Goodies Box - all kinds of everything

The following resources are provided in a variety of formats.  Feel free to download and use but if you share an authored resource elsewhere please be sure to acknowledge the author.  Some resources are copyright protected and cannot be used elsewhere.
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Rosie Ross - Cosy Gathering

Pluto Trigger

If you'd like to buy your own Pluto Trigger you can order it here

Check out some how-to videos and other useful info here​​

Club rules, policies etc

• Club Rules (pdf)
• NCC policy on ownership of images (web page)
• Technical capacity (pdf) - information for presenters to help ensure smooth presentations
• Committee Nomination Form

Club how-to's

• ​Chris Conroy - Basic edits to add zing to your photos (pdf)
• Chris Conroy - Dodging & Burning Using layers (pdf)
• Daniel Wong - Night Sky Photography -  (pdf)
• Graeme Robertson - High Speed Photography -  (web page)
• Graeme Robertson on photostacking (web page)
• Jean Willis - Sizing in Photoshop Elements (pdf)
• Jon Coe - Using Flash (pdf)
• Pep Ventosa technique - an introduction (pdf)
• Peter Wise - How to build your own light box (pdf)​
• Peter Wise's Smoke & Dry Ice Hints (pdf)
• Portrait Photography workshop hints (pdf)
• Stan Sutton's high speed water droplets (web page)
• Working with Stylepix to produce a Pep Ventosa style image (pdf)
• Bubble photography made simple

Competition resources

• ​​Entering into club competitions (pdf)
• Tips for photography competitions - Irene Callaghan (pdf)​​

Pluto Trigger

• ​Pluto Trigger manual
• How-to videos and other useful info
• Setting up for droplet collision photography​
• Bubble photography made simple

PSNZ Camera Talk

Read the latest Camera Talk publication from PSNZ or browse their archives here,

Technical resources

• PSNZ definitions Landscape, Nature, Wildlife, NZ Nature, Photojournalism 
• PSNZ Ethics and Codes of Conduct

Image editors

• Faststone (free!)
• Adobe Photography plans
• Nik Collection
• OnOne
• Affinity Photo (Photoshop alternative) (check out the reviews: Long review, Short review)
• Stylepix (free, downloadable & portable versions)

Triptych resources

• In the Mind of a Triptych Judge.  2020 Judge Jane Trotter gives some insights into the judging process.
• Constructing a triptych using Photoshop (pdf)
• How to make a triptych in Elements 7 (pdf)
• How to make a triptych in Lightroom 4 (pdf)
• How to make a triptych in OnOne 2018 (pdf)
• How to make a triptych in Faststone 2019 (pdf)
• For more ideas and inspiration, visit http://abstractedreality.com/articles/talking-triptychs

Rami Riachi - Eye of Melody

Club resources

The club owns a number of physical resources that members can borrow at any time.  Resources are held at Peter Wise's business premises so contact Peter to see what is currently available.

Resources include:

• Colormunki
• Pluto Trigger
• Lights and stands

Inspiration

• 100+ Creative Photography Ideas: Techniques, Compositions & Mixed Media Approaches
• Seeing like a photographer (web)
• Creative photography on YouTube (web)
• Inspiration on YouTube​ (web)
• Inspiration Grid (web)
• Inspiration on Pinterest (web)

You never know what you'll find on.....

Magazines

• PSNZ Camera Talk​
• ​DPhoto
• ​NZPhotographer

​​Societies

• PSNZ
• Nature Photography Society of New Zealand
• Australian Photographic Society
• Photographic Society of America
• Royal Photographic Society (UK)
• International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)​

How-to's

• How to use leading lines to improve your photography (web)
• KelbyOne - online photography  courses
• The exposure triangle explained - shutter speed, aperture & ISO (web)
• Photoshop Blend Modes Explained (web)
• Julianne Kost: principal digital imaging evangelist, Adobe

“Photography has nothing to do with cameras.”
— Lucas Gentry

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