Brooks Institute VJ Guest Speaker Series Sept/Oct 2011

All events take place at 6:30 pm at the Ventura Campus,
are free and are open to the public. 5301 N Ventura Ave, Ventura, CA 93001

For more information regarding the VJ Speaker Series, contact Susan Bloom (805) 585-8042, sbloom@brooks.edu

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9/13 Lucas Gilman

Lucas Gilman is one of the leading Adventure Sports & Travel photographers in the industry. His powerful incisive images run in top publications & advertisements worldwide. A love of adventure and an addiction to color creates his distinct style of photography. Lucas regularly works with editorial and advertising clients that span the globe including: National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, ESPN.com, Men’s Journal, Outside Magazine, Men’s Fitness, Maxim Germany, FHM Australia, and the New York Times. His commercial clients include: Nikon, SanDisk, Red Bull,Lowepro, Apple, Manfrotto, Adobe, Garmin, Patagonia, Marmot, Gore-Tex, Marmot, and K2 Skis.

9/16 Invisible Children

Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end the conflict in North East Africa and to bring the child soldiers home. For 25 years, the LRA has been terrorizing the people in Northern Uganda, Congo, Central African Republic, and parts of Southern Sudan. Invisible Children uses media and peaceful tactics to rehabilitate the people affected by the war and bring Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), to justice.

9/27 Daryl Peveto

Daryl Peveto is an editorial and social documentary photographer deeply interested in exploring the concept of home and issues related to health & the environment, particularly the threads that weave these issues together. He graduated summa cum laude from the Visual Journalism Program at Brooks Institute in 2008. In 2010 he was selected as the first new member of the photo cooperative LUCEO since its inception in 2007. A selection of his clients include TIME, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, AARP, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Tablet, The New York Review of Books, NBC Nightly News and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

10/10 Joe McNally

Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose career has spanned 30 years and 50 countries. He has shot covers for TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times Sunday magazine and many others, as well as being an ongoing contributor for Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and a staff photographer at LIFE. Joe was listed by American Photo as one of the 100 Most Important People in Photography. He has also been honored by Kodak-PDN Legends Online and is a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens, among many other awards. His “Faces of Ground Zero” raised more than $2 million for the relief effort and is considered to be one of the most important artistic endeavors to come out of the 911 tragedy.

Photo Op: Rancho Camulos Museum Spring Plein Air - May 16

See announcement below, You must RSVP as noted below by May 13th. Here is more infomraiotn on Rancho Camulos Museum located at 5164 East Telegraph Road, Piru, California 93015

A CALL TO ARTISTS FOR...
~THE RANCHO CAMULOS MUSEUM SPRING PLEIN AIR ARTISTS DAY~
MONDAY, May 16, 2011
gates open 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
fee $20
spring is here...the grounds are beautiful, the flowers blooming and our docents are planning another delicious luncheon!  so...once again, artists are invited to spend the day at Camulos to capture their impressions of the rancho on canvas, paper and film.
our day will include:
morning coffee and treats, lunch and beverages
docents in costume available for tours and posing
views of the historic winery, barn, chapel, schoolhouse, big adobe, fountain, grape arbor...  surrounded by beautiful landscape features that include orange orchards, extensive lawns and gardens, and views of the Santa Clara Mountains
reservations are a must!
please rsvp by friday, may 13th, with your name, address, e-mail and phone number to:  garyhill8@msn.com or phone hillary@805-832-9435
this year we will be accepting payment by cash or check upon arrival
in case of severe inclement weather, an alternate rain date will be Monday, May 23rd
Rancho Camulos is located on Highway 126, 8 miles from Fillmore coming from the west, and 10 miles from the 5 Freeway coming from the east
www.ranchocamulos.org



Tim Hauf - Botswana Photo Safari - October 2011

Photo by Tim Hauf

Tim Hauf is organizing a photography tour/workshop to Namibia and Botswana for this coming October 2011.

See his website for more information

April 27th Workshop - On Lighting - by Dean Zatkowsky

Dean Zatkowsky, the President of the Ojai Camera Club, will be presenting a lecture on Lighting. The workshop will be presented in three sections:

1. Understanding fundamental concepts of photographic light, including direction, quality, size, distance, contrast ratio, and a glossary of useful terms.
2. Learning to see and analyze light by reverse engineering photos
3. Taking control of the light through shooting angles, reflectors, or electronic flash.

"I try to make all of this accessible for both advanced amateurs and rank beginners, because even those of us who just want better pictures of our cats won't get them until we know how to see and use the light."

You can learn more about Dean on his blog, image gallery, or his portrait site.

This workshop is part of our regular offering of workshops held on the 4th Wednesday of every month.

Date: April 27, 2011 (our usual 4th Wednesday of the month)

Place:  Poinsettia Pavilion  (our usual Place)

Time:  7:00 PM  (our usual time)

Lompoc Spring Arts and Flower Festival - Potential Field Trip

Lompoc Spring Arts and Flower Festival June 22 - 26, 2011

La Purisima Mission

We are in the planning stages for a field trip to the Lompoc Spring Arts and Flower Festival as well as the La Purisima Mission. If you are interested in attending, please contact Bryan McCall at fieldtrips@venturacountycameraclub.com