Food Photography Activity
Another great night with Commercial Photographer, Anthony Webster, talking about the importance of light (a fan of back light). Anthony (Redda) talked about lighting objects and then helped us set up various forms of light for food photography. Here are some tips on photographing food with back lighting: Natural light: How to achieve back lighting for your food photography Artificial light: Nailing Artificial Light in Food Photography – Part 1 of 2 Nailing Artificial Light in Food Photography – Part 2 of 2
Read MoreSelective Colour Workshop
The topic of Tuesday’s Activity Night was Selective Colour in both Photoshop and Lightroom in preparation for the set subject “Colour Purple” of next month’s competition. Selective Colour Activity Night The set subject definition says “…Purple must be the predominant colour and any other colours must, even if significant in size, support its predominance, such as complementary colours.” One way to ensure that purple is the predominant colour is to turn everything else into shades of grey using one of these selective colour techniques. Photoshop...
Read MoreWelcome to 2023
A fantastic start to the year with 30 members gathering together for a meal and a catch up. Despite the storm outside, the air con kept us cool and the chatter was nearly as loud as the thunder! Our President, Pauline, handed out awards to members who were absent at the EOY dinner.
Read MoreActivity Night – Tuesday 16/8/2022
Hi all, tomorrow night we have something a little different. The committee has been approached by the Bendigo Rowing Club and asked if we would be interested in helping them build a portfolio of images that they can use to help promote the Rowing Club in their upcoming celebrations. The Committee has agreed that this would make an excellent opportunity to form a relationship with the Rowing Club and use the opportunity to create a new competition separate to our normal competitions for early next year when we come back after the Christmas break. We are still working on finalising all the...
Read MoreFinal Challenge – Sparkles
As life seems to have returned to relative normal (touch wood) this is the last of the weekly challenges. We began these early last year to keep us connected and using our cameras during lockdown. Thanks so much to everyone who has participated! Let’s celebrate with photos of the sparkles of this festive season, whether it be fairy lights, tinsel or glitter. A guide to photographing Christmas lights: https://snapshot.canon-asia.com/article/en/how-to-make-christmas-lights-sparkle-in-your-photos Here are some examples from our cluster gallery: by Matt O by Dave T You can continue to...
Read MoreChallenge – Sunset
As we come to our second last challenge let’s post photos of Sunsets – a celebration of reaching 90% vaccination rate and the winding back of pandemic restrictions! A guide to sunset photography: 11 Sunset Photography Tips for Beautiful Results (Heads up – next week’s challenge – the final one – will be Sparkles) Here are some examples from our cluster gallery.: by George G by Allan D Thanks to Will for this suggestion. You have until next Tuesday to upload your image to Cluster. Members have all been sent an invitation to join and most have done so...
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