Set Subject Colour Print Competition – 18.1.12.

 On Wednesday, 18th January 2012  the club held a  Set Subject Colour PrintCompetition – the subject being “People at work”..The judge for the evening was Glyn Bareham LRPS CPAGB and  the results were as follows:-

Advanced Photographers

20 points – Ian  Farrant and Ian Howard (2),
19 points – Ian Farrant (2), Chris Jones and Nigel May,
18 points -,Ian Howard (2), Chris Jones (2) and Dave Longley (2).

Intermediate Photographers

20 points – Chris Tribe (2)
19 points – Paul Glanville,
18 points -  Nick Smith, Paul Traviss and Roy Walker

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

 

Tony Hill

It is with regret that I wish to let you know that our friend and long-standing member Tony Hill has passed away.

Tony has been a great supporter and asset to the club. In particular in the role of treasurer and in securing development funding for the club. He also held roles with the KCPA and thereby ensured that the interests of the club were being represented at county level.

Perhaps we can raise a quiet glass to Tony at the turning of the year. Our thoughts are with June at this time.

/Graham Robinson

 

Open Aggregate Slide and Projected Image Competition

On Wednesday, 14th December 2011 the club held on Open Aggregate slide
and Projected Images Competition.

The  judge for the evening  was Helen Taylor and the results were as follows:-

Slides

20 points –  Hubert Evans , Ian Farrant and Kay Monk
18 points –  Tony Catt, Hubert Evans (2), Ian Farrant and John Harrop.

Projected Images

20 points – David Brown, June Hill, Ian Howard,  Nigel May and Sarah Smith
19 points – Nigel May (2), Ben Robson and Joanna Thomson.
18 points – John Bowsher, Tony Catt (2), Ian Farrant, Lesley Harrison,
John Harrop, Ian Howard (2), Don  Lester, Paul Spree and Joanna Thomson.

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

Open Aggregate Monochrome Print Competition

On Wednesday, 30th November 2011, the club an Open Aggregate Monochrome Print Competition.  The judge for the evening was Chris Shore FRPS MPAGB EFIAP BPE4* and the results were as follows:

Advanced Photographers

20 points: -  Ian Farrant (2), Ian Howard,  Graham Robinson, Sarah Smith
18   points:–   Ian  Farrant, Ian Howard and Graham Robinson

Intermediate  Photographers

20 points:  Barry Scott and Chris Tribe(2),
19 points – Ron Walker,
18 points – Paul Glanville(2), John Sawkins, Paul Traviss (3) and Chris Tribe..

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

Costly Changes to Adobe Upgrade Policy

News of significant changes to Adobe’s upgrade policy for owners of Adobe Photoshop has been circulating for a week or two. I thought I’d mention it here in case some folks had not heard.

Adobe has always permitted flexible upgrades from earlier versions of a product. For example I upgraded from v7 to CS2 (i.e v9) and then I upgraded from CS2 to CS5.

Adobe are changing the rules so you will only be able to get an upgrade to CS6 if you have CS5 (or CS5.5). So unless Adobe change their mind, you will need to buy an upgrade to CS5.x or you will face having to pay full whack for CS6.

Needless to say this is not going down too well with loyal Photoshop users.
Scott Kelby blogged this: http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2011/archives/22903

I suggest Photoshop owners keep an eye on this situation.
/Graham

Image viewing experiment

On Wednesday I’d like to try some image viewing experiments. So if anyone has an internet capable tablet (or phone with a good sized screen) then I’d appreciate it if you would bring it along. Thanks /Graham.

PAGB e-news

Hi All

Please click on this link to see Issue 53 of e-news from the PAGB.

http://www.pagbnews.co.uk/e-news/en53532911APM-RuleBreaks.pdf

IN THIS ISSUE

2       Awards for Photographic Merit – November 2012
3       Awards for Photographic Merit – Audio Visual
4/5     Breach of Rules
6       Notices
7       Fotospeed Advert
8       Take a View Landscape Winner
9       Illustrations & Advert

YOUR INVITATION TO ENTER THE GB CUP 2012

The GB Cup Open, the GB Cup Small Clubs and the GB Cup Nature, which  closes for entries on the 9th January 2012, has been previously announced with an entry fee of £12 for each GB Cup entered but it is now FREE!   Each participating club receives a CD of all the best images entered,  sufficient to happily fill an evening in your programme.  These AV shows have been very well received and we have had many favourable comments about both the content and the quality of the production.
If you have not yet received an invitation to enter the 2012 GB Cups together with entry forms and a set of the revised rules. (Issue 16.1), these are now available on the PAGB Website at –

http://www.pagb-photography-uk.co.uk/misc-pdfs/issue_16.1_gb_cup_general_and_digital_rules_10_11.pdf

Can I also draw your attention to this Harman Best of Britain competition.  There is a great prize and, so far, very few entries !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://harmanexpress.com/page/91/PAGB-Competition-2011.htm

Best practice for registering for e-news is to use the link below.
Any or all of your members can also register for FREE e-news.

You can amend your details including your address although, to do that, you may have to “unsubscribe” and the join again.

                   Rod

Register for free e-news from the PAGB
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Don McCullin exhibition

Don McCullin exhibition at the Imperial War Museum 
7 October 2011 to 15 April 2012

http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/shaped-by-war-photographs-by-don-mccullin

 

Thoughts on Monitor Calibration

Last night at the club the question of monitor calibration came up and I said I’d post a short item about some things to consider doing before calibrating a monitor.

By the time I’d finished the item was too big for a Facebook update so I’ve added it to the Tutorials page of the website. http://ddcc.wordpress.com/tutorials/ under the picture of the colour checker:

I hope people find the notes helpful and I’ll be happy to answer any questions.

/Graham

 

Open Aggregate Colour Print Competition

On Wednesday, 9th November 2011, the club held an Open Aggregate Colour
Print Competition.

The judge for the evening was Dave Silk and the  results were as follows.

Advanced Photographers

20 points – Ian Farrant, June Hill and  Ian Howard (2),
18 points – Ian Farrant, June Hill (2) and Ian Howard (2)

Intermediate Photographers

20 points – Paul Traviss   and Chris Tribe
19 points – Ben Robson and Ron Walker
18 points – Chris Tribe.

The club recently took part in the Annual Ross Cup and came 10th. out of 33 clubs entering.  The results were as follows -

19 points – June Hill
18 points – Paul Traviss
17 points – Lesley Harrison, Ian Howard and Nigel May

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer