Report: Evaluation Meeting 13th Jan.2010

At least 50 people turned up for our first meeting of the year … it was great to see old friends, and to meet new ones!  Several folk have applied and paid for membership – we welcome you all and hope you will enjoy being part of this vibrant group of photographers!  Susan and HarryContinue reading “Report: Evaluation Meeting 13th Jan.2010”

PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0 | PhotographyBLOG

The standard in our club has always been to use Wings for producing AVs but to move beyond the free version to allow multiple piture and audio tracks is quite costly. PicturesToExe is an alternative that some members might want to take a look at. WnSoft has released PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0, a photo slideshow softwareContinue reading “PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0 | PhotographyBLOG”

Audio-Visual Meeting Wed. 25th March ’09

This month’s task was sequences of zooms (last month it was ‘third images’), and next month it will be ‘dark/light images’ (where a dark section on the image is substituted by a light one, using the fading technique).  Nothing is as easy as it seems (!)… and one needs the time to play 🙂 … weContinue reading “Audio-Visual Meeting Wed. 25th March ’09”

Competition Meeting Wed. 11th Feb.’09

More than 50 members and guests arrived for our Competition Meeting, the set subject being ‘Energy’.  After welcoming everyone, Nettie called on Marius Swart, and Pieter van der Westhuizen, who ‘Got their Feet Wet’ – each showing 5 favourite images.  We look forward to seeing more of their work in competition and evaluation. Paddy spokeContinue reading “Competition Meeting Wed. 11th Feb.’09”

Report: AV Evening Wed. 28th Jan.’09

A small group of members – including Harry and Susan who are once again out from France – attended the meeting.  Contributors were Neels Beyers who presented two AVs – one on windsurfers, and the other on kitesurfers … he is a master at nailing the action shots.  Elsa sent her AV on the RichtersveldContinue reading “Report: AV Evening Wed. 28th Jan.’09”

Audio-Visual Salon

Thomas Niemeyer has asked us to bring to our members’ attention an AV Salon being hosted by the Magalies Foto Fun Club.  Details may be found on the PSSA Website:  http://www.pssa.co.za .  Do take a look and consider entering! First MFFC Audio-Visual Salon – 2009       South African resident photographers are cordially invitedContinue reading “Audio-Visual Salon”

2008 HPS Chairman’s Report (short version)

Committee: I should like to thank the members of the HPS Committee for their continued commitment and input. Bernard Seymour-Hall, our Treasurer, will be Vice Chair in 2009, which means that he will be our new Chairman in 2010. Irmel Dunaiski organizes the Audio-visual Section, and Paddy Howes is the Secretary and handles all theContinue reading “2008 HPS Chairman’s Report (short version)”