Michael Yamashita workshops in Istanbul, Bangkok and Singapore

Michael Yamashita
Michael Yamashita
Mike will be giving 3 workshops in 3 of his favorite cities; Istanbul, Bangkok, and Singapore, where his career started. They are all related to his experience shooting 30 years for National Geographic. For a preview, please read Michael Freeman’s extensive interview with Mike at http://thefreemanview.com/featured_photographer/mike-yamashita/

Mike’s schedule of workshops here

Print auction deadline is Friday (Sept 10)

Dear AAJA Photographers,

Deadline for print auction for the San Francisco AAJA Chapter is Friday, Sept. 10.

Deadline for Asian American photo students interested in attending (for free) San Francisco AAJA’s East West Clicks is Friday, Sept. 10.

Deadline for print auction for the Sacramento AAJA’s PhotoShowcase is Monday, Sept. 27.

Deadline for Asian American photo student interested in attending (for free) Sacramento AAJA’s PhotoShowcase is Monday, Sept. 27.

Here’s the info (again) on donating prints:

Please donate one or two prints to each of the chapters.

When selecting your donation print, consider what someone would purchase. In other words, spot news doesn’t sell well – sports stars, celebrities, Obama, food, scenics and great feature photos sell well. People who buy these photos want to hang the purchased photo on their wall.

Mailing Print:
-Your 11×14 print will be framed in a glass frame.
-Autograph your print on the lower right under the photo in white border area. Prints without autographs do NOT sell well.
-Include basic caption information of when and where you took the photo and description of photo on separate paper.
-Enclose your name, affiliation, address, phone number and email address.
-Do not send CD or email photo.

Print sold for personal use only. No reproduction rights are granted or should be assumed. AAJA will email you the final selling price after the auction.

Send your print(s) to:
AAJA Photo Auction/San Francisco
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

WHAT: East West Clicks
WHEN: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18
WHERE: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. in San Francisco
TICKETS: $30 for AAJA members and $40 for nonmembers if purchased in advance by Friday, Sept. 10. Tickets will be $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers at the door on the day of the event.
Tickets can be purchased at www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks
MORE INFORMATION: All the details you want are at www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks
FACEBOOK: East West Clicks: presented by AAJA SF and Comcast

More info,
Oanh Ha
koanh_ha@yahoo.com

AAJA Photo Auction/Sacramento
Edward de la Fuente
4024 Kalamata Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

WHAT: 4th Annual Photo Showcase & Silent Auction
WHEN: 6-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4
WHERE: 20th Street Art Gallery in Sacramento
TICKETS: $50 for nonmembers; $25 for students and members.
MORE INFORMATION: www.aajasacramento.org
FACEBOOK: AAJA Sacramento 4th Annual Photo Showcase & Silent Auction

More info,
Edward de la Fuente
ofthefountain@earthlink.net

Thanks for helping out future Asian American photo journalists.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo

East West Clicks fundraisers invites students and calls for prints

Dear AAJA student photographers,

Any Asian American photojournalism student interested in attending for “free” either the San Francisco AAJA’s East West Clicks on Saturday, Sept. 18 or the Sacramento AAJA’s PhotoShowcase on Monday, Oct. 4, please contact me.

These two photography fund-raising events are all about helping out Asian American student photojournalists. Both chapters hope to raise over $10,000 in scholarships.

Professionals – remember when you were starting our in photojournalism.

Here’s the info (again) on donating prints:

Please donate one or two prints to each of the chapters.

When selecting your donation print, consider what someone would purchase. In other words, spot news doesn’t sell well – sports stars, celebrities, Obama, food, scenics and great feature photos sell well. People who buy these photos want to hang the purchased photo on their wall.

Mailing Print:

  • Your 11×14 print will be framed in a glass frame.
  • Autograph your print on the lower right under the photo in white border area. Prints without autographs do NOT sell well.
  • Include basic caption information of when and where you took the photo and description of photo on separate paper.
  • Enclose your name, affiliation, address, phone number and email address.
  • Do not send CD or email photo.

Print sold for personal use only. No reproduction rights are granted or should be assumed. AAJA will email you the final selling price after the auction.

San Francisco Chapter deadline: Friday, Sept. 10.

Send your print(s) to:
AAJA Photo Auction/San Francisco
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

WHAT: East West Clicks
WHEN: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18
WHERE: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. in San Francisco
TICKETS: $30 for AAJA members and $40 for nonmembers if purchased in advance by Friday, Sept. 10. Tickets will be $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers at the door on the day of the event.
Tickets can be purchased at www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks
MORE INFORMATION: All the details you want are at www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks
FACEBOOK: East West Clicks: presented by AAJA SF and Comcast

More info,
Oanh Ha
koanh_ha@yahoo.com

Sacramento Chapter deadline: Monday, Sept. 27.

AAJA Photo Auction/Sacramento
Edward de la Fuente
4024 Kalamata Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

WHAT: 4th Annual Photo Showcase & Silent Auction
WHEN: 6-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4
WHERE: 20th Street Art Gallery in Sacramento
TICKETS: $50 for nonmembers; $25 for students and members.
MORE INFORMATION: www.aajasacramento.org
FACEBOOK: AAJA Sacramento 4th Annual Photo Showcase & Silent Auction

More info,
Edward de la Fuente
ofthefountain@earthlink.net

Thanks for helping out future Asian American journalists.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo

East West Clicks, a silent auction featuring AAJA photographers

Dear AAJA photographers,

For those who have or plan to donate your photo(s) to the San Francisco Chapter scholarships for photojournalists, here is an invitation to the fund-raising event. Info on how to donate prints: www.aajaphoto.org

WHAT: East West Clicks
WHEN: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18, 2010
WHERE: SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. in San Francisco
TICKETS: $30 for AAJA members and $40 for nonmembers if purchased in advance by Friday, Sept. 10. Tickets will be $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers at the door on the day of the event.
Tickets can be purchased at http://www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks

MORE INFORMATION: All the details you want are at http://www.aajasf.org/east-west-clicks

AAJA SF and Comcast will present East West Clicks, a silent auction featuring images produced by our talented photographers.

It’s all for a good cause. East West Clicks raises money for the chapter’s scholarship program, which this year is awarding a combined $10,000 to five outstanding student journalists.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org

Call for prints to benefit AAJA student scholarships

Dear AAJA photographers,

The Silent Auction at the AAJA National Convention was very successful.

But we need more of your 11 x 14 prints for Silent Photo Auctions in San Francisco and Sacramento that will help out AAJA Chapter student scholarships.

Please donate one or two prints to each of the chapters to be sold at the AAJA Silent Photo Auctions in San Francisco on Saturday, Sept. 18, and in Sacramento on Monday, Oct. 4.

When selecting your donation print, consider what someone would purchase. In other words, spot news doesn’t sell well – sports stars, celebrities and great feature photos sell well. People who buy these photos want to hang the purchased photo on their wall.

Mailing Print:
-Your 11×14 print will be framed in a glass frame.
-Autograph your print on the lower right under the photo in white border area.
-Include basic caption information of when and where you took the photo and description of photo on separate paper.
-Enclose your name, affiliation, address, phone number and email address.
-Do not send CD or email photo. Prints without autographs do NOT sell well.

San Francisco Chapter deadline: Friday, Sept. 10.

Send your print(s) to:
AAJA Photo Auction/San Francisco
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

More info,
Oanh Ha
koanh_ha@yahoo.com

Sacramento Chapter deadline: Monday, Sept. 27.

AAJA Photo Auction/Sacramento
Edward de la Fuente
4024 Kalamata Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

More info,
Edward de la Fuente
ofthefountain@earthlink.net

Print sold for personal use only. No reproduction rights are granted or should be assumed. AAJA will email you the final selling price after the auction.

Thanks for helping out future Asian American journalists.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo

2010 Dith Pran Photography and Multimedia ShootOut Winners

Karen Zhou, freelance, wins a Olympus recorder and ThinkTankPhoto bag and perpetual trophy.

List of winners in the Annual Dith Pran Photography and Multimedia ShootOut Competition. The theme of this year’s live photography competition was “HollyWierd”. About $2,000 in prizes were awarded. The competition is in honor of New York Times photographer Dith Pran, who survived the Cambodian “Killing Fields”. The perpetual trophy and cash award was given out during the Gala Banquet on Saturday night.

Photography Winners:

  • First place: Karen Zhou, freelance, wins a Olympus recorder and ThinkTankPhoto bag and perpetual trophy. “Marilyn and Michael and Jesus”
  • Second place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University, wins a ThinkTankPhoto camera bag. “SKateboarder at Venice”
  • Third place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University, wins a ThinkTankPhoto camera bag. “Ballet in Venice”
  • Fourth place: An Rong Xu, School of Visual Arts in New York, wins ThinkTankPhoto.com camera bag, “Marilyn with Tourist”
  • Fifth place: Kimihiro Hoshino, San Francisco State University, wins ThinkTankPhoto.com camera bag. “Colorful Bowling”
  • Sixth place: Karen Zhou, freelance, “Museum of Death Worker”

Photo judges:
H. Lorren Au., Jr, Orange County Register photographer
Jae C.Hong, Associated Press photographer
Ken Kwok, Los Angeles Times photo editor

Photography winners Lianne Milton, right, and Vino Wong, left, pose during the AAJA National Journalist Awards. Winners were awarded at the AAJA Gala Awards Banquet.
Photography winners Lianne Milton, right, and Vino Wong, left, pose during the AAJA National Journalist Awards. Winners were awarded at the AAJA Gala Awards Banquet.

PHOTOGRAPHY-UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER
Lianne Milton, freelance photojournalist, “Five Years Later: A New Hope”
http://www.liannemiltonphotography.com

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ISSUES
Vino Wong, photojournalist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Past Still A Big Part of Rising Vietnam”
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/travel/intdestinations/saigon-vietnam-vacation/

Agence France Presse photojournalist Stan Honda autographs a book at the Japanese American National Museum from his project, "Moving Walls," of the Heart Mountain (Wyoming) internment camp. Honda spoke and showed pictures in a program at the museum about the 1994 recovery of barracks near the site of the camp where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II.
Agence France Presse photojournalist Stan Honda autographs a book at the Japanese American National Museum from his project, "Moving Walls," of the Heart Mountain (Wyoming) internment camp. Honda spoke and showed pictures in a program at the museum about the 1994 recovery of barracks near the site of the camp where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II.
A Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe pair of street performers looks on as a small Korean religious group marches on carrying signs advocating Jesus Christ along Hollywood Blvd. First place: Karen Zhou, freelance, "Marilyn and Michael and Jesus"
A Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe pair of street performers looks on as a small Korean religious group marches on carrying signs advocating Jesus Christ along Hollywood Blvd. First place: Karen Zhou, freelance, "Marilyn and Michael and Jesus"
A skater, who frequents Venice Beach, grasps his board mid-air to secure his jump. "Skateboarder at Venice" Second place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University.
A skater, who frequents Venice Beach, grasps his board mid-air to secure his jump. "Skateboarder at Venice" Second place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University.
"Ballet in Venice" Third place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University
"Ballet in Venice" Third place: Vivian Wong, Stanford University
Tourist posing for photos with a wax statute of Marilyn Monroe out side of Madame Tussaud, Hollywood. "Marilyn with Tourist" Fourth place: An Rong Xu, School of Visual Arts in New York
Tourist posing for photos with a wax statute of Marilyn Monroe out side of Madame Tussaud, Hollywood. "Marilyn with Tourist" Fourth place: An Rong Xu, School of Visual Arts in New York
Michelle Le bowls Thursday night at a bowling bar in Hollywood Lucky Strike. Although the bar has many bowling lanes, most of the customers stay around the bar leaving the lanes empty. "Colorful Bowling" Fifth place: Kimihiro Hoshino, San Francisco State University
Michelle Le bowls Thursday night at a bowling bar in Hollywood Lucky Strike. Although the bar has many bowling lanes, most of the customers stay around the bar leaving the lanes empty. "Colorful Bowling" Fifth place: Kimihiro Hoshino, San Francisco State University
Erek Michael, manager at The Museum of Death poses in front the museum's clock & poster. "Museum of Death Worker" Sixth place: Karen Zhou, freelance
Erek Michael, manager at The Museum of Death poses in front the museum's clock & poster. "Museum of Death Worker" Sixth place: Karen Zhou, freelance

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org

Photography winners of AAJA National Journalist Awards announced

Photography winners of the AAJA National Journalist Awards. Winners will be awarded on Saturday, August 7 at the AAJA Gala Awards Banquet.

PHOTOGRAPHY-UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER
Lianne Milton, freelance photojournalist, “Five Years Later: A New Hope”
http://www.liannemiltonphotography.com/

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ISSUES
Vino Wong, photojournalist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Past Still A Big Part of Rising Vietnam”
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/travel/intdestinations/saigon-vietnam-vacation/

More info,
www.aaja.org