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President’s Evening 2012 – Round Up

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For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a brief review of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their social scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website.

The last formal meeting of the season was presented by

Blue Sky over the Bullring

Blue Sky over the Bullring

Christian Cable for his ‘President’s Evening’. The lecture was about the advantages and disadvantages of digital photography.

Christian started by commenting on former methods of storing images using film which was processed in a darkroom and prints or transparencies made which were safe for archival files. With digital images which are stored in a computer and are not as safe Digital images need constant back up because of the possible failure of the hard disc which has an approximate life of five years and the life of DVD’s which last about ten years. Christian advocated using the 3 – 2 – 1 rule which stated that it was best to keep three copies of each photograph with one away from the computer.

Christian followed his introduction with a series of digital photographs of subjects of particular interest to him including:-

  • The seaside with images of Blackpool, Morecambe and Plymouth
  • Transport showing moving traffic, London Underground stations, Trains and escalators
  • The subject ‘Abandoned’ showing derelict buildings, closed shops with old fasciasStreet Art showing graffiti
  • The sky with images of clouds and spectacular sunsets
  • Food with photographs of peppers and pasta
  • A German village in the wine growing area of the Mittel Mosel showing the landscape of vines in winter

Part two of the talk analysed the advantages of digital imaging in which images were captured by a sensor to a memory card then processed in a computer using Photoshop, but rarely printed. This was in complete contrast to film in which all images taken were usually printed and stored.

Sunset over Morecambe Bay

Sunset over Morecambe Bay

Christian commented on how digital processing was powered by integrated computer circuits. It was interesting to note recent history, in which Gordon Moore, of Intel evolved, in 1965 what has become known as Moore’s Law which states that the number of components in an integrated circuit doubles every two years and this expotential improvement has increased speed of processing, all with components which have become smaller and faster. A good example being the latest iPhone which produces superior image quality over cameras manufactured just a few years ago. As technology advances the cost of cameras have also fallen with the Canon 350D of 2005 costing almost twice as much as the newer Canon 600D of 2011.

The vote of thanks to the President for an informative and most interesting evening was given by Sally Anderson.

Many thanks to Syd for providing this summary.

Here are the slides from my President’s Evening talks along with some links to further reading and software. If you have any corrections or suggestions then please let me know and I shall update these.

Slides

References and links for more information

Part 1

Part 2

 

An Evening with Morecambe Bay Movie Makers – Round Up

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For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a brief review of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their Social Scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website.

Morecambe Movie Makers hosted a joint meeting with Lancaster Photographic Society, each presenting a selection of images for the 50:50 evening. For part one the Chairman of Morecambe Graham Isherwood, introduced videos produced by members as follows:-

  • ‘Glorious Windermere’ in high definition by Geoff Ducker
  • ‘Alex Henshaw and the flight of the Mew Gull’ the story of his pioneering flight to Cape Town and back by Tim Churchill
  • ‘Ron’s Chicken Run’ by Ron Wood
  • ‘Lest We Forget’ a video produced on a DSLR camera by Peter Parker
  • ‘Formula 1 – Fast & Loud’ the story of Silverstone by Dave Wertherley
  • ‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ by Roland Ward
  • ‘North Light’ showing landscape images of Northern England by Geoff Harrison
  • ‘Six Miles out into the Bay’ a tale of shrimp fishing out of Flookburgh by Chris Abram

For part two Christian Cable, President of the Society introduced members whose work was shown as follows:-

  • ‘Land of the Morning Calm’ by Chris Thoume. This presentation told the story of a visit to South Korea with images of the architecture of the capital, Seoul and the coastal city of Pusan. Scenes included the local markets and the Korean Grand Prix circuit.
  • ‘What we did during our Summer Holidays’ Christian Cable detailed the outing of the Society to Brimham Rocks in Nidderdale, a trip to Liverpool and then images taken at a recent portrait workshop organized by John Aldred.
  • ‘A week in Budapest’ This was a Pictures to EXE sequence by Vic & Sheenagh Crumley showing the magnificent architecture of the Hungarian capital.

Votes of thanks were given by Graham Isherwood on behalf of Morecambe Bay Movie Makers and by Christian Cable for Lancaster Photographic Society who thanked Morecambe for a warm welcome, splendid refreshments and for a very entertaining evening.

Southlakes Interclub Battle – The Results

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Guest post written by Vic Crumley

Lancaster Photographic Society entered the South Lakeland Inter-Club Knockout Competition last Thursday, hosted by Ulverston Camera Club. Six clubs submitted 15 photographs comprising colour prints, mono prints and digitally projected images, and more than 50 members of the clubs attended. Lancaster progressed to the semi final by winning the first round against Barrow, then won through to the final against Holme with a thrilling win over Ulverston. Unfortunately their good run stalled in the final, which Holme won by a total of 410 points to Lancaster’s 399.

This was the third successive time in the final of the competition, but a win still elludes the local photographers, as the two previous occasions were lost to Kendal. Members felt that the standard of their work was the equal of the other clubs, and they now look forward to next year’s competition, which is to be hosted by Lunesdale Camera Club.

 

Annual Projected Image Competition – Round Up

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The annual projected image competition was judged by John Fletcher C.A.P.G.B. from Longridge. John is a a member of Ribblesdale Camera Club and specializes in wild life and natural history images.

Results of the competition as follows:-

Digital Projected images – Colour

Highly Commended

  1. ‘Let me see your war face’ – John Aldred
  2. ‘Looking down on you’ – Sally Anderson
  3. ‘Water Seller’ – Nick Dagger
  4. ‘Bistort & Caterpillar’ and ‘Watching you!’ both by Allan Hartley

Commended

  1. ‘Night in the Park’ and ‘Fire in the Sky’ both by John Aldred
  2. ‘Evening Contemplation’ – Sally Anderson
  3. ’Storm Sky over the Bay’ and ‘Woodland Walk’ both by Vic Crumley
  4. ‘Happy 30th Birthday’ – Nick Dagger
  5. ‘Hong Kong Harbour’ – Allan Hartley
  6. ‘Cold as Stone’ – ‘Bethruthan Steps, Cornwall’ and Mullion Church interior’ all by David Moorhouse
  7. ‘Puffin’ – Ruth Wood

Winner of the best image in the colour section was John Aldred for his photograph ‘Let me see your war face’

Digital Projected Images – Monochrome

Highly Commended

  1. ‘Sand patterns’ – Sally Anderson
  2. ‘Going up!’ – Nick Dagger
  3. ‘The Tree’ – Allan Hartley
  4. ’Contemplation’ – Martin Rathbone

Commended

  1. ‘Dawn by the River’ – John Aldred
  2. ‘St. Paul’s & St. Martin’s Timber Church’ – Sally Anderson
  3. ‘Dahlia in rain’ – ‘In need of repair’ and ‘Building Shapes’ all by Sheenagh Crumley
  4. ‘House on the Hill’ – Vic Crumley
  5. ‘Wedding car 1915 style’ – Syd Cumbus
  6. ’But who got the Holeshot?’ and ‘Through the windscreen’ both by Mandy Foreman
  7. ’Schreckhorn’ and ‘True Grit’ ‘both by Allan Hartley
  8. ‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Atlantic Teeth’ both by David Moorhouse
  9. ‘Sing your heart out’ – Martin Rathbone

Winner of the best image in the monochrome section was Allan Hartley for his photograph of ’The Tree’

A warm vote of thanks to the judge was proposed by the President, Christian Cable.

Annual Print Competition – Results

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Let the Judging Begin © John Aldred

Let the Judging Begin © John Aldred

For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a brief review of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their social scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website.

The President, Christian Cable introduced Jeremy Malley-Smith L.R.P.S , a member of Wigan Photographic Society to judge the Annual Print Competition.

Results as follows:-

Colour Prints – Highly Commended

  1. ‘Poppy field in Majorca’ – Ron Atkinson
  2. ‘Lancaster Fireworks’ – Sheenagh Crumley

Colour Prints – Commended

  1. ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – Sheenagh Crumley
  2. ‘An Avenue of Oaks in Spring’ – Syd Cumbus
  3. ‘Burg-Al-Kalifa Tower, Dubai’ and ‘Damsel Fly’ both by Allan Hartley

Monochrome Prints – Highly Commended

  1. ‘Ice bound at Haverbreaks’ – Syd Cumbus
  2. ‘Arches’ and ‘Dandelion Clock’ both by Allan Hartley

Monochrome Prints – Commended

  1. ‘Capital Clock’ – Vic Crumley
  2. ‘Eskotran No. 407, Bilbao’ – Syd Cumbus

Awards

Best Colour Print in the Competition
‘Mohamed, Frankincense Trader’ – Allan Hartley
Best Landscape Print in the Competition
‘Slater’s Bridge’ – David Moorhouse
Best Monochrome Print in the Competition
‘Teasels in the Sun’ – Sheenagh Crumley
Best Runner-up Print (Colour or Monochrome) in the Competition
‘Teasels in the Sun’ – Sheenagh Crumley

The vote of thanks was proposed by Christian Cable.

An Evening of Photographic Entertainment and Bargains – Round Up

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For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a brief review of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their social scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website.

The Society meeting this week was divided into two parts, with presentations by two members.

Chris Thoume gave a talk entitled ‘Land of the Morning Calm’ describing his recent visit to South Korea. The modernistic architecture of the capital city, Seoul was shown along with the vibrant markets selling Asian specialities and great varieties of fish. Photographs of the monsoon rains which are frequent in Seoul confirmed why the country is so verdant with forests and national parks. A visit was made to the second city of the country, Pusan, some 400 miles south of the capital. Here we saw the port facilities, the fisherman’s village and images of some of the 17 miles of bridges connecting the islands and forming a coastal highway. A call was made at a Folk Village where Chris showed images of local sculptures. Pusan was also the home of the Korean Film Festival and the Grand Prix Circuit.

David Moorhouse provided the second presentation entitled ‘Images from the River Lune’. David is a member of the Lancaster Anglers Association, a group of some 250 members who fish from the Crook of Lune to the confluence of the River Wenning at Aughton in a season beginning on February 1st and ending on October 31st each year. He spoke of the salmon hatchery at Sedbergh and how some 100,000 eggs are stripped every year. Of the 600 or so salmon caught each season most are returned to the river to aid conservation. The brief talk was followed by an audio-visual  presentation showing the beauty of the Lune in all seasons and included images of some of the Atlantic Salmon caught in past years.

Part two of the evening was devoted to a Bring & Buy Sale of photographic equipment with Chris Thoume acting as auctioneer. Equipment offered for sale included many film cameras, filters, flash guns, tripods and redundant holdalls. The proceeds of the sale benefited the Society.

The vote of thanks to Chris and David was proposed by the President, Christian Cable.

Perfect Light – Round Up

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The President of the Society, Christian Cable introduced Lee Metcalfe of Lancaster to present his lecture entitled ‘Perfect Light’ Lee is a local professional photographer who specializes in landscape photography and has enjoyed successful exhibitions of his work in the Ashton Memorial and local galleries plus cover photographs for Lancashire Life and articles for the Outdoor Photography magazine.

He showed a total of 37 images showing Lancaster, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. With each photograph Lee explained his reasons for taking the shot and spoke of his selected locations. Many of the exhibited photographs were taken at dawn and dusk and this is a feature of his specialist approach to landscape imaging. Panoramic images of Buttermere were often multiple frame shots which were then stitched together in Photoshop. Many of the Lancaster images featured the Ashton Memorial with one set showing the memorial building in each season of the year.

The vote of thanks was given by Allan Hartley.

Competition Three – Round Up

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The third competition of the winter season was judged by Harry Emmett, a member of Accrington Camera Club. Harry provided good analysis of each image presented and commented on how he would change some of the photographs in Photoshop.

Results as follows:-

Colour Prints – Highly Commended

  • ‘Damsel Fly on Rush and ‘Burg Al Khalif Tower, Dubai’ both by Allan Hartley

Colour Prints – Commended

  • ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – Sheenagh Crumley
  • ‘Eleven’ and ‘Shoe Shop’ both by Peter Fishwick
  • ‘Frankincense Trader’ – Allan Hartley

Monochrome Prints – Commended

  • ‘Arches’ and ‘Dandelion Clock’ both by Allan Hartley

Colour Digital Projected Images – Highly Commended

  • ‘Watch me go!’ – John Aldred
  • ‘Grace and Vulnerability’ – Graham Binns
  • ‘Peacock Butterfly on Michaelmas Daisy’ – Sheenagh Crumley

Colour Digital Projected Images – Commended

  • ‘Lavatera Flower’ and ‘Nicola & Chittipong’ both by Sally Anderson
  • ‘Amber’ – Graham Binns
  • ‘Door Knocker’ – Syd Cumbus
  • ‘Sunflower’ and ‘Watching You’ both by Allan Hartley
  • ‘Water Drops’ – Colin Yates

Monochrome Digital Projected Images – Highly Commended

  • ‘Noir’ – Graham Binns
  • ‘Sarah’ – Mandy Foreman

Monochrome Digital Projected Images – Commended

  • ‘Strength’ – Graham Binns
  • ‘Contemplation’ – ‘Tattooist’ – ‘Sing your Heart Out’ all by Martin Rathbone
  • ‘Dahlia in the rain’ – Sheenagh Crumley
  • ‘True Grit’ – Allan Hartley

The Vote of Thanks was given by Vic Crumley

‘Penguins, Penguins and More Penguins’ – Round Up

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Ruth Wood, a long standing member of the Society presented a lecture on her recent visit to the Antarctic entitled ‘Penguins, Penguins and more Penguins’.

The trip commenced in Ushaia in the far south of Argentina and Ruth started with a short tour of the town before the cruise which included the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands. Ruth explained how the January temperatures varied with Ushaia about 17 degrees C, South Georgia 5 degrees C and the Antarctic Peninsula zero degrees Celsius. The talk was well illustrated with with exceptional digital images of the bird populations of the area including the Patagonian Finch, the Wandering Albatross with a 10ft wingspan, the Giant Petrel and the Blue-eyed Shag.

Visits to the islands were made by Zodiacs from the cruise ship and included Carcass Islands and West Point Island where the party hiked across. On South Georgia a visit was made to Grysviken to view Shackleton’s grave and later to Stromness to see the former whaling station. On the islands the group viewed many Fur Seals and some Elephant Seals, but perhaps the highlight of the tour was to be able to view King Penguins, Chinstrap Penguins, Rockhopper Penguins, Adelie, Penguins, Macaroni Penguins and to be able to photograph them at close quarters.

On the Falkland Islands a visit to the capital, Stanley was arranged and here thee party had the opportunity to walk some of the local trails. The final call of the cruise was to Antarctic Peninsula where the group viewed Killer Whales. Later a trip in the Zodiacs around the many icebergs enabled Ruth to see the colours and sculpted patterns on the icebergs, created by the prevailing Antarctic winds and these were recorded in a series of stunning photographs.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Chris Thoume.

Colour Portfolio – Round Up

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For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a brief review of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their increasingly irregular social scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website. This week’s column was guest written by Christian Cable

This week at Lancaster Photographic Society the Society reviewed, discussed and critiqued the latest colour print portfolio from the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union.

The portfolio was made up of sixty of the best images produced by photographic clubs across Lancashire, Cheshire and the Isle of Man. The images showcased a variety of styles and techniques with subjects ranging from stunning landscapes to gothic portraiture.

As always with any artistic discussion the evening was full of lively debate. Members discussed what makes a powerful image and what they would have done differently in the place of the photographers. Viewing the work of other photographers is a great way to improve your own photographic eye and these discussions are always popular.

Lancaster Photographic Society meets 7:30pm each Wednesday evening at Greaves Methodist Church.

The next meeting will be after the Christmas break on the 4th of January.

More information can be found at http://www.lancasterphotographicsociety.org.uk