Morning All

Another sunny and warm day; the garden beckons and the camera is looking at me!

Make the most of it as the weather appears to go downhill mid-week onwards; Oh, the ups and downs of our climate!

A reminder of some up-and-coming dates:

• March 30th. Beginners ‘software editing’ session. Looking at Lightroom again and/or some Photoshop tools or you could bring in some images (preferably RAW), to be processed or process them yourself!
• April 6th. 3 presentations: First by Stan on “My Journey to Sports Photography”; second by Mike on “Aurora HDR” and third by Lewis – “Wildlife in South Africa”. All unmissable!
• April 9th. Camera club exhibition begins!
• April 13th. “Wildlife – Sea shore to mountain top” a talk by Peter Smith
• April 20th. Steve Proctor, presentation entitled “Talk to Me”.

(L&CPU) Annual Individual Print & Projected Image Competition 7th and 8th May

• Online Entry opens Saturday 19th March
• Online Entry closes Saturday 23rd April
• PDI: (Projected Digital Images); there are two categories in this section:
• Open (which includes colour and monochrome) x 8
• Nature x 4

PDI’s

• Image files must be in sRGB colour space, jpg format and at maximum quality. This includes monochrome images.
• The image dimensions should be 1600 pixels (horizontal) x 1200 pixels (vertical) and a file size of up to 2mb.
• Individual authors can upload their own entry.

Rules and regulations were attached last week; quite happy to re-send if you have lost them!

As mentioned last week, John has decided to step down as Programme Secretary after 5 years and step down from the committee.

John will be more than happy to pass on all the relevant information at the appropriate time.

So, volunteers please for John’s role and for the committee!

Please don’t forget, we need new blood for the committee; if you feel you could contribute in any way, you will be made most welcome! Just get in touch if you want via email or phone – it’s no problem!

That’s all folks

Mike and Lewis