Hello LCC members,
Here is a great website about composition that I found and would like to share with you. It was put together by Ted Forbes with also has a regular video series The Art of Photography and a series about various artists
Here is the website about Composition Study
Thanks,
Steve daPonte
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE PLANNED FOR THREE (3) ‘IN CLUB’ PHOTO CONTEST FOR 2019,
THE FIRST, IN JANUARY, THEME WILL BE ‘BLACK & WHITE
FOLLOWED BY ‘MEMBER’S CHOICE’ IN MAY
THEN ‘NATURE’ IN SEPTEMBER.
THESE CONTESTS WILL HAVE OUTSIDE GUEST JURISTS.
THIS IS A PRINT CONTEST: ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ONLY MATTED ON 16”x20” BOARD; NO NAMES ON THE FRONT!!!! NAMES MUST BE ON BACK OF BOARD!!!! THERE IS NO SIZE REQUIREMENT OTHER THAN THE BOARD AND MAT MUST BE 16” x 20”
EACH CONTEST WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING PRIZES:
1st PLACE $150.00 GIFT CARD
2nd PLACE $100.00 GIFT CARD
3rd PLACE $ 50.00 GIFT CARD OR A FANTASTIC BOOK BY ONE OF OUR GUESTS!
2 HONORABLE MENTIONS $25.00 GIFT CARDS
ALL IMAGES MUST BE SENT TO JEFF (jefforns@comcast.net) BY SUNDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 9!
THIS MONTH’S ASSIGNMENT IS ‘WILDLIFE’, AND WE HOPE YOU CAN SUBMIT 5-10 IMAGES TAKEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS (NO OLD IMAGES!)
IMAGES, AS ALWAYS, MUST BE JPEG FILES, 72 dpi RESOLUTION WITH THE LONG SIDE AT 1200 PIXELS! BY NOW YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO DO THAT!
FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT SUBMIT THEME IMAGES THEIR WILL BE A DRAWING FOR A CASH AWARD FOR PARTICIPATION!
THE NEXT CLUB MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 6:00 PM AT THE NORTH PALM BEACH LIBRARY.
OUR GUEST SPEAKER IS OUR OWN DONNA LANGDON WHO WILL INSPIRE US WITH A PROGRAM ABOUT HER TRIP TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ALSO, IF TIME ALLOWS WE WILL PRESENT A SLIDE SHOW FROM OUR FIELD TRIP TO BETHESDA-BY-THE-SEA AND THE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS.
WE WILL ALSO VIEW A SLIDE SHOW FOR A FUTURE PHOTO ASSIGNMENT OR FIELD TRIP WITH ‘THE BUBBLE LADY’.
See you Tuesday!
Hello LCC members,
Last Wednesday we had a Posing and Lighting learning session. We all had a great time learning from Teri about posing and Sandra demonstrating different capture techniques and camera settings. We covered using flash on camera, umbrellas and other flash modifiers with live feedback from Sandra’s tethered camera.
Thanks Teri, Sandra, Steve and Ken for sharing your knowledge and time to put this session together.
Thank you to our class participants that volunteered to be our models.
Here are a few of the portraits shot by Sandra at the class.
Some of the participants were asking about the lighting equipment that Steve brought here is the list.
Umbrella Set with Stands
Flash Mounts
Item Cost $14.99 each
Flashes used with Umbrellas
NOTE: The Above model is no longer available but here is the one that is currently available.
Item Cost $64.38 each
We had a great meeting with a presentation from Gary Rothstein of his Nasa images was one of the highlights of the whole year. Gary’s presentation was packed with information, tips and was very entertaining as well. Gary has a book of his images available for purchase on his website.
Photo Credit – Don Lacy
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 6:00 PM, AT THE NORTH PALM BEACH LIBRARY
OUR GUEST SPEAKER IS SCHEDULED TO BE GARY ROTHSTEIN, WHO IS AN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER ANDPHOTOGRAPHING THE SPACE PROGRAM!
IF TIME ALLOWS WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ON DONNA LANGDON ON HER TRIP TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; IF NOT SHE WILL PRESENT IN SEPTEMBER…….THANKS, DONNA!
ALSO, IF TIME ALLOWS WE WILL PRESENT A SLIDE SHOW FROM OUR FIELD TRIP TO BETHESDA-BY-THE-SEA AND THE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS.
Hello LCC members,
ON1 Photo Raw is a very easy to use powerful set of post processing tools with versatility that continues to improve with each new release.
Don’t place limits upon your photography, never think it’s too bright too dark or too anything else. Take the chance and experiment!
For this image I used the Sony a6500 in Aperture Priority and the metering mode set to meter for Highlights. If I was using my Canon camera I would have used Spot or partial metering.
The first image is the meta data.
The Second is the Raw Straight Outta Camera.
The Third is the Final Processed Image.
The post processing was done with ON1 Photo Raw 2018
I have included images of the settings in the Develop Module and the LUTs used in the Effects Module.
Here’s the Meta Data
Here’s the RAW unprocessed image.
Here are the Settings used in ON1 Develop Module
The Develop Module is almost always the first place you should start when editing an image.
Here are the Settings used in ON1 Effects Module
I used two different LUTs on this image for coloring.
What are LUTs?
A LUT is a file that transforms one range of colors in an image to another range of colors. Traditionally they have been used in the film industry to give films a unique look and feel. Terms like Blockbuster look or 3 Stripe look are often used to describe them. More recently though, LUTs are being used in photography.
Here’s a link for more about LUTs
If you have questions or comments please leave them below
Thanks,
Steve daPonte
Hello LCC members,
Yesterdays meet up at the Juno Pier was great and quite a few that participated have posted some of their images in the Facebook group.
Here’s the link to our FB Group Page
If you are not on Facebook and attended the event send three of your best images sized 1200px Long Side at a resolution of 72ppi to lighthousecameraclub@gmail.com
Thanks,
Steve daPonte
Hello LCC members,
Saturday Aug 11 we will meet at the Juno Beach Pier early morning to shoot the sunrise and whatever else your creative eye may discover.
FYI Official sunrise time is 6:50am With Civil Twilight at 6:25 my suggestion is you try to get there between 6-6:15 am
See you there!
Steve daPonte
Lighthouse Camera Club 