Discusson Group Notes January 30, 2009
Except for Julia, who only participated briefly, this was a Boy's-Night-Out. Terri and the other ladies didn't make it.
We started out with my Cantil photos and John's Mission San Juan Capistrano photos. Then we talked about black and white (B/W) pictures and Thursday's presentation. We also looked at some of Jerry's photos in both color and B/W. Art commented that, while most of us like to take photos outdoors, he likes to take his indoors, and great photos they are, too. This was followed by a discussion on imagination and how it affects photography. Then a discussion about Sammy's Photo and the internet versus brick & mortar stores. Not that we were rambling or anything.
Meanwhile, Julia kept running outside, taking photos, then bringing them in for us to see. I sent her out on a couple of assignments and she came back with some interesting photos. John called this "chimping." That's where someone brings in pictures and everyone goes "Ooh, ooh, ooh."
We talked quite a bit about places to take photos and John recommended Randsburg. I mentioned lakes Isabella and Elizabeth. Jerry talked about Bolsa Chica Wet Lands in Huntington Beach where he's gotten good shots of skimmers. Jim described the Sepulveda Basin which has a big Japanese Garden at the water treatment plant near the Victory Blvd entrance. Someone talked about the South Coast Botanical Gardens at Palo Verde. So many places, so little time.
John mentioned that he likes photographing dragonflies so I told him that, during the summer, we have hundreds of them around our house. With that I invited him and everyone else to come photograph our dragonflies. Of course, now that I've invited everyone there won't be many this year. But we'll see.
Refrain: We meet each Friday at Bianco's Cafe at the South end of the Lancaster Market Place, behind and across the street from Movies 12. The core times are from 7 to 8 PM but there's typically someone there from 6:30 to at least 8:30. Bianco's will keep the lights on for you.
