Home

About Us

Club Contacts

Newsletter

Meeting Minutes

Competition

Links

Calendar

Educational

Members

Map of 700 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, louisiana

The 2007 Greater Lafayette International Digital Exhibition RESULTS are now available.

This salon is part of the PSA Electronic Imaging Division. The EID website is a great resource for anyone interested in electronic imaging and provides links to software and hardware manufacturers. They provide PhotoShop training material at a reasonable price.

>

Get True Colors Every Time You Shoot with the Expodisc This is a review of the Expodisc by Tommy Broussard The EXPODISC is a filter like attachment that fits on the front of the lens of your digital camera. If you're able to set a custom white balance on your camera, this usually does a better job then auto white balance or the other settings, i. e. cloudy, night, etc. All you have to do is attach the expodisc to the front of your lens and point it from where your subject it to where you camera is and shoot. (Position wise, this is done in the say way as you would to get an incident light reading). Once you've accepted your custom white balance you then remove the expodisc and shoot your subject on M if you've taken a reading with a light meter or you can shoot on A, S, or P and you're assured to have the correct white balance, the exposure will be exactly as you normally get with these settings or meter reading. I've tried it and it really makes a difference. Cost is on the order of $110 depending on your lens size. Other Reviews: Extreme Reviews Camera Town James Stephens The Expodisc can be purchased from many on line stores including B&H and Hunt's. Gary Farber with Hunt's said that he would sell it for 10% off of what B&H is selling it for and he will provide free shipping as well. He states that the 10% off and the free shipping is for this item only. You can contact Gary via email at DigitalGuyGary@wbhunt.com .

How I See It This is a new simple idea to allow members to:              Learn from one another              See how each person sees and interprets images differently Here's how it works. You will be e-mailed an image titled HISI_X.jpg (X will be the number of the image to be edited; e.g. HISI_1.jpg). The message will have a deadline to e-mail the finished image to Kirk Roth. Once you receive the image:       1. "Have at it"…edit it any way you see fit. There is no right or wrong way to edit it. Give it your best shot. Any form of cropping or adjusting is acceptable.       2. While you are editing, try to remember what you were thinking, what impressions or ideas caused you to take these editing steps. You may also want make notes as to the actual tools used or possibly make a screen capture of each major step. These processes/steps can then be shared with your fellow club members. Size to the club's standard 300dpi maximum 1024 (wide) x 768 (high) pixels.       3. Save final images as: Initial_LastName_HISI_X.jpg (X will be the number of the image to be edited). Submit in the same manner as you submit competition files. E-mail the final image to Kirk Roth; please use "HISI Image" in the subject line.

2007 GSCCC Convention Feedback The following items are being provided in order to share some of the information gained at this year's convention in Plano, TX. GSCCC Open Meeting Handout (Competition Rule Changes) Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 Rule Change #1 - No Minimum Image Size for Prints. Rule Change #2 - No Maximum size requirement for digital files. However, the files must be jpg and the images must be no larger than 1024 X 768 pixels. GSCCC Newsletter input due by 20th of the month. Carol McCreary at tcmccreary@cox.net When judging GSCCC competitions send a digital image of first place to Carol McCreary at tcmccreary@cox.net Small Insect Macro Photography Website www.bugmacro.com This website provides a way to shoot bugs with a point and shoot camera. If you do not do anything else, you have to take a look at his bug shots. Online Photography Classes at www.BetterPhoto.com Photography Blog by Ibarionex R. Perello at Fotoboy Blog Red River Paper Co. Recommends Epson R800/R1800 for the Serious Amateur The Epson R800 offers long lasting pigment inks, boosted color gamut via red and blue inks, as well as a gloss optimizer to coat glossy photo papers. A great all around printer for photography. Approximate street price R800 - $370 and 13 inch wide R1800 - $470.

Regular Meetings The Lafayette Photographic Society holds its regular bi-monthly meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. These meetings are held at 700 Lee Avenue. Acadiana Open Channel is also located in this facility. Refer to the Yahoo Map on the left. Please refer to the Calendar for details on a particular meeting. The club has three dinner meetings each year which are held in local restaurants.

Return to top of page

Webmaster:

This counter provided by WebCounter

visitors since January 2003