Monthly Archives: April 2009

‘Picnic Outing’ – Saturday 2nd May ’09

Bring along a little picnic, something to sit on, your camera AND its manual, possibly your laptop (which will have to run on its batteries), and make a space for yourself on Paddy and Graham Howes’s lawn (from 2pm).  This will be an interactive, informal get together at which we can help each other understandContinue reading “‘Picnic Outing’ – Saturday 2nd May ’09”

Evaluation Meeting Wed. 8th April ’09

Some 40 members and guests arrived for the meeting. After the ‘Notice Board’ (during which we congratulated an understandably absent Nicole on her special birthday), we allowed Michelle Barnard to ‘Get her Feet Wet’, which she did with great ease – showing us her particular interest in ‘textures’.  Evaluation of prints and digital images was doneContinue reading “Evaluation Meeting Wed. 8th April ’09”

HPS Outing to Gansbaai …. by Paddy Howes

HPS OUTING: ‘SUNRISE, SUNSET, SEA, SAND AND SUNBURN’ 20-22 Mar’09 Walker Bay Nature Reserve, sunrise at Danger Point, then on to the lighthouse, Kleinbaai to see the shark-cage-diving boats, Franskraal for sunrise, Gansbaai harbour, De Kelders for sunset. It was just one of the most productive photographic weekends – our first for HPS’09. Having justContinue reading “HPS Outing to Gansbaai …. by Paddy Howes”

Where can I get free audio for my AVs?

In his post Free Loops for Windows Jake Ludington listed some sources of loops and samples that can be used in making your own music. These sources might also offer sounds and music clips you can use in putting together your audio-visual presentations. Here’s what Jake said. KVR Audio emerged many years ago as anContinue reading “Where can I get free audio for my AVs?”

Free Music Archive Puts Thousands of Royalty-Free Songs Up for Grabs

Lifehacker – Free Music Archive Puts Thousands of Royalty-Free Songs Up for Grabs – Music Need a worry-free background track for a multimedia project, or just some new tunes to work into your daily mix? The Free Music Archive, a project of indie freeform station WFMU, has downloads and streams galore.

Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s

Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s | Lightroom Queen Blog If you’re just starting out with Lightroom, there are a few CRUCIAL bits of information which will save you hours of headaches and untangling. They’re the kind of thing that just make you say “I’d wish I’d known that before….” These are my top ten gotchas, directContinue reading “Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s”

2009 Photoshop Workshops

DANCE OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY Eric & Nicole Palmer present in STELLENBOSCH BEGINNERS PHOTOSHOP DAY on the 9 May 2009 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP DAY on the 13 June 2009 Time: 8h30 to 17h30Cost: R 650 per personVenue: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve For details and bookings:contact Nicole directly on 082 5105 694or e-mail : nicolep@adept.co.za NICOLE PALMER 082 5105Continue reading “2009 Photoshop Workshops”

Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop

Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop | How-To | Smashing Magazine GIMP is the favorite graphics editing program of many designers and graphic artists. It is free and compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux (the two big reasons for its popularity). It has a wide array of features, as well as plug-ins, filters andContinue reading “Handy Tweaks To Make GIMP Replace Photoshop”