Gnarbox 2.0

What is a Gnarbox? Gnarbox is a rugged backup device. It’s a tiny computer, that you control with your phone and can be used to back up your photos from memory cards, USB card readers or external drives. I first heard about it from this website: https://www.hdrshooter.com/2019/06/08/gnarbox-rugged-backup-device/ But it seems to have been updated with...

HDR in a pandemic

Since we are going to be off for spring break, my digital classes are doing HDR images for the first time. I thought it would be a great time to show some of the images my students from the last year during the pandemic using hdr, as well as some others that I didn't have...

Ard Gelinck Photoshops Famous Actors

When I was reading and article from the Met, I was so happy to see an artist using photoshop to create a project that I just know people will love. I did, anyways! Ard Gelinck has taken portraits of famous celebrities and photoshopped their most well known characters next to them--kinda twinsie style. Mark Hamill...

How to turn your camera into a webcam

Ok, so I don't think this is really crucial information, but it is fun information. It is possible, if you have a dslr or a mirrorless camera, to turn your camera into a webcam for zoom. Why on earth would you do this? Control of depth of field, less distortion of facial features, and maybe...just...

Bearing Witness, Black History

Bearing Witness: Manifesting Black History from Photographic Archives. Curated by CRC Photography Professor Kathryn Mayo Ongoing Exhibit(runs through March 12, 2021)Bearing Witness: Manifesting Black History from Photographic Archives is curated by Kathryn Mayo, Professor of Photography at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, who teaches antique photographic processes and the history of photography. Mayo has been mining photographic...

Equity in Art at the Crocker

On Thursday, March 11 at 5 PM (PST), the Crocker Art Museum will conclude its “Equity in Museums” discussion series via Zoom. This time they’re focusing the conversation on spotlighting local BIPOC artists. The realities of racial and social inequity within museums and cultural institutions have long been discussed in the field. The Crocker has made a commitment to examine...