Resources

Articles, tutorials, interesting web sites and other useful information:

Resizing Images for club and Regional/National Salons:
Here we have a tutorial on resizing images for projection in a number of different applications
This is a work in progress so if you have instructions for any other applications not currently listed please send them to Don for inclusion in this tutorial.
Resizing Images Tutorial

Emailing images directly from Picasa
When you use the "email"  feature in Picasa it makes the images smaller automatically when it sends them to help your email go faster. The default settings is 480 pixels 
Unfortunately this makes the images sent unusable for anything like printing or projecting.
To send pics large enough for printing or club competition entries you will need change the email settings in Picasa so that it won't automatically make the images too small.

1.  Start Picasa
2.  Go to the "Tools" menu and click on "Options"
3.  Click on the "Email" tab
4.  Go down to the "Output Options" section
5.  The first one is "When sending more than one picture, resize to"
Slide the bar along until it shows at least 1024
6.  The second one is "When sending single pictures, resize to"
Make sure "1024 pixels" or  "Original Size" is marked
7.  Click Apply and then OK

Download a more detailed Picasa emailing, resizing & renaming tutorial HERE

Photography Tutorials:

Black and White Photography from a Digital Perspective :
Helpful advice on how to get the best looking black and white images
Black and White Tutorial

Filters by Michelle McCarthy :
A great slide show presentation on using filters. (10mb download)
Filters Tutorial
And for more on types of filters, click here

High Key Photography by Michelle McCarthy :
A detailed tutorial on the basics of High Key photography
High Key Tutorial

Photographing Smoke:
Secrets of smoke photography
http://www.photocritic.org/2007/artsmoke-photographing-smoke

ShortCourses.Com:
Lots of step by step Photography tutorials.
www.shortcourses.com

Table Top Studio:
Table top & product photography tutorials
www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/HowTo_page.htm

Night and Low Light Photography:
A tutorial on low light and night photography along with a small calculator you can make yourself that will tell you what shutter and aperture settings to use for a variety of low light scenes.
Download .pdf document tutorial HERE (Right click and "save target as")
Download .pdf document night exposure calculator template HERE (Right click and "save target as")

Audio Visual Information:

Printing, Matting & Mounting Supplies:

Our list of resources for print workers:
This list includes local printers, matting and mounting suppliers, tutorials and anything print related.
Click HERE for our print workers resource page.

Judging Images at Club:

With the re-introduction of club "peer" judging to our regular format it is a good time to learn a little more about what is involved.
Not only will this help you make constructive comment yourself on club nights but it will also help you critique your own work.

Some great articles by acknowledged experts in this field can be found on the PSNZ web site at:
http://www.photography.org.nz/helpsheets/31_evaluating_goosen_cooper.pdf
http://www.photography.org.nz/helpsheets/30_judging_sethnarps.pdf
http://www.photography.org.nz/helpsheets/27_competition_pics_willems.pdf

Guidance for 2010 PSNZ Honours Applicants:

Honours Introductory Letter

Honours Guide and Checklist:

Honours Application Form:

Natural History Submission Guidelines for Honours Applications

Photo Equipment Reviews & Info:

Digital Photography Review:
Reviews and info on everything from cameras to memory cards and software.
www.dpreview.com

By Thom Hogan:
Nikon reviews and tutorials
www.bythom.com/index.htm

Photoshop and Elements:

Black and White from a Digital Perspective by Don Campbell:
A basic summary of the various ways to convert colour images to black and white. Download pdf document HERE (right click and "save target as")

Photoshop Tips & Tricks:
Tutorials and info on Photoshop.
www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/index.html

Russell Brown's Photoshop Tutorials
Hundreds of tips & tricks often as easy to follow movies etc.
www.russellbrown.com

Adobe:
Home of photoshop and Elements.
www.adobe.com/digitalimag/main.html

About.Com - Graphics Software:
A huge resource of photoshop tutorials from basic to advanced.
www.graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/Adobe_Photoshop_Resources.htm

The Photoshop CS Workspace
A description of the CS workspace and all of the tools with some tips and helpful shortcut keys.
Download .pdf document HERE (Right click and "save target as")

Other Tutorials & Resources:

Making fine prints in your digital darkroom by Norman Koren
www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints.html

Outback Photo Tutorials:
A great collection of digital tutorials
http://handbook.outbackphoto.com/index_news.html

About.Com:
Lots of info and tutorials for all sorts of graphics applications.
www.graphicssoft.about.com

Interesting Photo Galleries and Sites:

Technical Computer Issues:

Windows Vista Destroys Photo Metadata
A bit of bad news about Vista if you're a photographer. Apparently if you tag a photo's metadata in Vista, it destroys other important metadata used by image editing apps such as Photoshop. Microsoft's gotten reports of RAW files generated by Nikon cameras being unreadable after being tagged with Vista or Microsoft's Photo Info tool...
http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6157801.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news

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