By James Troi - 27th November, 2019 filed in Meeting Notes
A few notes from last night's meeting on Time Lapse Photography.
Time lapse photography is a way of compressing time. The amount of compression depends largely on the interval between images and in moving time lapse videos, the frame rate we choose to present the images.
Time lapse is largely used to show changes and movement over time. We might find it used for the following:
- Capturing landscapes/cloudscapes
- The growth of plants and opening of flowers
- Progression of construction projects (massive buildings or Lego builds)
- Movement studies and animal behaviour
- Astrophotography
- As cinematic b-roll, extra footage that may appear between shots to imply the passage of time between scenes or to compress a series of events
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By James Troi - 14th November, 2019 filed in Meeting Notes
Our Tuesday night meeting welcomed the annual Paper Bag Challenge. A night where members are presented with a mystery item and are asked to create an image with that item. Over the years members have become wise to the madness and bring along props that may or may not work with the mystery item. It's a great night that tests our abilities to think on the spot and make images with the presented item, props brought in, and found items and locations around us.
This year, it was all about the PEG.
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By James Troi - 13th November, 2019 filed in How To
Most have probably already heard of SLR Lounge, they offer a great range of tutorials and editorial for photography.
I recently came across two of their videos from the Lighting 101 course that I think would be extremely valuable to our members, and may be an enticement to take a look at their full course.
These are simple set-ups that will cost you a lot less than getting fancy studio lighting. You can get reflectors pretty cheaply on AliExpress or Ebay. Search for "Collapsable Reflector". Just note that they can both have long lead times on delivery, sometimes up to 60-days so order early! If you're working alone, you may also want to grab a few reflector holders too.
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By Tania Chalmers - 22nd October, 2019 filed in Competition Results
Our judge for this competition was Jean-Philippe Weibel (JP), a member for the Caulfield Photographic Society since 1987. Jean-Philippe has been a judge for CPS, VAPS, and is a Licentiate-accredited member and Vice-President of the APJA.
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By James Troi - 15th September, 2019 filed in Shoot Reports
What a day! The weather was divine. The members showed up and so did all of Williamstown! The good weather brought out people en masse and our original venue was flooded with humans, so a last minute change in venue was required.
Thankfully, our members have better knowledge of Williamstown than I do, David Male directed me to a hidden spot behind Seaworks and it was decided we'd move to there, abandoning our initial venue, Commonwealth Reserve.
I remained for a short time to redirect late-comers while our members explored our new location and found areas they'd like to use for the shoot. Our new location had plenty to offer. At around 3pm we started to work with our location, checking the settings we might require once the models arrived.
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