PhIG meeting held 18th February 2019
Attendees: R Evans, M Neilsen, G Moore, J Cavanagh, J Devenish, R Dietrich, G Deutscher, N Arnold, B Parker Apologies:, W Janssen, P Childs Venue: Roger Evans hosted the meeting Technical Topic: As a lead-in to next month’s photo topic ‘Creeks or streams’ his month’s topic was ‘Photographing water’. It is now fashionable to use a longer exposure than normal to provide a photo which shows the water with a glassy look. Two short videos were shown as discussion starters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgWuvNebnsM – ‘Water like glass’ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepuKlmbzvI&t=6s – ‘River Landscape Photography: How to photograph Moving Water’. In the discussion that followed, most present felt that a normal photo with a fast shutter speed was better than the artistic ‘glassy’ look. Also, the long exposure time required to achieve the glassy look usually requires a neutral density (ND) filter to reduce the light coming into the camera. The photographer in the first video also recommended bracketing to provide a HD photo. Some discussion was held on sites to photograph ‘creeks or streams’ since, with so little rain recently, suitable sites may be difficult to find. Some of the suggestions included: Minamurra falls, Botanical gardens, Mullet creek. Discussion: PhIG programme for 2019: The programme circulated previously lists photo topics up to October and members were generally happy to stay with this programme. As the new convener of the group Brendan will take over from the April meeting and indicated that he will probably stay with the current meeting format although will probably change the emphasis for the technical session. PhIG Blog: The question was asked as to whether the PhIG blog should continue to be maintained. Several people thought that the Blog provides a useful archive for the meetings and should be maintained. Roger said that he would be prepared to keep it up-to-date. Camera vs smart phone comparison: Brendan had carried out a detailed analysis of the photos taken during the workshop session held at the October meeting. In summary he found that:
The overall conclusion was that although a modern DSLR camera still takes a better photo than a smart ‘phone, the difference in quality is marginal. Photo Critique: 9 members submitted short videos (between 1 and 3 minutes long) on a range of subjects Most of the videos have been uploaded to the Probus Vimeo site and are available to download from:
March Meeting (18th March 2019): Robert Bonella will host the March 2019 meeting with the technical topic being a ‘Landscape photography of rocks’ and the Photo topic will be ‘Creeks or streams’ R Evans 18th Feb. 2019 Comments are closed.
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AuthorThe Photo Interest Group PhIG was formed as one of the special interest groups of the Wollongong Probus Club Inc Archives
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