Tips and Tricks
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Steve Wells has put together a number of tutorials which can be found by clicking on the links below
Abstract Photography - new
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 Misty Day Smallpox Hill by Barbara Gibbons
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The notes from Simon Riches' talk on External Competitions and Image Selection can be found here.
external_competitions_sep_2024.pdf
external_competitions_sep_2024.pdf
Martin Cooper's talk on Judging and Judges can be found below
martin_coopers_talk_on_judging.pdf
martin_coopers_talk_on_judging.pdf
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Simon Meeds on 'Uncontroversial use of AI in photography?'. There is a lot of discussion about how and when the use of artificial intelligence techniques might be appropriate in photography. Might Simon have found at least one uncontroversial use of AI? Simon Meeds on 'Tilt / Shift and focus stacking'. What is tilt / shift and can it be achieved with smaller format and digital cameras? What is focus stacking and how can it achieve similar results? Simon Meeds on 'Vertical curtain shutter vs electronic shutter'. How to use a digital camera's electronic shutter to emulate Jacques Henri Lartigue's famous photograph "Theodore Schneider n°6 driven by René Croquet at the ACF Grand Prix". Peter Davies' notes on 'Starting out in Creative Photography' Links to what judges look for in competitions with thanks to Rob England for finding them: (Click on the links.) Judging Photography Criteria for Judging a Photo Contest How Judges Critique Photo Competitions |
Andy has put together some notes on how to show your images at their best when presenting digital images. This includes links to XnView and Pictures to Exe Simon Riches showed us how to mount prints. The link to his talk is HERE Creative Problem Solving - a talk by Simon Meeds Link to Simon Meeds' talk on 'How Should I Present my Images?' Simon Meeds' talk on Around the Web with video links Here are a couple of tips from Garry that he passed on during Dean's talk on Photoshop: 'Re DxO Pure Raw, a great free trial...………..https://www.dxo.com/dxo-pureraw/download/ I think this link for free Nik collection is still valid and a safe link to the different Op system https://archive.org/details/nikcollection-full-1.2.11 ' |
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One of our members, Peter Howarth, gave us a very interesting talk on Landscape Photography. You can access the handouts from his talk by following these links. Information for Landscape Photography HERE Hyperfocal Distance Chart HERE Long Exposure Times for Neutral Density Filters HERE This is one of Peter's pictures entitled Moody Moors (click to enlarge) |
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