In Camera. The Newsletter of the Hawkesbury Camera Club Inc. 01 NOVEMBER 2017 Volume FROM THE PRESIDENT 2017 OFFICE BEARERS 2017 COMMITTEE

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1 01 NOVEMBER 2017 Volume In Camera The Newsletter of the Hawkesbury Camera Club Inc. President Vice President Treasurer Acting Secretary Committee Competition Manager Garden Comp Newsletter Editor Outing Coordinator Publicity Coordinator Webmaster November 1 November 8 WHAT S ON THIS MONTH CHILDREN S WARD PICTURE SELECTION NIGHT SHOW AND TELL What I Like about Photography November 15 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING [AGM] & END OF YEAR COMPETITION External Judge December OFFICE BEARERS 2017 COMMITTEE Michelle Nichols John Hughes Ian Cambourne Marian Paap Cathy Callan Don Clay Peter Burford Jonathan Auld John Hughes Marian Paap Alan Sadleir John Hughes Jonathan Auld END OF YEAR OUTING FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to this month s Newsletter November will be another busy month for members. What s been happening? Winners of the 2017 Hawkesbury Garden Competition were announced at the presentation evening put on by Hawkesbury City Council and held at Windsor RSL on Wednesday 18 October. There were 37 entries in 8 categories received and the judge, Patrick McManus had a tough job in selecting the winners. A BIG thank you to the members who participated in this event and made it happen. John Hughes for preparing the trophies and organising the winners photo collages; Marian Paap for co-ordinating the event, organising sponsors and packing up prizes; Jonathan Auld for preparing the presentation and Alan Sadlier for being the event photographer. Thank you to the garden photographers Peter Burford, George Romanowski and Charles Sutton. We also had a great response from Sponsors. It was great to see a good turn up by members on the night and thank you to those who helped out when needed. Illustrate a Song and Portfolio event was held on Wednesday 4 October. This is non-point scoring where members showed off their portfolios and Illustrate a song entries. The judges, Mike and Maiva Smyth, provided some interesting comments and constructive suggestions. Both emphasised that entries made a big impression. Well done everyone that participated. For those of you who sat on the sidelines, perhaps this year s contribution has inspired you to participate in 2018? And for something different, a number of members have been out at the World Polo Championships, over the last few weeks, snapping away. A sample of their images can be viewed on the Club s Facebook page.

Paul Evans & Councillor Patrick Connelly. Photo: A. Sadleir Participation Please participate in our annual survey. Please complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.

This will assist the Committee plan for 2018. On Wednesday 15 November, the AGM will be held.

If you are interested and want to know more, please let me know. Nominations must be delivered to the Club s Acting Secretary, Marian Paap by 8 November.

2 What s coming up? 1 November - Children s Ward Photo Selection Night 8 November - Show & Tell 15 November AGM and End of Year Competition DON T FORGET L-R Councillor Pete Reynolds, Best Residential Garden 1st Place Paul Evans & Councillor Patrick Connelly. Photo: A. Sadleir Participation Please participate in our annual survey. Please complete the survey at by Saturday 4 November The questions relate to how the Club operated in 2017 so that we can plan for Please be honest and offer constructive suggestions where possible. This will assist the Committee plan for On Wednesday 15 November, the AGM will be held. You will have received an about nominations for positions of Office-Bearers and Committee Members for Please consider nominating for a position. If you are interested and want to know more, please let me know. Nominations must be delivered to the Club s Acting Secretary, Marian Paap by 8 November. Until next time, Michelle Nichols Nominations for 2018 Committee Members due 8 November Send in your nomination form/s to the Acting Secretary by 8 November either via or hand in at the next meeting. Nominations are called for the Office-Bearers and Committee Members for You can nominate yourself or someone else that is interested in joining the HCC Committee. As outlined in our constitution, members who wish to nominate someone or themselves, must have a written [Completed form] nomination/s delivered to the HCC Acting Secretary - Marian Paap by Wednesday, 8 November. Please note that the nomination MUST be signed by the nominee accepting the nomination, the member making the nomination and a further member seconding the nomination. End of Year Outing Camera Club s End of Year Outing has been set for Friday, 1 December. Members can put their thinking caps on and suggestions for a suitable venue to Marian Paap by 8 December. Page 2 of 15

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS Evaluating Photographs This post will hopefully enlighten you on a few features that are commonly (but not always) put in DSLR cameras that most photographers don't know they have.

There are always a few know it alls who have to share with me the fact that they knew that stuff already.

Understanding the Lens THESE ARE THE SETTINGS I LIKE SO THAT MY PREVIEW ON THE LCD LOOKS CLOSER TO WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER POST- PROCESSING. Custom Picture Controls First, some background.

3 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS Evaluating Photographs This post will hopefully enlighten you on a few features that are commonly (but not always) put in DSLR cameras that most photographers don't know they have. Oh, and my favorite thing about writing this post is that I just CAN'T WAIT to read the comments. There are always a few know it alls who have to share with me the fact that they knew that stuff already. I get a lot of pleasure out of those comments for some reason but I hope everyone finds at least one thing in this list that is new. Understanding the Lens THESE ARE THE SETTINGS I LIKE SO THAT MY PREVIEW ON THE LCD LOOKS CLOSER TO WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER POST- PROCESSING. Custom Picture Controls First, some background. Picture Controls (that's Nikon's name for it) or Picture Styles (for the Canonistas) are applied to every picture you take. The RAW photo coming off the sensor lacks contrast, sharpness, and color saturation. In fact, it's downright ugly. Your camera applies these adjustments to each picture to pretty it up for you. I have never worried myself with setting the Picture Control because I ALWAYS shoot in RAW. Reference: Pinterest 8 Things You Didn t Know Your DSLR Could Do In Features by Jim Harmer As with learning any topic, students usually learn a tremendous amount of information about a topic for the first while, then they reach a certain level of competency and halt all learning. The same is true with photographers when we get a new camera. When we first get our hands on a camera, we spend every waking second learning how to use it and all the buttons and dials. Then we suddenly stop. But if you stop learning your camera too soon, you miss out on some REALLY COOL features in most but not all DSLR cameras. However, I was out shooting with Dustin Olsen a few months back and looked at the back of his camera to see how the photos were coming out. WOW! It was so much more beautiful than my LCD screen! Dustin sets a custom picture control so that the photos on the LCD screen look more like how they will look in post-processing. This helps him to visualize the finished photo. Changing the picture control if you shoot in RAW will not affect the image you see on the computer, but it will help you see what you're capturing on the camera. To set a custom picture control or picture style, go to your menu and find the custom picture control setting. I like to use these settings: If you shoot in RAW instead of JPEG, this is still true because your camera saves out a JPEG preview that is used as the thumbnail image and to display on the LCD screen on the back of your camera. Page 3 of 15

4 Multiple Exposure Multiple exposure can be pretty fun for creative effects, and it is an oft-overlooked feature on many DSLRs (not all of them have this). Multiple exposure means the camera takes 2 or 3 (or more) photos in a row and then combines them to create one picture. For example, you might shoot a runner sprinting down the track. For a creative effect, you could set your camera to multiple exposure and lock it down on a tripod. Then take three pictures of the runner sprinting by and the camera will combine them into an action sequence. You can get the multiple exposure effect in Photoshop too. Time Lapse Sorry Canon shooters, your DSLR most likely won't have this feature; however, most Nikon cameras come with this feature. A time lapse is when your camera is set to take a picture every second or so. Then, the individual frames (usually taken over the course of 30 minutes or more) are combined to create a video like this one. On a Nikon DSLR, you can find this feature on the menu called Interval timer shooting wrote out a tutorial here of how to do timelapse on both Nikon and Canon cameras. Time Before Sleep Nothing is more annoying when shooting than when the screen constantly turns off while you're reviewing images on the LCD screen. I like to take a nice long look at the photos and zoom in on different parts. I like to work methodically most of the time, and especially when shooting landscapes. All DSLRs allow the photographer to adjust how long a photo is displayed before the screen goes to sleep. I like to set this to about 10 seconds. If you are short on battery life, this probably isn't a great idea, but I always have fresh batteries lying around and use a battery grip, so I don't really worry about battery life nearly as much as I worry about being able to get a good long look at the photos I'm working with. Lately, I've been experimenting in working with an ipad so when I shoot a photo, it shows up almost immediately on my ipad (wirelessly) so I can see the photos full screen. I have a step-by-step tutorial on wirelessly connecting your ipad to your DSLR here. I love it for landscapes where I'm working slowly and really checking each picture, but it's probably impractical for shooting portraits, sports, wildlife, or other fast-moving subjects. Flash Compensation No, not exposure compensation. Exposure compensation is when the photographer tells the camera to decide the correct exposure, and then get either brighter or darker depending on what exposure compensation setting the photographer set the camera to. Flash compensation works similarly. The camera will determine how much flash output is needed, and then the photographer can set the camera to either give more or less power to the flash according to the look that the photographer is attempting to achieve. When might you use such a thing? I thought you'd ask. If you're using an all-manual flash like the YN-560 (see my YN-560 review here), then this is entirely irrelevant. This is also mostly irrelevant if you are using an ettl or ittl flash because those flashes allow the photographer to change the flash compensation from the flash's menu so you don't have to go through the camera menu. The use-case for this is when you're in a pinch and are forced to use that blasted pop-up flash. Photographers hate using the pop-up flash because it looks ridiculously ugly since the light is coming from the same angle as the camera and therefore not directional. However, if you use flash compensation, you can control how much flash is used and achieve much better pictures when you're in a pinch and you need to use flash (like when Aunt Janet hands you her point-and-shoot to take a picture at the wedding). Depth-of-Field Preview This feature is somewhat better known among photographers, but still the kind of thing that a lot of photographers don't notice until they have shot for years. Most DSLR cameras have a small black button on the front of the camera just to the left (camera left) of the lens. If you look through the viewfinder and press the button, it will make the screen go a bit darker, but it will also show you how the depth-of-field will look when you take the picture. The button is useful because, contrary to popular belief, changing the aperture setting on your camera does not immediately adjust the aperture in the lens. The aperture snaps into place only right before the picture is taken. This is done so the camera can gather as much light as possible for focusing before the picture is taken. So when you're looking through the viewfinder, you already know what the depth of field will look like. Don't worry about the fact that the viewfinder will be darker this is just because the closed aperture reduces the amount of light going through. Page 4 of 15

Instagram Mode Newer model Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras have begun to include Instagram mode, but it currently requires two tablespoons of butter to activate.

Sorry for those of you who aren't geeky and don't understand nerd humor.

5 Instagram Mode Newer model Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras have begun to include Instagram mode, but it currently requires two tablespoons of butter to activate. All you have to do is smear the butter over the front element of your lens and viola! You have that beautiful look that only Instagram can offer. Sorry for those of you who aren't geeky and don't understand nerd humor. Instagram is a smartphone app for photography that puts some really overdone effects on photos so everyone can call themselves artists (okay, fine it's fun). MERIT IMAGES Uploading Merit Images We are falling seriously behind uploading Merit images to our website. All the Merit winners are encouraged to upload their images regardless of the year. Only one merit photograph has been submitted in 2017!! Back Button Focus I get SOOO MANY questions about back button focus that I decided this one deserves its own post. Learn about back button focusing here. Using back button focusing can help get your focus more precise and faster. Reference: Pinterest INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES This is a simple task to do, just follow the instructions: Login to the Admin section and follow the Submit Photo link: min/submitgalleryimage.php For any assistance, contact the Competition Manager, Jonathan Auld. Page 5 of 15

HOW TO NAME PROJECTED IMAGES - Label images accordingly for your grade (A or B), - Two digit year of comp (ie.

02 for February), - Sequence number of entry in category (1, 2, 3 or 4), - Entrant s name [example A17051MichelleN.jpg].

but include the word PRINT at the beginning.

6 HOW TO NAME PROJECTED IMAGES - Label images accordingly for your grade (A or B), - Two digit year of comp (ie. 17 for 2017), - Two digit month of comp (ie. 02 for February), - Sequence number of entry in category (1, 2, 3 or 4), - Entrant s name [example A17051MichelleN.jpg]. A17021MichelleN Grade Year Month Sequence Name For electronic copies of prints use the same naming sequence as per projected images, but include the word PRINT at the beginning. PRINT_A17021MichelleN NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS Do you have an article, story or tips that you would like to share with other members through the monthly newsletter? Don t forget to make use of all of the features for members on the Hawkesbury Camera Club website at Contributions can be submitted at any time to the Editor Marian Paap Marian@secureaz.net. The newsletter is distributed prior to the first meeting of each month. HCC FACEBOOK Hawkesbury Camera Club has a Facebook page. Follow us on Facebook at Page 6 of 15

7 Newsletter Contributions To the Newsletter Editor-Marian Paap Page 7 of 15

OUR PAST MONTH THROUGH THE LENS- OCTOBER WORLD POLO CHAMPIONSHIP RICHMOND 21 29 OCTOBER Few members from

There were so many different events to photograph, from Jousting, Show Jumping, Rodeo, Fashion Parade and

8 OUR PAST MONTH THROUGH THE LENS- OCTOBER WORLD POLO CHAMPIONSHIP RICHMOND OCTOBER Few members from the camera club attended the World Polo Championship that was held in Richmond. There were so many different events to photograph, from Jousting, Show Jumping, Rodeo, Fashion Parade and of course 14 games of Polo. This was a great place to practice your fast action photography and try out different lenses. Page 8 of 15

9 PHOTOS: MARIAN PAAP Page 9 of 15

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11 PHOTOS: ALAN SADLIER Page 11 of 15

12 HAWKESBURY CITY GARDEN COMPETITION 18 October PREPARATION BEHIND THE SCENES Packing & sorting of the contributions Page 12 of 15

160 GUESTS ATTENDING Contributions from the

13 Helping Hand from Marian s Mum - Donna PRESENTATION EVENING WINDSOR RSL A SUCCESSFUL EVENT WITH OVER 160 GUESTS ATTENDING Contributions from the Sponsors are ready for the Presentation evening Page 13 of 15

14 Everyone were happy to collect a show bag Thank you ladies for your help on the night! Page 14 of 15

15 ILLUSTRATE A SONG AND PORTFOLIO 4 October The Judges - Maiva & Mike Smyth Page 15 of 15

Does Exposure Compensation Work In Manual Mode

Does Exposure Compensation Work In Manual Mode Jul 30, 2014. In Manual mode, exposure compensation is apparently unavailable via the of zoom)so does this provide a means of setting exposure compensation