Guy Gowan talk ... invite from Dublin Camera Club

leinsterman

The nice people at Dublin Camera Club asked me to pass this information -

Guy Gowan is due to give a talk next Tuesday night at the Dublin Camera Club

Thought the guys on Boards.ie may like to know.

Details at www.dublincameraclub.ie under Current Program.


He is well worth the effort to go and see his image processing tutorials ... we hired him for a day session last year ... and it was very good ...

City-Exile

Is there a way to sign up for this?

leinsterman

City-Exile wrote: »

Is there a way to sign up for this?

I'm not sure ... but I have just emailed and asked ... you can join the DCC for 6 months at €50 ... this may be the answer ...

ThOnda

As far as I know, those seminars are free. If I am able to go there, I will try to get there.

leinsterman

Yep it is free ... you don't need to register ...

Deacon Blues

Heh. He's called Guy Cowan on the DCC website. Are we sure it's the right Guy ????

24th Digital monochrome conversion with Guy Cowan
PLEASE NOTE THAT MEETING STARTS AT 8.30PM

Covey

Image processing with a Guy called Cowan.

Now I'm definitely going.:D;):p

Deacon Blues

It'll probably that guy, Cowan looking for tips on how to photoshop referendum ballot papers, so he can get the result he wants.

Covey

In all seriousness though, this is worth a visit.

Was at the boards one last year. It was like, this is what I used do, and this isn't some kind of improvement, but a different mindset altogether.

T.

YogiBear

Looks good!

ThOnda

Tomorrow. I hope I could make it.

Fajitas!

So who's going? I reckon I'll pop along...

leinsterman

Will be in Sweden ... but Fajitas! ... lets catch up later in the week ... it been a while ...

enjoy the night ...

Fajitas!

Indeed!

melekalikimaka

thata tomorrow yea?

Fajitas!

Yarb.

ThOnda

I bet there won't be time for socialising, if I have to wake up for work next morning...

Fajitas!

We'll make a little time for a little socialising...

There's a nice spot or two around there for a pint.

thebaz

i hope to go , a lot to learn

Covey

I'll be there, I hope.

Dara Robinson

I'm going to try and make this one also We will see if I can brake free for it

Fajitas!

Anyone fancy meeting up a bit before?

I'll be hanging about town from 6 onwards - Not much point in going home and back in!

Covey

Sound good that. A few scoops maybe :cool:

Fajitas!

Well... I'd never be one to have more than a few pints in a month... but I don't see why not...

ThOnda

Decisions... My new PC arrived today...

Fajitas!

I have On Photography with me for ye, Thonda!

Covey

Location, location as the say.

How about;

Ryans; Cassidy's, Camden St.


6:30 ish?

@ Thonda , feel free to bring the computer along:p

melekalikimaka

ohhh.tempting...promised to lay off booze this week...

Fajitas!

I'll have my laptop with me anyways... Anyone want to skype into the Guy Gowan thing?

ThOnda

I am going, the PC must wait for the next day.
I'll be in the traffic, so I'll call you, Fajitas, to find out where are you.

Fajitas!

No problemo, I probably won't be out of the studio til 6, but I'm only around the corner from Camden St.

Fajitas!

Jaysus, finished on time today! I'll see you lot in the pub!

Covey

Which pub??

Fajitas!

I just realised that now that I'm on Camden st!

Ryans shur.

It's nearer to where I am now

[edit; If you don't know me, then look for someone wearing a green hoody with "WASTED YOUTH" written with pink writing...]

thebaz

whereabouts on Camden street is the camera club ??
Cheers

YogiBear

I made it down to this (sleep deprived).. was excellent.
I think I spotted Fajitas there but I'm not sure.. I didn't note the hoody :rolleyes:
Were you sitting at the back left Fajitas? I only know you from the Dink's murder scene photo.

Dink

Hehehe!!!

SOL

Must have seen some of you there... was sitting at the very back right on the outside seat,

Fajitas!

Yep, that was me, back left! RoryW was behind me, Covey to me right, and Thonda was front left... Thought I recognised you, but then I thought I'd be a dirty perv asking if I knew you from t'internet.

There was probably a slight smell of guiness off of myself and covey

thebaz

i found it , but had to run in the end , the heat & stuffiness , and the person beside had rotten breath -- no one from here (i thinl ) -- while i think it is important to know about post processing , and i plan doing further learning , still not 100 % converted, in having to spend too long post processing , maybe its just not for me , I'm a London Calling man

CabanSail

Hi all,

I forgot I had actually registered here ages ago, so asked Simon to pass on the invitation to the talk. Hope those that came to the club tonight enjoyed the evening & got something out of it. The "Cowen" in the program was a typo. We were to have our annual auction on this evening, but at the last minute Guy was "possibly" available & so there was a quick rearrangment.

Keep an eye on the program as we do have a lot of good talks on at the Tuesday meetings. The Auction that was supposed to be on is a great place to pick bargain or get rid of some of that unused gear.

ThOnda

I must say it was even better than I had expected.
Exactly what I wanted to hear and see - How to create pictures without spending a lot of time with post processing.
I would call it "holistic" attempt to processing. Why to create something if it is already in the image? :-)
Thanks to Camera Club for such opportunity. And thanks for patience of people around me.

thebaz

CabanSail wrote: »

Hi all,

I forgot I had actually registered here ages ago, so asked Simon to pass on the invitation to the talk. Hope those that came to the club tonight enjoyed the evening & got something out of it. The "Cowen" in the program was a typo. We were to have our annual auction on this evening, but at the last minute Guy was "possibly" available & so there was a quick rearrangment.

Keep an eye on the program as we do have a lot of good talks on at the Tuesday meetings. The Auction that was supposed to be on is a great place to pick bargain or get rid of some of that unused gear.

thanks for the invitation , i might look into joining

YogiBear

Fajitas! wrote: »

Yep, that was me, back left! RoryW was behind me, Covey to me right, and Thonda was front left... Thought I recognised you, but then I thought I'd be a dirty perv asking if I knew you from t'internet.

There was probably a slight smell of guiness off of myself and covey

I went with a guy from work, we were standing right behind you lot so!
I really thought it was excellent. In particular how he uses contrast so that the colours don't change & you don't lose detail/light, brilliant! I bought the mono DVD so going to look at it at lunch time.
Yep many thanks to the camera club! Hope to join up soon.

Covey

Cabansail,

Thanks for the invite, most enjoyable.

Probably a new member here as well.

T.

Fajitas!

Thanks again Cabansail!

The invite was appreciated!

CabanSail

You were all very welcome & the crowd there was a bit higher than our normal meetings. We usually have all the chairs filled & maybe one or two standing at the rear. So there were a fair few visitors there. Unfortunately, with a lbig crowd, the room can get quite stuffy & warm.

The club does allow people to attend a meeting or two as visitors, so this was probably a good night to take advantage of that. Those of you who would like to join up would be most welcome. It is a very good club & quite active. There are many good photographers there who are more than willing to share their knowledge & experience with others. Those who only attended last night for the first time may not realise that the building has 3 levels, with two darkrooms, a library, meeting room & coffee dock as well as a fully equiped studio.

If you are interested in joining us then come on a Tuesday night. Membership is €90 a year plus a €5 joining fee. We will not be there next Tuesday (July 1st) as it will be the opening of our Annual Exhibition, Photo 2008, at the Library in Pearse Street. If you have a few moments the maybe drop into the Library & have a look at some of the work of the members of the club. There is work there from Advanced, Intermediate & Novice level members.

leinsterman

thebaz wrote: »

i found it , but had to run in the end , the heat & stuffiness , and the person beside had rotten breath -- no one from here (i thinl ) -- while i think it is important to know about post processing , and i plan doing further learning , still not 100 % converted, in having to spend too long post processing , maybe its just not for me , I'm a London Calling man

The whole point of Guys technique for professional photographers is that you don't spend a lot of time processing ... or you could just get Lightroom ... Since I started using it I barely use CS3 ... only using it for things like local contrast work and making panoramic shots ...

Paulw

leinsterman wrote: »

The whole point of Guys technique for professional photographers is that you don't spend a lot of time processing ... or you could just get Lightroom ... Since I started using it I barely use CS3 ... only using it for things like local contrast work and making panoramic shots ...

I have to totally agree here. I find I seldom use CS3. Lightroom now does over 95% of my processing.

I'm looking forward to Lightroom 2.0 to probably then make Lightroom do 99% of my processing.

thebaz

leinsterman wrote: »

The whole point of Guys technique for professional photographers is that you don't spend a lot of time processing ... or you could just get Lightroom ... Since I started using it I barely use CS3 ... only using it for things like local contrast work and making panoramic shots ...

i'm probably a slow learner , and i didn't buy the dvd , but i far from mastered his technique in an hour . He certainly knows his stuff, but to fully understand his technique , you would need a good understanding of ps , IMO. On the computer screen, some of my recent pics with an increased sharpening look a little unnatural to my eyes , maybe they'll be ok in print . Horses for courses.

Covey

thebaz wrote: »

i'm probably a slow learner , and i didn't buy the dvd , but i far from mastered his technique in an hour . He certainly knows his stuff, but to fully understand his technique , you would need a good understanding of ps , IMO. On the computer screen, some of my recent pics with an increased sharpening look a little unnatural to my eyes , maybe they'll be ok in print . Horses for courses.

You won't master his techniques in an hour or anything like it, unless you are a pretty good PS user. It will take much longer than that but is really worth it for ongoing time savings after that.

Regarding sharpening what he said (at the one day we had in DCU ) was the 500% was for printing only and for web display etc would be much lower (maybe 200%). Also remember that he sharpens selectively (ie the trees and not the sky) which makes a huge difference.

What I use after trial and error is 125% on the full size image and a further 125% on the reduced file size at the very end. Rarely have to amend that.

Stick with it Barry, it's worth it, from someone who hasn't quite got there yet.

T.