QWD Film at Freestyle

Quiet We’re Dreaming (aka QWD) was started as a way to use motion picture film in a still camera to scout for motion-based projects. After years of trial and error, they figured out how to process ECN-2 on a small scale and can now share that knowledge with photographers and cinematographers around the world. Keeping...

Drone Photography

I found this article from Design You Trust while surfing photo contests.  Drone photography used to be grainy images or super expensive machines, and now they are commonplace enough we have whole photo awards for them! Most people don't know but we have drone photography classes at ARC.  A drone photographer has to have passed...

Netflix stole photographer’s work…

'They used my picture and I should've got paid for it' By Nell Mackenzie Business reporter, BBC News Sean Heavey recognised his photo the moment he saw it on Stranger Things.  “God, that storm looks familiar,” he said, as he and his son watched the hit Netflix show. When he watched a documentary about the making...

Quarantine Stress Relief

Hey folks!  I think people often ignore the same stress relief techniques that suited us well as children because we think of those as childish activities.  Dancing in the living room, making Darth Vadar sounds in a fan, or coloring books.  You can manage the first two on your own, but I've compiled a bunch...

The Getty Challenge

Museums around the world have had to close due to the spread of the corona virus.  Many of them have online virtual tours and lectures that you can watch while we wait for the world to get back to normal. But we have reached a new level of art appreciation when the Getty Museum challenged...

ARC Student Art Show

This year, the American River College Student Art Show will be completely online, to accommodate social distancing under the recent California quarantine order. We look forward to seeing what you have been creating and hope that you will consider submitting to this free student contest. Any questions about this contest can be directed to kanekogallery@gmail.com....