Surprise 2

The Education meeting next week will include the following.

• Looking at pictures taken after our last meeting when we did our poster boards of favourite pictures from magazines. Don’t forget to upload them before Tuesday or bring them on a memory stick.
• Other question and answers that anyone may have and then Jack will give us a quick tour of the new web site so we can be au fait with the workings of it.
• A fun project so remember to bring your cameras and tripods if you have them – not totally necessary as we managed without – a close lens is good and a macro one works well but we used a general lens to allow to get further away from the subject. The picture included will give you some idea of what we are going to do. It is great fun and we will have 3 tables set up.
• We will also discuss the SIGs.

Hope to see lots of you there.

Cheers Libby

The programme this time will be as follows:-

We will again have a section devoted to the SIGs – Elements will always be one of them and this time I thought we could start up the B&W group as they haven’t had an initial meeting. There may be an ipad meeting as well. If any of the leaders of the other groups wish to have a meeting please let me know and I will arrange it.

As well as this there will be the slide show of the macro photos taken for the assignment from last month. Gary Wilson has some amazing photos that we will try and have a look at as well – it would be helpful to have the shooting info on hand too.

For those who are not in the SIGs listed above perhaps you could get together with others in your groups like landscape and discuss technical details of shooting in various conditions etc.

Bring your cameras everyone and go outside and try various settings for different types of shots . Try some HDR and maybe even have a go at photo stacking. Also try taking some portraits in the hall with the sitters by the windows to get the light and see how they turn out.

All in all a lot to do so make sure you come to the meeting and I look forward to seeing you.

Gavin is giving a talk on publishing your photos in the media and watermarking your photographs.  If there is any time left over then we will have a discussion with Les on photographic techniques.

The first part of the meeting will be a presentation by Les McLean on using ‘dodge and burn‘ in Photoshop.  This will be followed by a practice session for us to try motion, zoomba and bubble shots

• PS Elements – Sharpening methods:  Explore the many kinds of sharpening possible
  within Elements.  We’ll discuss which is best used for what purpose and
  perhaps see some methods demonstrated. Read more: http://www.texaschicksblogsandpics.com/top-10-methods-of-sharpening-using-photoshop-elements/
• Landscape -Panoramic images, horizontal or vertical.  Discussion topics could include choice of  `stitching` software, creative possibilities and technical challenges of panoramic shots.  Read more at:http://photographylife.com/panoramic-photography-howto
• Wildlife – Bring a shot of a bird taken during the month of June with a request from peers about how the shot might be enhanced.  Bring images as prints, on laptops or on a flash drive. Read more: http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/birdphotography.shtml
  http://www.exposureguide.com/photographing-birds.htm
• Macro – A macro outing is scheduled for Buckerfields on the 25th

Contacts for SIG groups:

• PS Elements: Frieda Van der Ree – friedavdr@gmail.com
• Landscape: Sucha Ollek – sucha.ollek@gmail.com
• Wildlife: Levonne Gaddy – vpexhibits.opc@gmail.com
• Macro: Jack Harynuk – jbharynuk@gmail.com

Panoramic images, horizontal or vertical.  Discussion topics could
include choice of  `stitching` software, creative possibilities and
technical challenges of panoramic shots.  Read more at:

http://photographylife.com/panoramic-photography-howto