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Volume 12
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Cruise Ship
Shore Excursion
Chocolate
is an important food group!
Patient
records in a dental
office
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
From our
wedding gallery
We have been covering weddings for the last
12 years. It was our entree into
professional photography. Please visit the
wedding photography
section of our web site to see portfolio
samples. 12+ Years Wedding Experience.
Professional. Creative. Funky. Flair. Candid.
Elegant. Relaxed. Fun. Your
memories forever...We LOVE to photograph
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inform, entertain and inspire all audiences. Private,
travel industry, camera club and association enquiries
welcome. Contact us
David's Quote of the
Day...
"How many of you have had a compter hard disk
crash or a computer stolen? If you had, consider
yourself lucky since you know what happens to your
compter files - GONE!!
For those who do NOT backup their image files
- remember that all hard drives will fail at some point
in future and you will LOSE ALL YOUR
PICTURES!" ... David Smith www.imagebyinterface.com
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Our Focus
- from your editors
Our subscribers now include
photographers, travellers and dreamers from
across the globe so editorial content has
been expanded for an international and a local Vancouver, BC
area audience. Our
greetings to the returning passengers and crew of
the cruise ship Amsterdam. We enjoyed our Mexican
Riviera adventures with you last month.
Anna,
and I continue to post our new travel images
(4,000 to go!!!) at our new archive web site
called Interface
Images for photo buyers and publishers.
With travel scheduled for the Caribbean
(done!), New York City (done!), Mexico (done!) ,
the Greek Islands, Turkey, Egypt, Israel and
Italy already in place, look foward to more
images later!. Our last
digital photography class this season
is a workshop/field trip in
West Vancouver, BC on Thursday evenings June
17/24. There are a few
spots left. See below for details or call Dave (cell
604-818-7662)
For Vancouver, BC area photographers
our digital and travel photography class
locations this Fall will include
the Kerrisdale Community Centre (Vancouver),
the Ferry Building Gallery (West Vancouver) and
Surrey Art Gallery locations. In addition to
our Intoductory and Intermediate level classes we
have added a NEW class in each location called
Digital Photography for NOVICES, mostly about
point and shoot cameras and very basic
photography. Slow and easy! Our up to date class
and lecture schedule is here.
See our Photography Tips below
for new and enthusiast photographers
and local and international
photography events. Let us know if you
have an event we will try to post it in our next
issues. ... your Images
editors - David & Anna Smith
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learning and using your digital camera?
Organizing image workflow? Setting up studio
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Photographer? Stock Photography?
Photoshop techniques? Producing multimedia slide
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New Photographer
Tip:
Looking for a new Point
and shoot camera?
In the last year, camera manufacturers have
added new features to many of their point and shoot
camera models to make shooting easier and
better.
Image stabilization or IS (or vibration reduction
VR, or camera shake) is an amazing development which
gives you sharper hand held photos at slower shutter
speeds. Designed to counteract people's
normal hand shaking or body movement while taking a
picture you can now handhold a camera in lower light
conditions and get a good photo.
Hint: be sure to turn off the IS feature if you use a
tripod or stabilize the camera since the IS or VR mode
sensor moves to detect shaking and if none is there, a
blurry picture may occur.
We recommend that your new point and shoot camera have 6 Mega pixels or
more, a view finder (it is difficult to
see the LCD display at the back of the camera in
bright light), image stabilization (for sure!) and a brand name. Since memory
cards are much cheaper now set your
image size in the camera to the maximum available and
buy more memory cards.
Enthusiast Photographer
Tip Depth of Field
Explained
A shallow depth of field occurs when a camera
lens is set to a wide aperture with a wider lens
diaphragm opening letting in more light. This causes a
narrow range of sharp focus in your picture. When
shooting in the camera’s "automatic" mode a higher
shutter speed is auto selected to "stabilize" the image
and prevent camera shake. To get proper exposure this
faster shutter speed requires more light through the
lens resulting in a narrower depth of field.
wide depth of
field f13 narrow
depth of field f5.6
Shallow depth of field can
be an effective creative tool, particularly when you
want to isolate the subject from the background and foreground. Good
examples are shooting a lone flower or a persons
face. To do so, use your point
and shoot “Scene” mode such as "Portrait" (for any subject
6-10 ft. away). Distracting background can
be purposefully made out-of-focus and less distracting.
How do you get a
sharp photo without shallow depth of
field?
The best way is to use a tripod
to stabilize the camera so that a
slower shutter speed results in a narrower aperture causing a wider depth of
field. Since you may be using a tripod a very
slow shutter speed is OK unless
your subject is moving. When shooting close-up use the
"Flower" icon (for close-ups), "Mountain" icon (for landscapes) or
use the camera’s Aperture priority (Av mode) for smaller aperture (less light, higher
f stop). When you want maximum depth of field use f16 or
higher.The
recent introduction if image stabilization (or vibration
reduction, or camera shake) on point and
shoot cameras means being able to hand hold your
camera at slower shutter speeds and narrower aperture for increased
depth of field and sharper pictures. In this
case, a tripod may not be needed.
Hint: f stop varies directlly
with the depth of field. If available in your camera options,
set the camera's f stop setting higher (eg. f16,
f22) for greater depth of field, and lower (eg. f4,
f 5.6) for narrower depth of field. You can also
increase your depth of field by zooming out or using a
wider angle lens.
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Photo
Workshop &
Field Trip at West Vancouver's Ferry Building
Gallery Thursday evenings: June 14 and 21
Our last photography class of the season
will be a fun filled and informative 2 evening hands-on
workshop and local field trip to the nearby beautiful
Ambleside Park and beach. Bring your camera gear
and manual. Just a few spots are left as these sessions
are limited in numbers. Dates: June
14/21 7-9:30pm cost $55. To register West Van
Parks and Rec. 604-925-7270 Course No.
385369
Our FALL class
schedule at West Van's Ferry Building Gallery
and Surrey Art gallery has been set with schedule
details at Vancoluver's Kerrisdale Community Centre to
be announced. For
details, updates and registration
procedures
click here
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TRAVEL TALES
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NEW ADDITIONS
TO OUR PHOTO ARCHIVES:
Southern
Caribbean. We have just returned from
photographing the southern Caribbean islands
of Barbados, St, Lucia, St. Maartin &
Martinique. from our travel collection. To
view.
Cruise Ship
Destinations Half Moon
Cay is a heavenly Bahamas beach paradise owned by
Holland America Cruise Lines. from our cruising life
collection. To view.
Food!
Glorious Food! Our collection of photos
from the midnight desert buffet and fine dining room on
Holland America's Maasdam cruise ship will surely tempt
you! We were so busy photographing the food display we
didn't eat a thing! Really! from our food
& beverage collection. To view.
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Image
Explorations. Shawinigan Lake, Vancouver
Island, BC. July 15-19, 2007
A week of dynamic professional
development, fun, and fellowship with people who
believe that photography is a passionate and
rewarding career. For info
Image Explorations is a refreshing
approach to personal growth and professional
development in the photographic industry.
Modeled after the highly successful "Texas
School", Image Explorations gives you the
opportunity to glean real life knowledge, tips
and ideas from top North American based
photographic instructors.
NANPA's
2007 Road Show is coming to the Pacific Northwest
this summer. Then, in September, they travel to
Denver to conclude a four-city tour of weekend
workshops led by top nature photography
professionals.
Vancouver, British
Columbia
August 10-12
Executive Airport
Plaza Hotel
Online
registration
APAC
Seminar. Abbotsford, BC. (Fraser Valley).
Saturday October 20, 2007 www.apac.bc.ca
One
of western Canada's largest photo conferences with
attendance from western Canada and the US Pacific
Northwest. APAC is a full featured photography
conference with excellent speakers,
presentations and photo supplier displays. Great
for beginner, enthusiast and pro photographers
alike! Be there or be square!
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PhotoArts Santa Fe produces a
ten-day Biennial Festival July 13
-22, 2007 which includes city-wide photography
exhibitions and special events in both
Santa Fe and
Albuquerque. The festival creates
opportunities for photographers, galleries,
educational institutions and non-profit
organizations to promote, exhibit, and sell
photographs. Other events include demonstrations,
lectures, workshops, portfolio reviews and guided
photo shoots. Info
AMAZON.COM ACQUIRES
DPREVEIW.COM
(BUSINESS WIRE) SEATTLE, WA—May 14,
2007—Leading online retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ:
AMZN) today announced it has acquired www.dpreview.com, the
web’s most comprehensive site for digital camera
information and reviews. Founded in 1998 by
Phil Askey, dpreview.com provides unbiased reviews
and original content regarding the latest in
digital cameras, and offers a host of features and
forums designed to make it easy for consumers to
find the camera that’s right for them. With
its unique voice and in-depth technical reviews,
dpreview.com draws millions of unique visitors
each month.
“Dpreview.com is by far the most authoritative
source anywhere for straight talk about new
digital cameras,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO
of Amazon.com. “We at Amazon.com have been
their fans for a long time, and we extend a big
welcome to the dpreview.com team.”
“One of the difficulties of operating
dpreview.com independently has been the balance
between producing content and delivering new site
features,” said Phil Askey, founder of
dpreview.com. “Now, with the support of
Amazon, I’ll be able to devote more of my time to
expanding and improving our features – such as
product reviews and discussion forums while still
delivering the high-quality content that our
readers have come to expect.”
Dpreview.com offers in-depth reviews of the
latest digital cameras and accessories, active
discussion forums, digital photography and imaging
news, sample images, a dynamic digital camera
buyers’ guide, side-by-side comparisons of the
most popular models, and the web’s most
comprehensive database of digital camera features
and specifications.
Denver, Colorado
September
14-16
Embassy Suites Hotel, Denver
Southeast
Online registration
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