SNAP – May 2015 - The Westville Camera Club
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1. shoot in order to restore the colour to normal then followed by the regular processing Taking the above into account drill down into all your menu settings and restore set wherever you can to unenhanced basics then go out and play with the camera am happy to wager that your imagery will go from cloudy to distilled Let me bring this into the real world with an experience of my own Sony released a camera body in 2007 the A850 and A900 where ALL gizmos and gimmicks were removed even to the extent of there being no Live back screen no pop up flash and the barest of menu settings but with the horsepower of full frame and 24Megapix These bodies were promoted to the Pro photographers on the basis that these pure cameras had been liberated of all the flashy consumer crap being reduced to only what a Pro would work with In fact DP Review had the following to say a camera that studiously avoids the creeping gadgetization of DLSRs and concentrates on old fashioned stuff like picture taking Now I can assure you that these camera bodies if may use lenses as an analogy took on the life of a prime lens with no fuss no extra glass no buttons and switches just absolute photographic purity and incredible simplicity of use I still carry my A850 to this day its a favourite and a performer cleansed of all the features which with so many users are misunderstood seldom used and even the catalyst for troubled im2. subject is H20 Due to time constraints only 1 set subject photo from each member will be shown and judged by the members on the night of submission When downloading through Photovault the first SS image you download will be the quick judge image If 2 photos are submitted they will both be judged the following month as normal Photographic DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS Digital images to be done electronically via Photovaultonline File size to be a maximum of 1024 on the widest edge of a landscape image or 768 pixels on the longest edge of a ortrait image File size not to exceed 500kb No names may be added to the digital images when submitted Note thin outlines are allowed but larger frames are discouraged Images to be named with the image title only eg Beach Sunrise ALL MEETINGS TO START PROMPTLY AT 19h00 June meetings 10 06 2 Photographers presenting on Golden Hour Sunrises and Avian Photography Sunrise Outing to Umhlanga Beach Judging evening Follow the link below to the PSSA website for any information regarding the PSSA salons upcoming local and national photographic events and also to find out why it is a good thing to join PSSA http www pssa co za 2 une Birthdays Happy Birthday to the following members who celebrate their birthday s during May 2015 Pat Howard 24 Judy Zingel Cathy Proctor 244 Jude McDivett Nevil Tyler 24 Chantelle van Z
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4. 0 7 30 Dinner 7 30 8 30 Interclub results and images 8 30 onwards Social This event is already 50 booked so please do not delay else you may lose out Follow this link to the registration form www westvillecameraclub co za wp content uploads 2015 05 2015 KZN Regional Congress Booking Form xls Photoshop Workshop By LUucto Phillips Saturday 23 May saw the hosting of the first Photoshop Workshop at Thomas More College in Kloof Karen initially asked if would be keen to start up a Photoshop Group with her and without hesitation agreed to the venture Jean Vairy one of our new members offered us a fantastic venue at Thomas More College complete with sumptuous refreshments and before long Chas was on the team and the date was set Once word was out that a Workshop Group was going to be formed so many members stepped forward and offered to assist either in presenting or just simply helping other members get to grips with Photoshop The response to our inaugural Workshop invitation was awesome We had 24 members attend with many others unable to attend on that date Carl Smorenburg assisted Karen Chas and with a brief introduction to Bridge and several older members were there to assist the newbies and even loan their laptops Thanks Des We had two 90 minute sessions of fun filled learning and sharing and the vibe amongst the members was jus
5. 11 October Solitude Depict a state of being or living alone seclusion remoteness from habitations Think of the absence of human activity the solitude of the mountains or lonely unfrequented places November Urban Night Shots Take photographs in towns or cities in the outdoors between dusk and dawn Night photographers generally have a choice between using artificial light and using a long exposure exposing the scene for seconds minutes and even hours January Vintage Antique Antique is an old collectable item It is collected or desirable because of its age beauty rarity and condition It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human society It is common practice to define antique as applying to objects at least 100 years old although cars are antiques after 25 years Vintage can also be used to describe a wine usually of high quality that was produced in a particular year which is identified on the bottle or used to describe something that is not new but that is valued because of its good condition attractive design etc February Nuts amp Bolts Just go plain nuts and bolts Arrange them in interesting patterns or designs Look for them in the basic working components of machinery or engines Go NUTS 12 FotoMax Outing I say oh say Oce By Chas Venter Oh say that s how you pronounce Oce Max Fowles at FotoMAX is the proud owner of a brand new Oce Arizo
6. May 2015 Westville Camera Club Set Subject H20 Top Image by Dianne Abate Waterdrop SNAP MAGAZINE Publisher Westville Camera Club Editor Kelly Elliott Contributors Chas Venter Lucia Phillips Steve McCurrach Cover by Dianne Abate Waterdrop ABOVE Best Junior Heinz Benecke Mini Falls RIGHT Best Senior Shirley Gillett Umbrella Lady CONTENTS FTN Oo A W NN Vice Chairman s Report General Club Information April Birthdays Interclub Challenge Club Member Promotions KZN PSSA Regional Congress Photoshop Workshop Steve s insight into The Best Camera Settings Set Subjects for 2015 FotoMax Outing Togs in Action Note from the Editor Committee 2015 Vice Chairman s Report A hearty hello to you all Pieter is currently away on a well deserved break in the North West and as such I am standing in for him during his leave of absence I know that Pieter and Ciska will return with a portfolio of stunning images Many other club members are also away and we eagerly await their return to hear wonderful stories about their travels and seeing their images Safe travels to anyone travelling or about to embark upon a journey They say that time flies when you are having fun and I am sure that time ticks by even faster when you are busy in addition to having fun and boy have we been busy as a club This past month saw an outing of a small group to Fot
7. ages In furthering your understanding of what your camera s settings are for and perhaps more importantly when the myriad settings should not be used you are encouraged to buy the on line digital books of the Man David Busch http www amazon com DavidD Busch e BOOOAPJ3BC ref dp byline cont book1 DB has a beautiful writing style it is flowing and absorbing which he has specifically engendered in order to avoid the User Manual style of delivering what always becomes a mere chronological listing of what the camera s functions are but without there being any coaching in the user manuals on when best to use a setting and when to avoid what are very often image degrading gimmicks Steve McCurrach Set Subjects 2015 Images sourced from Google Images March Portraits Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or animal that displays the mood personality or expression of the subject The focus of the photograph is usually the subjects face although the entire body and the background may be included April H20 Water or H20 is a transparent fluid which forms the world s streams lakes oceans and rain and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things Photograph it in any form or shape liquid or frozen This is also our set subject challenge against Maritzburg CC A H20 image may be submitted monthly as the 5th image Please note that only photographs taken after 16 Octo
8. ber 2014 can be submitted or the will be disqualified Q May Table Top Photograph small objects or a miniature scene arranged on a table This can be any object that you can arrange as you see fit to show off its best aspects Any lighting setup or natural light can be used 10 June Golden Hour In photography the golden hour is the period shortly after sunrise or before sunset during which daylight is redder and softer compared to when the Sun is higher in the sky More blue light is scattered so if the sun is present its light appears more reddish In addition the sun s small angle with the horizon produces longer shadows This is recommended as the best time for photographing landscapes and people July Dilapidated Photograph any subject that has fallen into partial ruin or decay from age wear or neglect Capture textures and shapes Use a wide angle or go close up T v J g i P 1 51 j ie X PI OPEN p PP MR T aT August Equestrian Equestrian can be any event or activity where a horse horse equipment stables and so on is the main theme or subject Basically it can be anything to do with horses but the association must be strong throughout the image september From A Child s Perspective Show the world as a child sees it Show us what they would be interested in looking at from the angles and height elevations of a child i e get down low or shoot up high
9. ffy because fine fluff will stick to the print heads leading to potential blockages Other than these and a few other limitations The Oce can print on virtually any flat surface The printer is a flatbed which means the print substrate or medium lies flat on the table and it secured to the table top through a vacuum system sucking air through hundreds of pin prick sized holes in the table surface A printing gantry moves across the table in one direction and a print head on the gantry moves at 90 degrees to the gantry managing to move the entire print head anywhere across the table The printer weighs almost 500kg We took glass Perspex wood and stainless steel with us and the results were unbelievable Glass and Perspex are the clear winners here Get that Clear winners Wood is a little duller as the wood grain sucks up ink even though a white barrier layer is printed first The stainless is dull grey and the print also has a dull but metallic look to it Not ideal but interesting nonetheless 13 The printer has a wide choice of print densities and multi pass printing modes Even printing a white layer between 2 colour print layers on glass so that the print is visible from both side of the print is an ideal solution for shop windows Multiple layers of printing small spots can introduce texture to a print like the little knobbly bumps on a basketball In a nutshell this is a stunning printer and the options seem endless Pricing ob
10. hool of thought is to stay away from those as the camera is not a high power computer Yes your camera might well be high end but it falls hopelessly short of the raw computing power of say Lightroom or Photoshop being driven by a hot dog quadcore processor and 2Gb RAM Therefore asking your camera to perform substantial in body rendering on the fly whilst employing complex algorithms invariably results in computing anomalies most often presented as digital noise and artefacts in your images Understanding the above even your auto ISO is giving the camera a complex permutation of lighting exposure computations to deal with so the gurus say lock down the simplicity using basic settings and with as little as possible for the camera to have to do This in fact gives the purest pic possible and then later using the almost limitless power of the image rendering software packages to do all the trick stuff once had a devil of a time trying to get around an issue of over saturation Everything looked good in the viewfinder and this on a WYSIWYG camera i e settings are seen Live in the viewfinder but very sneakily in the background one little check box for Enhanced had been ticked This enhances colours and one would be forgiving for instantly setting that to On but now this tool was over saturating all the colours even to the extent of having to make a Photoshop action to be run across all images from every
11. ion it is always greatly appreciated Be a pal and remember to send me stories about your recent adventures accompanied with imagery We all want to share in your experience and enjoy your images Pieter and Ciska Venter we will be Waiting to read all about your trip in the next edition of SNAP Until next month happy shooting Kelluy ATTENTION Advertising space available Don t forget you can advertise your business in SNAP magazine for a minimal yearly fee This will give you great exposure to club members and their families who may just require your business s services Get in contact with me if you fancy putting an advert in our club magazine BERR RRR RRR RRR RR RRR 16 COMMIIYEE Pieter Venter Chas Venter Lucia Phillips Karen Fischer Conrad Kelsey Agustin Ritacco Chairman 083 458 8373 pieter venter westvillecameraclub co za Vice Chairman 074 266 0432 chas venter ewestvillecameraclub co za Secretary 082 770 1179 lucia phillips westvillecamberclub co za Treasurer 084 707 9090 karen fischer westvillecameraclub co za Entries Steward 083 570 0217 conrad kelsey wesivillecameraclub co za Web Master 083 651 9608 agustin ritacco wesivillecameraclub co za Outings Workshops Andrew Climpson 082 827 0112 andrew climpson westvillecameraclub co za Mike Sand 083 709 7722 mike sands Qwestvillecameraclub co za Other email addresses chairman Qwestvillecameraclub co za vicechairman
12. na 318 GL printer The first Photo Lab in KwaZulu Natal with one of these phenomenal printers The Oce is a huge flatbed printer capable of printing on most flat surfaces up to a maximum size of 1 25m x 2 5m and a maximum thickness of 48mm That is bigger than the average single door Max has achieved a number of firsts with FotoMAX First Photo Lab in KwaZulu Natal to introduce one hour slide film processing First Photo Lab in KwaZulu Natal to introduce large format inkjet printing for Photographers First Photo Lab in KwaZulu Natal to introduce Photo CD scanning and migration from film to digital Many other firsts were also achieved and now FotoMAX are the first Photo Lab in KwaZulu Natal to introduce flatbed printing on the Oce Arizona 318 GL printer and what a superb machine this printer is and thanks to Max s generosity we are some of the first people to experience and own prints from this printer We were given the opportunity as a club for a small group to Visit FotoMAX and have Max and Wayne print a selection of prints onto any substrate that each photographer brought along with them This printer can print on just about anything as long as it is not flammable or fluffy such as fabric Not flammable because not only are the inks which are applied to the print medium already warm at a toasty 46 degrees Celsius but the inks are also instantly dried on application by two very hot Ultra Violet lights on either side of the print head Not flu
13. oMAX where 10 members had the opportunity to have Max Fowles print one of their images on glass perspex metal or wood and it was an evening enjoyed by all in attendance We ll attempt to arrange another one or two outings along the same lines Please keep an eye on the WCC Facebook page as attendance will be by RSVP only and securing a place will be on a first come first served basis There is an article about the printing on this stunning printer in this edition of SNAP We also had a lively group enjoy an outing to the Bangladesh Market in Chatsworth A colourful and vibrant market with equally colourful vendors selling everything from fresh produce to hardware and crumptious food prepared right there It was a great outing and the samoosas were a winner Another bumper hands on workshop was successfully conducted and more importantly was well attended by many members I hope you managed to get a few cracker images in the Tabletop Photography style I think that we have managed to come up with a winning recipe for hands on workshops Please let us know if the format of these workshops with multiple stations manned by the committee works for you as a club A word of thanks to the committee members for their creativity and mentoring at each station We may also ask members to also get involved in future workshops etc We ll be organising guest speakers and other photography related presentations in the not too distant future for as much a
14. s we would love to run hands on workshops every month we need a little bit of variety thrown in for good measure I d like to wish all members who are celebrating Birthdays during this period a wonderful Birthday and many happy returns Lastly on a more sincere note A few members have not been well or have been battling with a niggling injury To those members we hope that you get well soon and look forward to seeing you back at the club Our thoughts are with Lorraine and Dianne Wishing you well Chas Venter Vice Chairman WCC 1 GENERAL CLUB INFO IMAGE ENTRY Any digital image entered in a section may not at any time be re entered in that or any other section or medium for promotional purposes Previously entered work either wholly or partially may not be entered without substantial content transforming modifications Proof of originality will rest with the author All images contained within the image must be the author s own work Exceptions computer manipulated filters distortions and textures Images may not be manufactured using stock material which has previously been entered in promotional competitions without substantial modification Images taken in consecutive frames representing the same scene or activity will be viewed as the same image and can only be allowed for submission once for judging One extra submission for the MCC WCC Challenge can be submitted each month until further notice The
15. t awesome Our ethos fostering a spirit of fellowship was the order of the day and everyone who attended and contributed should feel proud to be a WCC er awesomely Steve s insight into The Best Camera Settings The pitch levelled at me was td There are two different types of image one is the technically perfect etc and then there is an action shot usually captured under difficult lighting conditions and one has to grab a shot just to record that moment Mostly in these action shots I have found noise to be my worst enemy and whilst I shoot in Auto ISO and AUTO While balance I switch from full manual to Aperture priority with about 2 3rds of a stop down to give me a better chance at getting pin sharp focus am also using a Exposure Valuation EV compensation a lot and find that helps But noise is still my biggest enemy Do you have any bright ideas about how I can up my game please Here s my response Here s one rule or aspect on which I will touch on in this brief delivery have been taught later reinforced by the writings of those in the know that within reason the less one deviates from the camera s basic settings the better it will be This is of course being said as a generalisation All of our cameras have mode scene settings e g Action Sports Dusk or Night B amp W Sepia etc along with dozens of other enhancement settings and the overwhelming sc
16. viously varies depending on the size of the print and the density of the print For outdoor signage low resolution printing is fine but for fine art prints a really high resolution double pass print would yield a better result Printing on glass or Perspex is where the awe factor goes up a notch Sure it is a printer so what else could we expect as far as quality goes Well the image is printed in reverse on the wrong side of the glass and finally sealed with an opaque white layer The print is dry to the touch on completion and when the printed glass or Perspex is turned over the quality of the image jumps out at you and knocks your socks off Words do not describe how beautiful the prints are deep gloss and oh so crisp Some of the images from this evening are included below and some are the background images of this article Contact Max Fowles at FotoMAX for pricing at 031 512 5177 or email him on info fotomax co za Costs start low for lower resolutions going up for high resolution prints priced per square meter know that for some of my next prints will be considering printing on glass or Perspex at FotoMAX using the Oce Arizona 318 GL printer Pay Max a visit and enquire about this printer and have a look at the samples table of prints know you ll be printing something as a result 14 OG aa OOOO K7 w ANAN dr EN es NG Hey Club Members Thanks so much for sending through your images of togs in act
17. yl O RA NS Steve Archer 28 Lorraine Matthews 44 Greg Baxter Shirley Fraser amp 30 n Lucia Phillips 45 Deon Calitz Please can the members whose birthdays are I in June supply eats for our meeting on I Wednesday 17 June 2015 The topic for this year s WCC MCC Challenge is H20 ie water in any form or shape whatsoever ice snow steam Digital Manipulation is allowed but the main idea is that it is to be mainly captured in camera and not merely be a Photoshop creation NB Images eligible for submission must be captured after 16 October 2014 Images captured before then will be disqualified OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITLESS r AR a te 1 2 a On SESS ao ef ee ey Ne N wa w p a CLUB MEMBER PROMOTIONS Congratulations te the following members WA Wernham Robertson Photographic Photographical Services amp Studio Equipment Sales 6CEmbrace light Admire it Love it But above all know light Know it for all you are worth and you will know the key to photography George Eastman ZZ FSS RE A COM dress This congress takes place at the German Club in Westville on 27 June 2015 The basic agenda is as follows 2 00 2 30 Registration 2 30 3 15 Talk Anne d Oliveira 3 15 3 30 Tea Break 3 30 4 30 Talk Evelyn Gibson 04 30 4 45 Tea Break 64 45 5 30 Talk Anne d Oliveira 5 30 6 00 AGM 6 0
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