Printing Workflow Presentation

If you like to review the presentation I made this evening, February 23, 2010, you will find the information on my site. I recommend that you watch the slide show one slide at a time with full effects, showing the transition from one state to the next. The PDF files are for convenience and for printing if you like. You may ask questions if you have any; if you do, please do so where the post is on my site so the questions and answers have context and accumulated information.

National Wildlife Federation Photography Contest

Today I received notice of the annual photography contest organized by the National Wildlife Federation. Prizes total $30,000 in three divisions: Professional, Amateur, and Youth.  You can enter up to 25 images for a single entry fee of $20, which includes a one year membership  if you are not already a member of NWF.

More details here:    NWF Photo Contest

Workshop Notes on Sharpening

The sharpening workshop on January 3, 2010 was well received. Dennis is going to share his notes with more detail, but until then you can view the slide show of the conceptual part of the presentation and get a copy of the printable handout.

Go to the post on Kept Light Photography

An Oldie Made Available Again

I moderated two panel discussions on the meaning, practice, and art of photography in the past. One of them was recorded and a streaming video of the program was available. However, in between server transfer and PSRI Web platform change, that video never made it to the new site. Now, through the use of newer technology and services that episode of the discussions on photography is available here again. It is over an hour long, and unlike most (if not all) programs we have had, there are no photographs shown, no PowerPoint slides, nor techniques; just conversation among four people with varying backgrounds and interests in photography.

Here it is, Conversations on Photography.

An Afternoon with Robert O’Toole

Hosted by Nashoba Valley Photo Club

Sponsored by Sigma and Hunt’s Photo and Video

Saturday, February 6, 2010   1 to 4 PM

Seminar Info:  http://nvpcweb.org/NVPC_Seminar.htm

Robert is a BBC/Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition award winner and the American Bald Eagle Foundation Photographer of the Year for 2008. A full time professional photographer and instructor for more than ten years, he has led photography workshop tours, year round, across the U.S. and internationally. He also hosts post production, image optimization workshops and has written tutorial CDs with unique Photoshop techniques. He is based in Florida and California and uses Nikon cameras and Nikon and Sigma lenses.

See Robert’s wonderful images at his website:  http://robertotoolephotography.com

Dennis Goulet comments:  Robert O’Toole is a skilled photography workshop leader and conducts tours to the best, often unique, locations.  His Photoshop skills led to a series of advanced, but simplified, Photoshop techniques available on CD, and he teaches these techniques to workshop participants.  The first part of his presentation shows how to make the best images possible in the field and the final part of his program will demonstrate some of these techniques to improve those captured images.

PSRI Workshop

Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop Lightroom are common tools in the arsenal of most of our members. Continuing on with the series of workshops I have offered in the past, I will be offering a new on on January 3, 2010 Sunday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The subject of the workshop is “Sharpening in Photoshop and Lightroom” and is open to PSRI members in good standing with fully paid dues. I will limit the participation to 12. If you are interested in participating, please post a comment on this post with your name and e-mail address for me to contact you. When the comments reach 12 plus a few for standby, I will close the comments and thereby registrations. (Note: Your comment will not be visible until it is approved.)

The location fo the workshop will be the Koffler Computer Lab on Providence College campus. I will post directions to the lab as the time gets near.

Workshop: Sharpening in Photoshop and Lightroom
Workshop leader: A. Cemal Ekin
Date: January 3, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Location: Koffler Computer Lab, Providence College

PSRI Magazine is Out

The PSReye Focus magazine, featuring the photographs and articles of PSRI members and Providence College photography students is available for purchase. It is the result of the hard work of two Providence College students, Emma Hansen and John Vaghi with contributions from many photographers and the keen and critical eye of the editorial board of the magazine. It is published on an on-demand printing platform and anyone can purchase as many copies as they want. The photographic contributions are great so is the print and paper quality. It should make an excellent Christmas gift or stocking stuffer for the photo buff and art lovers.

Order it directly from MagCloud. The holiday price until January 1, 2010 is $12.50 plus shipping. After that the price will go up to $15.00 plus shipping. Shipping charges depend on the delivery speed, the lowest cost option at $1.40 per magazine arrives within about one week. MagCloud accepts PayPal or credit card payments and you will receive your copy in your mailbox within about one week although they indicate 1-2 weeks.

We hope that you enjoy the magazine, which is most likely a camera club first.

Annual Photographic Conference

NECCC 65th Annual
Photographic Conference
JULY 16, 17 & 18, 2010

The New England Camera Club Council is once again orgainzing its annual conference to include a schedule of professional and local photographers, presenting a variety of topics and skills.  This three day event provides incredible value for its low cost; fourteen programs could be taken in if one does not take advantage of the photographic opportunities also made available.  Last year, 35 programs were offered, each given three times during the weekend.  Read the attachment to learn about the scheduled presenters.

NECCC 2010 Annual Photographc Conference

PSRI Member Public Galleries

Ted and Louise Haley will exhibit their prints from 2 to 31 November 2009 at the

Hope Library
Rt 116
Hope Village, Scituate, RI .

Sandra Gaumont will exhibit her prints in “NATURE VIEW” opening  1 November through December 2009, at the

Audubon Environmental Education Center
1401 Hope Street
Bristol, RI

Photography Exhibit at Newport Art Museum

Through Four Pairs of Eyes

The Newport Arts Museum presents “Focus on Four,” an exhibit of four American photographers who worked in Rhode Island at different times between 1899 and the 1970s. The show highlights the photographers’ varying approaches to the medium. During the summers of 1899 and 1903, Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) spent the season in a rural part of Newport. Her photographs contributed to her recognition as the most important woman of the pictorialist movement. Lewis Hine (1874-1940) worked in Rhode Island briefly in 1909 and in 1912 with the National Child Labor Committee and the Consumers’ League of Rhode Island. He photographed child labor as well as the conditions in New England textile mills. Charlotte Estey’s three-part series for the Providence Journal’s Rhode Islander about the South Main Street community offers a window into the Providence of 1952. Aaron Siskind, an abstract photographer, came to Rhode Island School of Design in 1971 and secured his position as one of the 20th-century’s most influential photographers.
LOCATION: Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., Newport. Friday, Oct. 30, 5 to 7 p.m. reception. Show continues through Janurary 18. $10 nonmembers; free for members; to register for the reception, call (401) 848-8200, ext. 109.

www.newportartmuseum.org

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