We encourage all members to bring photos in to show the club from time to time, after all a photo club is about sharing your work and getting feedback.
At most meetings there is time left for both “Show & Tell” and “Critics’ Corner”.
“Show & Tell” is for most of your photos, we bring up each photo on the projector, let you say a few words about the shot and potentially answer any questions that other members may have.
“Critics’ Corner” is for photo critique. We’ll spend a lot more with your photo on the projector, while the club members will pick it apart and let you know what they like, what they don’t like and how you might be able to do better next time (or how to improve the current photo by cropping, editing, etc.)
Instructions
You can bring your photos in on CD or preferably USB Stick. You can also bring film slides, but we don’t always have that projector at the meeting.
Everybody’s camera names their images img_1234.jpg, you should rename yours when you bring them in so that they’re both identifiable, and so that there’s no chance that there will be a name collision with another member’s photo that night. I suggest prepending your initials to the filename as one way to do this. For example, if my name was Adam Bernard Connors, my files would look like abc_1234.jpg. You could also use your full name, two initials, etc. as long as they’re unique. You should also clearly mark (by way of filenames or folders), what each image is for: a competition, show & tell, critics’ corner, etc.
Our projector has a resolution of 1024×768px, so while you can bring in higher resolution photos than that, the down sampling could cause a loss of sharpness. For optimal quality on the projector you should resize them yourself.
Everybody’s monitor shows colours slightly differently. The only way to be consistent across computers is to use a calibration device on each computer-monitor pairing. Our projector will be calibrated (or a close approximation of), but if you want your projected photos to look the same way that they do at home, you’ll have to calibrate your monitor. As a side benefit, this will also lead to much more predictable results when you print your photos.
Showing Photos Online
If you wish to show your photos on this page, all you need is a free Flickr account, and to join the Camera 35 group there. After you upload your photos to Flickr and add them to the group pool, they’ll automatically show up on this site (there may be up to an hour’s delay due to caching).
