Photo and film expo

Audio Visual with Howard Bagshaw from England

Pretoria AV Club

We invite all to a special day of Audio Visual with Howard Bagshaw ARPS MPAGB from England

Date: 3^rd November 2012 from 09h30 until about 16h00

A light lunch will be provided

Costs: R50 for members, R100 for visitors

Venue: Irene Homes Hall, Irene. Entrance at 2 Albert Road (halfway between Nelmapius Drive and Alexandra road), Centurion

Part of the day will be spent on “live” judging of our club competition entries by Howard and part on AV training, also by Howard.

An opportunity like this will not occur again in the near future.

Here is a short CV he sent us: "I have been a keen photographer since childhood, but it was only 6 years ago, when I retired, that I started to seriously make digital AV sequences. The AV community in the UK is strong and very supportive so my wife, Carole and I soon made a lot of friends who helped me make progress. I feel that it is important to share your sequences and get ideas from others, as well as critically looking at as many other people's sequences as you can.

I was encouraged to enter club, regional, national and, recently, international AV competitions. I am pleased that many sequences have done quite well, and some sequences particularly well. I was awarded medals in two MFFC AV Salons, but the highlight so far was winning the 2010 RPS AV International with 'Migrant Mother'. I have also got more involved with the Royal Photographic Society and received an Associate distinction, as well as a Masters distinction from the Photographic Alliance of GB. I am vice-chair of the RPS AV Group.

We are really looking forward to meeting you all, looking at AV sequences and sharing ideas."

To assist with catering, please indicate your attendance to: Email: Pretoria.av.club@gmail.com  Phone: Jeff Morris 082 840 5459

Website: http://pretoria-av-club.wikispaces.com

Electronic copies of this Invitation are available on our website.

Photo Tour opportunity

CENTURION CAMERA CLUB PHOTO EXHIBITION

22 Oktober - 2 Nov 2012

Centurion camera club presents our annual showcase photo exhibition at Nikon House, Brakfontein. For directions from the Nikon site click on: "contact us".

As club members you are invited to make use of this occasion to exhibit your best photo's of the year - simply upload your images and we do the rest.

The rules briefly are: 

• You may enter up to 4 images, of which we guarantee to print and exhibit at least 3 depending on available display space.  Only full resolution files will be accepted and in any case not less than 5 Megapixel. Format preferable TIFF or JPG at highest qualty.
• We do encourage prints to be mounted. This does raise the cost of prints, however, so we require at least one of your images to be mounted.
• Cost is  R100 per photo plus an optional mounting fee of R50 per print. Payment is by way of direct bank depost into the camera club account.
• Photo's should be uploaded to FileFactory (see entry form spreadsheet for details) before midnight, 30th September 2012.
• Detail instructions is available on the downloadable Excel file on the website.

What do we do for you?

• Photo's are printed on A3+ enhanced matte using the best of inkjet technology.
• Photo's indicated will be mounted on 5mm foam core with bevel cut matting surround. Pictures will not be framed.
• We print a label with the author's name, details and a sort paragraph on the picture itself.
• Pictures will be offered for sale to the public for R200 per print (unmounted) and R250 mounted. Public may discuss pricing with photographer for other copies or sizes.
• Pictures will be judged on at the event and a brons, silver and gold medal will be awarded.
• Pictures will be posted to an on line gallery.
• Pictures will be exhibited at Nikon house for two weeks.
• A selection of photo's will be printed on alternative fine art media and displayed to introduce other print media.
• An opening evening will be held on 22nd October at 7:00 pm. The exhibits willl be judged at this event.
• There is no cost for this event - snacks will be served, supplied by F-stop cafè.

Direct all enquiries to :     

Arnold Theron    arnold.theron@gmail.com

Cutting Edge

Time and place: I like to experiment with Altered Reality and keep every picture of interesting ideas from magazine, advertisements or the internet. Sometimes these pictures provide you with a concept that develops further into something else as you start planning and experimenting. I found this particular idea on the internet. I like this image because of the clean simple lines, but mostly because it makes you look twice before you realise what you are looking at.

This photo was done in a home studio.

A plain sheet of white paper was used for the background. The lighting provided the soft grey colours and shadows. I used toy blocks under the paper to provide the height and angle of the cutlery.

Equipment and settings: I used a Nikon D5000 camera, an 18 to 200mm zoom lens and a tripod. Shutter speed was 1/200, Aperture was F32 and ISO was at 200. I used a studio light with a soft box.

Processing: I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. The basic processing done on this image was to crop for good composition, sharpen, saturation and contrast.

I cut off the edge of the fork by duplicating the colour of the paper using the “Clone” function.

I then duplicated a portion of the original image to create the end of the fork so that it appeared to be cut off. Here I used the “Transform/Perspective” function to create the impression that it was lying flat as well as the “Clone” function to blend the duplicated portion into the entire image.

Cornelia Niemand 4*

Beautiful Bee

Time and place: This photo was taken in the garden of The Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre on the R513 near Zilkaatsnek. The centre is open to the public on Wednesdays from 8h30 to 16h00 and the first Saturday of every month. They also have a large veranda where you can have tea/coffee and a variety of baked goods.

The photo was taken during the late afternoon while the sun was still shining brightly. Light was therefore not a problem but I had to consider the possibility of shadows on the subject. There was also a fair amount of wind, which could cause the image to be out-of-focus. We visited the centre with a group of people who all showed an interest in photographing the flowers and insects, which made it a bit crowded. However, once the group departed to enjoy refreshments, I could take my time at taking photos.

The bees were active around the Echinacea purpurea flowers. I liked the round shape of the centre of the flower and wanted to emphasise it in the composition of the image.

The photo was taken at a short distance, which allowed for the subject to be sharp and the background blurred with all the beautiful colours of the garden.

I took about 12 photos of the subject, many of which were out-of-focus due to the wind and the movement of the bee. I admit that this photograph was the result of more luck than patience.

Equipment and settings: I used a Nikon D5000 camera, a macro lens with 85 mm focal length and a tripod. Shutter speed was 1/125, Aperture was F18 and ISO was at 200.

Processing: I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. The only processing done on this image was to crop for good composition, sharpen, saturation and contrast.

Cornelia Niemand 4*

Dads old Sax – Tema: Side Lighting

Elke fotograaf het dit seker ook al ervaar dat sekere fotos sommer net gebeur, en ander weer met meer beplanning gepaard gaan. Sommige fotos beteken vir jou as persoon meer as ander. Die foto “Dads old Sax” is my pa se saxofoon wat hy in die sestigerjare aangeskaf het toe hy in sy twintigs was. Hy is baie musikaal en bespeel ‘n hele paar instrumente. Van my klein dogtertjie herinneringe van my pa is waar ek op die mat sit in sy musiekkamer, en grootoog kyk hoe hy vriende en familie vermaak met die speel van sy klavier, trekklavier, orrel en saxofoon. Alhoewel hy nie nou meer so baie speel nie het hy nog onlangs met die Saxofoon “Stillenag” saam met die kerkorrel op Kersdag gespeel.

Ek wou graag sy instrumente “capture” omdat dit so groot deel van sy lewe uitgemaak het en nog steeds doen. Hierdie foto is een van hulle.

Die foto is nie spesifiek geneem vir die tema “Side Lighting” nie, maar het aan die vereistes voldoen.

Ek het gebruik gemaak van my “ lig tent “ asook een lampie wat slegs aan die linkerkant geplaas is. Ek het seker so 10 fotos geneem omdat ek eksperimenteer het met die hoeveelheid lig wat ek wou gebruik. Die foto is geneem met ‘n Canon EOS 50D, 50 mm lens, 2sec, f/22, ISO 160.

Michelle van Niekerk 4*