May 2011 - Photographic Society of Sri Lanka

Photographic Society of Sri Lanka
April/ May 2011
News
Volume 4 Issue 3
Lankan wins prize at photographic salon of Japan
Member of
Patron
Mr. Joe De Livera
Executive Committee
Sample from web
President
Mr Mithra Weerakone
Vice President
Mr. Manohara De Silva
Secretary
Mr. Manju fernando
Asst Secretary
Ms. Cheryl Silva
Treasurer
Mr. S.K. Soysa
Committee
Mr. Panduka De Silva
Mr. Bandu Gunaratne
Mr. Romesh de Silva
Mr. Marcel Bandaranaike
Dr. Ruwan Fonseka
A life member of PSSL, Mr. Chandrasena Perera won a
prize at the 71st International Photographic salon of Japan conducted by the Ashahi Shimbun and the All Japanese Association of Photographic Societies (AJAPS). Only
130 works out of a total of 8630 works were selected for
awarding prizes. Mr. Perera was to receive the winning
medal at a ceremony at the Canon Open Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan on April 15, however had to cancel the teip due to
the terrible tsunami that devastated part of Japan. His
work will be exhibited at the 71st International Salon Exhibition to be held in Tokyo, Japan from April 5 - May 2.
AGM ON THE.
31ST OF MAY
2011 at
80 CLUB
PSSL joins all in the Sri Lankan
photographic fraternity in congratulating Mr. Perera on this fantastic achievement. Well done!
Sample from web
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Reflections
Capture This ! Winners for April
April – Lighted candles….
As opposed to an image with candle light, the photograph should show candle/ candles with its
flame/s, in a pictorially appealing configuration. (Areas, objects or subjects that have been illuminated incidentally and being part of the captured image are accepted).
Assignment Monochrome
Ravindra Ranasinghe 5 pts
Assignment Colour
Ravindra Ranasinghe 5 pt
Open Colour
Chandrasena Perera 5 pt
Open Monochrome
Ravindra Ranasinghe 5 pt
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Reflections
Capture This ! Winners for May
May – Shadow play
Light, is a key element in photography. Objects and subjects are often accompanied by shadows
and have a significant role in how successful an image is. Keeping this in mind, the submissions
should show the play of shadow being used imaginatively.
Assignment Monochrome
Chandrasena Perera 5 pts
Assignment Colour
Patrick Proctor 5 pt
Assignment Monochrome
Chandrasena Perera 5 pts
Open Colour
Chandrasena Perera 5 pt
Open Monochrome
Chandrasena Perera 5 pts
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Reflections
Capture This !
Water/ liquid Droplets - June
Formation of water droplets in any surface which will capture either the
reflection, backlight, splash effect or emotion.
Fire – July
Depict Fire as a source of destruction or as a source of solace, or photograph an act of fire limbo or similar with fun elements.
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM MEMBERS WHO HAVE PAID THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS
News Flash
AT THE AGM ON 31ST MAY 2011
A PRESENTATION ON
Creative Photography for Competitions and Exhibitions
by Mr. Henry Rajakaruna
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Reflections
PRESENTATION—MAY
Python on the Kali-Villu- “ The deadly embrace”
Lasantha Mahagedera is a Banker & Wildlife photographer. When he is not
busy being the professional banker, he is busy traversing the jungles of Sri
Lanka, capturing the beauty of the flora and
fauna of the country’s wilderness as he goes.
On most weekends Lasantha dons his wellworn, safari outfit and with DSLR camera and
telephoto lens in hand, is ready to embark on
the next trek.
These pictures taken near the banks of the Kali Villu Tank in Wilpattu in February, this year, show a python devouring a black-tree monitor, swallowing it
whole administering it’s signature bone-crushing embrace of death. The action
lasted for over an hour, giving him the opportunity to capture every detail on
camera at close range.
Lasantha is an employee of CitiBank, Colombo is an amateur photographer, a member of the PSSL and a wild-life enthusiast. He uses a Canon SLR with lenses, 40D and 7D, 1.28mm – 135MM wide
-angle and 100mm - 400MM telephoto for this engaging and rewarding hobby.
He is also a Land Rover enthusiast and whenever an opportunity presents itself,
is ready to hop on it and escape to the jungles.
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Reflections
NEWS
The much awaited Certificate Course in Photography commenced
with the second intake for 2011 on the 21st of May at the PSSL premises at the Lionel Wendt Art Center. Mr Panduka de Silva, who is the
course director commenting on the success of the program said that
the current intake will be restricted in order to provide better interaction during the sessions.
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Reflections
Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle
by Darren Rowse
Bryan Peterson has written a book titled
“Understanding Exposure” which is a highly recommended read if you’re wanting to venture out of the
Auto mode on your digital camera and experiment
with it’s manual settings.
In it Bryan illustrates the three main elements that
need to be considered when playing around with
exposure by calling them ‘the exposure triangle’.
Each of the three aspects of the triangle relate to
light and how it enters and interacts with the camera. The three elements are:
ISO – the measure of a digital camera sensor’s sensitivity to light
Aperture – the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken
Shutter Speed – the amount of time that the shutter is open
It is at the intersection of these three elements that an image’s exposure is worked out.
Most importantly – a change in one of the elements will impact the others. This means that
you can never really isolate just one of the elements alone but always need to have the others in the back of your mind.
3 Metaphors for understanding the digital photography exposure triangle:
Many people describe the relationship between ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed using different metaphors to help us get our heads around it. Let me share three. A quick word of
warning first though – like most metaphors – these are far
from perfect and are just for illustrative purposes:
The Window
Imagine your camera is like a window with shutters that
open and close. Aperture is the size of the window. If it’s
bigger more light gets through and the room is brighter.
Shutter Speed is the amount of time that the shutters of
the window are open. The longer you leave them open
the more that comes in. Now imagine that you’re inside the room and are wearing sunglasses (hopefully this isn’t too much of a stretch). Your eyes become desensitized to the
light that comes in (it’s like a low ISO).
There are a number of ways of increasing the amount of light in the room (or at least how
much it seems that there is. You could increase the time that the shutters are open
(decrease shutter speed), you could increase the size of the window (increase aperture) or
you could take off your sunglasses (make the ISO larger). Ok – it’s not the perfect illustration
– but you get the idea.
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Reflections
Continued from page 7
Sunbaking
Another way that a friend recently
shared with me is to think about digital
camera exposure as being like getting a
sun tan. Now getting a suntan is something I always wanted growing up – but
unfortunately being very fair skinned it
was something that I never really
achieved. All I did was get
burnt when I went out into the sun. In a sense your skin type is like an ISO rating. Some
people are more sensitive to the sun than others.
Shutter speed in this metaphor is like the length of time you spend out in the sun. The
longer you spend in the sun the increased chances of you getting a tan (of course spending
too long in the sun can mean being over exposed).
Aperture is like sunscreen which you apply to your skin. Sunscreen blocks the sun at different rates depending upon it’s strength. Apply a high strength sunscreen and you decrease
the amount of sunlight that gets through – and as a result even a person with highly sensitive skin can spend more time in the sun (ie decrease the Aperture and you can slow down
shutter speed and/or decrease ISO).
As I’ve said – neither metaphor is perfect but both illustrate the interconnectedness of
shutter speed, aperture and ISO on your digital camera.
Update: A third metaphor that I’ve heard used is the Garden Hose (the width of the hose is
aperture, the length that the hose is left on is shutter speed and the pressure of the water
(the speed it gets through) is ISO.
Bringing It All Together
Mastering the art of exposure is something that takes a lot of practice. In many ways it’s
a juggling act and even the most experienced photographers experiment and tweak their
settings as they go. Keep in mind that changing each element not only impacts the exposure of the image but each one also has an impact upon other aspects of it (ie changing
aperture changes depth of field, changing ISO changes the graininess of a shot and
changing shutter speed impacts how motion is captured).
The great thing about digital cameras is that they are the ideal testing bed for learning
about exposure. You can take as many shots as you like at no cost and they not only allow you to shoot in Auto mode and Manual mode – but also generally have semiautomatic modes like aperture priority and shutter priority modes which allow you to
make decisions about one or two elements of the triangle and let the camera handle the
other elements.
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Reflections
Long Exposure Photography: Some Stunning Examples
Long Exposure Photography is something that can take your breath away when you get it right. Here are some
shots to get you inspired .
Image by Paulo Brandão - exposure time: 124 sec
Photo by MumbleyJoe - exposure: 114 sec
Photography by Sara Heinrichs - Exposure: 20 sec
Image by Dave Smith - Exposure:
253 sec
Photo by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) Exposure: 10.9 sec
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Reflections
Obituary
Veteran film producer, director and photographer Timothy
Weeraratne passed away at a private hospital in Panadura on
April 19. At the time of his death he was 74. Timothy was born
in Badulla on 1937 August 22. He studied cinema at Mumbai
India. Thereafter he participated as the camera director of Sudo
Sudu which was produced by Robin Tampoe.
He was the camera director of Indunila, Hathara Maha Nidhanaya, Hathara Kendare and Hathara Wate films.
He produced Me Desa Kumatada, Wana Bambara, Weera, Sangeetha and an Indian collaboration Tamil film Nenguram.
Timothy moved into directing films, with Dewena Pipasaya.
He was an excellent photographer. He had many studios which were centered at Panadura.
He displayed his talent in many photographic exhibitions. Timothy provided his excellent
knowledge of photography to many people of the country. Timothy Weeraratne was the
father of popular actress Sangeetha Weeraratne. He was awarded the Ranathisara award
for his service to the cinema industry in 2004. Weeraratne was also the owner of Timothy
Photographic Studios.
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Photographic Society of Sri Lanka
SCOREBOARD
Monthly Competition
Winners April 2011
Topic - Lighted Candles
Judged By
Mr.G. Hettiarachchi
Mr. Bandu Gunaratne
Quick update
The presentation in the month of May was a Photographic presentation titles
“A deadly embrace” by Mr Lasantha Mahagedara.
Assignment Colour
Capture This - topics
Ravindra Ranasinghe
Suresh Weerasuriya
Ravindra Ranasinghe
June
- Water/ Liquid droplets
July
— Fire
5
3
1
Assignment Mono
Ravindra Ranasinghe 5
Ravindra Ranasinghe 3
Winners of Capture this for April and May
Open Colour
Chandrasena Perera 5
Suresh Weerasuriya 3
Cheryl Silva
1
Commencement of the Certificate Course on Photography on the 21st of May
Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle by Darren Rowse
Open Mono
Ravindra Ranasinghe 5
Cheryl Silva
3
Suresh Weerasuriya 1
Long Exposure Photography: Some Stunning Examples
Winners May 2011
Topic - Shadow Play
Judged By
Mr.G. Hettiarachchi
Mr. Mitra Weerakone
Assignment Colour
Chandrasena Perera
Patrick Proctor
Chandrasena Perera
Ruwan Fonseka
Ravindra Ranasinghe
5
5
3
1
1
Assignment Mono
Chandrasena Perera 5
Ravindra Ranasinghe 3
Chandrasena Perera 1
Flash
A group of PSSL members visited Yapahuwa and Panduwasnuwara on a day
excursion, organized by Kaumini Samarakone and Suresh Weerasuriya. It was
a enjoyable outing with the highlight being final destination Hotel Goldi Sands, where the group was accorded
sumptuous snacks, which included a gourmet thrust
quencher, personally prepared by Internationally acclaimed hotelier Suresh.
Here you see some members of the PSSL making
their way energetically up
and down Yapahuwa.
Open Colour
Chandrasena Perera 5
Ruwan Fonseka
3
Suresh Weerasuriya 1
Open Mono
Chandrasena Perera 5
Chandrasena Perera 3
Ravindra Ranasinghe 1
Editors Note
We truly value your encouragement, suggestions, and constructive criticism. Our
sincere apologies for the delay in publishing this issue of Reflections— Executive
Committee.
Photographic Society of Sri Lanka
Next Meeting
AGM ON 31ST
MAY, Tuesday AT
5.00PM
Lionel Wendt Memorial Art Centre, 18, Guildford Crescent, Colombo 7.
Tel. +94 011 4901837
[email protected]
www.pssl.lk