SNAP JUDGEMENTS GALLERY DISPLAYS PHOTO WORKS.

Byline: Daily News

LANCASTER - Lancaster Photography Association members have been involved in a photographic revolution.

Many members have embraced new digital technologies, shooting images captured electronically rather than on chemical-coated cellulose film, while others continue to practice their craft in familiar black and white and color processes.

``Photography has been rediscovered,'' said Lyle Trusty, the show chairman.

Some 80 recent works by about 25 association members go on display as fine art in a show opening Friday at the Cedar Centre art gallery.

The show is dedicated to the photography association, the Antelope Valley Allied Arts Association and the Lakes and Valleys Art Guild for working to raise the standards of art in the Antelope Valley.

A reception is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, on Cedar Avenue at Lancaster Boulevard. The works will be on display until Jan. 8. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Admission is free.

The new digital technology has resulted in people taking better photographs, said Trusty, who uses a professional-grade Nikon single-lens reflex digital camera. The Lancaster club has gained many new members who joined after they bought a digital camera and wanted to learn how to use it.

``Now you can take a picture and see if it's good. If you didn't get a good one, you can take another right away,'' Trusty said.

With a digital camera, a photographer can scan the images into a computer, examine them, turn them into the best pictures they can make, and print them out at home, Trusty said.

``You have a darkroom in your office,'' he said.

The club has about 90 members, who range from ``point and shoot'' novices to professionals, Trusty said.

The club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at the Antelope Valley Senior Center, 777 W. Jackman St.

It also hosts photography field trips and workshops, ranging from basic photography for novices, to advanced sessions such as how to operate the advanced Adobe Photoshop software.

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(1 -- color) Sue Craft holds her photograph ``Leona Valley 2005,'' which is part of the Lancaster Photography Association's show that opens Friday at the Cendar Centre art gallery. Some 80 recent works by about 25 association members go on display until Jan. 8. A reception is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, on Cedar Avenue at Lancaster Boulevard. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Admission is free.

(2 -- color) Show Chairman Lyle Trusty helps Kay Henrickson hang her photograph, ``Heaven and Earth,'' for the Lancaster Photography Association's show.

(3 -- color) ``Duck in Reflection'' is a work by photographer Lyle Trusty. The show is dedicated to area arts associations who are working to raise the standards of art in the Antelope Valley.

Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer