Established in 1949. The Society exists to further the skills, interests and enjoyment of all types of photography. It provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas on photographic techniques, and encourages an appreciation of the artistic and creative side of photography. Members of all levels of achievement are encouraged to show and discuss their work. No photographic knowledge required - just enjoy viewing photographs and the night out!

Tuesday, 29 May 2007

The Sharow Photographic Open Competition 2007

The Sharow Photographic Open Competition for April 2007 is now complete. Prize monies have been paid, £500 has been sent to Macmillan Cancer Support and the winner's images and commendations are now published on their website: www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk

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Thursday, 24 May 2007

Photo Critic

PhotoCritic.org is a good site with lots of articles about photography covering hobby and professional applications.
http://www.photocritic.org/

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How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps

How to Photograph Silhouettes in 8 Easy Steps
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph-silhouettes/

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Tuesday, 22 May 2007

Monday, 21 May 2007

Annual Exhibition, September 15th and 16th 2007

The 2007 Ripon City Photographic Society's Annual exhibition will be on September 15th and 16th, at the Hugh Ripley hall in Ripon.

Opening times 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

Portraits will be available taken in a studio setting, charge a fixed price of £10, with a choice of 3 prints.

Refreshments will be available.

Sponsors are now being approached and will have space to advertise in the room as well as appearing in our annual programme.

Information for members
Set up time sat. 7 am.

Members are asked to have all entries in by August 18th (bring to the B B Q) or ask a member to bring in for anyone not attending. If not contact Sarah to arrange the handover.

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How to turn your photo into movie-like effect using Photoshop

Digital media blog Ebin has written up a somewhat simple tutorial on how to give your photos the movie look with Adobe Photoshop.
http://tinyurl.com/24ymd2


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Friday, 18 May 2007

Thursday, 17 May 2007

Free Photoshop plugins


Plugins and filters extend Photoshop by providing new funtionality and effects that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to achieve or by simplifying a process. Here is a list of a bunch of ones you can get for FREE!

http://tutorialblog.org/free-photoshop-plugins/


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Monday, 14 May 2007

How to Take Travel Pictures Like a Pro


This tutorial focuses on taking better vacation pictures http://www.fodors.com/focus/

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Digital Photography Competition

Digital Photography Competition

Starting this month, TrustedReviews will be running a photography competition that will give you the chance to show off your best photos, and to win some very nice prizes. Each month I’ll announce a new theme and a closing date, and then you’ll have one month to take a photo on that theme. After the closing date, our panel of expert judges will pick a winner, who will receive a prize package from leading memory card manufacturer SanDisk, consisting of a superb high-speed 2GB Extreme III memory card in the format of your choice, plus a versatile 12-in-1 memory card reader.

Find out more here http://tinyurl.com/2exbwy


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Friday, 4 May 2007

Contact us on Google Groups

If you have a question to ask about the society or photography in general, pop along to http://groups.google.co.uk/group/RiponCityPhotographic/ and post a message and we'll do our best to answer it.

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Thursday, 3 May 2007

Free 26 Page Photo book if ordered by 30th May

For a limited time, Fastlab offers you a free Photo Booklet in size 5.5" x 5" with 26 pages and a personalised cover. It can contain more than 100 of your personal photos.

http://tinyurl.com/36ak2j


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Wednesday, 2 May 2007

FREE online photgraphy course

Welcome to Jodies Coston's Free Online Photography Course sponsored by the morguefile.com and its contributors. This course is free and open to the public.
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php

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Antique Soviet Cameras


Got some old Soviet made film cameras and want to know more about them, then this site is well worth a visit.
http://www.rus-camera.com/


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Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Graphic Tables


Graphic tablets are an amazing tool that every designer should have in their arsenal. Whether your creating vectors in Illustrator or doing some photo retouching in Photoshop they can help. They can take a bit of getting used-to but once you master them they will save you time and make the process easier. Here we take a look at some of the best ones … http://tutorialblog.org/graphic-tablets/


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