7/13/2019 � Welcome to the Nevada Camera Club Presentation Share What is Known Continue to Learn � Two general meetings a month, exception of � Education through speakers at General December Meetings � Second and Fourth Fridays of the month, in � Specific Interest Groups the Auditorium at Sunrise Hospital Alternative Processes � First general meeting is program meeting Beginner’s Group � Second general meeting is competition Education � Field Trips � Monthly Competitions as learning tool � Calendar � Nevadacc.org Includes all upcoming events 1
7/13/2019 � Our Club � Contact List � Publications Page � Members Only Click here to login. Click here to login. � Members Only Portal 2
7/13/2019 Access to Forum � Special Competitions � You must Annual Print subscribe to Annual Electronic receive E- Notice or Juried Exhibition Community Notices! � Monthly Competitions This is done � Electronic when your account is Print originally set up. � Alternates between Electronic and Print � Can be found in the member handbook and Competitions, starting annually with on the publications page on the website Electronic. � Many photographs may fit into more than � Two entries per member from 12 regular one category. It is up to the photographer to categories, PLUS one entry in club challenge choose which category to compete in theme category � 2 divisions � $2 per entry Color � Great learning tool: learn how to improve Monochrome your images from judges comments on your images as well as others. 3
7/13/2019 � There are several categories where any � People-Features one or more persons where change that alters the truth of the the lighting and subject matter are not photographic statement renders the photo necessarily under the control of the ineligible photographer. Documentary-record without embellishment. � Portraiture-Any photograph of persons Nature/Wildlife-organisms living free and and/or animals with the lighting and subject unrestrained in natural or adopted habitat. matter under the control of the Human elements should not be present. photographer. Photojournalism-depicts a photographic story of an event and its impact. � Choose your class according to your age, experience � Members may enter the Master class on a and knowledge. At any time, you may choose to voluntary basis. A Master classified member advance to a higher class, however, with exception of Master Class, you can’t go down in classification. shall be defined as a photographer whose Junior skill level of the craft has placed that person Beginner above the level of the advanced class. Intermediate � Members submitting entries in the Master Advanced class must personally do all the steps from Master conception to display. � While in Beginner or Intermediate class, winning ten first place ribbons will automatically advance you to the next higher class. � To make sure your images have the correct � Both the Levels and the Curves allow you to tonality and contrast, use either Levels or alter the black and white end points of the Curves (or both) to make your images really tonal range in the image. pop! Especially for the electronic image � Both commands also allow you to change the competitions. appearance of the intermediate, or grey, tones in-between the black and white end points. 4
7/13/2019 � Levels adjustment proportionally changes all Use Levels when: of the tones in the tonal range. � You only want to adjust the black or white � The Levels is a linear adjustment . end points to adjust global contrast � Curves allow you to choose which portion of � You want to lighten or darken the entire tonal the tone scale you wish to adjust. range. This is normal to adjust exposure � Curves are a geometric adjustment. errors. � You want to maintain the visual relationship of the values of the intermediate tones. � Look at the histogram that come up. Open Your Image in Photoshop In this example, the Select Image- Adjustments-Levels histogram does not OR go all the way to both ends. To for non-destructive editing, select Layer- improve the image, New Adjustment we need to move the black and white Layer-Levels arrow sliders towards the middle to the edge of the histogram. You can also Here we moved the adjust color in sliders inward. The levels. Instead of left slider was moved adjusting the more than the right. RGB Levels, here We can also move the we adjusted the middle slider to adjust green channel. midtones. Notice we moved the black slider to the right, and moved the midtone slider to the left a bit. 5
7/13/2019 Before After Use Curves when: � You want to subtly adjust the visual relationship of the tone values. For example lighten the lights and darken the shadows. This usually requires an 'S' shaped curve adjustment. � You want to adjust only the light tones or only the dark tones. � You want to adjust the tones in only a small section of the overall tonal range. � You want complete control of your tonal editing. Open Your Image Look at the graph that came in Photoshop up. Again there is a histogram. Select Image- Notice the straight diagonal Adjustments- line thru the center. Curves In this image, the histogram OR does not go all the way to the for non- left side. destructive editing, select Start by moving the slider to Layer-New the edge of the histogram. Adjustment Layer-Curves Now you can adjust Pick several the curve. For most points along pictures, a gentle S the diagonal curve will work. line and curve them up or down. On the right side, with the highlights, you may want to curve up. On the left side, pull down and make adjustments for midtones. 6
7/13/2019 Before After � Levels and curves in other programs work similarly. � The handout describes how to get to Levels and Curves in some common editing programs. Vertical Image � Maximum image width is 1920 pixels Height is � Maximum image height is 1200 pixels set at 1200. � Check image edges for white areas Constrain proportions � Convert image to sRGB. If image isn’t tagged is checked, width sets with ICC profile, don’t tag it at 631. � Disable soft proofing � Save image with a unique title as a jpeg file for entry. � Before submitting your entry, read the Monthly Members must be logged in to be able to enter. Competition Rules found under Club Publications on the website. � Entries are submitted through the Members Only Portal Page � Entries are due the Monday night before the Friday competition. � Entry Fees ($2 per submitted image) are due at the Competition Meeting between 6:15 PM and 6:45 PM. Entries without paid fees will be disqualified. 7
7/13/2019 The blue description is a hotlink to the entry form. � Prints must be mounted � You will get a Thank You notification that your � Flush mounted prints are allowed pictures were entered once you click submit � Prints may be matted, multiple mats are allowed photos. � Long edge of the print must be at least 8 inches � If you wish to make changes prior to the � Maximum size allowed for the print, mount, or deadline, login, click on My Entries, and make matting is 16x20. If the print is 16x20, it must be the changes. Remember to SAVE. flush mounted � Entry is done through the monthly competitions � Three of five judges will score each individual entry page on the website exactly as the electronic photo on its own merit, based upon peer entries are done EXCEPT no image needs to be group skill level uploaded. � Member need to arrive early to pay for their entries � Each judge will score up to a maximum of 9 and to receive stickers with the entry information to points be affixed to the back of their images. � Scores from the three judges will be added � Entries are then turned in by display order number together for a maximum of 27 points to the take in team. � The total score is an appraisal of the entry on its own merit, based on classification/peer group skill level 8
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