June 23, 2009 by Brad.

Shalom and Best Wishes Everyone!
For June 2009, the Theme Shoot topic was “Moving Parts”. Click here to see the top 3 results.

If you’re interested in joining the Ladysmith Camera Club, please click here to send an email to the club to get further information. The club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at “The Terrace Room” behind “The Printingdun Beanery Cafe” at 341 First Ave, Ladysmith, British Columbia. The public is welcome. The LCC welcomes new members, novice to pro.

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June 19, 2009 by Brad.

Salutations and Howdy All!
For May 2009, the Theme Shoot topic was “Hot Stuff”. Click here to see the top 3 results.

If you’re interested in joining the Ladysmith Camera Club, please click here to send an email to the club to get further information. The club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at “The Terrace Room” behind “The Printingdun Beanery Cafe” at 341 First Ave, Ladysmith, British Columbia. The public is welcome. The LCC welcomes new members, novice to pro.

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June 18, 2009 by Brad.

Felicitations!
For April 2009, the Theme Shoot topic was “Hard Edges”. Click here to see the top 3 results.

If you’re interested in joining the Ladysmith Camera Club, please click here to send an email to the club to get further information. The club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at “The Terrace Room” behind “The Printingdun Beanery Cafe” at 341 First Ave, Ladysmith, British Columbia. The public is welcome. The LCC welcomes new members, novice to pro.

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April 2, 2009 by Brad.

Greetings!
The Theme for March 2009 was “Openings” - an even more challening subject than “Opposites” I think. Nonetheless, the club members were undaunted and submitted a whopping 25 fine photographs. Congratulations to our winners.

For April 2009, the Theme Shoot topic is “Hard Edges”. The due date for submissions is end-of-day Sunday, April 26. We have scheduled an outing to go shooting “hard edges” in the town of Ladysmith on April 19. We’ll meet at The Printingdun Beanery Cafe on 1st Ave at 9am.

If you’re interested in joining the Ladysmith Camera Club, please click here to send an email to the club to get further information. The club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at “The Terrace Room” behind “The Printingdun Beanery Cafe” at 341 First Ave, Ladysmith, British Columbia. The public is welcome. The LCC welcomes new members, novice to pro.

3rd Place Selection
“Through The Open Fence” by Daphne Pollard

2nd Place Selection
“Open Doors And Broken Windows” by Tom Maxie

1st Place Selection
“Chain Port” by John Anderson

Images on this page are copyrighted © 2009 by their respective makers. All worldwide rights reserved.

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April 2, 2009 by Brad.

Do you sometimes have a colour image that appears washed out, lifeless and overly gray, even after adjusting levels and contrast? You know there is more colour in the image, but you can’t seem to coax it out. Well, if you’re up for a short ride through the Lab colour mode, here’s a very simple trick to “pump up the colour”. Read the rest of this entry »

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January 27, 2009 by Brad.

The assumption that paper is white is, of course, faulty. So-called white papers come in varying shades of white and degrees of brightness. Then there are coloured papers and transparent media, such as self-adhesive vinyl. Producing “white” is a real problem for inkjet printers.

That’s why I’ve always wondered why inkjet printers don’t include a white ink. Even my HP Z3100 with 12 inks doesn’t have white. A white ink makes so much sense to me. It would extend the gamut, provide more accurate colour profiling and open up more creative options.

Adobe InDesign understands there is a difference between “White” and “Paper”. Too bad my printer doesn’t. Apart from the extra cost (which I don’t think would deter me), is there a good reason for this?

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January 25, 2009 by Brad.

What is “art”? Who the heck knows? However, a lot of folks seem to know what isn’t art. Many folks hold the view that art is partly, if not wholly, defined by its medium; that some work can’t be art because of the tools used to make it, whereas other work must be art by a similar principle. Read the rest of this entry »

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January 24, 2009 by Brad.

I’ve been using Photoshop CS4 Extended since it was released. I like it. Adobe made significant changes to the user interface. As someone who uses Photoshop on a daily basis, CS4 is faster, feels smoother to use and more efficient. Which translates to greater productivity and better results. And Scott Kelby, one of the ”Photoshop Guys” agrees with me. Read the rest of this entry »

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January 8, 2009 by Brad.

I imagine the HP Designjet Z3100 isn’t the only printer with an automatic cutter that doesn’t want to cut canvas. Afterall, canvas is tough material, with all that weave, warp, bias and such. If you try it (inadvertently of course, as I have done), the cutter jams up pretty quickly because the canvas just drags and bunches up.

So, you have to trim the canvas manually. To do this, you press the paper advance button several times to move the roll forward until the rear edge of the print clears the front of the printer. Then you can trim it off (I use scissors). However, you then need to get the canvas back into printing position. Interestingly, there is no button to pull the canvas back into position (I wish there was)! So what do you do?

For a long time, I thought the only procedure was to perform a paper “Unload”, pull the roll out the back and then reload the roll.

However, there is an easier way. Just lift the big blue handle (ignore the warning if you get one), reach around the back and rotate the spindle hub by hand until the front edge of the canvas is back into printing position. Then lower the big blue handle. The printer will do a quick paper check and will be ready to print again. Simple.

Happy printing.

UPDATE:

I am happy to report that in firmware version 7.0.0.3-5 released in late August 2008, HP added a “Move Paper” function accessible through the front panel. It allows you to advance and retract the paper/canvas without cutting it, unloading it, lifting the big blue handle or pressing the paper advance button. This can be done by going to Paper Menu , Move paper and then using the Up and Down arrows on the Front Panel. By holding down the Up or Down arrow, the paper/canvas will retract or advance smoothly and precisely by any desired amount.

For trimming canvas, the Move Paper function lets you precisely and smoothly advance the canvas to where you can safely trim it at the right size and then smoothly retract the canvas so the leading edge is back in the proper printing position.

Thanks HP–it’s exactly what I wanted!

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December 31, 2008 by Brad.

Greetings everyone! The Ladysmith Camera Club was honoured by an article in the Ladysmith Chronicle for Tuesday December 30, page 17. You can also find the article online at:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/ladysmithchronicle/entertainment/36855894.html

Cheers and Happy New Year!

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