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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Matting Meeting Report, etc.

29 Wednesday Feb 2012

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Herman doing a demo

We had another excellent turnout of 35 members last Monday night.  The photo shows Herman demonstrating his technique to just some of those present.

Hugh Scott also explained his setup with the aid of a presentation, and I matted a print on the spot (with just a few rough edges).

Speaking of Resolution

In my recent post on digital resolution for our salons, I mentioned the Nikon D800 with a 36 megapixel sensor.  Now that’s been topped by, of all things, a cameraphone.

Check out dpreview’s coverage of the newly announced Nokia 808 with a 41 (FORTY-ONE) megapixel sensor. Where will it end?

Online Submission for the KCPS Summer Salon Now Live

Following the successful test-phase for Online Salon Entry, the system is now going live.

I’ve removed the “captcha” for now – the test to make sure this isn’t just a spam-bot filling out the form. It was causing problems for a couple of people, and we may not need it.  We’ll see how it goes.

And since it’s all a new system, don’t worry if you do manage to mess up things when you do your entry – just try again and leave a comment about what happened.

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Matting Matters & A Touch Early

27 Monday Feb 2012

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Our next meeting is tonight at 7:30 pm at the Otaihanga Boating Club.  The main event will be a workshop on matting prints. Herman Visser will explain how he goes about it, and others including me will also demonstrate their techniques.

Photoshop Touch

At supper time if anyone wants to have a play with Adobe Photoshop Touch on an iPad 2, I downloaded and installed it yesterday. It appears that I managed to grab it in a narrow window of opportunity when Apple accidentally put it in the app store briefly, ahead of the planned release time on Monday US time.

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Online Salon Entry

23 Thursday Feb 2012

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Starting with the KCPS 2012 Summer Salon in March, we plan to use a new online entry system. This will enable all details for your digital and print images to be filled out online, and digital images to be uploaded.

This is being done using an online service call JotForm, so don’t worry if you are taken away from our site for the entry form to be completed.

For the rest of February we are going to be testing this out.  This is both so members can try it without actually submitting entries and images, and so we can iron out any problems before it goes live in March.

To try it – just go to “SALON ENTRY” on the top menu of the KCPS website.  Or just click here.

And please let us know what you think.

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You Say You Want Some Resolution

23 Thursday Feb 2012

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My very first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix 950, purchased 13 years ago. It was a 2.1 megapixel camera, producing 1600 x 1200 pixel images. I really enjoyed using it, until one day I accidentally left it behind on a plane. And so the never-ending series of digital camera upgrades ensued. But that’s another story.

Today’s camera phones range up to around 8 megapixels. For example, the iPhone 4S produces images which are 3264 x 2448 pixels.

DSLRs provide, of course, even more resolution, with the latest 36 megapixel Nikon D800 clocking in at an impressive 7360 x 4912 pixels.

Clearly, today’s cameras are capable of producing digital images of much more than the 1024 x 768 pixels which is the current gold standard for “projected images” or “digital images” in competitions and salons.

That’s why our committee proposed last year that we would move to a new allowable maximum digital image size for our KCPS salons of 1600 x 1200 pixels. We thought it was time to move on, and this decision was endorsed when discussed at our AGM in November 2011.

It’s important to mention that this is a maximum allowable size (i.e., no more than 1600 pixels across, and no more than 1200 pixels high).  Less is OK as well. And this will also allow for more freedom in aspect ratio for cropped images, within those constraints.

Image resolution is important at four stages – capture, production, judging, and display:

  1. Capture – as noted above, there is no difficulty in capturing images of at least 1600 x 1200.
  2. Production – this will depend on the photographer’s computer display. Many monitors these days are tending towards the HD aspect ratio of 16:9 or 16:10.  Common resolutions now are 1920 x 1080, 1920 x 1200, and on up to the 27 inch iMac resolution of 2560 x 1440.
  3. Judging – again, this will depend on the judge’s computer display. But it is very likely that they will have good resolution displays.
  4. Display. For projection at the KCPS salons our own projector has a native resolution of 1200 by 800 pixels (WXGA). We did consider limiting images to this, but decided that it was time to “move on”, even if not all the detail in an image of (up to) 1600 x 1200 could be projected just now. Technology is advancing rapidly. For example, rumour has it that in early March Apple will announce their iPad 3 with a “retina” display resolution of 2048 x 1536.

So don’t forget that starting with our 2012 Summer Salon (images due by 12 March) you can submit digital images of up to 1600 pixels across, and up to 1200 pixels high. The process for submitting these images is about to change, but that’s also the topic for another post.

Finally, for more than you ever wanted to know about display resolution, check out the Wikipeda entry.

Wikipedia Display Resolution Graphic

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Entries for NATEX 2012 Due Soon

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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This is a reminder that entries are now being accepted for the 2012 PSNZ Canon National Exhibition.

(As announced at our meeting last Monday, next year KCPS will be running this exhibition, in association with the Wellington Photographic Society who are holding the PSNZ National Convention in Wellington in 2013.)

Entry forms are available on the PSNZ website  or by contacting the NATEX Committee (email Ross Forrester).

The closing date for entries is Tuesday 28th February 2012

Accepted entries will be exhibited at the 2012 PSNZ National Convention, 25th – 29th April at the Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill. Entry is open to persons residing in New Zealand and to members of the Society residing overseas.

There is a discounted entry fee for individual PSNZ members (just as there is a discounted registration fee for PSNZ members attending the convention).  A PSNZ membership application form is available if you would like to join and be eligible for these discounts.

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First Meeting at OBC

17 Friday Feb 2012

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(c) Colin McKenzie

(c) Mike Brewer

(c) Michelle Tingey

Our new venue at the Otaihanga Boating Club worked really well for the first meeting last Monday.

Thirty-five attendees (a near record) were treated to a Members Exhibition by Colin McKenzie, Mike Brewer and Michelle Tingey. They each explained their own interest in photography, illustrated with a series of impressive images (just one example from each is shown).

Michelle finished off with an audiovisual of “What Catches My Eye”.

It was a fantastic start to what’s going to be a great year for our Society.

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2012 Programme

13 Monday Feb 2012

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The most up-to-date information about upcoming activities will always be obtained from the Calendar of Events.

But since it can also be useful to have a one-pager with an overview of the year – here it is as a pdf file.

The first event is tonight – hope to see you there soon.

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Monday, Monday – 13 February – First Meeting of 2012

09 Thursday Feb 2012

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Just look at that view from the deck of The Boat Shed at the Otaihanga Boating Club. That’s what we’ll be enjoying with the first meeting of the year – 7:30 pm on Monday.

Yes – MONDAY – we’ve changed our regular meeting night to Monday, not Tuesday. Don’t be a day late! (And you’re likely to be very lonely if you go to our previous venue at the church hall in Waikanae by mistake.)

The main event will be a Members Exhibition with three of our members informally sharing some of their images and interest in photography. We look forward to seeing you there.

Don’t forget that subscriptions for this year are due now – Ian Linning will happily take your money at the meeting, or you can use Internet Banking. Details of the bank account are on the new member application form on our Membership Page.

Finally, when considering images, don’t forget the importance of content. This cartoon hilariously makes the point, from one of my favourite web comic sites – xkcd.com.

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Horowhenua Camera Club Exhibition – Shannon

08 Wednesday Feb 2012

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Sandy Carter, President of the Horowhenua Camera Club, at their Exhibition Opening

Congratulations to the Horowhenua Camera Club, who are holding their first exhibition after being in operation for just on sixteen months.

Shona and I went up for the exhibition opening this evening, in the Shannon Public Library. We enjoyed seeing the images and talking to the locals, including Sandy Carter.

Do drop in and have a look if you are visiting (I gather the shopping is great) or passing through Shannon – the exhibition is on for the next couple of months.

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  • KCPS Development Evening 06/03/2023 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Otaihanga Boating Club, 19 Makora Rd, Otaihanga, Paraparaumu 5036, New Zealand Regular opportunity to develop your skills with a practical session. Details of each development night to be announced closer to the time.As usual, there will also be a general Q&A opportunity for those with current problems or interesting techniques and tips they wish to share.

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