Tag Archives: San Diego City College

BORED

Posted on June 3, 2020 by ndking

Those who know me know I have an incredibly low boredom threshold.  And all of this imposed quarantine due to the virus plus my crippled immune system due to the chemo, has simply pushed me into a near catatonic state … Continue reading →

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Photo 360 for 2020

Posted on January 20, 2020 by ndking

Some of you long term readers may remember previous years’ blog  segments on City College’s “Photo 360” events where each year we open our program and facilities to High School Students interested in Photography and perhaps a career in Photography.  … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Stay Away from Teaching…

Posted on August 24, 2019 by ndking

As the cartoon character Cathy used to say… “Aaaaack!”  Retirement must be wonderful for people who do not like what they did for a living and are now free to go play as they always wanted to.  Good for them!  … Continue reading →

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FOOD DEMO FOR LIGHTING CLASS

Posted on April 29, 2019 by ndking

The assignment for the Photo 200A class is food.  Specifically it is to produce a food shot that can be used as either an advertising style shot for a menu or for an editorial style shot as an illustration for … Continue reading →

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SUMMER SEMESTER IS UNDERWAY

Posted on June 19, 2018 by ndking

  Sorry for the long delay since the previous post.  I’ve been a bit buried getting the Spring semester closed out with compiling grades for the three classes.  Plus the San Diego Fair work judging the International Photo Exhibit and … Continue reading →

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Reinforced…Unfortunately

Posted on May 19, 2018 by ndking

I was so hoping I would not have to return top this topic — but in my “heart of hearts” I knew better.  And sure enough, last week we saw yet another instance of a young killer opening fire in … Continue reading →

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Great Show at City

Posted on February 10, 2018 by ndking

Friday evening the Photo Program at City College’s Luxe Gallery hosted the opening of the show, “Visions.”  An all female show from a group of working professional women photographers, each showing one piece.  I was an incredible show and if … Continue reading →

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Wild Week and a Quick Trip to the Salton Sea

Posted on January 22, 2018 by ndking

It has been a wild week.  At City College we hosted our 2nd Annual “Photo 360” event where we sponsored almost 250 high school students interested in photography from San Diego Unified School District.  The students filled our auditorium and … Continue reading →

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Portrait Session with the New College President

Posted on September 29, 2017 by ndking

San Diego City College has a new college President, Dr. Ricky Shabazz.  It turns out, happily, that he really likes photography and the photo facilities.  So when the request came to do a portrait I was most anxious to oblige.  … Continue reading →

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City College Photo Event with Jay Dickman

Posted on September 22, 2017 by ndking

On Thursday evening, Sept 21, 2017, NelsonPhoto and Olympus sponsored an evening presentation by photographer and author Jay Dickman at City College.  Jay is an “Olympus Visionary” which is the Olympus version Canon’s “Master of Light” and similar exhalted titles … Continue reading →

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