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f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter March 2014 ! Club Mee(ng – 7:30 pm on Wednesday 12 March 2014 at the Burns Club, 8 KeC Street, Kambah ! Events ! !Monthly Mee*ng topics for 2014 ! ! ! Meeting Date Topic Presenter Meeting Date Topic Presenter 12 March War Photographers Helen Hall 9 July How do you approach taking your Warren Hicks to photos - panel discussion Chair 9 April Photographic Equipment Sales Jim Whitton (Ted’s Business Manager in 13 Auguast Judging Photographs TBA Canberra) 10 September 14 May Colour space management and monitor Warren Hicks calibration 8 October 11 June “TBA" AIPP Photographer 12 November 10 December Annual General Meeting Warren Hicks to ! Chair ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Monthly Excursions for 2014 Date Event Location Coordinator Comments Sunday 9 March, Balloon Fes(val Meet on the Norm Fisher 6:45 am start. Please note that if it is raining, 2014 Commonwealth Ave there is low cloud, or high winds, then the side of RegaCa Point balloons will not be flying. Building April Kowen Forest - Glenburn Dennis LovaC Col McAlister May South Durras June Photo walk with restric(ons e.g. B&W or limited number of shots July Gundaroo photo walk August Wide field astrophotography September Winery/Tulip farm October Spring snow photographs Guthega Rob Wignell Weekend trip. Stay in Guthega ski lodge. November December Model aircrab photography (in flight ac(on) Rob Wignell Some (me in Autumn. Normally Sunday morning. ! ! SSCC February Excursion –Canberra Mul*cultural Fes*val !Bev Baley reports on the excursion to the Mul(cultural Fes(val: This year’s Mul(cultural Fes(val was the largest yet. It has been expanding each year. This year it extended along City Walk, Petrie Plaza, and two blocks of London Circuit, right round the fountain pool in Civic Square, plus the car-park to the north-west of the North Gold Pillared building. ! ! f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 2 of 18 There were seven stages in that area, and it seemed strange that the sounds from any one didn’t seem to interfere with any of the others. There were also some buskers – small groups entertaining in the lee of buildings. Tents were everywhere, and it truly had a mul(cultural atmosphere. Food of many varie(es was available, some in areas of other food stalls, and others mingled amongst informa(on stalls. The temperature was unfortunately in the high 30’s, which was very (ring, but everyone seemed to be having a good (me. Large groups of chairs were lined up in front of the stalls, those in the sun mostly empty. People borrowed some of these to sit in the shade of the nearby buildings. The coolest spot was in the passageway from Civic Square to the Canberra Museum and Gallery (the Northern Gold Pillared building, Here was a small group of entertainers and a few dozen chairs. This is the only place I found a cool breeze, which was quite refreshing. Photo opportuni(es were everywhere. Oben the main difficulty was in geng a good view of what you wanted to photograph, as the crowds were quite thick, especially in shady areas. The merry- go-round was very popular. ! ! ! ! ! f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 3 of 18 f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 4 of 18 The Club group met at 11.00am and spent two hours taking in the atmosphere before re-mee(ng for coffee at 1.00 pm. (Photos by Bev Bayley) ! ! f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 5 of 18 DIGSIG - 2014 Reports The February DigSig was held at the Burns Club on Wednesday 26 February. There was a good turn up of people and Shane Baker gave a valuable presenta(on on February Mee*ng Report cataloguing, and how to maximise the value of Lightroom by using keywords and The February mee(ng was held at the Burns Club at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 12 February. The President, Warren Hicks, chaired the mee(ng. !metadata. ! The convenor, Dennis LovaC, pointed out that there were no more DigSig mee(ngs Themes for Show and Tell planned for the remainder of the year due to a lack of volunteers prepared to give In an earlier mee(ng Warren suggested that Show and Tell could be enhanced by presenta(ons. Rod Burgess rescued the situa(on by volunteering to talk next giving our members the opportunity to take photographs based on various themes. month about prin(ng and prin(ng papers. The beau(fully detailed prints that he This was agreed to and Warren has produced a table with the themes for the next showed us during Show and Tell emphasise that he has some valuable knowledge four quarters. to share. Dennis also volunteered to give a presenta(on about Digicam, open ! source sobware used for cataloguing images. This s(ll leaves us short of In Warren’s own words: presenta(ons for most of the year. I urge all members to think about giving a ! presenta(on on a topic in which they are interested. The research necessary for a At the last club mee(ng we discussed having some set subjects, that members if presenta(on is well worth the effort as it is an excellent way to learn about a the choose, could use to focus their photography. The idea is that at the end of the subject thoroughly. At present, most of the presenta(ons are being given by a period members could bring their images to show and tell and compare their small subset of members, not because these people wish to hog the limelight, but interpreta(on with other members. Some things to remember: because there is a paucity of other volunteers. ! ! 1. This is definitely not being done as a compe((on, pseudo or otherwise, just an To show that I am prepared to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak; I opportunity to focus your phototaking and compare your shots with others. volunteer to give a DigSig presenta(on on a relevant topic some(me this year. I This oben happened around excursions anyway. have no idea what it will be about, but now that I have opened my big mouth I at ! least have the incen(ve to start doing some research. 2. It does not replace the usual open show and tell - feel free to carry on as usual ! ! showing whatever photos you want. Software Buddies 3. Have fun, I'm sure there will be some interes(ng leb field interpreta(ons and If you get need help with using post produc(on sobware, a few club members have some equally interes(ng tradi(onal takes on the subject maCer, I look forward volunteered to try and help sort out problems using Photoshop Elements, ! to seeing the great images. Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop Crea(ve Suite and Apple Aperture. The contacts ! are: ! ! ! Photoshop Elements: Peter Bliss at [email protected] ! Photoshop Lightroom: Peter Bliss at bliss.images @yahoo.com.au ! Photoshop Creave Suite: Graeme Kruse at [email protected] ! Apple Aperture: Claude Morson at [email protected] ! ! ! ! ! f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 6 of 18 Here is the table of themes Months! Theme Comments Relevant links! February - March Food Street food at the mul(cultural fes(val, food on a hCp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_photography plate, a person enjoying it, food being produced, fruit on a tree, food s(ll on the hoof, wasted food … hCp://digital-photography-school.com/food- photography-an-introduc(on April – June Old! A person, a building, a vintage car, an autumn leaf, a weathered landscape feature - the (me scale is rela(ve. July - September The colour red! The image must contain a disnct red element. It could be an item of red clothing, a red background, red ligh(ng, a de-saturated image retaining only red, use your imagina(on. October - Still life/table top S(ll life photography is the depic(on of inanimate hCp://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-(ps-to-get- December subject maCer, most typically a small grouping of started-with-s(ll-life-photography--photo-8278 objects. S(ll life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composi(on. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! f22: Southside Camera Club Newsletter - Page 7 of 18 Treasurer’s Report Walkabout Group Calendar 2014 Iain Cole reported that currently the club has $2,169 in the bank and $300 cash Date! Location which he will be banking as soon as possible. ! 20 March Queanbeyan Presenta(on Bob McHugh and Rod Burgess gave a presenta(on on the subject of photographing 17 April! Wee Jasper a major event. Their interes(ng talk included a slide show which they made of the event that they used to illustrate the subject of the presenta(on: a 1,200 kilometre 15 May !! Botanic Gardens! bike ride from Sydney to Melbourne. The talk provided useful informa(on on the 19 June Uriarra Crossing - Photography and Picnic planning that is needed to successfully photograph an extended event and the quality of the photographs from the slide show was proof that they successfully achieved their goal. Relay for Life (A call for volunteers) ! The Relay for Life is an annual event organised by the Cancer Council to raise Club Websites money for cancer research. The event is held in ci(es around the world and hCp://www.southsidecameraclub.com/ Canberra’s relay will be held at the AIS Athle(cs track on March 29 and 30, 2014.