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Milky Way Photography at Joshua Tree National Park @ Joshua Tree National Park

May 14 – May 16 all-day

Join your fellow Darkroomers for a quick trip to Joshua Tree National Park to photograph the Milky Way, May 14-16, 2021. (Optional 1 0r 2 nights)

We will meet to caravan in front of the Visitor Center before preceding to the West entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. Time to be determined.

There are rooms available at the Super8 Wyndham at Joshua Tree Yucca Valley for $85.00 per night. Camping is also an option. Lots of restaurants and grocery stores. Covid-19 orders are still in place with restaurants offering take out and outdoor dining. Bring your mask.

If you are interested in attending please email Melanie at plummermelanie@ymail.com.

Our plan for the evenings will be developing thru PhotoPills to determine the direction of the Milky Way. I will be scouting sights when I arrive early Friday. There are pit toilets at the Boy Scout Trail and Cap Rock Parking lots. We will start at one of these 2 sights. Possible move to another area early morning. Be prepared for nighttime temps in JTree to be in the 50’s so a warm coat and cap is a must. Also a headlamp with red light.

Why Joshua Tree and why Next week….? Larry McDaniel at George’s Camera suggested the May is the perfect time for photographing the Milky Way arch at Joshua Tree. It is lower in the sky this time of year. The evening weather is better than the frigid night weather at Laguna Mountain and Lake Henshaw next weekend.

May

19

Wed

Darkroomers Monthly Critique Night @ Zoom

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May 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us for our Monthly Critique Night via Zoom!

Our judge for May is Michelle Pennings.

Members will be emailed with Zoom meeting information. If you’d like to attend as a guest, please contact us to be added to the guest list.

Image critiques are available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.

About Michelle:

Michelle is an International Award-Winning Fine Art Photographer located in San Diego, CA. She is the Director of West Coast School of Photography and has served as secretary of Professional Photographers of California. Michelle has earned her CPP (Certified Professional Photographer) and is currently working to earn her Masters in Photography from PPA. Michelle specializes in themed portrait sessions for children. When she isn’t busy creating new sets and painting backdrops she can be found photographing underwater.

Michelle’s recent distinctions:

2020 PPA Bronze Medalist Photographer of the Year
2020 PPC High School Photographer of the Year
2020 PPSDC Pet Photographer of the Year
2019 Western District 2nd Place Senior Portrait
2018 PPSDC Photographer of the Year
Associate of WPPI
Associate of The Portrait Masters

www.designsbychelle.com

https://www.facebook.com/designsbychellephotography/

IG @designsbychellephotography

IG @familyphotosandiego

Jun

2

Wed

Darkroomers Monthly Meeting @ Photographic Arts Building

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Jun 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. First Wednesday Meetings are lectures, talks, discussions, or presentations.

This meeting will be held in person at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park (next to Spanish Village).

My Journey as a Landscape Astrophotographer with Stephen Bay @ Zoom

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Jun 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Darkroomers members will be sent Zoom log in info via email. If you’d like to attend as a guest, please contact us so we can add you to the guest list.

Although I’ve been a photographer for many years, I’ve only recently started photographing the night sky and trying to capture the Milky Way and other celestial bodies. In this talk, I’ll go over my journey as a landscape astrophotographer. Starting from the very beginning where I fumbled around in the dark and couldn’t operate my camera properly to the point where I am doing shoots that require hours of planning and fieldwork. I’ll go over how I choose my subjects and why I strive to remain local even when sky conditions are not the best.

Presenter Bio

Stephen Bay is a landscape photographer living in San Diego. His focus has been on photographing our beautiful city with its amazing coastlines, cityscapes, and inland mountain & desert regions. His carefully planned and executed photos have attracted the attention of local media and he has won several awards from the San Diego County Fair. Previously, he focused on travel stock and published a photo book of Los Angeles with Twin Lights Publishers. He is regularly involved with photography education through workshops & presentations, and he is an admin for the Light Chasers community.

Originally Stephen was from Canada and came to the U.S. for graduate school in Computer Science. He then met his wife and permanently settled in California. After leaving a career as a data scientist, he now pursues photography full-time.

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