York Photographic Society

Slides from the How To Expose Yourself Online

Tim — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:12:37 +0000

Here’s the slides from tonight’s How To Expose Yourself Online presentation:

The videos will follow shortly via YouTube…

Online Photoshop tutorials from PhotoWalkthrough.com

Tim — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:35:13 +0000

PhotoWalkthrough.com presents online video tutorials showing the post processing of a photograph using Adobe Photoshop and other programs - rather like watching over the shoulder of an expert. Its a great way of learning about the tools and techniques used, and it’s also a chance to gain insight into the creative decisions that influence the choice of tools and techniques.

All the tutorials are available as video podcasts, which means that you can watch them by downloading them to your own computer; or use iTunes to load them onto an iPod. That’s a suprisingly good way of watching them - although the screen is small, it’s a great way of filling in time during a train journey and so on.

Photowalkthrough.com can be found here - http://www.photowalkthrough.com

Open Evening presentation

Tim — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:38:25 +0000

Through the magic of the interweb, here’s the the presentation from September’s Open Evening, showcasing a selection of members’ work some of which now features here on the YPS website.

Some FAQs about the Projected Images competition

Tim — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:15:43 +0000

Here are answers to some of the questions that have been asked about entries into this year’s Projected Images competition.

The maximum resolution of a digital image is 1024 pixels horizontally by 768 pixels vertically. The file size is unimportant, but exceeding this image size would cause it to be cropped when displayed, hence the limitation.
The image shouldn’t contain any identification of the author, otherwise it’s not possible to judge anonymously. Including titles is a matter of taste, although currently perceived good taste (depending on who you ask, of course!) is that titles tend to detract from the image itself.
When titling the file, please include your competition number rather than your name, as this will ensure anonymity and speed up processing the files
Images can be submitted in a variety of formats - in order of preference, these are DVD or CD, memory stick, or (preferably not) 3.5″ floppy disk. While floppy disk isn’t the end of the world, it does mean digging a floppy drive-equipped PC out of the garage, so other formats are preferred!
The files must be in jpeg format - the compression/quality setting is left to your discretion. To get the best from the colour, I’d recommend using the sRGB colour space where possible, as this is how our projector is calibrated - and it’ll also get the best from them when they’re posted here on the website.

The full set of competition rules can be found here, but please ask if you’ve got any questions that remain unanswered.

As a reminder, competition entries are due next Wednesday 10th January.

Season’s Greetings

Tim — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:14:46 +0000

Following the Mince Pie evening on the 20th December, we take a break for Christmas and the New Year, returning on January 3rd for a How-To evening devoted to preparing your work for competition and exhibition.

On behalf of all at YPS, the committee would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year.

A successful visit to Ilkley!

Tim — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:52:16 +0000

Six of our members made the trip across the county border to Ilkley on 27th October to take a selection of our work. Ranging from digital monochrome to sports action, underwater colour to infra-red prints, and highlights from fifty years of our President’s photography, it was enjoyed by a great turnout of Ilkley Camera Club members. Ilkley CC will be visiting York on 29th November to show off their work, so it’ll be well worth attending.