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OLYMPUS x ZOOM: NAVIGATING SUPER CONTROL PANEL

The first image editing sessions went well – 28 people attended via Zoom, with lots of interaction, questions and help on hand. First up David gave an overview of Affinity followed by Bill who gave an introduction to basic adjustments. 

The next session is planned for Monday 14th Dec at 7:30pm

Here are the links to the websites that have more learning – for those who cannot wait.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/photo/desktop/

Robin Whalley’s lenscraft 

Olivio Sarikas

Robin also has a book on Affinity with another on the way. I’ve not seen it so can’t comment on what it’s like (Amazon reviews are good) and the ebook is a good price.

There was a poll of the attendees, the results are here. Note the Photoshop users include Photoshop Elements.

We held our 3rd competition last night wtih two sections, Mono and Industrial. Congratulations to Gary and John for their winning entries.  The results are on the website here, the top three images from each section can be found here and the current standings in POTY are here.

Next week is our first editing session, we’ll be looking at Affinity as an editing programme, covering basic editing steps and maybe more.  We will also canvas opinion on what topics we should cover in future sessions.

Hope to see you there! If we don’t, have a Happy Christmas!

The second competition took place on 11th November – over Zoom as has become normal.  The judge commented that there were many excellent images, the results and top 3 images from both parts are now on the website. The two winning images are

Open Mono

Urban Life

Download the images from the link in the original email by clicking on download or the 3 dots icon.

Please post your edited images to Photoentry under the ad hoc section. There is one “competition” for each image and you are allowed one edit – so pick the one you like the best.

Don’t forget, they need to be uploaded by the end on Tuesday 3rd November!

The competition season got underway last night, our first one using Zoom.  From a technical point of view, all went well. There were two sections, open colour and a splash of colour. There was a wide variety of images and congratulation to Les Stringer and Bill Salkeld for their winning photos.  All the results are shown here and the top 3 images in each section are in the 2020-21 gallery

The online exhibition is now ready for viewing either via the home page or here

The themes for next season’s competitions are below.

The results from Competition 4 Part 1 and Part 2 are now on the website along with the POTY rankings.

As we are now using PhotoEntry for our competitions, the rankings are different. This looks at all your entries across all competitions and puts them in descending order rather than in competition order i.e. all your winning entries are first followed by your second place entries and so on…….

WGPS Project Group – Next Meeting Friday 7th February 2020 at 7.30pm. Upstairs rooms.

This will be a practical evening looking at close-up and macro photography. As usual, it is open to any club member.

David Higton will open the evening with an explanation and demonstration of focus stacking. This will include taking the pictures and processing it in the computer.

Following that, members can split into small groups and work on their own subjects on individual tables. Results can be processed on the evening or later to be shown at the next meeting.

Ideally you will need to bring along:
1. Camera and suitable lens for close ups/macro. I will have a selection of lenses and improvised close up equipment available for those who may wish to try them.
2. Tripod
3. Suitable small subjects for photographing. We can swap them around during the evening.
4. Portable lighting, be it flash, desk lamps, LED torches or photo lamps. White card, crumpled kitchen foil on a board or other reflector. Black card to reduce light spill.
5. A background, be it paper, card, cloth , a light tent or……
6. Blue-tack, bulldog clips, masking tape, patience, imagination and a sense of humour and anything else you think useful.
Optional
6. Laptop with suitable software installed to process and stack photos.

The results from Competition 3 Part 1 and Part 2 are now on the website along with the POTY rankings.

As we are now using PhotoEntry for our competitions, the rankings are different. This looks at all your entries across all competitions and puts them in descending order rather than in competition order i.e. all your winning entries are first followed by your second place entries and so on…….

The rules and guidance have been updated to reflect the current status, to clarify the defination of monochrome and to update the Annual Competition category from Natural History to Nature as used by the PAGB and L&CPU. The new rules can be found here

Results from the recent competition are on the website along with thumbnails of the images can be found here

The placings for the photographer of the year can be seen on the PhotoEntry website.

Following a successful first meeting the next one will take place on Friday 1st November at 7.30pm. There will be a slight change to the normal challenges, as follows:

For 1st November,
1. Motion. As usual the interpretation is up to you but you might consider, moving subjects of any sort , human or mechanical, intentional camera movement, long exposure, flash with slow speed sync or ……..?

2. Birds eye view. This is really a non-competitive preview for the main club competition which will give you the opportunity to have your images critiqued before other club members who may be able to suggest refinements based on their experiences.

For 3 January;
Autumn. A longer term project to enable us to get the best out of the change of season without rushing it as we have done previously. The colours have started to appear already so start anytime you wish.

Just a reminder that one of the aims of the group is to get you to go out and take fresh pictures rather than dig into archives. (Rules can be broken sometimes though).
If everyone sticks to a reasonable number of images to last around 5 minutes it will give us a chance to make some comments/try alternatives and also ensure everyone gets to show their images on the night.

Bill

Dates for project group have been organised for Oct – Feb. They are on the club website!

Topics for the first meeting are “Orange” and “Summer”. Plenty of time to take photos for Orange….and technically, it is still summer!

For the Great British Summer competition, we are using the old uploader which can be found here http://wgps.org.uk/competitions/pdi-competition-upload/

To whet your appetite for our speakers, an short biography and links to website can be found on the online programme. Click on the + in the top right corner  for each speaker to show the details!

The L&CPU are holding an Advisory day and Mock Adjudication for the PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit in Eccles on 29th September. It’s first come, first served – click here for more details.

Don’t forget , there is a reduction for early registration for next season on the Wilmslow Guild website https://www.wilmslowguild.org/

The Guild AV group is having a free open evening on Friday 13th September – all are welcome.

Details on their website