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Photo Vault Online

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20/05/2012

As announced on Wednesday evening, we will be retiring our image upload facility and embarking upon a new and exciting journey with Photo Vault Online.

Our old system has served us well, but not without hiccups. I have uploaded a simple 3-step tutorial into the tutorials page to help you with the following steps:

  1. Register a Login ID with Photo Vault Online.
  2. Upload images into Your Photo Vault.
  3. Enter the monthly WCC competition.

The Photo Vault Online tutorial is a PDF and can be read or downloaded from this page.

Even if you already have a Photo Vault Online Login ID, please take a few minutes to read about how to locate and submit images into the WCC monthly competition.

When you are ready, navigate to Photo Vault Online by clicking on the link below and register, login and begin uploading images. For any queries you may have, or should problems arise, then please post a message on the WCC facebook page. This way, many people can respond or read about issues which they too may be experiencing.

Click the image below to navigate to Photo Vault Online.

Save this link as a bookmark in your browser so that you can locate it easily the next time you need to upload images.

Trusting that Photo Vault Online will provide all members of the WCC with a better facility to handle the monthly image uploads.

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Chas.

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The WCC Weekly Roundup

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17/05/2012

Sharp Sharp!

Sharpness in photos is something that all photographers strive for. We hear it all the time during judging. Sharpness should be one of the most important things to get right “in camera” as its very hard (and mostly not possible) to achieve a sharp photo after pressing the shutter button. Its also not only about having the best lenses in the world. Check out this article for some great tips on how we can achieve sharp photos by improving our shooting techniques.

Babies…

Check out this list of links from digital-photography-school.com where they rounded up a whole lot of resources on how to go about shooting newborns…

Step up your Photoshop game

There’s a never ending source of Photoshop tutorials on the internet. Here’s a list of 25+ Photo Retouch tutorials to help you take your photos to the next level.

500px Featured artist

This week is all about macro photography. If you like macro, then be sure to check out “Bug Eye’s” gallery on 500px.

 

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Canon Roadshow – May 2012

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14/05/2012

Woohoo, it’s roadshow time again! Booking is essential, click the image below.

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Outing to Tala

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08/05/2012

Hello WCC,

It is time for us to all get together again and have some fun socialising, learning and of course exercising our trigger finger.

We will be going to Tala Game Reserve on the 27th May 2012. Gates open at 06:30 and close at 18:00. We will all meet at the gate at 06:30 but please don’t feel pressured into being there early and if you running a little late you will still be allowed into the reserve.

Costs are as follows:

  • R60.00 per vehicle
  • R50.00 per person
  • R40.00 per child (3-12 Years)

We will have a braai at the picnic area at 12:00 for all those hungry togs and their families, fires will be provided but please bring all your own meat, salads, rolls etc. as well as chairs, tongs and anything else you might need.

After the braai you are free to enjoy an afternoon drive or head for the hills.

Please remember that Tala does not accept cash at the reserve and all transactions are done on either credit or debit cards.

Some Useful Tips

Check you have your memory cards and that they have been formatted and your batteries are fully charged.

When you are there take a few test shots, so that when you want to catch that perfect shot you are ready.

A bean bag is a great help when shooting out of your car, you open your window and rest it on the door, as long as the occupants don’t move around, this gives you a place to rest those long lenses of yours.

Please could you give us an idea as to numbers attending so that we may arrange charcoal etc. andrew.climpson@westvillecameraclub.co.za

Hope to see you all there.
Andrew

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Latest edition of SNAP

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07/05/2012

The latest edition of SNAP has been uploaded and is available here.

If you would like to contribute to SNAP by writing an article, tutorial or even a travelogue. Then please send your article, typed in MS-Word or similar, with embedded images to Colleen. Thanks.

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Chas.

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Updated star ratings

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06/05/2012

The member star ratings were last updated in September 2011. This list has now been updated and you can view it here

We will endeavour to update this list more frequently than we have in the past.

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Chas.

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Reminders

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06/05/2012

Please don’t forget about the following:

 

Tuesday 8th May, 19:00 : Workshop by Emanuel Maria on Flash photography.

Monthly image submissions : Selective color is the set subject. You have until midnight on Monday 14th May to upload your images. The judging evening for last month’s Bokeh set subject takes place on Wendesday 16th May at 19:00.

 

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Chas.

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The WCC Weekly Roundup

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02/05/2012

Selective Colour

Need some help for this month’s set subject? Check out the video below for some Photoshop tips for achieving the selective colour effect…

 

500px Featured artist

I’ve spoken about 500px before. I love this website. Its a never ending source of inspiration and amazing work. Rebeca Saray Gude is one of thousands of super talented artist that share their work. (click on the pictures below to check out her work…)

 

 

3 Pros Share their workflows

From shutter press to finished picture… Click on the images above to check out how these three photographers went about creating the images.

 

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Introductory Workshop – Sat, 5 May, 13:00

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01/05/2012

This Saturday 5th May, we are conducting an Introductory Workshop for our new members.

Any WCC members are welcome to attend this workshop as a refresher.

We intend covering basic Photographic composition, Essential Photoshop editing and some WCC website-specific items.

Requirements: Your camera and tripod, notebook/computer and an extension lead.

Workshop takes place in our normal meeting venue starting at 13:00 and should run until 17:00.

Please RSVP to Pieter, Jeffrey or Chas if you are interested in attending.

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Website updates

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27/04/2012

The March 2012 gallery has been uploaded.

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