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Contents
Chairman’s Welcome
This Week’s Programme
Contemporary Group
Dehaze in Lightroom
Welcome to New Members
Tony’s Travels
Diary & Competitions
Around the Web
Help & For Sale
Commercial
This Week - Tuesday
31|AUGUST|2015|
WCC NEWSWorcestershire Camera Club Editor:[email protected]
Hello, and a warm welcome to the very special 125th season of the
Worcestershire Camera Club.
By the time you read this, our lovely month-long exhibition of mem-
bers’ work and vintage photographic equipment at The Hive will be
over. The Club has received a real boost from the event and together
with publicity from Worcester News and BBC Hereford & Worcester
local radio people will have a greater awareness about the Club and its
activities.
To everyone who participated in the exhibition, whether as an exhibi-
tor or part of the exhibition team, a really big thank you!
Our Programme Secretary, Maddy Pennock, has been tirelessly working
to bring a wide range of most interesting talks, lectures and presenta-
tions for us to enjoy this coming season. The programme veritably
glows with riches from the world of photography. There’s something
for everyone and we look forward to enjoying your company.
Header image Wind and Wave by Eric Williams
Contemporary Group
The WCC Contemporary Photog-raphy Group meets as usual on
Thursday, 3rd September at7.30pm at Claines Royal BritishLegion, Cornmeadow Lane,Worcester.
See page 2 for more details.f fig-
ures. When I have found
We are delighted to open the new
season with Viveca Koh FRPS, who is
presenting Urban Exploration to FineArt – A Photographic Journey.
Chairman’s Welcome
The continuing success of our three
Thursday Groups continues to offer
opportunities for detailed discus-
sions about practical queries and
lots of time to talk about pictures.
Welcome to our quasquicentennial!
Clive Haynes, Chairman
Your Smiling Face by Viveca koh FRPS
Help to re-awaken your creative
photography skills by joining us
on Thursday Sept 3rd for the Con-
temporary meeting. (See p 1.)
After a summer of showers, sun,
events, rain, and more showers,
enrich your enthusiasm for pho-
tography by enjoying an evening
of image discussion, appreciation
and understanding. With our mem-
bers happily getting into self expres-
sion we usually have heaps of laughs,
amongst moments of quiet revelation.
Most of the time is spent discussing
our own work but we always make
time to see examples from the web.
This image is from a series of subver-
sive art seen around London. We shall
have more examples on the night.
I also hope to share some 'dra-
matic moments' that I saw during
the re-enactment at Spetchley
Park last weekend.
Hopefully Clive and I will see you
there.
Tessa
Contemporary Group
…for I am a sign…
Spetchley scenes by Tessa Mills FRPS
It may be that I am the last in the club to catch up with a new feature of Lightroom (Creative Cloud only) -
the Dehaze slider. I understand that Martin has demonstrated it at a DIG meeting but if, like me, you missed
that evening this is something that you too might find really useful. With care I have had some pleasing
results. I tried it first with some images I took in Africa last year and it improved some of them remarkably.
So I then went to my pond and took an image of a backswimmer: they swim just under the water and clear as
the the water appears to the naked eye that is not what the camera appears to see, without a lot of tweaking.
To pierce the haze I have used a polarising filter in the past - but the problem with that is that I lose two stops
and don't always see clearly enough to focus well (auto focus not really being suitable when taking 1:1 shots).
Here is shot of that backswimmer taken without the polarising filter: before and after using the dehaze slider
- with a few additional adjustments after using the slider - pulling back the blacks and increasing the
exposure. Not my best images, but they are illustrative.
I have tried to replicate this in Lightroom without using the new feature and have come close, but that was
a couple of hours experimenting with a variety of other sliders, including, sharpness, contrast. clarity plus
both tone curve and saturation by channel). This new feature means that I never have to do that again!
I can see clearly now…A useful tip about Dehaze in Lightroom and example images from Douglas Gregor ARPS
Before…
and after…
For newer members who may not
know Douglas and his photography,
why not take a peek at his website
and discover some super macros,
great birds in flight shots and more…
My husband Richard & I recently moved to Pershore
from Sheringham in Norfolk for family reasons. I
bought my first DSLR in 2004 and joined North Norfolk
Camera Club the same year. My interest in photogra-
phy increased as did the club membership and I was
their Secretary for 9 years.
Never liking to feel I am standing still, in 2009 I
submitted prints for my LRPS, which luckily were ac-
cepted. I am a member of the RPS Digital Group.
Unable to get my head round an ARPS panel in 2013 I
entered DPI's for the DPAGB which scored well. I have
also entered DPI's for External Exhibitions.
I am a bit of a grasshopper - I do not really specialise
but guess my main interest is Landscape photography,
Welcome to… Judy Knights LRPS DPAGB
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sometimes with a 'twist' as I love
working in Photoshop & Light-
room.
I currently shoot Canon - the 6D
is my main camera but I also
have an IR converted 350D -
though I am considering chang-
ing to a lighter, mirrorless sys-
tem!'
Here are two of my images , Silver
Light & High Tea. plus one of me
'in action' - much better than the
recent driving licence pic!
Hi, I’m Nick Court.
I live just outside of Bromsgrove, towards the Lickey Hills. During the week I run
my own IT Support Company, but at weekends photography takes over. I’ve only
been pursuing photography as a hobby for around 6 months, so am still unsure
which direction I will take up.
At the moment I’m concentrating on wildlife and landscapes, but I have a keen
interest in all topics.
Welcome to… Nick Court
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Welcome to… Andrea Holmes
Hello, I’m Andrea. Previously employed as a Lecturer at Kidderminster College, teach-
ing numerous forms of shorthand, typewriting, word processing, and business adminis-
tration, I am now retired, and am trying to get to grips with photography. My other
interests are gardening, Sudoku/crossword puzzles, knitting, crochet, walking.
Having been a member of Kidderminster Camera Club for the last couple of years, my
bridge camera has now been abandoned, as I grapple with mastering an SLR in the
hope of being awarded with a photographic accreditation (one day) – I am addicted to
monochrome!
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Time flies
Birmingham Basin
Birmingham Library
Sunday Afternoon
Tony’s Travels
Club member Tony Gervis FRPS is still doing his 365 photo-a-day. He has just returned from the USA where
he has been photographing rodeos, rocks and random stuff! Here are a few more of Tony’s recent images…
Saturday Night Out Sunday Shoppers
Challenged by another member to be more creative,
Tony’s response was this shot ‘Eureka’!
No Gervises were harmed in the taking of this picture…From the Outside in and the Inside Out2 images of the same cacti. The 1st, taken with a fish eye (very wide angle ) lens
taken with the camera placed inside the cacti using remote control to take the
image. Couldn’t get my arms inside the cacti without much damage, The cacti
don’t pay doctors’ bills or provide medical aid to torn skin.
The 2nd, a straight image of the cacti.
Dates for the Diary / Out and AboutWhat’s on, exhibitions to go and see, photo-opportunities... Send in your events.
Competitions & Exhibitions
The Philip Laney & Jolly summer/autumn calendar competion hand-in
date is 13th October. Have you entered yet?
Last chance! The Aesthetica Art Prize, now its eighth year, is open for
entries, presenting an opportunity for emerging and established artists
to showcase their work to an international audience. Register by 31August to be in with a chance of winning £5,000 courtesy of Hiscox;
group exhibition; publication in an anthology of 100 contemporary
artists; editorial in Aesthetica Magazine (186,000 readership worldwide);
£250 art supplies vouchers courtesy of Winsor & Newton and art books
courtesy of Prestel. Work in all media is accepted. Judges include artists,
curators and directors from National Portrait Gallery, Design Museum
and Yorkshire Sculpture Park among others.
You might just catch the teddy bear parachuting and zip wires at
Pershore Abbey today if you’re quick!
5-6 Sept Middle Earth festival around Sarehole Mill.
7-19th September London, Exhibition
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO: SERRA PELADA from Workers: an Archae-
ology of the Industrial Age. Do have a look at the online gallery,
and for fans there's an in-depth interview with the man himself.
Until 13th September at Media Space is Revelations - will tour
later at National Media Museum Nov 2015 - Feb 2016.
Lee Miller: A Woman’s War opens 15th October at IWM London.
Club Competitions
You should have had an email alert about the first club competition of the season Please do join in any or
all of the club competitions; it’s a really useful way to get some (usually friendly!) critique of your images
- and it’s fun. The full timetable is on the website now, in downloadable form and the dates including
hand-in periods are on the monthly calendar.
See the website for all rules and guidelines - and results!
IWM Perspectives
by Ruth Bourne LRPS
Around the Web
Using Humour in Street Photography
Landscape POTY 2015
Enjoy some unusual animal pix.
Tips for wide-angle photography
And lots, lots more in the new season’s Flipboard
magazine . Click on Follow to be notified of new
content. Flipboard is free to use and a handy tool.
Commercial
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Our programme sponsor, Midland Fine Arts, supplies mount
boards, pre-cut and bespoke size mounts and frames at a
generous club discount on the standard prices of up to maxi-
mum of 15% for frames and sundries, and 40% for the mounts.
Do please support them in return if you can. Quote WCC when
ordering (please show your club ID card if requested).
As MFA are often out and about at weekends, should you have
trouble getting there midweek to collect orders, contact me in
case we or another member can be of help.
Clive writes to tell us about a Topaz Offer on ReMask5Topaz has a special offer for the new and updated version of ReMask – A great tool for creating seamless
montages. From 25th August until 18th September it’s on offer at £31.74 (normal price £44.50). These are
dollar-converted process and can fluctuate but represent about £13 ($20) off. It’s excellent value.
Use this Coupon Code: GetReMask5More information from Topaz: ReMask is designed on one simple idea: To create the best quality mask with minimal input. By using
ReMask’s simple 3-color tri-map technology, users have the power to quickly and easily extract even the toughest elements — hair, foliage,
and transparent materials — in their photos. The new updates to ReMask 5 make it the most powerful masking software on the market.
The two biggest additions are standalone capabilities and background replacement tools.
Olympus - Can you Help?
We’ve received an enquiry from Mike Hasted, who’s the Heritage Project Officer at Spetchley Gardens. He’s
considering buying an Olympus OMD EM5 MkII and he wonders if anyone can give him any insights,
comments or feedback about the camera. Please contact Mike at: [email protected]
iMac For Sale
iMac: 21½" screen Processor: 2.78GHz Core i5 Memory: 8GB Hard Disk: 1TB
Bought: Late 2012, currently selling on eBay for about £525: Looking for £425