Photography
Lecture and Golden Project Award
Frank Bette
Center for the Arts
Alameda, CA.
February 14, 2015
George Olney
The artists’ images will be used in the 2017 Underground
Gold Miners Museum calendar.
Photography
Lecture and Golden Project Award
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| Frank Bette Gallery |
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| George with young photographer |
Members and guests filled the Frank Bette lecture hall to
hear George Olney discuss Street Shooter: Tricks of the Trade.
George provided tips on the challenges of shooting outdoor,
street scenes and how to avoid technical flaws.
George suggested, “Interact with the subjects and get up close. You
can’t change the lighting,” but by engaging the people George can often move
the subject into a photo perfect picture.
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| George at Bette Gallery |
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| George at the Lecture |
George presented a slide show, often photos with flaws to
demonstrate the challenges, and suggested ways to meet those challenges. He outlined, “What editors and picture buyers
look for” and spoke about content and how the photographer must think of visual
techniques, which will attract an editor’s eye when looking at thousands of
images.
At the conclusion of George’s short course on street
photography, Margaret Fago, Vice President of Frank Better Center for the Arts,
announced the winners the Golden Project Award, which is to fund two plein air
artists, a photographer and painter, to visit Alleghany, CA. in the heart of
the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Gold Country and capture images of this small,
historic mining town during four seasons.
