Digital Special Interest Group
| Meeting Information Index | ||
| September 2010 | October 2009 | November 04, 2009 |
| January 13,2010 | February 10, 2010 | March 10, 2010 |
| April 14, 2010 | May 12 2010 | June 09 2010 |
| September 8, 2010 | |
| Program | Our first Digital SIG for the season |
| Meeting report | Meeting report to go here |
| June 09, 2010 | |
| Program | Making better photographs - Pierre Houle |
| Meeting report | AThe Digital Photography SIG meeting held June 9th was well attended. Pierre led the meeting with a talk on making better photographs. He took the group to several websites which gave many simple tips to improve their odds of making great pictures. There was also some discussion about types of cameras.To visit these links visit the SCUG webpage and click on the left side menu item for the Digital SIG. Pierre agreed to continue as SIG leader next year. The next Digital SIg will be September 8th, 7:00 P.M. at the ALC. The topic is TBA. Have a enjoyable summer! http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Better-Photographs http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/composition.mspx http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/top10tips/index.jhtml Google Search |
| May 12, 2010 | |
| Program | Pierre will show basic camera techniques for
taking photographs in unusual lighting situations, particularly beach
scenes, indoor back lit portraits, snow scenes to name a few.
Hope to see you there! |
| Meeting report | Twenty Seven members attended the Digital Photography SIG this month. Pierre led the discussion with a talk on camera settings for odd lighting situations. Beach, snow, sunset, night time and lightning scenarios were covered. Scene modes were offered as the best solution to the point and shoot camera. |
| April 14, 2010 | |
| Program | The topic will be: adding and subtracting objects from photographs using Adobe Photoshop Wes Terryberry will be demonstrating Windows Movie Maker for Windows 7. This will be an added treat for the meeting. |
| Meeting report | After Meeting |
| March 10, 2010 | |
| Program | Scanning. Pierre will be giving a demonstration of scanning photographs using a flatbed scanner, slide scanner, a camera and various programs used to enhance old photos. Hope to see you there! |
| Meeting Report | After the meeting |
| Wednesday February 10, 2009 | |
| Program | The Subject will be "the Zoom lens": Almost everything you wanted to know about Zooming, including how to keep your pictures sharp, how to calculate Zoom and how to determine the best Zoom for you. Watch for an email notice if the meeting has to be cancelled! |
| Meeting report | Pierre led the meeting with a discussion of Zoom. magnification, zoom factor, digital vs optical zoom, How zoom is calculated in a point and shoot camera were all discussed.
For more information visit the website. The next Digital Photography SIG will be held Wednesday, March 10th, 7 P.M. At the ALC. Pierre will be giving a demonstration of scanning photographs using a flatbed scanner, slide scanner, a camera and various programs used to enhance old photos. Hope to see you there! |
| January 13, 2010 | |
| Program | Pierre will demonstrate an audio-visual slide show program |
| Meeting report | The January Digital Photography SIG was well attended with no seats to spare. Pierre led the meeting with a demonstration of an audio-visual slide show program called Pictures to Exe. Several features of the program were demonstrated including how to add music, setting timing and animation effects. This was followed by discussions on taking lightning pictures and ideas for future meetings. |
| November 04, 2009 | |
| Program | The topic will be general photo manipulation using Photoshop Elements 7. |
| Meeting report |
26 members attended the Digital Photography SIG on November 11th. Pierre led the meeting with a demonstration of Photoshop Elements 6, a photo editing program from Adobe. A couple of videos were shown as well as an explanation of layers by Pierre. There are many free video tutorials on the web for anyone interested in learning more. There was some discussion about what to cover in future meetings. However, there was no clear direction from the group. There will be no Digital SIG meeting in December so the next meeting will be Wednesday, January 13th, 7:00 P.M. at the ALC. The topic will be announced prior to the meeting. If anyone would like to make suggestions as to what to discuss at a meeting, please let Pierre know. |
| December 2009 | |
| Program | There will be no December meeting this year. |
| Program | NO meeting report |
| October 7, 2009 | |
| Program | The topic for the meeting is "How to Judge the Quality of a
Photograph". We will discuss how to assess a photograph for impact,
technical quality and artistic merit. We will talk about how the
Sarnia Photographic Club judge photographs. In discussing these
topics we should be able to improve our photography. Pierre |
| Meeting report |
26 members attended the October Digital Photography SIG on October 7th. Pierre led the discussion with a talk on what makes a great photograph. Several web sites were visited where photos of master photographers were examined and discussed. Some general rules about composition were also discussed with examples. It was generally agreed that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and most "rules" can be broken (and are). The talk concluded with a brief discussion of how the Sarnia Photographic Club judging takes place. This was a great meeting with much discussion. The next Digital Photography SIG meeting will be Wednesday, November 4th, 7:00 P.M. at the ALC. The topic will be general photo manipulation using Photoshop Elements 7. |