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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.
From Hobby to Passion: My Journey of Photography
Michelle Pennings will be sharing her humble beginning back in high school and where her love of photography has taken her today – a crazy and fun journey!
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
https://www.facebook.com/designsbychellephotography/
IG @designsbychellephotography
IG @familyphotosandiego
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!
Our judge for November will be Lin Craft.
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.
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 Lin Craft
Lin Craft is an award-winning photographer whose long love affair with nature, travel, and photography has led to adventures all over the globe.
Lin grew up in Oregon, received her B.S. in Zoology from Oregon State University and a Master’s degree in Marine Science from the University of Puerto Rico. After teaching for several years at the College of the Virgin Islands she moved to California to pursue a Doctoral degree in Marine Biology at USC in Los Angeles. While a grad student, she had the remarkable opportunity to do research in Antarctica that involved diving under the ice. She worked in the marine environmental consulting field until retiring in 2010. As a diving marine biologist, she made more than 4500 SCUBA dives and was a NAUI SCUBA Instructor. For many years her photography was focused on the underwater world, but has since expanded to include all nature subjects, landscape, and travel photography.
Lin has judged for the San Diego County Fair and judges frequently for camera clubs and PSA-recognized International Exhibitions. She has presented more than 160 slide and digital programs for schools, camera clubs, photo conferences and community organizations. She has had several gallery shows, and her images have been published in books, calendars, and brochures.
Lin has been President of the Fallbrook Camera Club most years since 1987 and is a past-President of SCACC (the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs) where she was honored as a Fellow. Lin has been a very active member of PSA (the Photographic Society of America) for over 30 years. She has held numerous positions in PSA including as Chairman of the Nature Division and has received numerous service awards and honors.
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
Jodie will be sharing examples of her photography on the computer and in print. She will discuss the thought processes she uses while making photographs, as well as the ongoing, more prolonged processes and stages that happen during development (post-processing).
She will be sharing stories about several of her portfolios and what went into putting them together, and how they connect with each other and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages she has experienced in developing a series – what is gained and what may be lost in that process.
About Jodie Hulden
Jodie Hulden is a fine art, contemplative photographer whose photography focuses on the poetry of intimate spaces, both wild and man-made. Her work has been strongly influenced by Taoism, Chan and Zen Buddhism, ancient Chinese landscape paintings, classical Chinese poetry and Japanese Haiku.
She has a degree in art from San Diego State University focusing on textiles and fiber arts. She discovered her passion for black and white photography in the 1970’s, influenced by Ansel Adams, Minor White and Walker Evans. She has mentored with George DeWolfe, and studied with Carlan Tapp, Michael Frye, Brett Erickson and Susan Burnstine.
In 2017 she completed a month-long artist-in-residency at Zion National Park. She was an award winner in 2018 at the Center Choice Awards in Santa Fe, NM. In 2019 she was selected as one of the 200 Critical Mass Finalists for her Seeing Silence portfolio. Also, in 2019 she published a book with Andy Burgess of Dark Spring Press of her interior Bodie images titled Left Behind.
She has exhibited her work nationally at the Center for Photography Arts in Carmel, CA, the Center of Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont, the Yosemite Renaissance Exhibitions and the Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido, CA. She has been featured in On Landscape Magazine, FotoRelevance, and Black and White Magazine (UK). Jodie lives in San Diego. Her work can be found on her website: www.jodiehulden.com.