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Bob Schultz is calling all interested night photographers to join the Still Film Photographers of Greater Buffalo this Sunday, Dec. 14th @ 5:30PM, at the parking lot at Elmwood and Summer.
He says, "We'll venture out and photograph at a few different sites. Please dress warmly, bring camera loaded with film, tripod, cable release, flashlight, and whatever else you will need. This is an open invite also to those who are not active members of our group, but that wish to join us for a night photo outing shooting with film."
Working to preserve and promote the art and craft of still film photography, the SFPGB, through Locust Street Art, actively works on themed photo projects - one of which is currently night photography. The deadline for shooting for this project is March 31st, 2009, and there will be an exhibit of the group's night photo images sometime in Spring/Summer of 2009.
Locust Street Art has been providing free Art instruction to the community since 1959. They offer classes in painting and drawing, clay, B&W photography, and other disciplines.
Their photographic facilities include film processing, darkroom for printing with 10 enlargers, all the chemicals and equipment for processing and printing, a modest photographic library and dedicated instructors and students who are always willing to help and advise.
One more important note, the next mixer for the Still Film Photographers of Greater Buffalo will be Thursday, January 29th, from 6-9PM. They always meet at Locust Street Art, 138 Locust Street, Buffalo, 852-4562. Mark the date on your calendars, and celebrate all that is artistic at Locust Street Art!
If anyone has questions regarding the upcoming outing, or about the group itself, please email Bob Schultz and he'll answer your message.
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queenseyes
What a great idea. That would be a fun event to attend as well as the showing.
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onestarmartin
Great event, so tired if going to galleries and seeing "digital" art, and calling themselves photographers, that medium is just plain old cheaten. Nothing like a beautiful silver gel that has taken time, patence and sometimes luck to get just right!
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TheWhyNotGuy
Digital photography is not cheating, it's a tool, nothing more. It has some advantages over film photography while there are other advantages film will always have over digital. If the person behind the camera is good, he or she can make art regardless of whether they shoot film or digital. Have you seen some of the work Buffalo's own Brendan Bannon is doing documenting the lives of HIV+ children in places like Romania or Africa? It's amazing, and it's digital.
What digital has also done, for better or worse depending on your view, is democratize photography to a greater degree than ever before. That's a good thing even if there are plenty of people - myself included - who try to create art and come up short. The true artists are making beautiful art, and much of it is digital.
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TheWhyNotGuy
Digital photography is not cheating, it's a tool, nothing more. It has some advantages over film photography while there are other advantages film will always have over digital. If the person behind the camera is good, he or she can make art regardless of whether they shoot film or digital. Have you seen some of the work Buffalo's own Brendan Bannon is doing documenting the lives of HIV+ children in places like Romania or Africa? It's amazing, and it's digital.
What digital has also done, for better or worse depending on your view, is democratize photography to a greater degree than ever before. That's a good thing even if there are plenty of people - myself included - who try to create art and come up short. The true artists are making beautiful art, and much of it is digital.
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TheWhyNotGuy
Oh, and don't think I'm knocking film - I'm not at all, and bravo to this group for keeping it going. I'm just saying it's the person that makes the art, not the tools. I could stretch a canvas and grind my own pigments and paint for the rest of my life painting and only make a mess. Meanwhile someone like Catherine Parker could purchase a pre-stretched canvas and premixed paints, and paint something beautiful. That's not because she "cheated" by using premixed pigments - it's because she's a talented artist and I'm not.
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