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Articles & Manuals

Educational Articles contributed by members
Judging Guidlines guidlines for judging
Rules & Policies Bylaws, rules & policies
Waivers Trip & personal waivers
Manuals Club projector and Bose speaker manuals

Educational Articles

Aperture - Basic Information & examples showing the effective use of Aperture.
Back Button Focus (PDF) 3.2 mb - Presentation on how to use back button focus instead of relying on the shutter button to focus.
Before & After (PDF) 4.9 mb - Overview of digital processing techniques.
Black & White Photography (PDF) 3.4 mb - Presentation on Black & White Photography by Mike Fitzpatrick and Jim Mullen.
Camera JPG and RAW (PDF) 1.2 mb - What's the difference anyway? Presentation on RAW & JPG formats.
Depth of Field (PDF) 2.8 mb - A refresher in depth of field. Presentation on DOF.
ETTR or Exposure (PDF) 0.25 mb & ETTR or Exposure Refrences (PDF) 0.02 mb - Presentation on exposing to the left vs right.
Focal Length - Basic Information & examples showing examples of focal lengths of lenses.
Animated gif (PDF) 0.6 mb - Presentation on making animated gifs.
Animated gifs Reference (PDF) 0.03 mb - Reference document for presentation. Note: The gifs in the presentation are not animated in this pdf version.
Image Resizing Guide - How to resize digital images for provincial contests.
Light Painting Photography - How-to & resources.
Liquid Storm (PDF) 2.67 mb - Presentation on liquids mixing.
Making a Scene (PDF) 2.8 mb - Handout notes to accommpany the Making a Scene presentation.
Orton Technique on Christmas Lights - An example of how to use the Orton Technique (combining an in-focus image with an out-of-focus image for artistic effect).
Panoramic Photography (PDF) 0.07 mb - What is Panoramic Photography?
Photo Impressionism (PDF) 3.53 mb - Slideshow to prepare for the Monthly Challenge topic, Photo Impressionism.
Photojournalism Presentation (PDF) 0.7 mb - Slideshow to prepare for Photo of the Month topic, Photojournalism.
Photoshop Fixes handout (PDF) 0.43 mb - Handout for Photoshop CC Fixes.
Projector - Guide & Q and A Some questions and answers on image resizing.
Sillhouettes - How-To - Slideshow (PDF) 0.2 mb - Presentation on how to photograph silhouettes.
Sillhouettes - How-To - Handout (PDF) 0.049 mb - Handout notes to accompany Silhouettes presentation.
Snow Flake Photography (PDF) 11.9 mb - Presentation - Guest Speaker Mike Lancelot.
Tablet & Cell Phone Photography - Presentation (PDF) 22.9 mb - Presentation on Cell Phone/Tablet Photography.

Judging Guidlines

CAPA Judging Guidelines (PDF) 0.2 mb - General guidelines for judging from the Canadian Association for Photographic Art.
PGPS Judging Guidelines (PDF) 0.5 mb - Our club's guidelines for critiquing photos (last revised November 7th, 2010).

NOTE: CAPA judging guidelines are just that - guidelines. PGPS judging policies and procedures are influenced by these guidelines, but are not governed by them.

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Rules & Policies

Constitution & Bylaws - Current version
Google Group and PGPS Forums Policy - Rules & code of conduct for using our discussion areas.
Monthly Photo Challenge - Offical Rules - Detailed rules & procedures for the monthly photo challenge.

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Waivers

PGPS Executive Approved Trip Waiver (PDF) 0.7 mb - Form designed as a quick waiver for specific trips.
PGPS Waiver Form (PDF) 0.6 mb - Form that members must sign before participating in field trips & other group activities.

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Manuals

Bose Soundlink III User Manual (PDF) 0.5 mb - Our club's bluetooth speaker manual.
Canon Realis SX-80 User's Guide (PDF) 11.6 mb - Our club's digital projector manual.

NOTE: The Canon Realis manual is over eleven megabytes in size. It might take a while to download to your computer/device.

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