Membership Benefits

Items for Sale

Sell your surplus photographic equipment and consumables here by contacting the webmaster.
Mamiya 645 super
  • Camera body
  • 55mm Mamiya lens
  • 80mm Mamiya lens
  • Motor Wind
  • AE Prism Finder
  • 120 Roll Back Holder
  • Interchangeable film back system.
  • Complete Kit all as new/unused.
  • Will sell for £800 (less than half price)

Contact Webmaster for more details and to view.

Items Wanted

You would be amazed at the amount and variety of spare equipment and material that members no longer use. If you are looking for something photographic contact the webmaster and advertise your requirements here.

Scanning

35mm Slide and Negative Scanning Service

Bring your favourite slides and negatives along to the next Society Meeting.

Images scanned on Minolta’s Dimage Scan Elite 5400 and copied to a CD which is provided.

A contribution to society funds is requested, based on the total file size of the images.

Contact our Treasurer to arrange.

Hints and Tips for Image Editing

These hints and tips have been written with Photoshop 7 [?] in mind but the principles apply equally to other image editing programs. (The command names and keyboard shortcuts will, of course, be different.) If there is a demand we can add an explanation to spell these differences out and give the precise commands and shortcuts for other editing packages.

Content of this section courtesy of John Hughes. Further contributions and comments welcome - send me an email.
Conversion to Monochrome Different ways of creating a monochrome image from a colour one.
Blue Skies Enhance the blueness of the sky.
Layer sets Grouping layers together and managing them as a group or set.
Hand Colouring Getting that hand tinted look.
Adjustment Layers Enhancing the image without affecting the original.
Layer Blend Modes How layers can be combined for different effects.
High Pass Sharpening Non destructive sharpening.
Cropping Resampling ad resizing using the cropping tool.
Drop Shadow Anchoring imported elements with a bit of shadow.
Magic wand tool Create and modify a selection or mask
Exposure Compensation Using blend modes (more 'photographic' than levels?)
Layer Masks Blend only part of a layer.
Selective Sharpening Sharpen only part of the image.
Adjustment Layer Masks Adjust only part of the image.
Copy to New Layer An alternative to the clone tool.
Rotate to vertical/horizontal An easy way to level up your horizons.