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Join us for our Monthly Critique Night. Members bring in prints for critique. Those prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in our member gallery.

Our judge for the month of August is Alexander Kunz

To become a member and submit your images for critique. Visit our Membership page

August 19th is a Friday, it is World Photo Day and the Moon will be full. Well it will 96% full and waning. So a Blue Hour Full Moon Shoot for the Darkroomers is a must. We did a full moon rising over Downtown shoot in July 2013 with the moon at apogee (8.7% larger) and the east end of Harbor Island facing Downtown will be a pretty good view of the moon over downtown once again according to TPE. Moonrise is at 8:32pm but it doesn’t clear the buildings until about 9:30 so we can get some Golden Hour, Blue Hour and Moonrise photos then be in bed before the 10:00 news…

Park on the street near Island Prime we can shoot from the sidewalk facing downtown. Sunset is at 7:30pm so you will need to get there about 6 to catch the Golden hour light.

Darkroomers, in co-operation with Night Photography Lovers and The Best Places to Photograph in San Diego presents: Steel Wool Adventures with Reflections and Graffiti.

Park in structure behind Bloomingdales, then cross over to path on Riverwalk. We will head down to the tunnels at 7:30.

Equipment to Bring:

• Flash light/Miners light for hands free operation
• Cable Release
• Wide angle lens
• Tripod
• UV Filter to protect the glass element of your lens. Sparks and flying debris can damage your lens.

What to Wear:

• Comfortable shoes. The walk isn’t long or difficult but there may be weeds and/or some gravel to negotiate.
• Jeans, hoodie or long sleeve flannel shirt and a hat. Sparks from embers can burn or irritate the skin.
• Safety goggles to protect your eyes from flying debris.

We do ask that you sign up for this event because it is a night shoot and your safety is our primary concern and we want to know that you plan to go.

Join Alan Hess as he talks about what not to do in photography; Q&A

Alan Hess is best known as a concert photographer. He has photographed hundreds, maybe thousands, of concerts, three songs at a time. 

The wide variety of bands that Alan has shot include Billy Idol, Black Eyed Peas, Bruce Hornsby, Bullet for my Valentine, Citizen Cope, The Dead, Death Cab for Cutie, Cher, John Legend, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Robin Williams, Slayer, Steel Pulse, Widespread Panic, and Willie Nelson, just to name a few. Alan is currently the house photographer for the Valley View Casino Center and the Laughlin Event Center. When he isn’t out shooting concerts, he is writing photography books. He is the author of more than a dozen books covering everything from concert and low light photography to the basics of exposure and composition and the Nikon Creative Lighting System. Alan has contributed to Photoshop User magazine, recorded classes for KelbyOne and has been a part of the Instructor Dream Team at Photoshop World since 2009.

Alan will also be bringing copies of his latest books and an advance copy of his newest book THE ENTHUSIAST’S GUIDE TO MULTI-SHOT TECHNIQUES which is available for pre-order from rockynook