DIG News - March 2019 - 'Frozen Lock ' - Chas Hockin LRPS Winner of the DIG monthly competition for February - The Royal Photographic Society
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DIG News - March 2019
‘Frozen Lock ’ – Chas Hockin LRPS
Winner of the DIG monthly competition for February
DIG PRINT EXHIBITION For this years exhibition 162 members participated, each sending in the required 3 prints. A great result and I think the highest number we have had since I became Chair. So well done everyone, especially the overseas members who took the opportunity to submit work which we had printed for them. Our congratulations to our overall winner Sue Dixon LRPS for her beautiful print. There was absolutely no debate with the three selectors on which was the overall winner – an instant and unanimous decision. Interestingly Sue was also the trophy winner in our DIG PI Comp 2018, so she is obviously at the top of her game at present. Well done Sue for another fab image. Flamingo and Feathers – by Sue Dixon LRPS Each of the selectors had two RPS Ribbons to award. Eddy Lane is a well known nature photographer so it was no surprise that he chose two with animals in them – but so different as you will see.
Puffin Kiss by Allan Fisher LRPS (Eddy Lane Ribbon) The Hairdressers by Janine Ball LRPS (Eddy Lane Ribbon)
Next we have the two ribbon winning images selected by Irene Froy. Peaking Through the Mist by Ian Thompson ARPS (Irene Froy Ribbon)
Anemones by Eileen Wilkinson ARPS (Irene Froy Ribbon)
And lastly those selected by Roger Parry. Concubine by Philip Barker ARPS (Roger Parry Ribbon)
Gardeners Question Time by Jonathan Vaines LRPS (Roger Parry Ribbon) It is interesting to see how some of the above names have appeared in other DIG competitions in the past 12 months. Some in the online monthly comps and others in the two annual print and PI member competitions. You will note there are no FRPS winners amongst the above. We also noted that a higher number than usual of our accepted images were from members with no RPS Distinctions at all. We hope these facts give hope to everyone that their work is just as valid and eligible for consideration in DIG run competitions.
Whilst all 162 selected images form our total exhibition and will all be hung where space permits, we also ask the selectors to choose the top 30. These get hung where we can only exhibit a smaller number of prints. The top 30 were the seven above plus those that follow – Antony Yip ARPS (Hong Kong) Galloping Zoltan Balogh LRPS The Computer Scientist Malcolm Blackburn ARPS Little Owls Fay Bowles ARPS Warreners Cottage Antionette Castro LRPS (Spain) Linden A Lewis Alan Collins LRPS Bee and Lavender Clare Collins LRPS Puri Pot Porter Brian Connolly The American Falls, Niagara Alan Cork LRPS Boat of Remembrance Paula Davies FRPS Dales Winter Barbara Dudley ARPS All Set Glynis Harrison LRPS Two Chairs and a Lamp Roger Hinton LRPS Balancing the Books David Hughes ARPS Ermine Bob Johnston ARPS Icy Isolation Rob Kershaw ARPS (Switzerland) Beach Hut Rainbow Carl Mason ARPS Mommy’s Boy David Morement Timid Fallow Deer John Perriam ARPS Homeward Bound Michael Spurway LRPS Silver Birches David Thomas ARPS Dream Catcher Sue Vaines LRPS The Passage of Time Dee Wareham Decaying Tulip Again congratulations to everyone who entered. It will be a really good 2019 DIG Exhibition and we hope you will take the opportunity to visit if it comes to a location near you. For information on the exhibition venues and dates visit our web page http://www.rps.org/special-interest-groups/digital-imaging/about/040-print- exhibition
AGM
For those of you unable to either get along to the AGM in person, nor
able to join us via Zoom online, you can still follow what was said and
voted on. Go to HERE where you can watch the PowerPoint and hear
the audio from the day.
Our first ever offering of giving online access and voting was a pretty
successful beta trial. We had a few gremlins with the audio to start with
but stick with it as it got cleared after a few minutes. Overall we feel it
was an 80% success and the DIG Committee hope to go on to deliver
other online opportunities for members in the future.
DIG MONTHLY ONLINE COMPETITION
Congratulation to our DIG web content committee member, Chas
Hockin LRPS, for his 1st past the post winning image this month; as
shown on the cover page. Here is what he has to say about this image.
This is the lock on my shed. I can’t
remember why I was going to the shed –
it was either to get my bike out – which
is unlikely if it was frosty, or it was to
get some garden tools out to clear up a
load of leaves that had been gathering
in my parking area for too long. I saw
this as I approached the shed – and
obeying the maxim of always having a
camera with you – I snapped this with
my phone. I could have easily gone inside and got my “proper” camera –
but I was probably just wanting to get on with the job at hand. I have
boosted it with the Viveza plugin from the Nik Collection - probably
pushing the Structure slider a bit (!). I have just recently sent this away
to be printed for an upcoming camera club competition. I hope the
judge isn’t a member of DIG.
2nd placed is ‘Early Moring walk’ by Jenni Cheesman
3rd place goes to Mike Cowdrey ARPS with ‘ Tracks’WELCOME to our new members this month… C Jeeves ARPS St Neots Roger Force FRPS Greenhithe Margaret Dane LRPS Esher Philip Hack LRPS Holmfirth Martin Froggatt Ripley Tim Nicholson LRPS York Nigel Higson ARPS Henfield Wendy North RPS Sheffield Tom Cross Bedford David Sinclair Hartlepool Michael Cheeseman LRPS Cirencester Margaret Lewis Salisbury Richard Webb Chichester Mike Lloyd ARPS Northwich Peter Weston Uckfield James Owers Uckfield David Gold Shanklin Bas Meeuws Netherlands Robert Simpson Dawlish Kevin Flanagan Aberdeen Tamma Reddy ARPS India Judith Hicks LRPS London John Hughes London Maggie James Gerrards Cross Naomi Galliford Bristol Francis Sandbach Chichester Stephen Bussey Chippenham Urs Graf Switzerland DIG ACCOLADE FOR RPS ADVISORY DAYS The special edition of DIG Accolade is now available and looks exceptionally good – something for us all to be very poud of. 300+ copies have been delivered to HQ and will go out to Advisory Days. We are asking that they respect the value of £3 but that the funds may be retained by the organising Regions. The whole idea is for DIG to support individuals who are aspiring to their Distinctions. Everyone is telling us how valuable it is to read the real stories behind the panels so to share this has to be good for DIG. Shortly we also hope to be offering copies of this publication through the RPS Online shop where a copy can be purchased for £3 (UK) and £5 for overseas.
DIG MEMBER GALLERIES Two great galleries to feature this month. Firstly, a great body of work from one of our Dutch members, Andre Bergmans. Then a fascinating trip into the mind of Mike Cowdrey and his interpretation of architecture.
Click on the gallery images to link through to the albums
DIG CENTRES All DIG Centre meetings are open to everyone. Each puts on a minimum of 4 meetings p.a., offering varied and inspiring content. All welcome to every DIG meeting; members and nonMembers alike. By clicking on any of the Ads it will take you to the RPS Events pages where more information can be found about the meetings. Eastern Centre Thames Valley Centre
South East Centre Southern Centre
Yorkshire & NE Centre SIG LINK By clicking on any of the Ads it will take you to the RPS Events pages where more information can be found about the meetings. Travel Group Springboard 2019 Creative Eye Members Exhibition
Visual Art AGM A BLIND PHOTOGRAPHER We felt this was such an inspiring story and well worth sharing with you all. Click HERE to read more
KEN PAYNE TUTORIALS Greetings Members - If you have to work at a very wide aperture and need more depth of field why not take a series of images at different focusing points and stack them together. Check out my video. It’s very easy to do. This cannot be done in Elements anymore as they have removed the feature. Best regards Ken Payne. Why spend time and expense cutting out a bevel mount for your prints when you can produce one in Elements. Check out my technique in Elements. click on the images to take you to the relevant tutorial video on You Tube
LANDSCAPE GROUP WORKSHOP WEEKEND One of our DIG members recently went on a great workshop with the RPS Landscape Group and felt that perhaps others should consider attending other SIGs meetings. Note – there is nothing stopping a member belonging to more than one Special Interest Group. We are surprised more don’t as they cost so little and are a major benefit of Society membership. LANDSCAPE GROUP WORKSHOP WITH JUSTIN MINNS AT TOLLESBURY, ESSEX by Holly Stranks LRPS Tollesbury Lightship 3.30am….my alarm goes off! Up I get, quick cuppa and breakfast and then out of the door to meet my friend David Penrose, a fellow RPS and Bungay Camera Club member. At BCC we had recently had an excellent talk from Justin Minns and David mentioned he had a workshop booked with Justin through the Landscape group. I was lucky to get a cancellation to be able to attend this workshop. The workshop was starting at Tollesbury, Essex at 7am in time to capture the sunrise over the mud flats of Woodrolfe Creek just off the River Blackwater. Justin is local to the area and has been there many times before himself, so he knows all the places to go that are full of photographic potential.
The group was small – 7 in number, that way everyone gets good hands
on advice during the day. David and I were surprised that our fellow
attendees had come from far and wide – Buckinghamshire, Kent,
Cambridge amongst them.
On the workshop
Daybreak at Tollesbury CreekAs you can see from my images we had excellent light at sunrise. Being
in January it was very cold, and the wind blew right through me.
However, 3 hours passed quickly, and we all got some great images of
the creeks. Time for a welcome cuppa and bacon roll, then we were
heading off to Mersea Island.
Once on the Island we battled the harsh, contrasty bright sunlight at the
pastel beach huts on the South of Mersea and then carried on to West
Mersea for a photographer’s delight of old and dead boats!
The Beach Huts
I got a great deal out of this workshop and Justin was a great mentor,
and also interested in my Sony Mirrorless kit – so there were times
when he was asking the questions!
He has years of experience and takes
workshops worldwide. He is also just about to
publish a book called Photographing East
Anglia. This not only includes hundreds of his
images, but useful information like sat nav
and map co-ordinates, best times to visit,
photographic tips, etc.
Having attended a camera club talk and a
workshop with Justin, I would encourage
anyone who can do likewise. Although his
book is not yet published, I have pre ordered
a copy and am sure it will be a good read and
provide lots of tips.Beached Wreck Tollesbury Lightship B&W
My editing workflow for each image is a basic adjustment of the RAW
image in Lightroom. Then into Photoshop and I use Define 2, Color
Effects Pro 4 and Sharpening in Nik Collection. I then adjust levels and
then use Lumenzia for Luminosity masking. Then a bit of dodging &
burning and voila!
MY KIT:
Sony A7R3. Zeiss Batis 18mm f2.8. Zeiss Batis 25mm f2. Lee Filter Kit.
Manfrotto Tripod. Thermals, gloves and a big woolly hat!
New Jetty
The Red BuoyA UK MEMBER
You may recall reading about Allan Fishers’ LRPS in a recent copy of
Accolade but as he is a member living in an area where we currently do
not have a DIG Centre near him we invited him to contribute to DIG
News this month.
A few years back my eldest boy sang on
stage with Bruce Springsteen at the
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. At the time
I was in a daze as to what was happening,
but after the emotion had died down I
realised I hadn't taken any images of my
son singing onstage with my idol. Luckily
through the power of Social Media I was
able to acquire images over the coming
days, but I vowed to myself to never miss
capturing an important moment of my
children's lives again.
Bluebell WoodAs a young adult I had attended a few photography courses and captured a few Weddings, but I lost my way with photography over the years, so after an extensive brush up on digital photography I began in earnest on my second photography journey and the forever learning path that it is taking me on. Dancer
At first I realised I was drawn to portraits, both on location and in the studio. For the last few years I have run a successful portrait business in Bridgend, and am forever trying to improve my skills in this genre. Kingfisher I also love landscapes, macro and wildlife photography and am currently in the process of creating a panel of birds for an Associate Panel in Natural History. I was recently delighted to discover I had won a Blue Ribbon at this year's DIG AGM for my Puffin Kiss image, and love being part of the DIG group. Allan Fisher LRPS
Red Kite flight
AN OVERSEAS MEMBER
When we look for an overseas member to feature each month we try to
go to different continents and find members doing extraordinary things.
This member certainly meets that criteria with his life times passion for
photography.
Alan Elliot OAM ARPS
This month the DIG Overseas member
we are featuring is an Honorary Life
Member of the RPS from Australia, Alan
Elliott OAM ARPS. Alan has had a life-
time interest in photography and was
awarded the RPS Fenton Medal in 2013
for his outstanding contribution to The
Society. In that year he also received the
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), a
civil honour which recognised his major
services to photography.He has a particular interest in photographic history on which he has
written extensively over many years. He has studied the life and work of
the 19th century photographer and photographic inventor Walter
Woodbury, he’s written a biography of Ludovico Hart who founded the
Melbourne Camera Club in 1891, and he has a keen interest in early
photographic processes.
The Optometrist
Alan has been a strong supporter of the RPS Australian Chapter,
formerly the Victorian Chapter, and the extent of his writings for the
Chapter’s Newsletter is astonishing with 120-plus articles over some 15
years. They are wide-ranging, from accounts of early processes whether
daguerreotypes, wet-plate photography, ambrotypes, orotones or many
others, to hilarious articles on his introduction to digital photography in
2004 which he titled An Innocent at Home: Dabbling in Digital.Solitude Yes, he accepted that the darkroom was dead as far as his colour printing was concerned, and took up the challenge of the new digital technology saying, ‘For things to stay the same, things must change!’ At 97 years of age, Alan is probably the oldest member of DIG and possibly of the RPS too, but photography is still a major part of his life. Fashion Exhibition
Meditation
RECRUIT AND WIN As a DIG member we hope that you will help us to increase our membership by participating in the following recruitment programme. UPLOADING YOUR GALLERY Putting up your own album on the Society web site is easy and we would encourage more of you to do this and share you work with us all. First step is to log on to My RPS. If you have forgotten your password you need to re-establish that. Knowing your login details not only means you can access My RPS but also the ‘hidden DIG pages’ only visible to
DIG members when logged in, such as accessing DIG Accolade and the DIGIT library. Once you are logged in then here are the steps to follow to upload your images to your own personal galleries.
We hope that you have found this DIG News interesting and inspiring. Enjoy the read – admire the images. And if you have anything you would like to see us include, or information to share with others, do get in touch. Regards Janet Janet Haines ARPS DIG Chair digchair@rps.org
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