Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia

Sunday November 20^th
10:00am to 4:00pm
Cost $15 to cover materials.

Limited to 10 people. People who bought ColorMunkis get first preference.

Location: Peter Steeper’s Studio

This is a hands on workshop where you will learn how the use Guild’s X-rite Eye-One Photo Pro and the ColorMunki. I’ll also have an X-rite Eye-One IO, Eye-One Display II and viewing booth to use.

You will learn:

1. How to calibrate your camera using the ColorChecker Passport and use the profiles in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw.
2. How to profile your monitor.
3. How to create custom paper profiles for your inkjet printer.
4. How to setup softproofing in Photoshop and get accurate prints.

Our goal for the day is to start with a still life scene and accurately reproduce it on your monitor and prints.

We will profile any device you bring with you and create profiles for any paper. I’ll send you the test patterns to print before the workshop.

Learn more about colour management for photographers at xritephoto.com.
Hosted by Peter Steeper.

We will all meet at the Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail on Saturday 8th October at 10:00 a.m. The rain date is the following day (Sunday, October 9th) with all essential details being the same as for Saturday.
Where: The Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail.
When: On Saturday 8th October at 10:00 a.m.
Cost: No charge to Guild members.

How to get there;
From Halifax, point your vehicle towards Truro. Where the 102 intersects with highway 104 take the left to Amherst and New Brunswick. At exit 13 take the off ramp and at the stop sign take a right on to McElmon Road then veer left on to Plains Rd, the distance from the stop sign to the trail is approximately 2km. Signs for the Mi’kmawey Interpretive Trail will be on your left. There is a small parking lot there. If you have a GPS the co-ordinates for the location are as follows,
45 24.792N, 63 25.613W
The trail is of a moderate nature with most of the terrain being relatively flat. We will be venturing into three different habitats that with luck should afford us a good variety of mushrooms.

The info in the “Field Trip for Beginners” is of a general nature and all the points made in the document may not necessarily apply to your particular group (principally photographers). The other PDF is “Mushroom Fruiting Body“.
Any questions or concerns you may contact me at this email address or by telephone at 396-5465.

Lynne was one of our models last year.

An opportunity to try an afternoon of studio photography. We will have several models plus an assortment of studio lights and modifiers. Learn how to work with models. We will have a variety of softboxes, a beauty dish and other reflectors to use. See demos of tethered shooting with Adobe Lightroom and colour management with the Xrite Passport.

When: Sunday April 10th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Where: Peter Steeper’s Studio in Upper Tantallon

Space is limited to 10 photographers. Contact Peter Steeper to reserve a space.

What to bring: Bring your camera and a sense of adventure. The radio remotes will work with any camera that has a standard size hotshoe (Canon, Nikon, etc) If you have a camera with a non-standard hotshoe (Sony, etc) you will need to bring an adapter for your camera.

Update: This workshop is fully booked. There is waiting list in case of cancellations.

Hosted by Carsand Mosher and featuring Jean-Francois O’Kane ” The Studio Coach”
A full day lighting workshop on using speedlights, HD DSLR video and studio lighting.
Regular price for the workshop is $99 but you can save $20 by booking online or purchasing at Carsand Mosher by Wed. March 17th. There will be a lunch provided, many door prizes and a discount coupon on Booth products purchased within 1 week of the show.

When: Sunday March 27th 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where: Atlantica Hotel at the corner of Robie St. and Quinpool St.

More info:
www.boothphoto.com/tour/

www.carsand.com

** Update : 03/06/2011 **
We had a great turnout to the event yesterday and here are a few housekeeping items:

You can download the presentation from Mike McCarthy about “Printing and Print Packages with LR3″ by clicking HERE.

The trial version of the soft proofing Lightroom 3 Plug-in can be downloaded HERE.

Colin Campbell’s presentation on Colour Management is available HERE.

PGNS does not endorse and is not responsible in any way for the content shown here.

The Eagle Watch field trip to Sheffield Mills has been moved from Sunday to Saturday, January 29th.

Plan is to meet at the car pool parking lot at 8:15 am and depart at 8:30 am. Hwy 101, Exit 4, turn left at the stop sign and proceed to the parking lot. We will then proceed to Grand Pre area, Wolfville, Port Williams and Church Street. From there we will go to Sheffield Mills and the Middle Dyke Road. Kindly have your Waivers signed and ready to turn in.  Waivers are  under Quick Links on the right.

Most people head out on their own and meet up later. Eagle Watch directions turn off the Hwy 101 at New Minas. Signs are displayed with an eagle head to Sheffield Mills.

LOCATION: Sheffield Mills Community Hall, 98 Black Hole Road (near Canning , Kings Co. N.S.), Directions: Take exit 12 off Hwy. 101 and follow the blue eagle signs or watch for turnoff signs from highway 1 at Greenwich, New Minas, or Kentville.

Eagle Watch weekend presents pancake breakfasts and entertainment for two weekends. Several communities are also planning various options to eat. All of these are fund raisers for the communities and charities for the local area. The upstairs hall in Sheffield Mills will have displays, videos, various artwork including photography and paintings, a native feather ceremony. An interest to photographers this year is the addition of a Photo Safari Workshops.

Check out web site at: http://www.eaglens.ca

Due to the number of people that will be on location at the Middle Dyke Road observing and photographing the activities of birds (and last year, coyotes), you are on you own for the rest of the day to roam around the local areas to photograph the raptors and such.

Kingsport is another favorite locations as is the church parking lot on Church Street, just outside of Port Williams.

If you are interested in meeting up at The Port pub in Port Williams at 5 pm ( http://theportpub.com/) for food, drinks and camaraderie, please let me know, so that I can give them potential numbers. If I got 10 or more responses, we can have a booking

Email me at: johnwmwebb(at)eastlink.ca.

Workshop Topics

Expressive Photography

This presentation will cover such topics as Dreamscapes, Moonlight Dreamscapes, Composite montages, and Panning. André will conduct a short demo on Photoshop on how he creates some of his images. There will be plenty of time for questions before the break.

Around the World in Pictures

Nature and Landscapes

Photographing People

André concludes with a program on Photographing People. From friends and relatives to strangers. How to go about capturing someone’s spirit.

Learn more about André at www.andregallant.com

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Saint Mary’s University
Burke Auditorium
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Admission $50 at the door
PGNS Members $45

Download André Gallant Poster

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

Presenters

Eric Boutilier-Brown

“From RAW to Ready; the Workflow of a Photographic Exhibition”
Eric Boutilier-Brown will present on the digital workflow from RAW images to final exhibition, using both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS4. Lifting the curtain aside, Eric will demonstrate the entire process, from initial RAW processing, to image finishing, exhibition design, and print-file preparation.

www.photoworkshops.ca

www.evolvingbeauty.com

Mike McCarthy

“Digital Asset Management with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom”
Mike’s presentation will cover the details of importing and cataloging, file locations, keywording and image searching/retrieval.

www.mccarthyphotographic.com

David Librach of Henrys School of Imaging

“Composition”
Now that you know all of the buttons and dials on your camera, you need to learn how to compose your pictures. This mini session will open your mind and imagination as you learn new techniques which will help stimulate your creative side and allow you to make your own photographic masterpieces.

www.henrys.com

www.dlphotography.ca

Stephen Scott Patterson

Steve’s presentation will include “Digital Polarization”, using Photoshop’s features, and the natural colors within the digital file, to create the exact effect of using a traditional polarizing filter. Some creative fun with “Digital Orton Montage” technique to create some impressionistic effects using a simple arrangement of layers and blending modes as well as image overlays to create more interesting and painterly effects. Some thoughts on ompositional approaches and the creative process when approaching possible subjects to photograph.

Peter Steeper

Learn how easy camera calibration can be with Xrite’s new ColorChecker Passport. It includes a plugin for Adobe Lightroom that includes automatic calibration, white balance and exposure verification.

Xrite ColorChecker Passport

Test your eyes. How well do you see in colour?

Goodies from Henrys

The first 100 attendees will receive a Spudz lens cleaning cloth and a coupon for $50 off any Sigma Lens until March 21st, 2010.

Prizes

$100 Gift Card and “Swag”from Henrys

5 prizes of Custom Inkjet Profiles from Xerox

Peter Steeper of Xerox will create a custom ICC profile on your favourite inkjet paper.

Admission $40 at the door

Registration starts at 8:30 am. Workshops start at 9:00 am.

Hi All:

The waterfall field trip on Oct. 10th will be fantastic due to the copious amounts of rainfall that we have had and are going to get.

Directions: We are going to meet at the car pool parking lot off the Hwy 101 on the way to Windsor. Take Exit 4- The St. Croix and Newport exit (a couple of exits before Windsor).
At the Stop sign, turn left and proceed one half (1/2) km and met up at the car pool.
Kindly let me know who can take other people with them and who would like to pool up. Let’s keep the number of vehicles down to a minimum for safety and environment reasons.

Time: 8:30 am- Depart at 9:00 am
Bring: Lunch and snacks. We will be eating at The Port in Port Williams but not until 5 pm.
Wear layered clothing and waterproof footwear. A reflective orange/yellow vest if you have one.
A tripod is essential, a polarizer is an accent , shower cap would be help keep water drops off cameras and lens.
Our goal is to venture to the North Mountain of Blomidon and explore  the waterfalls of Sleepy Hollow, Black Hole. Cobb Irving and Baxter’s Hbr.
If we have time we will do Borden Brook at the Prov. campground.
Kindly print off and fill out the Waiver Form.

“Life is Good”
John