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The South Shields Digital Group is a friendly bunch of photo
enthusiasts who come together every fortnight to learn the ins and outs of
digital photography.
We have over 50
members and the meetings cover all aspects of digital photography - the
syllabus coming directly from the members needs.
We show how to use your
camera, how to save your images onto your computer, and what to do with them
once they’re on there!.
The group has been learning both basic and advanced
Photoshop techniques, how to make a slideshow with music and how to get prints
which you can be proud of.
There is no need to have ‘fancy’ equipment and complete
novices as well as advanced Photoshop users are catered for. There’s even tea
and biscuits!
There is no long term commitment and you don’t have to be a
member of the Society to attend- a nominal charge of £1 per member per meeting
to cover the hire
of the hall, teabags etc. is all we ask. Over the summer we arrange a dozen or so visits to local
places of interest which helps members to understand their camera
better and,
in turn, hopefully improve their pictures.
We also run a couple of coach trips per year to places further afield. If this sounds good to you then come along to a DigitalGroup night every other Wednesday at 7pm till approximately 9pm at St Michael’s and All Angels Parish church at the junction of Mowbray Road and Westoe Road, South Shields. See you there!
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DIGITAL GROUP MEETING
DATES 2012 SEASON.
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2012
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DIGITAL GROUP SYLLABUS 2011/12
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SEPTEMBER
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14th
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Welcome
to the new season & to new members/Recap
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28th
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Using
the right tool/Selections/Wonky horizons/How to Undo
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OCTOBER
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12th
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Exposure
problems and how to fix them/Sharpening/Noise
Hand-in
1st comp (‘One glass, One
bottle’).Making
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26th
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Composites/File formats and Introduction to RAW
Using
Compact cameras/settings/composition
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NOVEMBER
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9th
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Judge
1st competition
monochrome/Introduction to slideshows/Lettering
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23rd
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Printing
demo/Templates for cards and calendars
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DECEMBER
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7th
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Christmas
Social Buffet/Your pictures or slideshows
Hand-in
2nd comp (‘From a Compact’).
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JANUARY
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4th
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Welcome
back/HDR explained/Portraiture
Judge 2nd
comp
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18th
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Practical night – bring your cameras!
Hand-in 3rd comp. ( A Postcard Or HDR )
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FEBRUARY
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1st
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Colour
correction/Tools for Retouching/Fixing old photographs
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15th
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Presentation
options/printing/books/canvases
Judge 3rd
comp.
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29th
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Questions
and Answer session/Advanced RAW
Hand-in
4th comp.
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MARCH
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14th
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Close-up
photography/Advanced slideshows
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28th
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Actions
explained/Flash
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APRIL
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11th
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Smart
filters/Advanced sharpening
Judge 4th
comp
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25th
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Getting
ready for the summer
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MAY
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9th
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Presentation
evening plus your work
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There
are 4 competitions this season. The rules are as last season i.e.
One image per entrant.Subjects will be announced at least 2 weeks prior to hand-in.
Max. Size of image 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high. Images to be 72ppi resolution and saved in Jpeg format.
You can submit your entry via email to Derek anton1@talktalk.net or on a Flash Drive or CD - but please remember
the Digital Group can not be held responsible for any damage that may occur to
any of the named media you submit.
We may
show Photoshop tutorials on some evenings to back-up the demonstrations given.
There will be some evening
meetings during the closed season at pre-arranged venues - all information will
be published on the web-site.
www.southshieldsphoto.co.uk
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Competitions
Members are to submit ONE image on the set theme and the image is to be resized to 72ppi and max. 1000px wide and 750px high. So if the image is in landscape format make the resolution 72ppi then the width 1000px making sure the resample image box is ticked. Save as a jpg file of high quality (10-12). There will be four competitions throughout the year: two based on the syllabus and two subjects drawn at random from a varied selection. We will be showing Photoshop tutorials onsome evenings to back up demonstrations given.
If you have a
particular problem or would like a particular area of photography covering
please let either Craig or Derek know and every effort will be made to meet the
request.
There are a lot of knowledgeable people in the
group who are all willing to help each other in most fields of Digital and
conventional photography. If any member would
like to give us all the benefit of their knowledge with a talk, or
demonstration on the computer they will be very welcome to do so. On the evening of
judging there will be voting slips handed out when you are asked to mark each
entry out of five, the slips will be collected and the scores announced at the
following meeting. We hope you enjoy the rest of the season with us, and
don’t forget there are evening walkabouts during the summer recess venues will
be announced via the website and via email.
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Digital Group Competition Winners 2011-2012
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Subject Title
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Author
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1st
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"One glass, One bottle"
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2nd
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Competition
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By
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3rd
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Competition
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By
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4th
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Competition
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By
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Hand Outs
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