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: Joe Dietz
joedietz@aol.com

This Month's Web Page and Program Notes

Digital Photography Special Interest Group

May 28, 2013

"Tom Barnes: Photographing Flowers"

This month we have a special treat with a presentation from Dr. Tom Barnes from the University of Kentucky. Many of you have heard of Tom for his excellent work with nature photography. For this evening, Dr. Barnes will be talking to us about how to best photograph flowers. Dr. Barnes has been photographing the natural world for more than 25 years. His images have been used in publications around the world including Germany, Australia, Africa, England, Canada, Japan, Africa, and the United States. He is an award-winning photographer who specializes in nature photography in Kentucky and the United States. Tom has written and photographed three books and Kentucky’s Last Great Places was nominated for the Kentucky Literary Award in non-fiction the year it was released. Another book, including Gardening for the Birds, was quoted in a review by American Gardener magazine as the first realistic book on attracting wildlife to the backyard that has been written. His other book is the very popular Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky. Dr. Barnes has also published a coffee-table book on the rare plants of Kentucky with Deborah White and Marc Evans of the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.

This month’s photography contest is on “Animals”. Get out your cameras and look for a good shot of your pet, animals in your back yard, birds flying overhead or whatever. Send your image to joedietz@aol.com no later than May 27, 2013.

See you there! Join us at CKCS at 7 PM on May 28. Bring a friend!

Photo of the month Competition

Here are the new topics for 2012.
January – Night/Dusk photography; February – Water; March – Statues; April – Transportation; May – Animals; June – Bridges; July – Annual Hall of Fame – 3 topics - 1.Windows, 2.Fountains, 3.Manipulated photos i.e. HRD, Collages, Filters August – Street Photography; September – Church Steeples; October – Something old and Abused; November – Still Life;..

Guidelines for our Photo-of-the-Month competition

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 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.
4. Every member present at the meeting votes for only one photo.

1. See you there! .

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

http://www.dpreview.com/	--Phil Askey's site with extensive reviews of digital cameras
http://www.dcresource.com/	--Jeff Keller's site with very good reviews
http://www.steves-digicams.com/	--Steve's reviews of digital cameras
http://www.imaging-resource.com/	--Cameras, scanners, tips and FAQs
http://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://http://www.shortcourses.com/
List of Cameras	http://www.imaging-resource.com/DIGCAM04.HTM
List with price comparisons	http://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

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/

--Tutorials and more for Photoshop users

Some Web-based Courses

http://www.dpcorner.com/	--Short Course on Basics by Arthur Bleich. Also lists other D.Photo Sites
http://www.photocourse.com/	--A Photo Course by Dennis P. Curtin
http://www.shortcourses.com./	--Short Courses by Dennis P. Curtin
http://www.betterphoto.com/	--Jim Miotke's "All about Photography" & Online Courses
http://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

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