Monday 19 March 2012

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22 March - Sicily with Bob Turner FRPS 

Bring entries for

29 March - Saguaro (PDI) & Irene Foster Trophies (Print)
Club members can submit 2 panels of 3 images on a theme of their choosing

Rules and information for the Saguaro Trophy for projected digital images


Digital Images to Roland Adams - radams7932@hotmail.com

e-mail entries to Roland  by Sunday 25th March and he  will acknowledge receipt so please resend if you've not heard from him.

Please can you size your images at 1024 x 768 pixels (max width x height) also please number your pictures 1,2,3 in the order that they should be shown in each set. Titles for each image are not necessary just a name for the set.


o   Competition date: late April, in conjunction with Irene Foster Rosebowl for prints
o   Closing date: one week prior to competition
o   Classes: open, i.e. no separate classes
o   Categories: open subject matter, each panel on a single theme
o   Number of images per member: maximum 2 panels of 3 images of digital images digital displayed consecutively
o   Labelling: as for Internal League Competition with spot marked 1-2-3
o   Judging: at the competition by club members. Each member selects his/her choice of best three panels in order, awarding first (5 points), second (3 points) and third (1 point)
o   Awards: trophy to overall winner, i.e. with most points.

Rules for Irene Foster Rosebowl for prints

Prints to Brian Bailey - b.bailey180@btinternet.com

Please number your 1,2,3 in the order that they should be shown in each set. Titles for each image are not necessary just a name for the set.


o   Competition date: late April, in conjunction with Saguaro Trophy for projected digital images
o   Closing date: one week prior to competition
o   Classes: open, i.e. no separate classes
o   Categories: open subject matter, each panel on a single theme
o   Number of images per member: maximum 2 panels of 3 images
o   Labelling: on back - title, author and marked L-C-R
o   Judging: at the competition by club members. Each member selects his/her choice of best three panels in order, awarding first (5 points), second (3 points) and third (1 point)
o   Awards: trophy to overall winner, i.e. with most points.


Also see rules and procedures common to all competitions



Video High Dynamic Range photography presentation – 8 March 2012

You will remember last week’s presentation on High Dynamic Range photography. Enrico has kindly produced a video of the presentation which is available for a small charge. 



Annual exhibition

The Malden Camera Club will be held from Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 June inclusive with the official opening and awards ceremony on the evening of 28 June. The judge is Clive Tanner FRPS. Closing date for entries is the 10 of May so you need to get entries ready sooner rather than later.  Entry forms will be available shortly

To ensure our Annual Exhibition is a success we need volunteers to help in preparing for and running the exhibition. All offers of help gratefully received so please give me a ring or email.

I am also seeking a photograph to publicise the exhibition so send me your photographs. Images that have a local theme will be given particular consideration. The selected photograph will be included in flyers and posters etc used to advertise the annual Exhibition. Copyright remains with the creator of the photograph


Other News

Surrey Photographic Association biennial exhibition

The Surrey Photographic Association also holds a biennial exhibition every two years.
In recent years this has been held at Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, during the month of April.
2010 was the SPA's 50th year and was designated our Golden Jubilee Exhibition.

The 2012 Biennial will be held at Guildford House Gallery from 28th March to 21st April 2012.

The selectors were Barbie Lindsay MPAGB EFIAP Russell Lindsay MPAGB AFIAP
and John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP APAGB


  

For up to the minute news visit the Club News Blog at


Programme and further information for members visit the Club web site


Friday 16 March 2012

V&A Photography in Britain, 1945 to now



Promotional image for Photography in Britain, 1945 to now
  • What:
    Free talks & tours
  • When:
    Wed 28 March 2012 13:00
  • Where:
    Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Photographers working in Britain since the Second World War have captured the diversity of the island and its people: from the humorous to the contemplative, and from the gritty to the glamorous. The rapidly shifting cultural environment after 1945 provided some of the greatest photographers of recent times with richly rewarding subject matter in the island of photography’s birth.
Martin Barnes, V&A Senior Curator of Photographs, looks at photographs addressing these themes in relation to a display of works from the V&A permanent collection.
13.00-13.45

Free Event

This event takes place on Wednesday 28 March 2012 at 13:0
Details

Monday 12 March 2012

The first portable digital camera – cassette included

From New Scientist

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Weighing in at 4 kilograms and standing a proud 22 centimetres tall, this is the world's first portable digital camera. In 1975, Steve Sasson and his team at Kodak's Elmgrove plant in Rochester, New York, cobbled it together from existing Kodak parts and other state-of-the-art technology.
Their heady mix included a lens from a Super 8 camera, the early home-movie camera recently popularised in a J. J. Abrams movie of the same name; what was then a new charge-coupled device (CCD) for converting light into digital signals; a digital cassette recorder; and 16 nickel-cadmium batteries. The resulting images were black and white and had a resolution of 10,000 pixels - a mere 0.01 megapixels in today's parlance.
Actually viewing them was a lot more work, and required heftier equipment. It took 23 seconds for the CCD to record to the cassette. The cassette then had to be removed and placed in a chunky custom-made device that sent the image to a TV set.
The system was truly ahead of its time. When Sasson showed it off to colleagues at Kodak, he was asked: "Why would you want to look at photos on a TV?" But Sasson revealed he was aware of its potential in a 1977 technical report: "The camera described in this report represents a first attempt demonstrating a photographic system which may, with improvements in technology, substantially impact the way pictures will be taken in the future."

THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY CELEBRATE A SUMMER OF SPORT


The Royal Photographic Society celebrates the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with an exciting online photographic competition which has been awarded the London 2012 'Inspire Mark'. Register now and then submit your images from the 1st April until 30th September and have the opportunity to win cameras from Panasonic and have your images included in a public exhibition as part of the Cultural Olympiad programme


CELEBRATE A SUMMER OF SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

'Celebrate a Summer of Sport' competition is split into two stages:

  • Stage 1: 1 April - 30 June – on the theme ‘Sport for All’

  • Stage 2: 1 July - 30 September – on the theme ‘Spirit of the Games’

Send us an e-mail at olympics@rps.org and we will send you a reminder when the competition opens for entries on 1st April

Thursday 8 March 2012

London Wild Bird Watch 2012 at WWT Barnes

A great opportunity to up your wildlife photographic skills


April 20-22


The Wildlife Photography Masterclass hosted by Amateur Photographer at London Wild Bird Watch will help visitors learn the secrets of wildlife photography with some of the nation’s best. Over the three days the following activities will take place



Free portfolio reviewsVisitors can bring up to three pictures for review – these will be shown on a TV inside the Amateur Photographer Lodge
Expert panelPitch your burning questions to our photography experts at the show
Mini talksExperts reveal their best kept secrets – see their images and hear how it’s done
InstructionMacro photography masterclass
How toGet brilliant pictures in the field – advanced lighting techniques
How toCapturing nature – birds in their environments
How toLong lens bird portraits masterclass

Programme

Day/Time11 – 12:1512:15 -1:301:30 – 2:452:45 – 4:00
FridayMacro Photography MasterclassLong Lens Portraits MasterclassCapturing Nature MasterclassAdvanced Lighting Masterclass
SaturdayMacro Photography MasterclassLong Lens Portraits MasterclassCapturing Nature MasterclassAdvanced Lighting Masterclass
SundayMacro Photography MasterclassLong Lens Portraits MasterclassCapturing Nature MasterclassAdvanced Lighting Masterclass


Full details

WWT Barnes

Monday 5 March 2012

International Garden Photographer of the Year 2012 competition

Telegraph 

Kew Gardens  


The sixth annual competition opens in March 2012 with a deadline of November 30th 2012. 

This page tells you about the competition, how to enterhow to prepare your images for the competition, and the types of entry we have. More detailed and technical information can be found on the Help page.

There are also three Photo Projects seasonal competitions, they are based on specific themes.

Deadlines for these are as follows:

Monochrome: 1 March - 31 March

Macro Art: 1 April - 31 May

Micro Creatures: 1 June - 31 July