Photogroup news
May 2011
We’ve had a great year, with photo essays
taking us to:
China
Japan
Belize
Southern Africa
Chile
and
believe it or not, the corner of Bayview
and Sheppard.
Thank yous:
To Marshall Cohen for
demonstrating the variety of fascinating shots he took, literally without
leaving his front door.
And to Jeffrey Canto-Thaler for
his presentation on how to take better pictures of people, about which I will
say more.
The September Challenge:
Summer Fun
We’ve
run this challenge before, so limit your entries to pictures taken in 2011. Bring your pictures as 8 x 10 inch prints to
our first meeting in the fall. We are looking for pictures which convey a
feeling of ‘summer’ and a feeling of ‘fun’.
Contact
The contact photo exhibition takes place
in venues throughout the city during the month of May. For details of the
exhibits go to
www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com
Pick up a copy of the festival programme at Chapters or Indigo ($7.00) or free at some of
the shows. It’s a fascinating document.
I’ve seen a few of the shows, and the word
‘spectacular’ doesn’t do justice to
Burtynsky: Oil at the
Royal Ontario Museum.
It’s worth going out of your way to see it.
Photography Month at TVO
This month TVO has quite a number of
videos and links to celebrate photography month.
Henry’s Digital Imaging and Video Show
It’s this weekend – May 13, 14 and 15,
2011!
For info go to
http://www.henrys.ca/Show/Imaging-Show.html
Meeting Notes
MARCH 29, 2011
At our March 29th meeting, Paul
Hellen introduced three programmes
which, each quite different in its own way, which can be used for image
manipulation.
Go to their websites, and explore. They
range from the amusing to the useful, and details can be found at
and
He also mentioned the fractalius
plug in (filter) for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
Do you have a favourite
photo website? Let me know so we can
feature it at one of our fall meetings.
MAY 3, 2011
Jeffrey
Canto-Thaler started his presentation with general
tips which will improve every picture you take.
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Fill the frame
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Choose the best
focal length (zoom) for your image. For portraits choose a 55 to 85mm lens (on
an APS sensor) …in other words take your pictures from a middle distance.
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Take your camera
off automatic and use your largest aperture to limit the depth of field. And
focus on the eyes.
He then demonstrated various lighting
effects, particularly referring to “Hollywood Lighting”,
also known as “Butterfly, Glamour or Paramount Lighting”. For a basic
discussion of the various lighting effects see
www.portraitlighting.net/patternsb.htm
Again, thanks to all who made it a great year. Have a great summer, and take lots of pictures.
The
Editor (pwhellen@sympatico.ca)