It was a well-attended event, room 1001 was packed with students, teachers and photography enthusiasts. There were five photographers whose works are still being exhibited at PVAC and the five Santa Cruz County Banks. Paul is one of the five presenters. The following notes were taken at the event.
Wallace: Travel photography is a way to capture one's experience. Travel to capture sounds (for Wallace).
Presenter 1: Shmuel Thaler
A photographer since 1987 Sentinel
As a conversation
Two parts
1. Personal Favorites. No difference. Composition and content together. Connecting people with what they do, as a geometry, landscape, color. Putting people in a place. Things just happened. Always be prepared. Context
2. Seeing things in a different way. Some kind of perspective, with landscape. We are doing things entirely new. Eye and brain, not really equipment. Highlights universality of human beings. Being aware of what is going on.
Likes to shoot with his iPhone, seeing what is going on. Going to some place entirely new. Through light, about seeing and feeling. Not let equipment get in the way.
Never shot B&W, unable to put colors in.
Presenter 2: Mary Aliter
For the last 35 years, Been to over 100 countries. Interested in tribes
Wants a flow of things. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Has covered
SE China
Colorful opportunities. Egypt. Try to see a personal in a background. Synchronicity of background. Pageantry of colors.
Her favorite places:
Bali,
Papa New Guinea,
Dead Sea, Jordan,
Masks, India, Peru
Vietnam,
Mali,
Morocco,
South America,
Bhutan,
Ethiopia,
India.
Presenter 3: Elyse Destout
People are very important
Show fun with the people you love
Been to China 2010 and 2012
Learn about china, rich in color and culture
Solemn moments in front of temples
Flea markets
Beauty in little things
Drawn to people as a portrait photographer
Sounds, smell in 老北京爆肚味 (Old Beijing's deep fried foods)
Night scene in forbidden city.
Presenter 4: Paul Titangos
Has covered
Paris
Romania
Greece
Poland
Sudan south, north photography permits
New York
Forth Worth
Santa Cruz
Shanghai
Beijing
South West of China
Howra
Calcutta
Presenter 5: Carol Trengove
Has covered
Death series
Maui
Hellhole
Nevada
Africa
Lighthouses along the coast
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Q&A
1. Criteria for the images you took?
Variety
Different images say different things, broader spectrum, scattering
2. Shooting people the protocol
How to approach?
Digital makes it very easy. Showing people what you have shot. Asking or being aware of
Asking for permission, as an exchange or communication
Shmuel: catching the moment, esp. With the long lenses
Paul: agrees
3. Transition from Film and Digital Photography?
Elyse: Very reluctant to switch from film to digital so does Mary
Shmuel loves digital: speed, noiseless, transmission
Hassle with film photography
B&W not ready in digital?
4. Double exposure with Mother Teresa?
5. Vellum photograph
Shades of grey, and light
6. Shooting more or less
Your confidence to catch the moment before and after for Shmulel
7. Film makes a better photographer
Digital makes a different photographer
8. Prepare for a trip
Three bodies, card readers,
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