Digital Photography SIG
This SIG meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7.p.m.
Taking pictures has never been easier. Make use of your Virtual Darkroom and join us!
We play with digital photos from cameras or film scanners. We try to improve them with good software,
and then display them either in print or on screen. It's lots of fun and we all learn together!

SIG Leader: Ilse Newbery
inewbery@insightbb.com

This Month's Web Page and Program Notes

To see the winning photos of our 2007 Photo Exhibit -- Click here
To see the winning photos of our 2006 Photo Exhibit -- Click here
To see the winning photos of our 2005 Photo Exhibit -- Click here
For the 2004 Photo Exhibit -- Click here
For the 2003 Photo Exhibit -- Click here


July 2008 Program, Tuesday, 7/22/08, from 7-9 pm.

Get ready for our July "Hall of Fame" Exhibit on July 22, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
Here are our Guidelines

1. All CKCS members can submit photos (limit of 3 photos overall; no more than 2 in any one category).

2. The photo should be no larger than fits on an 8.5x 11" photo paper. Due to space constraints, please do not go beyond these dimensions. If your photos need extra support, use a foam board. But keep that too to the 8.5x11" format.You can send or hand in your photos in a sealed envelope to Ilse Newbery's mail box in the CKCS office any time between Tuesday, July 15 to Friday, July 18 from 10 to 4.

3. The photo(s) must have been taken by the exhibitor either with a digital camera or a film camera. If it was taken with a film camera, it must have been digitized via a scanner. Each print should have the following information on an index card: your name, the make of your camera, and if scanned, what type and make of scanner. It also must state to which category you submit each of your photos. Include this index card in your envelope.

4. There will be four categories for the Exhibit. This year, they are (in alphabetical order):
---- Collages
---- Fences
---- Historic Places
---- Water

So please join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 7 PM.

Photo of the month Competition

Here are the new topics for 2008 (thanks to suggestions by two SIG Members)
January - Macros , February - Clocks, March - Food, April - Spring Bloom, May - Hobbies, June - Doors, September - Wildlife, October - Churches, November - Old Tools, January 09 - Festivals.

Guidelines for our Photo-of-the-Month competition

1. All members of CKCS can submit one photo each to our Photo-of-the-Month competition.
2. No photo that has already won a prize at one of our competitions can be re-submitted. That includes our ”Hall-of-Fame” Exhibits.
3. The size of the submitted photo should not exceed 500 pixels for the larger side.
4. The photos will be submitted to the SIG leader at least a day before the SIG meeting. The names of the photographer will not be known to the voters until after the vote has taken place. The SIG Leader who knows the names will be excluded from voting.
5. Every member present at the meeting votes for only one photo.


Our winning Photo-of-the-Month on the topic of Hobbies

This time we had five submissions. Here is our winning photo
And a big Thank You to all who submitted. photos

This winning photo was taken by Haslem Smith.
It was taken around 1998 with his Canon A-1. He digitized it with a scanner.
The door is on the house he grew up in, in Saint John, NB. Canada.

At our SIG Meeting in March 2003, Bob Wade distributed his document Pixel Basics: -- Click here
At our SIG Meeting in April 2003, Bob Wade distributed his document Selecting a Digital Camera. -- Click here

Topics of former SIG Meetings:-- Click here
Our Mystery Landmark List
-- Click here

Our Mystery Object List
-- Click here

Our Kentucky Geography Gurus List:
-- Click here
Our Lexington Store Gurus List:
-- Click here


Equipment Reviews

www.dpreview.com --Phil Askey's site with extensive reviews of digital cameras
www.dcresource.com --Jeff Keller's site with very good reviews
www.steves-digicams.com --Steve's reviews of digital cameras
www.imaging-resource.com --Cameras, scanners, tips and FAQs
www.digitalcamera-hq.com --Consumer Electronics Headquarters
www.letsgodigital.org/en/index.html --Online Magazine for Digital Imaging

Camera Tips

How Digital Cameras Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera1.htm
Choosing a Digital Camera http://www.beststuff.com/articles/603/
Choosing a Digital Camera http://www.shortcourses.com
List of Cameras http://www.imaging-resource.com/DIGCAM04.HTM
List with price comparisons http://www.digital-camerastore.com
http://www.digital-camera.com/whichcamera.htm

Help for Paintshop Pro

For Beginners: http://www.pspug.org/ (PSP User Group, with forums and tutorials)
Tutorials http://www.psplinks.com/(Angela Cable's many links)
Tutorials for PSP 9 http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/9tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP 9)
Tutorials for PSP X http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/10tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP X)
Tutorials for PSP XI http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/11tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP XI)
Tutorials for PSP X2 http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/12tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP X2)

Help for Photoshop Users

www.photoshopcafe.com --Tutorials and more for Photoshop users

Some Web-based Courses

www.dpcorner.com --Short Course on Basics by Arthur Bleich. Also lists other D.Photo Sites
www.photocourse.com --A Photo Course by Dennis P. Curtin
www.shortcourses.com --Short Courses by Dennis P. Curtin
www.betterPhoto.com --Jim Miotke's "All about Photography" & Online Courses
www.nyip.com --New York Institute of Photography

Newsgroups at Corel (Shows up in "Outoook Express")

Paint Shop Pro X --Corel's PSP X Newsgroup
Corel's PSPP XI --Corel's PSPP XI Newsgroup
Corel's PSPP X2 --Corel's PSPP X2 Newsgroup
PSP Scrapbooking --Corel's PaintShopPro_Scrapbooking Newsgroup
PSP_Photography --Corel's PaintShopPro_Photography Newsgroup
PSP_Scripting --Corel's PaintShopPro_Scripting Newsgroup

Tips and Tricks

www.sphoto.com --Steve Hoffman (Photographer) reviews and gives tips, esp. on scanners
www.scantips.com --Wayne Fulton's VERY useful Scanning Tips and more


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