"RIVER TO RIDGE" Landscape Photography Exhibition

Garry Brannigan's new exhibition will be at The Station Gallery, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4LD from January 2nd - January 23rd, 2011

 

Richmond-based landscape photographer Garry Brannigan stages an exhibition at The Station in Richmond, North Yorkshire, that celebrates the natural beauty of Northern Britain's upland landscape.

 

"River To Ridge" has 30 new photographs made in Swaledale, County Durham, The Lake District, The Peak District, Isle of Skye, Torridon and Inverpolly in the North West Highlands of Scotland.

 

Many of the photographs were created on overcast days with the intention of showing how diffused and even light accentuates the vibrant colour palette found in our upland landscapes. In addition, a small number were made in gentle rain which has added to the intensity of the colours.

 

The exhibition runs from January 2nd until January 23rd and is open daily from 9am to 11pm.

 

Garry Brannigan is one of the country's most popular instructors in the art of landscape photography and he runs courses and workshops in many of the locations highlighted in the exhibition.

Paula

Patch Files for Profiling and CS5

I have discovered a problem when you need to print patch files for obtaining printer profiles.  This affects people with CS5 (also CS4 for Mac).  But there is a workaround.


When you are printing the patch files you must select 'No colour adjustments' in two places.  One of these options is missing in CS5 (CS4 for Mac).  There is a workaround and if any Stokesley PS member needs more information feel free to contact me.


Paula Davies

Christmas Party 16th.December

Just a reminder to those members intending to come to the Christmas get together to bring some food for the buffet.To avoid duplication or if you are not sure what to bring, have a word with June Smitheman on 01642 723540.June is co-ordinating the refreshments.
Looking forward to seeing all then.

John D

Improvers Group

As long as the roads and paths are not worse than they are now the Improvers' Group meeting tomorrow evening will go ahead.  Hope to see you there - but please don't take any unnecessary risks.


Any changes to this plan will be posted on the blog - please check before you leave home.


Paula

Tonight's Meeting Cancelled

Tonight's meeting has been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions.  


We will make a decision about the Improvers' Group meeting at the weekend.


Paula

Web Competition Images

All of the images submitted and the results of the last competition

"Roads, Railways, Tracks and Paths" are now available for viewing

Lakes Visit

An excellent day at the lakes. Not a lot of sun but at least it was relatively dry.

A lovely day at the lakes

More photos. from visit to Lakes

Lake District Nov 2010

I have now put all of the images submitted for the last competition 'Vernacular & Agricultural Structures of North Yorkshire' on the web site for any one wishing to look at them at their leisure.
You will find the link to them under 'Competition Galleries 2010-2011 - PI Entered & Prints Entered'.

These links will be updated on a rolling basis as each competition comes around.

Club Visit to the Lakes

Many thanks for Chairman John and Rob who did all the driving in not always pleasant conditions. The weather could perhaps have been kinder but in comparison with the day after it was almost a heatwave.

Regards

Keith.

An SPS Year Book

Next season will be the club's 25th Anniversary and the committee have decided that it would be a good idea to launch a year book of SPS members' work.

We would like all club members to take part.

Please send two pictures to me resized to 2048 x 1536 and 300 ppi. The files should be in sRGB format. You will need to use 'Save As' to save as a jpeg rather than 'Save for Web' which changes the ppi to 72. Use the highest quality jpeg setting. The pictures used will be your own choice and can be either monochrome or colour but should have been taken after January 2009.

Rename your files as 1-xxx-title and 2-xxx-title, where xxx is your membership number and the title is how you would like it to be identified in the book. If you have any questions please contact me directly by phone or e-mail (both are in the programme booklet).

Whether we use one or two pictures will depend on how many are sent. If only 35 members take part we will use both pictures. However I hope that more than 35 members will participate and then only one picture from each person will be used. Please ensure that your preferred picture is the one numbered 1-xxx-title. 

Paula

Epson Printer Problems

We just had our Epson R2400 printer throw up a message box to say that maintenance was required. This usually means that it believes the waste ink reservoir is full, but it works this out on a counter of how many cleaning cycles have been performed. This reservoir is in the base of the printer and the waste ink is soaked up by an absorbent pad. You can check if it really is full by dabbing a piece of kitchen roll into the base anywhere along the width below the print head path. If it is comes up clean, the reservoir is not full. Obviously, if you find ink on the kitchen roll after dabbing, or if you get ink on the backs of your prints, then you do need to send it off or take it to a recognised agent. However, if it is not full you can avoid sending the printer off for maintenance by downloading some free software to reset the counter from http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml It is a Russian site and supports a wide range of printers. The software allows several other things to be done, such as cleaning black inks and colours separately.

During my recent California holiday, I called into the small town of Sonoma for a coffee stop and happened to park outside a photographic gallery. I can't resist these but I am usually underwhelmed by the exhibits inside. However on this occasion I was "blown away" by the quality of the images. The gallery belonged to a photographer called Lisa Kristine and was full of large high quality photographs of people in faraway places. There was also a video documentary running of Lisa explaining how she went about taking her photographs and her relationship with the subjects. I purchased 2 different videos which I hope to show at the club one day but in the meantime I would commend you to look at www.lisakristine.com for a flavour of what captured my imagination on that day.

Members' Galleries

Two galleries on the club's main website have been updated.  Have you looked there lately and can you spot which ones?


Any member of the society can have their own web gallery on our main website.  All you need to do is send me up to 6 jpeg files, at normal competition size, and I will do the rest.  Name the files with the title of the image.


If you already have a gallery on the main website why not get it updated.  A website - or blog - will die if there is no new input and people will stop visiting.


Paula

New Season

Good news, our new season starts on Sept.9th.
The opening evening is traditionally an opportunity to get together to pay our fees and to see some of the photographs taken by members during the summer.
So, don't forget to bring your memory sticks or CDs and hand them to Dave Wright or Paula who will download them into the projector. The number of entries per member may be restricted depending on numbers received.
Looking forward to seeing you all.

John C Davies

Two Welsh Exhibitions

Wales has

1. TWO International Salons that you can enter both are FIAP and PSA approved

2. For FIAP country requirements WALES counts as a separate Country to the UK

3. Both internationals are Internet entries and accept PayPal

4. Click on our translator and our rules and entry forms are in your languague

5. Fees are amongst the lowest for  a  FIAP approved International

6. Entry form and image ref  is the same for both salons

7. Individual entry to each Salon both then count towards your FIAP requirements on Salons

8. Enter 3 weeks before our closing dates we can advise if there is a problem.  Will be to busy in the last three weeks 

 

 6th Swansea City International

 for rules and entry form go to http://www.swanseacameraclub.co.uk/international/sccinternational.html

 Swansea is already accepting entries closing on 21st October 2010

 

Welsh International  Projected Image Salon

for rules and entry form go to http://www.welshinternationalsalon.co.uk/wpfintsalon.html

Entries open on 12th September closing date 8th Jan 2011

31st Northern Counties International Salon of Photography 2010

It’s just over ONE WEEK to Closing Date:-         Friday 20^th August 2010

We would like to extend this Final Reminder to all members of the NCPF.  It is YOUR chance to showcase your work to the whole photographic world, but also to support the efforts of your colleagues who put so much effort into making this event respected worldwide.

For Slide workers, this is the only UK International Salon that still offers you the chance to show your slides.  To those who love Prints or Projected Digital Images, we also extend a warm welcome.

Don’t miss out; don’t forget to submit your entry.   THERE IS STILL TIME!

ALL sections in this event are carried out under the patronage of FIAP, PSA and the RPS.    Medals and Awards have been granted by all three patrons as well as our own NCPF awards.  A full colour catalogue will be sent to all entrants.

This year’s event, with the addition of a SLIDES ONLY section, has SIX Sections:-

       Monochrome Prints   (PPD)

       Colour Prints   (PPD)

       General Slides   (CPID)

       Pictorial Digital Projected Images   (CPID)

       Nature Digital Projected Images   (ND)

       Photo-Travel Digital Projected Images   (PTD)

The calendar for this year’s event is as follows:-

Closing date for all entries . . . .          20^th August 2010

Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             2^nd/11^th September 2010

Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           21^st September 2010

Catalogues .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .             27^th November 2010

All entries returned . . . . . . . . .           27^th November 2010

Full details of all the rules and conditions of entry (including fees), together with Entry Forms can be found in the “International Exhibition” pages of our web site at:-

www.ncpf.org.uk

The Entry Forms are interactive PDF forms, which you can complete on your computer before printing off a copy, to send in with your entry and entry fee.

Please Note:-  There are SEPARATE Forms for Prints and Projected Images (Slides and Digital Projected Images), which must be sent to different addresses.

We look forward to receiving your entry to this prestigious event.

Best wishes,

Dave Coates

(For and on behalf of the International Sub-Committee of the NCPF)

Stockton Infinity Bridge

A few of my images of the Infinity Bridge taken on the clubs outing to Stockton's Millennium bridge.
As Dave noted - we were pleased we made the effort.

Mike

Flickr Group

It's really good to see so many pictures being added to the blog.  Please don't stop posting but at the same time don't forget that Simon has set up a Stokesley PS Group on Flickr where you can also share your pictures.  Link


Paula

Stockton Millennium bridge

Some views of the Clubs thursday outing to the Millennium bridge. We thought John meant the nice curvy bridge, which transpires is the Infinity bridge. Anyway about 6 of us turned up, and we were all pleased we made the effort as the sunset was spectacular, here are some images of the evening. I really enjoyed playing with different setting through the evening.

Dave

Staithes 1st July

4 of us turned up in Staithes on what could only be described as a dismal evening. However Keith Smith, Dave Purnell and myself were contemplating whether it was worthwhile to wander around to the otherside of the bridge and harbour area, when we were joined by a new member who had hot footed it from Hutton Rugby to join us. Her name is Mo, and if any of you were on the Stokesley evening you will remember who she is. Anyway, to show we were a keen photographic society and eager to create images regardless of what the lighting conditions were and to impress Mo we did cross over the bridge. Below are a selection of the evening and shows you can come up trumps if you have the patience.

This first one is the classic view, just as the sun peeped out for a few mins.

And of course a mono version

I then tried some reflections of the houses which I was more excited about

So there you have it some traditional and other style views of another successful club trip. p.s. I thought I would spare you my Farne Is shots.

Dave

Farne Islands 2010

I've decided to add a few photos at a time as it will take me ages to sort them all out.  I feel that I improved this year compared to my first, shorter, visit last year.  Definitely want to try again next year.

Paula

Yet more puffins

Having finally had a chance to look through my (300+) shots, here are some of my favourites

More Farne Islands Photos

Choosing these was a real problem- so many puffin photos! I am giving you a less conventional one - more Angel of the North from behind. I am also putting a seal photo in. Hope you like them and thanks again to Simon for organising it.

Farne Islands

Thanks to Simon for organising the trip - it was a great day out. Here are a few of my images from the trip.

Farne Islands

Many thanks to Simon for organising this trip. A grand day out. Here are a few of my favourite pics so far.