Pictorial 2008 Competition Results

1. Pictorial competition 20th October 2008 - Judged by Richard Egan

Print Entry:

1st 22 West Burton Falls Ian Whittaker

2nd 03 Where's The Loo Jim Griffin

3rd 08 Mountain Sunset Denise Carrigan

HC 27 West Burton Falls Shirley Wildsmith

HC 17 Masai Mara Andrew Linscott

HC 16 West Burton Woods Shirley Wildsmith

Digital Entry:

1st 03 Easter Day Ian Whittaker (Best Overall)

2nd 25 Straw Hat Kathryn Carter

3rd 19 Newby Hall Diane Bowes

HC 23 St Mary's Frosty Morning Ian Whittaker

Hopefully I'll be able to post some of the winning pictures here soon.

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Fourth Sharow Photographic Competition in May 2009

Fourth Sharow Photographic Competition in May
2009 www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk

The fourth competition is in support of Martin House Hospice.

New for 2009:

• A Club Portfolio Section - win up to £350 for your Photographic Club


• An extended Schools & Colleges Section

Click here to see the entry details

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3rd November Meeting, Paul Miguel Lecture

3rd November Meeting

Come along to see the lecture by Paul Miguel and hand in your entries to the natural history competition

Meeting Monday 3rd November at 7:30pm at the HUGH RIPLEY HALL RIPON (Upstairs)

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Programme Update, 19th January 2009

On 19^th January 2009 we will have some visitors for an exchange from the Gallery Photogroup from Middlesbrough. In return Ripon will visit their club in September.

Its Gallery Photogroup and meets Tuesdays at the Southlands Centre
http://www.galleryphotogroup.co.uk/

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T & E Cox 4 Kirkgate, Ripon

Anybody has any knowledge that would help this lady ?

Jim

Dear Mr Griffin,

I am hoping your Society may have some record of a Tom Cox who established the above business in the early 1900s. I understand the business was taken over in the early 1950s by a Leon Smallwood and the premises are now occupied by Tunnard & Co, Solicitors.

Tom Cox was my grandfather's older brother and when he first moved to Ripon from Mirfield he was a watchmaker/jeweller and I had no knowledge (until recently) that he had become a photographer. He had a daughter Edith who could also have been a photographer (hence the T & E Cox), plus sons Cyril, Walter and another daughter Florence.

I understand the Ripon Photographic Society was founded in 1949 and that a presentation Crowther Cox silver vase exists and wonder if there is any connection. Tom Cox (85) and his daughter Edith (62) both died within days of each other in February 1957 and there may well be family descendants still living in the Ripon/Harrogate area.

Perhaps you would be kind enough to mention my query at one of your meetings as somebody just might know something.

As I live in Sussex I am unable to easily visit Yorkshire at present and would be most grateful for any help you may be able to provide.

Sincerely,

Christine Gett (Mrs)

meeting 20/10/08

 
Jim
 
 
Meeting 20/10/08 in the Rat  ?
Sarah in the chair, Paul,Kathryn,Jim, Diane,david
Exhibition….Kathryn to bring 2 sets boards from the Masham Club..thankyou masham…
Monday night get volunteers to carry boards down to Pauls car who will store them till Saturday.
Sarah ordered new boards for Ripon, should be here Tuesday,( said with fingers and toes crossed )
 
Jim to email or write to all members and contacts about Exhibition..contact papers. D@S, YP<Gazette.,Put city center pasters up, then on the day and put roadside and town centre posters.
 
Fetch,tea,coffee,tablecloths, wash up stuff
Badges for committee,some disagreement, whats the score..?
Sarah to collect advertising from Ripon Interiors, also buy as  much Velcro as poss, and biscuits  …
 
Monday night meeting,,,boar5d mounting night, Kathryn has some board mounts spare.
Getting late so meeting closed.

27th October Meeting, Tutorial on preparing your digital images

27th October Meeting

Come along to and learn the best ways to prepare prints for exhibition & select digital images for exchange.

Meeting Monday 27th October at 7:30pm at the HUGH RIPLEY HALL RIPON (Upstairs)

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20th October Meeting, Pictorial competition

20th October Meeting

Come along to see the results of the Pictorial competition, how did your pictures do?

Meeting Monday 20th October at 7:30pm at the HUGH RIPLEY HALL RIPON (Upstairs)

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13th October Meeting, YPU Review

13th October Meeting

Come along to see the Review selection of digital images from
last year’s YPU competition.

Meeting Monday 13th October at 7:30pm at the HUGH RIPLEY HALL RIPON (Upstairs)

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Huge Collection of Photoshop Tutorials from A-Z

A huge collection of Photoshop tutorials.
Read on

101 Hidden Tips & Secrets For Photoshop You may already know some of these, but it’s certainly worth a look for the one’s you don’t.

5 Great Background Masking Techniques in Photoshop covers masking techniques using Photoshop including: isolate objects, extract objects, cut out an image, and remove a background. Learn to isolate an object from the rest of the image.

Add a Little Contrast to Your Photos put some pop back into your low contrast images with this tutorial.

Add Text to Clipart from Laurie McCanna

Add Texture to Type from Laurie McCanna

Adding a Color Tint in Photoshop CS3 Thanks to the new Black & White command in the Photoshop CS3, it’s simple to create a great black and white image and add a color tint.

Adjusting Exposure in Adobe Camera Raw CS3 This tutorial deals with exposure in Adobe Camera Raw CS3.

Adjustment Layers 101 If you’ve not yet discovered the benefits of using adjustment layers, you owe it to yourself to read this article.

Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet The pen tool works pretty much the same across Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Learn the differences between the various pen symbols with this handy helper.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 Tips Here are ten great tips to get you started in Lightroom 1.0.

Anti-aliasing guide an important technique in making graphics and text easy to read on-screen is anti-aliasing.

Beginners Guide to Creating a Glossy Effect This tutorial guides you through the simple steps to creating a glossy object.

Charcoal Drawing with Photoshop is a tutorial on how you can apply charcoal drawing effect to your photos using Photoshop.

Controlled Image Sharpening with Photoshop use Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask filter to sharpen up your pics.

Create 3D Abstract Crystals Learn to create 3D crystals in Photoshop without using 3D software.

Create Golden Text Create text in precious metal (gold) using this beginner’s based tutorial.

Create a Hollywood style Text Effect from Laurie McCanna

Create a Stone Texture In this Photoshop Tutorial .. you’ll learn to create a realistic stone texture.

Create a Paper Texture from Laurie McCanna

Create A Photo Within A Photo In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to bring more focus to your main subject by creating the illusion of a smaller, cropped version of the image within itself.

Create a Seamless Cloud Background from Laurie McCanna

Creating a Layered Threshold Effect in Photoshop Using the Threshold command in Adobe Photoshop can create a neat one color effect. A full color photo can be turned into a black outline. This technique involves creating a different shade of color to four different layers, all increasing levels of threshold. The result is a “layered threshold” look.

Creating a Smoke Effect in Photoshop Create a smoke effect with Photoshop.

Create a Transparent GIF from Laurie McCanna

Create Denim Cube Textures This tutorial will teach you how to quickly create very believable denim-like cube textures using Photoshop’s built in features.

Create Glowing Text from Laurie McCanna

Creating a Rope in Photoshop This tutorial illustrates how to create a rope using blending and filters.

Creating an Online Portfolio with Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to create an online portfolio from the File Browser in Photoshop CS or Bridge in CS2.

Creating Batch File Processes in Photoshop Have a load of tasks to complete? Create a batch file to do the heavy lifting for you.

Creating Custom Brushes in Photoshop is another great tip from Laurie McCanna.

Create Realistic Hair in Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to create realistic looking hair when little or none exists.

Customizing the Way You Work in Photoshop CS3 is a sample chapter from the book *Adobe Photoshop CS3 On Demand*. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to customize Photoshop CS3 to suit your needs bettter.

Deke McClelland’s Tour of Photoshop CS3 Interface The all time Photoshop guru goes over the new interface and features.

Design a Web 2.0 tab with Photoshop Like those fancy tabs you see all over the place? Check here for a nice tutorial on how it’s done.

Design a Website In Photoshop takes a more graphical approach to the design and layout od a website.

Digital Drawing In this tutorial geared towards the beginner .. you’ll learn to use the vector drawing tools of Photoshop using your mouse.

Drawing Lightning is a tutorial explaining how to make lightning by using filters in Photoshop.

Eraser Tool Video Tutorial is a 2 minute video on the eraser tool from CreativeTechs.

Fade Images in Photoshop Using Layer Masks show you two ways to use Layer Masks to fade images.

Filter Gallery: Quick Reference Check out this handy guide to see exactly how the collection of 47 Gallery Effect filters work when applied to images.

Fine Art Effects - Cubism This article shows the effects of Cubism. The steps are easy to understand, and have lots of good images and screen shots.

Fixing a Washed Out Sky Sometimes the sky isn’t as perfect as you’d like .. this tip has a fix for that problem.

Focus With Light In Photoshop In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to add focus to an image with light, using Photoshop’s Lighting Effects filter and multiple light sources.

Get better .eps preview images from Photoshop You can get beautiful full color/full resolution preview images in your .eps file by following this simple tip.

Getting good grayscale out of Photoshop converting color images to black and white.

Gradient Mapping in Adobe Photoshop Learn to create a half sunset photo.

Gold & Silver Metallic text This tutorial walks you through the creation of precious metals text creation.

Groovy Two Toned Text Effects in Adobe Photoshop Laurie McCanna shows how to create 60’s style effects.

Guy’s Digital Imaging Tips Most are tips for Photoshop, but some are probably applicable to other applications as well.

Hands on Training for Photoshop from DocOzone and Apocalypse Studios

Healing lines under the eyes use the Healing Brush to remove dark circles or wrinkles.

How to Adjust Your Printer Settings to Get Great Photos This article covers how to select the correct options in your printer driver. If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to figure out your printer driver options or you just couldn’t get a print that looked right, this article is for you.

How To Apply A Smart Filter In Photoshop CS3 This Photoshop CS3 tutorial, will look at the basics of how to apply smart filters to an image, a new feature of Adobe Photoshop CS3.

How to Deploy Smart Stacks in Photoshop CS3 Extended This step-by-step tutorial teaches you how to erase moving objects from crowded street scenes with a new feature in Photoshop CS3 Extended. Plus, a workaround for those not ready to shell out big bucks for the new software.

How To Sharpen An Image In Photoshop The techniques in this tutorial are geared towards the advanced Photoshop user, and certainly worth a read.

Laurie McCanna’s Photoshop Tips and Techniques Great techniques for anti-aliasing, balls, beveling, speeding up your work, and more. If you’re getting started with Photoshop or been around the block, you’ll find something here.

Learn to draw circles, 3d concentric circles and 3D round graphics in Photoshop In this tutorial you’ll learn how to draw circles, 3d concentric circles, and more.

Magic lighting effect in Photoshop This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create a cool magical lighting effect. It also uses text morphing and various other methods to create the finished image.

Lunacore Detailed Photoshop tutorials, tips, FAQ, news, training, advice and resources.

Macworld Photoshop CS3 Extended review is a nice and informative review, but puts it’s focus primarily on the special features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.

Metallic Paint in Photoshop is one method of drawing metallic effects in Adobe Photoshop.

Misunderstood Photoshop: The Match Color Tool explains how you can put Photoshop’s Match Color tool to work in your photo editing workflow. Also included is a video tutorial.

Old Movie Effect Using this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll be able to create an Old Movie Effect with the image of your choice.

Optimizing Photoshop for the Web Before you let it out on to the Internet on its own, it is a good idea to net-train it a little.

Optimize performance in Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS is from the Adobe Knowledgebase.

Optimize performance of Photoshop CS3 on Windows XP and Vista From the Adobe Knowledgebase as well.

Organize Your Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom organize your photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Photoshop CS2 Easter Egg - Space Monkey (OS X): Click the Photoshop menu .. then hold down the Command and Option keys, and click *About Photoshop*.
(Windows): Simultaneously press both CTRL+ALT and hold them down. Still pressing CTRL+ALT, click on the *Help* menu and select *About Photoshop*.

Photoshop Professional Tips & Tricks Part of these tricks are of interest to Web designers, others for real world designers. Most of the things described here are undocumented features.

Photoshop Sharpening Tips for Designers Here are a few helpful tips, no matter which method you choose to use, for sharpening your image.

Photoshop Tips Basic, simple, well-illustrated instruction for beginning Photoshop users.

Photoshop Your Stamps With PhotoStamps Learn to create your own customized postage stamps with Photoshop.

Printing from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Add Edge Effects onOne Software’s Mike Wong has a tutorial explaining how to apply borders and edge effects from within Photoshop Lightroom.

Puzzle effect This tutorial will show you how to apply puzzle effect to a picture.

Recolor Clipart from Laurie McCanna

Refining Selections is a look at selecting an area to work on in Photoshop.

Removing Dust Spots from Multiple Photos By using Lightroom’s Remove Spots tool along with the Synchronize feature you can zap those spots in a heartbeat.

Resize Clipart from Laurie McCanna

Retouching the Mouth in Photoshop Elements Tips on how to whiten smiles, enhance lips, fixing spaces between teeth .. and more.

Review of Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended by Lori Grunin of CNET.

Rumpled Picture Effect in Photoshop this tutorial shows how to create a crumpled effect in Photoshop.

Selecting & Extracting Hair One of the toughest jobs in Photoshop, or any image editing app .. is editing hair. This tutorial shows you how to stack the deck in your favor … BEFORE you even snap the picture.

Sharpening The Right Way In Photoshop Using Smart Sharpen instead of Unsharp Mask.

Shortcuts At A Glance covers the plethora of keyboard shortcuts available in Photoshop.

Simulate An Infrared Photo Effect In Photoshop In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to simulate the look of infrared photography.

Stained metal effect texture in Photoshop In this tutorial you will see how to make a texture with stained metal effect.

Top 10 new things you can do with Photoshop CS3 are 10 new reasons that are certainly worth mentioning if you’re thinking up upgrading.

Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 1 explains the fundamental concepts you need to understand to work with type in Photoshop.

Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 2: Type Layers and Tools explains how you can work with Photoshop’s type layers and tools to add text to your artwork.

Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 3: Type-Related Palettes Pete Bauer provides an in depth look at the many type related options Photoshop offers through the Character and Paragraph palettes.

Using Photoshop’s Free Transform Command Learn to apply transformations (move, rotate, scale, skew, distort, perspective and wrap) in one continuous operation with this tutorial.

Water bubbles in Photoshop is a tutorial showing you how to make water bubbles in Adobe Photoshop.

Web Domination Using Photoshop This Photoshop tutorial teaches you resizing, rotating documents and layers, using masks, curves, custom shapes, transparent images, gradients, and style dialogs.

What’s New in Photoshop CS3 Is a 4.05 MB, 24 page PDF file from Martin Evening’s book: Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers. This PDF is chapter 1 from the book .. and outlines all the new features of Photoshop CS3 and Bridge 2, written from a user’s perspective.

Working With High Dynamic Range in Photoshop CS3 Tutorial Photoshop’s Merge to HDR (High Dynamic Range) is still not able to merge exposures where subjects have moved between the separate exposures. The technique in this tutorial shows you how to resolve this problem.

Working With Shadows In Photoshop Learn the fine art of isolating and preserving delicate and complex shadows for transplantation to exotic new backgrounds in the advanced tutorial.

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Software to create AV presentations

Here are some of the links for the software David suggested in his excellent tutorial on creating AV presentations.

• Picture to Exe http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/index.html
• Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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5 Elements of Composition in Photography

Good Composition is a key element of good photographs yet is something that is hard to define.

Instead of looking at composition as a set of ‘rules’ to follow - I view it as a set of ingredients that can be taken out of the pantry at any point and used to make a great ‘meal’ (photograph).

Alternatively I’ve often described it as a set of ‘tools’ that can be taken out of one’s compositional tool belt at any given time in the construction of a great image.

The key is to remember that in the same way as a chef rarely uses all the ingredients at their disposal in any dish - that a photographer rarely uses all of the ingredients of composition in the making of an image.

Today I’d like to look at five of the ingredients (or tools, or elements) of composition that I draw on in my photography. They’re not ‘rules’ - just things that I consider when setting up a shot.

Read on for details......

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Report on the meeting 29th September 2008

First meeting of our new season and "wow " it started well. 35 members and visitors enjoyed the famous photographer Derry Brabbs. He took us on a Magic Carpet tour of the Coast to Coast walk when he collaborated with THE MAN Alfred Wainwright.

Each photo had a story and Derry is a great raconteur, technical tips, humour and an explanation of how and why he took that particular photograph kept the audience captivated. Anecdotes about the great man unfolded all evening, if there were two paths Alfred took the highest,he was always right in any argument about paths and if the tripod was moved the photo was useless.

Starting from St Bees in the Lake District to Robin Hoods bay, up the coast, left at Newcastle to Hadrian's Wall, Derry brought back to the audience memories of favourite places and hills with his stunning photographs. Apparently the way to catch the best light is to get out early or stay out late. But then he gets paid for his photos....

If you would like to come to a meeting they are every Monday, 7 30pm at the Hugh Ripley Hall. See our website for the full programme, www.riponphotographic.co.uk or phone 01765604353

From Jim Griffin

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