Schedule for Wednesday, April 1

09:00 AM
Fine Art B&W Digital Printing presented by Ann Mitchell

Want to make the move to the digital darkroom, but now sure how to get started? Explaining file preparation, papers, color management and output, Ann Mitchell shows you how to bring your B&Wskills into the digital age.

10:00 AM
The Marketplace in the ASB student room EE157

Come on and join us anytime between 10am and 2pm for a convention-style presentation by local camera stores, photographic related companies and photo schools. Participants include Freestyle Photo, Calumet Camera, Samy’s Camera, Tuttle Cameras, Bill’s Camera, Julia Dean Photographic Workshops, Urban Photo Adventures, PCL West Imaging, Epson Printers, ASMP Los Angeles and Art Center College of Design.

01:00 PM
The New Age of Discovery (Lecture Only) 
The New Age of Discovery Darkroom & Lecture - A tour of black and white paper from around the world. presented by Eric Joseph

This informative and educational seminar/workshop will explore the new papers that have come into the United States in black and white darkroom photography over the past several years. The first hour we'll tour around the world and show you the manufacturer's operations and give a brief history of each. Then, the remainder of the time will be spent in the darkroom printing on each of these papers. You will learn and print on papers from manufacturers such as Foma, Slavich, Adox, and Fotokemika. As an added bonus, Freestyle Advisory Board Member Marc Valesella with demonstrate how to get the most from modern B&W film emulsions with his specially custom built high definition enlarger. Limited enrollment.

Toy Cameras presented by Bernie Baltazar

What is a Holga? Or a Lomo? My cool new camera cost three thousand bucks and look at the size of the glass on it! Why would I want to shoot with a thirty dollar plastic camera with a plastic lens and light leaks? Toy camera photography is becoming very popular and allows the photographer full creative freedom without being constrained by photo gear.

03:30 PM
Films by Photographers Shadow of the House/Photographer Abelardo Morell

“Things are not always what they appear to be,” says Cuban American photographer Abelardo Morell. Shadow of the House peers into his past and around the corners of his present to see what normally goes unseen. This film is a rare look into the life of one of America’s renowned photographers. A feature length film, Shadow of the House explores how Morell uses his art to make sense of a life up-ended by geographic, cultural, linguistic, and political dislocation. It is an intimate portrayal of how one man’s personal struggle with the themes of loss, exile, and self-determination reflects the ways in which we all work to construct narratives that unite the past with the present and memory with desire. Morell has used this tension to fuel a career as a remarkable artist.

06:00 PM
Introduction to Digital Cameras presented by Eric Vitwar.

Have a new digital SLR and feel a bit overwhelmed? Eric Vitwar, owner of Tuttle Cameras will introduce to you the wonderful world of pixels and megabytes for the beginning photographer.

Portfolio Reviews 

Want feedback on your portfolio? Sign up for 15 minute one-on-one portfolio reviews. Reviewers have their specialties, but all are able to give input on any area of photography.

Reviewers:

Larry White: Chair of Art & Photography, Graphic Designer

Ann Mitchell: Commercial & Editorial still-life, Food, Architectural and Fine Art Photography

Tom Paiva: Night, Architectural, Industrial & Commercial Photography

Neil A. France: Editorial Portraiture, Commercial Photography

Wedding Photography presented by Israel Anderson Wedding photographer, and LBCC alumni, Israel Anderson

Discusses how to make a living in this exciting area of photography.