Saturday Seminars
Richard Menzies, Writer, Photographer, and Comedian - http://www.rdmenzies.com/
“My
first camera, a folding Kodak, was foolishly left on a beach blanket in California and was swallowed up by the Pacific
Ocean. I was only twelve years old at the time and didn't
understand that the shoreline is constantly changing. Just like everything
else.
Photography is my way of trying to hold back the tides of change. I press the
shutter button and time stands still. A fraction of a second endures forever. Writing? It takes a bit longer, and I wish I could say that
after decades of trying I have finally got the hang of it. Sadly, I have not.
But I keep plugging away, because I do believe there are stories that need to
be told, things that should not be forgotten, and characters who
should never die.”
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Marilyn Newton, Photojournalist
Marilyn Newton has been with the Reno Gazette-Journal since 1963. But she started her journalism career six years earlier when at the tender age of 12 she was hired by the Carson
City Nevada Appeal as a papergirl making her among the first paid papergirls in the country. She had her first story(a two paragraph sports story) published at the age of 12 and her
first photo published just a year later. She continued working for the Appeal throughout high school and for a year after graduation.
She has won almost 400 national, regional and state awards. In 1978 and 2006 she won the Sweepstakes Award for the National Federation of Press Women beating out all other
photographers and writers in the county. In 1992 she was named Nevada Photographer of the Year.
In 2002 she was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame and that year also won the national media award presented by the NationalLeukemia Society for her photos of a
childhood cancer cluster.
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Charles W. Guildner, Master Portrait Maker
Guildner specializes in large format black and white silver gelatin prints of the west. Photographs of the cowboy and ranching tradition,many of Charles's native Nebraskan ranchers
have lived their traditional lives for generations. To learn more about Charles,visit his site at www.guildner-photo.com
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Safari West
Safari West is an absolutely great place to create some nice wildlife images.
Safari West was the dream of Peter & Nancy Lang, the couple
who opened it to the public in 1993. Peter was a Southern
California cattle rancher with a yen for raising exotic animals.
He began with African elands (antelope).
Dr. Nancy Lang, a Doctor of Biology and a native San Franciscan, was co-curator
of the San Francisco Zoo. Peter and Nancy married in 1991 and later moved to Sonoma County
where Peter had ranchland. Soon, they were stocking and breeding some strange
and wondrous beasts. “Our goal was to encourage endangered species,
provide an ecologically sound environment and develop educational programs for
kids and adults,” she explained. “Right from the beginning Peter and I vowed to focus on conservation, wildlife
propagation and education,” said Nancy
a few weeks ago as she sat in the shade of an arbor of African trumpet vines at
Safari West’s camp headquarters. She managed to make herself heard over
the screech of a pushy great Indian hornbill named Delilah who “always
wants to get into the act.”
Today, Safari West not only features on-site field trips for schoolchildren — as many as 10,000 a year — but also offers a course in Zoo Biology at Santa Rosa Junior College, a
two-year degree program. www.safariwest.com
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Sam Shaw, FPSA, PPSA
Interested in photography since high school, Sam joined the Modesto Camera Club and PSA in 1993. He started international competitions in 1995, and currently has 4 stars in Color, 5 in
Nature, 4 in Photojournalism, 3 in Travel, and 2 in EID-Color. Sam has been the president of the Modesto Club and the San Joaquin Council. He’s also been the PSA Nature Division
Exhibition Standards Chairman for many years and the Chairman for the Nature Division of PSA.
Sam is treasurer for both the Gold Rush Chapter and the Fresno International Exhibition. He’s produced programs on Digital Imaging, Color topics, Travel destinations and
Photojournalism. His programs have been shown at numerous venues.
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Dolores
Frank
Dolores
retired from a 24 year career as a Pharmaceutical Consultant with The Upjohn
Company. Since then, she has earnestly pursued her second career as a
photographer.
Dolores
says, “It is the best time of my life. I love all aspects of photography;
the pursuit of the image, the excitement of seeing what I captured and the
ultimate joy of creating a beautiful print. I'm a member of a group called Ten
Eyes. Our goal is to create Fine Art photography. Because of Ten
Eyes, I have developed friendships which have been influential and supportive
and encouraging.”
“My favorite
images are those that express emotion. I like to find the ordinary and turn it
into something extraordinary. My pictures are captured with my Canon 5D Mark 2
and-or my Canon 10D. My digital darkroom work is done using Adobe Photoshop
CS4 and, I do all of my printing on Epson printers with archival inks using a
variety of different archival papers.
For me,
photography is more than a passion. It is a way of life. My trips are all
photography oriented and because of the focus, they have been extremely
rewarding.”