York Photographic Society http://www.yorkps.org.uk The online home of the York Photographic Society Thu, 22 May 2008 21:21:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slides from the How To Expose Yourself Online Here's the slides from tonight's How To Expose Yourself Online presentation: The videos will follow shortly via YouTube... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/slides-from-the-how-to-expose-yourself-online.php Online Photoshop tutorials from PhotoWalkthrough.com PhotoWalkthrough.com presents online video tutorials showing the post processing of a photograph using Adobe Photoshop and other programs - rather like watching over the shoulder of an expert. Its a great way of learning about the tools and techniques used, and it's also a chance to gain insight into ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/online-photoshop-tutorials-from-photowalkthroughcom.php Open Evening presentation Through the magic of the interweb, here's the the presentation from September's Open Evening, showcasing a selection of members' work some of which now features here on the YPS website. http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/open-evening-presentation.php Some FAQs about the Projected Images competition Here are answers to some of the questions that have been asked about entries into this year's Projected Images competition. The maximum resolution of a digital image is 1024 pixels horizontally by 768 pixels vertically. The file size is unimportant, but exceeding this image size would cause it to be ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/some-faqs-about-the-projected-images-compeition.php Cleaning up a Yashicamat I recently acquired a Yashicamat twin-lens reflex medium-format camera from eBay, and although it's in pretty good condition for it's age (at least 35 years as they were discontinued in 1971!) the viewfinder was distinctly grubby. Cleaning it up was actually fairly straight-forward. There are four small screws that ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/cleaning-up-a-yashicamat.php Season’s Greetings Following the Mince Pie evening on the 20th December, we take a break for Christmas and the New Year, returning on January 3rd for a How-To evening devoted to preparing your work for competition and exhibition. On behalf of all at YPS, the committee would like to wish you a very ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/seasons-greetings.php A successful visit to Ilkley! Six of our members made the trip across the county border to Ilkley on 27th October to take a selection of our work.   Ranging from digital monochrome to sports action, underwater colour to infra-red prints, and highlights from fifty years of our President's photography, it was enjoyed by a great ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/a-successful-visit-to-ilkley.php Finding true blacks, whites and midtones with Photoshop curves If you're scanning colour negative films - or you're shooting digital with a dodgy white balance - there'll come a time when it's necessary to alter the colour balance of the image. You could do this by eye using Photoshop's Hue/Saturation tools, but if you're anything like me, ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/this-is-a-tutorial.php Accurate colour from digital projectors There's a lot of advice out there about getting accurate colour from your digital images when printing, but what about when your pictures are projected using a digital projector?� It's frustrating when an image that's striking on screen or in print looks washed out and under-saturated when thrown up onto ... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/another-hint.php Converting to monochrome in Photoshop This is what you do... And then you do this... http://www.yorkps.org.uk/archives/a-test-post-for-the-hints-section.php