"I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art." Ruth Bernhard Our guest today was Randel Urbauer a professional commercial photographer for more than 3 decades.
While at a young age he thought of going into biology, he ultimately followed his right brain for a career in the arts. He attended the Art Center initially to follow his love for fine arts photography, but became involved in the commercial side. While his decision was partially rooted in the realities of having to pay the bills, he found he truly loved this side of photography. It allowed him to be involved in something different daily, and use his love of problem solving for every different assignment. He has travelled extensively on assignments, and has local studios. Rand brought in portfolios of both his commercial works and some personal earlier work (B&W). He fielded questions over a wide range of topics, including adapting to digital formats after years of analog work, and how the demands of his profession have similarly changed over the years (but without any change in the demands he puts on himself for attempts at perfect color and lighting); different print styles and formats; why working with models is no longer fun; and related a number of other technical tricks he uses to achieve his final product. He did bring a print he submitted to a PPA (Professional Photographers Association) competition on the roots of creativity. His picture won the competition. He discussed the visual metaphors of the picture and how it was related to his life and professional growth and the roots of his creativity. He also showed and discussed a commercial shot of a hotel in Mammoth Lakes and how he took a rather bleak façade, using creative lighting then blended many different shots to get his final shot shown below. He agreed to return f8 in the future to demonstrate some of his work flow methods and editing techniques. He can be reached at: [email protected] Check out his website: http://www.ruphoto.com
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Ron Ozuna joined us today to talk about his photography passion...birds. Ron's talk combined a bit of technical...using his long lenses and incredible patience to get his shots. He mentioned that he was not a big Photoshop user with his pictures. Below is his brief bio and some examples of his birds...he has thousands of pictures "Ron Ozuna,a Los Angeles resident since 1948, graduated from Garfield HS and Cal State Northridge in Cell & Molecular Biology & Chicano Studies. He is a Viet Nam Vet. He worked for 14 years at Continental Can Company before spending 21 years as a science teacher at Roosevelt High School. He retired in 2011, took up bird photography and has been outdoors taking photos ever since. He has traveled all over California, Alabama, and Colombia birding with his wife, the poet Phoebe MacAdams Ozuna." To see more of Ron's work, click on his website: http://rozuna.smugmug.com Several f8'ers took their cameras up north,,maybe to Red Rock Canyon...maybe not!
A picture is a poem without words Unattributed Today we had the pleasure of having Djuna Appel-Riehle come to f8 and doing a reprise of her presentation at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena. Vroman's hosted a PechaKucha event. Also participating in the event was f8'er Bill Wishner. PechaKucha “Chit-Chat” Is a Japanese presentation style in which 20 pictures are shown for 20 seconds each. The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced and powers multiple-speaker events called “PechaKucha Nights” (PKN). PechaKucha Night was devised in 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo's Klein-Dytham Architecture, as a way to attract people to their experimental event space and to allow young designers to meet and exchange ideas. In 2016, PKNs were held in over 900 cities worldwide. Djuna is a freshman at the Alexander Hamilton High School Humanities Magnet and an accomplished poet. She has been featured in Get Lit NOW and has performed at The Actors Gang and Classic Slam. She coupled her poetic words with photography she produced and shot. Her presentation at f8 was great and prompted questions about her photography. Djuna promised to send a copy of her poetry which I will post at a later date below Below are some of her 20 pictures as part of her presentation Bill also presented at Vroman's PechaKucha a series of pictures from the Galapagos "Stakes & Signs" that metaphorically represented "finding a path in life"....that also fit right in with the Frost poem "The Road Not Taken"...that is below followed by some pictures from his presentation. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Busy meeting today...all the poetry and pictures was followed by the showing of our project.. "Bicycles in the Urban Environment" There were submissions by most of the f8 group. Below is one picture from each group submitted with attribution and editorial comment when called for.... Editorial...apparently this picture was of Einstein on bike but not in Pasadena or Cal Tech The two pictures below are "outliers" ....Howard's is for obvious reasons although I'm not sure why more didn't chose the "motorcycle" or "scooter" in the urban environment. Richard's picture...just don't know what he was thinking.
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