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1. OSHAWA CAMERA LUG Oshawa Camera Club email oshawacameraclub gmail com web www oshawacameraclub ca The Oshawa Camera Club is now in its 72nd year of continuous operation It serves the photographic community of Durham Region and the surrounding area We meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 30 pm from September to April at the Northview Branch of the Oshawa Public Library which is located at the north west corner of the intersection of Beatrice and Ritson Road in Oshawa Visitors are always welcome at our regular meetings This newsletter would not be possible without the time and effort put in by a very talented team of photographers and writers A special thanks to Bharat Mistry at g vision who developed the graphics used throughout this newsletter Published by Des McKee on behalf of the Oshawa Camera Club Email questions and comments to oshawacameraclub gmail com The articles and photographs in this newsletter are copyrighted and are not to be reproduced or modified without the creator s written permission For more information or a release please contact the editor at oshawacameraclub gmail com2. OSHAWA CAMERA CLUB iam Y The Newsletter for Durham s Photographic Community Oshawa Camera Club Monthly Newsletter Issue 2 September 2009 Contents Welcome to the second issue of In Focus Page 2 Presidents Musings by Valerie Slagter We have a new feature this month Random Topics and Page 3 Photograph of the Month our first contribution is from Peter Tomblin This is where eae oe M evien you can go to share your ideas with the membership If you by Brian Greenway have a photography story a favorite photography technique Page 5 Canon Connections or a great location or anything else you want to share by Brian Greenway please send it to me via oshawacameraclub gmail com Page 7 Club Outings and it will get published here by Darryl Kennedy Page 9 Creative Abstract ae 2 am also thinking of starting a new regular column Ask an Techniques by Fred Sewel Expert However this will only work if you send in your Page 10 Education Program Update questions So if you have any please sent to by Monica Taylor oshawacameraclub gmail com Page 12 Frame of Mind by Bharat Mistry Page 14 Lightroom by Des McKee Page 16 The Nikon Nook The Editor by Bharat Mistry Page 17 Random Topics by Peter Tomblin Page 18 The Traveling Photographer by Brian Greenway Page 20 The Last Word by Des McKee The Photography Month at a glance Hope you enjoy this issue Sept 9 1st club meeting Guest speaker Stan
3. did have a camera in hand you observing and photographing the various marine were unconcerned with it in any way These call flora fauna as we went along many for the first having a Moment of Awe time The Dive Master points to the right and as look over like a ghost from the depths emerges a To define this Giant Manta It phenomenon glides by the they are usually a group its 14 first time foot wingspan experience or undulating occurrence and effortlessly sometimes take through the water can still picture its eye as it went by us you off guard For example witnessing the birth of your first And just like born Second that it vanishes one not so into the blue The whole event lasted maybe 10 much peering over the Grand Canyon for the seconds but first time was pretty watching the sun break over Machu Pichu or certain had stopped breathing Camera clutched even something grisly as a car crash unfolding uselessly at my side 0 frames shot before you in all instances it s individually relevant to you and may seem ho hum and trivial The second Moment of Awe occurred on a latter to another In any case your body is in such dive the same day was descending down at sensory overload that it goes into a somewhat about 60 feet and I m distracted by a series of state of shock and the camera becomes just an unfamiliar clicks look around in time to catch a after thought Why pod of w
4. folder destination on the hard drive So much for intuitive interface and importing images couldn t be easier its back to more tutorials manuals and right click menus The problem realize is that come from a Windows Lightroom experience and see the new software as a variant of that experience rather than something new and requiring a different mind set in this case the Apple image management mindset from Iphoto Because have no experience with the projects and alobums approach I m already confused and unhappy with the software but for most of us that is how we do come to a new situation by using our past experiences have learned this software evaluation is a task fraught with pitfalls and bias I vow to calm down and be more objective Page 4 Canon Connection byBrian Greenway Picture Styles Are these really useful While all those photons of light are cooking in the camera sensor they can either be left alone RAW or processed to create a JPEG Most Canon DSLRs starting with the model 10D onwards have let the user adjust this processing using four main Image Parameters sharpness contrast saturation and color tone Later models 40D 450D 5D and 1D s have now provided sets of these adjustments called Picture Styles which have been based on the experience of photographers The pre set styles are Standard Portrait Landscape Neutral Faithful and Monochrome Usually Canon t
5. of your images have provided the information for October s program so go ahead and mark these on your Calendar October 7th 2009 meeting October promises to be another informative month We start with a live clinic judging We have three of our local judges including one of our own Vern Mossey coming out to a mock clinic This is a great opportunity for you to witness the process of judging for our clinics as well as what judges are looking for in your images The pre tutorial will be presented by Des McKee Des took his first picture in 1955 using a Kodak Brownie camera owned by his father By 1963 he had purchased his first 35mm camera and by 1968 was developing and processing B amp W prints and colour slides He and his wife moved to Canada in 1974 where he continued his interest in photography He purchased the first of many digital cameras in 1995 a 0 24Mpixel camera He bit the bullet and got rid of his 35mm film cameras in 2004 Digital photography also ties well into his other hobby that of building and In Focus Issue 2 Staa by Monica Taylor playing around with computers He is mainly interested in the technical aspects of photography and in airshow and aircraft photography He joined the Oshawa Camera Club in 2006 and under the influence of other members is branching out into nature portrait and wedding photography This tutorial is on shooting Raw and the benefits For those of you who are sti
6. quite different in appearance from the water droplets which some people apply with a spray bottle Yes admit have done it myself Most of us tend to take the majority of our pictures on vacation trips and the difficulty that arises then is the impractibility of waiting for the right time of day to take your picture especially if one is traveling with a non photographer partner find more and more that take my best pictures when my specific purpose is to take pictures and travel pictures are just travel pictures not potential prize winners The best photo opportunities arise when can set my alarm clock for 5 a m and go off alone or with one or two like minded fellow photographers who don t mind if you take an hour setting up one shot or if you want to wait for the sunlight to be at just the right angle before you release the shutter Then when travel can think of the pictures take as records of a holiday Of course when taking this approach one may still come up with a potential competition shot in your travels have frequently said to beginner photographers that one of their most important accessories is a waste paper basket would add to that another important piece of equipment that is an alarm clock so that those precious spring mornings are not lost and you can be out there producing masterpieces Dress warmly take a Thermos double check your equipment and sally forth You will not be disappointed Pag
7. surrounding Crawford Lake aE CANON POTAE AREAS Summary of Proposed Outings for the Visitors Centre and Gathering Place facilities with Gift Shop theatres remainder of the season lunchrooms exhibits displays and outdoor picnic areas Brickworks Late Oct Early Nov 2009 Distillery District Gooderam amp Worts Late Nov Early Dec 2009 Canadian Automotive Museum Jan Feb Hours amp Rates Open All Year Crawford Lake is open weekends and holidays closed Christmas Day all year long and daily May to October Open at 10 am 2010 to 40m daily ooa Nole with the exception of July amp August Baps Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Mar Apr weekday services and facilities are limited 2010 Please contact the park prior to your visit for details 905 854 0234 Riverdale Farm Mar Apr 2010 Adults 6 50 Kensington Market April 2010 Seniors 5 50 Black Creek Pioneer Village Early May 2010 Location Northwood Zoo amp Animal Sanctuary Late May Driving Directions 2010 Crawford Lake Conservation Area is SES i located at Steeles Avenue and Guelph Line The Guild Early June 2010 5 km south of Highway 401 and 15 km Summer Lily by Brian Greenway In Focus Issue 2 Page 8 BAe Ne Ree PETE by Fred Sewell LIGHTING EFFECTS using Elements 4 An average image may just turn out to be a gem lf you have ever just wanted to have some fun
8. think it s even better that functions within each module Apple s Aperture Library Module the library is where you will tend to start and end your Lightroom session Common tasks are importing images as well as exporting the finished product keywording and metadata entry file moving deletion and renaming and finding sorting and grouping images 2 Lightroom is designed for speed and efficient processing 3 Lightroom uses a database to file and store metadata about your images thus making it easier to find a particular image even if you have many thousands of images currently have close to 50 000 images in Lightroom Develop Module this is where you do your image processing such as white balance adjustment contrast and colour adjustment cropping tonal adjustments and camera and lens adjustments 4 Lightroom was designed to make RAW processing an easy integrated part of your workflow In Focus Issue 2 Page 14 Slideshow Module as the name implies this creates a presentation of your images and allows you to select images adjust slideshow layout adjust slideshow transitions and add music Print Module here you create layouts and print packages use output specific colour profiles and print to a local printer or print to a JPG file Web Module this allows you to get your images online very quickly by letting you chose from various photo gallery styles configure the look and feel and upload d
9. Bain will talk about the use of Waterglass Sept 23 Start 6 15 for a pre meeting tutorial by Bharat Mistry on the rules and regulations for clinic entries At the formal meeting Peter Tomblin will be presenting the 2009 GICCC competition results In Focus IA AN 5 LID mgs This summer took a two week road trip through the Rockies in British Columbia and part of Alberta Around each corner of the winding roads were some of the most breathtaking sights have seen in all my travels Many of the mountain ranges reminded me of the Andes in South America The saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder came to mind when reviewed the many shots took of each scene What was captured by the cameras eye had a different impact on me when compared to the actual feeling had and what my eye saw at the time took the shot This made me think about how all of our senses come into play when we engage in the art of photography It s not just about our technical ability to create good photographic compositions Our personal sense of good photography brings all of our discerning knowledge and emotions into play If we are able to capture in our images all of the basic elements that we consider must be present in a good shot we usually feel pretty satisfied with the outcome Whether or not others see the same quality in the images we consider to be winners is not all that important Our sense of accomplishment a
10. For use on Lighting Effects is just the answer It can change Flowers and an ordinary image into something exciting it can Portraits omit give a lift to a flat image The following effect is steps 5 to 8 best done with an image that has texture ie wood door barn straw brick or stone Try some of the other STEP 1 As always before you do anything lighting make a working copy of the original image effects you While this could be in JPG format it is much just may have an image you can use them on better to use Tiff Remember have fun STEP 2 Select the working copy you just made then select FILTER gt RENDER3 gt Lighting Effects STEP 3 Click Default then select Flashlight STEP 4 select light tyoe OMNI STEP 5 Set the intensity to approx 50 try different settings to see what they produce Then locate the light to the desired position the one third points generally work well and adjust the size of the circle STEP 6 On the texture select ie Red also try the others STEP 7 For the height have found 50 to be a good start but every image can be different so try other settings STEP 8 Once you have it the way you want it Click OK then Save it In Focus Issue 2 Page 9 Education Prog How fast time passes by It s September and we are ready and excited to have our first meeting of the season hope you Nave all been out shooting this summer We look forward to all
11. Picture styles do not affect RAW files and those who are comfortable with post processing may not feel the need for using them at all For my eye other than Monochrome the different styles are hardly distinguishable The difference between neutral and faithful is particularly confusing The in camera settings are identical yet Canon s Japanese site says the saturation is lower in Faithful and the colours are more accurate Is that therefore a factory setting that cannot be adjusted in the a a Ae j me d A gas x r ARN Wi i i i h S Se OV AE a at SN te ee ie OEE aN J Y f jA e oye y OLS aa y d r f3 A J Fa gt Wis 1 MAy lal an NS l lt WAP CNS i WOT ey e lt a A f Y a wY T a y a In Focus Issue 2 camera Because these image parameters including the pre sets can be user adjusted and if you are shooting only JPEG files then the Picture Style option can be a useful tool in obtaining the style of images you prefer Experiment with your cameras styles and see if there can be significant differences in your images As Canon says its analogous to choosing the various types of film qualities available such as Ektachrome Velvia 100 or Fuji Provia On the other hand is Canon selling something more supernatural for example their Twilight Style Affords a magical finish to the entire photo That s what my images definitely need more magic Wolf by Monica Tay
12. aphic community Of the 7 are really light and versatile but lack image cameras tested by Dpreview in this group the quality high noise wide angle ability and LX3 was rated the best of the bunch for image RAW Maybe a step up to a higher end quality in low light and tied with the Canon G10 compact camera is better choice Dpreview in outdoor light Dpreview rated it the overall calls these the Enthusiast Compacts and they winner against the other cameras in the did a good review of several in a group test just category This rating has certainly been last December See validated by the praise in the photography http www dpreview com reviews Q408enthusias podcasts and blogs where people have raved tgroup such as Nikon s P6000 Canon s G10 about it s quality On a note of caution Panasonic s LX3 or the very new Richo GRIII however they all agree the 60 mm limit to the are light small uncompromising on quality zoom can be a major disadvantage in many have lots of control features a good lens and situations and this should be given careful have that all important enthusiast s requirement consideration RAW file capability The ability to capture your travel images in RAW gives you lots of room to make adjustments under sometimes difficult lighting situations and avoid the strong noise over sharpening and automatic colour corrections built into many point and shoots and super zooms What the premiums lack in
13. d churches In Focus Issue 2 Pickering Ontario P 905 683 8401 Crawford Lake Conservation Area Niagara Escarp Oct 17 2009 The pristine waters of Crawford Lake have drawn people to its shores for hundreds of ears The rare lake with surrounding oardwalk is nestled in lush forests atop the stunning Niagara Escarpment where visitors can watch soaring turkey vultures glide through the Nassagaweya Canyon You can even step back in time and explore the 15th century Iroquoian Village that has been reconstructed on its Original site The spirits still sing in the rustic longhouses where tools animal hides and the smell of smoke epee experience the life and times of Ontario s First Peoples Crawford Lake Facts 468 hectare park established in 1969 on the Niagara Escarpment in Milton Regionally Environmentally Sensitive Area Provincial Area of Natural and Scientific Interest World Biosphere Reserve as part of Niagara Escarpment Rare meromictic lake with surrounding boardwalk One of the most accurately dated pre contact archeological sites in Canada 15th century reconstructed Iroquoian Village and heritage site Nassagaweya Canyon Interpretive Lookout Page 7 19 km of hiking and cross country skiing north of the Q E W and snowshoeing trails with connections to GPS Coordinates 43 47 79 951 Bruce Trail P 905 854 0234 Customer Service Extension Elevated boardwalk with interpretation 221 stations
14. e 17 The i 3 RESE Mi riehtelele tejels E by Brian Greenway What is the best companion camera for the cameras in addition to their regular gear as a Traveling Photographer Really after lugging sort of companion or second camera For the around your DSLR and its accompanying lenses Traveling Photographer too they maybe the and gadgets for a couple of days in a new city best walk around camera to travel with when or any place it starts to become a little tiring the DSLR is just too much and the control and The black monster can also be pretty quality of the compact super zooms are not intimidating to people awkward for a candid enough street scene or for a social evening out The DSLR can even generate some local hostility in Panasonic LX3 took a new path by some museums or historical sites as you may eschewing the conventional mega pixel race of be competing with their own souvenir sales At cramming more and more of them on to the some places extra charges are made for DSLRs same size sensor they kept the pixel count and even tripods Perhaps asmall companion comparatively lower to give better low noise camera is needed in addition to your DSLR Is images max ISO 6400 and also providing a a pocket size point and shoot the answer Well super fast f2 0 f2 8 lens with 24 mm equivalent maybe not for some serious image making The wide angle capability they created quite a buzz compact super zooms like the Canon SX200 in the photogr
15. ersonal View Pt 1 Other than IPhoto Aperture is Apples big entry into the Digital image processing market How good is it Should Mac users switch from Lightroom or even Capture One How easy is it to learn the operating features of this application This type of software constitutes a sizable investment so thought it would be useful to report on my own personal experiences with assessing Aperture in the next few columns Looking at the glossy magazine reviews and a few blogs is nothing like having your own hands on opportunity so installed Aperture on a 30 day trial Most of the editors of software and media reviewers must be afraid of lawsuits because they are all so friendly and careful to point out the strengths and weaknesses of competing software and but they were consistently full of phrases like Importing images couldn t be easier or very intuitive interface Using Aperture should be a breeze So after an easy install looked forward to quickly Importing some images into Aperture and quickly into some heavy duty processing quickly discovered it is much different from Lightroom not intuitive at all When they say the interface is Intuitive that means to me can use all the old habits I ve learned over the years and dont have to learn anything new When right click on a thumbnail it should list some standard actions that know or that s not intuitive Intuitive also means can by my lazy self and
16. harles De Gaulle adjusts accordingly Panasonic LX3 1 25 f2 3 ISO 400 auto Any of these enthusiast compacts such as Canon s G10 Nikon s P6000 even has GPS or the Panasonic LX3 with its rich feature set and RAW would make the ideal family travel companion camera to the mighty DSLR So good in fact it could be the only camera you take Big Cat by Des McKee In Focus Issue 2 Page 19 Dawn Patrol by Des McKee Time Jan 19 2007 8 29am Location CFB Cold Lake Alberta Subject CF 18 Lighting Natural Day light Camera Canon 20D Lens 28 135 IS Program Mode Shutter speed 200 Aperture 7 1 ISO 400 Handheld Aviation and aircraft have always been my top choice for photography My son and used to go to all the airshows together now go on my own This photograph was taken at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake in Northern Alberta in mid January Temperature was a cool 30 degrees We were there to watch our son graduate from the CF 18 training program did you see Jetstream on the Discovery channel as a fully qualified fighter pilot As we were bring laid into the main building saw a door leading out to the parking area and looking out took this image Of all the images took that day gt 2000 this is my favorite and seeing it brings back to me how proud am of my son and his chosen profession en ia P x ag TA iT l i a i S n E 7 1 i i i T F
17. hrows in 3 user defined custom settings too And even more styles can now be downloaded and installed anyone for Nostalgia Emerald or Autumn Hues Here are the Canon descriptions of the 6 basic pre sets vivid results for blues skies and Style Canon Says Tone Curve Colour Standard Vivid crisp general Type 1 More Slightly more setting usable for Contrast saturation variety of conditions Portrait Produces a soft Type 1 More Medium saturation texture and Contrast skin tones get a pink beautiful hue expression of skin color Landscape Sharp expression Type 1 More High saturation blue with particularly Contrast and green emphasis hue chg green hues Neutral With post Type 2 Neutral Low saturation processing in flatter neutral hues mind saturation and contrast are low Faithful Faithful production Type 2 Neutral Low saturation of the subject s flatter colormetrically colors with no accurate exaggeration Monochrome Monochrome Type 1 More B amp W can use filters expression in Contrast red green orange black amp white etc sepia etc In Focus Issue 2 Page 5 To see examples and get a more detail with a dynamic explanation see http www dpreview com reviews canoneos5S d page14 asp or Canon s site at http www usa canon com content picturest yle viewers index html or http www canon co jp imaging picturestyle style neutral html
18. ild Spinner Dolphins come into view Once again totally hypnotized by the sight Well bet you that you don t experience these Somehow did manage to remember the camera moments often maybe a handful of times over and get off 3 shots before they disappeared into our lifetime And also bet that you can recall the blue still remember the baby flipping upside each and every one of these Moments of Awe down and swimming under its mother s belly Even if hadn t taken any shots don t think Page 12 In Focus Issue 2 would have mind So next time you come across a situation that leaves you awestruck and muttering Holy Sure I ve seen Manta and Dolphins before in under your breath be grateful of your print TV and at Aquariums but this was Moment of Awe If you should be lucky to something else don t Know what it is but it capture it on camera great But if you don t kind of shocks you on an emotional and don t think it matters as you ve captured it spiritual level We did see more dolphins and within you and no virus hard drive crash or Manta rays later on but the connection wasn t computer meltdown can erase it the same as that first time Sort of reinforces my theory that these moments are rare per Think Different ly and Discover the person Possibilities Cheers B Spitfire Mk 18 by Des McKee In Focus Issue 2 Page 13 by Des McKee Why would you want to start using t Adobe Pho
19. irectly to your web server All modules have a common interface as can be seen in Fig 1 This shows the Library module components Along the top is the Menu bar for all the commands in each module Below this is the Module Picker to select the module you want to work with On the left is the Left Panel group The contents vary with each module but generally involve accessing grouping and previewing images and templates The Right Panel group is naturally on the right of the screen The contents here also vary with each module but generally you find controls for adjusting and tweaking Between the right and left panels is the main image Underneath this is the Toolbar where again the contents are specific to each module Finally along the bottom of each module is the Filmstrip which displays thumbnails of the image grouping you are working on At the top of the film strip is a row of tools that you will find yourself using alot Next issue will explore the Library Module in greater detail Bee Ready by Brian Greenway In Focus Issue 2 Page 15 In Focus To VR or not to VR amp Getting Gridded Given the plethora of features that manufacturers are bent on squeezing into the current set of cameras Dont get me started on Video on SLRs there are some features that are actually beneficial for shooting The first one VR Lenses Vibration Reduction or Image Stabilization in some form or another The benefits
20. ldings and now with the gridlines you have additional reference lines that allow you to line up your shot precisely vertically or horizontally CD ma b G G inini AR BB Bebe als The second benefit of the Grid Lines is a compositional aid On some cameras the grid lines are already set into thirds which is ideal for composing to the Rule of Thirds Some like the above from a D300 are set up in a Quad grid with a viewing proportion of roughly 4 x 6 and follows pretty close to composition on the Golden Mean 1 1 5 vs 1 6 All you have to worry about is to get your key elements to line up at the internal intersections of the four corners and the picture magically looks balanced You will also notice that in dim lit situations the grid lines change from black to glowing red to help you out Got a question about your Nikon Send it in and l Il do my best to answer it Cheers B Page 16 R Janja loim n O p ics by OCC Members Early Morning Photography by Peter Tomblin Methought I heard a voice cry Sleep no more Macbeth Have you noticed that almost all the best outdoor photographs are taken in the early morning or in the late afternoon that is within a couple of hours of sunrise or a couple of hours of sunset The photographer who doesn t get up with the dawn or doesn t go out when everyone else is eating dinner will seldom get those winning shots There are a number of reasons why this should be so The fi
21. ll does consulting work for Wardrop Engineering where he designed more than half the windfarms in Ontario he continues to design independently and implement the SONET system in Markham s PowerStream to Support Sharon s and his photography habit For several years Sharon s husband Nick encouraged her to join him in his passion for photography In April 2008 Shortly after she got her first Digital SLR camera he enrolled her in a Women s Foundation Workshop in Savannah GA where she was able to learn photography basics Additional workshops to practice her newly learned skills followed with Nova Scotia Fishing Villages with Rocky Mountain School of Photography RMSP The Grand In Focus Issue 2 Tetons with The Mindful Eye The Vibrant Colours of Skagit Valley and Butchart Gardens with Mark S Johnson Photography Light Studies The Light and Atmosphere of Place and The Art of Macro with RMSP Future workshops include Zion National Park with The Mindful Eye and England s Lake District with The Digital Dawn In addition to the workshops she and Nick will join photography friends in Newfoundland and Colorado in 2010 What better way to see the world but through the lens of a camera Sharon joined the Oshawa Camera Club in September 2008 participating in Club outings and clinics and is a Team Facilitator for 2009 2010 For a second year She will be a volunteer photographer for Whitby in Bloom Sharon is a reti
22. ll shooting jpeg this will be especially beneficial for you Des has done many tutorials for the club in the past and think you will all agree he has always been informative and inspiring Start time is 6 15pm October 215t meeting The very first clinic of the season Bharat Mistry will host this meeting It is always an entertaining evening This is a wonderful chance to see some of our members images as well as the opportunity to encourage each other With the judges comments and critiques you can also learn how to take better images Today s pre tutorial will be presented by Nick and Sharon Janishewski Nick s photography history is short he started in 2004 To catch up to the OCC talent he took three workshops with Craig Tanner Next Step Tetons and Death Valley Three with Rocky Page 10 Mountain School of Photography Nova Scotia Light Studies and Art of Macro and one with Mark Johnson in Washington More are planned for 2010 He was a team facilitator in 2008 where he started to learn ProShow Producer He also photographs stage productions for ACT One in Pickering Wardrop Engineering events did a wedding and does volunteer photography in the community Nick hasn t developed a preference for a style of photography and is open to new directions He has become fairly proficient in Photoshop but likes to minimize its use He has retired from Ontario Hydro s Protection and Control in 2000 But sti
23. look forward to seeing all of the wonderful images submitted to the clinics this coming season and feel very pleased to be associated with such a talented and creative group of photographers Your willingness to participate in the planned program activities and to share your talent and expertise is what makes our club successful worthwhile and productive Page 2 In Focus Time March 28 2009 Late afternoon Location Ajax Subject Red Tail Hawk Lighting Natural Day light Camera Canon 30D Lens 400mm prime Shutter speed 1250 Aperture F8 ISO 200 Handheld with a shoulder brace Nature photography is my passion primarily birds and animals soend a lot of hours researching and driving around looking for that perfect subject Sometimes you don t see a single Issue 2 thing for days and sometimes you have that magical moment as did this day Red tail hawks are usually a very elusive bird am sure you have all seen them while driving along the highway Have you ever tried to photograph them Usually they will fly away as soon as you stop your Car wanted to get that catch light in his eyes while also capturing the talons and amazing details on his back feathers was so excited when given the opportunity as this hawk almost posed for me It was the most cooperative hawk have ever encountered Opportunities do come to those who are patient Page 3 Apple Cart Assessing Apple s Aperture A P
24. lor Page 6 Confirmed Outings 2009 2010 Season l INGS by Darryl Kennedy On this special day there will be the usual activities including spinning demonstrations baking demonstrations wood stove demonstrations blacksmith demonstrations gardening demonstrations kids dress up rural runway fashion show and hay rides There will also be a host of fundraising activities Hours amp Rates Open from 12 noon until 4 pm Admission is FREE Location Bowmanville Zoo Sat Sept 19 2009 2865 Concession Road 6 Rain Day Sunday Bowmanville Zoo has over 300 creatures including many famous animal celebrities Hours amp Rates September 10 00 a m to 4 00 p m Weekdays Weekends 10 00 a m to 5 00 p m Showtimes at 12 00 2 00 and 4 00 pm mainly on weekends Carnivore feeding at 3 00 pm mainly on weekends Adults 18 50 Seniors 15 50 Groups of 10 to 35 people 15 00 per person Location 40 King Street East Bowmanville Ontario L1C 3K5 P 905 623 5655 Pickering Museum Village Family Day October 4th 2009 NO Rain Day Take a step back in time and enjoy what history has to offer With an impressive range of events the possibilities are endless at oe Museum Village This award winning village has fifteen restored heritage buildings which comprise a quaint pioneer village including a blacksmith and wood shop general store schoolhouse houses barns an
25. nd the enjoyment we get from our creations carries much more weight in the long run than another person s subjective evaluation However if we can accept the opinions of others as an opportunity to see our images from a different perspective it can be a vital learning and motivation tool encourage all of you to give some Issue 2 thought to this when it comes time for us to submit our winners to the various clinics After all the clinic judges are human beings with their own set of criteria and biases and will evaluate each image based on their personal experience knowledge and individual preferences The number that judges assign to an image is only an indication of their personal assessment Their comments can often help us to see the images from a different point of view Ifthe assigned number to an image is lower than you expect it does not mean that you should consider it an inferior shot It could mean an opportunity to gain a deeper insight from another person s perspective and perhaps build a heightened awareness of your photographic style and preferences In the words of the highly successful photographer Ansel Adams Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you and trust your own reactions and convictions Ask yourself does this subject move me to think feel and dream Can visualize a print my own personal statement of what feel and want to convey about the subject before me
26. not have to learn any new fancy lingo or even think about reading the manual Starting at the beginning with importing images from my camera card the display is fast and in an attractive browser format rather than a dialogue box style Frustratingly for me however have to put them into a Project Folder Why does Apple persist in In Focus Issue 2 7 by Brian Greenway i wanting to put everything in to projects and aloums Gripes just went out to enjoy a photo shoot and quickly want to process the images there is no project no album no nothing until an idea seizes me and wouldnt that group of images make a great photo album or slide show Aperture allows you to leave it untitled and even create a subfolder but the images can only go into the project folder why then can create a sub folder have some flower images from a trip to Newfoundland why can t put them Straight into the sub folder created under the project Newfoundland called flowers Off to the User Manual then Ten minutes of searching later and the term intuitive is beginning to rankle somewhat There seems nothing to fit the bill but begin to realize that Aperture separates the storage function of importing files naming files Hard drives folders sub folders etc apart from the Project Alobum Book Light table system which is a major part of Aperture The subfolder created in the project system is not related at all to the file s
27. red Medical Laboratory Technologist who volunteers as secretary and director of the Vasculitis Foundation Canada When not away taking workshops she likes to spend time with her three grandchildren The pre tutorial for this meeting will be on High dynamic range in Photomatix This is an amazing software package that am sure you will be enticed to try This is a great way to enhance some of your images Nick and Sharon will Share their knowledge and tell us what images work best and how to get the best out of them Start time is 6 15pm Page 11 FRAMA OF MIN meee Moments of Awe with amazing clarity and detail just as if you were looking at a photograph The memory of it lm sure you ve had moments during your day has been etched into your mind that nothing will where you ve wished you had a camera to erase it capture a subject or an occurring event It just seems natural for us as humans to document was lucky enough to have two of these certain things that intrigue us But what abouta Moments of Awe a few years back while Scuba time when the camera was the last thing on your diving in Hawaii On our first dive we were drift mind I m not talking about everyday routine diving a drop off at about 40 feet Visibility was events but something that stops you dead in clear on the shallow side on our left but faded your tracks and leaves you totally mesmerized into the dark blue depths on our right was that even if you
28. resolution Zoom and lens quality compared to the DSLR is compensated for by their compact size light weight considerable depth of field and wide angle possibilities Its not surprising then to discover that many top flight professional photographers use one of these high end In Focus Issue 2 Page 18 All this buzz convinced me to part with my trusty G9 on Craig s list and purchase the LX3 At the moment the LX3 compared to the Canon G9 or G10 in my mind it is the ideal carry anywhere camera for the travel photographer who wants great image quality for close ups street scenes and landscapes ina very small package It certainly has lived up to the hype To further reinforce the idea this is a travel camera you can set in camera start and end vacation dates along with world times for overseas travel destinations You record them along with the name of the location when you take the picture My wife takes a lot of indoor pictures at club and church meetings photographing groups in low light The extra io a fast and wide angle lens was perfect for these types of situations and she discovered a very Fiona LX3 switched to Portrait mode successful feature which Panasonic calls automatically 1 1000 f2 0 ISO 80 by Joan Intelligent Auto Mode Effectively the camera Greenway detects if its looking at a portrait scene or macro situation in night or day situations and Waiting at 42 C
29. rst that comes to mind is the angle of the light The low angle at which the suns rays strike the surfaces of the subject are ideal for bringing out texture or for backlighting Leaves petals fur hair are all improved by backlighting while wood brick sand shells skin all have textures which are enhanced by low angle oblique lighting Then there is the colour of the light what scientists refer to as colour temperature Morning and evening light is softer often pinker than midday light and will bring out the delicacy of subtle colour differences in your subject You might also explore the differences between early morning light and late afternoon light As well as the colour of the light there is a big difference in the intensity of the light between sunrise and midday On a sunny day the brightness of the sun will give you a range of contrast between highlight and shadow that may well be beyond the ability of your film to record In that case your exposure will not be able to record detail in the darkest shadows or in the brightest highlights Photographers who are up at the crack of dawn will often find a soft mist over the landscape which will not be there when the sun In Focus Issue 2 has been up for more than an hour or so Such a mist adds considerably to the beauty of many landscape and nature pictures Also many things especially plant life spider s webs and the like will be enhanced by tiny beads of dew Real dew is
30. that this provides is a given ability to shoot handheld at a few stops higher than without VR Always a plus in lowlight shooting and allowing you to get away without using the tripod or flash in certain situations So what is the best way to maximize the VR benefit You ve probably noticed the set of switches on the side of your VR Lense You have VR On Off which is pretty obvious but you also have Normal Active The other M A M switch is for the focusing mode Auto or Manual For Hand Held shooting VR is set to ON If you re using a Tripod set VR to OFF Normally the VR expecis camera motion but when d tripod mounted there is no motion so the image stabilization actually causes a jitter thus defeating the ourpose It s in the manual which you read right NORMAL ACTIVE een i mma F So that leaves us with the Normal Active Switch Very Simple When Handheld with VR ON Set it to Normal if the Subject is moving and You are stationary Issue 2 by Bharat Mistry Now if You are moving such as on a boat car swaying bridge or anything unstable set it to Active This lets VR compensate for your motion Easy Huh Next let s talk about Grid Lines If you haven t turned on the Grid Line feature on your camera encourage you to do so and leave it on This will provide a number of benefits that I ll explain The clinic judges are always commenting on tilted horizons or leaning bui
31. toshop Lightroom Lightroom You have been taking and gm processing digital images for a while E Library now and your current set of software tools work for you You may be using Adobe Bridge Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CS or Elements and or some other combination of tools to import your images catalog and reference them browse for a particular image process the pixels print an image or create a slideshow or upload them to the web You have a routine or workflow worked out that suits you Why would you change it now to use Lightroom Lightroom was designed from the ground up for the digital photographer so once you understand the 5 Lightroom paradigm it is very logical and easy to navigate around There are no extraneous features no hidden commands and no dead ends think that there are five main reasons why everyone should be using Lightroom There are igntroom used non destructive processing When you start Lightroom for the first time it may appear bewildering Where do you start Basically you work from left to right and top to bottom Fig 1 shows the opening screen for 7 Lightroom On the top right are the five major 1 Lightroom s ability to give photographers a modules within Lightroom Library Develop totally integrated program from Importing Slideshow Print and Web I think these are self organizing editing and sharing is unmatched by explanatory but will highlight the major any other program I
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