June 8th 2012 Blackburn & District Camera Club Feniscowles Methodist Church Hall Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5EP W 足 www.Blackburncameraclub.co.uk
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Contents Club Meetings Blackburn College Trips & Activities Exhibition
This Weeks Cover Image 40s By Paul Wright
News Events and Activities
From Blackburn & District Camera Club
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Next Meeting We meet each Monday evening (except Bank Holidays) at 7:30pm at Feniscowles Methodist Church on Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5EP
June 11th Judging and Results, Quarterly Competition 足 Fashion Judging and discussion lead by Lee Johnson
There were not a lot of entrys so after the break we will split into groups to view and discuss the LCPU print folio. This will also give you the opportunity to let us know what you think of the current programme and make suggestions to be considered at the upcomming committee meeting
Coming Soon
This month the programme is all about your work. On the 11th Lee Johnson will review and judge entries to the quarterly competition theme Fashion The next 2 weeks are then all about presentation.
We open with a practical night on the theme AV where you will get to see some examples of this style of presentation and take part in preparing a presentation on the night.
The following week we will look at photobooks. We will see some examples both commercial and those made by members and there will be a discussion and workshop to help you make your own.
June
18th
AV Night,
Preparation and a presentation of an AV using your images This will be a discussion evening.
We will show some amateur work and some professionall AVs Talk about the differences demonstate some of the software used to mnake AVs and use some of your photographs to construct a presentation.
25th
Photobooks
We will look at commercial books and the selection and production process involved in making a book. We will look at some books made by members and talk about the various methods of making your own book including software and publishing options
Club Programme Details are currently subject to change but we plan to:足
Next Month We plan to get out and about and make the most of the light evening and take some photos
2nd July A practical night either in the Town centre or down at Brockholes Further details next week 9th July Visit to Salford Quays.. Meet 7.30 hopefully for some sun and possibly go for a drink while waiting for lights to come on about 10.15. 16th July 足 Back at the church hall bring in your best Brockhall/Town/Salford images for critique.
Survey
Thank you to all who responded to the survey issued with last week's Xtra.
Communications
There was a general feeling of satisfaction with the current programme but a sizeable minority expressed disappointment. This is the mid足point of the year and your committee will be meeting soon to decide on the programme for next year and make plans for the further development of your club. If you would like anything to be put on our agenda please write to me
secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk and I will ensure that it is considered at our meeting. In the survey there was a concensious that we ought to have more instructional/practical nights. If you have any suggestions as to how those nights ought to be structured or what they should contain please write and again you suggestions will be taken seriously and if possible put into the future programme.
These are fast changing times.
A short while ago we relied on announcements at meetings to communicate with you our membership. Now we have our website which is now established in its new home www.blackburncameraclub.co.uk and our club forum which is used by some but not all our members. Other clubs have different means of communication. They use Facebook, Flickr, Google+ etc.
Our forum is quite active but there are less than 1/2 a dozen regular users out of a membership of more than 50. Would you prefer it if we were to make more use of facebook? We do have a facebook page but very few members post to it.
If you have any suggestions about how we should improve club communications please write. Secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk
Blackburn College
We have been contacted by Blackburn College and informed of a number of workshops and short courses they are running. Some or all of these may be of interest to members.
Blackburn College has a very good reputation for quallity teaching so we have no hesitation in recommending these courses. Landscape weekend residential Full Details opposite Tuition/seminars Photography critique and discussion Hotel accommodation in the Lake District on Friday night and Saturday night Full breakfast on Saturday and Sunday Evening meal on Friday and Saturday Packed lunch on Saturday Buffet lunch on Sunday Tea/coffee during seminars/discussions Journey on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Steam Railway Trip to Blawith Tarn Upon Completion a High Quality Image of your work Blackburn College Certificate of Attendance
Please note that any extra drinks/meals other than stated above will be the attendee’s responsibility. This weekend residential course is priced at £590.00 per person
Residential Landscape Photography Course Course Itinerary
FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST Arrival by 4.00pm
suggestions for improvement. 8.00pm Three course dinner, private dining in the Windermere Suite, discussing the day’s adventures and lessons learnt. 10.00pm Finish
SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 6.00am Optional early start Walk to nearby location to take photographs in early morning light. A brief introduction and description of course content over tea 8.30am Return to hotel for breakfast. and coffee. 10.15am Leave hotel for a gentle walk to Haverthwaite and 6.00pm Walk to nearby location to take photographs with tuition. Lakeside Stream Railway Station. 7.00pm Return to hotel to allow delegates to refresh. 11.00am Arrive at Lakeside – walk to woodland area for 7.30pm Dinner with drinks in the conference room. photography session with tuition. 9,00pm Talk on landscape photography techniques by the course 1.35pm Depart from Lakeside to travel by steam train to tutor. How to use your camera in Manual Mode to improve Haverthwaite station. exposure, why it is better to use RAW format as opposed to 1.50pm Walk back to the hotel for a group critique of the best JPEG and how to control depth of field. images. 10.00pm Finish Discussion on what we have learnt with an opportunity for course feedback. SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST 3.30pm Buffet 6.00am Optional early start Walk to nearby location to take 4.00pm Finish photographs in early morning light. These times are approximate. 8.00am Return to hotel for breakfast. 9.00am Leave hotel to travel to landscape photography location. 9.30am Arrive at Location – gentle walk to Blawith Tarn area, an area of outstanding beauty providing lots of opportunity for photography. 5.00pm Conclude photography session. 5.30pm Return to the Whitewater Hotel to allow you to download your images. 6.00pm Martyn will discuss some of your images and make 5.30pm Friendly gettogether in the Whitewater Hotel conference room.
If you are interested in the Landscape Weekend please let me know. The college have let me have application forms etc and I will email them to you.
The College are also offering these other courses/workshops The Digital SLR Camera – Beginners http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/course/digitalslrcamerabeginners/
The Digital SLR Camera – Portraiture http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/course/thedigitalslrcameraportraiture/
The Digital SLR Camera – Landscape http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/course/thedigitalslrcameralandscaperesidential/ For more information contact Janine Smith
Training & Development Coordinator
Blackburn College, The Old Hub, Feilden Street, Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 1LH Tel: 01254 292500 Fax: 01254 580627 Web: www.blackburn.ac.uk
Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30am 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am 4.30pm
Adobe Photoshop for Photographers – Beginners http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/course/adobephotoshopforphotographers beginners/ Adobe Photoshop for Photographers – Advanced http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/course/adobephotoshopforphotographers advanced/
Bookings for all of the above (other than Landscape) can be done online at the links given or via a telephone call/email to myself and I will send out the necessary enrolment forms. The Landscape course can only be booked via postal enrolment. The college are also able to deliver Location Lighting, Ambient, Speedlights & Monobloc as well as Digital Asset Management (organising digital photographs) however these are subject to demand and no dates will be set until we have enough interest in the courses
Landscape Workshop Glencoe
4 DAY WORKSHOP GLENCOE, SCOTLAND PAUL GALLAGHER Dates: Fri 28th Sept Mon 1st Oct 2012
Fri 26th Oct Mon 29th Oct 2012
Fri 23rd Nov Mon 26th Nov 2012 Fri 30th Nov Mon 3rd Dec 2012
Contact Melvin Nicholson to book your place (£50 deposit required) Mobile: 07813 950378 Email: melvinnicholsonphotography@hotmail.com
Firstly let me introduce myself, my name is Melvin Nicholson and I am a member of Preston Photographic Society and I have an opportunity that might just interest you.
After creating three very successful weekend workshops for the members of Preston PS, all led by arguably one of the country’s finest professional fine art landscape photographers around Paul Gallagher, we have created four more four day workshops and wish to extend them to members of other photographic clubs and societies. Paul Gallagher has over 26 years experience in his field as well being a very experienced workshop leader and tutor. He also manages his own workshop company Aspect2i as well as running the Epson Print Academy. We require just eight people per workshop to join us for three nights and four days in Glencoe, Scotland. There are four dates to choose from between late September and late November. The price has been set at a recession busting £350 and that includes three nights accommodation (no single supplement), transport from Preston to Glencoe and back as well as all transfers on location and professional one on one tuition from Paul. These workshops normally cost well over double what we’re charging but Paul has a real desire to assist those who have joined a photography club or society as he has seen first hand the positive experiences with those who attended from Preston PS.
These four day landscape photography workshops have been specially created to give you the very best opportunity to capture on camera the breathtaking scenery that is on offer in and around the area of Glencoe and Rannoch Moor and to help you create images and memories that will last a lifetime. All photography takes place entirely on location giving you the opportunity to capture the stunning scenery of Buachaille Etive Mor, Glen Orchy, Glen Etive, the grandeur of Rannoch Moor amongst many other places of beauty. Paul will offer tailored and expert one to one tuition to everybody from the beginner to the advanced photographer, from a digital DSLR to medium and large format cameras. However it is not just your photography that we want to help improve, we also want you to really enjoy the trip, witness some stunning scenery, meet some great people and have a fantastic time. After all, photography is meant to be fun!
Photographic Locations: We shall be shooting
Buachaille Etive Mor, Glen Orchy, Glen Etive, the grandeur of Rannoch Moor as well as other places of interest.
Price:
Total cost of the workshop is £350. A deposit of £50 is required is to be made at the time of booking to reserve your place with full payment to be made no later than eight weeks prior to attending the workshop. Deposits can be made either via cheque or bank transfer and are not refundable should you be unable to attend.
What is excluded?
All meals, drinks and travel Insurance
Accommodation:
Kings House Hotel, Glencoe. No single room supplement although some people will have to share twin rooms. Unless a medical condition dictates that you have your own room, names of those who will share twin rooms shall be drawn out of a hat unless you wish to share with someone specifically. Click here for the hotel’s website. www.kingy.com Kings House Hotel, Glencoe, Argyll, PH49 4HY; Tel: 01855 851259
Transport:
Full transport from Preston to Glencoe and back is provided within the Cheques are to be made to Paul Gallagher and posted to Melvin Nicholson, 19 workshop price and transfers between locations at Glencoe. Alternatively you may find your own way to Glencoe if that is more convenient to you or if you Balcarres Road, AshtononRibble, Preston, PR2 2BT. If you wish to pay by wish to stay on after the workshop ends. bank transfer, please contact me for the relevant bank details. All bookings must have a completed booking form and this can be emailed to you on request.
What is included in the price?
Three nights accommodation at Kings House Hotel, Glencoe (no single room supplement), transport to from Preston to Glencoe and between locations. Expert one on one tuition from Paul Gallagher and an evening lecture.
Physical Activity:
Moderate, some walking will be involved requiring reasonable fitness but nothing too difficult or demanding.
Trips & Outings
Night Photography
Possible outing to the Ellesmere Port area to try dusk/night photography. There are a number of industrial sites that make graphic subjects. Please let me know if you would be interested. Planned for a midweek evening.
If you fancy this one see me on Monday Night and we will chat about dates and times.
Now there are those who say we couldn't organise a P*** Up in a Brewery But we might if 15 people are keen to give it a go. If you are interested speak to Paul Wright. Date and time to be arranged, Spouses/Partners welcome Place Moorhouse's Brewery Burnley
Brewery tours are arranged for parties of 15Â30 guests and are conducted on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, commencing at 7.30pm.
The brewery tour starts in the General Scarlett with a short film and a pint of award winning ale followed by a tour of the brewery and then back to the General Scarlett for a second pint, a traditional pie and peas supper, and on departure, a presentation pack containing 2 bottles of our prize winning beers, all for the cost of ÂŁ15.50 per head.
Exhibitions
Steward Ellett
Now has a permanent exhibition room at Salmesbury Hall, Salmesbury showing a variety of his work from Wildlife, Landscape, Cityscape and Abstract Photography. It is open 11am 足4pm everyday except Saturdays.
We hope that by producing Pixel Xtra we introduce you not only to the activities provided by the club but also to other opportunities to get out and about to take photographs or to see exhibitions or listen to interesting speakers. However we can only do this if we know what is going on outside the club.
We need input from you to keep Pixel Xtra and the calendar up足 todate.
If you learn of anything which might be of interest to other members whether it be somewhere to go or something to see please let us know. For general events and photo opportunities please email the details to our events coordinator Steward Ellett. wildprophotos@yahoo.co.uk
For other stuff please e足mail it to me secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk
Cover images
I am sure that there is someone out there who would like to have their image on the cover and if you would send me an image you have every chance of it being used next week. The image should be about 1500 pixels wide. Pixel Xtra is landscape format and therefore landscape images are preferred you will also note that type is placed to the bottom right足hand corner so please take that into account when choosing the photograph.