Judge: Becky Jaffe  The zoom link is here: competition night  A photographer, naturalist, and educator living in Oakland, California, Becky Jaffe is active in the Bay Area photography community, teaching Art of Seeing courses for advanced fine art photographers, curating group exhibits in galleries and greenhouses, and judging competitions at the Berkeley Camera Club, the Contra Costa Camera Club, and the Alameda Photographic Society. She is the 2019 Artist-in-Residence at the University of California’s Botanical Garden at Berkeley, where she has served as a docent for over a decade. She is fortunate to teach photography and art history internationally as a lecturer for Cal Discoveries Travel. In her dedicated photography practice, she uses in-camera techniques that stretch the photographic medium to create painterly effects, fusing an artist’s sensibility with a biologist’s curiosity in order to communicate reverence for the natural world.  Her photographs have been recognized by the California Academy of Sciences, the Center for Fine Art Photography, the Entomological Society of America, the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, and have been published in The Buddhist Poetry Review, Bay Nature Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and National Geographic’s Your Shot. She is represented by the Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, California.

You Must Register to join this meeting here: Cole Thompson on Black and White Presentation Description: in 75 minutes Cole Thompson will make the case that black and white is the perfect medium for any subject…except for one. Cole will show work from his various portfolios including:      The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau      Harbinger      Ceiling Lamps      Moai, Sitting for Portrait      The Lone Man      and others  Interspersed between the images Cole will share his photographic philosophies, such as:       Never listen to others      Photographic Celibacy      Coles Rule of Thirds      Equipment is overrated      Vision is the most important tool in my toolbox      And many others! At the end of his presentation Cole will answer questions and give away a print of The Angel Gabriel