summer of analogue

Drop the digital: Lomography Austin's photography workshops are coming in June

Sprocket Rocket
Sprocket Rocket
Fisheye 2
Horizon
Diana F+

Summer is fast-approaching, the days getting a little longer and the weather a little (well, a lot) hotter. It’s the perfect time to brush up on your analogue photography skills to capture your summer adventures, your friends and family or just walks exploring around town with new techniques and new camera formats.

To help with your journey, The Lomography Austin store (located on South Congress just two blocks from the Capitol) is offering a full schedule of photography classes during the month of June. All workshops include a loaner camera, instructional lecture and a roll of film.

So put down your digital camera — or more likely your iPhone and Instagram — pick up one of Lomo's cameras and let your creativity fly.

Saturday, June 2

$10 Camera Workshop with Meggie, Set Sail with La Sardina

Designed to look like a sardine tin, La Sardina is a 35mm camera with a wide angle lens and multiple exposure capabilities that let you shoot more than one image on a frame.

Wednesday, June 6

$10 Camera Workshop with Marleigh, Get close with the Fisheye II

Ever see those photos that are so wide they are bending at the edge making the image into a circle? That’s what the super wide Fisheye II captures. Fun for action and adventure, the fish eye lets you see the world in a slightly wider way.

Saturday, June 9

$10 Camera Workshop with Angie, Analogue movie making with the LomoKino

Lomography isn’t just for still photos anymore. The new LomoKino uses 35mm film to capture 144 frames on a single roll creating a short movie, and capturing your vacation or day at the lake in motion.

Wednesday, June 13

$10 Camera Workshop with Kelly, Shooting with the Sprocket Rocket

The Sprocket Rocket allows you to shoot full frame, including the sprockets (the holes on the sides of film that allow the film to advance). This is a really cool effect to add to your arsenal of techniques.

Saturday, June 16

$10 Film Workshop with Meggie, Spool is in Session

Wednesday, June 20

Summer Solstice at Lomography Austin: The Longest Day of Workshops

Take advantage of the longest day of the year by learning the Lomo ropes. The Diana F+ is a homage to the 1960's medium format camera, using 120mm film you can learn to load and shoot with a larger format film. With a swinging lens, the Horizon camera shoots panoramic photos, it's perfect for those large group photos or landscape photography.

Saturday, June 23

$20 LomoJourney with Lindsay, Keep Austin Weird Festival and 5K

Join in on the weirdness, this workshop includes two roles of film and entrance into one of Austin's signature summer events.

Wednesday, June 27

Community Photo Night: Analogue Dialogue

Come together with other Lomo-ers and talk tips, secrets and photos.

Saturday, June 30

$10 LomoWalk with Angie, Take your Doggie to Lomography Day

What's better than taking pictures? Hanging out with your dog and taking pictures! Fido and friends are invited on this adventure walk.

---

For more information on Lomography Austin's summer classes, visit the Lomography website.

unspecified

Night at the Museum

Austin museum opens lush gala afterparties to the public for first time

Photo from Thecontemporaryaustin.org.

undefined

For 11 years now, the Contemporary Austin has been hosting "Art Dinners" at its lakeside location, Laguna Gloria. These fairytale-like galas take place as dusk sets in, surrounded by twinkling lights strung across the property's sprawling 14-acre sculpture park. But until now, they've been invitation-only affairs. For the first time ever, the Contemporary Austin is inviting the public to the best part this magical evening: a late-night afterparty.

The Art Dinners have welcomed 300 art luminaries, collectors, civic leaders, and philanthropists over these years to raise funds for the museum's classes and exhibits.

On October 25, once the dishes are put away and the early birds have weeded themselves out, the Art Dinner Afterparty will begin. It will go from 9:30 until "late evening."

Guests can expect a pop-up cocktail bar by the cool Austin speakeasy Garage, with specialty drinks like espresso martinis. Plus, there will be late night snacks from Dolce Bacio Gelato and Restart CBD. Live music and performances will be provided by J'cuuzi and DJ SuperNova of Pangea Sound. Highlights also include: tarot card and palm readings, live body painting, and fire dancing. All of this set to the stunning backdrop of Laguna Gloria's grounds at night. It's basically A Midsummer Night's Dream.

A DJ performs at a late-night Laguna Gloria party. Live music for this after party will include performances by J'cuuzi and DJ SuperNova of Pangea Sound. Photo courtesy of Giant Noise

"We're excited for the magic of our iconic Art Dinner to reach wider audiences," says the museum's Earnest and Sarah Butler executive director and CEO, Sharon Maidenberg, in a release. "We wanted to extend the welcome to more folks and give them the opportunity to engage with our gala, which has historically been a very intimate affair."

Tickets are now on sale on the Contemporary Austin's website at $160 for members and $200 for nonmembers. Ticket sales will benefit the museum's exhibits and educational programming. The Contemporary is Austin's only museum focused solely on contemporary artists and their work. It offers year-round exhibitions, classes, workshops, and events.

$The Contemporary Austin \u2014 Laguna Gloria$ The Contemporary Austin — Laguna Gloria is one of the most beautifu Artwork by Tom Friedman, photo by Brian Fitzsimmons via the Contemporary Austin

Event organizers recommend that guests "dress sharp." Valet parking will be provided, but if this night is as Shakespearian as we think it might be, you may want to catch a rideshare.

More information about the museum is available at thecontemporaryaustin.org.

museums galleries galas dinner visual art