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Photographers Challenged to Capture Architecture, AsiaSF Gender Illusionists, Street Fashion and Commercial Assignments

Napa, CA, October 1, 2008 – Renegade, the maverick photo education experience creator, will host Renegade City Shoots: San Francisco 2008 on Saturday, October 4. This full day photo education and adventure program features an eclectic mix of venues, assignments and participants. Over the course of a day professional photographers will trek to various sites around the city to capture four different shoot assignments. At each stop a lead photographer will outline the challenge and provide tips and tricks for best capture.

Assignments and lead photographers include:

• Rick Oldano, The Digital Tourist, will direct a photo walking tour focusing on street and architectural visions south of Market
• Kingmond Young, Kingmond Young Photography, heads up an ‘only in San Fran’ gender illusionists of Asia SF close-up
• Rosemarie Lion, Rosemarie Lion Photography, stages a quirky street fashion shoot with creations from Berkeley designer Cari Borja
• Eric Neilsen, Eric Neilsen Photography, wraps the day directing a commercial session featuring ‘moody cocktails on the bar’ at Azul

“The Renegade City Shoots events provide a venue for photographers to not only learn from four outstanding educators, but from one another,” said Young. “The day offers educational variety, plus engaging and even slightly quirky shoot assignments, with a mission to tap the essence of what’s happening in that host city.”

Lion, who leads a street fashion assignment, said, “As a photographer one of the most valuable things I can do to further my career is to spend time shooting side-by-side, learning and interacting with other pros. Renegade brings together an inspiring mix of talented shooters from all sorts of backgrounds and puts forth great challenges; it asks photographers to shoot in environments and to shoot subjects and situations they would probably not normally experience.”

Renegade Photo Shoots produces photography education and adventure sessions in major cities around the U.S. Objectives of the program include inspiration and education, plus promotion of imagery produced that reflects the flavor of a host city.

First Place - A River Runs Through It

Second Place - Brain Washed

Third Place - Moon Baby

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As determined by a panel of celebrity judges, the photo best representing ‘Not Normal’ was created by Jonathan Coffey from St. Louis, Missouri for “A River Runs Through It.” Second place went to Bob Garas of Orlando, Florida for “Brain Washed,” and third place accolades to Kaleb Scott from San Diego, California for “Moon Baby.”

Coffey will receive a $50 gift certificate from Picaboo, a premier provider of photo books and photo cards, a one-year subscriptions to Rangefinder and AfterCapture magazines, plus the publisher’s latest Compendium of Winners album featuring outstanding images from the 2007 WPPI 16” x 20” print competition. Second and third prize winners will each receive a one-year subscription to both magazines.

Celebrity Not Normal Judges
Maki Kawakita, photographer, Maki Kawakita Photography, www.makiphoto.com
Guy Kawasaki, founder partner, Garage Technology Ventures, www.garage.com
Brad Miskell, editor, Dogtown Ink, www.dogtownink.com
Bert Monroy, Photoshop guru, www.bertmonroy.com
Kristin Reimer, photographer, Photo Muse Photography, www.photomuse.com

Photographer: Mary Jo Bedford, Christchurch, New Zealand

Mary Jo did not a stitch of digital manipulation. The image was shot with 1D Mark III and lensbaby.

Photographer: Maly Blomberg, New York, New York

Maly says ‘Jump’ and her subjects ask ‘How high?’ Shot with a Canon 5D.

Photographer: Kaleb Scott Photographs, San Diego, California
Photo title: The Falling Bride

Kaleb shares, “That was such a fun shoot. Our friend was selling her wedding dress so we decided to stage this shot in my grandmother’s house which was up for sale at the time.” Kaleb enlisted the help of two strong assistants to hold the bride’s waist under her gown and let her fly! Not your typical bridal shot!

Photographer: Rubin Latre, Barcelona, Spain
Photo title: Denizen

Shot with a Nikon D40 and Nikon 55 - 200MM. The photographer adds, “I like the futuristic look of this mannequin, definitely not normal. It seems closer to an android than an element in a showcase window shop.”

Photographer: Thendara M. Kida-Gee, Seattle, Washington
Photo title: “and then she turned my way…and her smile…what the hell?”

Thendara offers that she wants “to warp your reality.” This photo was taken with a Fujica manual SLR in Sudbury, England. It was later manually (rather then digitally mind you) collaged in the glue sense of the word and then scanned back in.

Why not normal: The image is not normal — well you tell me. Nice body, shame about the face!

Photographer: Bob Garas, Orlando, Florida
Photo title: Brain Washed

Bob used a Canon XTi and a Sigma 24-70mm lens to capture this gal’s laundry mishap.

Photographer: Lisa Müllerauh, San Francisco, California

“I always have a camera ready for the moment when normalcy disappears!” says Lisa. “Growing up in St. Louis I saw The Arch many times, mostly from underneath or recently from the new ballpark, but the BEST view was the ‘eye from the sky.’ This image was taken from seat 27a with a point & shoot Olympus digital camera.”

Photographer: Carol Carlson, Dallas, Oregon
Photo title: What A Pair

Carol says that taking pictures is a great reason to get out and see the world around you, even if you are just going to the park. “You’d be surprised what you see when you really start to look.” Her leggy shot was taken with indoor light and a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20; everything was set to auto, including the timer.

Why not normal: “Most people just don’t wear mismatched shoes, not to mention the stockings.”