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LEGEND: City College photo professor making best with dark (class)room

Dave Eichinger overcoming challenges of teaching photography classes remotely during the pandemic

Brittney Gray, Contributor • December 18, 2020

The darkroom may be closed, but San Diego City College students are still learning the methods of photography with Dave Eichinger, a professor of photography for 16 years.

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Bodies exhibit to showcase beauty in imperfection

Michael Chao's samples of his upcoming project for the

Ricardo Soltero • October 29, 2015

Photographer Michael Lee Chao has stumbled across a medium through which women can take their insecurities and project them in a positive way. With a single photograph, women can help erase all previously...

True Photographers: Challenge Seekers and Image Takers Share Their Knowledge

Juan Carlos Siezar • May 14, 2014

Nowadays, where does one draw the line between a photographer and someone with an index finger or a thumb to press the shutter release? Sure modern DSLRs are very useful tools, but how fancy the camera...

Smartphonetography: How to Get the Best Shot With the Camera You’ve Got

Troy Orem • May 14, 2014

The first digital camera was developed by Eastman Kodak in 1975. It weighed about 7 pounds, required 16 batteries to run and took 23 seconds to expose an image. Luckily for today's consumer, technology...

Enjoy the Concert, Don’t Record It: Keep the Photos to a Minimum, Eyes on the Stage and Have a Fun Time

A person recording a St. Patricks Day event on an iPad Photo credit: Troy Orem

Amanda Rhoades • May 14, 2014

In the movie “Almost Famous,” writer William Miller finds himself scribbling down notes at a Stillwater and Black Sabbath concert until Penny Lane takes his pencil away and shakes her head....