The days are now finally longer than the nights -- help us usher in the spring season with a very special event. The LADIG is proud to showcase the work of pioneering electron microscope artist, photographer and scientist David Scharf:

http://www.scharfphoto.com/about/

David will show his work and talk about his innovative approach to  electron microscopy as well as his printing methods starting at 8:00. Lee Varis (our fearless president) will kick-off the evening at 7:30 with a short tutorial on false-color RGB lighting effects that you can apply to your own work.

Date: April 14th
Time: 6:30-9:30
Place: A&I Color
    933 N. Highland Ave.
    Hollywood, CA 90038
    323-856-5280

Join us at 6:30 for food and refreshments –– presentations will start at 7:30. Eizo monitors will be on hand with their latest LCD monitors.

David Scarf's images define the state-of-the-art in electron microscopy. In the early '70s he developed techniques to keep many plant and animal specimens alive and in their "natural state", bypassing the traditional methods of killing, fixing, dehydrating, and gold coating, and thereby showing images of life-forms with clarity and realism never before seen.

Keeping with the tradition of innovation, David Scharf has adapted his imaging techniques to real-time video, being the first to capture insects alive and moving in the Scanning Electron Microscope (S.E.M.) He was first to create HDTV sequences and motion picture footage from the S.E.M. In 1991 he introduced a completely new coloring system to scanning electron microscopy, utilizing multiple electron detectors to encode an intuitive coloration. The effect of this RGB coloration is an enhanced 3D look that has people looking at the prints from the side to see if they are embossed.