Photography Group

[Jake Howe]

Hi all,

I am going to be starting up a photography group at the Hackspace. I know of a few people already interested in photography at the space, plus its the kind of creative thing we can easily cater for at the space.

The Hackspace has a great ethos of skill sharing and welcoming people from all levels which would be an excellent base for a photography group.
I was thinking of running it once a month. However I thought it best to ask what people would prefer. An evening tends to be easier for people working in Nottingham.
However if we run it on a weekend day, that leaves more room for doing activities and workshops. Of course we could run it on an evening, then book extra weekend days for events.

I recently went to a black & white film developing and print making workshop in Derby, which would make for a great event.

It would also be good to have different members do talks, sessions and workshops. If there is something specific people want to learn we could even get someone external in.

So, let me know if you are interested, we will arrange an initial meet up, to discuss what people might want from the group.
Perhaps people could bring some of their recent photos to show.

Anyone would be welcome, people who have been doing it for years, or people interested in getting in to it.

Jake

[Rob Haywood]

I'm an eternal beginner, I'd love to get more out of my camera.

I would struggle to commit to the same weekend day each month. I'm also unable to make Tuesday evenings.

Great idea Jake.

[Jake Howe]

I have seen quite a few of these ‘Out of auto’ workshops kicking around.

While I don’t entirely agree with them, there are quite a few things a beginner can learn really quickly.

I imagine a well structured and polite group of people will very quickly help beginners of any kind get on their feet.

With no real need for a specific workshop.

Just like with using the tools in the space. Natural skill sharing.

I was originally going to run a photo workshop, but decided starting a group would be a better idea. Even if that leads onto workshops.

Currently, I am thinking perhaps a monday evening once a month. As I know Thursday evenings are filling up with arduino/sewing/ukulele (though they are not in the calendar yet), then photography doesn’t really lend itself to happening at the same time as bad movie night. Obviously we can’t do it on Wednesday, so monday or tuesday evenings are all that is left.

Jake

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[Rob Haywood]

There are plenty of them, and one company I know of in Nottingham runs them every few weeks, but I've never been keen enough.  I think I'd learn easier this way anyway.

Count me in for a Monday evening :-)

[Andrew Armstrong]

I'm interested in participating/helping/joining in. I really need to get
a proper DSLR but since I've no idea the true power of them I would just
be blind with it (got a fancy enough normal digital camera right now to
keep me going!)

Andrew

[Jake Howe]

One of the key things I would like the group to embody is this complete equal footing.
Sure a more expensive camera can produce technically better results.

However if a person is enjoying using their mobile phone for photography, who am I to say otherwise?

That way, when someone like yourself comes and gets involved, its completely welcoming and you can learn at your own pace.

How do people feel about Monday the 3rd of March for an initial meeting?
Then running it as an event every first monday.

To kick it off I will give a small talk about starting in photography, the group and also the ethos.

I will produce some posters to put up around the space.

Jake

[Rob Haywood]

Works for me.

[garethhowell]

Sounds great, count me in!

[Andrew Armstrong]

I can likely make it :)

Also yeah, about cameras that's fine, but I do need a DSLR at some point
to do proper manual zooming and viewfinding, which you can't do on my
current point and click. Would be nice but need some advice and training
on them, heh.

Andrew

On 21/02/2014 19:25, garethhowell wrote:
> Sounds great, count me in!
>

[James Gurney]

I'm happy to lend my limited skills and depending on the day bring my equipment (dslr) for people to have a play with. 

James  

[Jake Howe]

Hi all,

I have made a flyer for this, which I will put up in the space shortly.

Can someone put this in the calendar for me? Then I will put it out on the website/facebook etc.

So, we will be having our first meeting on Monday 3rd March, from about 6.30pm onwards.

I will be giving an initial talk titled ‘Less worry, more photos’ which will be a bit of an introduction to the ethos of the group packaged

up along side some inspirational words, which will start at 7.30pm. 

So people able to arrive a little earlier can socialise, but you won’t miss anything major if you arrive at 7.30pm.

You have to bring a recently taken photo with you as well. Ideally printed off.

If you can not print it off before hand, email it me over and I will print it for you.

Otherwise I will see you then.

Jake

[see attached file: Photogroupflyer-01.jpg]

[Kate Bolin]

It's added to the calendar now.

FYI, if you ever want to add something to the Hackspace Calendar, you just create an event in your own Google Calendar, and then invite in...@nottinghack.org.uk to your event.  And boom - it's added.

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[Kate Bolin]

Let's find something giant to print out on the plotter and display on it.

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[Jake Howe]

I might print out a giant version of that camera I used in the flyer.

Because.

[chris cain]

You can do manual zooming and viewfinding on a point and click.

Zoom in:- Walk towards the subject

Zoom Out:- Walk away from the subject

Viewfinding, is more about seeing the subject and pointing the camera

than real accurate framing at the time of taking the shot, you can fix a LOT in editing

even with a relatively 'low res'  phone type camera.

About the only thing you can't do much about on point and click cameras is depth of field

but them 99% of people with DSLR's don't know how to do that either !!

Chris

[Jake Howe]

Anti-gear snobbery will be not be tolerated just as much as gear snobbery.

Infact, any kind of snobbery even in jest will not be welcome.

As for zooming in and out, I will more than happily show you how that is not the case if you come along, politely of course :)

If you are mainly just being readily defensive about people thinking ill of you using a point & shoot, don’t worry.

The whole ethos behind the group is that such things really don’t matter.

Its all about learning from each other, the more you learn, the more able you are to make your own decisions.

Jake

[Ant Godber]

Its in my calendar, count me in!

Just hope my membership is sorted before the 3rd :-)

[Jake Howe]

This event will be open to all, members and non-members all welcome.

So do come along, even if your membership isn’t sorted.

Jake

On 23 Feb 2014, at 23:06, Ant Godber <a...@godber.me.uk> wrote:

Its in my calendar, count me in!

Just hope my membership is sorted before the 3rd :-)

[Ant Godber]

In that case, will be there for sure.

Thanks Jake.

[Tim Marston]

Hi Jake,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 07:09:14PM +0000, Jake Howe wrote:
> How do people feel about Monday the 3rd of March for an initial meeting?
> Then running it as an event every first monday.

I'll try and be there on the 3rd as well. I need something to inspire
me to start using my camera again!

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[Jake Howe]

If I could only choose one thing for this group to be, it would be inspiring.

See you there.

Jake

[Leigh Woosey]

Hi, Thanks to Gareth I've been poked in the direction of this, will bring my old DSLR along.

Leigh :)

[Jake Howe]

Just a reminder that our first meeting is this evening. Open to non-members.

We will be open from 6.30 onwards, with a small talk by myself starting at 7.30.

On 2 Mar 2014, at 22:56, Leigh Woosey <leigh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Thanks to Gareth I've been poked in the direction of this, will bring my old DSLR along.
>
> Leigh :)
>

Hi Leigh, excellent, see you later.

Jake

[Eriw Preston]

I'm another who's aiming to come along to this.

Eriw x

[Jake Howe]

Hi Eriw,

Excellent, see you later.

Jake

Gmjhowe

[Jake Howe]

Hi all,

Thanks for everyone that came along last night. I was pretty impressed that pretty much everyone managed to rustle up a photo.

The blue room worked out perfectly, with the nice big plasma screen on the wall for presentations/showing off photos.

Next months meeting will be the first Monday of April, which is the 7th.

We settled on a general theme for taking photos during the next month which was ‘Night time’ basically any photo taken outside at night.

I am going to have it set up so that people can easily email/share photos on the night.

I will make sure I have a card reader etc with me. Then we can get everyones photos on the big screen.

Every month you need to bring along your favourite photo taken recently. This could be the same as the themed photo, or a different photo.

We had a great informal discussion about the photos last night. Which was great.

Seb will be doing a talk on composition, which will be a great talk for all skill levels.

So, I will see you all next month. I will put out a few reminders closer to the time as well.

Be sure to tell everyone about the group too.

Jake

[Ant Godber]

Just a quick message to thank Jake and all that turned up, I really enjoyed it.

Hoping the talks will always be 7:30 because I doubt I can  get over any sooner.

Cheer

Ant

[Sebastian Price]

Dear all,

Good to see meet everyone on Monday. We have a great group of people and the right attitude to learn and enjoy ourselves. Thanks Jake for pulling it all together!

As jake mentioned, next month (7th April) I will run a 30-40 minute talk / seminar on composition.

It would be invaluable if in advance of this session everyone could complete a 10-minute homework task:

Find a painting that you like, and come up with a very brief idea if what about it you like. It can be anything at all that is made with paint on a flat surface.
The description of what you like about the painting can be only a few single words like 'energy' 'sadness' or 'intimacy', or it could be a few sentences.
Please email me a copy of the picture. The intention is to go around the table at the start of the session and each share what we like in our chosen paintings.

See you all there!

Seb.

[Leigh Woosey]

This was a really great session- Thank Jake!

Looking forward to the next one :)

Leigh

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[garethhowell]

Found this interesting iphone photography site, might be useful for those using camera phones: http://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphoneography/

[Jake Howe]

I have the app Camera+ on my iPhone, it does some pretty nice things like exposure lock, focus lock and picking different points for the focus and exposure.

Nice that it gives you read outs of the current ISO etc, which is useful for finding shots which will look great on the phone.

Jake

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> Found this interesting iphone photography site, might be useful for those using camera phones: http://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphoneography/
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[garethhowell]

Hi Seb

Is there a best email address to send our pictures and text to?

Looking forward to the next session!

Best

Gareth

[Jake Howe]

Hello everyone.

Just a reminder that the next meeting of our photography group will be next Monday 7th April.
Some people might be a little unsure as April starts tomorrow. Just happens to be the month in the year where monday is the last day.

The theme set last week was to take a night photo, how have people been getting on with that? I will have it set up so people can easily email me photos on the evening.
Or if you want to email me them before hand, you can email m...@gmjhowe.com and I will have them ready to show as well.

Seb will be doing a talk on ‘Composition’ which I am looking forward to.
He requested that we all try and email him one of our favourite paintings to aid the discussion, along with a few thoughts on why we like those paintings.
If you can email those to Seb, that would be great. If you want to email them to me along with your night photo, thats fine too, I will forward them onto Seb.

Otherwise, I am looking forward to next monday. It feels too long since our initial meeting!

So, reminder, next meeting is on Monday 7th April. The talk will begin at 7.30, but I will be around from 6.30 for informal chat and skill sharing.

Jake

[Jake Howe]

Hi all,

Just another reminder for this evenings photo group.

We will be having a talk from Seb about composition. Good composition is a great fundamental skill to work on, I very much recommend coming along for it.

The talk will start at 7.30 in the blue room, but there will be general chatter and skill sharing from 6.30 onwards.

After the talk we will go through peoples photos from last months theme 'night photography'. If you want to email me the photos before hand so we can get them on the screen please do.

Then there will be further skill sharing and hands on learning depending on what things people have been struggling with.

I will see you all later.

Jake

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[Eriw Preston]

Hi,

I'm afraid I won't be able to make it tonight, health isn't doing too well so can't risk going out. Hopefully see everyone next month.

Eriw

[Ant Godber]

Really sorry guys, not going to be there, been a hellish day at work and still here :-( 

[Jake Howe]

Hello Everyone.

Just a reminder that we have our photo group meeting this evening.

I will be doing a talk on the fundamentals of the technical side of photography called;

'The Boring Stuff that Enables the Artistic'

Its going to be a pretty essential talk for anyone who feels they are yet to master their camera.

We will be going over Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Exposure and how they interact with each other.

I will also touch on some of the other basic areas of confusion.

While it may not teach you everything in the ~40 minutes, it will set you on the right track.

Everyone will go away knowing how to take better technical photos.

After the talk, a few of us will sit down and actually go through how much your individual cameras can handle.

Whether its a phone, point and shoot, mirrorless or DSLR.

Also, be sure to bring a photo with you! (or email me one)

See you later.

Jake

[Ant Godber]

Won't be there until 7:45

[garethhowell]

For the iphone users (particularly Ant as we were talking about it) - photo meta info can't be seen on the camera roll, but can if you use iPhoto.

[Ant Godber]

Hi Gareth, I am quite shocked that cant be viewed on the iPhone :-/

[Robert Hunt]

There is a free app for iOS called Photo Investigator (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/photo-investigator-view-remove/id571574618?mt=8) which can view all of the meta data from your photos.

[garethhowell]

Hi Ant

It can be viewed on the iPhone, you can get the iPhoto app for the phone/iPad too.

Rob, thanks for the link, I'll check that out!

Gareth

[Leigh Woosey]

Thought this might interest or amuse :)

7 Simple Photography Hacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MohNj9eVo

[Marcus]

I usually prefer to not have filters on my camera as I'm actually shooting as I do everything in post but the vaseline one does actually come out quite good and Photoshop's smudge (past 500px) tool can bring many a computer to it's knees (I just tried at 1500px and gave up waiting for Photoshop to respond after 15 minutes!).

Love the gopro egg timer hack too. :)

I made a quite effective ring flash out of cardboard, duct tape, tin foil and plastic bags a few years back. I'll take a photo of it at some point.

[Jake Howe]

Nice, I love DIY hacks.

Totally with Marcus on this one though, a lot of the filter effects you can add on later in photoshop etc really easily.

You can not however taken them off in photoshop if you decide the effect ruined a good photo.

One of our members David made a cool bokeh kit, which had some useful shapes. They were done on our laser cutter.

As for flash hacks, I use these a lot, one of the few areas where DIY can not only mimic but improve on purchasable items.

If anyone ever does make/invent some hack or trick, be sure to bring it along when we meet.

I love seeing what ideas and solutions people come up with.

Jake

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[marcus.e]

Bokeh kits are also something that isn't as easy to do well in Photoshop either. It's such a strong and often distracting effect that I've not really given it a go in ages though. I have an old Lens Baby (looks like: http://www DOT mikendo DOT com/blogger/uploaded_images/lensbaby3g-788942.jpg) that's fun to use. It creates a selective area that's in focus and the does a kind of radial blur out from there. You can adjust it so the selective focus is where you want. It came with some discs you could insert that have shaped holes for different bokeh. Frankly I don't remember the last time I used it so if anyone wants to borrow it then they can. :P

I've attached photos of that DIY ring flash. Made to fit quite snug with my camera and 430EX II... Again, it's a bit dusty through not being used in a few years, heh. It works a hell of a lot better than it looks, I promise! The inside is all lined with foil to help reflect the light down and around the ring. I had to use more layers of plastic bag at the top and less at the bottom to make the level of light coming out even in all the areas. It doesn't look nearly as cool as this that I just found though: http://www DOT dyxum DOT com/dforum/diy-fiber-optic-ttl-ring-flash_topic46637.html

Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to come to a photoraphy meet till July due to clashes with being away for work. :(

[gmjhowe]

How is everyone doing?

This monday the 7th will be our next photo group.

We had a great meeting last month where we went out on a photo walk.

This week I am doing a talk on 'Shapes, Shadows and Forms'.

If you ever wondered how you maintain interest and lead the eye around a photo, this is the talk you need.

It ties in with some of the elements we went over in the composition talk.

It really is a great way of thinking and can push everyday photography to the next level.

Hopefully I will see you all there, if not I hope it is because you are off on holiday taking lots of photos.

The talk will kick off promptly at 7.30, and shouldn't last much longer than 30 minutes.

Jake

[Ant Godber]

Will be there :-)

[Jake Howe]

Also, if I have time I plan to laser cut some mini flash diffuser key rings for attendees of the group to have.

Great for any camera with a flash, be it DSLR or Point & Shoot, even a dedicated flashgun.

Jake

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Will be there :-)

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[Mellchie]

Damnit, I'm in The Big Smoke :(

[Jake Howe]

Well, another month comes around!

I know this month is likely to be our quietest due to people being away. I also know September is likely to be quiet too, especially with a lot of use still being at EMF camp.

Tomorrows session is going to be an informal one, with no specific talk. We set the task last month of coming up with a few black and white shots, ideally using the pointers from the talk.

I want to use this session to give us a chance to go over some of the previous talks.

If we have fewer numbers essentially anyone who does turn up will get a more one on one evening with myself, where we can look over anything you are struggling with and get people back on top.

If anyone who is not attending EMF camp could volunteer to run Septembers session, that would be excellent, I am helping with some of the organisation of the Camp so even if I am around for the evening I will not be any fit state to give a coherent talk.

Either way I will see you all tomorrow.

Jake

[Ant Godber]

See you later :-)

[Mellchie]

Received this email into my old work account on Thursday 18th. If anyone's interested let me know - it's a very fair price for what you get and you'd struggle to beat it! Great if you want an SLR but can't afford the latest model. I've worked with these guys as student and staff and they won't mess you about.

Michelle


"The Biological Photography and Imaging department are selling off some used cameras. We have 45 kits available on a first come first served basis.

The kit includes:

1 x Olympus E-420 SLR camera
1 x Olympus 14-42mm lens
1 x 1GB Compact Flash card
1 x Battery and charger
1 x Camera Bag.

The cameras have all been tested and verified working, they have been used on the Undergraduate modules, and therefore light to moderate use.

Kits are £150.00 each, payable by cheque as first option as is University preferred method, cash may be considered."

[Andrew Armstrong]

Very tempting - any photography guys know if you can get better for £150?

Andrew

[Mellchie]

When I was looking for one I couldn't beat £150 - but then again, I was looking for a Canon. Not completely sure how Olympus compare, but these are a couple of years newer than mine, I think.

[Jake Howe]

Hey All,

Yes, these are pretty nice little cameras. I recommend would recommend them for anyone currently using a point and shoot camera looking to try something a bit better than that while on a decent budget.

The Micro 4/3rds sensor is a lot bigger than in a point and shoot, so you get a nice jump up in quality from them even if your point and shoot is like a 15mp+ sensor.

Remember, its not just about MP but also the sensor size.

If you are currently using a DSLR, the sensor will be a little smaller, but only noticeably so if you are used to taking arty shallow DOF shots.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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On 21 Sep 2014, at 18:23, Mellchie <missmichell...@gmail.com> wrote:

When I was looking for one I couldn't beat £150 - but then again, I was looking for a Canon. Not completely sure how Olympus compare, but these are a couple of years newer than mine, I think.

[Andrew Armstrong]

I am very tempted. I might contact you when I've checked my finances for the month Michelle, if that's okay - you didn't include a way to contact them so I guess it'd be through you :)

Andrew

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[Mellchie]

Cool! I don't want to give anyone this guy's contact details until I've had the OK from him, because it wasn't a global email, just to SoLS staff. but when I hear form him (hopefully tomorrow) I'll know if I can put you in touch or not :)

[gmjhowe]

Good friday everyone!

So, next Monday is our first proper meeting since the slower paced summer. Obviously I am not going to tell people off for not attending over the summer because I assume you were all on holiday, doing exciting things and have lots of photos to show for it?

This monday we are going by getting together and showing off our favourite photos from across the entire summer. I know most people will have at least one or two bits they can show off.

I will make sure to have my laptop/cable set up for showing off photos, so if you can make sure to either email me your photos before hand, or bring them in on a USB drive/SD card then we will get them on the big screen to look at.

We will kick off looking through photos from 7.30 onwards.

Then, since summer is coming to an end, I am going to do a short talk on gearing up for the autumn and winter as a photographer.

It will be a motivational mix of technical work arounds and creative ways of finding new and interesting photos, I may even go into what sort of clothing suits well for photography in the cold!

We will also be talking about and deciding on potential photo walk ideas for during the autumn, most likely a weekend day, so if you have some suggestions to bring along for places, that would be great.

So, we will kick off at 7pm, starting our photo showcase at 7.30pm.

See you all then.

Jake

[Jake Howe]

I hope you are all having a good weekend! Hopefully getting some photos while the weather is still fairly mild.

Tomorrow is our monthly photo group meeting.

Leigh, I mentioned last month about you doing your talk on experimenting with objects infront of the lens for effects, are you still happy to do a little talk/workshop on that?

I also stumbled on a nice little article about 'beating the blues’ when it comes to photography, which will make for a great little mini talk. Should tie in nicely with the talk I gave last month and really set us up for taking lots of nice photos over the winter.

On top of that, I also have a couple of very interesting activity days to talk to you guys about. (don’t worry if you can’t make it, I will still be talking about them on here after as well).

So if any of you have some ideas for things to do as well, then be sure to be ready to tell us about them.

I think having a regular kind of ‘day out’ is something we should start doing, even if only 3 or 4 people come along each time.

Either way I will see you all tomorrow evening.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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[Andrew Armstrong]

I'm getting my Raw photos off my new camera tonight, I'm going to use the Canon supplied software for now but is there a good free Raw editor around I can play with? Or a really good non-subscription reasonably priced piece of software?

Andrew

[Jake Howe]

RAW Therapee is a free one for Windows/Linux

http://rawtherapee.com

A cheapish one off payment one is Photo Ninja - http://www.picturecode.com/index.php

Mac and Linux only is Dark Table - http://www.darktable.org (essentially a Lightroom inspired editor)

Beyond that you are looking at Lightroom, or Capture One I also think DXO does one too.

Failing all that, the standard RAW editing software you get from canon is pretty decent too.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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[Ant Godber]

Hopefully see you all tonight if this migraine doest finish kicking my arse (looking good at the moment though)

Ant

[Leigh Woosey]

Allo All. I shall be in for about 19:30 tonight! See you there :)

Leigh

[marcus.e]

Lightroom 5 is £102 which is cheaper than I thought. That perhaps makes Photo Ninja not worth it. The open source options there look interesting though.

[Jake Howe]

If we get a bit if time this evening, I will talk through the benefits to each of them, as well as why I use the ones I use etc.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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On 3 Nov 2014, at 17:56, marcus.e <marcusda...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lightroom 5 is £102 which is cheaper than I thought. That perhaps makes Photo Ninja not worth it. The open source options there look interesting though.

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[Leigh Woosey]

http://content.photojojo.com/photo-projects/ten-filter-ideas-on-the-cheap/

http://www.accessola2.com/olita/insideolita/wordpress/?p=59468?p=59468 - Near the bottom.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Camera-Filters-and-Special-Effects 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/ptop/plain/A907544 'Slit- Scan' Section

http://gizmodo.com/5846828/24-photos-from-crazy-homemade-filters plenty more 'analogue filters knocking about gizmodo, too

Raw Print event flyer http://instagram.com/p/u83e6KIvAK/ Organiser's contact details: alex [_a+t_] ideasonpapernottingham.co.uk

And last-but-not-leastly the photographer who inspired my mini talk! https://www.facebook.com/MadsPerchPhotography

have a good month everyone :D

[Jake Howe]

Good Monday everyone.

So, this evening is Photography Group. Last month Leigh gave us a demonstration on using objects to create effects in front of the camera.

Which we then said we would have as the theme throughout the month for people to play around with.

If you managed to get around to playing with that bring those photos in, but also be sure to bring any other favourite photos from the past month.

I wanted to plan a photo walk for one weekend day over the next month, likely involving mince pies in the evening.

So if you have any ideas for places to go for a walk, either around Nottingham or further afield we will be discussing those.

Finally we will also be having a bit of a hands on technical session. As this will be our last meeting of the year I thought it would be good to go through peoples questions and just get everyone up to speed on the entire spectrum of technical photography stuff, I have a talk on this earlier in the year, so just making sure everyone is happy, know what they are doing and can focus on just taking photos in the new year. Also we will have a quick talk through a few pointers for taking photos over the festive period.

See you all later.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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[Jake Howe]

Happy New Year photographers.

For the new year I thought we could have a nice informal session looking at what photos people have bagged over the christmas period.

We had some nice snow on boxing day, I am not sure if Nottingham got as much, but hopefully some of you managed to get out and snag a few photos!

We also had a few days where there was really nice fog. Which I actually missed.

Then I thought it would be good to have a look at some of the ‘New Years Resolutions’ photographers will typically start at this time of year, then look at ways that to do something similar that won’t result in you hating photography. :)

We will start at 7.30pm, I will likely be around a bit earlier.

Regards,

Jake Howe

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[Andrew Armstrong]

Sorry I didn't make it - late leaving late shift at work didn't make it worthwhile, I'll make the next one and actually take more photos this month! :D

Andrew

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[Jake Howe]

Hi all,

Just a heads up that I won’t be at the photography group this evening.

However if some of you were planning to go along do let others know on here, as that tends to encourage enough people for a good session.

Be sure to bring some photos to talk through and show off.

Jake

[Chelim Yrneh (Michel)]

OK - going
Michel

[Ant Godber]

Hi All,

As I feel I have neglected my camera this month and hardly any photos without the kids in, I shall also bow out of this months group.

Though I have promised myself I am going to push myself out into the cold to make an effort during the next month, so see you all in 4 weeks.

Cheers

Ant.

[Aithne Morgana]

I'm in London this weekend / early this week, so won't be around for photography either.

Aithne x

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[Chelim Yrneh (Michel)]

Sorry for the misleading post - and not turning up (sounds like maybe no-one did)
I ended up at a lock-in at Jessops instead where a guy from Panasonic gave a
useful presentation on the Lumix / G range.

So relevant photography duties carried out despite it all ...

M

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[Andrew Armstrong]

Sadly I was on late shift this week (varies month to month due to lengths of the month) so I never made it in :( I aim to do so at least late next month :)

Andrew

[Leigh Woosey]

Hello all, are we on for Monday the 2nd?

:)

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Hi all,

[Andrew Armstrong]

Bugger, reminds me I still have photos on my camera for Michelle D: and of Mouse's birthday! D:

I'll be coming but expect me at 8:30ish, which is a lot later then when it starts usually :( if everyone has gone by then no worries :) will give me a chance to sort these photos out.

Andrew

[Leigh Woosey]

I'll see if i can bring in some of my work samples, for want f anything more intimate!

Leigh :)

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[Jake Howe]

Hey,

I won’t be at the group this evening, but don’t let that stop you guys from meeting up.

Jake

[Andrew Armstrong]

Got off work late and not sure anyone is still in, so will work on my photos for next time!

Andrew

[Mellchie]

Would anyone object if I borrowed one of the tripods in the blue room for a week or so? I'd like to have a go at some long exposure night shots and a tripod would make it a lot easier. I've been preoccupied with Uni stuff recently, would be nice to get back into the swing of things by trying something new. 

[Leigh Woosey]

'Allo! 
So when it the next one and who's a goin?

Leigh :)

[Andrew Armstrong]

This (bank holiday) Monday I guess? :-) I should be able to make it!

Might even sort Michelle's photos I've not even got off my camera (nevermind mouse and his birthday). Sorry about not doing so far! :-(

Andrew

[Ant Godber]

I will be coming over :-) need a quick sort through photos this afternoon as I seem to have photos all over the place.

[Jake Howe]

Hi All,

I am afraid I won’t be there this evening for the photo group.

Its great to see that some of you are planning to get together regardless though.

Jake

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> I will be coming over :-) need a quick sort through photos this afternoon as I seem to have photos all over the place.
>

[Andrew Armstrong]

Alas only I really turned up :) I hope next month we have some more
people able to make it.

Andrew

[Andrew Armstrong]

Ant turned up, we are a group again!

Andrew

[Leigh Woosey]

sorry, felt really tired and out of sorts this evening :(

[Jake Howe]

Hello everyone,

So I am trying to ramp up attendance for the photography group now we head into summer and people are likely going to be out more.

To kick this off I thought I would do a few weeks on Portraits.
To start off I thought everyone could bring their favourite portrait that they have taken. No specific time period, but the more recent the better.
Don’t have one? Set yourself the ultimate challenge and get one while enjoying the bank holiday before joining us in the evening.

Then we can have a look through those, generally talk about what people do and don’t like in portraits.
Perhaps bring a portrait someone else has done that you like, but are not sure how they did it?

Then over the next few months I thought we could work through various type of portraits, natural light, flash, shooting when out with your family or something more formal like shooting at a wedding.

We will start at 7.30pm tomorrow, I will try to make sure we have some snacks (suggestions for snacks people would like also welcome).
If you can let me know if you are thinking of coming that would be great.

Jake

[Andrew Armstrong]

Alas I won't be there (maybe later but unlikely!). Will still look for portraits.

Andrew

[Aithne Morgana]

Sadly won't be in tonight, stuff came up and I'm not back in Nott'm until really late now.

Aithne

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[Jake Howe]

Ok guys thanks for letting me know.

Seen as I haven't had any replies from anyone saying they were planning to come along tonight I think I will cancel tonight's session.

Perhaps worth having a discussion on here for moving forwards with the group? I think we might all do better just organising a couple of social events/days outside the hackspace over the summer? Then it's less of a commitment for people, plus we find some places suited to actually getting out and taking photos.

Plus if only a few of us go for a walk somewhere it's still a success, where as a regular evening meeting does better with more people.

Jake

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[Ant Godber]

Hi All

A shame no one is about tonight. I will keep my eye on the group a bit more & definitely up for a few trips out with the camera.

Hope you are all doing well,
Ant.

[Andrew Armstrong]

Daytime trips might be nice now it is summer. Maybe something arranged a
while in advance :)

Andrew

[Ant Godber]

Just found some protective cases for DSLR's in try daily trawlings.

Thought others may be interested.

I know there are protective shells for Jake & Andrews cameras.

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/pro-video/all/cameras/protective-cases

Hope all are well

Ant.

[Jake Howe]

Nice.

And iff they don’t do it for you camera, you can just cover it in Sugru.

Jake

[Chelim Yrneh]

Sugru ! ; )  Ha - that's what I love about the Photography Group ...

[John Fletcher]

Could you make use of some old Photax tungsten studio lamps, reflectors and stands?
I haven't used them for about 15 years. They're in my loft. Free if you can use them.

I also have four Metz flashguns, cables, etc. in an aluminium case. The batteries will

need to be replaced (C size NiCds, from memory, but NiMH should be OK as replacements).

I'd be glad to see them go to a good home/Hackspace.

John

[Mrpmrsr]

I'll take the metz it the space dosent want them.

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