report on the meeting janruary 28th 2008

A crowded room paid homage to black and white images last night.
David Morland's workshop and lecture was a big sucess with 25 members listening. He started with classic photos taken years ago by Ansell Adams, but they still rank among the best black and white ever produced, and this was our benchmark to achieve.
Using editing processes to enhance our images he suggested different ways by which a standard photo will end up with the correct variance and degree of black, grey and white to be spectacular and unforgetable photo. Each member trying to follow religously on their own laptop.
Oh would it be that such lesser mortals as ourselves could achieve such fame that would live as long as old Ansell.....
Maybe certain members who produce the odd startling image will obtain some lesser local praise but do so they must enter the Monochrome competition, but be aware the entries must be in by February 4th. AND the judge is none other than our resident expert, David Morland himself...
For the interested or converted the jugement Day will be 18th February, so come along and see if the message has got home.




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Mono Images with Elements

Here are the notes from David from Monday night's tutorial.

Converting to Mono

Use Greyscale, left click Image menu then select Mode then Greyscale.

Use Desaturate , left click Enhance menu then Adjust Colour, then Hue and Saturate or use short cut (Ctr L).

With Elements 5 there is a Mono converter which is found Enhance Menu – Adjust Colour.

Adjusting Tones in Elements

Open Image > open layers palette > left click on adjustment layer icon (half black, half white circle) > select Hue and Saturation > slide the saturation slider to the left to Desaturate, next left click on image in layers palette to activate > left click on adjustment layer icon and this time select Layers.

You are ready to adjust the tonal range within the image.

In the layers palette select RGB on top of box that will show the three primary colours which you can now select individually then using the sliders below the histogram move to obtain the required tonal range you want. When you are happy with the result flatten the image.

Selective Contrast Control

Use Dodge and Burn in the Tools Palette.

Select Burn > set the opacity to between 1 – 5 % and to Shadows, using a large soft edged brush work over selective parts of the image.

Select Dodge > set the opacity as above but this time change to Highlights then again as above.

External Competition : Hayling Island Camera Club

Hayling Island Camera club will be holding its 2008 Projected Image Exhibition at Havant Museum, Havant, Hampshire from Saturday 5th April through Saturday 26th April 2008.

We invite digital or slide entries for this open exhibition. Entry details and forms can be downloaded from our web-site at http://www.haylingislandcameraclub.co.uk/

Rules at http://tinyurl.com/yp2mqv

Entry Details at http://tinyurl.com/2hv5yj

Closing date for entries is 5th March 2008.



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Updated Spring 2008 Programme

January 7th	X FACTOR	Club Night Entries for President’s competition
January 14th	EXCHANGE	Berwick
January 21st	COMPETITION	President’s Competition Subject Food, Panel of Three Images Judge: Michael Voice
January 28th	PRACTICAL	Black & White (what makes a good picture and conversion in photoshop) David Morland
February 4th	LECTURE	“Natural History” Michael Palmer Michael has 400+ slides to show us! Entries for Monochrome competition
February 11th	HALF TERM – NO MEETING
February 18th	COMPETITION	Monochrome competition (subject: open) Black & White, Sephia and Duo Toned images. Judge: David Morland
February 25th	LECTURE	"Hong Kong” by Andrew Linscott entries for Pictorial competition
March 3rd	PRACTICAL	Model Night The ladies have asked to come back!
March 10th	COMPETITION	Pictorial Subject: Seasons Judge:
March 17th	AGM	Annual General Meeting
March 24th	Easter Monday No Meeting	No Meeting
March 31st	DINNER & PRIZE PRESENTATION

Y P U compettitions

Hi folks Jim here your photo sect.

Some competitions for you from the Yorkshire Photographic Union..there will be more details ar our meetings.

Jim

Useful tools, Namexif

Namexif™ is a tool to automatically rename photos with the date they were shot.
Digital cameras have their own clock and record the date to each photos with a precision of a second. Since the date and time is recorded for each photos (provided it is an EXIF compliant digital camera), Namexif™ is able to rename these photos according to the date.
# Doing so will: make chronological order same as alphabetical one,
# set a unique name to your photos
http://www.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html


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A Good Day Out

Have a day in ILkley...there is a wonderful old persons centre  by the car park
 

Jim

10 Tips for DSLR users

Some quick tips for DSLR users

From website Digital Photography School

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Tutorial on sharing your pictures online

Before the advent of digital photography, if you wanted to share your photos with your friends you either had to make lots of expensive copies of your prints from the the original negatives, or invite your friends over to look through your photo album, or even set up the slide projector and subject them all to a couple of hours of upside-down and out-of-focus holiday snaps. However in this modern age of wonders in which we live, it's relatively easy to share your photos with people from all over the world quickly and cheaply by using one of several services available on the Internet. Read on to find out how...


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HELP SAVE RIPON BATHS

Please help to save Ripon Baths by going to this web site http://www.saveourspa.co.uk/ and to help even further please post your views on the forum.

 

meetings

Hello folks..this is jim your RCPS sect calling..

 

Monday 7th meeting is a fun night...-please bring up to 5 prints with you..we will have a light arted discussion on them , led by a panel of  " experts " david, paul and andrew...so you 3 please note and come early, dress imformal.

 

Also entries are required for The Presidents competition, 3 images in a panel on FOOD, either prints or digital.

 

And we also would like your entries for the major national competition the club has entered, remember any subject but must be digital, and must be JPEG 1400 x 1050.. we need to send 20 entries from 8 members.Will be chosen by all members January 21 st 

Jim

Monday 7th Jan 2008 - X Factor

Hi Folks

Reminder for tomorrow night:

Please bring some prints (up to five each) with you tomorrow evening.

We are having an X-Factor club night and need to have some pictures for our "wise men" to comment on.
This is not a competition but an opportunity to look at and comment upon each other's work (in a light-hearted manner).

Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Diane & Kathryn
Fixtures Secretaries

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year from all us at Ripon City Photographic Society!

Don't forget the first meeting of 2008 is on Monday 7th Jan 2008
Bring along your enteries to the President’s Competition Subject Food, Panel of Three Images.

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