estions.\n\nAbout Sam\nSam Chen first became intrigued with photography at the tender age of 5 when he picked up his father’s vintage Minolta rangef inder camera. But it wasn’t until high school and after years of saving hi s allowance money that he was able to finally afford his very own SLR film camera – a Minolta Maxxum 5000. It was love at first sight.\nBut like any good\, obedient Asian son\, he abandoned his dreams of shooting for NatGe o and spent the first 10 years of his young adult life working as a Creati ve Director for a Fortune 500 company in Silicon Valley. Sam then dove hea dfirst into animation filmmaking and taught his skills as an adjunct profe ssor at the Art Institute of CA.\nIt was then that Sam stumbled upon drone aerial photography which led him to found Aloha PhotoVideo with early com missions shooting for Port of San Diego\, Pacific Sotheby’s\, Berkshire Ha thaway\, and Compass. Aloha PhotoVideo has grown to be the leading provide r of photo/video services for the luxury real estate market in San Diego. \nSam currently stays active in several local and international photograph ic groups and regularly contributes as a Judge for the annual San Diego Co unty Fair Photo Contest. When not slaving away in front of Lightroom & Pho toshop\, Sam is an avid music lover and enjoys slurping ramen\, strumming his Les Paul guitar\, and cruising San Diego in his new eBike. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240619T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240619T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-89 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/2024-Sam-Chen-Headshot-FOR-DARKROOMERS-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,me dium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2024-Sam-Chen -Headshot-FOR-DARKROOMERS-300x271.jpg\;300\;271\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2024-Sam-Chen-Headshot-FOR-DARKROO MERS.jpg\;756\;682\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2015/03/2024-Sam-Chen-Headshot-FOR-DARKROOMERS.jpg\;913\;824\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/2024-Sam-Chen-Headshot-FOR-DARKROOMERS-300x271.jpg ' width='300' height='271' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start p romptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2> \n<p>Our judge for June will be Sam Chen.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Jud ge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery. </p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images fo r critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information a bout joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkr oomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info @darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote> \n<h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam- Chen-Flyer-1.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9204 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg' alt='Sam Chen Flyer' width='7 56' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-768x994.jpeg 7 68w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flye r-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-1582x2048.jpeg 1582w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-924x119 6.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-C hen-Flyer-1-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sam-Chen-Flyer-1.jpeg 1920w' sizes='auto\, (ma x-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Sam</h2>\n<p dir='lt r'>Sam Chen first became intrigued with photography at the tender age of 5 when he picked up his father’s vintage Minolta rangefinder camera. But it wasn’t until high school and after years of saving his allowance money th at he was able to finally afford his very own SLR film camera – a Minolta Maxxum 5000. It was love at first sight.</p>\n<p dir='ltr'>But like any go od\, obedient Asian son\, he abandoned his dreams of shooting for NatGeo a nd spent the first 10 years of his young adult life working as a Creative Director for a Fortune 500 company in Silicon Valley. Sam then dove headfi rst into animation filmmaking and taught his skills as an adjunct professo r at the Art Institute of CA.</p>\n<p dir='ltr'>It was then that Sam stumb led upon drone aerial photography which led him to found Aloha PhotoVideo with early commissions shooting for Port of San Diego\, Pacific Sotheby’s\ , Berkshire Hathaway\, and Compass. Aloha PhotoVideo has grown to be the l eading provider of photo/video services for the luxury real estate market in San Diego.</p>\n<p dir='ltr'>Sam currently stays active in several loca l and international photographic groups and regularly contributes as a Jud ge for the annual San Diego County Fair Photo Contest. When not slaving aw ay in front of Lightroom & Photoshop\, Sam is an avid music lover and enjo ys slurping ramen\, strumming his Les Paul guitar\, and cruising San Diego in his new eBike.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9304@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Come to the San Diego County Fair and represent Darkroomers! We ’ll promote our club at the Exhibition of Photography’s Photography Club M ixer. Members who attend and are willing to help at the mixer will receive complimentary fair tickets (7 are available\, first come\, first serve). Come earlier in the day to enjoy the fair and then mingle with photography enthusiasts in the evening.\nIf you’d like to attend and receive complime ntary tickets\, please RSVP to Angela.\nTickets: https://www.sdfair.com/p/ tickets. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240621T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240621T210000 GEO:+32.973118;-117.260633 LOCATION:San Diego County Fair\, East Grandstand @ 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd\ , Del Mar\, CA 92014\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photography Club Mixer at the San Diego County Fair URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photography-club-mixer-at-the-san-die go-county-fair/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-150x150.png\;1 50\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1-300x300.png\;300\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2 024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291-1.png\;450\;450\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SDCF-2024-Logo-LETS-GO-RETRO-theme-CMYK-2000x14291 -1-300x300.png' width='300' height='300' /></div><p>Come to the San Diego County Fair and represent Darkroomers! We’ll promote our club at the Exhib ition of Photography’s Photography Club Mixer. Members who attend and are willing to help at the mixer will receive complimentary fair tickets (7 ar e available\, first come\, first serve). Come earlier in the day to enjoy the fair and then mingle with photography enthusiasts in the evening.</p> \n<p>If you’d like to attend and receive complimentary tickets\, please <a href='angela@darkroomers.com'>RSVP to Angela</a>.</p>\n<p>Tickets: <a cla ss='ai1ec-ticket-url-exported' href='https://www.sdfair.com/p/tickets'>htt ps://www.sdfair.com/p/tickets</a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.sdfair.com/p/tickets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9206@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for July will be Greg Klamt.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Jud ge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery. \nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avail able for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkro omers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout Greg\nGreg Klamt is a Multimedia Artist whose work spa ns Fine Art\, Digital Illustration\, Animation\, Photography\, Music\, The atre\, and Visual Design for Print\, Web\, and other media. His award-winn ing art has been in a variety of galleries\, exhibitions\, and publication s.\n\nWith over twenty-five years as an art director and creative manager and over fifteen jurying and critiquing art and photography\, he loves men toring and inspiring other artists\, photographers\, and designers to make more beautiful and impactful work.\n\nWebsites: \nGregKlamt.comImprobable Worlds.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240717T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240717T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-90 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/Greg-Klamt-Portrait-6245-©-Ricki-Douglas-2011-150x150.jpeg\;150\;15 0\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Greg- Klamt-Portrait-6245-©-Ricki-Douglas-2011-210x300.jpeg\;210\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Greg-Klamt-Portrai t-6245-©-Ricki-Douglas-2011.jpeg\;448\;640\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/Greg-Klamt-Portrait-6245-©-Ricki-Douglas-2011-210x 300.jpeg' width='210' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup an d social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Nigh t!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for July will be Greg Klamt.</p>\n<p>Members bring p rints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted b y the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more info rmation about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https:// www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='ma ilto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></bl ockquote>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /03/Untitled-1-scaled.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='al igncenter wp-image-9226 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-791x1024.jpeg' alt='Greg Klamt Flyer' wid th='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2024/03/Untitled-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-768x994.jpeg 768w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1- 1583x2048.jpeg 1583w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /03/Untitled-1-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-50x65.jpeg 50w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-1-scaled.jpe g 1978w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<h2>A bout Greg</h2>\n<div class=''>Greg Klamt is a Multimedia Artist whose work spans Fine Art\, Digital Illustration\, Animation\, Photography\, Music\, Theatre\, and Visual Design for Print\, Web\, and other media. His award- winning art has been in a variety of galleries\, exhibitions\, and publica tions.</div>\n<div class=''></div>\n<div class=''>With over twenty-five ye ars as an art director and creative manager and over fifteen jurying and c ritiquing art and photography\, he loves mentoring and inspiring other art ists\, photographers\, and designers to make more beautiful and impactful work.</div>\n<div class=''></div>\n<div class=''><b class=''><i class=''>W ebsites: </i></b></div>\n<div class=''><a class='' href='http://gregklamt. com/'><b class=''><i class=''>GregKlamt.com</i></b></a><span class=''><b c lass=''><i class=''><br class='' /></i></b><b class=''><i class=''><a clas s='' href='http://improbableworlds.com/'>ImprobableWorlds.com</a></i></b>< /span></div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9229@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jeff Booher\; jeff@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presentations. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography and enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!\nJoin Lisa as she discusses her photo essay on A ntarctica DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight – Antarctica: There and Back by Lisa Miller URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-lisa-miller/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/LisaMiller_headshot-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LisaMiller_headshot-300x300.jpe g\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /03/LisaMiller_headshot.jpeg\;480\;480\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/LisaMiller_headshot-300x300.jpeg' width='300' heig ht='300' /></div><p>Our 5th Wednesday meetings are member spotlight presen tations. Hob-knob with some of the area’s experts in amateur photography a nd enjoy delicious Hors d’oeuvres!</p>\n<p>Join Lisa as she discusses her photo essay on Antarctica</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9321@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP\nJoin your fellow Darkroomers for a sunse t and Milky Way photo shoot at the Motor Transport Museum in Campo! The co st is $23/person\, payable in CASH at the event. This covers the $20/pp ad mission plus the cost of the museum docent ($30). We need a minimum of 10 people (max attendance\, 20).\nThis event is open to guests on a space-ava ilable basis\, with priority given to Darkroomers members.\n\nSchedule of Events:\n\n6 PM – Gates Open\n7:42 PM – Sunset\n12:00 AM – Gates Close\n\n Things to Bring:\n\nCamera\nWide-angle lens (f/2.8 or better is ideal)\nCa ble release\nTripod\nHeadlamp with RED light option\nLEDs for Light Painti ng (optional)\nLight Jacket\nPicnic for dinner\nWater\nSmall\, foldable st ool (optional)\n\nRules & Guidelines from the Motor Transport Museum\n\nDo Not Wear Open Toed Sandals or shoes! Be aware that it gets cooler at nigh t and a sweater or light jacket may be desired. Dress accordingly!\nIt wil l be very wonderfully dark\, guiding lights should only emit a red beam so as not to disrupt others’ photography. Point the guiding light at the gro und in front of you.\nPlease be aware and respectful of others around you so as not to disrupt their shot. When approaching others verbally inquire of a safe pass zone.\nYour food or beverages may be stored in our showroom refrigerator but must be removed when you leave. Please place all food di sposal in the green trash can with the lid.\nDoors and hoods of vehicles i n and outside the building are not to be opened and vehicles may not be cl imbed on or inside. Some vehicles may be used for photo ops with permissio n of the MTM supervisor.\nPlease throw all trash in appropriate designated trash cans located by the picnic area.\nThe gate will be open from 6:00pm till 12:00 and sunset is around 7:30. I suggest arriving before dark and walk around to get the lay of the land then to hopefully shoot a great sun set. Please use your fog or parking lights at night when leaving.\n\nAlso\ , our picnic area is a great spot for consuming your meal or you are welco me to eat at the tables supplied inside the Mill as well. El Paso Mexican food is located at the dead-end of Buckman Springs Rd to the right on Hwy 94 next to Cameron Corners gas station\, Pit Stop Deli is located across f rom El Paso in the entranceway of Sinclair Gas\, and on the street behind us is Campo Cafe’ with a scrumptious variety of good eats\, drinks and var iety of drinks! They tend to be busy at weekends so arrive early or call y our order in ahead to save the wait. Their link is https://www.thecampocaf e.com/. We will also have complimentary water available in our refrigerato r. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240803T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240803T234500 GEO:+32.630069;-116.461366 LOCATION:Motor Transport Museum @ 31949 CA-94\, Campo\, CA 91906\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Motor Transport Museum Milky Way URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-motor-transport-museum-mi lky-way/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite.png\;1200\;628\,medium\;https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meet up-invite.png\;1200\;628\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite.png\;1200\;628\,full\;ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography -meetup-invite.png\;1200\;628 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><h2 style='text- align: center\;'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/motor-transpor t-museum-milky-way-august-2024/'>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP</a></h2>\n<p>Join y our fellow Darkroomers for a sunset and Milky Way photo shoot at the Motor Transport Museum in Campo! <strong>The cost is $23/person\, payable in CA SH</strong> at the event. This covers the $20/pp admission plus the cost o f the museum docent ($30). <strong>We need a minimum of 10 peopl</strong>e (max attendance\, 20).</p>\n<p><strong>This event is open to guests</stro ng> on a space-available basis\, with priority given to Darkroomers member s.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07 /milky-way-photography-meetup-invite.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='as ync' class='aligncenter wp-image-9322 size-full' src='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite.png ' alt='' width='1200' height='628' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite.png 1200w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography -meetup-invite-300x157.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite-1024x536.png 1024w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography -meetup-invite-768x402.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite-120x64.png 120w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-me etup-invite-924x484.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meetup-invite-700x366.png 700w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/milky-way-photography-meet up-invite-50x26.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200px' /></a></p>\n<h2>Schedule of Events:</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>6 PM – Gates Open</li >\n<li>7:42 PM – Sunset</li>\n<li>12:00 AM – Gates Close</li>\n</ul>\n<h2> Things to Bring:</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Camera</li>\n<li>Wide-angle lens (f/2.8 o r better is ideal)</li>\n<li>Cable release</li>\n<li>Tripod</li>\n<li>Head lamp with RED light option</li>\n<li>LEDs for Light Painting (optional)</l i>\n<li>Light Jacket</li>\n<li>Picnic for dinner</li>\n<li>Water</li>\n<li >Small\, foldable stool (optional)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Rules & Guidelines fro m the Motor Transport Museum</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do Not Wear Open Toed Sandals or shoes! Be aware that it gets cooler at night and a sweater or light ja cket may be desired. Dress accordingly!</li>\n<li>It will be very wonderfu lly dark\, guiding lights should only emit a red beam so as not to disrupt others’ photography. Point the guiding light at the ground in front of yo u.</li>\n<li>Please be aware and respectful of others around you so as not to disrupt their shot. When approaching others verbally inquire of a safe pass zone.</li>\n<li>Your food or beverages may be stored in our showroom refrigerator but must be removed when you leave. Please place all food di sposal in the green trash can with the lid.</li>\n<li>Doors and hoods of v ehicles in and outside the building are not to be opened and vehicles may not be climbed on or inside. Some vehicles may be used for photo ops with permission of the MTM supervisor.</li>\n<li>Please throw all trash in appr opriate designated trash cans located by the picnic area.</li>\n<li>The ga te will be open from 6:00pm till 12:00 and sunset is around 7:30. I sugges t arriving before dark and walk around to get the lay of the land then to hopefully shoot a great sunset. Please use your fog or parking lights at n ight when leaving.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Also\, our picnic area is a great spot for consuming your meal or you are welcome to eat at the tables supplied i nside the Mill as well. El Paso Mexican food is located at the dead-end of Buckman Springs Rd to the right on Hwy 94 next to Cameron Corners gas sta tion\, Pit Stop Deli is located across from El Paso in the entranceway of Sinclair Gas\, and on the street behind us is Campo Cafe’ with a scrumptio us variety of good eats\, drinks and variety of drinks! They tend to be bu sy at weekends so arrive early or call your order in ahead to save the wai t. Their link is https://www.thecampocafe.com/. We will also have complime ntary water available in our refrigerator.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> X-COST:$23 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9335@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Bu ilding in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nThe workshop will presen t the concept of “Looking.” Looking is the practice of noticing what is in teresting in a photograph. It is centered on how you see with the mind’s e ye and on understanding how a photographer looks for a desired image.\nA f lâneur is a French noun referring to a person\, literally meaning “strolle r lounger” or loafer.” A flâneur is an ambivalent figure of urban affluenc e and modernity\, representing the ability to wander detached from society with no other purpose than to be an acute observer of (Looking At) indust rialized\, contemporary urban life.\nI will present numerous images from p hotographers like Eugene Atget\, Walker Evans\, Robert Frank\, Gary Winogr and\, Josef Koudelka\, and many more. The talk will be about their concept of looking and the life they spent searching with their Urban eye. I will also bring a portfolio of my current work\, both in slides and prints. I also invite attendees to bring their work for discussion.\n\nAbout Craig\n Craig Carlson became interested in photography in his early teens and subs equently worked at student publications from High School through his Unive rsity studies. Craig received his Bachelor of Arts in Editorial Journalism in 1973 from San Diego State University and his Master of Arts in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Photography from Humboldt State University in 197 6.\nCraig has worked professionally for editorial\, advertising\, and comm ercial clients for over 35 years. He has also taught photography for over 40 years in several colleges throughout San Diego County\, including creat ive photography and digital imaging in the School of Art\, Design\, and Ar t History at San Diego State University for 26 years.\nHe is the author of “Look Before You See\,” a self-published photography text\, and a manuscr ipt and book proposal reviewer for Focal Press. Craig has exhibited his ph otographs since 1970 and is included in numerous corporate and private col lections. Recent projects include Sunset Boulevard and Downtown Los Angele s. Currently\, he is photographing the urban streets of East San Diego. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240807T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240807T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Looking with Craig Carlson URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/looking-with-craig-carlson/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Headshot_Craig-Carlson-Tokyo-Japan-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium \;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Headshot_Craig-Ca rlson-Tokyo-Japan-300x225.jpg\;300\;225\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Headshot_Craig-Carlson-Tokyo-Japan-1024x76 8.jpg\;756\;567\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Headshot_Craig-Carlson-Tokyo-Japan.jpg\;1200\;900\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Headshot_Craig-Carlson-Tokyo-Japan-300x225.jpg' wi dth='300' height='225' /></div><blockquote><p>This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).</p></blockquote>\n<p>The workshop will present the concept of “L ooking.” Looking is the practice of noticing what is interesting in a phot ograph. It is centered on how you see with the mind’s eye and on understan ding how a photographer looks for a desired image.</p>\n<p>A flâneur is a French noun referring to a person\, literally meaning “stroller lounger” o r loafer.” A flâneur is an ambivalent figure of urban affluence and modern ity\, representing the ability to wander detached from society with no oth er purpose than to be an acute observer of (Looking At) industrialized\, c ontemporary urban life.</p>\n<p>I will present numerous images from photog raphers like Eugene Atget\, Walker Evans\, Robert Frank\, Gary Winogrand\, Josef Koudelka\, and many more. The talk will be about their concept of l ooking and the life they spent searching with their Urban eye. I will also bring a portfolio of my current work\, both in slides and prints. I also invite attendees to bring their work for discussion.</p>\n<p><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9334 size-full ' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1 .png' alt='Craig Carlson Flyer' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1.png 1920w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1-300x169 .png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitle d-1-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Untitled-1-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1-924x520.pn g 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1 -1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/Untitled-1-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1 920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Craig</h2>\n<p>Craig Carlson became intereste d in photography in his early teens and subsequently worked at student pub lications from High School through his University studies. Craig received his Bachelor of Arts in Editorial Journalism in 1973 from San Diego State University and his Master of Arts in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Photo graphy from Humboldt State University in 1976.</p>\n<p>Craig has worked pr ofessionally for editorial\, advertising\, and commercial clients for over 35 years. He has also taught photography for over 40 years in several col leges throughout San Diego County\, including creative photography and dig ital imaging in the School of Art\, Design\, and Art History at San Diego State University for 26 years.</p>\n<p>He is the author of “Look Before Yo u See\,” a self-published photography text\, and a manuscript and book pro posal reviewer for Focal Press. Craig has exhibited his photographs since 1970 and is included in numerous corporate and private collections. Recent projects include Sunset Boulevard and Downtown Los Angeles. Currently\, h e is photographing the urban streets of East San Diego.</p>\n</BODY></HTML > END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9342@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for August is Anthony Washington.\nMembers bring print s for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by th e Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gal lery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining D arkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout Tony\nTony Washington is an award-winning digital artist and photographer renowned for his vibrant matte paintings and capt ivating composites in the realm of entertainment properties. With a dynami c style that infuses energy into his creations\, Tony’s work stands out fo r its bold colors\, intricate details\, and imaginative storytelling.\nHis expertise lies in crafting immersive worlds and scenes that transport vie wers into fantastical realms and narratives. Tony’s skillful use of digita l techniques and mastery of composition result in visually striking artwor ks that leave a lasting impression.\n\nAs an accomplished artist\, Tony Wa shington has garnered recognition and awards for his contributions to the entertainment industry\, showcasing his talent and innovation. His portfol io showcases a diverse range of projects\, from epic landscapes to dynamic character illustrations\, each piece reflecting his passion for creating compelling visual experiences. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-94 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Headshot-2022-2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Headshot-2022-2-200x300.jpg\;200\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Headsh ot-2022-2.jpg\;666\;1000\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Headshot-2022-2-200x300.jpg' width='200' height='3 00' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but w e’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote> \n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for Augus t is Anthony Washington.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote ><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/ membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com' >email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href='htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judg e-Flyer-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp- image-9336 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1.png' alt='Anthony Washington Flyer ' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1.png 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1 -300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-768x432 .png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroo mers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1200x675.png 12 00w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-G uest-Judge-Flyer-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-700x394.png 700w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge -Flyer-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Tony</h2>\n<div>Tony Washington is an award-winning digital artist and photographer renowned for his vibrant matte paintings a nd captivating composites in the realm of entertainment properties. With a dynamic style that infuses energy into his creations\, Tony’s work stands out for its bold colors\, intricate details\, and imaginative storytellin g.</div>\n<div>His expertise lies in crafting immersive worlds and scenes that transport viewers into fantastical realms and narratives. Tony’s skil lful use of digital techniques and mastery of composition result in visual ly striking artworks that leave a lasting impression.</div>\n<div></div>\n <div>As an accomplished artist\, Tony Washington has garnered recognition and awards for his contributions to the entertainment industry\, showcasin g his talent and innovation. His portfolio showcases a diverse range of pr ojects\, from epic landscapes to dynamic character illustrations\, each pi ece reflecting his passion for creating compelling visual experiences.</di v>\n<div></div>\n<div><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='asy nc' class='aligncenter wp-image-9341 size-large' src='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-663x1024.jpg' a lt='' width='663' height='1024' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-663x1024.jpg 663w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-194x 300.jpg 194w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worl ds-Colide-Final-mid-768x1187.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-994x1536.jpg 994w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-1200 x1855.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/W orlds-Colide-Final-mid-924x1428.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-700x1082.jpg 700w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worlds-Colide-Final-mid-5 0x77.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Worl ds-Colide-Final-mid.jpg 1294w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 663px) 100vw\, 66 3px' /></a> <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Paths-II-12x18-1.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='alignc enter wp-image-9340 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-1024x683.jpg' alt='' width='756' height ='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Path s-II-12x18-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-768x512.jpg 768w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-1200x800 .jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Paths- II-12x18-1-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1-50x33.jpg 50w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Paths-II-12x18-1.jpg 1296w' size s='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a> <a href='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9338 size-larg e' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2 -Final-lo-1-1024x515.jpg' alt='' width='756' height='380' srcset='https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1-1024 x515.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/La ndscape-2-Final-lo-1-300x151.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1-768x386.jpg 768w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1-1536x77 2.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lands cape-2-Final-lo-1-1200x603.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1-924x464.jpg 924w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1-700x352. jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscap e-2-Final-lo-1-50x25.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/Landscape-2-Final-lo-1.jpg 2000w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 75 6px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9318@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Bu ilding in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nJoin us for a captivatin g presentation by Peter Liebig on photographing drag races. You’ll learn w hat gear to bring\, camera settings for success\, safety tips\, and more! Peter will also showcase some of his popular photographs and share some of the post-processing techniques he uses to get his signature look.\nFor in terested Darkroomers members\, this presentation will be followed in Septe mber with opportunities to photograph with Peter at the Barona Drag Strip! \n\nAbout Peter\nPeter Liebig is a San Diego-based commercial photographer who specializes in cars\, motorcycles\, drag racing\, and other motorspor ts. A top photo artist\, Peter specializes in creative\, artistic\, and di gital paintings of multiple venues. He owns Peter A. Liebig Photography.\n His wife\, Wanda\, is his partner and an accomplished professional photogr apher. They make a dynamic duo.\nPete Liebig Photography’s owner is also t he official track photographer for Barona 1/8th Mile Drags\, El Cajon Clas sic Cruise\, San Diego Cops\, and Rodders. Pete Liebig and Wanda also trav el around the USA\, photographing Old Cars\, Trains\, Tractors\, and Plane s. Check out his Website Peteliebigphotography.com. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photographing Drag Racing with Peter Liebig URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photographing-drag-racing-with-peter- liebig/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/PAL_4219bd26_24-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PAL_4219bd26_24-300x240.jpg\;300\;24 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PAL_42 19bd26_24-1024x819.jpg\;756\;605\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/PAL_4219bd26_24.jpg\;1500\;1200\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/PAL_4219bd26_24-300x240.jpg' width='300' height='2 40' /></div><blockquote><p>This meeting will be held in person at the Phot ographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).</p></bloc kquote>\n<p>Join us for a captivating presentation by Peter Liebig on phot ographing drag races. You’ll learn what gear to bring\, camera settings fo r success\, safety tips\, and more! Peter will also showcase some of his p opular photographs and share some of the post-processing techniques he use s to get his signature look.</p>\n<p>For interested Darkroomers members\, this presentation will be followed in September with opportunities to phot ograph with Peter at the Barona Drag Strip!</p>\n<p><img loading='lazy' de coding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9316 size-full' src='https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1.png' alt='' width= '1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Untitled-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Untitled-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-768x432.png 768w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1536x864.png 1 536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-1 200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Untitled-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/Untitled-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></p>\n<h2>About Peter</h2>\n<p style='font-weig ht: 400\;'>Peter Liebig is a San Diego-based commercial photographer who s pecializes in cars\, motorcycles\, drag racing\, and other motorsports. A top photo artist\, Peter specializes in creative\, artistic\, and digital paintings of multiple venues. He owns Peter A. Liebig Photography.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>His wife\, Wanda\, is his partner and an accom plished professional photographer. They make a dynamic duo.</p>\n<p style= 'font-weight: 400\;'>Pete Liebig Photography’s owner is also the official track photographer for Barona 1/8th Mile Drags\, El Cajon Classic Cruise\, San Diego Cops\, and Rodders. Pete Liebig and Wanda also travel around th e USA\, photographing Old Cars\, Trains\, Tractors\, and Planes. Check out his Website <a href='https://Peteliebigphotography.com'>Peteliebigphotogr aphy.com</a>.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9398@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION: \n\nJoin the Darkroomers Photographic Club for an exciting day trip “On Location” to the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano. This outi ng offers a fantastic opportunity to capture the stunning architecture\, l ush gardens\, and rich history of one of California’s most iconic landmark s. Bring your cameras and your creative eye as we explore this beautiful m ission and the surrounding historic downtown.\n– 9:00 AM – Mission San Jua n Capistrano Opens:\nWe’ll begin our day at the Mission San Juan Capistran o\, which opens its doors at 9:00 AM. You’ll have the morning to wander th rough the mission’s grounds\, photographing its beautiful arches\, fountai ns\, and gardens. Take your time to explore and capture the essence of thi s historic site at your own pace.\n– 11:30 AM – Regroup for Lunch at Taver n at the Mission:\nAt noon\, we’ll regroup and head over to the nearby Tav ern at the Mission for a relaxing lunch. Enjoy a delicious meal while shar ing your favorite shots and photography tips with fellow club members. Thi s is a great time to connect\, exchange ideas\, and get to know each other better.\n– 1:30 PM – Explore Historic Downtown San Juan Capistrano:\nAfte r lunch\, we’ll take a leisurely stroll through the historic downtown of S an Juan Capistrano. The downtown area is full of charming shops\, cafes\, and historical sites\, providing endless opportunities for street photogra phy and more. Whether you’re interested in capturing the vibrant street sc enes or the quaint architectural details\, there’s something for everyone. \nWhat to Bring:\n\nAdmission Fee $18 adult | $15 senior 60+\nYour camera gear (including extra batteries and memory cards)\nComfortable walking sho es\nA hat and sunscreen for sun protection\nA sense of adventure and creat ivity\n\nThis day trip promises to be a fun and inspiring experience\, per fect for honing your photography skills in a beautiful and historic settin g. We look forward to seeing you there! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T140000 GEO:+33.502005;-117.662691 LOCATION:Mission San Juan Capistrano @ 26801 Old Mission Rd\, San Juan Capi strano\, CA 92675\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Mission San Juan Capistrano URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-mission-san-juan-capistra no/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\ ;720\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkro omers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p> </p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-O n-Location-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9409 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomer s-On-Location-2.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers -On-Location-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-924x5 20.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Darkr oomers-On-Location-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2024/09/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\ , (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p>Join the Darkroomers Photographic Club for an exciting day trip “On Location” to the historic M ission San Juan Capistrano. This outing offers a fantastic opportunity to capture the stunning architecture\, lush gardens\, and rich history of one of California’s most iconic landmarks. Bring your cameras and your creati ve eye as we explore this beautiful mission and the surrounding historic d owntown.</p>\n<p><strong>– 9:00 AM – Mission San Juan Capistrano Opens:</s trong><br />\nWe’ll begin our day at the Mission San Juan Capistrano\, whi ch opens its doors at 9:00 AM. You’ll have the morning to wander through t he mission’s grounds\, photographing its beautiful arches\, fountains\, an d gardens. Take your time to explore and capture the essence of this histo ric site at your own pace.</p>\n<p><strong>– 11:30 AM – Regroup for Lunch at Tavern at the Mission:</strong><br />\nAt noon\, we’ll regroup and head over to the nearby Tavern at the Mission for a relaxing lunch. Enjoy a de licious meal while sharing your favorite shots and photography tips with f ellow club members. This is a great time to connect\, exchange ideas\, and get to know each other better.</p>\n<p><strong>– 1:30 PM – Explore Histor ic Downtown San Juan Capistrano:</strong><br />\nAfter lunch\, we’ll take a leisurely stroll through the historic downtown of San Juan Capistrano. T he downtown area is full of charming shops\, cafes\, and historical sites\ , providing endless opportunities for street photography and more. Whether you’re interested in capturing the vibrant street scenes or the quaint ar chitectural details\, there’s something for everyone.</p>\n<p>What to Brin g:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Admission Fee $18 adult | $15 senior 60+</li>\n<li>Your camera gear (including extra batteries and memory cards)</li>\n<li>Comfort able walking shoes</li>\n<li>A hat and sunscreen for sun protection</li>\n <li>A sense of adventure and creativity</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This day trip prom ises to be a fun and inspiring experience\, perfect for honing your photog raphy skills in a beautiful and historic setting. We look forward to seein g you there!</p>\n</BODY></HTML> X-COST:$15-18 + Lunch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9227@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for September will be Heidi Short.\nMembers bring prin ts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by t he Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building ga llery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you hav e any questions.\n\nAbout Heidi\nAfter retiring from a career as a Researc h Scientist in Biotech\, I decided to explore my creative side and take up photography as a hobby. I had already collected B&W prints for many years . It was challenging but exciting to transition to being the one behind th e lens\, creating my own photographs. My passion for travel became a way t o get more and more photo ops. Over the years\, I have focused primarily o n shooting wildlife and landscapes\, but I also dabble in street photograp hy and am known to play a bit in LR and PS to create artsy abstracts. As a n admin for Light Chasers\, I am an advocate for the exchange of ideas in shooting and processing with my fellow photographers. Photography is a pas sion\, involves a lifetime of learning\, and is often a humbling experienc e. I look forward to it every day. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-91 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/IMG_9064-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9064-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9064-1024x1021.j pg\;756\;754\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /03/IMG_9064.jpg\;1179\;1175\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9064-300x300.jpg' width='300' height='300' />< /div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll op en the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>J oin us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for September wi ll be Heidi Short.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Vi sitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomer s\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/member ship/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><img loading='lazy ' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9344 size-full' src='https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-F lyer-1-2.png' alt='Heidi Short Flyer' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Ju dge-Flyer-1-2.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2 -1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-153 6x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-924x5 20.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkr oomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-2-50x28.png 5 0w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></p>\n<h2>About He idi</h2>\n<p>After retiring from a career as a Research Scientist in Biote ch\, I decided to explore my creative side and take up photography as a ho bby. I had already collected B&W prints for many years. It was challenging but exciting to transition to being the one behind the lens\, creating my own photographs. My passion for travel became a way to get more and more photo ops. Over the years\, I have focused primarily on shooting wildlife and landscapes\, but I also dabble in street photography and am known to p lay a bit in LR and PS to create artsy abstracts. As an admin for Light Ch asers\, I am an advocate for the exchange of ideas in shooting and process ing with my fellow photographers. Photography is a passion\, involves a li fetime of learning\, and is often a humbling experience. I look forward to it every day.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9379@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Bu ilding in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nJoin us for an insightfu l presentation by Gary Kemper\, a seasoned photojournalist with 24 years o f experience working for major news wires like UPI\, Reuters\, and the Eur opean Pressphoto Agency. With his extensive background\, including serving as the Photo Chief for the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics and as a Photo Expert on the IOC Press Commission from 2001 to 2021\, Gary will sh are his expertise and firsthand experiences in capturing some of the world ’s most significant sporting events.\nIn this session\, Gary will showcase a selection of 60-70 images from the Paris Olympics\, captured by various news agencies. He will provide commentary on the planning and challenges involved in photographing the Olympic Games\, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to document these iconic moments.\nThe title “F8 an d Be There” reflects an old wire service saying that underscores the essen ce of great news photography: being in the right place at the right time a nd making it sharp. Gary’s presentation will delve into this philosophy\, illustrating how it has guided his work and continues to be relevant in th e fast-paced world of sports photography.\nDon’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from a true expert in the field!\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:F8 and Be There with Gary Kemper URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/f8-and-be-there-with-gary-kemper/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/GK-portrait-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GK-portrait-200x300.jpeg\;200\;300\;1\, large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GK-portrait- 683x1024.jpeg\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/GK-portrait.jpeg\;724\;1086\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/GK-portrait-200x300.jpeg' width='200' height='300' /></div><p><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-ima ge-9377 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1 080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkro omers-Presentaion-Graphics-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-300x169.png 300w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Prese ntaion-Graphics-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Present aion-Graphics-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Present aion-Graphics-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-700x394.png 700w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion -Graphics-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920p x' /></p>\n<blockquote><p>This meeting will be held in person at the Photo graphic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).</p></block quote>\n<p>Join us for an insightful presentation by Gary Kemper\, a seaso ned photojournalist with 24 years of experience working for major news wir es like UPI\, Reuters\, and the European Pressphoto Agency. With his exten sive background\, including serving as the Photo Chief for the 1996 Atlant a and 2000 Sydney Olympics and as a Photo Expert on the IOC Press Commissi on from 2001 to 2021\, Gary will share his expertise and firsthand experie nces in capturing some of the world’s most significant sporting events.</p >\n<p>In this session\, Gary will showcase a selection of 60-70 images fro m the Paris Olympics\, captured by various news agencies. He will provide commentary on the planning and challenges involved in photographing the Ol ympic Games\, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to docume nt these iconic moments.</p>\n<p>The title “F8 and Be There” reflects an o ld wire service saying that underscores the essence of great news photogra phy: being in the right place at the right time and making it sharp. Gary’ s presentation will delve into this philosophy\, illustrating how it has g uided his work and continues to be relevant in the fast-paced world of spo rts photography.</p>\n<p>Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insi ghts from a true expert in the field!</p>\n<p> </p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9410@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com\; https://worldwidephotowa lk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/ DESCRIPTION:SIGNUP REQUIRED | CLICK HERE\n\nThe famous La Jolla Cove is a b eacon for photographers of all skill levels to hone their skills and come away with incredible images. In early October\, hoist your cameras and ple ase join Kevin La Rue and the Darkroomers Photographic Club for a relaxing photo walk around this lovely destination and the surrounding area. This is a wonderful opportunity to capture the early morning coastline.\n\n7:45 am – Meet-up at the Picnic tables just north of the Cove (the area where t he swimmers are)\n8:00am – Photo Walk Start – moving southward along the C ove\n11:00am – Jose’s Courtroom restaurant on Prospect Street\n\nWe’ll beg in with some brief introductions and orientation to help you make the most of your walk. Kevin La Rue and members of the Darkrooms Photographic Club will be available to offer tips and guidance on the go. Beginning at the Cove — a great place to photograph sea lions\, swimmers\, waves and rock o utcroppings — we’ll move towards Children’s Pool for some additional majes ty. There’s a nice beach there and great leading lines at the picturesque sea walk. Low tide is at 3:54 am\, and high tide is at 10:26 am\n\nFrom th ere\, two paths emerge: (a) continue moving southward to hit the tidal poo ls or (b) head up into the charming village of La Jolla for ample street s hooting. To round things off\, we’ll have an early lunch at the venerable Jose’s Courtroom to swap stories\, show off some photos and have some deli cious food and drinks. Hope you can join us!\n\nWhether you’re looking to practice your photography skills\, or simply to enjoy a nice walk and the camaraderie of fellow photography enthusiasts\, join us for a delightful m orning. We look forward to meeting you and capturing the beauty of the La Jolla Cove together! To see images from last year’s walk\, click here.\n\n Tips: Dress in layers for the weather and wear comfy walking shoes! As far as camera gear goes\, you probably won’t need a tripod unless you plan to shoot some long exposures with ND filters. I usually bring my trusty 10-2 4mm wide-angle zoom for my Fuji X-T4\, might swap out for a bigger zoom to capture the critters from afar\, and have my stealthy 35mm if I’m going t o do clandestine street shooting up in the village! 😉\nTickets: https://wo rldwidephotowalk.com/walk/scenic-la-jolla-cove/. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T110000 GEO:+32.850389;-117.272943 LOCATION:La Jolla Cove @ La Jolla Cove\, San Diego\, CA 92037\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Worldwide Photo Walk – Scenic La Jolla Cove URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/worldwide-photo-walk-scenic-la-jolla- cove/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-240x300. jpg\;240\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 24/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-819x1024.jpg\;756\;945\;1\,full\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350.jpg\;1080\ ;1350\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-240x300.jpg' width='240' hei ght='300' /></div><h2 style='text-align: center\;'><a href='https://worldw idephotowalk.com/walk/scenic-la-jolla-cove/' target='_blank' rel='noopener '>SIGNUP REQUIRED | CLICK HERE</a></h2>\n<p><a href='https://worldwidephot owalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/'><img loading='lazy' decoding=' async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9383 size-full' src='https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90.jpg' alt='' widt h='728' height='90' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90.jpg 728w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90-300x37.jpg 300w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90-700x87.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanne r_728X90-50x6.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 728px) 100vw\, 728px' />< /a></p>\n<div>The famous La Jolla Cove is a beacon for photographers of al l skill levels to hone their skills and come away with incredible images. In early October\, hoist your cameras and please join Kevin La Rue and the Darkroomers Photographic Club for a relaxing photo walk around this lovel y destination and the surrounding area. This is a wonderful opportunity to capture the early morning coastline.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>7:45am – Me et-up at the Picnic tables just north of the Cove (the area where the swim mers are)</div>\n<div>8:00am – Photo Walk Start – moving southward along t he Cove</div>\n<div>11:00am – Jose’s Courtroom restaurant on Prospect Stre et</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>We’ll begin with some brief introductions and orientation to help you make the most of your walk. Kevin La Rue and membe rs of the Darkrooms Photographic Club will be available to offer tips and guidance on the go. Beginning at the Cove — a great place to photograph se a lions\, swimmers\, waves and rock outcroppings — we’ll move towards Chil dren’s Pool for some additional majesty. There’s a nice beach there and gr eat leading lines at the picturesque sea walk. Low tide is at 3:54 am\, an d high tide is at 10:26 am</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>From there\, two paths emerge: (a) continue moving southward to hit the tidal pools or (b) head up into the charming village of La Jolla for ample street shooting. To rou nd things off\, we’ll have an early lunch at the venerable Jose’s Courtroo m to swap stories\, show off some photos and have some delicious food and drinks. Hope you can join us!</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Whether you’re look ing to practice your photography skills\, or simply to enjoy a nice walk a nd the camaraderie of fellow photography enthusiasts\, join us for a delig htful morning. We look forward to meeting you and capturing the beauty of the La Jolla Cove together! <a href='https://cklarue.slickpic.com/go/wwpw- lajolla2023' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>To see images from last year’s walk\, click here</a>.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Tips: Dress in layers for the weather and wear comfy walking shoes! As far as camera gear goes\, yo u probably won’t need a tripod unless you plan to shoot some long exposure s with ND filters. I usually bring my trusty 10-24mm wide-angle zoom for m y Fuji X-T4\, might swap out for a bigger zoom to capture the critters fro m afar\, and have my stealthy 35mm if I’m going to do clandestine street s hooting up in the village! 😉</div>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url -exported' href='https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/scenic-la-jolla-cove/ '>https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/scenic-la-jolla-cove/</a>.</p></BODY ></HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/scenic-la-jolla-cove/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9380@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com\; https://worldwidephotowa lk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/ DESCRIPTION:SIGNUP REQUIRED | CLICK HERE\n\nJoin Angela Andrieux and the Da rkroomers Photographic Club for a photo walk in beautiful Balboa Park! Thi s is a fantastic opportunity for photographers of all skill levels to capt ure the magic of golden hour and sunset in one of San Diego County’s most picturesque locations.\n 4:30 PM Meet-Up: Photographic Arts Building\, Bal boa Park (next to Spanish Village\, NOT the Museum of Photographic Arts)\n 5:00 PM Photo Walk Start\n6:27 PM Sunset\n7:00 PM End: Photographic Arts Building\nWe’ll begin our journey at the Photographic Arts Building for a brief orientation to help you make the most of the walk. Angela Andrieux a nd members of the Darkroomers Photographic Club will be available to offer tips and guidance as we explore the park’s stunning landscapes\, historic architecture\, and vibrant gardens.\nWhether you’re looking to enhance yo ur photography skills or simply enjoy a leisurely walk with fellow photogr aphy enthusiasts\, this event promises an unforgettable experience.\nBring your camera\, a tripod for long-exposure or low-light shots\, water\, a l ight jacket\, and comfortable walking shoes. We look forward to capturing the beauty of Balboa Park together!\nTickets: https://worldwidephotowalk.c om/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T190000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Worldwide Photo Walk – Golden Hour in Balboa Park URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/worldwide-photo-walk-golden-hour-in-b alboa-park/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-240x300. jpg\;240\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 24/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-819x1024.jpg\;756\;945\;1\,full\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350.jpg\;1080\ ;1350\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_Social_1080X1350-240x300.jpg' width='240' hei ght='300' /></div><h2 style='text-align: center\;'><a href='https://worldw idephotowalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/' target='_blank' rel='no opener'>SIGNUP REQUIRED | CLICK HERE</a></h2>\n<p><a href='https://worldwi dephotowalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/'><img loading='lazy' deco ding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9383 size-full' src='https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90.jpg' alt=' ' width='728' height='90' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90.jpg 728w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90-300x37.jpg 300w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_ADBanner_728X90-700x8 7.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WWPW_A DBanner_728X90-50x6.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 728px) 100vw\, 728p x' /></a></p>\n<p>Join Angela Andrieux and the Darkroomers Photographic Cl ub for a photo walk in beautiful Balboa Park! This is a fantastic opportun ity for photographers of all skill levels to capture the magic of golden h our and sunset in one of San Diego County’s most picturesque locations.</p >\n<p><strong> 4:30 PM Meet-Up:</strong> Photographic Arts Building\, Balb oa Park (next to Spanish Village\, <em><strong>NOT</strong> the Museum of Photographic Arts</em>)<br />\n<strong>5:00 PM Photo Walk Start</strong><b r />\n<strong>6:27 PM Sunset</strong><br />\n<strong>7:00 PM End:</strong> Photographic Arts Building</p>\n<p>We’ll begin our journey at the Photog raphic Arts Building for a brief orientation to help you make the most of the walk. Angela Andrieux and members of the Darkroomers Photographic Club will be available to offer tips and guidance as we explore the park’s stu nning landscapes\, historic architecture\, and vibrant gardens.</p>\n<p>Wh ether you’re looking to enhance your photography skills or simply enjoy a leisurely walk with fellow photography enthusiasts\, this event promises a n unforgettable experience.</p>\n<p>Bring your camera\, a tripod for long- exposure or low-light shots\, water\, a light jacket\, and comfortable wal king shoes. We look forward to capturing the beauty of Balboa Park togethe r!</p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exported' href='https://wor ldwidephotowalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/'>https://worldwidepho towalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-park/</a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/golden-hour-in-balboa-par k/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9400@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for October is Judith Preston.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\nAbout Judith:\nJudith Preston is a photographer who grew up in the wilds of New England and now can hardly believe she lives in Southe rn California. Recently retired\, she spends her days catering to her 8-yr old rescue dog\, Riley (I’ll give you a cookie if you will please stop ho wling)\, practicing backing up into the driveway (is it straight now??)\, dog-watching (did you see the size of that Huskey’s feet?!)\, working on i mproving her posture\, being outdoors (at the beach\, the mountains\, the desert)\, and\, above all else\, making photographs.\nAbout her photograph y\, Judith says she is interested in low-tech approaches to image-making s uch as the Holga plastic camera\, as well as black & white and infrared fi lm\, and alternative processes.\nJudith received her BFA in English at Kee ne State College in New Hampshire and her MFA in Photography at Ohio Unive rsity\, Athens. Until her retirement\, she taught darkroom and digital pho tography at several local community colleges. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-95 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><blockquote><p>T he meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthl y Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for October is Judith Preston.</p>\n< p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photograp hic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, howe ver\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you ’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a > and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any q uestions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>About Judith:</h2>\n<p>Judith Preston is a photographer who grew up in the wilds of New England and now can hardly b elieve she lives in Southern California. Recently retired\, she spends her days catering to her 8-yr old rescue dog\, Riley (I’ll give you a cookie if you will please stop howling)\, practicing backing up into the driveway (is it straight now??)\, dog-watching (did you see the size of that Huske y’s feet?!)\, working on improving her posture\, being outdoors (at the be ach\, the mountains\, the desert)\, and\, above all else\, making photogra phs.</p>\n<p>About her photography\, Judith says she is interested in low- tech approaches to image-making such as the Holga plastic camera\, as well as black & white and infrared film\, and alternative processes.</p>\n<p>J udith received her BFA in English at Keene State College in New Hampshire and her MFA in Photography at Ohio University\, Athens. 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Secure your spot today!\n\nBring your camera\, ea r protection and creative energy\, and get ready for an unforgettable day of high-speed photography! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T140000 GEO:+32.979976;-116.836617 LOCATION:Barona Dragstrip @ 1750 Wildcat Canyon Rd\, Lakeside\, CA 92040\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Barona Drag Races URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-barona-drag-races/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\ ;720\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkro omers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png\;1280\;720 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p>Attention Dar kroomers! Get ready for an exhilarating photography experience at the <str ong>Barona Dragstrip</strong> on <strong>October 19</strong>! This members -only event offers a rare chance to capture the intensity and speed of dra g racing up close. With <strong>exclusive access to the track</strong>\, y ou’ll have prime spots to photograph the action as it unfolds.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-O n-Location-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9425 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomer s-On-Location-2.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers -On-Location-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-924x5 20.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkr oomers-On-Location-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-On-Location-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\ , (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<h3>Event Details:</h3> \n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date</strong>: Saturday\, October 19</li>\n<li><strong >Location</strong>: Barona Dragstrip</li>\n<li><strong>Time</strong>: 9:30 AM\n<ul>\n<li>Be at Pete’s booth by 9:30 AM (plan to arrive early to park and get in the gate)\n<ul>\n<li>Safety Briefing</li>\n<li>Sign a Release< /li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Races start at 10 AM</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><stro ng>Limited Spots</strong>: <strong>Only 5 members can attend</strong>\, so be sure to <strong>sign up early</strong>!</li>\n<li><a href='https://www .darkroomers.com/sheet/barona-drag-races-10-19-24/' target='_blank' rel='n oopener'><strong>Signup Required</strong>: Registration is mandatory. 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All of us who appreciat e the medium know that there is no better evidence of a fleeting moment th an the still photograph. Some can make us smile\; some make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspaper photojournalist\, he occasio nally found himself focusing on things that made him wonder\, “How can suc h things be?”. He’s happy to share some of those photos and stories that might make you feel the same. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photojournalism – Our World In Focus with Don Bartletti URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photojournalism-our-world-in-focus-wi th-don-barletti/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road _Headshot-216x300.jpg\;216\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-736x1024.jpg\;736\; 1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bart letti_On_The_Road_Headshot-scaled.jpg\;1840\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-216x300.jpg' width= '216' height='300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3.png'><img loading ='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9452 size-full' src=' https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Present aion-Graphics-1-3.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Grap hics-1-3.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/1 0/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1- 3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics- 1-3-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 24/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graph ics-1-3-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-700x394.png 700w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graph ics-1-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' / ></a></p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>From the crowded streets of Calif ornia to the continent-spanning routes of human migration\, Don uses the c amera to preserve story-telling moments that often pass in the blink of an eye. All of us who appreciate the medium know that there is no better ev idence of a fleeting moment than the still photograph. Some can make us sm ile\; some make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspape r photojournalist\, he occasionally found himself focusing on things that made him wonder\, “How can such things be?”. He’s happy to share some of those photos and stories that might make you feel the same.</p>\n<p><a hre f='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_ World_in_Focus.Borderjpg.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class=' aligncenter wp-image-9442 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg.jpg' alt=' ' width='2200' height='1700' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg.jpg 2200w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_ in_Focus.Borderjpg-300x232.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg-1024x791.jpg 1 024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Photojournal ism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg-768x593.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg-1536 x1187.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/P hotojournalism_World_in_Focus.Borderjpg-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Photojournalism_World_in_Focus. 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Bring your laptop and creativ e energy!\n“Toning it down” will share techniques used to manage the extre mes of shadow and highlight details\, ensuring a balanced image with prese rved details. This process typically involves using adjustment layers like Curves or Levels\, and contrast masking techniques to reduce the intensit y of bright highlights and deep shadows. By carefully moderating these are as\, the image achieves a more nuanced contrast\, maintaining texture and detail across the tonal range\, which results in a more visually pleasing and natural-looking photograph. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T103000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Toning It Down with Stephen Burns URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-toning-it-down-with- stephen-burns/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/self-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portr ait-831x1024.jpg\;756\;932\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait.jpg\;1440\;1774\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300 ' /></div><blockquote><p>Weekend Workshops are for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> a nd <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any ques tions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='as ync' class='aligncenter wp-image-9457 size-full' src='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2.png' alt='' width='1 920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-1024x576.png 102 4w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Worksh op-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 4/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-924x520. png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Weekend- Workshop-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2024/10/Weekend-Workshop-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 192 0px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p>Join us for a hands-on Photoshop Works hop with digital artist Stephen Burns. Bring your laptop and creative ener gy!</p>\n<p>“<b>Toning it down</b>” will share techniques used to manage t he extremes of shadow and highlight details\, ensuring a balanced image wi th preserved details. This process typically involves using adjustment lay ers like Curves or Levels\, and contrast masking techniques to reduce the intensity of bright highlights and deep shadows. By carefully moderating t hese areas\, the image achieves a more nuanced contrast\, maintaining text ure and detail across the tonal range\, which results in a more visually p leasing and natural-looking photograph.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9450 size-large' src='https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-751x1024.jpg' alt='© Stephen Burns' width='751' height='1024' srcset='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-751x1024.jpg 751w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-220x300.jpg 220w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB -768x1047.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/1 0/dune-006-FB-1127x1536.jpg 1127w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-924x1260.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-700x954.jpg 700w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB-50x68.jpg 50w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dune-006-FB.jpg 1200w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 751px) 100vw\, 751px' /></a></p>\n<p><a href='ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.co m_images_140151549_27803512687_1_original.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decodi ng='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9451 size-full' src='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_140 151549_27803512687_1_original.jpeg' alt='© Stephen Burns' width='720' heig ht='340' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ht tps___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_140151549_27803512687_1_original.jpeg 720w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.c om_images_140151549_27803512687_1_original-300x142.jpeg 300w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_ 140151549_27803512687_1_original-700x331.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_140151549_ 27803512687_1_original-50x24.jpeg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 720px) 10 0vw\, 720px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9311@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for November is Sandy Zelasko.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\n\nAbout Sandy\nSandy Zelasko is an award-winning and publish ed nature photographer presently working in the field of conservation phot ography. She devotes her attention to wildlife conservation through land a cquisition and unselfishly shares her wildlife experiences to educate othe rs. Her curiosity to study environmental issues where wildlife preservatio n is a key factor adds to her success. Zelasko is a well-respected wildlif e photographer\, educator\, and presenter and hosts a number of learning w orkshops across the U.S. throughout the year. She invests herself in stude nt success by listening to participant needs so she can best deliver solut ions for student understanding and achievement. https://www.investinnature .org/ DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-92 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/07/Zelasko-11-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zelasko-11-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,larg e\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zelasko-11.jpg\; 756\;756\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Z elasko-11.jpg\;1024\;1024\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/07/Zelasko-11-300x300.jpg' width='300' height='300' / ></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2 >Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for November i s Sandy Zelasko.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third We dnesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visi tors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available f or members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\ , please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membersh ip/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email u s</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer -1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9 445 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07 /Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' sr cset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-G uest-Judge-Flyer-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer- 1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024 /07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1536x8 64.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dark roomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers- Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2024/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes=' auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Sandy</h 2>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Sandy Zelasko is an award-winning and pu blished nature photographer presently working in the field of conservation photography. She devotes her attention to wildlife conservation through l and acquisition and unselfishly shares her wildlife experiences to educate others. Her curiosity to study environmental issues where wildlife preser vation is a key factor adds to her success. Zelasko is a well-respected wi ldlife photographer\, educator\, and presenter and hosts a number of learn ing workshops across the U.S. throughout the year. She invests herself in student success by listening to participant needs so she can best deliver solutions for student understanding and achievement. <a href='https://www. investinnature.org/'>https://www.investinnature.org/</a></p>\n</BODY></HTM L> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9462@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Bu ilding in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).\nJoin award-winning macro photographer Monica Royal for an inspiring and imaginative presentation a s she unveils the magic of seeing the world up close. From frost on a wind owpane to oil floating in a margarita glass\, Monica’s images turn everyda y objects into breathtaking works of art that spark curiosity and wonder. \nMonica shares her journey from casual fascination to mastery\, revealing how macro photography became her creative playground. Learn how she captu res intricate details\, transforms the ordinary into extraordinary\, and e ngages viewers with the simple question: What is it?\nWhether you’re a sea soned photographer or simply love stunning imagery\, this session will lea ve you inspired to look closer\, think creatively\, and find beauty in the world around you. Don’t miss this chance to explore the art of macro phot ography with Monica Royal! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241204T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Discovering Hidden Worlds Through Macro Photography with Monica Roy al URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/discovering-hidden-worlds-through-mac ro-photography-with-monica-royal/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-300x300.jpg\;300\; 300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Moni ca_Royal_sml.jpg\;756\;756\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml.jpg\;809\;809\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-300x300.jpg' width='300' height=' 300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding ='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9461 size-full' src='https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2. png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presen taion-Graphics-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presenta ion-Graphics-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaio n-Graphics-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2-924x520.png 924w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion- Graphics-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<blockquote><p>This meeti ng will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).</p></blockquote>\n<p>Join award-winning macro photographer Monica Royal for an inspiring and imaginative presentation as she unveils the magic of seeing the world up close. From frost on a windo wpane to oil floating in a margarita glass\, Monica’s images turn everyday objects into breathtaking works of art that spark curiosity and wonder.</ p>\n<p>Monica shares her journey from casual fascination to mastery\, reve aling how macro photography became her creative playground. Learn how she captures intricate details\, transforms the ordinary into extraordinary\, and engages viewers with the simple question: <i>What is it?</i><i></i></p >\n<p>Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or simply love stunning image ry\, this session will leave you inspired to look closer\, think creativel y\, and find beauty in the world around you. Don’t miss this chance to exp lore the art of macro photography with Monica Royal!</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9314@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for December will be Jim Selkin.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gall ery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is a vailable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Da rkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n \n\nAbout Jim\nI was in photographic diapers when I was h anded a Brownie Instamatic by my dad at the age of 4 and never looked back .\nAt 6\, I was being taken to photo conventions in NYC.\nStill have the c amera today!\nIn college\, I was fortunate to study under Walter Rosenblum \, who coalesced my photographic vision. https://www.rosenblumphoto.org/ab out\nWhile doing graduate work in architecture at Columbia University\, I ventured to Tahiti to study where my favourite Impressionist artist\, Gaug uin\, lived and worked. Returning from that trip\, my photo eyes were open ed to the world. Through fortuitous opportunities\, I was hired as a contr act photographer for Air France based in New York. I handled a variety of assignments\, including being the official AF photographer for the inaugur ation of the Concorde. A 3-month international assignment brought me to Ja pan\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Paris\, with subsequent trips throu gh France.\nMy travel work was represented at first by the Image Bank and subsequently became a member of Getty Images. My images have also appeared in Travel & Leisure\, Nat Geo Traveler and for a number of Japanese agenc ies.\nSwitching roles\, I worked as an art director with major agencies in New York\, concentrating on travel and cosmetic accounts. I also served a s a judge for the One Show in photography and commercials. I had the privi lege of working with such luminaries as Henry Wolf\, Hiro\, Anthony Edgewo rth and Pete Turner.\nA subsequent move to the west coast led to work with Tourism Fiji\, Tourism New Zealand\, throughout SE Asia and full circle\, back to Japan. I lived and worked in Saigon for 3 years [pre and during t he Pandemic] where I created photo-stories covering various aspects of lif e in the city through the eyes of an ex-pat. I am sent on assignments to c apture images “in real time” for tourism boards and travel related compani es.\nI have judged for photo associations around California including PPA\ , PSA\, County Fairs and local photo groups but put more emphasis on helpi ng photographers develop their vision.\nI was a Canon Pro but have subsequ ently switched to Fuji\, where I mentor photographers across different cou ntries. I also have led photo tours to France and Vietnam and am\nplanning trips to photograph both Indigenous cultures and off-the-beaten-track pla ces in Japan in 2025 [more on that as it is finalized].\nI have learned ma ny valuable lessons. One that always resonates is:\n“Photography teaches p atience.” Be at one with your camera. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241218T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-93 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Jim-and-Brownie-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-and-Brownie-201x300.png\;201\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-an d-Brownie.png\;237\;354\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-and-Brownie-201x300.png' width='201' height='3 00' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but w e’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote> \n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for Decem ber will be Jim Selkin.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the t hird Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for u p to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote> <p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avai lable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkr oomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/m embership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'> email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p> </p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Da rkroomers.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp- image-9313 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcs et='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Dark roomers.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-1024x576.png 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-76 8x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Ji m-Selkin-Darkroomers-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-1200x675.png 1200w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-924 x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim -Selkin-Darkroomers-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Selkin-Darkroomers-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (m ax-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Jim</h2>\n<p style ='font-weight: 400\;'>I was in photographic diapers when I was handed a Br ownie Instamatic by my dad at the age of 4 and never looked back.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>At 6\, I was being taken to photo conventions i n NYC.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Still have the camera today!</p> \n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>In college\, I was fortunate to study unde r Walter Rosenblum\, who coalesced my photographic vision. <a href='https: //www.rosenblumphoto.org/about'>https://www.rosenblumphoto.org/about</a></ p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>While doing graduate work in architectur e at Columbia University\, I ventured to Tahiti to study where my favourit e Impressionist artist\, Gauguin\, lived and worked. Returning from that t rip\, my photo eyes were opened to the world. Through fortuitous opportuni ties\, I was hired as a contract photographer for Air France based in New York. I handled a variety of assignments\, including being the official AF photographer for the inauguration of the Concorde. A 3-month internationa l assignment brought me to Japan\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Paris\ , with subsequent trips through France.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;' >My travel work was represented at first by the Image Bank and subsequentl y became a member of Getty Images. My images have also appeared in Travel & Leisure\, Nat Geo Traveler and for a number of Japanese agencies.</p>\n< p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Switching roles\, I worked as an art director with major agencies in New York\, concentrating on travel and cosmetic ac counts. I also served as a judge for the One Show in photography and comme rcials. I had the privilege of working with such luminaries as Henry Wolf\ , Hiro\, Anthony Edgeworth and Pete Turner.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 40 0\;'>A subsequent move to the west coast led to work with Tourism Fiji\, T ourism New Zealand\, throughout SE Asia and full circle\, back to Japan. I lived and worked in Saigon for 3 years [pre and during the Pandemic] wher e I created photo-stories covering various aspects of life in the city thr ough the eyes of an ex-pat. I am sent on assignments to capture images “in real time” for tourism boards and travel related companies.</p>\n<p style ='font-weight: 400\;'>I have judged for photo associations around Californ ia including PPA\, PSA\, County Fairs and local photo groups but put more emphasis on helping photographers develop their vision.</p>\n<p style='fon t-weight: 400\;'>I was a Canon Pro but have subsequently switched to Fuji\ , where I mentor photographers across different countries. I also have led photo tours to France and Vietnam and am</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\ ;'>planning trips to photograph both Indigenous cultures and off-the-beate n-track places in Japan in 2025 [more on that as it is finalized].</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>I have learned many valuable lessons. One that always resonates is:</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>“Photography teac hes patience.” <em>Be at one with your camera.</em></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-32@darkroomers.club DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesda y Meetings are lectures\, talks\, discussions\, or presentations.\nThis me eting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa P ark (next to Spanish Village). DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250101T203000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200801T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200912T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201202T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220406T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220504T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220601T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220706T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220803T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221008T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221102T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221207T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230104T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230201T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230301T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230405T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230503T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230705T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230802T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230906T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230906T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231004T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231101T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240103T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240703T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240807T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241204T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250102T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250305T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250806T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260107T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260506T190000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=1WE SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Meeting URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/32/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p>Join us for o ur First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesday Meetings are lectures\ , talks\, discussions\, or presentations.</p>\n<p>This meeting will be hel d in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Span ish Village).</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9466@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in prepara tion for the 2024 Year-End Competition which will be held on January 11\, 2025.\nEntry Categories\n\nAbstracts\nArchitecture & Cityscapes\nAnimals a nd Insects\nLandscapes and Waterscapes\nPeople\nStill Life\nOther\n\nMembe rs may submit up to 10 images each. Entries must be submitted online at su bmissions.darkroomers.com no later than 11:59 PM\, December 21\, 2023. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250102T200000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2024 Year-End Competition Print Drop Off URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/2024-year-end-competition-print-drop- off/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-202 4-300x169.png\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-1024x576.png\;756\;425\;1\,full \;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-Oct ober-2024.png\;1200\;675\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-300x169.png' width='300 ' height='169' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024.png'><img loading='lazy' decodi ng='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9465 size-full' src='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024.png' a lt='' width='1200' height='675' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024.png 1200w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-300x16 9.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Re ception-October-2024-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-768x432.png 768w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-20 24-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/Art-Reception-October-2024-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Art-Reception-October-2024-50x28.png 50w' si zes='auto\, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200px' /></a></p>\n<p>Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in preparation for the 2024 Year -End Competition which will be held on January 11\, 2025.</p>\n<h3>Entry C ategories</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstracts</li>\n<li>Architecture & Cityscapes</l i>\n<li>Animals and Insects</li>\n<li>Landscapes and Waterscapes</li>\n<li >People</li>\n<li>Still Life</li>\n<li>Other</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Members may s ubmit up to 10 images each. Entries must be submitted online at <a href='h ttps://submissions.darkroomers.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>submiss ions.darkroomers.com</a> no later than 11:59 PM\, December 21\, 2023.</p> \n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9483@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for January will be Don Bartletti.\nMembers bring prin ts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by t he Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building ga llery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you hav e any questions.\n\nAbout Don\nFrom the crowded streets of California to t he continent-spanning routes of human migration\, Don uses the camera to p reserve story-telling moments that often pass in the blink of an eye. All of us who appreciate the medium know that there is no better evidence of a fleeting moment than the still photograph. Some can make us smile\; some make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspaper photojou rnalist\, he occasionally found himself focusing on things that made him w onder\, “How can such things be?”. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250115T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-96 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road _Headshot-216x300.jpg\;216\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-736x1024.jpg\;736\; 1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bart letti_On_The_Road_Headshot-scaled.jpg\;1840\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-216x300.jpg' width= '216' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</ p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for January will be Don Bartletti.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judg e will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.< /p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information ab out joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkro omers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@ darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote> \n<h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dark roomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' cl ass='aligncenter wp-image-9482 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1.png 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1 -1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-7 68x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-1200x 675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dar kroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-700x394.p ng 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroome rs-Guest-Judge-Flyer-1-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Don</h2>\n<p>From the crowded stree ts of California to the continent-spanning routes of human migration\, Don uses the camera to preserve story-telling moments that often pass in the blink of an eye. All of us who appreciate the medium know that there is n o better evidence of a fleeting moment than the still photograph. Some can make us smile\; some make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspaper photojournalist\, he occasionally found himself focusing on t hings that made him wonder\, “How can such things be?”.</p>\n</BODY></HTML > END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9476@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join the Darkroomers for a delightful morning of photography an d camaraderie at Old Poway Park! This historic site offers a variety of pi cturesque settings\, from vintage trains to charming landscapes.\nWe’ll me et at the park entrance at 8:30 AM to kick off the outing. Take your time exploring the park and capturing its unique charm. At 11:30 AM\, we’ll reg roup for lunch at the nearby Hamburger Factory to share stories and review our morning’s captures.\nLocation:\nOld Poway Park\n14134 Midland Rd\, Po way\, CA\nLunch:\nHamburger Factory\n14122 Midland Rd\, Poway\, CA\nBring your camera gear\, comfortable shoes\, and an appetite for both photograph y and great food! See you there! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T113000 GEO:+32.9703;-117.036641 LOCATION:Old Poway Park @ 14134 Midland Rd\, Poway\, CA 92064\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers On Location: Old Poway Park URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-old-poway-par k/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/01/Document-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Document-300x240.jpeg\;300\;240\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Document.jpeg\;756 \;605\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Docu ment.jpeg\;900\;720\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/01/Document-300x240.jpeg' width='300' height='240' /> </div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/D arkroomers-On-Location-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class=' aligncenter wp-image-9477 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 1/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-300x169.png 300w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1 024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01 /Darkroomers-On-Location-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Loca tion-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1 '>Join the Darkroomers for a delightful morning of photography and camarad erie at Old Poway Park! This historic site offers a variety of picturesque settings\, from vintage trains to charming landscapes.</p>\n<p class='p1' >We’ll meet at the park entrance at 8:30 AM to kick off the outing. Take y our time exploring the park and capturing its unique charm. At 11:30 AM\, we’ll regroup for lunch at the nearby <b>Hamburger Factory</b> to share st ories and review our morning’s captures.</p>\n<p class='p1'><b>Location:</ b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p1'>Old Poway Park</p>\n<p class='p1'>14134 Midla nd Rd\, Poway\, CA</p>\n<p class='p1'><b>Lunch:</b><b></b></p>\n<p class=' p1'>Hamburger Factory</p>\n<p class='p1'>14122 Midland Rd\, Poway\, CA</p> \n<p class='p1'>Bring your camera gear\, comfortable shoes\, and an appeti te for both photography and great food! See you there!</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9474@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Member Spotlight featuring Dennis Miller\ , an award-winning toy photographer whose artistry brings small-scale illu sions to life through visual storytelling with action figures.\nDennis’s j ourney into photography is as unique as his creations. Growing up as an on ly child with Cerebral Palsy\, he found joy and inspiration in the toys an d stories of the ’80s and ’90s. Today\, he channels that love into creatin g high-quality toy art designed to reconnect us with the magic of play and the child within.\nAn active member of the Articulated Comic Book Art com munity since 2015\, Dennis has made significant contributions to the toy p hotography world\, including co-creating the 50-week online contest Figure Photo Fight in 2020. His work is a staple in local art scenes\, showcased in juried exhibitions like the San Diego County Fair and the Small Image Show at Gallery 21\, as well as themed art events at venues such as the Sa n Diego Japanese Friendship Garden\, Thumbprint Gallery\, and the Comic-Co n Museum. Dennis has also proudly displayed his work at the Official Comic -Con Art Show for the past two years.\nDennis’s commitment to inclusivity and creativity extends to his partnerships with organizations like Art Han g and Mal Bicho Collective\, and his workshops for Revision San Diego and Outside the Lens\, which empower artists with developmental disabilities. \nPrepare to be captivated by Dennis’s extraordinary ability to blend nost algia\, humor\, and inclusivity into his toy art creations. Don’t miss thi s opportunity to meet the artist behind the magic and experience his work firsthand.\nwww.dennismiller.photography | @DENXMEDIA DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250129T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: Dennis Miller URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-dennis-miller/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SP-Smile-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SP-Smile-240x300.jpg\;240\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SP-Smile-819x1024.jp g\;756\;945\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/SP-Smile-scaled.jpg\;2048\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SP-Smile-240x300.jpg' width='240' height='300' />< /div><p><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9 471 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Member-Spotlight-3.png' alt='Dennis Miller Member Spotlight Flyer' width= '2550' height='3300' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3.png 2550w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-232x300.png 232w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-791x1024.png 7 91w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotli ght-3-768x994.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Member-Spotlight-3-1187x1536.png 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-1583x2048.png 1583w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-1200x 1553.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Me mber-Spotlight-3-924x1196.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-700x906.png 700w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Member-Spotlight-3-50x65.png 50w' siz es='auto\, (max-width: 2550px) 100vw\, 2550px' /></p>\n<p>Join us for a sp ecial Member Spotlight featuring Dennis Miller\, an award-winning toy phot ographer whose artistry brings small-scale illusions to life through visua l storytelling with action figures.</p>\n<p>Dennis’s journey into photogra phy is as unique as his creations. Growing up as an only child with Cerebr al Palsy\, he found joy and inspiration in the toys and stories of the ’80 s and ’90s. Today\, he channels that love into creating high-quality toy a rt designed to reconnect us with the magic of play and the child within.</ p>\n<p>An active member of the Articulated Comic Book Art community since 2015\, Dennis has made significant contributions to the toy photography wo rld\, including co-creating the 50-week online contest <i>Figure Photo Fig ht</i> in 2020. His work is a staple in local art scenes\, showcased in ju ried exhibitions like the San Diego County Fair and the Small Image Show a t Gallery 21\, as well as themed art events at venues such as the San Dieg o Japanese Friendship Garden\, Thumbprint Gallery\, and the Comic-Con Muse um. Dennis has also proudly displayed his work at the Official Comic-Con A rt Show for the past two years.</p>\n<p>Dennis’s commitment to inclusivity and creativity extends to his partnerships with organizations like Art Ha ng and Mal Bicho Collective\, and his workshops for Revision San Diego and Outside the Lens\, which empower artists with developmental disabilities. </p>\n<p>Prepare to be captivated by Dennis’s extraordinary ability to ble nd nostalgia\, humor\, and inclusivity into his toy art creations. Don’t m iss this opportunity to meet the artist behind the magic and experience hi s work firsthand.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.dennismiller.photography'>w ww.dennismiller.photography</a> | @DENXMEDIA</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9479@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP (MEMBERS ONLY)\n\nJoin the Darkroomers Ph otographic Club for an exciting day of action photography at the Galway Do wns Horse Trials\, where you’ll capture the elegance\, precision\, and thr ill of the Olympic sport of eventing.\nSIGN-UP REQUIRED (CLICK HERE) – Thi s event is for Darkroomers members only\, with a maximum of 10 attendees. \nWhat is Eventing?\nEventing is an equestrian triathlon that combines thr ee disciplines:\n•Dressage: Showcasing the graceful partnership between ho rse and rider.\n•Show Jumping: Demonstrating precision over a course of fe nces.\n•Cross Country: Testing bravery and endurance through solid obstacl es and varied terrain.\nTentative Schedule for the Day\n•8:00 AM: Meet at Galway Downs entrance for orientation.\n•8:00 AM: Dressage (M\, T\, N\, BN \, S).\n•10:30 AM: Show Jumping (A CT\, M\, T\, N\, BN\, S).\n•1:00 PM: Cr oss-Country (I/P).\nLevels of Difficulty (easiest to hardest):\n•BN: Begin ner Novice\n•N: Novice\n•T: Training\n•M: Modified\n•P: Preliminary\n•I: I ntermediate\n•A: Advanced\nWe’ll photograph a variety of events throughout the day\, so bring your camera gear and be ready to move around the groun ds to capture the best angles. Please be respectful of the onsite photogra pher\, Tina Fitch\, and avoid interfering with her work.\nLocation:\nGalwa y Downs\n38801 Los Corralitos Rd\, Temecula\, CA\nPrepare for a day filled with action\, beauty\, and the challenge of photographing these incredibl e athletes. Don’t miss this opportunity to practice your skills and experi ence the thrill of equestrian eventing!\nTickets: https://www.darkroomers. com/sheet/galway-downs-horse-trials. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250201T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250201T140000 GEO:+33.483739;-117.031435 LOCATION:Galway Downs @ 38801 Los Corralitos Rd\, Temecula\, CA 92592\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers On Location: Galway Downs Horse Trials URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-on-location-galway-downs- horse-trials/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/01/JXB_1101-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JXB_1101-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JXB_1101-1024x1024.j pg\;756\;756\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /01/JXB_1101.jpg\;1667\;1667\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/01/JXB_1101-300x300.jpg' width='300' height='300' />< /div><h2 style='text-align: center\;'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com /sheet/galway-downs-horse-trials' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>CLICK HER E TO SIGN UP (MEMBERS ONLY)</a></h2>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3.png'><img loadi ng='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9480 size-full' src ='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Lo cation-1-3.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3.png 1280 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On- Location-1-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3-768 x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Dar kroomers-On-Location-1-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Loca tion-1-3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/01/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-wid th: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Join the Darkroomers Photographic Club for an exciting day of action photography at the <b>Gal way Downs Horse Trials</b>\, where you’ll capture the elegance\, precision \, and thrill of the Olympic sport of eventing.</p>\n<blockquote><p><stron g>SIGN-UP REQUIRE</strong>D (<a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/ga lway-downs-horse-trials'>CLICK HERE</a>) – This event is for Darkroomers m embers only\, with a maximum of 10 attendees.</p></blockquote>\n<h2 class= 'p1'><b>What is Eventing?</b><b></b></h2>\n<p class='p1'>Eventing is an eq uestrian triathlon that combines three disciplines:</p>\n<p class='p3'>•<b >Dressage:</b> Showcasing the graceful partnership between horse and rider .</p>\n<p class='p3'>•<b>Show Jumping:</b> Demonstrating precision over a course of fences.</p>\n<p class='p3'>•<b>Cross Country:</b> Testing braver y and endurance through solid obstacles and varied terrain.</p>\n<p class= 'p1'><b>Tentative Schedule for the Day</b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p3'>•<b>8 :00 AM:</b> Meet at Galway Downs entrance for orientation.</p>\n<p class=' p3'>•<b>8:00 AM:</b> Dressage (M\, T\, N\, BN\, S).</p>\n<p class='p3'>•<b >10:30 AM:</b> Show Jumping (A CT\, M\, T\, N\, BN\, S).</p>\n<p class='p3 '>•<b>1:00 PM:</b> Cross-Country (I/P).</p>\n<p class='p1'><b>Levels of Di fficulty (easiest to hardest):</b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p3'>•BN: Beginner Novice</p>\n<p class='p3'>•N: Novice</p>\n<p class='p3'>•T: Training</p> \n<p class='p3'>•M: Modified</p>\n<p class='p3'>•P: Preliminary</p>\n<p cl ass='p3'>•I: Intermediate</p>\n<p class='p3'>•A: Advanced</p>\n<p class='p 1'>We’ll photograph a variety of events throughout the day\, so bring your camera gear and be ready to move around the grounds to capture the best a ngles. <b>Please be respectful of the onsite photographer\, Tina Fitch\, a nd avoid interfering with her work.</b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p1'><b>Locat ion:</b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p1'>Galway Downs</p>\n<p class='p1'>38801 L os Corralitos Rd\, Temecula\, CA</p>\n<p class='p1'>Prepare for a day fill ed with action\, beauty\, and the challenge of photographing these incredi ble athletes. Don’t miss this opportunity to practice your skills and expe rience the thrill of equestrian eventing!</p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec -ticket-url-exported' href='https://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/galway-downs -horse-trials'>https://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/galway-downs-horse-trials </a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/sheet/galway-downs-horse-trials END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9489@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting with San Diego- based photographer Krisztina Scheeff!\nCalled the ‘Grebe Whisperer’ by man y of her students and fellow photographers\, professional wildlife and nat ure photographer Krisztina Scheef has spent years studying and photographi ng grebes on Lake Hodges in San Diego County. The unique mating behavior o f grebes\, rushing\, is one of the most photographed of all animal behavio rs. Krisztina will take you on a photographic journey into the world of gr ebes and provide details on why and how they ‘walk on water’ to find a mat e. Krisztina will also share stunning photographs of some of her other wil dlife favorites.\n\nAbout Krisztina:\nBased in San Diego\, CA\, Krisztina Scheeff is an award-winning and professional nature photographer. Recogniz ed for her photographic work in the National Audubon Society as well as a finalist in the prestigious Wildlife Photograph of the Year competition\, Krisztina’s photos have been published in magazines and articles around th e world\, including National Geographic\, Wild Planet Photo Magazine\, Cal ifornia 101\, San Diego Audubon Society\, American Wild Magazine\, Birders Digest\, Marine Conservation Magazine – UK\, North American Nature Photog raphy Association\, and more. They have also been featured in Art Shows an d Galleries around the country.\nKrisztina operates a successful business leading Photography Workshops and tours to Scotland (Puffins)\, Ireland\, the Galapagos Islands\, Costa Rica\, Ecuador\, Hungary\, Bosque del Apache \, Grand Teton NP\, and more. She also leads workshops for Bird Festivals around the country and presents at various events.\nKrisztina spent years studying and photographing the Rushing Grebes. She now guides her clients at Lake Hodges in San Diego to experience this amazing behavior and captur e their own photos. She is known as the “Grebe Whisperer\,” as their clien ts like to call her. In 2023 she was the Field Assistant and Grebe Expert filming the Courtship of Grebes with the BBC Natural History Unit. The sho w titled “The Secret Lives of Animals” episode #8 features her and her wor k\, streaming on Apple TV.\n\n \n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Grebes Walk On Water to Find a Mate with Krisztina Scheeff URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/grebes-walk-on-water-to-find-a-mate-w ith-krisztina-scheeff/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/HeadShotKSNaturePhotographyCreditMichaelNies-3-150x150.jpg\;150\;15 0\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HeadS hotKSNaturePhotographyCreditMichaelNies-3-300x225.jpg\;300\;225\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HeadShotKSNaturePh otographyCreditMichaelNies-3-1024x769.jpg\;756\;568\;1\,full\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HeadShotKSNaturePhotographyCred itMichaelNies-3.jpg\;2048\;1537\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/HeadShotKSNaturePhotographyCreditMichaelNies-3-300 x225.jpg' width='300' height='225' /></div><p>Join us for our First Wednes day Monthly Meeting with San Diego-based photographer Krisztina Scheeff!</ p>\n<p>Called the ‘Grebe Whisperer’ by many of her students and fellow pho tographers\, professional wildlife and nature photographer Krisztina Schee f has spent years studying and photographing <span class='gmail-il'>grebes </span> on Lake Hodges in San Diego County. The unique mating behavior of <span class='gmail-il'>grebes</span>\, rushing\, is one of the most photog raphed of all animal behaviors. Krisztina will take you on a photographic journey into the world of <span class='gmail-il'>grebes</span> and provide details on why and how they ‘<span class='gmail-il'>walk</span> on <span class='gmail-il'>water</span>’ to find a mate. Krisztina will also share s tunning photographs of some of her other wildlife favorites.</p>\n<p><a hr ef='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2 025.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image- 9484 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Presentations-2025.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025.png 19 20w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations -2025-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Presentations-2025-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-768x432.png 768w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1536x864. png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Present ations-2025-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-700x394.png 700w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-50x 28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n <h2>About Krisztina:</h2>\n<p>Based in San Diego\, CA\, Krisztina Scheeff is an award-winning and professional nature photographer. Recognized for h er photographic work in the National Audubon Society as well as a finalist in the prestigious Wildlife Photograph of the Year competition\, Krisztin a’s photos have been published in magazines and articles around the world\ , including National Geographic\, Wild Planet Photo Magazine\, California 101\, San Diego Audubon Society\, American Wild Magazine\, Birders Digest\ , Marine Conservation Magazine – UK\, North American Nature Photography As sociation\, and more. They have also been featured in Art Shows and Galler ies around the country.</p>\n<p>Krisztina operates a successful business l eading Photography Workshops and tours to Scotland (Puffins)\, Ireland\, t he Galapagos Islands\, Costa Rica\, Ecuador\, Hungary\, Bosque del Apache\ , Grand Teton NP\, and more. She also leads workshops for Bird Festivals a round the country and presents at various events.</p>\n<p>Krisztina spent years studying and photographing the Rushing Grebes. She now guides her cl ients at Lake Hodges in San Diego to experience this amazing behavior and capture their own photos. She is known as the “Grebe Whisperer\,” as their clients like to call her. In 2023 she was the Field Assistant and Grebe E xpert filming the Courtship of Grebes with the BBC Natural History Unit. T he show titled “The Secret Lives of Animals” episode #8 features her and h er work\, streaming on Apple TV.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2.jpg'><img loadi ng='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9486 size-large' sr c='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePh otography-2-1024x636.jpg' alt='© Krisztina Scheeff' width='756' height='47 0' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKS NaturePhotography-2-1024x636.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2-300x186.jpg 300w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotograph y-2-768x477.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2-1536x954.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2-1200x745.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNa turePhotography-2-924x574.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2-700x435.jpg 700w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesKSNaturePhotography-2- 50x31.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Gre besKSNaturePhotography-2.jpg 2048w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw \, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-scaled.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9487 size-l arge' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRu shingKSNaturePhotography-2-1024x683.jpg' alt='© Krisztina Scheeff' width=' 756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotograp hy-2-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2 -1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography -2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2 -700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /GrebesRushingKSNaturePhotography-2-50x33.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-widt h: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><a href='https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks.jpg'><img lo ading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9488 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe _3Chicks-1024x1024.jpg' alt='' width='756' height='756' srcset='https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-1024x10 24.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/West ern_Grebe_3Chicks-300x300.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-150x150.jpg 150w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-768x768.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Greb e_3Chicks-120x120.jpg 120w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-160x160.jpg 160w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Ch icks-924x924.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-700x700.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks-50x50.jpg 50w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western_Grebe_3Chicks.jpg 15 05w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></ HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9490@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; angela@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:One of the unique features of Darkroomers is our commitment to printing and sharing our photographs for monthly critique and exhibition. A beautifully matted and mounted print can elevate your work\, but masteri ng this skill\, especially if you plan to cut your own mats\, takes practi ce and the right tools.\nTo support our members in this process\, we host an Annual Matting and Mounting Workshop\, where you’ll learn the art of cr eating custom mats and mounting your prints using archival tools and techn iques. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out\, this workshop offers valuable hands-on learning and an opportunity to connect with fello w members.\nWhat to Bring:\n\nMat Cutter (if you own one): If you don’t ha ve a mat cutter\, this is the perfect chance to explore what others use an d try before you invest.\nUncut Mat Board (16×24 recommended): Bring enoug h to practice and complete your project.\nPrinted Photograph: Ready to mat and mount.\nAdhesives and Tools: Any supplies you typically use or want t o learn with.\n\nThis workshop is a must for all members\, both new and ex perienced. It’s a great way for long-term members to share their expertise and for newer members to gain confidence in matting and mounting.\n\nNOTE : This is a members-only event. Not a member? Click here for more informat ion and to join Darkroomers!\n\nLet’s refine our craft together and ensure our prints are exhibition-ready! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T120000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Matting & Mounting Prints URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-matting-mounting-pri nts-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 019/02/matting1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/matting1-225x300.jpg\;225\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/matting1.jpg\;720\;9 60\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2019/02/matting1-225x300.jpg' width='225' height='300' />< /div><p><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9 491 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01 /Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Wo rkshop-1-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1- 1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-924x520.png 924w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-700x3 94.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Weeke nd-Workshop-1-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1 920px' /></p>\n<p>One of the unique features of Darkroomers is our commitm ent to printing and sharing our photographs for monthly critique and exhib ition. A beautifully matted and mounted print can elevate your work\, but mastering this skill\, especially if you plan to cut your own mats\, takes practice and the right tools.</p>\n<p >To support our members in this pro cess\, we host an <b>Annual Matting and Mounting Workshop</b>\, where you’ ll learn the art of creating custom mats and mounting your prints using ar chival tools and techniques. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just startin g out\, this workshop offers valuable hands-on learning and an opportunity to connect with fellow members.</p>\n<h3>What to Bring:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>< b>Mat Cutter (if you own one):</b> If you don’t have a mat cutter\, this i s the perfect chance to explore what others use and try before you invest. </li>\n<li><b>Uncut Mat Board (16×24 recommended):</b> Bring enough to pra ctice and complete your project.</li>\n<li><b>Printed Photograph:</b> Read y to mat and mount.</li>\n<li><b>Adhesives and Tools:</b> Any supplies you typically use or want to learn with.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This workshop is a m ust for <b>all members</b>\, both new and experienced. It’s a great way fo r long-term members to share their expertise and for newer members to gain confidence in matting and mounting.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class='p1'><b>N OTE:</b> This is a <b>members-only event</b>. Not a member? <a href='https ://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>Click here</a> for more informat ion and to join Darkroomers!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p class='p1'>Let’s refin e our craft together and ensure our prints are exhibition-ready!</p>\n</BO DY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9508@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Michael Peddecord\; michael@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Members and their guests along with Judges from our year end co mpetition look back on the year and celebrate our accomplishments and reco gnize those that have excelled in individual categories and hand out award s to those who have won ribbons in our annual event. This is a gala event not to be missed.\nThis is a pre-paid RSVP in advance event. Members must RSVP no later than February 12th and there is a strict limit of 30 at this event.Entree selections will be made at dinner service.\nSocial activitie s begin at 1p in the Bar while luncheon will begin at 2p DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T170000 GEO:+32.708504;-117.161212 LOCATION:Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar San Diego - Gaslamp @ 380 K St\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Year End Awards Ceremony and Banquet URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-year-end-awards-ceremony- and-banquet/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/08/awards_76-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/awards_76-300x240.jpg\;300\;240\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/awards_76-1024x818 .jpg\;756\;604\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/08/awards_76.jpg\;2000\;1597\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/08/awards_76-300x240.jpg' width='300' height='240' /> </div><p>Members and their guests along with Judges from our year end comp etition look back on the year and celebrate our accomplishments and recogn ize those that have excelled in individual categories and hand out awards to those who have won ribbons in our annual event. This is a gala event no t to be missed.</p>\n<p>This is a pre-paid RSVP in advance event. Members must RSVP no later than February 12th and there is a strict limit of 30 at this event.Entree selections will be made at dinner service.</p>\n<p>Soci al activities begin at 1p in the Bar while luncheon will begin at 2p</p>\n <p><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' width='817' height='1061' src='htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings.jpg' alt='' c lass='aligncenter size-full wp-image-9511' srcset='https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings.jpg 817w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings-231x300.jpg 231w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings-789x1024.jpg 789w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings-768x997.jpg 7 68w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flemings-700x 909.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flem ings-50x65.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 817px) 100vw\, 817px' /></p> \n</BODY></HTML> X-COST:68 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9515@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for Feburary will be Stephen Burns.\nMembers bring pri nts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building g allery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique i s available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you ha ve any questions.\n\nAbout Stephen\nStephen Burns is a digital artist\, ph otographer\, educator\, and author who has spent over 30 years exploring t he intersection of photography and digital art. With a deep passion for cr eativity\, his influences range from the great Abstractionists and Surreal ists—including Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\, Pablo Picasso\, and M ark Rothko—to the evolving world of digital media.\nAs an Adobe Educationa l Leader (AEL)\, Stephen has dedicated the past 23 years to teaching and c orporate training in digital art and design. He is the president of the Sa n Diego Photoshop Users Group\, which boasts a membership of over 5\,000 c reatives. His expertise extends beyond Photoshop\, incorporating 3D animat ion\, digital video special effects\, and photographic techniques.\nStephe n’s fine art has been exhibited internationally in prestigious venues such as the Durban Art Museum in South Africa\, Citizens Gallery in Yokohama\, Japan\, and the CECUT Museum in Mexico\, among others. His work has earne d top honors\, including 1st place in the Seybold International Digital Ar ts Contest.\nAs an educator\, he leads digital manipulation workshops in S an Diego and teaches at institutions like Golden West College and Otis Col lege of Art & Design. He is also a prominent instructor for Photoshop Café \, producing in-depth educational content on Adobe applications.\nStephen is the author of multiple books on digital creativity\, including:\n• 3D P hotoshop for Creative Professionals\n• The Art of Poser & Photoshop\n• Pho toshop CS Trickery & FX (and advanced editions through CS5)\n• The Art of Poser Pro & Photoshop CS4\nHis teaching style is known for making complex digital techniques intuitive and accessible. Whether leading workshops\, w riting instructional books\, or exhibiting his work\, Stephen is committed to pushing the boundaries of digital creativity and helping others unlock their artistic potential.\nLearn more about Stephen at chromeallusion.com .\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250219T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-97 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/self-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portr ait-831x1024.jpg\;756\;932\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait.jpg\;1440\;1774\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300 ' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n <h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for Feburar y will be Stephen Burns.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote ><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/ membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com' >email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Jud ge-Flyer-2-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9520 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2.png' alt='' width='1920' heig ht='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-300x169.png 30 0w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Gu est-Judge-Flyer-2-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest- Judge-Flyer-2-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Ju dge-Flyer-2-2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-700x394.png 700w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Fl yer-2-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' / ></a></h2>\n<h2>About Stephen</h2>\n<p class='p3'>Stephen Burns is a digit al artist\, photographer\, educator\, and author who has spent over 30 yea rs exploring the intersection of photography and digital art. With a deep passion for creativity\, his influences range from the great Abstractionis ts and Surrealists—including Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\, Pablo P icasso\, and Mark Rothko—to the evolving world of digital media.</p>\n<p c lass='p3'>As an <span class='s1'><b>Adobe Educational Leader (AEL)</b></sp an>\, Stephen has dedicated the past 23 years to teaching and corporate tr aining in digital art and design. He is the <span class='s1'><b>president of the San Diego Photoshop Users Group</b></span>\, which boasts a members hip of over 5\,000 creatives. His expertise extends beyond Photoshop\, inc orporating 3D animation\, digital video special effects\, and photographic techniques.</p>\n<p class='p4'><span class='s2'>Stephen’s fine art has be en exhibited internationally in prestigious venues such as the </span><b>D urban Art Museum in South Africa\, Citizens Gallery in Yokohama\, Japan\, and the CECUT Museum in Mexico</b><span class='s2'>\, among others. His wo rk has earned top honors\, including </span><b>1st place in the Seybold In ternational Digital Arts Contest</b><span class='s2'>.</span></p>\n<p clas s='p3'>As an educator\, he leads <span class='s1'><b>digital manipulation workshops</b></span> in San Diego and teaches at institutions like <span c lass='s1'><b>Golden West College and Otis College of Art & Design</b></spa n>. He is also a prominent instructor for <span class='s1'><b>Photoshop Ca fé</b></span>\, producing in-depth educational content on Adobe applicatio ns.</p>\n<p class='p3'>Stephen is the author of multiple books on digital creativity\, including:</p>\n<p class='p5'>• <i>3D Photoshop for Creative Professionals</i><i></i></p>\n<p class='p5'>• <i>The Art of Poser & Photos hop</i><i></i></p>\n<p class='p5'>• <i>Photoshop CS Trickery & FX</i> (and advanced editions through CS5)</p>\n<p class='p5'>• <i>The Art of Poser P ro & Photoshop CS4</i><i></i></p>\n<p class='p3'>His teaching style is kno wn for making complex digital techniques intuitive and accessible. Whether leading workshops\, writing instructional books\, or exhibiting his work\ , Stephen is committed to pushing the boundaries of digital creativity and helping others unlock their artistic potential.</p>\n<p class='p3'>Learn more about Stephen at <a href='http://www.chromeallusion.com/'>chromeallus ion.com</a>.</p>\n<p> </p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9521@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:https://wildlife-research.org/so/3dPHHFbrK?languageTag=en&cid=268a1 159-6561-4ba5-b193-7efeceab5773 DESCRIPTION:Join Southern California Associate of Camera Clubs (SCACC) mem ber clubs and the community in the Ramona Grasslands on Saturday\, Feb. 22 nd\, from 9:30 a.m. The event begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.\, rain or shin e. There will be free parking\, free donuts\, and the opportunity to view and interact with hawks and other raptors.\n\nBring your camera\, tripod\, binoculars\, and a folding chair if you would like to sit. For more infor mation about Hawk Watch\, visit Wildlife Research Institute. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T113000 GEO:+33.025049;-116.928896 LOCATION:18528 Highland Valley Rd\, Ramona\, CA 92065\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC Meetup – Hawk Watch in Ramona URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-meetup-hawk-watch-in-ramona/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='elem entToProof'>Join Southern California Associate of Camera Clubs (SCACC) me mber clubs and the community in the Ramona Grasslands on Saturday\, Feb. 2 2nd\, from 9:30 a.m. The event begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.\, rain or shi ne. There will be free parking\, free donuts\, and the opportunity to view and interact with hawks and other raptors.</div>\n<div class='elementToPr oof'></div>\n<div class='elementToProof'>Bring your camera\, tripod\, bino culars\, and a folding chair if you would like to sit. For more informatio n about Hawk Watch\, visit <a href='https://wildlife-research.org/so/3dPHH FbrK?languageTag=en&cid=268a1159-6561-4ba5-b193-7efeceab5773'>Wildlife Res earch Institute</a>.</div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9517@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. Our March 202 5 topic will be All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San D iego County Fair with Lois Fong-Sakai.\n\nSummer Pet-tacular at the 2025 S an Diego County Fair\nHot Diggity Dog (and cat and fish and bird)! Whether you’ve got a furry friend\, a scaly sidekick or a feathered flock\, we al l agree that pets rock! They bring joy\, laughter\, and a whole lot of lov e into our lives. They’re our snuggle buddies\, our adventure partners\, a nd our loyal companions. This summer we’ll celebrate the special bonds bet ween humans and their pets. Join us as we turn the dog days of summer into the cat’s meow with thrilling rides\, challenging games\, mouth-watering food\, incredible exhibits\, and top-notch entertainment at our Summer Pet -tacular!\nThe 2025 season runs from June 11 – July 6\, 2025.\nThe San Die go County Fair began in 1880. One of the treasured traditions and key comp onents that continues to set the fair apart from other events and amusemen t venues is its participatory element. The community is the star of the sh ow\, and the public is encouraged to take part in the Fair by performing c enter stage as a community entertainer or submitting arts and hobbies thro ugh the fair’s competitive exhibition program. Entry materials and applica tions for public participation programs will be available starting in Janu ary\, and admission and ticketed concerts and festivals are expected to go on sale in March. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250305T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego Coun ty Fair URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-meeting-33/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Presentations-2025-1.png\;1920\;1080\,medium\;https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1.png\;1920\;1080\,la rge\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations- 2025-1.png\;1920\;1080\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1.png\;1920\;1080 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p>Join us for o ur First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. Our March 2025 topic will be <span cl ass=''><em>All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair</em> with Lois Fong-Sakai.</span></p>\n<p><a href='https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9516 size-ful l' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentatio ns-2025-1.png' alt='Lois Fair Presentation 2025' width='1920' height='1080 ' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentat ions-2025-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Presentations-2025-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1-768x 432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Pres entations-2025-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Presentatio ns-2025-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Presentations-2025-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 19 20px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>Summer Pet-tacular at the 2025 San D iego County Fair</h2>\n<p>Hot Diggity Dog (and cat and fish and bird)! Whe ther you’ve got a furry friend\, a scaly sidekick or a feathered flock\, w e all agree that pets rock! They bring joy\, laughter\, and a whole lot of love into our lives. They’re our snuggle buddies\, our adventure partners \, and our loyal companions. This summer we’ll celebrate the special bonds between humans and their pets. Join us as we turn the dog days of summer into the cat’s meow with thrilling rides\, challenging games\, mouth-water ing food\, incredible exhibits\, and top-notch entertainment at our Summer Pet-tacular!</p>\n<p><strong>The 2025 season runs from June 11 – July 6\, 2025.</strong></p>\n<p>The San Diego County Fair began in 1880. One of th e treasured traditions and key components that continues to set the fair a part from other events and amusement venues is its participatory element. The community is the star of the show\, and the public is encouraged to ta ke part in the Fair by performing center stage as a community entertainer or submitting arts and hobbies through the fair’s competitive exhibition p rogram. Entry materials and applications for public participation programs will be available starting in January\, and admission and ticketed concer ts and festivals are expected to go on sale in March.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9535@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a vibrant morning of photography at the Carlsbad Fl ower Fields! This is the perfect opportunity to capture stunning images fo r our Quarterly Competition theme: Patterns in Nature. The expansive field s of blooming ranunculus create mesmerizing textures\, colors\, and compos itions that will inspire your creativity.\n🎟 Tickets must be purchased in advance! Onsite ticket sales are not available.\n💰 Cost:\n\nAdults: $27\nS eniors/Military: $25\n\n🔗 Get your tickets here: https://www.theflowerfiel ds.com/\nDon’t miss this chance to explore the beauty of nature while honi ng your photography skills. We look forward to seeing you there! 🌸📸\nTicke ts: https://www.theflowerfields.com. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T110000 GEO:+33.122998;-117.317608 LOCATION:The Flower Fields @ 5704 Paseo Del Norte\, Carlsbad\, CA 92008\, U SA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Carlsbad Flower Fields – Patterns in Nature URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-carlsbad-flower-fields-pa tterns-in-nature/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/ranunculus-flower-fields-carlsbad_LuminarAI-edit-150x150.jpg\;150\; 150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ran unculus-flower-fields-carlsbad_LuminarAI-edit-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,la rge\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ranunculus-flo wer-fields-carlsbad_LuminarAI-edit.jpg\;640\;426\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/ranunculus-flower-fields-carlsbad_LuminarAI-edit-3 00x200.jpg' width='300' height='200' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9536 size-full ' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers- On-Location-1.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png 128 0w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On -Location-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-768x432. png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroom ers-On-Location-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-70 0x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Da rkroomers-On-Location-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 1 00vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Join us for a vibrant morning of photography at the <span class='s1'><b>Carlsbad Flower Fields</b></span>! This is the perfect opportunity to capture stunning images for our <span c lass='s1'><b>Quarterly Competition theme: Patterns in Nature</b></span>. T he expansive fields of blooming ranunculus create mesmerizing textures\, c olors\, and compositions that will inspire your creativity.</p>\n<p class= 'p1'>🎟 <span class='s1'><b>Tickets must be purchased in advance!</b></span > Onsite ticket sales are not available.</p>\n<p class='p3'><span class='s 2'>💰 </span><b>Cost:</b><b></b></p>\n<ul>\n<li class='p4'>Adults: $27</li> \n<li class='p4'>Seniors/Military: $25</li>\n</ul>\n<p class='p1'>🔗 Get yo ur tickets here: <a href='https://www.theflowerfields.com/'>https://www.th eflowerfields.com/</a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Don’t miss this chance to explor e the beauty of nature while honing your photography skills. We look forwa rd to seeing you there! 🌸📸</p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exp orted' href='https://www.theflowerfields.com'>https://www.theflowerfields. com</a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-COST:$27 X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.theflowerfields.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9524@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge is Larry Vogel.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nVisitors ar e welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for memb ers only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, pleas e check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n \nAbout Larry\nLarry Vogel has been involved in photography since 1976 and in recent years has become a multi-talented artist using several mediums to pursue and express his creative explorations\, including\, photography\ , ceramics\, painting and sculpture. Larry has exhibited his work since 19 79 and continues to exhibit nationally and internationally\, including exh ibitions at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite\, California\, the Susan S piritus Gallery in Newport Beach\, California\, and the Africus\, Johannes burg Biennale in 1997. Vogel’s work can be found in numerous private and c orporate collections. He was awarded a photographic scholarship from The F riends of Photography for the Ansel Adams Photography Workshops in 1983\, which Vogel says he was fortunate to be able to attend\, as it was the las t of the workshops that the renowned photographer\, Ansel Adams\, was aliv e to teach.\nLarry is co-founder and past director of The Photographers’ E xchange\, which has held monthly meetings for members since 1990. After le aving the group in 2011\, Vogel created the Digital Photo Exchange\, DPX\, an online group which holds monthly critique sessions. Additionally\, Lar ry has created a new DPX-AI online group. This DPX-AI group has been creat ed in order to facilitate the investigation of new Artificial Intelligence processing and image creation as it relates to the digital photographer. More information can be found on the DPX tab in the above menu.\nLarry Vog el has continued to evolve as a creative artist. He has created several bo dies of work\, some traditional in concept and technique\, while others ar e very experimental and abstract in technique and vision. Because of his e volving approach\, neither he\, nor his works can be successfully categori zed or pigeonholed\, which Vogel finds somewhat refreshing and liberating. Vogel recalls a statement by another diverse artist\, one in which he dec lares\, “My diversity may be my claim to my obscurity!” Larry says\, somet imes he feels that way too.\nVogel continued his artistic evolution as he entered into the digital age many years ago. And currently explorations ha ve found Vogel wandering into the new Artificial Intelligence world. Altho ugh many of his contemporaries have questioned and held off making use of AI\, Larry has embraced the new technology and formed new works in collabo ration with AI. New collaboritive projects have already been been created\ , fusing AI created images with his own digital camera files and photo-com positing techniques in Photoshop.\nVogel has over 35 years experience teac hing workshops\, beginning many years ago with his own darkroom series of workshops and now with a full list of digital processing workshops and loc ation workshops. Check out the list of current workshops being offered on the Workshops tab in the above menu.Vogel continues to offer his expertise in the critique process and has been sought out as a judge and instructor for many camera clubs and county fair organizers. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T220000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-98 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-262x300.jp g\;262\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021 /04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls.jpg\;699\;800\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-262x300.jpg' width='262' heig ht='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockq uote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge is L arry Vogel.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesd ay of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 month s in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for me mbers only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, ple ase check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'> membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3.pn g'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9523 s ize-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dark roomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset= 'https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest- Judge-Flyer-3.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-102 4x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-1536x864.pn g 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroome rs-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-924x520.png 924w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest -Judge-Flyer-3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\ , (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Larry</h2>\n< p>Larry Vogel has been involved in photography since 1976 and in recent ye ars has become a multi-talented artist using several mediums to pursue and express his creative explorations\, including\, photography\, ceramics\, painting and sculpture. Larry has exhibited his work since 1979 and contin ues to exhibit nationally and internationally\, including exhibitions at T he Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite\, California\, the Susan Spiritus Galle ry in Newport Beach\, California\, and the Africus\, Johannesburg Biennale in 1997. Vogel’s work can be found in numerous private and corporate coll ections. He was awarded a photographic scholarship from The Friends of Pho tography for the Ansel Adams Photography Workshops in 1983\, which Vogel s ays he was fortunate to be able to attend\, as it was the last of the work shops that the renowned photographer\, Ansel Adams\, was alive to teach.</ p>\n<p>Larry is co-founder and past director of The Photographers’ Exchang e\, which has held monthly meetings for members since 1990. After leaving the group in 2011\, Vogel created the Digital Photo Exchange\, DPX\, an on line group which holds monthly critique sessions. Additionally\, Larry has created a new DPX-AI online group. This DPX-AI group has been created in order to facilitate the investigation of new Artificial Intelligence proce ssing and image creation as it relates to the digital photographer. More i nformation can be found on the DPX tab in the above menu.</p>\n<p>Larry Vo gel has continued to evolve as a creative artist. He has created several b odies of work\, some traditional in concept and technique\, while others a re very experimental and abstract in technique and vision. Because of his evolving approach\, neither he\, nor his works can be successfully categor ized or pigeonholed\, which Vogel finds somewhat refreshing and liberating . Vogel recalls a statement by another diverse artist\, one in which he de clares\, “My diversity may be my claim to my obscurity!” Larry says\, some times he feels that way too.</p>\n<p>Vogel continued his artistic evolutio n as he entered into the digital age many years ago. And currently explora tions have found Vogel wandering into the new Artificial Intelligence worl d. Although many of his contemporaries have questioned and held off making use of AI\, Larry has embraced the new technology and formed new works in collaboration with AI. New collaboritive projects have already been been created\, fusing AI created images with his own digital camera files and p hoto-compositing techniques in Photoshop.</p>\n<p>Vogel has over 35 years experience teaching workshops\, beginning many years ago with his own dark room series of workshops and now with a full list of digital processing wo rkshops and location workshops. Check out the list of current workshops be ing offered on the Workshops tab in the above menu.Vogel continues to offe r his expertise in the critique process and has been sought out as a judge and instructor for many camera clubs and county fair organizers.</p>\n</B ODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9533@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Black and white photography is more than just removing color—it ’s about seeing the world in a different way. Understanding when\, why\, a nd how to create compelling black and white images requires a trained eye\ , a grasp of tonal relationships\, and an appreciation for how light and s hadow shape a scene.\nIn this presentation\, we’ll explore the artistic an d technical choices behind black and white photography in nature\, landsca pe\, and wildlife imagery. We’ll break down how color affects black and wh ite conversions\, how different color tones translate to grayscale\, and t he role of post-processing in shaping the final image. From raw file inter pretation to the nuances of contrast\, texture\, and tonal balance\, we’ll discuss tools and techniques that help refine your vision. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your monochrome work or simply gain a deeper unders tanding of its impact\, this session will help you develop a more intentio nal and thoughtful approach to black and white photography.\nAbout Andrew Hertel\nAndrew Hertel is a fine art photographer specializing in black and white landscapes\, wildlife\, and nature photography. He is drawn to the way light\, shadow\, shape\, and texture come together to define a scene\, creating images that reflect the quiet beauty of the natural world.\nBeyo nd photography\, Andrew has a deep love for adventure and exploring remote landscapes. Whether on foot\, motorcycle\, or bicycle\, he finds inspirat ion in the wild places he visits and the ever-changing conditions that sha pe them. His work has been exhibited at fine art shows and galleries\, and he leads photography workshops in places like Death Valley and Kyrgyzstan \, helping others experience and capture the landscapes in their own way. \nFor Andrew\, photography is more than just creating images—it’s about be ing out in nature\, embracing the journey\, and sharing that experience wi th others. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Art & Vision of Black & White Photography: When\, Why\, and How to See in Monochrome with Andrew Hertel URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/the-art-vision-of-black-white-photogr aphy-when-why-and-how-to-see-in-monochrome-with-andrew-hertel/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\ ,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Her tel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-206x300.jpg\;206\;300\;1\,large\;https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Br iscoe-02bw2-1-702x1024.jpg\;702\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1.jpg \;1316\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-206x300. jpg' width='206' height='300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1.png'>< img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9525 size- full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroom ers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset ='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Prese ntaion-Graphics-1-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1-300x169.png 300w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion- Graphics-1-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1-768x432.png 768w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaio n-Graphics-1-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presen taion-Graphics-1-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presen taion-Graphics-1-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\ , 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Black and white photog raphy is more than just removing color—it’s about seeing the world in a di fferent way. Understanding when\, why\, and how to create compelling black and white images requires a trained eye\, a grasp of tonal relationships\ , and an appreciation for how light and shadow shape a scene.</p>\n<p styl e='font-weight: 400\;'>In this presentation\, we’ll explore the artistic a nd technical choices behind black and white photography in nature\, landsc ape\, and wildlife imagery. We’ll break down how color affects black and w hite conversions\, how different color tones translate to grayscale\, and the role of post-processing in shaping the final image. From raw file inte rpretation to the nuances of contrast\, texture\, and tonal balance\, we’l l discuss tools and techniques that help refine your vision. Whether you’r e looking to strengthen your monochrome work or simply gain a deeper under standing of its impact\, this session will help you develop a more intenti onal and thoughtful approach to black and white photography.</p>\n<h2 styl e='font-weight: 400\;'><strong>About Andrew Hertel</strong></h2>\n<p style ='font-weight: 400\;'>Andrew Hertel is a fine art photographer specializin g in black and white landscapes\, wildlife\, and nature photography. He is drawn to the way light\, shadow\, shape\, and texture come together to de fine a scene\, creating images that reflect the quiet beauty of the natura l world.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Beyond photography\, Andrew ha s a deep love for adventure and exploring remote landscapes. Whether on fo ot\, motorcycle\, or bicycle\, he finds inspiration in the wild places he visits and the ever-changing conditions that shape them. His work has been exhibited at fine art shows and galleries\, and he leads photography work shops in places like Death Valley and Kyrgyzstan\, helping others experien ce and capture the landscapes in their own way.</p>\n<p style='font-weight : 400\;'>For Andrew\, photography is more than just creating images—it’s a bout being out in nature\, embracing the journey\, and sharing that experi ence with others.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Japan-2024-0121-2-Enhanced-NR-Edit_2500x2000 _U_100_Squarespace.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='alignc enter wp-image-9532 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Japan-2024-0121-2-Enhanced-NR-Edit_2500x20 00_U_100_Squarespace-1024x819.jpg' alt='© Andrew Hertel | Japan 2024' widt h='756' height='605' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Japan-2024-0121-2-Enhanced-NR-Edit_2500x2000_U_100 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mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Death-Valley-Feb-2023-3168-Traces-Of-L ife-No.-1_Working_2500x2000_U_100_Squarespace-50x40.jpg 50w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Death-Valley-Feb-2023-3168-Trac es-Of-Life-No.-1_Working_2500x2000_U_100_Squarespace.jpg 1920w' sizes='aut o\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a> <a href='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Antelope-Canyon-1219_Working-copy_2500x 3125_U_100_Squarespace.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='al igncenter wp-image-9530 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Antelope-Canyon-1219_Working-copy_2500x3125_U_100_Sq uarespace-819x1024.jpg' alt='© Andrew Hertel | Antelope Canyon' width='756 ' height='945' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/Antelope-Canyon-1219_Working-copy_2500x3125_U_100_Squarespace-819x1024 .jpg 819w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Antelop 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Prints accepted by the Ju dge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery .\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avai lable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkr oomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout Jim\nI was in photographic diapers when I was handed a Brownie Instamatic by my dad at the age of 4 and never looked back.\nAt 6\, I was being taken to photo conventions in NYC.\nStill have the camera today!\nIn college\, I was fortunate to study under Walter Rosenblum\, who coalesced my photographic vision. https://www.rosenblumphoto.org/about\nW hile doing graduate work in architecture at Columbia University\, I ventur ed to Tahiti to study where my favourite Impressionist artist\, Gauguin\, lived and worked. Returning from that trip\, my photo eyes were opened to the world. Through fortuitous opportunities\, I was hired as a contract ph otographer for Air France based in New York. I handled a variety of assign ments\, including being the official AF photographer for the inauguration of the Concorde. A 3-month international assignment brought me to Japan\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Paris\, with subsequent trips through Fra nce.\nMy travel work was represented at first by the Image Bank and subseq uently became a member of Getty Images. My images have also appeared in Tr avel & Leisure\, Nat Geo Traveler and for a number of Japanese agencies.\n Switching roles\, I worked as an art director with major agencies in New Y ork\, concentrating on travel and cosmetic accounts. I also served as a ju dge for the One Show in photography and commercials. I had the privilege o f working with such luminaries as Henry Wolf\, Hiro\, Anthony Edgeworth an d Pete Turner.\nA subsequent move to the west coast led to work with Touri sm Fiji\, Tourism New Zealand\, throughout SE Asia and full circle\, back to Japan. I lived and worked in Saigon for 3 years [pre and during the Pan demic] where I created photo-stories covering various aspects of life in t he city through the eyes of an ex-pat. I am sent on assignments to capture images “in real time” for tourism boards and travel related companies.\nI have judged for photo associations around California including PPA\, PSA\ , County Fairs and local photo groups but put more emphasis on helping pho tographers develop their vision.\nI was a Canon Pro but have subsequently switched to Fuji\, where I mentor photographers across different countries . I also have led photo tours to France and Vietnam and am\nplanning trips to photograph both Indigenous cultures and off-the-beaten-track places in Japan in 2025 [more on that as it is finalized].\nI have learned many val uable lessons. One that always resonates is:\n“Photography teaches patienc e.” Be at one with your camera. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 0/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/Jim-and-Brownie-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jim-and-Brownie-201x300.png\;201\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jim-an d-Brownie.png\;237\;354\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/Jim-and-Brownie-201x300.png' width='201' height='3 00' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but w e’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote> \n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for April will be Jim Selkin.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the thir d Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up t o 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p> Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is availab le for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroom ers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/memb ership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>ema il us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-F lyer-11.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-im age-9539 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 25/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11.png' alt='Jim Selkin Guest Judge Ap ril 2025' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11.png 1920w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judg e-Flyer-11-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flye r-11-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 5/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-1 200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03 /Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-700x394 .png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroo mers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-11-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Jim</h2>\n<p>I was in photographic diapers when I was handed a Brownie Instamatic by my dad at the age of 4 and never looked back.</p>\n<p>At 6\, I was being taken to photo conventio ns in NYC.</p>\n<p>Still have the camera today!</p>\n<p>In college\, I was fortunate to study under Walter Rosenblum\, who coalesced my photographic vision. <a href='https://www.rosenblumphoto.org/about'>https://www.rosenb lumphoto.org/about</a></p>\n<p>While doing graduate work in architecture a t Columbia University\, I ventured to Tahiti to study where my favourite I mpressionist artist\, Gauguin\, lived and worked. Returning from that trip \, my photo eyes were opened to the world. Through fortuitous opportunitie s\, I was hired as a contract photographer for Air France based in New Yor k. I handled a variety of assignments\, including being the official AF ph otographer for the inauguration of the Concorde. A 3-month international a ssignment brought me to Japan\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Paris\, w ith subsequent trips through France.</p>\n<p>My travel work was represente d at first by the Image Bank and subsequently became a member of Getty Ima ges. My images have also appeared in Travel & Leisure\, Nat Geo Traveler a nd for a number of Japanese agencies.</p>\n<p>Switching roles\, I worked a s an art director with major agencies in New York\, concentrating on trave l and cosmetic accounts. I also served as a judge for the One Show in phot ography and commercials. I had the privilege of working with such luminari es as Henry Wolf\, Hiro\, Anthony Edgeworth and Pete Turner.</p>\n<p>A sub sequent move to the west coast led to work with Tourism Fiji\, Tourism New Zealand\, throughout SE Asia and full circle\, back to Japan. I lived and worked in Saigon for 3 years [pre and during the Pandemic] where I create d photo-stories covering various aspects of life in the city through the e yes of an ex-pat. I am sent on assignments to capture images “in real time ” for tourism boards and travel related companies.</p>\n<p>I have judged f or photo associations around California including PPA\, PSA\, County Fairs and local photo groups but put more emphasis on helping photographers dev elop their vision.</p>\n<p>I was a Canon Pro but have subsequently switche d to Fuji\, where I mentor photographers across different countries. I als o have led photo tours to France and Vietnam and am</p>\n<p>planning trips to photograph both Indigenous cultures and off-the-beaten-track places in Japan in 2025 [more on that as it is finalized].</p>\n<p>I have learned m any valuable lessons. One that always resonates is:</p>\n<p>“Photography t eaches patience.” <em>Be at one with your camera.</em></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9544@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us as we shine the spotlight on Darkroomers member\, Hares sh Vibhakkar!\nExploring the built environment in our cities and capturing the graphic elements that shape its aesthetics is my passion. I seek out inherent patterns in design\, whether they connect with nature or purely a ppeal graphically. As an architect\, I am fascinated by the choices design ers make—the scale\, intricacy\, facade details\, color\, and texture. The se elements collectively create gestures that speak to onlookers.\nSince t he end of the pandemic\, I have been photographing architecture in earnest . This journey has been deeply personal\, allowing me to reconnect with pl aces that hold special memories. I have begun traveling to intriguing dest inations\, revisiting locations from past journeys to capture their archit ectural essence. This presentation will focus on London\, UK\, a city wher e the fascinating mix of historical and contemporary elements is woven int o its urban fabric. Will be also presenting some building projects I have been part of and revisited to capture the appealing aspects of design.\n✨ Explore his work ahead of time at photovibz.myportfolio.com\n\n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T220000 GEO:+32.733298;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\, CA 9 2101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: Experiencing Architecture with Haressh Vibhakkar URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-haressh-vibhakkar/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/12/HARESSH-V-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HARESSH-V-258x300.jpg\;258\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HARESSH-V-879x1024 .jpg\;756\;881\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 24/12/HARESSH-V.jpg\;1669\;1944\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/12/HARESSH-V-258x300.jpg' width='258' height='300' /> </div><h3 class='p1'>Join us as we shine the spotlight on Darkroomers memb er\, Haressh Vibhakkar!</h3>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Exploring the built environment in our cities and capturing the graphic elements that sh ape its aesthetics is my passion. I seek out inherent patterns in design\, whether they connect with nature or purely appeal graphically. As an arch itect\, I am fascinated by the choices designers make—the scale\, intricac y\, facade details\, color\, and texture. These elements collectively crea te gestures that speak to onlookers.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Si nce the end of the pandemic\, I have been photographing architecture in ea rnest. This journey has been deeply personal\, allowing me to reconnect wi th places that hold special memories. I have begun traveling to intriguing destinations\, revisiting locations from past journeys to capture their a rchitectural essence. This presentation will focus on London\, UK\, a city where the fascinating mix of historical and contemporary elements is wove n into its urban fabric. Will be also presenting some building projects I have been part of and revisited to capture the appealing aspects of design .</p>\n<p class='p1'>✨ Explore his work ahead of time at <a href='https:// photovibz.myportfolio.com/'>photovibz.myportfolio.com</a></p>\n<p><a href= 'https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Member-Spotlight-5 .png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-955 4 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ Member-Spotlight-5-791x1024.png' alt='Member Spotlight Flyer: Haressh Vibh akkar' width='756' height='979' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2024/12/Member-Spotlight-5-791x1024.png 791w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Member-Spotlight-5-232x300.png 23 2w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Member-Spotlig ht-5-768x994.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 4/12/Member-Spotlight-5-1187x1536.png 1187w\, 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Join in ternationally exhibited digital artist\, Adobe Educational Leader\, and fr equent photo competition judge Stephen Burns for an inspiring and informat ive session that pulls back the curtain on professional Photoshop workflow s.\nWith over 30 years of experience in photography and digital art\, Step hen will walk you through the techniques\, creative thought processes\, an d step-by-step workflows that elevate an image from good to extraordinary. You’ll gain insights into the editing strategies used by top-tier artists \, learn how to approach Photoshop with an artistic mindset\, and discover how to apply these tools to your own work—whether you’re preparing for co mpetition or refining your personal portfolio.\nThis presentation is ideal for photographers and digital artists looking to push their creative boun daries and unlock the full potential of Photoshop in their artistic proces s. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photoshop Workflows for Award-Winning Images with Stephen Burns URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photoshop-workflows-for-award-winning -images-with-stephen-burns/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/self-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portr ait-831x1024.jpg\;756\;932\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait.jpg\;1440\;1774\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300 ' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding= 'async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9542 size-full' src='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3 .png' alt='Stephen Burns | Photoshop Workflows for Award-Winning Images' w idth='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3.png 1920w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graph ics-1-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Gra phics-1-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1536x864.png 1536w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-G raphics-1-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-924x520.png 924w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion -Graphics-1-3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='a uto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1'>What d oes it take to craft a truly award-winning image? Join internationally exh ibited digital artist\, Adobe Educational Leader\, and frequent photo comp etition judge <span class='s1'><b>Stephen Burns</b></span> for an inspirin g and informative session that pulls back the curtain on professional Phot oshop workflows.</p>\n<p class='p1'>With over 30 years of experience in ph otography and digital art\, Stephen will walk you through the techniques\, creative thought processes\, and step-by-step workflows that elevate an i mage from good to extraordinary. You’ll gain insights into the editing str ategies used by top-tier artists\, learn how to approach Photoshop with an artistic mindset\, and discover how to apply these tools to your own work —whether you’re preparing for competition or refining your personal portfo lio.</p>\n<p class='p1'>This presentation is ideal for photographers and d igital artists looking to push their creative boundaries and unlock the fu ll potential of Photoshop in their artistic process.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9564@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for May will be Jennifer Wolf.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\n\nAbout Jennifer\n\nJennifer Wolf comes from a science backg round with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in marine biology and ecology. After a couple decades working with sea urchin fisheries and wetland resto ration\, she now spends more time engaging with the photography community. \n\n\nShe has spent the past 6 years as the program coordinator for the No rth County Photographic Society. In 2014\, after many years of entering th e International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego Fair\, she deci ded to move to the other side of the table and become a judge. She has con tinued to enjoy judging since then and has been a guest judge at other loc al clubs as well.\n\n\nIn 2021 and 2022 she applied for and was accepted a s an official photographer for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiest a. In addition to photographing balloons\, she holds a commercial balloon pilot license.\n\n\nHer balloon photography can be seen at https://wolfhar ttimages.com\n\n\nJenny and Sandy Zelasko host bi-monthly photo critiques on their YouTube channel @chickstalkingpics DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 1/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011-283x 300.jpg\;283\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011.jpg\;481\;510\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/03/Wolf-head-shot-AIBF-011-283x300.jpg' width='283' h eight='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm \, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blo ckquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge f or May will be Jennifer Wolf.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<block quote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique i s available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/a bout/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers .com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href ='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest -Judge-Flyer-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncente r wp-image-9563 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2.png' alt='Jennifer Wolf Flyer ' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2.png 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2 -300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03 /Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-768x432 .png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroo mers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1200x675.png 12 00w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-G uest-Judge-Flyer-2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-700x394.png 700w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge -Flyer-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Jennifer</h2>\n<div>\n<p class='Body'>Jennifer Wolf comes from a science background with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ma rine biology and ecology. After a couple decades working with sea urchin f isheries and wetland restoration\, she now spends more time engaging with the photography community.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class='Body'>She has spe nt the past 6 years as the program coordinator for the North County Photog raphic Society. In 2014\, after many years of entering the International E xhibition of Photography at the San Diego Fair\, she decided to move to th e other side of the table and become a judge. She has continued to enjoy j udging since then and has been a guest judge at other local clubs as well. </p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class='Body'>In 2021 and 2022 she applied for and was accepted as an official photographer for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. In addition to photographing balloons\, she holds a comme rcial balloon pilot license.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class='Body'>Her ballo on photography can be seen at <span class='Hyperlink0'><a href='https://wo lfharttimages.com/'><span lang='IT'>https://wolfharttimages.com</span></a> </span></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class='Body'>Jenny and Sandy Zelasko host b i-monthly photo critiques on their YouTube channel @chickstalkingpics</p> \n</div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9551@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025704Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:For more than half a century\, Bernard Mendoza has captured the beauty and complexity of everyday life through his lens. In Seeing With N ew Eyes\, Bernard shares the evolving perspective of a photographer whose world has become smaller in size—but deeper in meaning. As his physical mo bility has slowed\, his creative vision has sharpened\, drawing him closer to the often-overlooked moments and quiet stories that unfold nearby.\nTh is heartfelt and visually rich presentation will explore how limitations c an lead to unexpected inspiration\, and how photography remains a powerful medium for storytelling\, connection\, and reflection. With wisdom shaped by decades of work and recognition from some of the world’s most esteemed institutions\, Bernard invites us to slow down\, look again\, and discove r the extraordinary in the ordinary.\n\nAbout Bernard\nFor over 55 years\, Bernard Mendoza has used photography as his voice—an expressive medium th at transcends language and connects people through shared human experience . Growing up in post-World War II England\, Bernard dreamed of becoming a writer\, inspired by tales of Roy of the Rovers\, Biggles\, and Rudyard Ki pling. However\, navigating dyslexia at a time when it was scarcely unders tood made traditional storytelling difficult. Photography became his way o f communicating—his tool for telling meaningful\, visual stories that reso nate universally.\n\nBernard’s work is deeply rooted in the belief that li fe is composed of fleeting sensations and moments of consciousness. His ph otographs honor the beauty of ordinary existence—capturing people and plac es not for their fame or spectacle\, but for their authenticity and indivi duality. From Hasidic Jewish communities in New York to revitalized neighb orhoods in East Los Angeles\, Bernard has chronicled lives with empathy\, nuance\, and a profound sense of respect.\n\nHis work has been exhibited i nternationally and honored by institutions such as the National Portrait G allery (UK and Scotland)\, The Royal Photographic Society\, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston\, and Lincoln Center in New York. His photographs are al so part of public and private collections including the City of Denver’s A rt in Public Places and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.\n\n Bernard is the recipient of numerous awards\, including two portraiture gr ants from the John Kobal Foundation\, a fellowship from the Colorado Counc il on the Arts\, and support from Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Fou ndation. His work has appeared in publications such as the University of M ichigan Quarterly Review\, the M.I.L.K. book series (Family\, Love\, and F riendship)\, and Art Directors Index to Photographers.\nThrough photograph ic essays like From Generation to Generation\, Veya en Paz\, The Projects are Dead\, Long Live the Projects\, and Benches\, Bernard continues to doc ument the world with curiosity\, compassion\, and an unwavering commitment to telling stories that matter. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Seeing With New Eyes with Bernard Mendoza URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/seeing-with-new-eyes-with-bernard-men doza/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/BM-self-Portrait-BW-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BM-self-Portrait-BW-300x224.jpg\ ;300\;224\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/BM-self-Portrait-BW.jpg\;756\;565\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2015/03/BM-self-Portrait-BW.jpg\;870\;650\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/BM-self-Portrait-BW-300x224.jpg' width='300' heigh t='224' /></div><p class='' data-start='232' data-end='659'>For more than half a century\, Bernard Mendoza has captured the beauty and complexity of everyday life through his lens. In <em data-start='355' data-end='377'>Se eing With New Eyes</em>\, Bernard shares the evolving perspective of a pho tographer whose world has become smaller in size—but deeper in meaning. As his physical mobility has slowed\, his creative vision has sharpened\, dr awing him closer to the often-overlooked moments and quiet stories that un fold nearby.</p>\n<p class='' data-start='661' data-end='1063'>This heartf elt and visually rich presentation will explore how limitations can lead t o unexpected inspiration\, and how photography remains a powerful medium f or storytelling\, connection\, and reflection. With wisdom shaped by decad es of work and recognition from some of the world’s most esteemed institut ions\, Bernard invites us to slow down\, look again\, and discover the ext raordinary in the ordinary.</p>\n<p data-start='661' data-end='1063'><a hr ef='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Pre sentaion-Graphics-1-2-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='a ligncenter wp-image-9546 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1.png' alt='Ber nard Mendoza Flyer' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1 .png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkro omers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1-10 24x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1- 2-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Gra phics-1-2-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-1-700x394.png 700w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion -Graphics-1-2-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1 920px' /></a></p>\n<h2 data-start='661' data-end='1063'>About Bernard</h2> \n<p class='' data-start='157' data-end='704'>For over 55 years\, Bernard Mendoza has used photography as his voice—an expressive medium that transc ends language and connects people through shared human experience. Growing up in post-World War II England\, Bernard dreamed of becoming a writer\, inspired by tales of Roy of the Rovers\, Biggles\, and Rudyard Kipling. Ho wever\, navigating dyslexia at a time when it was scarcely understood made traditional storytelling difficult. Photography became his way of communi cating—his tool for telling meaningful\, visual stories that resonate univ ersally.</p>\n<p class='' data-start='157' data-end='704'><a href='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-scale d.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-95 47 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Love-5393-38992-3-LR-1024x663.jpg' alt='© Bernard Mendoza' width='756' he ight='489' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ Love-5393-38992-3-LR-1024x663.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-300x194.jpg 300w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-768x497.j pg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393 -38992-3-LR-1536x994.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-2048x1325.jpg 2048w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-1200x776.jpg 12 00w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-389 92-3-LR-924x598.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-700x453.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Love-5393-38992-3-LR-50x32.jpg 50w' sizes='au to\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p class='' data-start= '706' data-end='1166'>Bernard’s work is deeply rooted in the belief that l ife is composed of fleeting sensations and moments of consciousness. His p hotographs honor the beauty of ordinary existence—capturing people and pla ces not for their fame or spectacle\, but for their authenticity and indiv iduality. From Hasidic Jewish communities in New York to revitalized neigh borhoods in East Los Angeles\, Bernard has chronicled lives with empathy\, nuance\, and a profound sense of respect.</p>\n<p data-start='706' data-e nd='1166'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ N-O-I-LR.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-i mage-9548 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/N-O-I-LR-1024x695.jpg' alt='© Bernard Mendoza' width='756' height= '513' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I -LR-1024x695.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/N-O-I-LR-300x204.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR-768x521.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR-1536x1042.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR-1200x814.jpg 1200w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR-924x627.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR-700x475.j pg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O-I-LR- 50x34.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/N-O -I-LR.jpg 2000w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p >\n<p class='' data-start='1168' data-end='1560'>His work has been exhibit ed internationally and honored by institutions such as the National Portra it Gallery (UK and Scotland)\, The Royal Photographic Society\, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston\, and Lincoln Center in New York. His photographs ar e also part of public and private collections including the City of Denver ’s Art in Public Places and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. </p>\n<p data-start='1168' data-end='1560'><a href='https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby.jpg'><img loading=' lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9549 size-large' src='h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersb y-1024x863.jpg' alt='© Bernard Mendoza' width='756' height='637' srcset='h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersb y-1024x863.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015 /03/Waiting-For-Passersby-300x253.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby-768x647.jpg 768w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby-1536 x1295.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/W aiting-For-Passersby-1200x1012.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby-924x779.jpg 924w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby-700x59 0.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Waitin g-For-Passersby-50x42.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2015/03/Waiting-For-Passersby.jpg 2000w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 75 6px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p class='' data-start='1562' data-end='19 81'>Bernard is the recipient of numerous awards\, including two portraitur e grants from the John Kobal Foundation\, a fellowship from the Colorado C ouncil on the Arts\, and support from Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation. His work has appeared in publications such as the University of Michigan Quarterly Review\, the M.I.L.K. book series (Family\, Love\, a nd Friendship)\, and <em data-start='1942' data-end='1980'>Art Directors I ndex to Photographers</em>.</p>\n<p class='' data-start='1983' data-end='2 256'>Through photographic essays like <em data-start='2016' data-end='2047 '>From Generation to Generation</em>\, <em data-start='2049' data-end='206 2'>Veya en Paz</em>\, <em data-start='2064' data-end='2111'>The Projects a re Dead\, Long Live the Projects</em>\, and <em data-start='2117' data-end ='2126'>Benches</em>\, Bernard continues to document the world with curios ity\, compassion\, and an unwavering commitment to telling stories that ma tter.</p>\n<p data-start='1983' data-end='2256'>\n<p data-start='1983' dat a-end='2256'>\n<p data-start='1983' data-end='2256'>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9567@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for June will be Roy Ang.\nMembers bring prints for cr itique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nV isitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is availabl e for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroome rs\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any que stions.\n\nAbout Roy\nRoy has been a professional photographer since the m id-1980s. He has done portrait\, wedding\, event\, commercial\, and landsc ape photography. His clients have included NBC Studios\, the US Coast Guar d\, and airports. Due to his level of security clearance\, he has been one of the few photographers with access to airport runways and lighthouses t hroughout the US. Recently\, Roy has been engaged with overseas wildlife c onservation organizations by providing hybrid source imagery. He is an exp erienced photography instructor and enjoys teaching surf imaging technique s. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/IMG_98891-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_98891-220x300.jpg\;220\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_98891-751x1024 .jpg\;751\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/IMG_98891.jpg\;1501\;2048\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_98891-220x300.jpg' width='220' height='300' /> </div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll o pen the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2> Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for June will b e Roy Ang.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesda y of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors a re welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for mem bers only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, plea se check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>m embership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2.pn g'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9566 s ize-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dark roomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2.png' alt='Roy Ang Flyer' width='1920' height ='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dar kroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-300x169.png 300w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Gues t-Judge-Flyer-2-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-768x432.png 768w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Ju dge-Flyer-2-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judg e-Flyer-2-2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flye r-2-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' />< /a></p>\n<h2>About Roy</h2>\n<p>Roy has been a professional photographer s ince the mid-1980s. He has done portrait\, wedding\, event\, commercial\, and landscape photography. His clients have included NBC Studios\, the US Coast Guard\, and airports. Due to his level of security clearance\, he ha s been one of the few photographers with access to airport runways and lig hthouses throughout the US. Recently\, Roy has been engaged with overseas wildlife conservation organizations by providing hybrid source imagery. He is an experienced photography instructor and enjoys teaching surf imaging techniques.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9568@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Ready to take control of your lighting and elevate your portrai t photography? Join us for a hands-on workshop led by San Diego Portrait C lub member Dan Graham\, covering the fundamentals of Off-Camera Flash (OCF )—perfect for photographers who want to shape light and create dynamic\, p rofessional-quality images.\n\nWe’ll begin by breaking down the gear—trigg ers\, strobes\, sync speeds\, and High-Speed Sync (HSS)—and then move into practical techniques for creating controlled studio-style lighting\, even in daylight.\nYou’ll learn essential lighting patterns including Butterfl y\, Loop\, Rembrandt\, Split\, and Clamshell\, and how to use key\, fill\, and rim lighting to build depth and dimension. We’ll also explore short v s. broad lighting\, using a higher light angle to mimic natural light\, an d the classic three-point lighting setup for professional portraiture.\nWh ether you’re brand new to flash or looking to build confidence with your o ff-camera lighting skills\, this workshop is for you.\n📅 Registration open s June 8\, 2025\, at 10:00 AM💵 $20 per person (model compensation fee)\nTi ckets: https://www.sdportraitclub.com/sdpc-pab-workshop. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T120000 GEO:+32.733355;-117.147041 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Fundamentals of Using Off Camera Flash URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-fundamentals-of-usin g-off-camera-flash/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/05/20241023-Dan-Graham-011-Edit3-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241023-Dan-Graham-01 1-Edit3-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/05/20241023-Dan-Graham-011-Edit3-1024x1024.jpg\;756\;75 6\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2024102 3-Dan-Graham-011-Edit3-scaled.jpg\;2560\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/05/20241023-Dan-Graham-011-Edit3-300x300.jpg' width=' 300' height='300' /></div><p class='' data-start='287' data-end='605'>Read y to take control of your lighting and elevate your portrait photography? Join us for a hands-on workshop led by <strong data-start='404' data-end=' 449'><a href='https://www.sdportraitclub.com'>San Diego Portrait Club</a> member Dan Graham</strong>\, covering the <strong data-start='464' data-en d='506'>fundamentals of Off-Camera Flash (OCF)</strong>—perfect for photog raphers who want to shape light and create dynamic\, professional-quality images.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 25/05/Untitled-4.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncen ter wp-image-9603 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2025/05/Untitled-4.png' alt='Fundamentals of Off Camera Flash Weeke nd Workshop Flyer' width='1200' height='643' srcset='https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4.png 1200w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4-300x161.png 300w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4-1024x549.png 1 024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4-7 68x412.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/U ntitled-4-120x64.png 120w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/05/Untitled-4-924x495.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4-700x375.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Untitled-4-50x27.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (ma x-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200px' /></a></p>\n<p class='' data-start='607' data-end='807'>We’ll begin by breaking down the gear—triggers\, strobes\, sync speeds\, and High-Speed Sync (HSS)—and then move into practical techn iques for creating controlled studio-style lighting\, even in daylight.</p >\n<p class='' data-start='809' data-end='1175'>You’ll learn essential lig hting patterns including <strong data-start='860' data-end='897'>Butterfly \, Loop\, Rembrandt\, Split</strong>\, and <strong data-start='903' data-e nd='916'>Clamshell</strong>\, and how to use <strong data-start='933' data -end='964'>key\, fill\, and rim lighting</strong> to build depth and dimen sion. We’ll also explore <strong data-start='1014' data-end='1042'>short v s. broad lighting</strong>\, using a <strong data-start='1052' data-end='1 097'>higher light angle to mimic natural light</strong>\, and the classic <strong data-start='1115' data-end='1145'>three-point lighting setup</stro ng> for professional portraiture.</p>\n<p class='' data-start='1177' data- end='1305'>Whether you’re brand new to flash or looking to build confidenc e with your off-camera lighting skills\, this workshop is for you.</p>\n<p data-start='1177' data-end='1305'>📅 <em data-start='192' data-end='238'>R egistration opens June 8\, 2025\, at 10:00 AM</em><br data-start='238' dat a-end='241' />💵 <em data-start='244' data-end='285'>$20 per person (model compensation fee)</em></p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exporte d' href='https://www.sdportraitclub.com/sdpc-pab-workshop'>https://www.sdp ortraitclub.com/sdpc-pab-workshop</a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-COST:$20 X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.sdportraitclub.com/sdpc-pab-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9561@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:From Passion to Profits: How to Easily Sell Your Photographs\nS elling your photos doesn’t have to be overwhelming or risky. In fact\, for many\, it is an enjoyable and achievable way to supplement income or even build a sustainable business. The key is knowing certain creative techniq ues and specific learnable skills\, which we’ll explore in this session.\n Whether you’re just curious about selling your work\, considering your fir st sale\, or looking to expand your existing efforts\, this session will p rovide practical\, down-to-earth insights. We’ll explore how to identify t he right buyers\, showcase what makes your images unique\, understand the basics of pricing\, and utilize simple tools to share your work and profit from your passion.\nAdditionally\, we’ll delve into effective communicati on strategies\, helping you connect with potential buyers and build trust— whether you’re communicating in writing or verbally. Understanding differe nt buyer communication styles can make a significant difference in turning interest into sales.\nTo support your progress\, two e-tutorials will be available to attendees: one focused on designing your action plan and the other on mastering effective communication. These resources are offered at a special club discount for those interested in furthering their educatio n and enhancing their success.\nAbout Char Webster\nChar Webster is an awa rd-winning photographer\, digital artist\, author\, speaker\, and trainer. She is known for simplifying complex techniques into clear\, actionable s teps\, helping others develop their skills and confidently achieve their g oals.\nAn avid adventurer\, Char’s photography has taken her to diverse lo cations—including Alaska\, Africa\, Australia\, China\, India\, and Europe —enriching both her personal journey and professional work. She specialize s in artistic composites\, transforming images into one-of-a-kind works of art that her clients enjoy. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:From Passion to Profits: How to Easily Sell Your Photographs URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/from-fun-to-funds-with-char-webster/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Char-Webster-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Char-Webster-283x300.jpg\;283\;300\;1\, large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Char-Webster -966x1024.jpg\;756\;801\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Char-Webster.jpg\;1675\;1776\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Char-Webster-283x300.jpg' width='283' height='300' /></div><h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' clas s='aligncenter wp-image-9594 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster.png' alt='Char Webster From Passion to Profits' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster.png 1920 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Cha r-Webster-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers- Char-Webster-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster-924x520 .png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Darkroo mers-Char-Webster-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2025/04/Darkroomers-Char-Webster-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (m ax-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2><strong>From Passion to Profits: How to Easily Sell Your Photographs</strong></h2>\n<p>Selling yo ur photos doesn’t have to be overwhelming or risky. In fact\, for many\, i t is an enjoyable and achievable way to supplement income or even build a sustainable business. The key is knowing certain creative techniques and s pecific learnable skills\, which we’ll explore in this session.</p>\n<p>Wh ether you’re just curious about selling your work\, considering your first sale\, or looking to expand your existing efforts\, this session will pro vide practical\, down-to-earth insights. We’ll explore how to identify the right buyers\, showcase what makes your images unique\, understand the ba sics of pricing\, and utilize simple tools to share your work and profit f rom your passion.</p>\n<p>Additionally\, we’ll delve into effective commun ication strategies\, helping you connect with potential buyers and build t rust—whether you’re communicating in writing or verbally. Understanding di fferent buyer communication styles can make a significant difference in tu rning interest into sales.</p>\n<p>To support your progress\, two e-tutori als will be available to attendees: one focused on designing your action p lan and the other on mastering effective communication. These resources ar e offered at a special club discount for those interested in furthering th eir education and enhancing their success.</p>\n<h2>About Char Webster</h2 >\n<p>Char Webster is an award-winning photographer\, digital artist\, aut hor\, speaker\, and trainer. She is known for simplifying complex techniqu es into clear\, actionable steps\, helping others develop their skills and confidently achieve their goals.</p>\n<p>An avid adventurer\, Char’s phot ography has taken her to diverse locations—including Alaska\, Africa\, Aus tralia\, China\, India\, and Europe—enriching both her personal journey an d professional work. She specializes in artistic composites\, transforming images into one-of-a-kind works of art that her clients enjoy.</p>\n</BOD Y></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9597@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for July will be Monica Royal.\nMembers bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is ava ilable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dark roomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have an y questions.\n\nAbout Monica\nMonica Royal is an award-winning macro photo grapher known for transforming everyday objects into mesmerizing works of art. Her journey began with a photo of frost on a window—an image so abstr act and beautiful\, viewers couldn’t guess what it was. That curiosity\, t hat moment of wonder\, hooked her.\nFor Monica\, macro photography is more than a genre—it’s a way of seeing. With over a decade of study and explor ation\, she’s mastered the art of revealing the extraordinary in the ordin ary. Whether it’s a drop of oil in a margarita glass or a torn piece of pl astic\, Monica’s images challenge perceptions and spark imagination.\nThro ugh her lens\, the world becomes a playground of texture\, light\, and col or. Her work invites viewers to pause\, look closer\, and ask\, “That’s go rgeous… but what is it?” DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250716T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250716T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-300x300.jpg\;300\; 300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Moni ca_Royal_sml.jpg\;756\;756\;\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml.jpg\;809\;809\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Monica_Royal_sml-300x300.jpg' width='300' height=' 300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote >\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for July will be Monica Royal.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the th ird Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote>< p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avail able for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkro omers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/me mbership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>e mail us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge -Flyer-2-3.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp -image-9596 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3.png' alt='Monica Royal Flyer Gu est Judge' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3.png 1920w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Ju dge-Flyer-2-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge- Flyer-2-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flye r-2-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2- 3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 3/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-widt h: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Monica</h2>\n<p class='p 1'>Monica Royal is an award-winning macro photographer known for transform ing everyday objects into mesmerizing works of art. Her journey began with a photo of frost on a window—an image so abstract and beautiful\, viewers couldn’t guess what it was. That curiosity\, that moment of wonder\, hook ed her.</p>\n<p class='p1'>For Monica\, macro photography is more than a g enre—it’s a way of seeing. With over a decade of study and exploration\, s he’s mastered the art of revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Whet her it’s a drop of oil in a margarita glass or a torn piece of plastic\, M onica’s images challenge perceptions and spark imagination.</p>\n<p class= 'p1'>Through her lens\, the world becomes a playground of texture\, light\ , and color. Her work invites viewers to pause\, look closer\, and ask\, “ That’s gorgeous… but what is it?”</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9600@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring evening with Darkroomers member Cather ine “Cat” Evans as she shares her photographic journey and creative vision in Thru Catz Eyes: Macro and More. Best known for her stunning macro wate r drop photography\, Cat’s work invites viewers to slow down and appreciat e the often-overlooked details of the world around us.\nFrom delicate dewd rops to early morning scenes at the beach\, Cat captures fleeting moments with artistry and heart. Her presentation will explore how she developed h er unique style\, her techniques for shooting macro images\, and the stori es behind some of her favorite photographs.\nWhether you’re curious about macro photography or simply looking for a fresh perspective\, Cat’s passio n and creativity will leave you inspired to see the world through new eyes —Thru Catz Eyes. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250730T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250730T210000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: Thru Catz Eyes | Macro and More with Cat Evans URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-thru-catz-eyes-macro -and-more-cat-evans/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/06/IMG_0750-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_0750-210x300.png\;210\;300\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_0750-717x1024.pn g\;717\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /06/IMG_0750.png\;1120\;1600\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_0750-210x300.png' width='210' height='300' />< /div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Me mber-Spotlight-6-scaled.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='a ligncenter wp-image-9601 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-scaled.png' alt='Member Spotlight Cat Evans' width='1978' height='2560' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-scaled.png 1978w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-232x300. png 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-S potlight-6-791x1024.png 791w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-768x994.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-1187x1536.png 1187w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-15 83x2048.png 1583w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06 /Member-Spotlight-6-1200x1553.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-924x1196.png 924w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotlight-6-700x906.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Member-Spotl ight-6-50x65.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw\, 1978px' /> </a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Join us for an inspiring evening with Darkroomers member Catherine “Cat” Evans as she shares her photographic journey and cr eative vision in <i>Thru Catz Eyes: Macro and More</i>. Best known for her stunning macro water drop photography\, Cat’s work invites viewers to slo w down and appreciate the often-overlooked details of the world around us. </p>\n<p class='p1'>From delicate dewdrops to early morning scenes at the beach\, Cat captures fleeting moments with artistry and heart. Her present ation will explore how she developed her unique style\, her techniques for shooting macro images\, and the stories behind some of her favorite photo graphs.</p>\n<p class='p1'>Whether you’re curious about macro photography or simply looking for a fresh perspective\, Cat’s passion and creativity w ill leave you inspired to see the world through new eyes—<a href='https:// thrucatzeyes.com'><i>Thru Catz Eyes</i></a>.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9656@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Photo Compositing For The Entertainment Industry\nIn this works hop\, I’ll be sharing my process and techniques behind creating dynamic di gital photo composites used across the entertainment industry. Drawing fro m my experience in comics\, video games\, film\, and VR\, I’ll break down how individual photographs\, digital painting\, and matte painting techniq ues are blended together to create cinematic scenes that support storytell ing for major entertainment properties. We’ll explore how lighting\, persp ective\, and visual consistency are managed to bring multiple source eleme nts together into a seamless\, believable image.\n\n\n\nThroughout the ses sion\, I’ll provide real-world examples from my professional portfolio\, d emonstrating how these compositing techniques have been applied to project s ranging from poster art to key art\, concept designs\, and promotional m aterials. Attendees will gain insight into the full creative process — fro m initial concept sketches\, photography considerations\, asset gathering\ , and compositing workflows\, all the way to final color grading and deliv ery for clients. Special focus will also be placed on how to plan and shoo t with compositing in mind\, helping photographers expand their own creati ve toolset.\n\n\n\nWhether you’re looking to expand your post-production s kill set\, collaborate with entertainment clients\, or explore new creativ e possibilities with your photography\, this workshop is designed to give you a behind-the-scenes look at how digital compositing can elevate your w ork for today’s visual industries.\n\n\nAbout Tony\nTony Washington is an Eisner Award-winning illustrator with over 30 years of experience in the e ntertainment industry\, spanning comics\, animated features\, video games\ , and VR. His extensive credits include work on the Ratchet & Clank and TM NT CGI films\, official poster art for The Crow\, and lead illustrator for the ACLU (SDIC) for 9 years. He is also a New York Times bestselling arti st for World of Warcraft: Ashbringer and a multiple San Diego County Fair award winner. Tony’s expertise in digital compositing\, concept art\, and matte painting has made him a sought-after artist for major studios and pu blishers. In addition to his studio work\, he is an active member of the A dobe Experts Community and regularly leads workshops—both online and in-pe rson—focused on supporting artists and students of all levels. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250806T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250806T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Photo Compositing For The Entertainment Industry with Tony Washingt on URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/photo-compositing-for-the-entertainme nt-industry-with-tony-washington/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-200x300.jpg\;200\; 300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022 -Headshot-lo-683x1024.jpg\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo.jpg\;1280\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-200x300.jpg' width='200' height=' 300' /></div><h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1.png'><img loading='lazy' dec oding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9655 size-full' src='https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphi cs-1-3-1.png' alt='Tony Washington Flyer ' width='1920' height='1080' srcs et='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Pre sentaion-Graphics-1-3-1.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presen taion-Graphics-1-3-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers- Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-1200x6 75.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dark roomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1- 700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-3-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-w idth: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2 class='elementToProof'>Phot o Compositing For The Entertainment Industry</h2>\n<div class='elementToPr oof'>In this workshop\, I’ll be sharing my process and techniques behind c reating dynamic digital photo composites used across the entertainment ind ustry. Drawing from my experience in comics\, video games\, film\, and VR\ , I’ll break down how individual photographs\, digital painting\, and matt e painting techniques are blended together to create cinematic scenes that support storytelling for major entertainment properties. We’ll explore ho w lighting\, perspective\, and visual consistency are managed to bring mul tiple source elements together into a seamless\, believable image.</div>\n <div></div>\n<div><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/06/workshop-1.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='alignc enter wp-image-9657 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2025/06/workshop-1.jpg' alt='© Tony Washington' width='792' heigh t='545' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/wor kshop-1.jpg 792w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ workshop-1-300x206.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/06/workshop-1-768x528.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/06/workshop-1-700x482.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-1-50x34.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, ( max-width: 792px) 100vw\, 792px' /></a></div>\n<div></div>\n<div class='el ementToProof'>Throughout the session\, I’ll provide real-world examples fr om my professional portfolio\, demonstrating how these compositing techniq ues have been applied to projects ranging from poster art to key art\, con cept designs\, and promotional materials. Attendees will gain insight into the full creative process — from initial concept sketches\, photography c onsiderations\, asset gathering\, and compositing workflows\, all the way to final color grading and delivery for clients. Special focus will also b e placed on how to plan and shoot with compositing in mind\, helping photo graphers expand their own creative toolset.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div><a hr ef='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-2.jpg' ><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9658 siz e-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/worksh op-2.jpg' alt='© Tony Washington' width='792' height='528' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-2.jpg 792w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-2-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-2-7 68x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/w orkshop-2-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/06/workshop-2-50x33.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 792px) 100vw \, 792px' /></a></div>\n<div></div>\n<div class='elementToProof'>Whether y ou’re looking to expand your post-production skill set\, collaborate with entertainment clients\, or explore new creative possibilities with your ph otography\, this workshop is designed to give you a behind-the-scenes look at how digital compositing can elevate your work for today’s visual indus tries.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/06/workshop-3.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9659 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-3.jpg' alt='© Tony Washington' wid th='1133' height='1700' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/06/workshop-3.jpg 1133w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2025/06/workshop-3-200x300.jpg 200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-3-682x1024.jpg 682w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-3-768x1152.jpg 768w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop-3-1024x1536.j pg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/workshop -3-924x1386.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /06/workshop-3-700x1050.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/06/workshop-3-50x75.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1133px ) 100vw\, 1133px' /></a></div>\n<h2>About Tony</h2>\n<div class='elementTo Proof'>Tony Washington is an Eisner Award-winning illustrator with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry\, spanning comics\, ani mated features\, video games\, and VR. His extensive credits include work on the <i>Ratchet & Clank</i> and <i>TMNT</i> CGI films\, official poster art for <i>The Crow</i>\, and lead illustrator for the ACLU (SDIC) for 9 y ears. He is also a New York Times bestselling artist for <i>World of Warcr aft: Ashbringer</i> and a multiple San Diego County Fair award winner. Ton y’s expertise in digital compositing\, concept art\, and matte painting ha s made him a sought-after artist for major studios and publishers. In addi tion to his studio work\, he is an active member of the Adobe Experts Comm unity and regularly leads workshops—both online and in-person—focused on s upporting artists and students of all levels.</div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9670@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Angela Andrieux\; programs@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Do your prints truly match what you see on your monitor? Are yo u in control of your printing workflow\, or are you just hoping for the be st?\nCreating gallery- or exhibition-quality inkjet prints isn’t easy and certainly isn’t intuitive. If it were\, everyone would be doing it—and doi ng it well.\nJoin Eric Joseph of Freestyle Photographic Supplies for an in -depth\, hands-on workshop designed to give you the tools and confidence t o take full control of your printmaking process. You’ll learn the six esse ntial steps to producing consistently beautiful inkjet prints.\nThroughout this workshop\, Eric will guide participants through key topics including :\n\n\nChoosing the right monitor for print-based editing\n\n\nMonitor cal ibration: what it is\, how to do it\, and why it matters\n\n\nSelecting pa per that supports your artistic vision\n\n\nChoosing the best printer for your needs\n\n\nUnderstanding and using custom printer/paper profiles\n\n \nEvaluating your prints under proper lighting\n\n\nWho Can Attend?\nDarkr oomers Weekend Workshops are typically reserved for current members of the Darkroomers Photographic Club. However\, this special event is open to al l members in good standing of any SCACC (Southern California Association o f Camera Clubs) affiliated club. We welcome our fellow photographers from the SCACC community to join us for this educational opportunity.\nAbout Er ic Joseph\nEric Joseph is a photographer and Co-President at Freestyle Pho tographic & Imaging Supplies. With decades of experience and a passion for education\, Eric has traveled the U.S. delivering workshops on color mana gement\, inkjet papers\, and digital fine art printmaking. His teaching em phasizes practical\, real-world knowledge that helps photographers achieve consistent\, professional-quality output.\nDonations Welcome\nThis worksh op is free to attend\, thanks to the generosity of our presenter. Eric Jos eph is graciously volunteering his time\, materials\, and expertise—and tr ansporting extensive professional equipment to make this event possible. I f you find value in the experience and would like to support his efforts\, donations are welcome and appreciated. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T150000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Fine Art Printing with Eric Joseph URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-fine-art-printing-wi th-eric-joseph/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Headshot_1_BW_small_contrasty-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Headshot_1_BW_small_co ntrasty-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/07/Headshot_1_BW_small_contrasty.jpg\;517\;517\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/07/Headshot_1_BW_small_contrasty-300x300.jpg' width=' 300' height='300' /></div><p class='p1'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2.png'><img loading='lazy' decodi ng='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9671 size-full' src='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2.png' alt='Eric Josep h Fine Art Printing Workshop Flyer' width='1200' height='643' srcset='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2.png 1200w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2-300x 161.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Unti tled-2-2-1024x549.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/07/Untitled-2-2-768x412.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2-120x64.png 120w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2-924x495.png 924w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2-700x375.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-2 -50x27.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200px' /></a></ p>\n<p class='p1'>Do your prints truly match what you see on your monitor? Are you in control of your printing workflow\, or are you just hoping for the best?</p>\n<p class='p1'>Creating gallery- or exhibition-quality inkj et prints isn’t easy and certainly isn’t intuitive. If it were\, everyone would be doing it—and doing it well.</p>\n<p class='p1'>Join Eric Joseph o f Freestyle Photographic Supplies for an in-depth\, hands-on workshop desi gned to give you the tools and confidence to take full control of your pri ntmaking process. You’ll learn the six essential steps to producing consis tently beautiful inkjet prints.</p>\n<p class='p1'>Throughout this worksho p\, Eric will guide participants through key topics including:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>\n<p class='p1'>Choosing the right monitor for print-based editing</p> \n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Monitor calibration: what it is\, how to do i t\, and why it matters</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Selecting paper tha t supports your artistic vision</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Choosing t he best printer for your needs</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Understandi ng and using custom printer/paper profiles</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1' >Evaluating your prints under proper lighting</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Who C an Attend?</h2>\n<p class='p1'>Darkroomers Weekend Workshops are typically reserved for current members of the Darkroomers Photographic Club. Howeve r\, <span class='s1'><b>this special event is open to all members in good standing of any SCACC (Southern California Association of Camera Clubs) af filiated club</b></span>. We welcome our fellow photographers from the SCA CC community to join us for this educational opportunity.</p>\n<h2 class=' p3'>About Eric Joseph</h2>\n<p class='p1'><span class='s2'><b>Eric Joseph< /b></span> is a photographer and Co-President at Freestyle Photographic & Imaging Supplies. With decades of experience and a passion for education\, Eric has traveled the U.S. delivering workshops on color management\, ink jet papers\, and digital fine art printmaking. His teaching emphasizes pra ctical\, real-world knowledge that helps photographers achieve consistent\ , professional-quality output.</p>\n<h2><b>Donations Welcome</b></h2>\n<p class='p3'>This workshop is <span class='s2'><b>free to attend</b></span>\ , thanks to the generosity of our presenter. Eric Joseph is graciously vol unteering his time\, materials\, and expertise—and transporting extensive professional equipment to make this event possible. If you find value in t he experience and would like to support his efforts\, <span class='s2'><b> donations are welcome and appreciated</b></span>.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> X-COST:Donations Welcome END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9599@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for August will be Rob Stephen.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galle ry.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is av ailable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Dar kroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have a ny questions.\n\nAbout Rob\nOwner-operator of PhotoMonkey grip and lightin g in San Diego\, CA\, an equipment rental house specializing in lighting\, grip\, and production support for still photographers with a minor in vid eo. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250820T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250820T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 4/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/1517246960989-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1517246960989-300x300.jpeg\;300\;300\ ;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/15172469 60989.jpeg\;360\;361\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/1517246960989-300x300.jpeg' width='300' height='30 0' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we ’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote> \n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for Augus t will be Rob Stephen.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the th ird Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote>< p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is avail able for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkro omers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/me mbership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>e mail us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href='https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge- Flyer-2-4.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp- image-9598 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4.png' alt='Rob Stephen Guest Judg e Flyer' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4.png 1920w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judg e-Flyer-2-4-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4-1024x576.png 1024w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Fl yer-2-4-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer- 2-4-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 25/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4- 700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-4-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Rob</h2>\n<p>Owner-operator of PhotoMonkey grip and lighting in San Diego\, CA\, an equipment rental house specializing in lighting\, grip\, and production support for still p hotographers with a minor in video.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9675@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a morning of photography at Daybreak at Del Mar. We ’ll meet at 7:30 AM by the Don Diego statue and head to the clubhouse terr ace to watch and photograph the morning workouts. This is a great opportun ity to capture the beauty\, power\, and grace of racehorses and their ride rs as they train in the early light.\nEvent Highlights:\n\n\nFree parking (per the Del Mar website)\n\n\nAccess to multiple areas: terrace\, fence l ine\, and paddock\n\n\nLive commentary from an announcer about horses and jockeys\n\n\nOptional breakfast available for purchase\, or bring your own food and drink\n\n\nPhoto Tips:\n\n\nBring a versatile lens (such as a 70 –200mm f/2.8 zoom)\; wide angles and tripods are not necessary\n\n\nA jack et and hat are recommended—mornings can be cool\, and the marine layer may linger or lift quickly\n\n\nAdditional Info:\nLearn more on the Day Break at Del Mar event page\nCome early\, bring your gear\, and enjoy a beautif ul morning trackside! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250823T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250823T090000 GEO:+32.975656;-117.261373 LOCATION:Del Mar Thoroughbred Club @ 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd\, Del Mar\, CA 92014\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Daybreak at Del Mar URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-daybreak-at-del-mar/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Daybreak-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Daybreak-300x131.jpg\;300\;131\;1\,large\;h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Daybreak-1024x446.jp g\;756\;329\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 07/Daybreak.jpg\;1080\;470\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/07/Daybreak-300x131.jpg' width='300' height='131' />< /div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Da rkroomers-On-Location-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='a ligncenter wp-image-9677 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png' alt='Daybreak at Del Mar | Darkroomers on Location' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.pn g 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroome rs-On-Location-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-768 x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dar kroomers-On-Location-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-924x520.png 924w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-On-Location -1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 07/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280 px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Join us for a morning of pho tography at <i>Daybreak at Del Mar</i>. We’ll meet at 7:30 AM by the Don D iego statue and head to the clubhouse terrace to watch and photograph the morning workouts. This is a great opportunity to capture the beauty\, powe r\, and grace of racehorses and their riders as they train in the early li ght.</p>\n<p class='p3'><b>Event Highlights:</b><b></b></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n< p class='p1'>Free parking (per the Del Mar website)</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p c lass='p1'>Access to multiple areas: terrace\, fence line\, and paddock</p> \n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Live commentary from an announcer about horse s and jockeys</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Optional breakfast available for purchase\, or bring your own food and drink</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p cla ss='p3'><b>Photo Tips:</b><b></b></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Bring a v ersatile lens (such as a 70–200mm f/2.8 zoom)\; wide angles and tripods ar e not necessary</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>A jacket and hat are recom mended—mornings can be cool\, and the marine layer may linger or lift quic kly</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p class='p3'><b>Additional Info:</b><b></b></p>\n< p class='p1'>Learn more on the <a href='https://www.dmtc.com/calendar/deta il/daybreak'>Day Break at Del Mar event page</a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Come e arly\, bring your gear\, and enjoy a beautiful morning trackside!</p>\n</B ODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9683@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Imagine starting on a project and thinking you would only do it for a specific time. As soon as you know it\, the project turned into a daily practice that lasted 4\,000 days and counting. In the nearly 10+ ye ars of taking daily photos\, there are a few things about photography to l earn: the experiences\, the new knowledge\, the hardships\, and the overal l joy of having your life documented by you.\n\nAbout The Presenter\nMy na me is Oliver! Nice to meet you.\nI am Award Winning Photographer & Filmma ker from San Diego\, CA. I grew up in a Navy family. For most of my life\ , I moved around the Pacific before my family settled in San Diego. Travel is and will always be an essential part of my life.\n\nWhen I’m not trave ling or taking photographs\, I work as a civil engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Photography started as a hobby for me. It was not until I got into college that I took the hobby seriously\, and it was then that I got my first gig as a photographer. I got an opportunity to photograph my friend’s wedding. However\, I have never shot a wedding before\, so I had to learn quickly. And I learned by doing. I found a co uple on Craigslist. After a quick interview and confirmation of dates and times\, I photographed my first wedding and was hooked. I have never loo ked back.\n\nOver the years\, photography has given me many opportunities and experiences that I could never have imagined. I have competed in Adob e Creative Jam\, winning the judge’s and people’s choice awards for mobile photography. I have competed and won several times with the Professional Photographers of San Diego County monthly image competitions. I have als o been a Photography Judge at the San Diego County Fair for several years. With photography\, I have also been able to photograph events such as th e Long Beach Grand Prix\, the Miramar Airshow\, Hugh O’Brian Leadership (H OBY) and others. I am also working on a published book of photography wor k. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Documenting Life: A Daily Photo Habit with Oliver Asis URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/documenting-life-a-daily-photo-habit- with-oliver-asis/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3.png\;1920\;1080\,medium\;htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaio n-Graphics-1-2-3.png\;1920\;1080\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3.png\;1920\;10 80\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroome rs-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3.png\;1920\;1080 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p>Imagine start ing on a project and thinking you would only do it for a specific time. A s soon as you know it\, the project turned into a daily practice that last ed 4\,000 days and counting. In the nearly 10+ years of taking daily phot os\, there are a few things about photography to learn: the experiences\, the new knowledge\, the hardships\, and the overall joy of having your lif e documented by you.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3.png'><img loadin g='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9678 size-full' src= 'https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presen taion-Graphics-1-2-3.png' alt='Documenting Life with Oliver Asis' width='1 920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3.png 1920w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1 -2-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Grap hics-1-2-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3-1536x864.png 1536w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaio n-Graphics-1-2-3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3-924x520.png 924w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Pres entaion-Graphics-1-2-3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-3-50x28.png 50 w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About The Presenter</h2>\n<p>My name is Oliver! Nice to meet you.</p>\n<p>I am Award Winning Photographer & Filmmaker from San Diego\, CA. I grew up in a Navy family. For most of my life\, I moved around the Pacific before my family settled in San Diego. Travel is and will always be an essential pa rt of my life.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async ' class='aligncenter wp-image-9679 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-1024x683.jpg' alt='© Oliver Asis' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-30 0x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IM G_2747-Enhanced-NR-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-2048x1365. jpg 2048w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_274 7-Enhanced-NR-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhanced-NR-700x467.jpg 700w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2747-Enhance d-NR-50x33.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a> </p>\n<p>When I’m not traveling or taking photographs\, I work as a civil engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Photography star ted as a hobby for me. It was not until I got into college that I took th e hobby seriously\, and it was then that I got my first gig as a photograp her. I got an opportunity to photograph my friend’s wedding. However\, I have never shot a wedding before\, so I had to learn quickly. And I lear ned by doing. I found a couple on Craigslist. After a quick interview an d confirmation of dates and times\, I photographed my first wedding and w as hooked. I have never looked back.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-2-1-scaled.jpg'><img loading='la zy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9681 size-large' src='htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-2-1-1024x731.jp g' alt='© Oliver Asis' width='756' height='540' srcset='https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-2-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-2-1-300x214.jpg 3 00w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-2-1-76 8x549.jpg 768w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p> \n<p>Over the years\, photography has given me many opportunities and expe riences that I could never have imagined. I have competed in Adobe Creati ve Jam\, winning the judge’s and people’s choice awards for mobile photogr aphy. I have competed and won several times with the Professional Photogr aphers of San Diego County monthly image competitions. I have also been a Photography Judge at the San Diego County Fair for several years. With p hotography\, I have also been able to photograph events such as the Long B each Grand Prix\, the Miramar Airshow\, Hugh O’Brian Leadership (HOBY) and others. I am also working on a published book of photography work.</p>\n <p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample- 1-scaled.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-i mage-9682 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/Sample-1-1024x683.jpg' alt='© Oliver Asis' width='756' height='504 ' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample-1- 1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Sample-1-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/Sample-1-768x512.jpg 768w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100 vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9703@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join Darkroomers and the San Diego Portrait Club for a collabor ative\, hands-on portrait workshop designed to elevate your lighting skill s. This session combines classroom-style instruction with on-location shoo ting in scenic Balboa Park.\nWe’ll begin at 9:30 AM on Saturday\, Septembe r 6\, 2025\, at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park\, where you’ ll learn how to use a portable off-camera flash to balance natural light a nd ambient conditions. Afterward\, we’ll head into the park for two hours of guided shooting with a professional model (Anastasia)\, putting your ne w skills into practice.\nWhat You’ll Learn:\n\n\nHow to balance flash and ambient light for natural-looking results\n\n\nTechniques for using a one- light setup effectively on location\n\n\nLighting placement\, modifier use \, and exposure control\n\n\nHands-on experience with a model in real-worl d outdoor settings\n\n\nWorkshop Details:\n\n\n🕤 Registration Opens: Satur day\, August 23\, 2025\, at 10 AM | CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n📅 Date: Sa turday\, September 6\, 2025 at 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM\n\n\n📍 Location: Photogr aphic Arts Building\, 1780 Village Place\, San Diego\n\n\n💵 Fee: $20 per p erson (fees go directly to the model)\n\n\n👥 Limited to 10 participants – mark your calendar to sign up when registration opens\n\n\nThis small-grou p workshop offers personalized instruction and valuable shooting time—rese rve your spot today!\nTickets: https://www.sdportraitclub.com/eventsignup. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T123000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Lighting on Location | Mastering One-Light Portra its Outdoors URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-lighting-on-location -mastering-one-light-portraits-outdoors/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Weekend-Workshops-2-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-2-300x300.png\ ;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 7/Weekend-Workshops-2-1024x1024.png\;756\;756\;1\,full\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-2.png\;1200\;1200\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-2-300x300.png' width='300' heigh t='300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' cla ss='aligncenter wp-image-9704 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1.png' alt='Lighting on Locat ion: Mastering One-Light Portraits Outdoors' width='1200' height='643' src set='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Worksh ops-1.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/W eekend-Workshops-1-300x161.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1-1024x549.png 1024w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1-768x412.png 7 68w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Works hops-1-120x64.png 120w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 25/07/Weekend-Workshops-1-924x495.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1-700x375.png 700w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Weekend-Workshops-1-50x27.pn g 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200px' /></a></p>\n<p cl ass='p3'>Join Darkroomers and the <a href='https://www.sdportraitclub.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>San Diego Portrait Club</a> for a collabor ative\, hands-on portrait workshop designed to elevate your lighting skill s. This session combines classroom-style instruction with on-location shoo ting in scenic Balboa Park.</p>\n<p class='p3'>We’ll begin at 9:30 AM on < span class='s1'>Saturday\, September 6\, 2025\,</span> at the <span class= 's1'>Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park</span>\, where you’ll learn how to use a portable off-camera flash to balance natural light and ambie nt conditions. Afterward\, we’ll head into the park for two hours of guide d shooting with a professional model (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/s anastasi_model/'>Anastasia</a>)\, putting your new skills into practice.</ p>\n<p class='p1'><b>What You’ll Learn:</b><b></b></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p cla ss='p1'>How to balance flash and ambient light for natural-looking results </p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Techniques for using a one-light setup ef fectively on location</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Lighting placement\, modifier use\, and exposure control</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>Hands -on experience with a model in real-world outdoor settings</p>\n</li>\n</u l>\n<p class='p1'><b>Workshop Details:</b><b></b></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p clas s='p1'>🕤 <span class='s1'><b>Registration Opens:</b></span> Saturday\, Aug ust 23\, 2025\, at 10 AM | <a href='https://www.sdportraitclub.com/eventsi gnup' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></p>\n</li> \n<li>\n<p class='p1'>📅 <span class='s1'><b>Date:</b></span> Saturday\, Se ptember 6\, 2025 at 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>📍 < span class='s1'><b>Location:</b></span> Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Village Place\, San Diego</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'>💵 <span class='s 1'><b>Fee:</b></span> $20 per person (fees go directly to the model)</p>\n </li>\n<li>\n<p class='p1'><span class='s1'>👥 </span><b>Limited to 10 part icipants – mark your calendar to sign up when registration opens</b></p>\n </li>\n</ul>\n<p class='p3'>This small-group workshop offers personalized instruction and valuable shooting time—reserve your spot today!</p>\n<p>Ti ckets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exported' href='https://www.sdportraitcl ub.com/eventsignup'>https://www.sdportraitclub.com/eventsignup</a>.</p></B ODY></HTML> X-COST:20 X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.sdportraitclub.com/eventsignup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9686@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for September will be Alex Kunz.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gall ery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is a vailable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Da rkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\nAbout Alex Kunz\nOriginally from Germany\, Alexander S. Ku nz has called the greater San Diego area his home since October 2010. He h as been using Lightroom (Classic) to organize and develop his photos since 2007\, when version 1 of the software was released\, and now works as a t utor and expert for the software\, with local and international clients\, as well as teaching classroom and online workshops on organization\, workf low and developing photos with Lightroom.\nHe also works as a landscape & nature photographer. His prints decorate local health care facilities\, of fices and private residences alike\; his works are licensed to internation al clients and aide conservation efforts. His favorite photography subject are intimate landscapes\, but living in the rich and diverse environment and topography of San Diego County has also made him very fond of the dese rt landscape\, as well as the native flora. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250917T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 5/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/kunz-headshot-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kunz-headshot-200x300.jpeg\;200\;300\ ;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kunz-hea dshot.jpeg\;427\;640\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/kunz-headshot-200x300.jpeg' width='200' height='30 0' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='a sync' class='aligncenter wp-image-9687 size-full' src='https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3.png 1920w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge -Flyer-2-3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Fly er-2-3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2 -3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 5/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-7 00x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and socia l hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2> \n<p>Our judge for September will be Alex Kunz.</p>\n<p>Members bring prin ts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. 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He has been using Lightroom (Classic) to organize and develop his photos s ince 2007\, when version 1 of the software was released\, and now works as a tutor and expert for the software\, with local and international client s\, as well as teaching classroom and online workshops on organization\, w orkflow and developing photos with Lightroom.</p>\n<p>He also works as a l andscape & nature photographer. His prints decorate local health care faci lities\, offices and private residences alike\; his works are licensed to international clients and aide conservation efforts. 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See h ow to share securely\, deliver curated MobiAlbums to phones\, and tap into AI features like MagicFill and the Smart Photo Reviewer to spotlight your best work.\n\n\nYou’ve spent countless hours creating amazing photos — bu t if they’re buried on a hard drive or lost in social feeds\, no one will truly appreciate them.\n\n\nThe truth is\, until your work is displayed in a professional portfolio\, it won’t get the recognition it deserves — eve n if your shots rival the pros.\nJoin Kevin La Rue from SlickPic to discov er a proven playbook for spotlighting your photography\, getting discovere d online with our SEO Hive System\, and finally earning the admiration of peers and pros alike.\nIn this live session\, you’ll see how to:\n\nBuild a custom portfolio website in minutes.\nCreate pro galleries that outshine social media.\nSecurely share images with different audiences.\nDeliver c urated MobiAlbums right to phones.\nTry NEW tools: MagicFill AI\, eCO Copy right Helper\, Smart Photo Reviewer\, and more.\n\nWe’ll also compare the pros and cons of building your own site versus having SlickPic’s designers craft one for you. If you’ve ever dreamed of having a pro-level portfolio without the tech headaches\, this is your chance to make it happen.\nAbou t Kevin\nKevin La Rue has spent nearly 40 years in technology and software at big companies and very small\, including the last 15 or so working wit h photographers and photography companies like Nik Software\, Skylum\, and SlickPic.\nA lifelong photography enthusiast\, he enjoys learning new tec hniques and sharing practical tips that help others get more from their im ages. Kevin lives in San Diego\, where he also enjoys riding motorcycles\, camping\, playing Pickleball\, and spending time with his wife and three cats. Oh\, and toss in occasional visits from the kids! DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2026 Playbook: Showcase Your Photography Like a Pro URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/2026-playbook-showcase-your-photograp hy-like-a-pro/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SlickPic-KLR-OccupyMars-650x650-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SlickPic-KLR-Occup yMars-650x650-1-300x300.jpg\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SlickPic-KLR-OccupyMars-650x650-1.jpg\;650\; 650\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SlickPic-KLR-OccupyMars-650x650-1-300x300.jpg' wid th='300' height='300' /></div><p>Join Kevin La Rue from SlickPic for a liv e demo of new tools that make it easy to build pro-level galleries and por tfolio websites. See how to share securely\, deliver curated MobiAlbums to phones\, and tap into AI features like MagicFill and the Smart Photo Revi ewer to spotlight your best work.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4.png'> <img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9788 size -full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroo mers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4.png' alt='Kevin La Rue Flyer' width='1920' h eight='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-300x1 69.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkr oomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-768 x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dar kroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-1 200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4 -700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-4-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-wi dth: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<div>\n<p class='gmail-p2'>You’ve spent countless hours creating amazing photos — but if they’re buried on a hard drive or lost in social feeds\, no one will truly appreciate them.< /p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p class='gmail-p1'>The truth is\, until your work is displayed in a professional portfolio\, it won’t get the recognition it de serves — even if your shots rival the pros.</p>\n<p class='gmail-p1'>Join Kevin La Rue from <span class='gmail-s2'><b>SlickPic</b></span> to discove r a proven playbook for spotlighting your photography\, getting discovered online with our <span class='gmail-s2'><b>SEO Hive System</b></span>\, an d finally earning the admiration of peers and pros alike.</p>\n<h3 class=' gmail-p3'><b>In this live session\, you’ll see how to:</b><b></b></h3>\n<u l>\n<li class='gmail-p1'>Build a custom portfolio website in minutes.</li> \n<li class='gmail-p1'>Create pro galleries that outshine social media.</l i>\n<li class='gmail-p1'>Securely share images with different audiences.</ li>\n<li class='gmail-p1'>Deliver curated MobiAlbums right to phones.</li> \n<li class='gmail-p1'>Try NEW tools: MagicFill AI\, eCO Copyright Helper\ , Smart Photo Reviewer\, and more.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We’ll also compare the pros and cons of building your own site versus having SlickPic’s designers craft one for you. If you’ve ever dreamed of having a pro-level portfolio without the tech headaches\, this is your chance to make it happen.</p></ div>\n<h2>About Kevin</h2>\n<p>Kevin La Rue has spent nearly 40 years in t echnology and software at big companies and very small\, including the las t 15 or so working with photographers and photography companies like Nik S oftware\, Skylum\, and SlickPic.</p>\n<p>A lifelong photography enthusiast \, he enjoys learning new techniques and sharing practical tips that help others get more from their images. Kevin lives in San Diego\, where he als o enjoys riding motorcycles\, camping\, playing Pickleball\, and spending time with his wife and three cats. Oh\, and toss in occasional visits from the kids!</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9793@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com\; https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/stunning -la-jolla-cove/ DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nWelcome to another year and another w onderful photo opportunity with Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk (WWPW) a t the fabulous and famous La Jolla Cove. I’ll be your leader for this walk – my name is Kevin and I’m a passionate photographer\, a member of Darkro omers (an awesome photo club here in San Diego)\, and have worked for seve ral photography software/cloud companies since 2006 – whew\, a long time\, and lots of stories!\nThis year\, we’re going to catch some wonderful ear ly morning sunlight (if the fog cooperates!) as we stroll from the Cove be ach around past the Bridge Club towards Children’s Pool and beyond. Sunris e is at 6:45am and high tide is at 8:13am. In past years\, it has been a l ittle on the cool side at the start\, but heats up nicely as the walk goes on\, so my advice would be to bring a light jacket.\nIf you like to shoot birds and other critters\, bring your long lens\, but otherwise this is a “target-rich environment” so any lens will be just fine. Seriously\, ther e’s a lot to look at: Ocean\, swimmers\, rock structures\, sea lions\, bir ds\, people/artists\, street shooting and architecture up in the Village – and I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch.\nWe’ll end at a coffee/pastry/breakf ast shop called Better Buzz to “debrief”\, talk about how the WWPW photo c ontest works and more. Hope to see y’all there! Reach out if you have any questions at all!\nTickets: https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/stunning-l a-jolla-cove/. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T100000 GEO:+32.850254;-117.273394 LOCATION:La Jolla Cove @ 1160 Coast Blvd\, La Jolla\, CA 92037\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Worldwide Photo Walk | La Jolla Cove URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-worldwide-photo-walk-la-j olla-cove/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/08/PhotoWalk2025_Logo-150x150.webp\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PhotoWalk2025_Logo-300x99.webp\; 300\;99\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ PhotoWalk2025_Logo-1024x337.webp\;756\;249\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PhotoWalk2025_Logo.webp\;2048\;674\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/08/PhotoWalk2025_Logo-300x99.webp' width='300' height ='99' /></div><h2 style='text-align: center\;'><a href='https://worldwidep hotowalk.com/walk/stunning-la-jolla-cove/'>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></h2> \n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Darkr oomers-On-Location-1.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='alig ncenter wp-image-9794 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1.png' alt='' width='1280' heig ht='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Da rkroomers-On-Location-1.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1024x 576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dar kroomers-On-Location-1-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location -1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Darkroomers-On-Location-1-50x28.png 50w' size s='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p>Welcome to an other year and another wonderful photo opportunity with Scott Kelby’s Worl dwide Photowalk (WWPW) at the fabulous and famous La Jolla Cove. I’ll be y our leader for this walk – my name is Kevin and I’m a passionate photograp her\, a member of Darkroomers (an awesome photo club here in San Diego)\, and have worked for several photography software/cloud companies since 200 6 – whew\, a long time\, and lots of stories!</p>\n<p>This year\, we’re go ing to catch some wonderful early morning sunlight (if the fog cooperates! ) as we stroll from the Cove beach around past the Bridge Club towards Chi ldren’s Pool and beyond. Sunrise is at 6:45am and high tide is at 8:13am. In past years\, it has been a little on the cool side at the start\, but h eats up nicely as the walk goes on\, so my advice would be to bring a ligh t jacket.</p>\n<p>If you like to shoot birds and other critters\, bring yo ur long lens\, but otherwise this is a “target-rich environment” so any le ns will be just fine. Seriously\, there’s a lot to look at: Ocean\, swimme rs\, rock structures\, sea lions\, birds\, people/artists\, street shootin g and architecture up in the Village – and I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch .</p>\n<p>We’ll end at a coffee/pastry/breakfast shop called Better Buzz t o “debrief”\, talk about how the WWPW photo contest works and more. Hope t o see y’all there! Reach out if you have any questions at all!</p>\n<p>Tic kets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-url-exported' href='https://worldwidephotowal k.com/walk/stunning-la-jolla-cove/'>https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/st unning-la-jolla-cove/</a>.</p></BODY></HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/stunning-la-jolla-cove/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9710@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for October will be Amethel Parel-Sewell\nMembers brin g prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepte d by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Build ing gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for criti que is available for members only. If you’d like more information about jo ining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if y ou have any questions.\n\nAbout Amethel\n\nAmethel Parel-Sewell is a multi disciplinary creative with more than 30 years of experience as an editor-i n-chief\, creative director\, photography editor\, photojournalist\, multi media producer\, graphic designer\, and educator. Her work flows at the in tersection of storytelling\, visual art\, and education.\n\n\nShe currentl y serves as a Coordinator of the International Exhibition of Photography a t the San Diego County Fair\, the nation’s largest and longest-running jur ied print exhibition. With her passion for teaching\, she leads the exhibi tion’s robust educational program. Prior to this role\, she contributed as both a judge and speaker.\n\n\nAmethel is also the Editor-in-Chief/Creati ve Director of Brilliant Star\, an award-winning international media agenc y that uplifts youth and the young-at-heart through global citizenship\, s ocial justice\, and the transformative power of the arts.\n\n\nRooted in c ommunity\, she founded Light Chasers\, a vibrant San Diego–based photograp hy collective that hosts competitions\, workshops\, exhibitions\, and the best potlucks — all designed to light a path for learning\, connection\, a nd growth.\n\n\nWhen she’s not mentoring creatives or developing education al content\, she’s likely on the road with her husband and their beloved c ampervan\, chasing moonrises and fleeting light.\n\n\nConnect with Amethel in Light Chasers: facebook.com/groups/LightChasers\nOr visit her website: amethel.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 6/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/Amethel_PhotoByJerryGhionis-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Amethel_PhotoByJerryGhio nis-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2025/03/Amethel_PhotoByJerryGhionis-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,f ull\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Amethel_PhotoB yJerryGhionis.jpg\;2048\;1152\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/03/Amethel_PhotoByJerryGhionis-300x169.jpg' width='30 0' height='169' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p>< /blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our jud ge for October will be Amethel Parel-Sewell</p>\n<p>Members bring prints f or critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the J udge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building galler y.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.dar kroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:in fo@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquot e>\n<h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Da rkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9708 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5.png' alt=' Amethel Parel-Sewell Guest Judge' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge- Flyer-2-5.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-102 4x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/D arkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-1536x86 4.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkr oomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-924x520.p ng 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroome rs-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-5-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About A methel</h2>\n<div>\n<p>Amethel Parel-Sewell is a multidisciplinary creativ e with more than 30 years of experience as an editor-in-chief\, creative d irector\, photography editor\, photojournalist\, multimedia producer\, gra phic designer\, and educator. Her work flows at the intersection of storyt elling\, visual art\, and education.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>She currently serves as a Coordinator of the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair\, the nation’s largest and longest-running jurie d print exhibition. With her passion for teaching\, she leads the exhibiti on’s robust educational program. Prior to this role\, she contributed as b oth a judge and speaker.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Amethel is also the Editor -in-Chief/Creative Director of <i>Brilliant Star</i>\, an award-winning in ternational media agency that uplifts youth and the young-at-heart through global citizenship\, social justice\, and the transformative power of the arts.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Rooted in community\, she founded Light Chas ers\, a vibrant San Diego–based photography collective that hosts competit ions\, workshops\, exhibitions\, and the best potlucks — all designed to l ight a path for learning\, connection\, and growth.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p >When she’s not mentoring creatives or developing educational content\, sh e’s likely on the road with her husband and their beloved campervan\, chas ing moonrises and fleeting light.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Connect with Amet hel in Light Chasers: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/LightChaser s'>facebook.com/groups/LightChasers<br />\n</a>Or visit her website: <a hr ef='https://www.amethel.com/'>amethel.com</a></p>\n</div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9785@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Get to know Darkroomer and commercial photographer Peter Liebig in this Member Spotlight presentation. Peter will share his passion for c apturing the excitement of motorsports\, classic cars\, and more—along wit h the creative artistry that transforms his images into unique digital pai ntings. Joined by his wife and partner\, Wanda\, Peter will give us a behi nd-the-scenes look at their dynamic journey.\nAbout Peter\nPeter Liebig is a San Diego-based commercial photographer specializing in cars\, motorcyc les\, drag racing\, and other motorsports. A top photo artist\, Peter spec ializes in creative\, artistic\, and digital paintings of multiple venues. He owns Peter A. Liebig Photography.\nHis wife\, Wanda\, is his partner a nd an accomplished professional photographer. They make a dynamic duo.\nPe te Liebig Photography’s owner is also the official track photographer for Barona 1/8th Mile Drags\, El Cajon Classic Cruise\, San Diego Cops\, and R odders. Pete Liebig and Wanda also travel around the USA\, photographing O ld Cars\, Trains\, Tractors\, and Planes. Check out his website Peteliebig photography.com. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251029T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251029T210000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: Engines\, Energy\, and Art with Peter Liebig URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-engines-energy-and-a rt-with-peter-liebig/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/08/pete-and-wanda-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pete-and-wanda-300x255.jpg\;300\;255\ ;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pete-and -wanda.jpg\;320\;272\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/08/pete-and-wanda-300x255.jpg' width='300' height='25 5' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025 /08/Member-Spotlight-7.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='a ligncenter wp-image-9786 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7.jpeg' alt='' width='1275' height= '1650' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Memb er-Spotlight-7.jpeg 1275w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-232x300.jpeg 232w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-791x1024.jpeg 791w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-768x9 94.jpeg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Memb er-Spotlight-7-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-1200x1553.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-924x1196.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Member-Spot light-7-700x906.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/08/Member-Spotlight-7-50x65.jpeg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1275 px) 100vw\, 1275px' /></a></p>\n<p>Get to know Darkroomer and commercial p hotographer Peter Liebig in this Member Spotlight presentation. Peter will share his passion for capturing the excitement of motorsports\, classic c ars\, and more—along with the creative artistry that transforms his images into unique digital paintings. Joined by his wife and partner\, Wanda\, P eter will give us a behind-the-scenes look at their dynamic journey.</p>\n <h2>About Peter</h2>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Peter Liebig is a San Diego-based commercial photographer specializing in cars\, motorcycles\, d rag racing\, and other motorsports. A top photo artist\, Peter specializes in creative\, artistic\, and digital paintings of multiple venues. He own s Peter A. Liebig Photography.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>His wife \, Wanda\, is his partner and an accomplished professional photographer. T hey make a dynamic duo.</p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Pete Liebig Pho tography’s owner is also the official track photographer for Barona 1/8th Mile Drags\, El Cajon Classic Cruise\, San Diego Cops\, and Rodders. Pete Liebig and Wanda also travel around the USA\, photographing Old Cars\, Tra ins\, Tractors\, and Planes. Check out his website <a href='https://Peteli ebigphotography.com' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Peteliebigphotography. com</a>.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9701@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Spend an evening learning how to think about painting your imag es with light. How long should your exposure be? What areas do you light f irst? How do you deal with shadows? What lens do you use to create the 3D effect that you want? What gear do you need to get started? Creigh Ryan Mc Intyre will share his Digital Workflow from start to finish.\n\nAutomotive Light Painting is a specialized photographic technique that transforms ve hicles into striking works of art by manipulating light in a controlled\, creative manner. This process typically involves photographing a car in a dark environment using long exposure times to capture the interplay of lig ht and shadow.\n\nAbout Creigh Ryan McIntyre\nCreigh Ryan McIntyre\, known professionally as Creigh Photography\, is a Southern California-based fre elance photographer celebrated for his unique light-painted images of clas sic cars\, emergency vehicles\, and aircraft. A self-taught artist who beg an his journey photographing landscapes and events\, Ryan developed a nich e in long-exposure photography\, using controlled lighting to highlight in tricate vehicle details.\n\nRaised in Los Angeles and San Diego\, his life long appreciation for automobiles and public service vehicles deeply influ ences his work. Balancing his creative pursuits with a full-time job\, he maintains photography as a passion-driven endeavor\, with clients ranging from car collectors to fire and police departments. His distinctive style and community engagement have earned him accolades\, including being named Fstoppers’ Photographer of the Month in June 2022. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Illuminating the Machine: Long Exposure Techniques for Automotive A rt with Creigh Ryan McIntyre URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/illuminating-the-machine-long-exposur e-techniques-for-automotive-art-with-creigh-ryan-mcintyre/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/c-PersonalCreighMcIntyre__RyanHeadshot1_1654697528872-150x150.jpg\; 150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/c-PersonalCreighMcIntyre__RyanHeadshot1_1654697528872-300x200.jpg\;300\; 200\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/c-Pe rsonalCreighMcIntyre__RyanHeadshot1_1654697528872-1024x683.jpg\;756\;504\; 1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/c-Personal CreighMcIntyre__RyanHeadshot1_1654697528872.jpg\;1920\;1280\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/c-PersonalCreighMcIntyre__RyanHeadshot1_1654697528 872-300x200.jpg' width='300' height='200' /></div><p><a href='https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphic s-1-2-4.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-im age-9695 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4.png' alt='Creigh Ryan McIntyr e Flyer' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4.png 1920w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Prese ntaion-Graphics-1-2-4-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers -Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4-1536x86 4.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkr oomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4 -924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1-2-4-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Darkroomers-Presentaion-Graphics-1 -2-4-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></ a></p>\n<p style='font-weight: 400\;'>Spend an evening learning how to thi nk about painting your images with light. How long should your exposure be ? What areas do you light first? How do you deal with shadows? What lens d o you use to create the 3D effect that you want? What gear do you need to get started? Creigh Ryan McIntyre will share his Digital Workflow from sta rt to finish.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding=' async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9696 size-large' src='https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-1024x683. jpg' alt='© Creigh Photography' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-1 024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03 /ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew -2-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-924x616 .jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA- Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit-50x33.jpg 50w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ASTREA-Heliack-Crew-2-Edit.jpg 2048w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p sty le='font-weight: 400\;'>Automotive Light Painting is a specialized photogr aphic technique that transforms vehicles into striking works of art by man ipulating light in a controlled\, creative manner. This process typically involves photographing a car in a dark environment using long exposure tim es to capture the interplay of light and shadow.</p>\n<p><a href='https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fi re1.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image- 9697 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/ 03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-1024x683.jpg' alt='© Creigh Photography' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-F ire1-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-1536x10 25.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal- Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-924x616.jpg 92 4w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engin e-31-Brush-Fire1-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire1-50x33.jpg 50w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cal-Fire-Engine-31-Brush-Fire 1.jpg 2048w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n< h2>About Creigh Ryan McIntyre</h2>\n<p>Creigh Ryan McIntyre\, known profes sionally as Creigh Photography\, is a Southern California-based freelance photographer celebrated for his unique light-painted images of classic car s\, emergency vehicles\, and aircraft. A self-taught artist who began his journey photographing landscapes and events\, Ryan developed a niche in lo ng-exposure photography\, using controlled lighting to highlight intricate vehicle details.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='asyn c' class='aligncenter wp-image-9698 size-large' src='https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-1024x819.jpg' alt='© Creigh Photography' width='756' height='605' srcset='https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-1024x819.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru- 300x240.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ Money-Bike-1-ReBru-768x614.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-1200x960.jpg 1 200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1 -ReBru-924x739.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-700x560.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru-50x40.jpg 50w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Money-Bike-1-ReBru.jpg 2048w' si zes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a></p>\n<p>Raised in Los Angeles and San Diego\, his lifelong appreciation for automobiles and pub lic service vehicles deeply influences his work. Balancing his creative pu rsuits with a full-time job\, he maintains photography as a passion-driven endeavor\, with clients ranging from car collectors to fire and police de partments. His distinctive style and community engagement have earned him accolades\, including being named Fstoppers’ Photographer of the Month in June 2022.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' c lass='aligncenter wp-image-9699 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-1024x683.jpg' alt='© C reigh Photography' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-win ery2-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2- 1200x800.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Yellow-car-at-winery2-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-car-at-winery2-50x33. jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yellow-ca r-at-winery2.jpg 2048w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /> </a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9801@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur Judge for November will be Anthony (Tony) Washington.\nMembe rs bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Art s Building gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images fo r critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information a bout joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout Tony\nTony Washington is an Eisner Award-winning illustrator with over 30 years of experience in the entertai nment industry\, spanning comics\, animated features\, video games\, and V R. His extensive credits include work on the Ratchet & Clank and TMNT CGI films\, official poster art for The Crow\, and lead illustrator for the AC LU (SDIC) for 9 years. He is also a New York Times bestselling artist for World of Warcraft: Ashbringer and a multiple San Diego County Fair award w inner. Tony’s expertise in digital compositing\, concept art\, and matte p ainting has made him a sought-after artist for major studios and publisher s. In addition to his studio work\, he is an active member of the Adobe Ex perts Community and regularly leads workshops—both online and in-person—fo cused on supporting artists and students of all levels. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 7/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-200x300.jpg\;200\; 300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022 -Headshot-lo-683x1024.jpg\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo.jpg\;1280\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/2022-Headshot-lo-200x300.jpg' width='200' height=' 300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote >\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our Judge for Nove mber will be Anthony (Tony) Washington.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for c ritique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</ p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information abo ut joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroo mers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@d arkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n <h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkro omers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class ='aligncenter wp-image-9800 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3.jpeg' alt='' widt h='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3.jpeg 1920w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-300x 169.jpeg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dar kroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-768x432.jp eg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroome rs-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-1200x675.jpeg 12 00w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-G uest-Judge-Flyer-3-924x520.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-3-700x394.jpeg 700w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Jud ge-Flyer-3-50x28.jpeg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920p x' /></a></h2>\n<h2>About Tony</h2>\n<p>Tony Washington is an Eisner Award -winning illustrator with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry\, spanning comics\, animated features\, video games\, and VR. Hi s extensive credits include work on the <i>Ratchet & Clank</i> and <i>TMNT </i> CGI films\, official poster art for <i>The Crow</i>\, and lead illust rator for the ACLU (SDIC) for 9 years. He is also a New York Times bestsel ling artist for <i>World of Warcraft: Ashbringer</i> and a multiple San Di ego County Fair award winner. Tony’s expertise in digital compositing\, co ncept art\, and matte painting has made him a sought-after artist for majo r studios and publishers. In addition to his studio work\, he is an active member of the Adobe Experts Community and regularly leads workshops—both online and in-person—focused on supporting artists and students of all lev els.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9803@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for December will be Don Bartletti.\nMembers bring pri nts for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building g allery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique i s available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you ha ve any questions.\n\nAbout Don\nFrom the crowded streets of California to the continent-spanning routes of human migration\, Don uses the camera to preserve story-telling moments that often pass in the blink of an eye. Al l of us who appreciate the medium know that there is no better evidence of a fleeting moment than the still photograph. Some can make us smile\; som e make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspaper photojo urnalist\, he occasionally found himself focusing on things that made him wonder\, “How can such things be?”. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 8/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road _Headshot-216x300.jpg\;216\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-736x1024.jpg\;736\; 1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bart letti_On_The_Road_Headshot-scaled.jpg\;1840\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Bartletti_On_The_Road_Headshot-216x300.jpg' width= '216' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</ p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for December will be Don Bartletti.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Jud ge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery. </p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images fo r critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information a bout joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkr oomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info @darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote> \n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkr oomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2.jpeg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' clas s='aligncenter wp-image-9802 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2.jpeg' alt='' wid th='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2.jpeg 1920w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-300 x169.jpeg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Da rkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-768x432.j peg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroom ers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-1200x675.jpeg 1 200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers- Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-924x520.jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Judge-Flyer-2-700x394.jpeg 700w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Darkroomers-Guest-Ju dge-Flyer-2-50x28.jpeg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920 px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Don</h2>\n<p>From the crowded streets of Califor nia to the continent-spanning routes of human migration\, Don uses the cam era to preserve story-telling moments that often pass in the blink of an e ye. All of us who appreciate the medium know that there is no better evid ence of a fleeting moment than the still photograph. Some can make us smil e\; some make us weep. Over his 52-year career on the road as a newspaper photojournalist\, he occasionally found himself focusing on things that ma de him wonder\, “How can such things be?”.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9810@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in prepara tion for the 2025 Year-End Competition which will be held on January 10\, 2026.\nEntry Categories\n\nAnimals: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Anim als\nArchitechture and Cityscapes: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Archi tecture-Cityscapes\nBirds and Insects: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-B irds-Insects\nLandscapes and Waterscapes: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-202 5-Landscapes-Waterscapes\nMonochrome: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Mo nochrome\nOther: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Other\nPeople: https:// slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-People\nStill Life: https://slickpic.us/Year-End -2025-Still-Life\n\nMembers may submit up to 10 images in total. Entries m ust be submitted online at the links above no later than 11:59 PM\, Decemb er 31\, 2025. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260107T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Print Drop Off – 2025 Year End Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/print-drop-off-2025-year-end-competit ion/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/12/Untitled.jpeg\;1200\;675\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg\;1200\;675\,large\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg\;1200\;675\,full\;https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg\;1200\;675 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg'><img loa ding='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9812 size-full' s rc='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg' alt='' width='1200' height='675' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/12/Untitled.jpeg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-300x169.jpeg 300w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-768x432.jpeg 768w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-924x520. jpeg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitle d-700x394.jpeg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 12/Untitled-50x28.jpeg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw\, 1200 px' /></a></p>\n<p>Darkroomers members may drop off their print entries in preparation for the 2025 Year-End Competition which will be held on Janua ry 10\, 2026.</p>\n<h3>Entry Categories</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='https://s lickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Animals'><strong>Animals</strong>: https://slickp ic.us/Year-End-2025-Animals</a></li>\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/Yea r-End-2025-Architecture-Cityscapes'><strong>Architechture and Cityscapes</ strong>: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Architecture-Cityscapes</a></li >\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Birds-Insects'><strong>B irds and Insects</strong>: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Birds-Insects </a></li>\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Landscapes-Water scapes'><strong>Landscapes and Waterscapes</strong>: https://slickpic.us/Y ear-End-2025-Landscapes-Waterscapes</a></li>\n<li><a href='https://slickpi c.us/Year-End-2025-Monochrome'><strong>Monochrome</strong>: https://slickp ic.us/Year-End-2025-Monochrome</a></li>\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/ Year-End-2025-Other'><strong>Other</strong>: https://slickpic.us/Year-End- 2025-Other</a></li>\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-People '><strong>People</strong>: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-People</a></l i>\n<li><a href='https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Still-Life'><strong>Sti ll Life</strong>: https://slickpic.us/Year-End-2025-Still-Life</a></li>\n< /ul>\n<p>Members may submit up to 10 images in total. Entries must be subm itted online at the links above no later than 11:59 PM\, December 31\, 202 5.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9814@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for January will be Stephen Burns.\n\nMembers bring pr ints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\; however\, submitting images for critique is available only to members. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you ha ve any questions.\nAbout Stephen\nStephen Burns is a digital artist\, phot ographer\, and educator with nearly three decades of experience in creativ e imaging. He began his career as a photographer and gradually expanded in to digital art\, where he is widely recognized for his imaginative composi ting and visual storytelling. Stephen is an Adobe Educational Leader and h as spent many years teaching digital art and design\, focusing on practica l\, real-world workflows using tools like Photoshop.\nIn addition to teach ing\, Stephen is the author of multiple books on Photoshop and digital cre ativity and is a frequent speaker at workshops\, conferences\, and photogr aphy events. He also leads the San Diego Photoshop Users Group and produce s educational tutorials that help photographers and artists expand their c reative possibilities. As a judge\, Stephen brings a thoughtful\, experien ced perspective that balances technical skill with creative vision. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-10 9/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/self-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portr ait-831x1024.jpg\;756\;932\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait.jpg\;1440\;1774\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300 ' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n <h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for January will be Stephen Burns.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/12/2.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='a ligncenter wp-image-9831 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/12/2.png' alt='Guest Judge Stephen Burns' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/1 2/2.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2-3 00x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2 -1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 12/2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 5/12/2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2025/12/2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/12/2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/12/2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 12 80px' /></a></p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednes day of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 mont hs in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\; however\, submitting images for critique is available only to members. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, ple ase check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'> membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>About Stephen</h2>\n<p c lass='p1'>Stephen Burns is a digital artist\, photographer\, and educator with nearly three decades of experience in creative imaging. He began his career as a photographer and gradually expanded into digital art\, where h e is widely recognized for his imaginative compositing and visual storytel ling. Stephen is an Adobe Educational Leader and has spent many years teac hing digital art and design\, focusing on practical\, real-world workflows using tools like Photoshop.</p>\n<p class='p1'>In addition to teaching\, Stephen is the author of multiple books on Photoshop and digital creativit y and is a frequent speaker at workshops\, conferences\, and photography e vents. He also leads the San Diego Photoshop Users Group and produces educ ational tutorials that help photographers and artists expand their creativ e possibilities. As a judge\, Stephen brings a thoughtful\, experienced pe rspective that balances technical skill with creative vision.</p>\n</BODY> </HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9827@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Hiking trails in San Diego and beyond can be great areas for in spiration. I love the iconic areas that all us photographers like to take epic photos at\, the ones that everyone recognizes\, but I also get a kick out of finding a unique scene that has not been over explored. By getting out on to hiking trails you can find a unique perspective on the area whe re you live. All genres of photography can benefit from this. Heading out on the trail can help you find a unique landscape to shoot\, and great bac kdrop for portraits\, a cool place for macrophotography\, a wonderful fore ground for astrophotography\, …the possibilities are endless. \nPhoto Cred it: Brad Spiess\nIn this workshop I will assume you have some basic knowle dge of photography and focus more on some basics to make your outdoor adve ntures more enjoyable and rewarding. Such as:\n\nThe best planning practic es that can help you maximize your enjoyment of the adventure and increase your keepers for your photography.\nSome of the better locations around S an Diego for hiking and photography \nBest fitness practices to help you g et in shape for your hiking adventures\nSafety tips to help minimize your risk while out on the trail.\n\nPhoto Credit: Brad Spiess\nAbout Brad\nBra d Spiess is an award-winning photographer who has spent countless hours on the trails over many years. Brad started hiking with his mother at an ear ly age in the Pacific Islands. Later on in life after leaving the military he relocated to San Diego and discovered an area rich in hiking trails an d diversity. After some time exploring trails in San Diego he started a hi king related website to share his experiences and insight with others. As he started to put more effort into building a robust site he started to ex plore photography as a means for better graphics and hiking related inform ation for his audience. It’s at this point that his love for photography s tarted to blossom. When Brad is not out exploring the world for inspiratio n he makes a living as a personal trainer helping his clients achieve thei r goals.\nPhoto Credit: Brad Spiess DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A Pathway to Inspiration with Brad Spiess URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/pathway-to-inspiration-brad-spiess/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/head-shot-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/head-shot-217x300.jpg\;217\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/head-shot-741x1024 .jpg\;741\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/head-shot-scaled.jpg\;1854\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/01/head-shot-217x300.jpg' width='217' height='300' /> </div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2 .png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-983 4 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2 .png' alt='Brad Spiess' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-924x520.png 924w\, https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-700x394.png 700w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2-50x28.png 50w' sizes=' auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p>Hiking trails in San Diego and beyond can be great areas for inspiration. I love the iconi c areas that all us photographers like to take epic photos at\, the ones t hat everyone recognizes\, but I also get a kick out of finding a unique sc ene that has not been over explored. By getting out on to hiking trails yo u can find a unique perspective on the area where you live. All genres of photography can benefit from this. Heading out on the trail can help you f ind a unique landscape to shoot\, and great backdrop for portraits\, a coo l place for macrophotography\, a wonderful foreground for astrophotography \, …the possibilities are endless.<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </s pan></p>\n<div id='attachment_9836' style='width: 766px' class='wp-caption aligncenter'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026 /01/asto-modified-sunset.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-de scribedby='caption-attachment-9836' class='wp-image-9836 size-large' src=' https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunse t-1024x576.jpg' alt='© Brad Spiess' width='756' height='425' srcset='https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunset-102 4x576.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/a sto-modified-sunset-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunset-768x432.jpg 768w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunset-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modif ied-sunset-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunset-1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-sunset-924x520.jpg 924w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/asto-modified-su nset-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/01/asto-modified-sunset-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='caption-attachment-9836' class='wp-caption-tex t'>Photo Credit: Brad Spiess</p></div>\n<p>In this workshop I will assume you have some basic knowledge of photography and focus more on some basics to make your outdoor adventures more enjoyable and rewarding. Such as:</p >\n<ul>\n<li>The best planning practices that can help you maximize your e njoyment of the adventure and increase your keepers for your photography.< /li>\n<li>Some of the better locations around San Diego for hiking and pho tography<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span></li>\n<li>Best fitnes s practices to help you get in shape for your hiking adventures</li>\n<li> Safety tips to help minimize your risk while out on the trail.</li>\n</ul> \n<div id='attachment_9837' style='width: 766px' class='wp-caption alignce nter'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macr o-shot.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption -attachment-9837' class='wp-image-9837 size-large' src='https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-1024x576.jpg' alt='© Brad Spiess' width='756' height='425' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-768x432.jpg 768w\ , https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-1536x8 64.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macr o-shot-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2026/01/macro-shot-1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-924x520.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/macro-shot-50x28.jpg 50w' siz es='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='caption-attachme nt-9837' class='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Brad Spiess</p></div>\n<h2> About Brad</h2>\n<p>Brad Spiess is an award-winning photographer who has s pent countless hours on the trails over many years. Brad started hiking wi th his mother at an early age in the Pacific Islands. Later on in life aft er leaving the military he relocated to San Diego and discovered an area r ich in hiking trails and diversity. After some time exploring trails in Sa n Diego he started a hiking related website to share his experiences and i nsight with others. As he started to put more effort into building a robus t site he started to explore photography as a means for better graphics an d hiking related information for his audience. It’s at this point that his love for photography started to blossom. When Brad is not out exploring t he world for inspiration he makes a living as a personal trainer helping h is clients achieve their goals.</p>\n<div id='attachment_9838' style='widt h: 766px' class='wp-caption aligncenter'><a href='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption-attachment-98 38' class='wp-image-9838 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-1024x500.jpg' a lt='© Brad Spiess' width='756' height='369' srcset='https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-1024x 500.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mil ky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-300x146.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-768x3 75.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky -way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-1536x750.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-2048x 1000.jpg 2048w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mi lky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-1200x586.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-92 4x451.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mi lky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-700x342.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/milky-way-arch-over-volcan-mountain-50x2 4.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='ca ption-attachment-9838' class='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Brad Spiess</ p></div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9825@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:One of the unique features of Darkroomers is our commitment to printing and sharing our photographs for monthly critique and exhibition. A beautifully matted and mounted print can elevate your work\, but masteri ng this skill\, especially if you plan to cut your own mats\, takes practi ce and the right tools.\nTo support our members in this process\, we host an Annual Matting and Mounting Workshop\, where you’ll learn the art of cr eating custom mats and mounting your prints using archival tools and techn iques. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting\, this workshop offe rs valuable hands-on learning and an opportunity to connect with fellow me mbers.\nWhat to Bring:\n\nMat Cutter (if you own one): If you don’t have a mat cutter\, this is the perfect chance to explore what others use and tr y before you invest.\nUncut Mat Board (16×24 recommended): Bring enough to practice and complete your project.\nPrinted Photograph: Ready to mat and mount.\nAdhesives and Tools: Any supplies you typically use or want to le arn with.\n\nThis workshop is a must for all members\, both new and experi enced. It’s an excellent way for long-term members to share their expertis e and for newer members to gain confidence in matting and mounting.\n\nNOT E: This is a members-only event. Not a member? Click here for more informa tion and to join Darkroomers!\n\nLet’s refine our craft together and ensur e our prints are ready for exhibition!\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260214T113000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Matting & Mounting Photographs URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-matting-mounting-pho tographs/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png\;1920\;1080\,medium\;https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png\;1920\;1080\,la rge\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Worksh op-1-1.png\;1920\;1080\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png\;1920\;1080 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.pn g'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9826 s ize-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Week end-Workshop-1-1.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1.png 1920 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Worksho p-1-1-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 26/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-768x432.png 768w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-153 6x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/W eekend-Workshop-1-1-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-924x520.png 924w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Workshop-1-1-700x394.pn g 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Weekend-Wo rkshop-1-1-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px ' /></a></p>\n<p>One of the unique features of Darkroomers is our commitme nt to printing and sharing our photographs for monthly critique and exhibi tion. A beautifully matted and mounted print can elevate your work\, but m astering this skill\, especially if you plan to cut your own mats\, takes practice and the right tools.</p>\n<p>To support our members in this proce ss\, we host an <b>Annual Matting and Mounting Workshop</b>\, where you’ll learn the art of creating custom mats and mounting your prints using arch ival tools and techniques. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting\ , this workshop offers valuable hands-on learning and an opportunity to co nnect with fellow members.</p>\n<h3>What to Bring:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mat Cutter (if you own one):</b> If you don’t have a mat cutter\, this is the perfect chance to explore what others use and try before you invest.</li> \n<li><b>Uncut Mat Board (16×24 recommended):</b> Bring enough to practice and complete your project.</li>\n<li><b>Printed Photograph:</b> Ready to mat and mount.</li>\n<li><b>Adhesives and Tools:</b> Any supplies you typi cally use or want to learn with.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This workshop is a must f or <b>all members</b>\, both new and experienced. It’s an excellent way fo r long-term members to share their expertise and for newer members to gain confidence in matting and mounting.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class='p1'><b>N OTE:</b> This is a <b>members-only event</b>. Not a member? <a href='https ://www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>Click here</a> for more informat ion and to join Darkroomers!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p class='p1'>Let’s refin e our craft together and ensure our prints are ready for exhibition!</p>\n <p> </p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9829@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION: \nThe meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Crit ique Night!\nOur judge for February will be Marshall Williams.\n\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints acc epted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts B uilding gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for c ritique is available for members only. If you’d like more information abou t joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\nAbout Marshall\nMarshall Williams (b. 1965) is a fine art and commercial/advertising photographer. He is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography (1989) and apprenticed under Dean Collins\ , an internationally renowned lighting and photographic educator and photo grapher. While working with Collins\, he met fellow apprentice\, Tim Manto ani. The two formed Mantoani-Williams studio in 1994. Today he is a princ iple at Studio on Banks/ a production studio and collective of photographe rs and cinematographers\, and President of Marshall Williams Photography\, Inc.\nWilliams’ commercial clients include many of the top food\, healthc are\, hospitality and land development corporations nationally including J ack in the Box\, Qdoba\, Hilton\, Marriott\, Loews Hotels\, Cardinal Healt h\, Sharp Healthcare\, Howard Hughes Corporation and Irvine Company to nam e a few.\nHis current fine art series is Taco Stand Vernacular— observatio ns and visual recordings of the neighborhood taco stand and its iconic pre sence in the cultural landscape of Southern California. Williams serves o n the Board of Medium Photo and is a founding member of the Medium Photo C ollective. He is a member of the San Diego chapter of American Photographi c Artists and is active in the photography and arts community in San Diego . His photographs are held in many corporate and private collections. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-11 0/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/Marshall-Williams-Headshot-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Marshall-Williams-Headsho t-291x300.jpg\;291\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/01/Marshall-Williams-Headshot.jpg\;756\;779\;\,full\;https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Marshall-Williams-Headshot. jpg\;974\;1004\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/01/Marshall-Williams-Headshot-291x300.jpg' width='291 ' height='300' /></div><p> </p>\n<blockquote><p>The meeting will start pro mptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social h our.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n< p>Our judge for February will be Marshall Williams.</p>\n<p><a href='https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge .png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-985 2 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/M onthly-Exhibition-Judge.png' alt='Guest Judge Marshall Williams' width='12 80' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 26/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-300x169.png 300w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge- 1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 1/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/ wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-1200x675.png 1200w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-J udge-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-50x28.png 50w' size s='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Buildi ng gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submittin g images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more in formation about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https: //www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href=' mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></ blockquote>\n<h2>About Marshall</h2>\n<p class=''>Marshall Williams (b. 19 65) is a fine art and commercial/advertising photographer. He is a gradua te of Brooks Institute of Photography (1989) and apprenticed under Dean Co llins\, an internationally renowned lighting and photographic educator and photographer. While working with Collins\, he met fellow apprentice\, Tim Mantoani. The two formed Mantoani-Williams studio in 1994. Today he is a principle at Studio on Banks/ a production studio and collective of photo graphers and cinematographers\, and President of Marshall Williams Photogr aphy\, Inc.</p>\n<p class=''>Williams’ commercial clients include many of the top food\, healthcare\, hospitality and land development corporations nationally including Jack in the Box\, Qdoba\, Hilton\, Marriott\, Loews H otels\, Cardinal Health\, Sharp Healthcare\, Howard Hughes Corporation and Irvine Company to name a few.</p>\n<p class=''>His current fine art serie s is Taco Stand Vernacular— observations and visual recordings of the neig hborhood taco stand and its iconic presence in the cultural landscape of S outhern California. Williams serves on the Board of Medium Photo and is a founding member of the Medium Photo Collective. He is a member of the San Diego chapter of American Photographic Artists and is active in the photo graphy and arts community in San Diego. His photographs are held in many corporate and private collections.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9841@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Once Upon a Fair at the 2026 San Diego County Fair\nThe San Die go County Fair is the greatest story our community has ever told. It’s a t ale of food\, fun\, friends\, family\, laughter\, tradition\, music\, amaz ement\, and pure\, unbridled joy. The Fair — the largest and longest-runni ng community event in San Diego County — makes its triumphant return from Wednesday\, June 10\, through Sunday\, July 5\, 2026 (closed Mondays and T uesdays.) You won’t want to miss your chance to live out your “happily eve r after” at the 2026 SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR.\nThis presentation\, organized by Lois Fong-Sakai and Amethel Parel-Sewell (exhibition coordinators)\, w ill provide you with all the essential information required to participate in the San Diego County Fair. It includes valuable tips on various catego ries\, announcements of new categories\, and other insider information.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego Coun ty Fair URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/all-about-entering-the-photography-ex hibition-at-the-san-diego-county-fair-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/SDFair-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SDFair-210x300.png\;210\;300\;1\,large\;https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SDFair-716x1024.png\;716 \;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SD Fair.png\;796\;1138\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/SDFair-210x300.png' width='210' height='300' /></d iv><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3.pn g'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9839 s ize-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3.pn g' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2015/03/3.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/3-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2015/03/3-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/w p-content/uploads/2015/03/3-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-wi dth: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<h2>Once Upon a Fair at the 2026 San Diego County Fair</h2>\n<p>The San Diego County Fair is the greatest s tory our community has ever told. It’s a tale of food\, fun\, friends\, fa mily\, laughter\, tradition\, music\, amazement\, and pure\, unbridled joy . The Fair — the largest and longest-running community event in San Diego County — makes its triumphant return from Wednesday\, June 10\, through Su nday\, July 5\, 2026 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays.) You won’t want to miss your chance to live out your “happily ever after” at the 2026 SAN DIEGO C OUNTY FAIR.</p>\n<p>This presentation\, organized by Lois Fong-Sakai and A methel Parel-Sewell (exhibition coordinators)\, will provide you with all the essential information required to participate in the San Diego County Fair. It includes valuable tips on various categories\, announcements of n ew categories\, and other insider information.</p>\n<p> </p>\n</BODY></HTM L> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9856@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Mary Peddecord\; treasurer@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Darkroomers’ annual Year-End Brunch Banquet as we gather to celebrate the images created over the past year and honor the award winners from our Year-End Competition.\nThis is a relaxed\, social event\, and a great chance to slow down\, share a meal\, and enjoy time to gether outside of regular meetings. Guests are welcome\, so feel free to b ring a spouse\, partner\, or friend.\nEvent details\n\nDate: Saturday\, Ma rch 7\, 2026\nTime: 10:30 AM\nLocation: The Farmers Table | 8141 La Mesa B lvd\, La Mesa\nCost: $54 per person\n\nRSVP & Payment\nPlease RSVP by Febr uary 27 to Mary Peddecord at treasurer@darkroomers.com with the number of people attending.\nPayment options:\n\nUse the Zelle QR code in the image above\nBring a check or cash to the next Darkroomers meeting\n\nWe hope yo u’ll join us to celebrate\, connect\, and enjoy a fun morning together. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T123000 GEO:+32.763749;-117.02161 LOCATION:The Farmers Table @ 8141 La Mesa Blvd\, La Mesa\, CA 91942\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers 2025 Year End Banquet URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-2025-year-end-banquet/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation.png\;1920\;1080\,medium\;https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation.png \;1920\;1080\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 2/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation.png\;1920\;1080\,full\;https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation.png\;1920\ ;1080 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invit ation.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-imag e-9857 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026 /02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation.png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' sr cset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Br unch-Invitation.png 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads /2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation-1024x57 6.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold- Photo-Brunch-Invitation-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-I nvitation-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold-Photo-Brunch-Invitation-700x 394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gold -Photo-Brunch-Invitation-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p class='p1'>Join us for the Darkroomers’ ann ual Year-End <em>Brunch</em> Banquet as we gather to celebrate the images created over the past year and honor the award winners from our Year-End C ompetition.</p>\n<p class='p1'>This is a relaxed\, social event\, and a gr eat chance to slow down\, share a meal\, and enjoy time together outside o f regular meetings. Guests are welcome\, so feel free to bring a spouse\, partner\, or friend.</p>\n<p class='p3'><b>Event details</b><b></b></p>\n< ul>\n<li class='p1'><span class='s1'><b>Date:</b></span> Saturday\, March 7\, 2026</li>\n<li class='p1'><span class='s1'><b>Time:</b></span> 10:30 A M</li>\n<li class='p1'><span class='s1'><b>Location:</b></span> The Farmer s Table | 8141 La Mesa Blvd\, La Mesa</li>\n<li class='p1'><span class='s1 '><b>Cost:</b></span> $54 per person</li>\n</ul>\n<p class='p3'><b>RSVP & Payment</b><b></b></p>\n<p class='p1'>Please RSVP by <span class='s2'><b>F ebruary 27</b></span> to <span class='s2'><b>Mary Peddecord</b></span> at <span class='s2'><b>treasurer@darkroomers.com</b></span> with the number o f people attending.</p>\n<p class='p1'>Payment options:</p>\n<ul>\n<li cla ss='p1'>Use the Zelle QR code in the image above</li>\n<li class='p1'>Brin g a check or cash to the next Darkroomers meeting</li>\n</ul>\n<p class='p 1'>We hope you’ll join us to celebrate\, connect\, and enjoy a fun morning together.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> X-COST:$54 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9874@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jason Harmon\; interclub@darkroomers.com\; https://darkroomers.us15 .list-manage.com/track/click?u=7bb9807aab72b163f58f7d353&id=e3dab6f3bf&e=1 075dbbffc DESCRIPTION:Interclub competitions connect us with photographers beyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged alongside work from other camera clubs in the region through the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC).\nFor submission instructions\, pleas e visit the Darkroomers Member Handbook. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260317T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC: Interclub Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-interclub-competition-4/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9875 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg' al t='SCACC Interclub Competition' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-768x432.jpg 768w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1200x675.jpg 1200 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-924x520.jpg 9 24w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p dat a-pm-slice='1 3 []'>Interclub competitions connect us with photographers b eyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged a longside work from other camera clubs in the region through the <a href='h ttps://scacc.us'>Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC)</ a>.</p>\n<p data-pm-slice='1 3 []'>For submission instructions\, please vi sit the <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/darkroomers-member-handbook/s cacc-interclub-competition-guidelines/'>Darkroomers Member Handbook</a>.</ p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9843@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nOur judge for March will be Stephen Burns.\nMembers bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gall ery.\nVisitors are welcome\; however\, submitting images for critique is a vailable for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Da rkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.\n\nAbout Stephen\nStephen Burns is a digital artist\, photo grapher\, and educator with nearly three decades of experience in creative imaging. He began his career as a photographer and gradually expanded int o digital art\, where he is widely recognized for his imaginative composit ing and visual storytelling. Stephen is an Adobe Educational Leader and ha s spent many years teaching digital art and design\, focusing on practical \, real-world workflows using tools like Photoshop.\nIn addition to teachi ng\, Stephen is the author of multiple books on Photoshop and digital crea tivity and is a frequent speaker at workshops\, conferences\, and photogra phy events. He also leads the San Diego Photoshop Users Group and produces educational tutorials that help photographers and artists expand their cr eative possibilities. As a judge\, Stephen brings a thoughtful\, experienc ed perspective that balances technical skill with creative vision. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-11 1/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/steveburns2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/steveburns2-200x300.jpg\;200\;300\;1\,la rge\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/steveburns2.jp g\;351\;526\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/steveburns2-200x300.jpg' width='200' height='300' /></div><blockquote><p>The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h 2>Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Our judge for March wil l be Stephen Burns.</p>\n<p>Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>V isitors are welcome\; however\, submitting images for critique is availabl e for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroome rs\, please check out our <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/about/membe rship/'>membership page</a> and <a href='mailto:info@darkroomers.com'>emai l us</a> if you have any questions.</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href='https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge.jp g'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9869 s ize-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mont hly-Exhibition-Judge.jpg' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge.j pg 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly- Exhibition-Judge-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-768x4 32.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Month ly-Exhibition-Judge-1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-924x520.jpg 924w\, https:// www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Monthly-Exhibition-Judge-70 0x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mo nthly-Exhibition-Judge-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 10 0vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Stephen</h2>\n<p class='p1'>Stephen Bu rns is a digital artist\, photographer\, and educator with nearly three de cades of experience in creative imaging. He began his career as a photogra pher and gradually expanded into digital art\, where he is widely recogniz ed for his imaginative compositing and visual storytelling. Stephen is an Adobe Educational Leader and has spent many years teaching digital art and design\, focusing on practical\, real-world workflows using tools like Ph otoshop.</p>\n<p class='p1'>In addition to teaching\, Stephen is the autho r of multiple books on Photoshop and digital creativity and is a frequent speaker at workshops\, conferences\, and photography events. He also leads the San Diego Photoshop Users Group and produces educational tutorials th at help photographers and artists expand their creative possibilities. As a judge\, Stephen brings a thoughtful\, experienced perspective that balan ces technical skill with creative vision.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9863@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Discover the ultimate Photoshop workflow designed exclusively f or professional artists—an award-winning system that transforms your creat ive process. This course unlocks insider secrets\, time-saving techniques\ , and advanced tools used by top-tier designers to elevate your artwork to new heights. Whether you’re aiming to refine your skills\, boost producti vity\, or create stunning\, polished projects\, this class will empower yo u with the knowledge and confidence to excel. Sign up now and join a commu nity of passionate artists mastering the art of digital creation—because y our next masterpiece deserves the best workflow!\n\nAbout Stephen Burns\nS tephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is a digital artist and author of bo oks on being creative with your digital tools. He is an Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader) as well as an Adobe Community Expert and has taught digital creativity internationally. He is an Instructor at Goldenwest Col lege and Santa Monica College and Coast College and Studio Arts of Los A ngeles. He worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Technologies and he is the p resident Of Photoshop Users Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/photosh opusersgroup) which is currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group i n the country. \n\nHe is guest writer for a number of magazines to includ e the feature article and front cover of Photoshop User Magazine (http://w ww.chromeallusion.com/articles_index.htm). In addition\, Stephen is the author of the following books (http://www.chromeallusion.com/books.htm): \n\n“3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals”\n“Photoshop CS5 Trickery & F X” \n“The Art Of Poser & Photoshop” \n“Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & F X”\n“Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX” \n“Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trick ery & FX” \n“Photoshop CS Trickery & FX” \n\nHe has discovered the same pa ssion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time\, progressed t oward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstra ctionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\ , Pablo Picasso\, Franz Kline\, Mark Rothko\, Mark Tobey\, and Lenore Fini \, to name a few.\nStephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lectu rer in the application of digital art and design for the past 29 years int ernationally. He has been exhibiting digital fine art around the world at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa\, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama\, Japan\, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his e xhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold International digit al arts contest.\nHe teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops online and pri vately. He is an instructor on http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/S tephen+Burns \, Photoshop Café (http://www.chromeallusion.com/dvd_index.h tml)\, Layers Magazine (http://www.chromeallusion.com/tutorials_3d_layersm ag.html). DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T123000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weekend Workshop: Award Winning Photoshop Workflow for the Pros wit h Stephen Burns URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/weekend-workshop-award-winning-photos hop-workflow-for-the-pros-with-stephen-burns/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/self-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg\;244\;300\;1 \,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/self-portr ait-831x1024.jpg\;756\;932\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait.jpg\;1440\;1774\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2024/10/self-portrait-244x300.jpg' width='244' height='300 ' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/ 03/Weekend-Workshop.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='align center wp-image-9864 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop.jpg' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Wor kshop.jpg 1920w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/W eekend-Workshop-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-768x432.jpg 768w\, htt ps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-1536x 864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Wee kend-Workshop-1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-924x520.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-700x394.jpg 700w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Weekend-Workshop-50x28.j pg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p>D iscover the ultimate Photoshop workflow designed exclusively for professio nal artists—an award-winning system that transforms your creative process. This course unlocks insider secrets\, time-saving techniques\, and advanc ed tools used by top-tier designers to elevate your artwork to new heights . Whether you’re aiming to refine your skills\, boost productivity\, or cr eate stunning\, polished projects\, this class will empower you with the k nowledge and confidence to excel. Sign up now and join a community of pass ionate artists mastering the art of digital creation—because your next mas terpiece deserves the best workflow!</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy.jpg'><img loading ='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9865 size-full' src=' https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-co py.jpg' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy.jpg 1280w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy-300x169 .jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-w ith-image-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content /uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy-768x432.jpg 768w\, https://www.dark roomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy-1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with- image-copy-924x520.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/promo-with-image-copy-50x28.jpg 50w' size s='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></p>\n<h2>About Stephe n Burns</h2>\n<p>Stephen Burns (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.com'>ww w.chromeallusion.com</a>) is a digital artist and author of books on being creative with your digital tools.<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </ span>He is an <b>Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader</b>) as well as<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span>an Adobe<span class='Apple-converte d-space'> </span>C<b>ommunity Expert </b>and has taught digital creativit y internationally.<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span>He is an In structor at Goldenwest College and Santa Monica College and<span class='Ap ple-converted-space'> </span>Coast College and Studio Arts of<span class= 'Apple-converted-space'> </span>Los Angeles.<span class='Apple-converted- space'> </span>He worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Technologies and<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span>he is the president Of Photoshop Us ers Group (<a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoshopusersgroup'>h ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/photoshopusersgroup</a>) which is currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the country. <span class='Appl e-converted-space'> </span></p>\n<p><img id='<6F9CC04A-D5DB-4787-919F-2E7A BEA3B867>' class='Apple-web-attachment Apple-edge-to-edge-visual-media Sin gleton' /></p>\n<p>He is guest writer for a number of magazines to include the feature article and front cover of <b>Photoshop User Magazine</b> (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.com/articles_index.htm'>http://www.chrome allusion.com/articles_index.htm</a>). <span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span>In addition\, Stephen is the author of the following books (<a hr ef='http://www.chromeallusion.com/books.htm'>http://www.chromeallusion.com /books.htm</a>):<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span></p>\n<ol>\n<l i>“3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals”</li>\n<li>“Photoshop CS5 Trick ery & FX”<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span></li>\n<li>“The Art O f Poser & Photoshop”<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span></li>\n<li >“Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”</li>\n<li>“Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX”<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span></li>\n<li>“Adva nced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX”<span class='Apple-converted-space'> </sp an></li>\n<li>“Photoshop CS Trickery & FX”<span class='Apple-converted-spa ce'> </span></li>\n</ol>\n<p>He has discovered the same passion for the di gital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background bega n as a photographer 28 year ago and in time\, progressed toward the digita l medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock\, Wassily Kandinsky\, Pablo Picasso\ , Franz Kline\, Mark Rothko\, Mark Tobey\, and Lenore Fini\, to name a few .</p>\n<p>Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in th e application of digital art and design for the past 29 years internationa lly. He has been exhibiting digital fine art around the world at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa\, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama\ , Japan\, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts c ontest.</p>\n<p>He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops online and priva tely. <span class='Apple-converted-space'> </span>He is an instructor on <a href='http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns'>http://tra ining.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns</a><span class='Apple-converte d-space'> </span>\, Photoshop Café (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.co m/dvd_index.html'>http://www.chromeallusion.com/dvd_index.html</a>)\, Laye rs Magazine (<a href='http://www.chromeallusion.com/tutorials_3d_layersmag .html'>http://www.chromeallusion.com/tutorials_3d_layersmag.html</a>).</p> \n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9866@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a morning of photography in Oceanside as we explore a mix of urban color and historic architecture.\nWe’ll meet at 8:30 AM at Camp Coffee Company (101 N Cleveland St\, Oceanside\, CA 92054) for a lig ht breakfast and a chance to connect before we head out.\nFrom there\, we’ ll walk through downtown Oceanside to photograph murals and other interest ing sights around the area. Once the streets get busier and the light gets harsher\, we’ll drive over to Mission San Luis Rey (4050 Mission Avenue\, Oceanside\, CA 92057) to spend time photographing the mission and its bea utiful grounds.\nThis outing offers a nice mix of street\, travel\, and ar chitectural photography\, with plenty of opportunities to look for color\, texture\, details\, and composition. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T123000 GEO:+33.194215;-117.380647 LOCATION:Camp Coffee Company @ Parking lot\, 101 N Cleveland St\, Oceanside \, CA 92054\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: Exploring Oceanside URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/exploring-oceanside/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshop s-300x169.png\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-1024x576.png\;756\;425\;1\,full \;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings- Workshops.png\;1920\;1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-300x169.png' width='300 ' height='169' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops.png'><img loading='lazy' decodi ng='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9897 size-full' src='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops.png' a lt='Exploring Oceanside' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops.png 19 20w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outi ngs-Workshops-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-768x 432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hand s-On-Outings-Workshops-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp -content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-1200x675.png 1200w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Wor kshops-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-50x28.png 50w ' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p class=' p1'>Join us for a morning of photography in Oceanside as we explore a mix of urban color and historic architecture.</p>\n<p class='p3'><span class=' s1'>We’ll meet at </span><b>8:30 AM</b><span class='s1'> at </span><b>Camp Coffee Company (</b><b></b>101 N Cleveland St\, Oceanside\, CA 92054) for a light breakfast and a chance to connect before we head out.</p>\n<p cla ss='p1'>From there\, we’ll walk through downtown Oceanside to photograph m urals and other interesting sights around the area. Once the streets get b usier and the light gets harsher\, we’ll drive over to <span class='s2'><b >Mission San Luis Rey </b>(<b></b></span>4050 Mission Avenue\, Oceanside\, CA 92057) to spend time photographing the mission and its beautiful groun ds.</p>\n<p class='p1'>This outing offers a nice mix of street\, travel\, and architectural photography\, with plenty of opportunities to look for c olor\, texture\, details\, and composition.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9845@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:A strong portfolio is more than a collection of good images—it’ s a body of work with purpose and intent.\nIn this presentation\, Andrew H ertel explores how photographers can build clear\, cohesive portfolios acr oss multiple formats\, including websites\, print portfolios\, books\, and smaller\, goal-specific collections. Rather than focusing on trends or sp ecific platforms\, the talk looks at why portfolios matter\, how galleries and portfolios serve different roles\, and how thoughtful editing shapes the way work is seen and understood.\nThis session is practical\, approach able\, and relevant for photographers at many stages. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to evaluate their own work\, make stro nger editing choices\, and create portfolios that communicate clearly—no m atter the format.\nAbout Andrew\nAndrew Hertel is a fine art photographer specializing in black and white landscapes\, wildlife\, and nature photogr aphy. He is drawn to the way light\, shadow\, shape\, and texture come tog ether to define a scene\, creating images that reflect the quiet beauty of the natural world.\nBeyond photography\, Andrew has a deep love for adven ture and exploring remote landscapes. Whether on foot\, motorcycle\, or bi cycle\, he finds inspiration in the wild places he visits and the ever-cha nging conditions that shape them. His work has been exhibited at fine art shows and galleries\, and he leads photography workshops in places like De ath Valley and Kyrgyzstan\, helping others experience and capture the land scapes in their own way.\nFor Andrew\, photography is more than just creat ing images—it’s about being out in nature\, embracing the journey\, and sh aring that experience with others. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:More Than a Gallery: Building Meaningful Photography Portfolios URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/more-than-a-gallery-building-meaningf ul-photography-portfolios/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\ ,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Her tel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-206x300.jpg\;206\;300\;1\,large\;https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Br iscoe-02bw2-1-702x1024.jpg\;702\;1024\;1\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1.jpg \;1316\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Andrew-Hertel-Christopher-Briscoe-02bw2-1-206x300. jpg' width='206' height='300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9844 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4.png' alt='Andrew Hertel More Than a Galle ry: Building Meaningful Photography Portfolios' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4.png 1280w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-300x169.png 30 0w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-768x432. png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-1200x6 75.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-92 4x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4- 700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ 4-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a>< /p>\n<p class='p1'>A strong portfolio is more than a collection of good im ages—it’s a body of work with purpose and intent.</p>\n<p class='p1'>In th is presentation\, Andrew Hertel explores how photographers can build clear \, cohesive portfolios across multiple formats\, including websites\, prin t portfolios\, books\, and smaller\, goal-specific collections. Rather tha n focusing on trends or specific platforms\, the talk looks at <i>why</i> portfolios matter\, how galleries and portfolios serve different roles\, a nd how thoughtful editing shapes the way work is seen and understood.</p> \n<p class='p1'>This session is practical\, approachable\, and relevant fo r photographers at many stages. Attendees will leave with a better underst anding of how to evaluate their own work\, make stronger editing choices\, and create portfolios that communicate clearly—no matter the format.</p> \n<h2>About Andrew</h2>\n<p>Andrew Hertel is a fine art photographer speci alizing in black and white landscapes\, wildlife\, and nature photography. He is drawn to the way light\, shadow\, shape\, and texture come together to define a scene\, creating images that reflect the quiet beauty of the natural world.</p>\n<p>Beyond photography\, Andrew has a deep love for adv enture and exploring remote landscapes. Whether on foot\, motorcycle\, or bicycle\, he finds inspiration in the wild places he visits and the ever-c hanging conditions that shape them. His work has been exhibited at fine ar t shows and galleries\, and he leads photography workshops in places like Death Valley and Kyrgyzstan\, helping others experience and capture the la ndscapes in their own way.</p>\n<p>For Andrew\, photography is more than j ust creating images—it’s about being out in nature\, embracing the journey \, and sharing that experience with others.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9872@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com\; https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23111227729 1909?p=VplhQuKQwvb1eZLTAU DESCRIPTION:Join us for our April Monthly Critique Night\, held online this month via Microsoft Teams.\nThe meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 PM\, and the online room will open at 6:45 PM for social time.\nOur judge for A pril will be Larry Vogel.\nBecause we are unable to meet in person this mo nth\, critiques will be based on digital image submissions rather than pri nts. Members may submit up to three images total across the two categories \, Monochrome and Color. Images accepted by the judge may be printed and h ung in the Photographic Arts Building gallery at a later date\, assuming w e regain access to the building.\nVisitors are welcome to attend. Image su bmission for critique is available to members only. For more information a bout joining Darkroomers\, please visit our membership page and reach out with any questions.\n\nAbout Larry\nLarry Vogel has been involved in photo graphy since 1976 and in recent years has become a multi-talented artist u sing several mediums to pursue and express his creative explorations\, inc luding\, photography\, ceramics\, painting and sculpture. Larry has exhibi ted his work since 1979 and continues to exhibit nationally and internatio nally\, including exhibitions at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite\, Cal ifornia\, the Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach\, California\, and t he Africus\, Johannesburg Biennale in 1997. Vogel’s work can be found in n umerous private and corporate collections. He was awarded a photographic s cholarship from The Friends of Photography for the Ansel Adams Photography Workshops in 1983\, which Vogel says he was fortunate to be able to atten d\, as it was the last of the workshops that the renowned photographer\, A nsel Adams\, was alive to teach.\nLarry is co-founder and past director of The Photographers’ Exchange\, which has held monthly meetings for members since 1990. After leaving the group in 2011\, Vogel created the Digital P hoto Exchange\, DPX\, an online group which holds monthly critique session s. Additionally\, Larry has created a new DPX-AI online group. This DPX-AI group has been created in order to facilitate the investigation of new Ar tificial Intelligence processing and image creation as it relates to the d igital photographer. More information can be found on the DPX tab in the a bove menu.\nLarry Vogel has continued to evolve as a creative artist. He h as created several bodies of work\, some traditional in concept and techni que\, while others are very experimental and abstract in technique and vis ion. Because of his evolving approach\, neither he\, nor his works can be successfully categorized or pigeonholed\, which Vogel finds somewhat refre shing and liberating. Vogel recalls a statement by another diverse artist\ , one in which he declares\, “My diversity may be my claim to my obscurity !” Larry says\, sometimes he feels that way too.\nVogel continued his arti stic evolution as he entered into the digital age many years ago. And curr ently explorations have found Vogel wandering into the new Artificial Inte lligence world. Although many of his contemporaries have questioned and he ld off making use of AI\, Larry has embraced the new technology and formed new works in collaboration with AI. New collaboritive projects have alrea dy been been created\, fusing AI created images with his own digital camer a files and photo-compositing techniques in Photoshop.\nVogel has over 35 years experience teaching workshops\, beginning many years ago with his ow n darkroom series of workshops and now with a full list of digital process ing workshops and location workshops. Check out the list of current worksh ops being offered on the Workshops tab in the above menu.Vogel continues t o offer his expertise in the critique process and has been sought out as a judge and instructor for many camera clubs and county fair organizers.\nh ttps://www.lavogel.com/ DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T210000 LOCATION:Microsoft Teams SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-11 2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-262x300.jp g\;262\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021 /04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls.jpg\;699\;800\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2021/04/Larry-Vogel-800-pxls-262x300.jpg' width='262' heig ht='300' /></div><p class='p1'>Join us for our <span class='s1'><b>April M onthly Critique Night</b></span>\, held online this month via <a href='htt ps://teams.microsoft.com/meet/231112277291909?p=VplhQuKQwvb1eZLTAU'>Micros oft Teams</a>.</p>\n<p class='p1'>The meeting will begin promptly at <span class='s1'><b>7:00 PM</b></span>\, and the online room will open at <span class='s1'><b>6:45 PM</b></span> for social time.</p>\n<p class='p1'>Our judge for April will be <span class='s1'><b>Larry Vogel</b></span>.</p>\n< p class='p1'>Because we are unable to meet in person this month\, critique s will be based on <span class='s1'><b>digital image submissions</b></span > rather than prints. Members may submit up to <span class='s1'><b>three i mages total</b></span> across the two categories\, <span class='s1'><b>Mon ochrome</b></span> and <span class='s1'><b>Color</b></span>. Images accept ed by the judge may be printed and hung in the Photographic Arts Building gallery at a later date\, assuming we regain access to the building.</p>\n <p class='p1'>Visitors are welcome to attend. Image submission for critiqu e is available to <span class='s1'><b>members only</b></span>. For more in formation about joining Darkroomers\, please visit our membership page and reach out with any questions.</p>\n<h2><a href='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9871 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.jpg' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcs et='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.jpg 1280w\, h ttps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-1024x576.jpg 102 4w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-768x432.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-1200x675.j pg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-924x52 0.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-700x 394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-50 x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /></a></h2> \n<h2>About Larry</h2>\n<p>Larry Vogel has been involved in photography si nce 1976 and in recent years has become a multi-talented artist using seve ral mediums to pursue and express his creative explorations\, including\, photography\, ceramics\, painting and sculpture. Larry has exhibited his w ork since 1979 and continues to exhibit nationally and internationally\, i ncluding exhibitions at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite\, California\, the Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach\, California\, and the Africu s\, Johannesburg Biennale in 1997. Vogel’s work can be found in numerous p rivate and corporate collections. He was awarded a photographic scholarshi p from The Friends of Photography for the Ansel Adams Photography Workshop s in 1983\, which Vogel says he was fortunate to be able to attend\, as it was the last of the workshops that the renowned photographer\, Ansel Adam s\, was alive to teach.</p>\n<p>Larry is co-founder and past director of T he Photographers’ Exchange\, which has held monthly meetings for members s ince 1990. After leaving the group in 2011\, Vogel created the Digital Pho to Exchange\, DPX\, an online group which holds monthly critique sessions. Additionally\, Larry has created a new DPX-AI online group. This DPX-AI g roup has been created in order to facilitate the investigation of new Arti ficial Intelligence processing and image creation as it relates to the dig ital photographer. More information can be found on the DPX tab in the abo ve menu.</p>\n<p>Larry Vogel has continued to evolve as a creative artist. He has created several bodies of work\, some traditional in concept and t echnique\, while others are very experimental and abstract in technique an d vision. Because of his evolving approach\, neither he\, nor his works ca n be successfully categorized or pigeonholed\, which Vogel finds somewhat refreshing and liberating. Vogel recalls a statement by another diverse ar tist\, one in which he declares\, “My diversity may be my claim to my obsc urity!” Larry says\, sometimes he feels that way too.</p>\n<p>Vogel contin ued his artistic evolution as he entered into the digital age many years a go. And currently explorations have found Vogel wandering into the new Art ificial Intelligence world. Although many of his contemporaries have quest ioned and held off making use of AI\, Larry has embraced the new technolog y and formed new works in collaboration with AI. New collaboritive project s have already been been created\, fusing AI created images with his own d igital camera files and photo-compositing techniques in Photoshop.</p>\n<p >Vogel has over 35 years experience teaching workshops\, beginning many ye ars ago with his own darkroom series of workshops and now with a full list of digital processing workshops and location workshops. Check out the lis t of current workshops being offered on the Workshops tab in the above men u.Vogel continues to offer his expertise in the critique process and has b een sought out as a judge and instructor for many camera clubs and county fair organizers.</p>\n<p><a href='https://www.lavogel.com/'>https://www.la vogel.com/</a></p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9902@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting at the Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension this Saturday at 8:30 AM. Free parking for the extension is in the residen tial areas just outside the preserve. There are trailheads there\; I belie ve fairly easy trails. There are also other trailheads at the other side o f the preserver\; if we want we can check those out after. With luck there may be some flowers there\, but regardless should be some nice views and natural features to photograph. Remember our current quarterly theme is Di ptych\, so plan on some 2-frame images! Info and good maps are here:\nhttp s://www.sdnhm.org/education/canyoneer-hikes/torrey-pines-extension\nLets m eet where that page suggests:\nFrom I-5 go west on Carmel Valley Road for 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Del Mar Scenic Parkway. Park at the end of the road. Trailhead GPS: N32.93826\, W117.25275 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T123000 LOCATION:Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension @ GPS: N32.93826\, W117.25275 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On Location: TBD URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/on-location-tbd/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Worksh ops-2-300x169.png\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-1024x576.png\;756\;425\;1 \,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Ou tings-Workshops-2.png\;1920\;1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-300x169.png' width='3 00' height='169' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-conten t/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2.png'><img loading='lazy' de coding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9907 size-full' src='https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2. png' alt='' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2.png 1920w\, https ://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Worksho ps-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-768x432.p ng 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On- Outings-Workshops-2-1536x864.png 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-co ntent/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, ht tps://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Work shops-2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-700x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Hands-On-Outings-Workshops-2-50x28.pn g 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p>We will be meeting at the Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension this Saturday at 8:30 AM. Free parking for the extension is in the residential areas ju st outside the preserve. There are trailheads there\; I believe fairly eas y trails. There are also other trailheads at the other side of the preserv er\; if we want we can check those out after. With luck there may be some flowers there\, but regardless should be some nice views and natural featu res to photograph. Remember our current quarterly theme is Diptych\, so pl an on some 2-frame images! Info and good maps are here:</p>\n<p><span drag gable='true'><a href='https://www.sdnhm.org/education/canyoneer-hikes/torr ey-pines-extension' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>https://www. sdnhm.org/education/canyoneer-hikes/torrey-pines-extension</a></span></p> \n<p>Lets meet where that page suggests:</p>\n<p>From I-5 go west on Carme l Valley Road for 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Del Mar Scenic Parkway. Park at the end of the road. Trailhead GPS: N32.93826\, W117.25275</p>\n</BODY> </HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9899@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:In 2023\, Anne and Mark took their second trip to Antarctica\, but this one was much more than just a quick trip down to the Antarctic Pe ninsula and back. Leaving from New Zealand\, they spent 4 weeks exploring the Ross Sea\, Amundsen Sea\, and Bellinghausen Sea before finally travel ing up the Antarctic Peninsula and ending up in Ushuaia\, Argentina. Alon g the way they experienced record breaking storms in Aukland\, the Austrai lian Sub-Antarctic Islands (Including Macquarie Island)\, visited McMurdo Station\, and visited many of the Historic Huts in Antarctica along with s eeing a wide variety of Penguins\, Whales\, Seals\, Albatross\, and more. Join us as they relive our tour through some of the most remote areas of our planet. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260429T210000 GEO:+32.733362;-117.147034 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ Photographic Arts Building\, 1780 Vil lage Pl\, San Diego\, CA 92101\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Member Spotlight: From New Zealand to Ushuaia: An Antarctic Journey with Mark & Anne Smith URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/member-spotlight-new-zealand-ushuaia- antarctic-journey-mark-anne-smith/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2.png\;1280\;720\,medium\;https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2.png\;1280\;720\, large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Pres entation-2.png\;1280\;720\,full\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/up loads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2.png\;1280\;720 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><p><a href='http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2. png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9900 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mo nthly-Presentation-2.png' alt='' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Pr esentation-2-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upl oads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2-1024x576.png 1024w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2-768x432.png 7 68w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Prese ntation-2-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2-924x520.png 924w\, https://www.darkroom ers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presentation-2-700x394.png 700w \, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Monthly-Presenta tion-2-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\, 1280px' /> </a></p>\n<p>In 2023\, Anne and Mark took their second trip to Antarctica\ , but this one was much more than just a quick trip down to the Antarctic Peninsula and back. Leaving from New Zealand\, they spent 4 weeks explori ng the Ross Sea\, Amundsen Sea\, and Bellinghausen Sea before finally trav eling up the Antarctic Peninsula and ending up in Ushuaia\, Argentina. Al ong the way they experienced record breaking storms in Aukland\, the Austr ailian Sub-Antarctic Islands (Including Macquarie Island)\, visited McMurd o Station\, and visited many of the Historic Huts in Antarctica along with seeing a wide variety of Penguins\, Whales\, Seals\, Albatross\, and more . Join us as they relive our tour through some of the most remote areas o f our planet.</p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9851@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:What separates a good photograph from a great one? It isn’t tec hnical skill\, the quality of the camera\, or proficiency in Photoshop. It ’s the vision behind the image – and how effectively the photographer comm unicates that vision. In this talk\, I’ll take a step back to focus on why we make photographs. What is the vision behind our work and the message w e want each image to convey? How do we communicate that vision through our choice of subject\, composition\, and lighting? What emotions and mood do we want to evoke\, and how do we achieve that? Ultimately\, this talk is about creating impactful\, meaningful images that resonate with viewers\, not just photographs that are sharp and well-exposed.\nPhoto Credit: Steph en Bay\nAbout Stephen\nStephen Bay is a self-taught landscape photographer based in San Diego. He specializes in creating large scenic prints that c apture the city and the beauty of the natural landscape. He works intentio nally\, carefully planning his images\, sometimes waiting months or years for the perfect environmental conditions to materialize. Stephen is deeply involved in photography education and the local community. He regularly t eaches classes\, gives presentations on photographic technique and vision\ , and provides tutoring and individual coaching. He has also served as a j udge for the San Diego County Fair’s Exhibition of Photography.\nPhoto Cre dit: Stephen Bay\nOriginally from Canada\, Stephen came to the U.S. for gr aduate school in Computer Science. After meeting his wife\, he settled per manently in California. Having left a career as a data scientist\, he now devotes his full attention to photography.\nPhoto Credit: Stephen Bay\nYou can view Stephen’s work at https://stephenbayphotography.com\nPhoto Credi t: Stephen Bay DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260506T203000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building @ 1780 Village Pl\, San Diego\, CA 9210 1\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Developing and Achieving Your Vision in Landscape Photography with Stephen Bay URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/developing-and-achieving-your-vision- in-landscape-photography-with-stephen-bay/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 021/04/stephen-bay-portrait-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/stephen-bay-portrait-225x300.jp g\;225\;300\;1\,large\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021 /04/stephen-bay-portrait.jpg\;600\;800\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2021/04/stephen-bay-portrait-225x300.jpg' width='225' heig ht='300' /></div><p><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation.png'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' c lass='aligncenter wp-image-9846 size-full' src='https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation.png' alt='Stephen Bay De veloping and Achieving Your Vision in Landscape Photography' width='1280' height='720' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/Monthly-Presentation.png 1280w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation-300x169.png 300w\, https://www.darkro omers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation-1024x576.png 102 4w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presen tation-768x432.png 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/Monthly-Presentation-1200x675.png 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation-924x520.png 924w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Monthly-Presentation-70 0x394.png 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mo nthly-Presentation-50x28.png 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw\ , 1280px' /></a></p>\n<p>What separates a good photograph from a great one ? It isn’t technical skill\, the quality of the camera\, or proficiency in Photoshop. It’s the vision behind the image – and how effectively the pho tographer communicates that vision. In this talk\, I’ll take a step back t o focus on why we make photographs. What is the vision behind our work and the message we want each image to convey? How do we communicate that visi on through our choice of subject\, composition\, and lighting? What emotio ns and mood do we want to evoke\, and how do we achieve that? Ultimately\, this talk is about creating impactful\, meaningful images that resonate w ith viewers\, not just photographs that are sharp and well-exposed.</p>\n< div id='attachment_9847' style='width: 766px' class='wp-caption aligncente r'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_m aster.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption- attachment-9847' class='wp-image-9847 size-large' src='https://www.darkroo mers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-1024x512.jpg' alt='© Step hen Bay' width='756' height='378' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-c ontent/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-1024x512.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkr oomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-300x150.jpg 300w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-768x384.jp g 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_mast er-1536x768.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/201 5/03/74844_master-1200x600.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-924x462.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomer s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-700x350.jpg 700w\, https://w ww.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master-50x25.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/74844_master.jpg 2 048w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='caption -attachment-9847' class='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Stephen Bay</p></d iv>\n<h2>About Stephen</h2>\n<p>Stephen Bay is a self-taught landscape pho tographer based in San Diego. He specializes in creating large scenic prin ts that capture the city and the beauty of the natural landscape. He works intentionally\, carefully planning his images\, sometimes waiting months or years for the perfect environmental conditions to materialize. Stephen is deeply involved in photography education and the local community. He re gularly teaches classes\, gives presentations on photographic technique an d vision\, and provides tutoring and individual coaching. He has also serv ed as a judge for the San Diego County Fair’s Exhibition of Photography.</ p>\n<div id='attachment_9848' style='width: 693px' class='wp-caption align center'><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79 540_master.jpg'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='cap tion-attachment-9848' class='wp-image-9848 size-large' src='https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-683x1024.jpg' alt='© Stephen Bay' width='683' height='1024' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.co m/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-683x1024.jpg 683w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-200x300.jpg 200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-768x1 151.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/7954 0_master-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/79540_master-1200x1799.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-924x1385.jpg 924w\, https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-700x1049.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_master-50x75 .jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79540_ma ster.jpg 1366w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 683px) 100vw\, 683px' /></a><p i d='caption-attachment-9848' class='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Stephen Bay</p></div>\n<p>Originally from Canada\, Stephen came to the U.S. for gr aduate school in Computer Science. After meeting his wife\, he settled per manently in California. Having left a career as a data scientist\, he now devotes his full attention to photography.</p>\n<div id='attachment_9849' style='width: 766px' class='wp-caption aligncenter'><a href='https://www.d arkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master.jpg'><img loading= 'lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption-attachment-9849' class=' wp-image-9849 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2015/03/114121_master-1024x512.jpg' alt='© Stephen Bay' width='756' he ight='378' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ 114121_master-1024x512.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/114121_master-300x150.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master-768x384.jpg 768w\, https://www .darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master-1536x768.jpg 153 6w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master- 1200x600.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/114121_master-924x462.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/114121_master-700x350.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.c om/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master-50x25.jpg 50w\, https://www.da rkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/114121_master.jpg 2048w' sizes='a uto\, (max-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='caption-attachment-98 49' class='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Stephen Bay</p></div>\n<p>You ca n view Stephen’s work at <a href='https://stephenbayphotography.com'>https ://stephenbayphotography.com</a></p>\n<div id='attachment_9850' style='wid th: 766px' class='wp-caption aligncenter'><a href='https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_master.jpg'><img loading='lazy' dec oding='async' aria-describedby='caption-attachment-9850' class='wp-image-9 850 size-large' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 3/120271_master-1024x683.jpg' alt='© Stephen Bay' width='756' height='504' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_mas ter-1024x683.jpg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 15/03/120271_master-300x200.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-cont ent/uploads/2015/03/120271_master-768x512.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroome rs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_master-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_master-1200x800. jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_ master-924x616.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 015/03/120271_master-700x467.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-con tent/uploads/2015/03/120271_master-50x33.jpg 50w\, https://www.darkroomers .com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/120271_master.jpg 2048w' sizes='auto\, (ma x-width: 756px) 100vw\, 756px' /></a><p id='caption-attachment-9850' class ='wp-caption-text'>Photo Credit: Stephen Bay</p></div>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9886@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jason Harmon\; interclub@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Interclub competitions connect us with photographers beyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged alongside work from other camera clubs in the region through the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC).\nFor submission instructions\, pleas e visit the Darkroomers Member Handbook. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260519T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260519T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC: Interclub Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-interclub-competition-may-2026/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9875 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg' al t='SCACC Interclub Competition' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-768x432.jpg 768w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1200x675.jpg 1200 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-924x520.jpg 9 24w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p dat a-pm-slice='1 3 []'>Interclub competitions connect us with photographers b eyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged a longside work from other camera clubs in the region through the <a href='h ttps://scacc.us'>Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC)</ a>.</p>\n<p data-pm-slice='1 3 []'>For submission instructions\, please vi sit the <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/darkroomers-member-handbook/s cacc-interclub-competition-guidelines/'>Darkroomers Member Handbook</a>.</ p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9534@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:info@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the bu ilding at 6 pm for setup and social hour.\nJoin us for our Monthly Critiqu e Night!\nJudges vary each month.\nMembers bring prints for critique on th e third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang fo r up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.\nVisitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for member s only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T210000 GEO:+32.733314;-117.147045 LOCATION:Photographic Arts Building | Balboa Park @ 1780 Village Pl\, San D iego\, CA 92101\, USA RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=3WE SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/darkroomers-monthly-critique-night-99 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><blockquote><p>T he meeting will start promptly at 7 pm\, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.</p></blockquote>\n<h2>Join us for our Monthl y Critique Night!</h2>\n<p>Judges vary each month.</p>\n<p>Members bring p rints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted b y the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors are welcome\, however\, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more info rmation about joining Darkroomers\, please check out our <a href='https:// www.darkroomers.com/about/membership/'>membership page</a> and <a href='ma ilto:info@darkroomers.com'>email us</a> if you have any questions.</p></bl ockquote>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9882@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Head to the fair on opening day and stay for the International Exhibition of Photography artist’s reception! Many Darkroomers members wil l have their images displayed on the walls\, so please come out and suppor t the photography community.\nTickets: https://www.sdfair.com/p/participat e/entry/photography. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T203000 GEO:+32.976901;-117.262749 LOCATION:Del Mar Fairgrounds @ 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd\, Del Mar\, CA 92014 \, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:San Diego County Fair Exhibition of Photography Artists’ Reception URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/san-diego-county-fair-exhibition-of-p hotography-artists-reception/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/5-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/5-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/5-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9883 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.jpg' al t='San Diego County Fair 2026 Artists Reception' width='1920' height='1080 ' srcset='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.jpg 192 0w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5-1024x576.j pg 1024w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5-768x43 2.jpg 768w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5-1536 x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5- 1200x675.jpg 1200w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 3/5-924x520.jpg 924w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026 /03/5-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/20 26/03/5-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' / ></a></p>\n<p>Head to the fair on opening day and stay for the Internation al Exhibition of Photography artist’s reception! Many Darkroomers members will have their images displayed on the walls\, so please come out and sup port the photography community.</p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class='ai1ec-ticket-ur l-exported' href='https://www.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/photography'> https://www.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/photography</a>.</p></BODY></HT ML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.sdfair.com/p/participate/entry/photography END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9888@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jason Harmon\; interclub@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Interclub competitions connect us with photographers beyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged alongside work from other camera clubs in the region through the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC).\nFor submission instructions\, pleas e visit the Darkroomers Member Handbook. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC: Interclub Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-interclub-competition-july-2026 / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9875 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg' al t='SCACC Interclub Competition' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-768x432.jpg 768w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1200x675.jpg 1200 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-924x520.jpg 9 24w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p dat a-pm-slice='1 3 []'>Interclub competitions connect us with photographers b eyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged a longside work from other camera clubs in the region through the <a href='h ttps://scacc.us'>Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC)</ a>.</p>\n<p data-pm-slice='1 3 []'>For submission instructions\, please vi sit the <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/darkroomers-member-handbook/s cacc-interclub-competition-guidelines/'>Darkroomers Member Handbook</a>.</ p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9890@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jason Harmon\; interclub@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Interclub competitions connect us with photographers beyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged alongside work from other camera clubs in the region through the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC).\nFor submission instructions\, pleas e visit the Darkroomers Member Handbook. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC: Interclub Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-interclub-competition-september -2026/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9875 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg' al t='SCACC Interclub Competition' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-768x432.jpg 768w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1200x675.jpg 1200 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-924x520.jpg 9 24w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p dat a-pm-slice='1 3 []'>Interclub competitions connect us with photographers b eyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged a longside work from other camera clubs in the region through the <a href='h ttps://scacc.us'>Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC)</ a>.</p>\n<p data-pm-slice='1 3 []'>For submission instructions\, please vi sit the <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/darkroomers-member-handbook/s cacc-interclub-competition-guidelines/'>Darkroomers Member Handbook</a>.</ p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9892@www.darkroomers.com DTSTAMP:20260423T025705Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Jason Harmon\; interclub@darkroomers.com DESCRIPTION:Interclub competitions connect us with photographers beyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged alongside work from other camera clubs in the region through the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC).\nFor submission instructions\, pleas e visit the Darkroomers Member Handbook. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261117T200000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SCACC: Interclub Competition URL:https://www.darkroomers.com/event/scacc-interclub-competition-november- 2026/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/03/2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://www.dar kroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg\;756\;425\;1\,full\ ;https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg\;1920\;1080\ ; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E N'>\\n<HTML>\\n<HEAD>\\n<TITLE></TITLE>\\n</HEAD>\\n<BODY><div class='ai1e c-event-avatar alignleft timely'><img src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg' width='300' height='169' /></div><p ><a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg'><i mg loading='lazy' decoding='async' class='aligncenter wp-image-9875 size-f ull' src='https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg' al t='SCACC Interclub Competition' width='1920' height='1080' srcset='https:/ /www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg 1920w\, https://www. darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-300x169.jpg 300w\, https://ww w.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\, https: //www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-768x432.jpg 768w\, http s://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-1200x675.jpg 1200 w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-924x520.jpg 9 24w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-700x394.jpg 700w\, https://www.darkroomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-50x28.jpg 50w' sizes='auto\, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw\, 1920px' /></a></p>\n<p dat a-pm-slice='1 3 []'>Interclub competitions connect us with photographers b eyond our own club. Selected images represent Darkroomers and are judged a longside work from other camera clubs in the region through the <a href='h ttps://scacc.us'>Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC)</ a>.</p>\n<p data-pm-slice='1 3 []'>For submission instructions\, please vi sit the <a href='https://www.darkroomers.com/darkroomers-member-handbook/s cacc-interclub-competition-guidelines/'>Darkroomers Member Handbook</a>.</ p>\n</BODY></HTML> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR