On Photoshopgirl, Kelly Anne Wills writes, While this site is heavily focused on Photoshop, there are some alternatives out there to explore if you can’t get your hands on a copy of the world’s top photo editing software, or maybe just want to try something different or less daunting. My friends have asked me severalContinue reading “4 High Quality Photoshop Alternatives For Editing Your Photos”
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Photographic Exhibition & Wine Fair
Several of our members are winners in the calendar competition mentioned in an email from Sue van Niekerk, who writes. We are inviting you to our exhibition on Thursday 27th September 2012 at 18h00. Please see attached invitation. Entry is R30.00 and Calendars will be on sale at R120 per calendar. We look forward toContinue reading “Photographic Exhibition & Wine Fair”
3 Reasons Why You Should Switch To Back Button Focus
James Brandon writes, Over the past couple of years I’ve become a huge advocate for making the switch to back button focus. It was one of the most revolutionary changes I ever made to how I take pictures. It seems like such a small thing, yet it’s such a huge difference in the way yourContinue reading “3 Reasons Why You Should Switch To Back Button Focus”
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Wiki Loves Monuments Photographic Competition
We have been asked to share the following communication with our members. I would like inform and encourage you and your society to take part in the Wiki Loves Monuments photographic competition being run by Wikipedia with the support of Heritage Western Cape, the South African Resources Agency and Arts South Africa. The competition requires,Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments Photographic Competition”
Congratulations Florian
Congratulations to Florian for becoming the August 2012 winner in the DSLR Training competition. This makes him one of the twelve finalists in line to win the NEW Canon 5D MkIII and EF 24 – 105 f4L IS USM lens kit. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that Florian takes honours and wins this fantasticContinue reading “Congratulations Florian”
GIMP Is Now Available as a Native App for Mac OS X
OS X: GIMP is a fantastic free alternative to Photoshop for all desktop operating systems, but on Mac it was a bit of a pain to set it up, because you needed to install X11. Gimp now, however, comes with a standard DMG installer. Find out how to get it
Is Film Truly Superior to Digital?
Rachael Towne writes Since the dawn of widely available commercial cameras in 1999, long heated discussion has arisen over whether or not digital image quality is equal to what is produced by film. So, is film truly superior to film? The answer is yes… and no. Read the article Image credit: Film by lisbokt, onContinue reading “Is Film Truly Superior to Digital?”
Helderberg Photographic Society 