November 2011 – Helderberg Photographic Society

10 REASONS WHY GOOGLE+ IS BETTER FOR SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY THAN FLICKR

Thomas Hawk writes, A few months back I wrote a post “Flickr is Dead.” When I wrote that post I didn’t mean dead literally, I just meant that the soul of social photo sharing was migrating away from Flickr over to Google+. Over the past few months the tide has begun shifting even more. PhotographersContinue reading “10 REASONS WHY GOOGLE+ IS BETTER FOR SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY THAN FLICKR”

And The Picture Becomes Clear

I read a blog, (The Customer Is) Not Always Right that posts funny things that customers say and do. This photography related one appeared today. And The Picture Becomes Clear (ELECTRONICS STORE, RETAIL | PARIS, FRANCE) (The customer arrives very angry at my desk. He nervously holds a memory card in his hand.) Customer: “IContinue reading “And The Picture Becomes Clear”

Black Friday offers from Craft&Vision

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season. (learn more at Wikipedia) This coming Friday is Black FridayContinue reading “Black Friday offers from Craft&Vision”

A Lesser Photographer

CJ Chilvers has published his manifesto as an ebook and started a blog under the title A Lesser Photographer. He says, Photographers are being bombarded by content that has only further removed them from their creativity (and money). They’re aching for something to cut through the nonsense and remind them of why they fell inContinue reading “A Lesser Photographer”

2011 Nov Competition Winners

Here are the projected image winners from the November competition for which the set subject was After Dark. Set Subject 1 Where Witches Meet George Frangs 2 Contrasts Roger Lee 3 Private Moment Peter Höhsl Open 1 Wings In Motion Rosie Burton 2 Radical Arums Nettie Warncke 3 Fuschia Chris Joubert The full list ofContinue reading “2011 Nov Competition Winners”

Photographers, Learn How to Build a WordPress Website

Harry, a member from France suggested that members may be interested in this information blogged by CreativePro. CreativeLive is offering a three-day online workshop that takes photographers through the steps of building a customized website using WordPress. Amazingly, the entire course is free. WordPress is the same engine that runs our club web site. ReadContinue reading “Photographers, Learn How to Build a WordPress Website”

The Photographer’s Ephemeris for Android

We’ve mentioned The Photographer’s Ephemeris before. It was available on the desktop for Windows, Mac and Linux, but mobile availability was restricted to the iPhone. This has changed, with a version for Android becoming available. Find out more in the web version of the Android Market or scan the quick response code below to openContinue reading “The Photographer’s Ephemeris for Android”