March “Hands on Workshop”
This Wednesday March 22nd a workshop will be held at Valentine Bowling Club commencing at 7pm.
The workshop is titled “Fun Fotography” and is designed to improve your camera craft and skills and have some fun.
There will be approximately 8 stations that involve you practicing and understanding your camera settings and how they could influence your final images.
These stations could include: portrait photography and lighting, understanding your cameras auto focus settings, Focus stacking, panoramas, capturing silhouettes, depth of field and CD images just to name a few.
There will also be demonstrations on how to mount your images using matt boards for entry into print competitions. There will be something for everyone!
Make sure you bring along your camera, tripod, small LED panels or lights and your imagination. Bring along your own speedlight if you wish. As usual there will be a gold coin donation for entry.
See you there GregC
by Greg Carruthers, March 19, 2023
PSA Interclub Round 3
Entries are now open for Round 3 of the PSA Interclub competition. Sections are Colour, Monochrome, Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel. One entry allowed in each section.
Entries close on Sunday 2nd April. ALL club members are invited to enter.
Contact Roy Killen if you have any questions.
by Roy Killen, March 14, 2023
Zoom Presentation – Monochrome Conversion
Our next Zoom presentation will be on Wed 15th March at 7pm. Roy Killen will lead the workshop on “Monochrome Conversions”
Make sure you Zoom in for this one, there will be plenty of tips and tricks for all levels.
You can login from 6.45pm by using the Zoom link.
Don’t miss this one. Any issues please let me know!
GregC
by Greg Carruthers, March 12, 2023
2023 Portfolio Exercise Kick Off Meeting
The kick off meeting for the 2023 portfolio exercise will be at 7.00pm on Monday 20th March via club ZOOM meeting.
Club members who have previously registered their interest should have also received a separate email invitation. For those who have been teetering on the edge and wondering whether they would participate feel free to join the ZOOM call and find out a little more. If you then decide you want to participate just drop me an email and I will add you to the list.
by Dennis Archibald, March 11, 2023
Print Mounting – Matt Board Sizes
This is a quick reminder that if you are entering print competitions please comply with the rules around the size of your prints and the matt boards you use to mount them. You can find these rules on the club website in the document 2022 Competition Rules – section 8 and 9.
In summary small prints may be no larger than 15cm X 10cm. There are no restrictions on large print sizes providing they fit within the size of the large print matt boards.
All prints must be mounted on a rigid mount board that is no thicker than 4mm.
For small prints the board MUST be 23cm x 18cm.
For large prints thde board MUST be 50cm x 40cm.
The mount board may be of any colour.
There are a range of reasons for these rules some of which you can find in the club competition document. Keeping your boards to these dimensions means that we can efficiently utilse the space on the prints stands and means that you don’t run the risk of having your print rejected on the night.
by Dennis Archibald, March 11, 2023
