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The "Foto Finish" Newsletter
July/August 2008
 
   
 
Highlights
 
 
The Second "One Day For Newbiggin" Exhibition will take place at Woodhorn Museum from 14th June 2008 until 13th July 2008.
 
The First Newbiggin Photography Group Exhibition will take place at Blyth Library  from 3rd July 2008 until 30th July.
 
Bridge St. Blyth, Northumberland NE24 2DJ  (01670) 361352
 
Opening Times:

Mon: 9:00 - 7:00
Tue: 9:00 - 7:00
Wed: 9:00 - 12:30
Thu: 9:00 - 7:00
Fri: 9:00 - 5:00
Sat: 9:30 - 12:30

The Second Arts Forum Art Exhibition will take place at Woodhorn Museum from 15th November 2008 until 3rd January 2009.

Major Individual  Exhibition will take place at The Northern Rock Foundation Gallery, Peoples Theatre, Newcastle, March 2009, more info later.
 
 
Photo Restoration
 
New Software: Nik Viveza
 
Top spot Should go to Nik Software’s Viveza, a new Photoshop plug-in that performs selective color and tone correction to your images.

The plug-in based around the U Point control technology engineered by Nik and originally employed in Nikon’s Capture NX, which is Nikon’s image editor for its NEF Raw format.

U Point lets you make edits to portions of an image without having to create complex masks or selections, and it’s both extremely powerful and surprisingly simple to use.

And Viveza supports Photoshop’s Smart Filters, which lets you perform non-destructive editing without creating adjustment layers.
 

                     
 
The control point technology is the reason a few friends of mine use Capture NX instead of Photoshop for round-tripping images inside an Aperture workflow. I was blown away with how easy it was to correct images with Capture NX, and, after watching the demo, I can’t wait to get my hands on Viveza.
 
 
PhotoLift plug-in

 

Pixels Vistas' PhotoLift plug-in adjusts local contrast in images. According to developer Matthew Hollingworth, it's "like 'clarity' in Adobe Camera Raw, but on steroids." The plug-in is Windows-only for now, with a Mac version on the way soon. 

Visit: http://www.pixelvistas.com/photolift/photolift.html


Work began on Newbiggin's new sea defences in April 2007 

 

 

New beginnings
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New Book Releases 

 

Mastering Advanced PhotoShop Techniques for Professional Photography (Paperback)
by Mike Crawford (Author)
Pages: 192 Publisher: RotoVision (1 Jan 2008)
Price: £16.50  (Amazon)


Synopsis

Mastering Advanced Photoshop Techniques for Professional Photography" explores every stage of the digital workflow. This book shows how the tools, filters, dialogs, and processes in Photoshop can be applied subtly and professionally to create superb prints and digital images for a wide range of applications within every major photographic genre. Included will be the creation of exhibition-quality prints (such as extreme enlargements that maintain the definition, color contrast, detail, and tonal qualities of smaller reproductions, impossible I hear you cry!); preparing images for print; outputting images onto a variety of different materials; how to add watermarks and other security measures; and how to maximize and retain quality throughout. This book forms a  creative, and technical bridge between the creative possibilities of photography and the technology resources needed to turn this inspiration into professional results.


 

Night and Low Light: Techniques for Digital Photography (Paperback)
by Peter Cope (Author)
Pages: 128  Publisher: Amherst Media,U.S. (27 Dec 2007)
Price: £14.29  (Amazon)

Synopsis

This is a book that helps you create powerful and evocative photographs. Digital cameras allow photographers to explore night and low-light photography more easily than ever before. This work helps in understanding the nature of colour and how it is recorded digitally - especially in low light. It features exposure and metering techniques for capturing the rich tones of every scene and subject. It presents step-by-step instructions for photographing common night and low-light subjects. It talks about using software to make the most of night and low-light images. It includes techniques for photographing: sunrises and sunsets; lightning; landscapes; the moon and the stars; cityscapes; plays and concerts; fireworks; holiday lights; people; and much more!