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Post processing — A look at the latest tools and techniques

Post processing — A look at the latest tools and techniques

This evening was an in-house meeting looking at some of the software programmes used by members in the post processing of their images, with particular emphasis on the recent changes to the more commonly used applications. Our evening began with Mark B showing us some...

178 YEARS OF PHOTOSHOPPING BY SUE GRAY LRPS CPAGB AWPF

178 YEARS OF PHOTOSHOPPING BY SUE GRAY LRPS CPAGB AWPF

Us humans can’t help ourselves. Show us something new and it is pretty much guaranteed that, not long after, we will be trying our best to find a way to use it for something other than its original intent. Tonight we welcomed Sue Gray LRPS CPAGB AWPF to the club, via...

Open PDI Competition No 1,  judged by Rob Bonfield

Open PDI Competition No 1,  judged by Rob Bonfield

This week we welcomed Rob Bonfield back to Photocraft for the first Open PDI Competition of the club year.  Rob is an SPA judge and a member of the Woking Photographic Society, and has visited us to judge several times before.  This is his first trip to our new home...

Smartphone Photography Challenge No 1

Smartphone Photography Challenge No 1

Judged by club members Our meeting this week was held via Zoom, and involved members’ images that had been both taken and then edited on either a Smartphone or a tablet.  No more powerful or spacious laptop or desktop computers allowed (apart from a final...

Welcome back for the Photocraft New Season

Welcome back for the Photocraft New Season

After Alfred cordially invited members back, Brian gave us a quick run through of the programme of events that have been prepared for us to enjoy in our new season at Photocraft. Having been programme secretary for a number of years in the past, I know how much time...

A FAR FROM MONOTONOUS MONOCHROME EVENING

A FAR FROM MONOTONOUS MONOCHROME EVENING

And so to the last of our Monochrome themed evenings for this season. Having enjoyed a guest speaker, put up with a rather disjointed editing session and shown off our PDI work, tonight it was all about the prints. David A was our entertaining host, channelling his...

Open Print Competition No 4                                    Judged by Graham Mansfield

Open Print Competition No 4 Judged by Graham Mansfield

This is the fourth open print competition of the year, and the final round of our season.  With the results to date finely balanced the marks awarded tonight will decide the overall winners and runners up in this class for the club year.  Images can be...

SEVEN SNAP BRIGHTON – CLUB DAY OUT SATURDAY 2nd MARCH 2024

SEVEN SNAP BRIGHTON – CLUB DAY OUT SATURDAY 2nd MARCH 2024

A fine day of photography was enjoyed by club members who ventured to Brighton by train and car for a wander around the many varied areas of this fine city. In no particular order, we had Chris R, Mark B, Roshan, Paul, David A, David M and your blogger all present and...

Open PDI Competition No.  4,  judged by David Lloyd LRPS

Open PDI Competition No.  4, judged by David Lloyd LRPS

Open PDI Competition No.  4 was judged by David Lloyd LRPS.  David travelled to us from the Dorking area and is a member of the United Postfolios of Great Britain organisation. He explained that this is a postal / online photographic organisation that...

On the move!

On the move!

Last week we enjoyed our third critique evening of the season, this time with the optional theme of “movement”.  As with similar evenings, members were encouraged to introduce their images (for example, describing where the image was taken, what attracted them to...

Better late than never?!

Better late than never?!

Well it seemed like an OK idea at the time when I agreed to take a turn on the blog rota two days before going away on holiday, but with hindsight that probably wasn’t so wise as I completely forgot I needed to write something until this morning! Oops! Sorry for...

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