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It is Summer Schools time at Wakefield Camera Club! Aimed at beginners, they will take you through basic camera functions, better composition and simple computer enhancement. Starting on Monday the 2nd of August they cost just £1 per night (like all our meetings) and should give your photography a boost. See the poster on the right for more details or go to the About Us page for a map of our location. Hope to see you there.

2nd of August - we take a look at the basics of photography. What does 'aperture' mean? Why change the shutter speed? What is an ISO? What are all these buttons for? Bring your camera (and manual if possible) and we will try to explain.

9th of August - we look at the artistic element of photography.

16th of August - we look at how the computer can give your photographs a boost.

Latest events
Monday the 26th was our third Clubman competition and it was very well supported with around 75 images entered.  Judge Brian Hemsworth gave a wide spread of marks to try to separate the field but still had to give top marks to seven images. Congratulations to Mike Crowther for his First and Third places in the Digital and to Les Forrester for his win in the Print. Also, well done to Trevor for his first ever 20 which got him Second place in the Digital. Thank you to all who entered, especially those who printed, and to all those who helped with the equipment.

Don't forget - if you want to know what happened at earlier meetings just go to the 'Club Stuff' page and click 'Previous Meetings'.

News
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The Snicket
By Steve Wood
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While visiting the excellent PAGB exhibition in Halifax, (which closes 1st Aug), I decided to try to recreate Bill Brandt's 'The Snicket' which was just down the road. I prefer my version :o)

Website
I have done some tidying up and have got the site down from 146 MB to 118 MB. Not as big a reduction as I would have liked (it was 75 MB this time last year) but I will stop before I break something. The upside is that I now have lots of room for new/updated Gallery pages and Featured Photos :o)

3rd Clubman results
Here are the results of the digital and print sections of the first clubman. Congratulations to Les and especially David for his first win. The images can be seen under the 'Competitions' tab as usual.

Digital
Place Artist Title
1st Mike Crowther Golden Eagle
2nd Trevor Bottomley West Pier, Whitby
3rd Mike Crowther Puffin
Print
Place Artist Title
1st Les Forrester County Arcade
2nd John Bickerdike Gallaris Milan
3rd equal Les Forrester Pebbles
John Boyd Roaring to Glory

If the winners could send me a copy of their image(s) for the website, maximum 500 pixels per side, I would much appreciate it.

Focus Stacking
If anyone would like to see a video or two about focus stacking, here is a Google search with loads. Friend of the club, Gavin Hoey, has a simple one on Gavtrain that also shows you how to automatically align images.

David Kershaw
David has won the June leg of the competition run by the YPU on their website. Have a look at his entry and perhaps have a go yourself. Well done David.

Les Forrester
Les has been at it again, this time getting a 'Highly Commended' in the Art of Building photography competition run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). To see Les' entry and the other commendations go here or go here to see the winner and finalists. Les also has a printer and Canon lens for sale on the For Sale page.

The Hepworth Wakefield
There are a number of events taking place in and around the new Hepworth gallery that may be of interest. Here is a PDF that explains everything. Also, there are lots of Wakefield district events about to take place that I haven't got round to including in the diary yet. Here they all are together on one page for now.

PAGB Exhibition
The PAGB Annual Exhibition runs from 3rd July to 1st August and is at Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX3 6HG. It is open Tue-Sat (10am-5pm) and Sun (1-4pm) and admission is free.
Feedback from people who have seen this has been excellent.

 

 
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