“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” Ansel Adams Editors Note: Maybe it's not a bad idea to have each contributor aim to produce 12 pictures this coming year...to be reviewed in an Open Show format later in 2015. Our first discussion this morning was about the sculpture at Jones entitled "Boy 5A." Bill & Kathy talked about the mission of Five Acres which is briefly safety and permanency for children. Five Acres is a 125 year old program located in Altadena and serves more than 5000 families in the greater Los Angeles area. The residential program for children ages 6 to 14 also includes a non-public school. Kathy serves on several committees and Bill serves on the Board of Directors. For more information, click on website link below: http://www.5acres.org We then saw some work by three of our contributors... Rene show his clever and whimsical photos of "Toy Trains" Jim showed his recent takes on "Water" Charley showed some "Polaroid Transfer Prints" An example of each is below The remainder of our last meeting of the year was taken up with discussion of what
we might explore in 2015...our 8th year as f8 Pasadena Salon Those ideas are incorporated in a new page on our blog entitled "New Ideas" under the "About" section Each idea has a champion that will lead the meeting(s) on the subject Dates will be determined by the champion More ideas are welcome...of course Speaking about welcomes...please welcome our newest f8 contributor Paul DuPont Paul has contributed to many sessions this past year and we look forward to his many "colorful" comments in 2015 A final word about a current f8 Pasadena challenge... We are experiencing a severe "noise challenge" at our meetings. The noise is from the new exercise & weight lifting facility next store to Jones. There is nothing we can do about it. In the meantime, I don't think we can have guests come and talk. We discussed other location options and Bill is exploring one other spot at Jones that might work and be quieter...stay tuned. Thanks to all our contributors and guests that continue to make f8 Pasadena Salon the success it is and will continue to be 2015 and beyond. ...and, of course, to the Jones' / Jones Coffee who provide our "location services" ...space & the best coffee in Pasadena
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12/24/2014 03:27:17 pm
Would love to see photographers credited with their LAST names.
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