Members' Information

Member's Information

Summer Assignment - 2008

Club members selected the following seven themes for the 2008 Summer Assignment Competition:

A Patch of Red

In the Rain

Street Scene

Silhouette(s)

At the Coast

Natural World

Movement

Images MUST be taken between 1st May and 30th September 2008. An entry will consist of 4 images, each from a different category.

Note that for this competition the entry will be digital files on CD.

Digitally manipulated images (where the image content is manipulated) are not eligible for this competition.

Each entry may be taken with either a digital camera or film camera and then scanned to create a digital file.

If you need slides scanned for this or any other club competition then talk to one of club council and they will arrange it for you,

(you will need to hand your slides in one week before the competition hand-in date).

Anderson Quaich

Club members also selected the following theme for the Anderson Quaich Competition:

Water

Note that for this competition the entry will be digital files on CD.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2008

17th May - 7th June 2008

89th Scottish Salon 2008

Paisley Museum & Art Gallery

High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA

Opening hours,

Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm

Sunday 2pm till 5pm

The accepted projected images will be shown at the opening on Saturday 17th May at 3pm.

The accepted projected images will also be shown at Paisley Photographic Society on Friday 23rd May at 7.30pm and Carluke CC on Friday 30th May at 7.30pm.

Friday 30th May to Sunday 14th September

Harry Benson - A photographer's journey

RBS Exhibition Gallery, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum - more info here.

Friday 20th June - Friday 27th June

FIFE REGATTA 2008

www.fiferegatta.com

21^st June to 14^th September

SHELL WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION

National Museum of Rural Life, Philipshill Road, East Kilbride G76 9HR

The only venue for this exhibition in Scotland. Info: 0131 247 4377 www.nms.ac.uk

19th & 20th July

Glasgow River Festival

www.glasgowriverfestival.co.uk

Sunday 19th October

SPF A.V. Day.

For details contact: Joe Prior. 0141-883 3131 or e-mail: joeprior@hotmail.com

8th August

Last date for entries to the RSPB Lochwinnoch Reserve Photographic Competition.

Details and entry forms from RSPB Lochwinnoch.

e-mail: puala.baker@rspb.org.uk or zul.bhatia@rspb.org.uk

Sunday 19th October

SPF A.V. Day.

For details contact: Joe Prior. 0141-883 3131 or e-mail: joeprior@hotmail.com

2009
LOCH LOMOND THROUGH THE LENS
Entries are invited for an annual competition sponsored by The Friends of Loch Lomond. They are seeking high quality pictures of the Loch Lomond area.
Closing date - 10th February 2009
Rules, entry forms and details are available from the Helensburgh Photographic Club website under 'Programme, Competitions, External Competitions' or contact Inglis Lamont, Tel. 01436-671127,
e-mail: inglis.lamont@btopenworld.com

2011

The TALL SHIPS return to the Clyde at Greenock

Dates still to be finalized.

Summer Outings 2008

Saturday 24th May Plant Sale & Coffee Morning.

See images from the plant sale/coffee morning in the Gallery section.

10am to 12 noon.

Craigton Farm, Bishopton.

Contacts: Robert Fulton. 01236 736636. e-mail: rfulton@blueyonder.co.uk

Winifred Brown: 01505 862388

Saturday 14th June Dumbarton Rock.

Frazer's Dragoons - "Defending the Rock"

12 noon to 4 pm

Thursday 26th June BBQ at Gateside.

For members and partners 7pm onwards.

See images from the BBQ in the Gallery section.
Hamburgers, Chicken, Sausages & Salads etc.

Confirmation of attendance required. Directions on request.

Contact Hamish Williamson: 01505 504066 or e-mail: hcwphotography@aol.com

p.s. Vegetarians catered for.

Saturday 28th June Isle of May.

See images from this outing in the Gallery section.

In conjunction with Paisley PS.

Contact Duncan McDonald: 01505 504066. e-mail: dmacdon414@aol.com

1.30pm sailing. Approx 45 min sailing & 3 hours on Isle of May.

Thursday 17th July RSPB Reserve, Lochwinnoch.

Wildlife/Landscape Wander.

Meet at Reserve 7pm.

Contact Hamish Williamson: 01505 504066 or e-mail: hcwphotography@aol.com

Saturday 23rd August Blair Atholl International Horse Trials.

See note below.

Contact Hamish Williamson: 01505 504066 or e-mail: hcwphotography@aol.com

Sunday 21st September Fungus Foray.

(Venue to be confirmed).

Contact Duncan McEwan. 01505 612673. e-mail: dmcewan@dunarden.fsnet.co.uk

Notes

Tickets for Blair Atholl are £13 if pre booked and £15 at the gate. There is a postage charge of £1.75, per group, for pre booked tickets so it's suggested that we do the same as last year. i.e. we book tickets enblock. There does not seem to be a discount this year for numbers of 10 or more. Let me have your ticket order by latest 27th July after which I will notify you of total cost including postage. Cheques made payable to PCPC.

Keep checking the website for updates etc.

PCPC Website

www.paisleycolour.co.uk

Members are invited to post a gallery of their work on the paisleycolour.co.uk website.

Preparing your images.

Import the image into Photoshop and make any necessary adjustments.
Click on “Image” in the top menu, then click on “Image Size”
Ensure all the boxes at the bottom left are ticked by clicking on “Resample Image”
Set resolution to 72 pixels/inch.
For HORIZONTAL images, set width to 500 pixels.
Alternatively for VERTICAL images, set height to 400 pixels.
Now click on “File” in the top menu and select “Save for the Web”
Select “Optimised” tab at top of screen.
Ensure it is saved as a jpeg and adjust the compression by clicking on the arrow inside the “Quality” box.
An adjustable slider will appear and by moving this, the file size at the bottom left of the screen will alter.
Adjust to give a file size of around 100 kb and click on SAVE and save to a folder.
Give each image a caption – the shorter the better.
Put your images on a CD and give it to David Dalziel with a completed submission form.
A maximum of 12 images can be posted – a look at some of the galleries will give an idea of balancing horizontal and upright images to look good on the thumbs page.

If you cannot prepare your own digital files, there are several members willing to scan them for you. Please ask Robert Fulton for details.