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The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
The digital darkroom provides many opportunities not available with wet processing, different print mediums have proliferated. An individual paper type from different manufacturers can vary. This workshop, presented by Jean Eichenlaub, will explore several of the various available papers and how each type influences the appearance of an image.
Darkroomers members may submit up to 2 image files to be printed on four different types of 8.5” x 11” paper (smooth, textured, metallic, and rice). A $10 suggested donation to defray material costs will be requested for printing. Submission instructions have been sent to members via email and Slack.
About Jean
Photography has always been an interest; however, between the cost of film and its development, and constant moving as a military dependent, I did not have the wherewithal to progress. Eventually, I sold my equipment and pursued other hobbies. Meanwhile, a career as a research oceanographer and instructor kept me busy. The advent of digital photography rekindled my interest. A call from my mother reporting an introduction to a digital photography course she had just taken got me started.
My research interests involved water and sediment interactions, and the small organisms living in sediment. Those interests carry over to my photography. Small (macro) subjects intrigue me and water is always important. With retirement, photography became a serious activity.
In addition to following my research interests, photography subjects have expanded to include many terrestrial animals.
Over the years, my images have received numerous awards: Cabrillo National Monument membership cards featured my photo one year, and a landscape photo won the Mission Trails Regional Park competition. Various photographs received Honorable Mentions at the San Diego Fair during past years. In 2017 a macro smoke photograph won first in class at the fair and an image of water spilling from a wine glass won Best Picture of the Year at the Professional Photographers of San Diego Chapter.
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 October will be Stephen Burns.
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 Stephen Burns
Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is a digital artist and author of books on being creative with your digital tools. He is an Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader) and Adobe Freelancer and has taught digital creativity internationally. He is an Instructor at Santa Monica College and Goldenwest College. He is also the president Of the Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) which is currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the country. You can view the Facebook section at https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoshopusersgroup.
He is a guest writer for a number of magazines to include the feature article and front cover of Photoshop User Magazine (http://www.chromeallusion.com/articles_index.htm). In addition, Stephen is the author of the following books (http://www.chromeallusion.com/books.htm):
- “3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals”
- “Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX”
- “The Art Of Poser & Photoshop”
- “Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”
- “Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX”
- “Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX”
- “Photoshop CS Trickery & FX”
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 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.
Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 20 years internationally. 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 contest.
He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops online and privately. He is an instructor on http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns , Photoshop Café (http://www.chromeallusion.com/dvd_index.html), Layers Magazine (http://www.chromeallusion.com/tutorials_3d_layersmag.html).
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