Resumé of Previous DIG Meetings
2010
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Tuesday 7 December 2010
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Attendance :
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16 members
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News :
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- The photography subjects for our 2011 DIG meetings will be:
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1 February
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- Letters or Numbers
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1 March
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- People and Nature
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5 April
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- Autumn
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3 May
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- Free Choice
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7 June
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- Unusual Object/Sign
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5 July
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- A is for ...
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2 August
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- Toilets
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6 September
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- Free Choice
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4 October
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- Twisted
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1 November
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- Stairs
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6 December
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- Wildlife
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Presentation :
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- Geoff Turton presented a summary of the book
"Criticising Photographs" by Terry Barrett.
- Geoff's presentation included reference to the webpage
"Photo Contest Guide to Judging Criteria".
- The award-winning entries from the 2010 ASCCA Digital Photography Competition were shown.
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Activity :
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- "Letters and Numbers" is the subject for photos to be presented
at our DIG meeting on 1 February 2011.
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Members' Photos :
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GRT
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Tuesday 2 November 2010
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Attendance :
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11
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Presentation :
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- Ian Chesterfield distributed an informative paper entitled
"NSW Photography Rights and Legal Issues."
A copy of the paper is available as a zip file at
"NSW Photo Rights".
- DIG members' entries in the 2010 ASCCA Photo Story Video Competition were displayed.
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Activity :
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- The subject for December photos is
"Australian Flora."
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Members' Photos :
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- The subject "A Touch of Red"
resulted in an interesting selection of photos from 14 members.
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GRT
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Tuesday 5 October 2010
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Attendance :
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18
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News :
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- Members are asked to submit their suggestions for photo subjects in 2011 at the November meeting.
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Presentation :
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- Geoff Turton presented a selection of photos from his recent travels,
including some panoramas processed in-camera (Sony DSC-WX1).
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Activity :
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- Members will be searching for a "A Touch of Red" in their photos
for our November meeting.
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Members' Photos :
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GRT
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Tuesday 7 September 2010
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Attendance :
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12
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Activity :
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- "Sunrise or Sunset" is the subject for photos to be presented
at our DIG meeting on 5 October 2010.
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Members' Photos :
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- 10 members accepted the challenge to present their photos featuring
"Kitchen Utensils".
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GRT
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Tuesday 3 August 2010
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Attendance :
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26
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Presentations :
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- Marilyn Richardson demonstrated a program called
"Morpheus Photo Morpher",
which enables the user to change from one shape to another (eg: faces)
using computer animation, with some entertaining results.
"FotoMorph"
is a freeware program that performs similar functions.
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Activity :
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- "Kitchen Utensils" is the subject for photos to be presented
at our DIG meeting on 7 September 2010.
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Members' Photos :
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- 21 members presented an interesting collection of photos featuring
"Rocks".
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GRT
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Tuesday 6 July 2010
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Attendance :
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16
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Presentations :
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- Joyce Pickup demonstrated the impressive panorama feature available in
her new Sony DSC-W370 digital camera.
- Geoff Turton demonstrated how
"Duplicate Cleaner"
can be used to find and delete duplicate image files on your computer.
- Barry Porter described some of the more advanced camera features he uses
in his digital photography.
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Activity :
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- DIG members will be looking to photograph "Rocks" for next meeting
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Members' Photos :
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- 13 members contributed their photos featuring "Feet/Shoes".
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GRT
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Tuesday 1 June 2010
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Attendance :
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18
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News :
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- Marilyn Richardson suggested that the following web sites are good sources of free music
for people preparing entries in ASCCA's 2010 Photo Story Video Competition:
www.freeplaymusic.com and
www.freesound.org.
- A reminder that entries in the ASCCA 2010 Digital Photography and Photo Story Video Competitions
must be delivered to Ian Chesterfield by 3 August 2010, in order to meet the
closing date for both competitions on 30 August 2010.
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Presentation :
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- Geoff Turton demonstrated how he uses PhotoScape to process members'photos
for inclusion in the Club's web site.
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Activity :
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- Members will be looking to photograph "Feet/Shoes" for our July meeting.
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Members' Photos :
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GRT
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Tuesday 4 May 2010
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Attendance :
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20
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News :
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- Competition details and entry forms for the 2010 ASCCA Digital Photography and
Photo Story Video Competitions are now available from
ASCCA's website.
- Entries must be delivered to Ian Chesterfield by 3 August 2010, in order to meet the
closing date for both competitions on 30 August 2010.
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Presentation :
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- Margaret Barnett showed us how to use Photo Story 3 to transform our
digital images into a video presentation.
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Activity :
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- Members will capture "Seascapes" for our June meeting.
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Members' Photos :
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- Photos featuring "Shadows" were presented by 18 members..
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GRT
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Tuesday 6 April 2010
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Attendance :
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18
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Presentation :
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- Ian Chesterfield demonstrated features of the freeware
program PhotoWipe, which can be used to easily remove minor blemishes
from digital images. This program is available at
www.hanovsolutions.com.
- Geoff Turton gave a short presentation on
different image file types and when to use them.
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Activity :
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- "Shadows" is the subject for photos to be
presented at our May meeting.
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Members' Photos :
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- 16 members presented an interesting selection of
"Trees" photos.
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GRT
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Tuesday 2 March 2010
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Attendance :
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21
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Presentation :
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- Geoff Turton used PhotoScape to demonstrate a method
to increase the size of an image by resizing upwards in
a series of 10% increments.
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Activity :
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- Photos for our March meeting will feature
"Trees".
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Members' Photos :
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GRT
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
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Attendance :
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24
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Presentation :
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- The award-winning entries in the 2009 ASCCA
Digital Photography and PhotoStory competitions
were shown.
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Activity :
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- The photo theme for our March meeting will be
"Pet/Animal".
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Members' Photos :
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GRT
