The Mobislyder dolly system for wee video devices is now available at the special introductory price of £99. You can see it in action HERE.
Club Keys will changed on Friday the 25th of November 2011. If you don't return your old keys you will be unable to get into the club and will miss out on tea and biscuits - you have been warned!
Allan Donaldson got an acceptance for the Dingwall, with 'Merlin with Prey' in the nature section. He says he is "Pretty chuffed". I think I speak for all of the club when I say we are all "Pretty chuffed" for him.
Mike
I followed up on a lead from John Murray and contacted the Bird of Prey Centre (World Of Wings) at Cumbernauld.
http://www.worldofwings.co.uk/
Welcome to World of Wings
Come and enjoy the largest collection of Birds of Prey in Scotland.
Our centre has been designed to be a memorable occasion for all, be it a casual visit or a V.I.P. Experience. The varied collection includes Eagles, Owls, Hawks, Falcons, Vultures and Exotics. These majestic creatures can be viewed at very close quarters, be sure to bring your camera! Our sevices include Falconry Courses, School Visits, Educational Talks, Avian Pest Control, Static and Flying Displays for shows and events.
They are willing to give us exclusive access to a morning of photographing various birds of prey, both static and in flight. We would be provided with a falconer who would present the birds in a natural environment within their grounds.
Ideally, a party of 15 would be ideal. They asked for a minimum of 12 people and the cost would only be £10 per head.
This is a great opportunity, as we can get really close to the birds so your kit lens would do. This is a rare chance to get close without using really expensive kit. A lens up to 150 or 200 would be fine if you have it but not mandatory.
The centre is used to photographers going along and have assisted in getting some fantastic photo opportunities. The falconer will fly the birds to a specific point, making in flight shots predictable, and easier to photograph. We can help each other out anyway to ensure we all get something worth while.
Allan Donaldson
You can download the entry form and labels for the 2011 - 2012 Bi-Monthly Competitions here.
Avery MP7163 Labels
Jacobs would like to hold Canon Evenings with local camera clubs. A Canon expert with the latest gear would be available for demonstrations and question and answer sessions. Club members would also be allowed to handle and test the latest Canon cameras.
These eveings will be done by arranging a suitable evening with club members, so if you are interested please put your name and preferred evenings on the sheet that will be available at the club.
Mike
We will be having a Studio Night plus some Scottish Film Archive Footage - don't forget to bring your camera.
The fun and games are over. Friday 2nd of September is the official start to the new season at Paisley Photographic Society so get your cameras dusted off and get back to work taking photos - oh, and don’t forget to bring loads of money for tea and membership fees etc.
Review Centre is on the hunt for amazing and inspiring nature photographers. The consumer review website has just announced a photography competition, giving photography enthusiasts the chance to win a digital SLR camera! The competition is open to amateur photographers only.
Review Centre have chosen “Nature” as the theme for the photography competition. You can take part by sending images of landscapes, wildlife or anything that else that relates to nature.
Those who wish to enter must send their photographs via email to competitions@reviewcentre.com. Images can be black and white or colour, and of any size between 1MB and 2MB.
Photographs will be showcased on Review Centre’s blog, and the best image will be chosen by the professional landscape photographer David Fleet. The winner will receive a Nikon D3100 digital SLR camera, which comes with a 18-55VR lens kit. The competition ends on 9th September 2011.
About Review Centre
Review Centre is a community of real people sharing their product and service experiences. The website was founded in 1999, and now has over 500,000 reviews, covering 100,000 products and services such as digital SLR cameras, sat navs, mobile phones and laptops. Review Centre is based in Richmond, London.
Doors Open Day Saturday 10th 11th September 2011
I write to remind you that Paisley Photographic Society will be taking part in this year's Doors Open event on Saturday 10th September. It was agreed that all members should submit their best picture to be displayed. We also agreed members could submit a panel of 4 pictures A4 size mounted. We are now approximately 1 month away and you need to be thinking about the pictures you want to display. To enable us to put on the best display possible don't restrict yourself to one picture. You can bring your pictures along to the club any Friday but we need to have them in by 3rd to allow for selection and hanging.
Any questions please contact me.
Clive
The Scottish Screen Archive, part of National Library of Scotland will be providing a programme of archive films to take you on a journey into Scotland’s celluloid past. The work of the archive will be highlighted with newly restored films including extracts from Scotland’s first synchronised sound film, Britain’s first wedding film, Harry Lauder at an early film premiere, unique colour footage of the Queen Mary leaving the Clyde in 1936 and Scotland’s first Oscar winning film, together with many more interesting treasures.
Anyone who wants to go out for an evening stroll with their camera should meet in the Erskine Garden Centre car park at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27th July. The Erskine Garden centre is just at the roundabout that takes you on to the Erskine Bridge. The Waverly will not be there but I’m sure we’ll find something to take pictures of.
Anybody who would like to take part in the photographic expedition to Culzean Castle on Saturday the 21st of May should either phone (07876246324) or email (gadget_al@yahoo.co.uk) Allan Donaldson so that the poor boy doesn’t end up at Culzean all by himself. The plan is to meet at Culzean at 11.00 – just in time for lunch – and then take a photography flavoured ramble around the grounds in the rain, sorry, I meant to say blisteringly hot sun.
If you decide to go and then drop out at the last minute you will get a smacked bottom and sent to bed early without any supper – you have been warned.
Mike
The GDPU Digital Exhibition 2011 closing date (7th of May 2011) is fast approaching. You can download the entry form HERE.
Mike
The beginners class will not be on tonight due to Alan and Bob being unavailable.
Mike
Please remember to provide digital copies of your prints for the Annual Print Competition. They should be sized and named the same way they are done for our Bi-Monthly Digital Image competitions.
Mike
Anyone who has not yet handed in their five images should email them to me now at mikebest0@gmail.com
Failing to enter images for this competition could easily result in dire consequences of some sort.
Mike
Frank got this link from Dimitri Vasiliou. Dimitri has created this free online landscape photography magazine so it's definitely going to be great. There is a permanent link on our Links page.
http://landscapephotographymagazine.com/
Mike
Handing in for the Annual Print Competition is the 11th of March. There are Forms and labels available at the club but if you want to print your own, you can download the Form HERE and Labels HERE.
Mike
Paisley Colour Photographic Club are hosting the competition this year and it will be held on Thursday the 24th of February at 7.30 in the McMaster Centre, Donaldson Drive, Renfrew PA4 8LX.
It will be a great night and will not cost very much to get in. There will tea, coffee and a range of sandwiches featuring Beluga Caviar, Kobe Beef lightly spiced with Saffron, Fugu for the thrill-seekers and White Truffles and Matsutake for the vegetarians - all depending on the availability of the ingredients of course.
Mike
The beginners class will be running as usual this evening (Monday 14th February) as Allan Donaldson has offered to stand in for Bob Wilson. The subject will be depth of field it it is dry and underwater photography techniques if it is raining.
Don’t forget to bring your camera.
Mike
Sincere apologies but the Ian Milliken Competition has been postponed until a later date. It will be run during the summer and, looking on the bright side, you will be able to get better skies for dramatic monochrome landscape shots. All the required details will be posted on the website and a notice will be displayed in the club in due course.
Mike Best
There appears to be some confusion over the Sections associated with our competitions, hopefully this will clarify matters.
The Annual Digital Image Competition sections are either Beginner or Advanced, there are no other divisions. You should enter a maximum of five images for the Section you are in. The images should be a maximum of 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high. The images should be saved with a colour depth of 8bits in the sRGB colour space.
The Annual Print Competition has fourteen sections:
Section 1 - Beginners Mono Portrait & Figure Study
Section 2 - Beginners Mono Landscape & Pictorial
Section 3 - Beginners Colour Portrait & Figure Study
Section 4 - Beginners Colour Landscape & Pictorial
Section 5 - Intermediate Mono Portrait & Figure Study
Section 6 - Intermediate Mono Landscape & Pictorial
Section 7 - Intermediate Colour Portrait & Figure Study
Section 8 - Intermediate Colour Landscape & Pictorial
Section 9 - Advanced Mono Portrait & Figure Study
Section 10 - Advanced Mono Landscape & Pictorial
Section 11 - Advanced Colour Portrait & Figure Study
Section 12 - Advanced Colour Landscape & Pictorial
Section 13 - Balderstone Trophy (Set Subject for 2011 – Lines and Circles)
Section 14 - Print of Paisley
You should enter a maximum of three prints in the appropriate sections for sections one to twelve and one print per section for sections thirteen and fourteen.
Example - An Intermediate worker enters the maximum number (fourteen) of prints as follows:
Section 5 - Intermediate Mono Portrait & Figure Study – three prints.
Section 6 - Intermediate Mono Landscape & Pictorial – three prints.
Section 7 - Intermediate Colour Portrait & Figure Study – three prints.
Section 8 - Intermediate Colour Landscape & Pictorial – three prints.
Section 13 - Balderstone Trophy (Set Subject – Lines and Circles) – one print
Section 14 - Print of Paisley – one print
The Beginners Group for Monday 31st January 2011 has been cancelled as Bob Wilson is going to the Renfrewshire Competition meeting in Kilmacolm that evening.
Mike Best
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Peter McGoff - one of our most respected and loved members.
Although Peter was suffering from cancer he fought it every inch of the way and he didn’t let it get in the way of the things he enjoyed doing.
Peter died on Monday 10th January, his funeral will be held at Woodside Crematorium in Paisley on Wednesday 19th of January at 11.00am.
I will miss him and his demolition stories.
Mike Best