Club News

The Saskatoon Camera Club display at the Circle at Center Mall will be held from October 18, 2010 to November 21, 2010. Guidelines Limit of 4 prints each Ready to hang No larger than 16 x 24 with the frame.  Include your name must be on the back of the print with the title of the print and the price if it is for sale.  Valerie Ellis will need the print information (name, title, price) by October 4th to forward it to the Mall Office. Email the information or phone Valerie at 978-8220. It would be appreciated if you could get the prints to the mall on set up day or make arrangements with Valerie to drop off your prints.

Did you miss the registration night on September 7th?   Don’t worry, we always accept new members.  Just come to our next meeting and sign up with Ron Lambert, our membership and money guy. Not sure if you want to join?  Come check out one of our meetings without any commitment to buy a membership. Feel free to ask other members about the club.  Take a look at our calendar to see the great events we have going on.  Most of all, it’s a great way to meet other photographers that have the same passion as you.

Please note the following changes to the file name and email address for images submitted digitally. File Names File name must include category, title of image, first name and last name. File Naming: Category-Title of Image-FirstName Lastname.jpgExample: TR-Pelican In Flight-John Doe.jpg Notes: Category: TR (Traditional Color), BW (Black and White / Monochrome), AR (Altered Reality/Creative)  Dashes between the groups Spaces between the words First and Last name Spelling doesn’t count Submitting You can only submit images via email.  We will not longer be accepting submissions on thumb drives or CD.  We have only one email address for all submissions.  Email digital submissions to:submissions@v1w.e6e.myftpupload.com

Please note the new changes to the Clinic Sub-Categories Black and White/Monochrome, Traditional (Color), and Altered Reality (Creative)  Traditional To be considered Traditional, a photograph must be in color, look natural, and reasonably reflect the reality as seen at the time the image was taken. Techniques that enhance the presentation without changing the essential pictorial reality are therefore acceptable. Photography techniques shot in camera allowed: Lens Filters (color, polarizer, graduated filter) Tilt-shift lenses Lighting using flashes/strobes Long exposure (without sense of movement) Photography techniques shot in camera NOT allowed: Panning or zooming (both would result in an image with a blurred background – something that would not appear natural or as the eye would see) Long exposures resulting in motion (car light tails, star trails, fireworks) (all these would result in images with a blurred element – something that would not appear natural or as the eye would see) Fisheye lens Post processing techniques allowed: Color correction, white balance, brightness, contrast Sharpening Dodging or burning. Minimal HDR would be acceptable Cropping, straightening, rotation, merging/stitching panoramic images Lens correction or fixing perspective Removing spots due to dust on your sensors or due to bad pixels Borders equivalent to matting can be added Removing minor elements that detract from the main subject Special effects (in camera or post processing) must appear natural (as what the human eye would see). These include: star and softening. Special effects cannot be added (light rays or fog) if they were not part of the scene at the time the image was taken. Post processing techniques NOT allowed: No elements may be moved, cloned, added, or rearranged Computer or in camera special effects that appear unnatural (dramatic star, over-softening, multi-vision, rainbow) Any HDR that makes the image look unnatural  The image must begin as the maker’s photograph of a real subject, whether captured digitally or scanned from a negative or slide. The final image cannot be combined from more than one photograph (with the exception of panoramas). It will be up the Chairman’s discretion as to whether any technique has crossed the lines described above. Such photos will be removed from the clinic.  Black and White / Monochrome Same as rules as Traditional except image must be black and white, monochrome, infrared, bi-tonal or sepia. No altered reality in Black and White/Monochrome. Altered Reality The photograph must NOT look natural. You are encouraged to exercise your imagination and stray as far from that real subject as you like, using design elements, color and light in non-traditional ways to produce abstract, impressionistic and experimental effects not achievable by standard photographic means. The image(s) must begin as the maker’s original photograph of a real subject, whether captured digitally or scanned from a negative or slide. All images submitted must include the technique used. Judging is based on the image and not the photographer’s computer skills. Examples that are NOT acceptable: images that are merely black-and-white, infrared, or sepia, images merely captured from an unusual angle or upside down

Registration begins at 6:45, September 7th, 2010Mayfair United Church (902 33rd Street West) Coffee Break at 8:00 (bring some small change for coffee & cookies) Agenda Introduction of Executive. Presentation from past entries. Information about the club: calendar for the year, clinics, submitting entries, competitions, judging. Membership FeesSingle $40.00 / yearFamily $50.00 / yearStudent $20.00 / yearSpouse of a Life Member $10.00 / year