We are not an "Elitist Camera Club". We welcome everyone, and we want you to bring in your prints for the print critique. So there you go, " What the Duck".

Meeting reminder for this Wednesday, March 7th at 7:30 at the U of C in the Kinesiology building in room KNB-133.

The speaker for the month is Hiro Kobayashi. This is a bit of what Hiro will talk on:

I have been using rangefinder cameras for over 20 years. I learned so many things through this type of the camera. Rangefinder camera is primitive but ...or I believe that is why it helps developing originality more quickly than modern auto cameras. I will talk about mechanism, and advantages and disadvantages of the rangefinder cameras. Also I would like to discuss about my thought of developing originality and artistic view, starting from approaching to a subject with A LENS IN YOUR HAND, to learning from master photographers. The points I will talk about are somewhat basic but important issues, which may be forgotten by getting used to modern technologies such as zoom lenses and auto focus.

Please bring in your prints for the print critique. This months theme is LEAP. You can also bring in a print in the open category.

It seems we are in photo competition month. I have received a few emails in regards to some photo competitions. Here are the links:

www.contact918.com

www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize.htm

http://saskriverkeeper.ca/waterinfocus/

I hope to see you this Wednesday.

Scott Winter

CPS President

The theme for February's meeting is Shadows. You can bring in one image for the theme and one image in the open category. Get out and get shooting.

Our speaker for the month of February is Greg Nuspel. Greg will be giving a presentation on panorama photography. I look forward to Greg's presentation and thank him for taking the time to come and share his knowledge with us. Thanks Greg.

February is Exposure month. There are workshops, gallery showings and presentations in Calgary, Canmore and Banff the whole month of February. You can check out a complete listing of events at http://www.exposurephotofestival.com/. Be sure to take in some of the events.

We would like to see CPS grow. If you haven't been to a meeting in a while we would love to have you come back for a visit. You are always welcome and we would love to see you. If you are receiving this email in error and would like us to remove your email from our list, please let us know. Thanks

The next meeting is February 1st at the University of Calgary in the Kinesiology building room KNB-133. Socializing starts at 7:00pm with the meeting starting at 7:30pm.

Our next meeting is this coming Wednesday, December 7th @ 7:30 pm at the U of C in the Kinesiology building room KNB-133.

The speakers for the evening are Rick & Kaye Madsen. Rick and Kaye have traveled the world doing photography where ever they go. They will give us a presentation on one of their journeys.

Make sure you bring your prints for the print critique. The theme for this month is Humour. You can bring 1 theme print and 1 print for the open category. It's never to late to get those prints ready.

Just a reminder for our Christmas social and brunch. I need to let the restaurant know numbers as soon as possible. If you plan on attending please let me know. Thanks

Brunch details: Sunday December 11th
11:00 am
Graze Restaurant & Grill - Graze Restaurant is located inside The Executive Royal Inn along Barlow Trail and 27th Avenue in North East Calgary
2828 23 Street NE

http://www.grazegrill.com/Calgary_s_Sunday_Brunch.html

Price: Adults $10.00
Children 7yrs to 12yrs $5.00
Under 7yrs Free

See you on Wednesday.

Scott Winter
President,
Calgary Photographic Society

Speaker not confirmed yet.

Make sure you bring your prints for the print critique. The theme for this month is Fruit. You can bring 1 theme print and 1 print for the open category. It's never to late to get those prints ready.

Bring your cameras, as we will be going outside to "Look for the Light".

The theme for June is "Clouds". Get your prints together and bring them in for a critique. You are able to bring in 1 print for the theme category and 1 print in the open category.

This month Mike Roest and Jeff Clement will be discussing their adventures into high-speed photography and how they take images like the following.

The theme for May is Action. Get your prints together and bring them in for a critique. The theme for June is Clouds. There have been some good ones out there lately. Get out there and get some for June's meeting.

Our speaker for the meeting will be Megan Kozak. Megan will be one of our models for our Glamour Workshop. She will be giving us some insight on model/photographer working relationships. Megan has asked me to ask you for some questions you may have about working with models. That way she will know what to talk about and be more prepared. If you have a question for Megan please forward to me at scott.winter at calgaryphotographicsociety.ca You can also check out some of Megan's modeling work at http://www.modelmayhem.com/845779

Make sure you bring your prints for the print critique. The theme for this month is Night Lights. You can bring 1 theme print and 1 print in the open category. You still have time to get those prints done.

We still have a couple of spots open for the Glamour Photography Workshop.

See you Wednesday.

Scott Winter
President,
Calgary Photographic Society

Instruction will be provided by Calgary Photographic Society president, Scott Winter, CPA. Scott is a fulltime professional photographer with over 30 years in the photography business and operates a family owned portrait studio and retail lab in Cochrane, Alberta.

You will have hands on training with six beautiful models (Miss Renee Tayler, Megan Kozak, Sarah Elsom, Brittany Michalchuk, Michelle Bourque, Kourtney Krysta, Brittany Hague). Learn how to use studio strobes to light your model. Learn how to pose your model for jaw dropping impact. Learn how to interact with the model and gain confidence. Learn post production and Photoshop enhancement tricks.

Full Day Workshop only $250!

Workshop runs from 8:30 - 6:00 and includes lunch.

View the full poster here.

To sign-up for the workshop fill out our registration form.

For landscapes, the photographer is often forced to deal with a bright sky and a darker foreground that falls outside of the dynamic range of most DSLRs.  In cases where there is a clean linear division between the sky and foreground a graduated ND filter was/is the traditional solution.  GradND filters do not work, however, when you have more complex scenes with no clean horizon and that is one area where HDR shines.  In these instances you can shoot a series of photographs correctly exposed for each element in the photograph.  Using HDR software these images can be pulled together into a single image where the properly exposed sections of each image are used.

Scott's Shooting Workflow:

• Static subject.
• Camera on Tripod!
• Focus and then turn of AF
• Shoot in aperture priority or manual
• Dial back the exposure enough that you have a gap at the dark end of the histogram.  This means you are not clipping any detail in the shadows.
• Work your way up the bright end taking an exposure every couple stops
• Keep shooting until your histogram shows a gap on the bright end.  Once you reach this point you are no longer clipping highlight detail.
• The key is to take enough images that you are never clipping detail.

Post Workflow:

• Load images into Aperture/Lightroom and perform minimal correction (white balance)
• Apply any adjustments consistently to ALL images in the HDR set
• Export frames to TIFF files (make sure that EXIF information stays with image)
• Load those into Photomatix
• Use "Exposure Fusion" for natural looking HDR and "Tone Mapping" for something a bit more wild

Links:

• Photomatix is a very popular commercial HDR offering.
• Hydra is a commercial HDR offering with Lightroom, PS, and Aperture plugins.
• Enfuse is a free command-line tool for merging multiple exposures together.

We will be meeting in our regular room, KNB-133, at the U of C. Socializing from 7:00-7:30, meeting starting at 7:30.

Make sure you bring your prints for the print critique. The theme for this month is Bridges. You can bring 1 theme print and 1 print in the open category. You still have time to get those prints done. Don't let the cold weather keep you from getting those great shots.