Amersham Photographic Society

Face to face meetings have been cancelled due to COVID 19 but the June 2020 meeting was held on Zoom and a recording of the meeting can be viewed by APS Members here . MONTHLY CHALLENGES All Amersham Beyond Group Challenge images can be seen at Amersham Beyond Group on Flickr . For APS Members only ...

Face to face meetings have been cancelled due to COVID 19 but the May 2020 meeting was held on Zoom and a recording of the meeting can be viewed by APS Members here . MONTHLY CHALLENGES All Amersham Beyond Group Challenge images can be seen at Amersham Beyond Group on Flickr . For APS Members only t...

Meetings for the remainder of the 2019/20 season have been cancelled due to the coronavirus situation. However the Challenges continue; MONTHLY CHALLENGES All Amersham Beyond Group Challenge images can be seen at Amersham Beyond Group on Flickr . For APS Members only this month's images are also ava...

MONTHLY CHALLENGES All Amersham Beyond Group Challenge images can be seen at Amersham Beyond Group on Flickr . #9 PHOTO PAINTING This has been a very popular challenge. Nearly all submissions have resulted from applying the chosen photo painting app to the entire image. As part of any future experi...

MONTHLY CHALLENGES #9 PHOTO PAINTING [/b] It is gratifying to see more than 100 photo paintings submitted over the last couple of months. It is certainly a quick and easy way to produce a difference image. Members might also try a more subtle use of the technique eg on a part only, such as the sky,...

MONTHLY CHALLENGES #9 PHOTO PAINTING This challenge was either too easy or too much fun with over 90 images submitted! A range of photo painting tools and techniques were employed, some producing traditional effects like oils and watercolour and some definitely from the digital age. It was interest...

MORE PHOTO PAINTING APPS I have received a good report of the Painnt Pro Art app (Win/Mac £0 or subscription). The free version adds a watermark to the image but this could be edited if you don't want to pay a subscription. On a smartphone Prisma is a popular and dramatic filter which does not try t...

MONTHLY CHALLENGES #8 STILL LIFE About 60 excellent images were submitted for this challenge. Most members opted for an entirely in-camera approach but a pleasing number went off-piste with their choice of subject and treatment. No major technical traumas this month but lighting was, not surprising...

MONTHLY CHALLENGES #7 PLAYING WITH PERSPECTIVE AND SCALE We had about 45 images submitted for this light-hearted challenge to begin the new season. There were a mixture of interpretations; straight photos which featured exaggerated perspective, images with photoshopped out-of-scale figures or anima...

The intent and organisation of the Amersham Beyond Group is detailed in this FAQ . With some new members attending, we started with some background information; EQUIPMENT FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I have covered this extensively in previous meetings. See the following notes; Equipment Generally – Digi...