Vivian Maier

I have just been reading the amazing story about a previously unheard of photographer, Vivian Maier. She worked for most of her life working as a children's nanny for wealthy families in Chicago and spent her spare time photographing life on the streets of the city between the 1950s and 1990s. She shared her pictures with no one but after she died in 2009, her work was discovered in an auction. It is estimated that there are around 100,000 negatives, many of which are still undeveloped. In my opinion, she will eventually be recognised as one of the major photographers of the 20th century on a par with the likes of Cartier Bresson. See what you think by clicking on http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ and I would particularly commend the video of "Chicago Tonight" link on that site.

TechTip -Take fine control of your cursor

Ian Rathbone recently came across the above tip in the paper.

Anyone editing photos,editing documents or taking screen grabs will want to select precise areas on a computer screen-but it is impossible to move the cursor accurately with a mouse.
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7, though, the cursor can be moved pixel by pixel using the keyboard.

To enable this option, open the Ease of Access option in control panel, select the mouse control menu and select the 'Set up mouse keys option' under the heading Keyboard Shortcut, tick the box labelled 'Turn on Mouse Keys with left Alt+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK'. Save your changes, and you'll be able to move the cursor by tiny increments up and down, left and right, using the four arrow keys on the the keyboard. Selecting Control & Shift will speed up the movement.

Note: do not select the 'Turn on mouse Keys' option as this disables your numeric key pad.

NCPF Summer Event

The Summer Event will take place at Beamish Museum on 18th,19th,20th June 2011. Included in the Event will be an exhibition of members prints for sale, and as a spin off, a new 'NCPF Beamish Trophy' for prints of images taken during the Event.
Further details are on the SPS notice board.

John C Davies

NYSDPA Biannual Lecture 2011

Joe Cornish will be giving this lecture called 'A Landscape Photographer's View' on Friday 11th March 2011 at The Southlands Centre Middlesbrough, starting at 7:30.
Tickets cost £6 including refreshments. If you are interested in going please let either Allan Snape or myself know and pay the £6 so we can order the tickets in good time.

John C Davies

Don Morrison HonPAGB, HonEFIAP

It is with great sadness that I have to report that Don Morrison passed away on Christmas Eve.  Don was a former member of Newcastle PS, and President of NCPF from 1965 to 1967. He also served the PAGB with distinction over many years, being its President from 1975 to 1977 and was a Honorary Life Vice-President of PAGB. 


The funeral arrangements are as follows:

Cremation to be held on Monday 10th January 2011 at 12.15pm at the West Road Crematorium, Newcastle, NE5 2JL.  

Family flowers only.   Donations, if you wish, to Marie Curie.

The Crematorium is situated just off the A1 bypassing Newcastle to the west.

Leave the A1 at the A69/A186 Interchange and travel on the A186 toward the city centre.

The crematorium is on the left very shortly after passing the cross roads with the A191.

Dave Coates 
(NCPF Publications Officer)

"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.