Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia

The January 2010 issue of the Bluenose Focus has been posted on the website.

This workshop is fully booked now but I am accepting names for the waiting list.

Sunday February 21 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Space is limited for this workshop so please contact me to reserve a seat.
Bring your camera, flash and creative ideas. Other light modifiers are welcome.

In the studio, there are two working spaces so we can have two concurrent sessions. I currently plan to have one space setup with a black background and other with a white background. (high key and low key) I have Alien Bee lights, a soft box, beauty dish, umbrellas and other light modifiers to experiment with. If you have a Cybersync radio trigger bring it with you as the studio lights recycle very quickly and we can have multiple people shooting. The radio triggers will work with any camera that has a standard hotshoe. (Sony cameras are non-standard and will need an adapter to work.)
I’ll also be demonstrating tethered shooting for Canon EOS and Xrite’s new ColorChecker Passport for white balance and camera profiling in Lightroom. Everyone is welcome to use the ColorCheckers to calibrate their camera for flash and natural outdoor light.
I plan to have some models but if you have someone you would like to use, please let me know.
Contact me soon to book your space.

Peter Steeper

The winning images have been selected.

A gallery of the winning images can be found here: http://www.pcms-photo.org/psaclubphotocontest/

GOLDFIELD PANORAMA by PHYLLIS PICARDI (SAGUARO CAMERA CLUB) Best of Show

CROSSING THE NECHES RIVER by DENNIS FRITSCHE (DALLAS CAMERA CLUB) 1st Place

STILLEVEN by ADOLF VYDT (JEP DEURNE) 2nd Place

SNOW MOOSE by KEN JORDAN (GREATER LYNN PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSN) 3rd Place

BASS HARBOR SUNSET by MIKE DIRENZO (HUNTINGTON CAMERA CLUB) HM

ENJOY THE SNOW by BAO PEIZHONG (BOSTON CAMERA CLUB) HM

GREENHOUSES by VANDEN EYNDE GUY (DOUBLE DECLIC) HM

NEKKEN by DANIËL KYNDT (DIACLUB IRIS) HM

SALEN BOATS by ERIC LIPPEY (NORTH SYDNEY LEAGUES PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY) HM

STONEMAN BRIDGE REFLECTION by ROBERT LAHTI (DULUTH SUPERIOR CAMERA CLUB) HM

TAKJE by EDDY DE BRUYN (IRIS LEDE) HM

THE SECRET GARDEN by KERRY BOYTELL (NORTH SYDNEY LEAGUES PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY) HM

VOEDEN by JEAN PIERRE VAN COILLIE (DIACLUB IRIS) HM

WHITE TURF by ANDRE DE PAEPE (IRIS LEDE) HM

ProShow Gold is a popular choice with photographers and many Guild members use it for creating their Sight & Sound Essays. Teunis Obdam will be presenting a mini-seminar on using ProShow Gold on Sunday, January 31st. You can download a free trial or buy it online from Photodex.com.

The list of previous winners of the Nova Scotia Bird Society Trophy has been updated. You can find the complete list on the Competitions page.

Just a reminder to everyone in the Guild, you can download a beta copy of Adobe Lightroom 3. The beta version is free to use but it will expire on April 30, 2010. When it expires, you can buy or upgrade to the release version or remove it from your computer.
Remember, this version is for public testing and it may contain bugs or incomplete features! In my experience it has worked well although some features are slow. Adobe has posted some videos to show the new features and the help function is working now.
You can download it from Adobe Labs. If you don’t have an Adobe ID you will need to create one so you can download Lightroom 3.

Just a short reminder about CAPA’s competition guidelines and deadlines which have changed this year.
In an effort to encourage new images, images submitted to CAPA competitions must have been taken with 24 months of the competition deadline.

So for the upcoming Digital Theme and the Altered Reality competitions, images must have been taken after Jan 20, 2008.
CAPA uses the following definition for “altered reality”.

‘ALTERED REALITY’ COMPETITION
The image must always begin with an original photograph captured by the photographer. A variety of subject matter is accepted. Images must be heavily manipulated and obviously creatively enhanced including, but not limited to composites, creative filters etc. These images are not meant to look like a regular photograph and cannot be entered into a Digital Theme competition nor an Open competition.

In addition, all aspects of the image (if a composite) must have been shot after the deadline.

For the Spring round in Nature, Pictorial (Film and Digital) and Print, images should have been taken after Mar 20, 2008.

Looking forward to seeing your images,

Joyce

Hello everyone,

The Nova Scotia Nature Trust is seeking images of Nova Scotia wildlife to use in an advertising campaign. The images are required by December 15th.

Profile shots of wildlife native to Nova Scotia including birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are being sought. (Some cropping of images may be required for use in the campaign but is subject to approval by the photographer.)

The NSNT is a non-governmental, charitable, land conservation organization. For more information about them visit their website at: www.nsnt.ca .

If you have some images that you are willing to share that may assist NSNT, or have any questions about use of the images or how you will receive credit for contibuting an image, please contact Sally-Jo Gallant at sallyjo@nsnt.ca or 406-3320.

Dean

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately Keith is ailing with one of the nasty viruses making the rounds and is not able to present this evening, so our Photographer of the Year meeting this evening is cancelled.

I wish Keith, and any other members who are under the weather, a speedy recovery.

Dean

PGNS will be participating in the 2010 Adobe-PSA Club Photo Contest during our January 11th regular PSA competition night. Uploads for this competition will be done using the same process as usual and by selecting “Adobe/PSA Special” (or similar) as the category for the images.

Each PGNS member may submit up to two images. The subject matter is completely open and will be judged for their pictorial quality, colour impact, strong composition and unique style. Image titles will not be made available to the judges prior to judging. All images must be original, made by the named entrant, and may not contain any elements produced by anyone else. Artwork or computer generated graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated, provided the photographic content predominates.

Images must be no more than 1024 pixels horizontally and 768 pixels vertically. Images larger will be rejected. Smaller images are acceptable, but may suffer a disadvantage when compared to a larger image. The images should be saves as JPG files in sRGB colour space at highest quality.

All images must have been taken during 2009 and must have never been entered in a PSA recognized International Exhibition. The images may be entered in future PSA recognized exhibitions anytime after January 2010.

Two images (one per maker) will be selected from PGNS for submission to the competition, which closes onJanuary 15th and judging takes place January 22nd, 2010.

Prior to receiving the any prize awards, the maker must submit a 300dpi resolution TIFF for potential publication in the PSA Journal. The winning images – at low resolution – will be posted on the PSA web site and Adobe web site with the image title, maker’s name, city, province, country and club information. Full copyright will be retained by the maker.

And now for the part everyone has been waiting for… Prizes!

Third Place: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

Second Place: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

First Place: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and “Lessons in DSLR Workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop” book by Jerry Courvoisier ($36 USD)

Best of Show: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, Adobe Photoshop CS4, A two-day “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: The Essential Tool for Your Photography Experience” Workshop with Jerry Courvoisier ($395 USD, travel and expenses extra)

Please note that this is NOT a PSA recognized Exhibition and there are no acceptances. The winning images cannot be used for PSA Star Ratings or Who’s Who.

If you have any additional questions, please contact Mike McCarthy.