we are based in sheffield and cosidering a photo club night no membership fees models will be available and also outdoor shoots for landscapes etc anyone interested please reply :thumbsup:

i cant believe there are no photographers out there so i guess ni interest which is surprising as other clubs have loads of members who pay to join

Maybe post a few more details Rog...

I had a look but couldn't really get much from your post. :)

Roger, do you have darkroom facilities, and if so how much do they cost.

Where are you based?


Do you have colour processing facilities

Do you have studio lighting & backdrops/covings etc.

Who does make up and hair, the models themselves?

Although I really only like candid portraiture, studio photography is good practice.

I would be very interested if you have darkroom facilities near Nether Edge.

Sheffield Photography Society (I think that's what they are called) are doing their annual exhibition this weekend in the Botanical Gardens. Sat and Sunday.
Starts 10 and finishes about 4.

Nomme

sorry details are a small studios just off rutland rd variuos models available for fashion to glamour work for proposed club avenings also hopefully organised meets at places such as derwent etc for landscapes t/coffee available and the chance to meet other amatuer photographers who maybe wish to build a portfolio but cant afford to book a studio and model whereas studio and model costs would be shared hopefully we can build a decent club :thumbsup:

I'm a complete newbie in the world of photography, so much so I dont even have a decent camera.
So if you guys would be willing to take on a complete beginner and train him into becoming a decent hobby photographer (even so much as going with him to get a decent camera) then I think I'd be interested!

I am always interested in finding out about studios / photographers / models in the area... and might be interested in such an event. My style, however, is slightly different so I'm not sure how appropriate it would be.

thanks for the replies i,ve emailed details to relevant people come on its free to join club everyone welcome the idea is for likeminded people to meet learn chat and enjoy photography

i may be interested. i've kind of taught myself the basics and just keep my eye open for good pics while i'm out.

this is what i've come up with so far. (http://www.daevh.co.uk/photoarchive)

would love to learn the more technical side of things and how it effects the outcome of the image. I'm a digital user though, saves me money in the long run!

Nice pics Daevh :-)

Yes, digital is cheaper in the long run... though as yet I find the whiteout problem still making me prefer Negs :-)

ok so now we have interest what sort of time would be most suitable for people to attend meets i assume midweek early evening possibly tuesdays if people can try to work things around this we,ll try a meeting have a cuppa and get chance to chuck a few ideas about so everyone gets a chance to put theyre points across as i believe if you start a club it needs to cater to as many of members needs as possible
thanks everyone keep replying and lets get this moving :thumbsup:

Am interested in this one Roger.

Put me down as 'interested' !!

Evenings is great for me (work just round the corner)

Email me with more details as and when they come to light..

Originally posted by Fairydreams
Nice pics Daevh :-)

Yes, digital is cheaper in the long run... though as yet I find the whiteout problem still making me prefer Negs :-)

Depending on what your subject is, have you considered high dynamic range images?

If you take a number of digipics of the same subject at different f-stops you can combine the resulting image into an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image which allows you adjust exposure by 1/10th of a stop until you hit the sweet spot on the levels histogram

But digital has a long way to go before it approaches the accuracy of chemical film.

yeh real nice pics!

got a new bike between december and feb????

'High Dynamic Range'

sounds confusing to me :confused:

i'm just using a Canon PowerShot A80, just a basic camera not really for the studio sort of thing! I'll get a D-SLR one day, though brushing up on my technique etc will make it easier for me to justify the expense ;)
Quite like the look of the EOS 1D Mark II, very very nice (and fast) digital... costs though.


new bike? well, only a very old Kona Cindercone. Which i actually sold on Wednesday. SC Bullit is constantly evolving (actually breaking and getting shiny new bits) and looks a bit different every month. Lovely bike though...

is quite simple. Take one shot with the meter reading taken from the sky, then take the same shot with the meter reading taken from the ground, then combine the images in photoshop (or similar.

You have some really nice images there. I really like the black and white ones. You have only taken up photography since May? You certainly have a good eye.

If anyone is interested I have some images online at this link (http://sheffield.my-expressions.com)

Now this (http://my-expressions.com/expressions/page.cgi?id=294_1543624261&type=entry&tid=3648) is a quality picture.

You gonna join the club Flyingfish, I could learn loads from someone like you.

DB:thumbsup:

PS I now have a new desktop pic!

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This picture is amazing (http://my-expressions.com/expressions/page.cgi?id=294_1543624261&type=entry&tid=5817), where did you learn photography?

These are pictures I'd like to be able to take. Do you have a darkroom facility?

yup, got my first camera in May last year.

I want to learn the more technical side of things now, try get exactly what i see in my minds eye onto film (or screen in my case).

I was thinking of progressing to a film SLR but the extra cost of developing is really putting me off. Seems the Digital SLR's are dropping in price all the time, especially since Canon brought the 300D out.

thanks for the nice comments :)

I would just like to say that the photo gallery posted above (by tim miles ??) is absolutely awe inspiring.

Superb.

A few interesting comments... but...

Multiple shots combined only work if the view won't change so no good for a model on a windswept hill. It is much easier to just take a neg film and scan that. Because I use most of my photos for imaging purposes I tend to need the ability to shift the histogram and neg is currently the best choice for me. Don't get me wrong, I always take my Nikon digital with me and use that too, but I still think the film SLR give better results at the moment. I might just be using that as an excuse for not getting a Canon 1Ds of course ;-)

To anyone starting out down the SLR route, however, I would say head straight for digital. To get the most out of negatives you either need a darkroom or a very good negative scanner. Both of these will increase costs dramatically. If you go for the digital SLR you will not realise what you are missing, but will gain the benefits so won't be bothered about trying to get the best of both worlds :D

I agree the technique is limited. What I tend to do when I am shooting digital is to expose from the sky and then use photoshop to life the detail out of the shaded areas - although this has its problems as well.

I'm glad people like my images - DB I have been taking pictures for years - mostly on film although I have recently been experimenting with digital which adds another whole dimension, although I'm not going to give up film just yet and I'm not into major image manipulation. I read a lot of books and surf the net for photographic sites to learn from. One of my favourites is trekearth (http://www.trekearth.com) where you can submit work for criticism and some of the photos on there are amazing, organised by country, state and city and town so you can find photos from anywhere. Take a look and sign up perhaps? trekearth (http://www.trekearth.com) where you can submit work for criticism and some of the photos on there are amazing, organised by country, state and city and town so you can find photos from anywhere.


Keep an eye out for the Nikon 8700 a consumer camera with 8 million pixels - if the reviews add up that is where my money is going - not worth investing in anything at the moment - wait until 6-8 becomes really standard for consumers rather than the current 5.

back to the original question - I would be interested in a photograpphy club for going out with people on trips to take pictures and then to discuss the photos afterwards rather than the post processing element of it (traditional or digital) at first, but maybe some processing stuff later.

that post went wierd - can the mod put the sentence starting with the link at the end of the parapgraph that just stops?

The Nikon 8700 sure does look sweet. Not interchangeable lenses... but then a reasonable price. *envy*

Originally posted by roger
fashion to glamour work

A club for leering middle-aged men? Smashing! :thumbsup:

...and what the hell's going on with those fairies? :loopy:

Originally posted by theflyingfish
that post went wierd - can the mod put the sentence starting with the link at the end of the parapgraph that just stops?

Have a look now, is that what you wanted?

Originally posted by Fairydreams
The Nikon 8700 sure does look sweet. Not interchangeable lenses... but then a reasonable price. *envy*
true but then I only ever uselenses in the range 28-210mm anyway - if it can deliver that range then I;ll go for it, (but I think it needs an adaptor for 28mm, but that is fine)

Anyone going to America soon to buy me one? :P

ok so now we have plenty of interest and ive been watching the posts the idea of everyone chatting and passing on info is working great so if anyone would like to attend a shoot at the studio please email me and we,ll sort something out regarding a model and type of shoot coffe ,tea will be available although i,d like to point out its a small room so not everyone will be able to attend the first shoot also in three weeks time how about a meet at derwent there are some really brilliant views there

Hi mate,

Tried emailing you - but it says you won't accept email via tha board ?

Hi,im the processing manager at a large sheffield lab,chemical film is still huge in our industry,in my and many pro photographers opinion still the best medium to use,although digital has the edge in terms of speed and maybe convenience,would be interested to hear your views on this.

is the choice for most pros (film that is) however, the impact on serious amateurs of digital is quite phenomenal - I now have a control over my images that was previously confined to people who had a darkroom. The quality of my photos has risen immeasurably over slides. Not because my composition is better, but because in digital i have the equivalent of every type of film I could possibly carry at the touch of the button, and with film there is nothing I can do if the colours are unsaturated etc.

Digital also pays for itself - A photographer could spend seriosu money on a Canon 10D or whatever, but some spend that on film in a matter of months - I think this will be a big factor in the future of pros deciding whether to shoot on digital or not.

I believe that for press publication most publishers now accept only digital images so chemically processed film has to be scanned eventually?

I think there is a lovely irony with flying fishes comments :D

I used to only use slide (for macro work). When I started the image manipulations I switched to negative as it has the wider mapped range. People would often give me odd looks for using it ;-)

I think digital vs slide is a far closer run thing than digital vs negative. At least with digital, when the whiteouts / saturation problems happen - you notice immediately and can retake on a different setting.

In a studio I will use the digital as a preview just to make sure the neg settings are fine - works a treat. Over time I am taking more and more digital... once there is a cheap digital of >=8mp with 16bits per channel, full whitebalance control and can do a full frame of something 3mm across I'll toss away the negs :D

Originally posted by deano
Hi,im the processing manager at a large sheffield lab,chemical film is still huge in our industry,in my and many pro photographers opinion still the best medium to use,although digital has the edge in terms of speed and maybe convenience,would be interested to hear your views on this.

I have to say that Peak Processing of sheffield do an absolutely unrivalled (in quality) service of printing digital images onto Fuji Crystal Archive. On some very large formats too.

The 7x5 prints I had done were indistinguishable from photos, with well saturated colour, very few burnouts, good detail in shadows etc.

And that was with a 4mp camera (Nikon Coolpix 3500)

See here for examples: www.netheredge.com/pick3/

Hi all, this maybe going off the subject abit so i'm sorry, but i need abit of help.

i was just wondering if anyone of you had ever done photographic reletated courses ad college or uni. cause the the moment i go to hallam and do a computer course, but all i've done is computers for 4 years, and it's really getting me down, all i want to do is a photography course, but i have no art background, so i don't think i'll be able to get in anywhere, even though i've been a keen AM digital photography for about 4 years now. just wondered if anyone could tell me any info, thanks :)

also the facilities sound good, and i'd be up for using them as i've never worked with models as could never get anyone to model :S at the moment i'm more of a landscape / flower / band / anything kinda guy :)

some of my work if you'd like too see is here http://baz619.deviantart.com/gallery/

also i'm thinking of upgrading to a Fuji S7000 soon, any thoughts on this cam? thanks alot people :)

This camera looks excellent my friend.

If you can find it nice and cheap it's bound to be a good buy.

I use a Sony DSC707 myself and I love it !

I'm just about ready to upgrade myself though although I don't know what I'm going to go for yet..

Here's a review of the one you mention..

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s7000.html

Roger,

Is there an update on this yet ?

sorry due to illness its not been easy to set up if anyone is interested in photographic evenings or just wishes to book a model at the studios please feel ree to contact me anyone who has previously contacted me im sorry for the delays and look forward to meetingm people at shoots

Hi Roger,

Please can you email me - I am really desperately looking for a studio to hire on a regular basis.

The sooner the better mate !

Thanks

Neil

ok i,ve pm you regarding studios
anyone else intersted i can arrange a shoot for up to 4 photographers at a time as its only a small studio (hoping to expand once i can afford it email or message me

I just wanna take decent pics with mi Digi camera.....

most of the work i now do is digital email me and we can meet to help you out what type of cam have you got

im available to do makeup for models, amateur and pro. If anyone is interested then just pm me:thumbsup:

mimi

Hi Mimi,

I am about to get busy so get ready for my emails coming your way !!

I'll give you as much notice as poss..

excellent, well im good as long as i have notice, busy gal u see ;) look forward to hearing from you, the sooner the better :)
mimi
xxx

I would be interested in the photography thang too - I only have a lil digital cam but it takes pretty good shots and would be interested in learning more about shot composition et al

I've even done some standing around to be photographed before (I hesitate to call it modelling!) so could pay for my tuition like that if your desperate enough!!!

hahahahaha thats hilarious. go for it roger!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only if you do the make-up :P

would just like to offer my services. i am a new face model looking to build a portfolio and am willing to discuss timeshare shoots if anyone is interested.

Aw, I love taking photos but I dont live in sheffield yet though ^_^; Hopefully moving there in September. I use digital. Much easier :D

Roger, I have messaged you please could you e-mail me asap

Many thanks

interested for help with photography :)

unfortunately due to ill health i no longer have the studios although i still try to keep up with the photography as a hobby and would be more than willing to help anyone ,i still have contact details of models who are available for work and still try to occasionally shoot wildlife /landsacpes and models myself
sorry for any inconvenience this may be

ok - sent you a pm - thanks