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beginning photo class field trip to ruth bancroft gardens beginning photo class field trip to chapel of chimes
"Fran,You are an awesome photography teacher. You are the one who spurred that enthusiasm in me!!"
Barbara Anderson, Retired Respiratory Therapist, Former Photo Student at Pittsburg Adult Education Center
NEW DIGITAL CAMERA CLASS
Unfamiliar with your digital camera? Do you want to understand
digital photography terms and get better pictures? This introductory class
will cover camera handling, composition, digital exposure settings and more!
We will review your photos and offer ways to improve your picture taking.
**Please note: Students are requested to bring their camera and manual to
each class and have a flash drive to upload photos of assignments each week for review.
CLASS LOCATIONS:
PITTSBURG ADULT EDUCATION CENTER 1151 Stoneman Ave. Pittsburg, CA
REGISTER IN PERSON OR ON LINE AT http://www.pittsburg.k12.ca.us/paec/800x600/index.htm
and
Mt. Diablo Adult Education Center 1 Santa Barbara Rd Pleasant Hill, CA
TUESDAY afternoons, JAN. 10 – 31, 2012
Course #96250001 12:45 - 3:45 pm
http:// www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/adulted and click on Lifelong Education to register
Visual Storytelling & Ancestral Roots workshop TBA
Unfamiliar with your digital camera? Do you want to understand
digital photography terms and get better pictures? This introductory class
will cover camera handling, composition, digital exposure settings and more!
We will review your photos and offer ways to improve your picture taking.
**Please note: Students are requested to bring their camera and manual to
each class and have a flash drive to upload photos of assignments each week for review.
CLASS LOCATIONS:
PITTSBURG ADULT EDUCATION CENTER 1151 Stoneman Ave. Pittsburg, CA
REGISTER IN PERSON OR ON LINE AT http://www.pittsburg.k12.ca.us/paec/800x600/index.htm
and
Mt. Diablo Adult Education Center 1 Santa Barbara Rd Pleasant Hill, CA
TUESDAY afternoons, JAN. 10 – 31, 2012
Course #96250001 12:45 - 3:45 pm
http:// www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/adulted and click on Lifelong Education to register
Visual Storytelling & Ancestral Roots workshop TBA
Old photos like this one and all of the stories I heard about my ancestor's life was a integral part of my
photographic and literary development as a small child. I always listened closely to all of the tales my ancestors
told. Some true, some woven like the cloth they embroidered, some stories exaggerated and told to capture
a young child's vivid imagination. If enough family members told the story, we made it fact! :)
In the true spirit of Italian artistry, my family lives on deep inside of my soul.
My maternal Neapolitan Grandmother Antonia Antonetta Juliana Matera-Diorato was born Sept 8, 1899
in a small village in the Province of Compania, Naples, Italy. She is in black velvet, third person from the
left. This was shot in the sewing factory where she toiled with other immigrant women doing "piece work".
She worked long hours and us grandchildren would run up to meet her and carry her bags of sewing home from
the sweatshop. Grandma was a hard working contadina, with a zest for life, a fun loving spirit, and was most definetly
the matriarch of our family as she lost my grandpa Miguel at a young age.
Mille Grazie Grandma for watching over all of us! Con amore, Francesca, your youngest granddaughter
photographic and literary development as a small child. I always listened closely to all of the tales my ancestors
told. Some true, some woven like the cloth they embroidered, some stories exaggerated and told to capture
a young child's vivid imagination. If enough family members told the story, we made it fact! :)
In the true spirit of Italian artistry, my family lives on deep inside of my soul.
My maternal Neapolitan Grandmother Antonia Antonetta Juliana Matera-Diorato was born Sept 8, 1899
in a small village in the Province of Compania, Naples, Italy. She is in black velvet, third person from the
left. This was shot in the sewing factory where she toiled with other immigrant women doing "piece work".
She worked long hours and us grandchildren would run up to meet her and carry her bags of sewing home from
the sweatshop. Grandma was a hard working contadina, with a zest for life, a fun loving spirit, and was most definetly
the matriarch of our family as she lost my grandpa Miguel at a young age.
Mille Grazie Grandma for watching over all of us! Con amore, Francesca, your youngest granddaughter
Photo by Frank Roccaforte, Sr
My mother Vee and her sons enjoying a loving moment in time.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY LATE MOTHER & DAD AND BROTHERS
AND A BIG THANK YOU TO MY MOM & DAD FOR ALWAYS
SUPPORTING MY ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS
To further your Italian roots history check out Cyndi's List . Cyndi's List is great for Genealogical research for all cultures. Mille Grazie Cindi! Brava! http://www.cyndislist.com/italy.htm#General
