Wednesday the 31st May will be the last Black & White Group meeting of the year.  On this evening you are welcome to bring along any black & white images you like critiqued, also I will b e showing how an image can be seen in black & white but the same image with a different slant.  Come along at 7.30pm and find us in the small hall. Cost £3 for Chichester Camera Club members or £4 for visitors.

Summer Evening Visit to Waverley Abbey House and Waverley Abbey Ruins

I can arrange a visit to the above if members wish. The date I am considering is Thursday June 1^st but the date can be changed if the 1^st not suitable.

Waverley Abbey House is a privately owned mansion house on the banks of the River Wey and opposite Waverley Abbey Ruins, in a beautiful setting, just outside Farnham.  Waverley Abbey House is privately owned and is open for functions, and also on a couple of days a year for public viewing.  Waverley Abbey Ruins are owned by English Heritage and are open in daylight hours.

I can arrange for the House to be opened for us on the evening of Thursday1st June for a guided tour followed by a finger buffet, with tea/coffee and soft drinks.  The event will start at 6.30 pm and there will be ample opportunity for photography, both in the house and grounds.  Those people who can make it for 6 pm will have the opportunity of taking photos in the grounds and may cross the bridge across the river to wander round the Ruins.  There will be time to do this again, of course, after the tour/buffet in the House.  If it’s a nice day the setting will look stunning in the evening light – let’s pray for good weather!

The cost for this will be £14 per head, and Waverley Abbey House are able to cater for approximately 30 people.

Here are the links to the websites:

Waverley Abbey House:  https://www.waverleyabbeyhouse.org.uk

Waverley Abbey Ruins:  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waverley-abbey/

Ray Acland

At this months Black & White Group Meeting Jan Davis gave a demonstration on black and white portraiture.

At the beginning members were given a demonstration on setting up lighting with available equipment, use of a remote flash and also a datacolour cube which helps with post processing.  Camera settings were discussed and  and several images taken.  Post production was carried out via tethering and in the view of those present.  Several pieces of software including Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One and Nik software were used showing the differences in their makeup.  

Here is youtube link to tutorial by Roger Payne onBlack & White conversions:

https://youtu.be/53WVbqAYizc

Jan kindly produced a hand out for future reference here: BWPortraitDemo.

The next Black & White Group evening is next Wednesday 30th November 2016 at Tangmere.  Dave Abbott has kindly agreed to demonstrate the use of Silver Efex Pro 2 from the Nik Software collection.  I know many of you are interested in this software so it will be a very enjoyable evening.  Even if you have not attended a Black & White Group meeting before you are all welcome.

Ray Acland