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

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.

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