Newsletter #20 – AGM and my Last Farewell!

Good evening, everyone!

This will be my last newsletter to you all, and it fills me with sadness to have to hand down the reins what feels like so soon after taking them up!

1. Photosoc AGM – This Friday!

Every year we hold an AGM to hand over the committee roles onto new members of the society. It is in this way that the society can begin afresh each year and continue to grow!

This year’s AGM will be held at 7:30pm in the Highland Room at Pleasance. For the sake of fairness, it is ESSENTIAL that we get as many people involved with this meeting as possible. It is here that you can vote for your new committee and ensure the society is the best it can be for the following year!

If you wish to put your name forward to take on a role on the committee, you must attend this meeting and nominate yourself when the role you want is called. Those of you who wish to run for president of the society must have a small speech prepared to give to the rest of the membership. You need to sell yourself!

2. Photosoc Exhibition – 22nd March – 4th April

The entries from our latest competition will be hung around the walls of the fantastic Hula Cafe and smoothie bar during the next two weeks. I highly recommend you swing by, buy some soup and a milkshake, and admire the work put in by fellow members of your society! Feel free to head down at any time before 6pm and really get to enjoy the art!

3. Photo opportunities

daniel.foster@worxx.co.uk
  I am having a small wedding in Edinburgh at the start of June.
Would you know of anyone qualified or qualifying that might be interested in being our photographer for the afternoon?
Of course we would pay but given our budget, we can’t afford the prices being quoted currently.

Dan Foster

rosiemitchell21@hotmail.com
  I’m part of the committee organising the Chemistry Ball this year on March 27th. We are looking for a photographer to take photos at the ball and I was wondering if you have anyone who is interested?   The photographer will be paid (£50) but unfortunately will not be fed at the event. Please can you let me know how the procedure works to find someone who might be interested?

Best wishes,
Rosie Mitchell

4. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

5. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

6. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

That’s it for me! Thank you all so much for making this a great society once again. I leave you now with an image of a rather happy sheep:

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Robin
El Presidenté (For now)

Newsletter #19 – Competition Judging, Zoo Trip and AGM!

1. Competition Judging THIS FRIDAY!


Tomorrow will be the judging session for Photosoc’s Semester 2 competition themed “Time”. Please bring your prints in A3 format and don’t forget that the First Place prize is a canvas print of your choice, so get a good look through your portfolio and get involved! Entry is free to Photosoc Members and £1 for non-memebers.
Come, come come!

2. Saturday Trip – Edinburgh Zoo!

This weekend, PhotoSoc and ZooSoc are going to the zoo! If you want to come along, please register your interest on our doodle poll:http://doodle.com/x9umnz2pkxgm23ta

It’s not mandatory, but it would be appreciated so we can get an idea of numbers! Thanks! (Also, we would be meeting up on Prince’s Street at 10, not at the zoo by 10)

We will be getting the bus over to the zoo at 10:15am and spending the full day there. Bring warm clothes, bring some snacks and bring your camera! This will be a great opportunity to put to practice any skills you picked up during Mark’s talk last Friday.

3. Photo opportunities
From the Student Newspaper: photos.studentnewspaper@gmail.com
This is an email I am sending out to those of you who replied with an interest in helping out with the photobank project.
I would like to hold a meeting this weekend to discuss what we would like to do, how we plan to do it, and a timeline.
Details:
Sunday, March 17 at 11:00am
Student Newspaper Office, The Pleasance
Enter through the non-gym entrance. If you enter on the left or right where there is a car park you will see a staircase that goes downstairs to a door. The office is in there. 

Ruth Hand from the Societies Oscars team asks:

I’m emailing on behalf of the Society Oscars team to ask if any of your members would be keen in taking part in our fantastic event on the 23rd of March! 

We are looking for 5-6 budding photographers to come along on the night, take some amasing photos of our spectacular event and then send them back to us so that we could upload them online!

We were thinking of having a few photographers around Teviot for the event, taking pictures of everyone in there masquerade glad rags and possibly also some kind of props that we would love to be included in some of the photos for one of the entertainment rooms! 

What would you get for this you may ask?
Well…
1. Free wrist band covering entry to the event at Teviot, entry to Potterrow and que jump before 12.
2 . Some possible advertising opportunities in the spaces we have provided for people/societies helping out on the night!
3. And of course, the all important CV boosting experience! 

If this sounds like something that anyone from Photo Soc might be interested in then please contact me at ruthhand91@hotmail.com
4. AGM

Photosoc’s AGM is coming up and we want nominees for next year’s committee! The AGM will be held on the 22nd March, so please think about this! The society can’t run without a committee and the bigger we get, the healthier our society can be. We will be hosting an open committee meeting tonight at 6pm in the New Amphion in Teviot. If you are considering a committee role, please come along to find out more! :)

5. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

6. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

7. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

That’s everything for now. This looks to be my penultimate newsletter, so I would just like to say thank you everyone for bearing with me through this year, it’s been one hell of a rollercoaster!

Much Love

Robin
President (For now)

Newsletter #18 – Wildlife Talk and Open Committee Meeting

Good afternoon, soccers!

Sorry this is so late this week, my flat has had a new arrival and I’ve been spending a lot of time on pet watch!

1. Mark Scherz Presents: WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY!

This Friday,our delightful Secretary Mark Scherz will be giving us a taster of his both photographic and academic field: Wildlife. (specifically, his academic field is Herpetology, but that’s beside the point!)


We will be meeting at 19:15 at the Highland Room in Pleasance, starting at 19:30 sharp. Mark always proves to give us talks filled with Awe and Aww, each year, so be ready for pretty pictures and pretty creatures! Mark will also be talking about what makes a good wildlife shot, divulging some of his pro tips for us mere mortals!

This will be great tip-gathering for next Saturday’s trip to Edinburgh Zoo. Watch this space for more details!

2. Open Committee Meeting Tonight!

For anyone considering joining the committee next year, the current committee will be having a session tonight in the New Amphion in Teviot at 6pm. We’ll host our meeting as normal, but we’ll also be here to answer any questions about what it means to be on the committee, as well as going over the various roles that people will need to take over.

Current Roles are:
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Darkroom Tutor
Equipment Rental
Lightroom Tutor
Social Secretary
Web Admin
Competitions and Exhibitions
Trips
(There might be more, but I’ll need to check!)

3. COMPETITION TIME!

The time has come again for our bi-annual (semi-annual? Whichever means twice a year!) photography competition. This time round, we’ll be opening this to non-members, at a cost of £1 per entry, up to 2 photographs and members can enter for free!

We’re looking for A3 prints (Longest Side) which will be displayed in our exhibition (location TBA) at the end of March. The winner will receive a boxed canvas printof the photo of their choice, paid for by the society! Runners up prizes will also be announced.

Photo judging will be held on the 15th March at our regular society meeting!

Oh! I almost forgot to mention! This Semester’s competition theme will be: .. Wait for it.. *drumroll* TIME! (As if I hadn’t already dropped enough hints!)

Photographers go go go!

4. Hoodies

It’s the time of year to think about getting a new hoodie!
For this year, we want you to design the hoodie’s back. Be creative and design an image to go on the back of the next PhotoSoc hoodies. The winner will not only get to see other people wearing their design, but will also get a hoodie for free as their prize!

Submit your designs by emailing us (photosoc.ed@gmail.com) with the subject heading “Hoodie Submission”. Entries must be in by Friday 1st March. If your design is selected then we will work with you to get it in to the right file format for printing so don’t worry about the format you use to enter.

Hoodies orders: As soon as we have a winning design we will announce it in the weekly email and give you more information about prices, ordering and paying for your hoodie.

5. Opportunities


This week we have a small selection of both paid and volunteer opportunities for members. Please email the relevant party if you’re interested in taking them on!
Juliet Voon – julietvoon@hotmail.com
I am emailing on behalf of our student body (Archaeology) to enquire if you have someone from your society who would be willing to do a photoshoot for us on our graduation day? We are graduating on the 4th of July and our class is maybe about 40 people? The department normally gets an amateur photographer in but I’m hoping to get better photos this year. I’m hoping to get several of just our class (those graduating with single honours in Archaeology), and then one with some friends doing Archaeology as a joint honours, and then one with students and staff. I am looking for someone who is knowledgeable about lighting, etc. and can direct us on the day with regards to positions, etc. As we are students and this is student-run, I can’t offer a high fee, however, I have suggested that we chip in £1-£2 so if we get all students present, we could pay you £30-£40 for this. 
Matthew Holland - s0812808@sms.ed.ac.uk

I am the social secretary for the Ballroom Dance Society, but am also member of the swing dance society and I was really impressed with the pictures that were taken during their 15th Anniversary Weekend. I spoke to their committee about them, and they said they had a number of your members there taking pictures.

For ballroom, I am currently organising our Summer Ball for March 24th. I would love it if some of your members would be willing to come and act as photographers for the evening. They really captured the spirit of swing dance brilliantly, and that would be perfect for us!!


Rachel – Unicef - unicefsociety.uoe@googlemail.com


My name is Rachael and I am the current Secretary of the UNICEF on Campus Society!
I was wondering if any of your members would be interested in photographing our upcoming FlashMob event.
It’s due to take place on the 16th of March at 2pm – participants to meet at 1.30pm- outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile.
We have choreographed a routine witht a local zumba teacher and are currently running workshops for anyone interested on performing along with us- we expect it to be a great success!
The event has been organised by our members as an awareness raising campaign and we expect it should draw in the crowds of the Royal Mile tourists.

6. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

7. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

That’s me for now! See you tonight/tomorrow!


Robin
President

Newsletter #17 – Movie Screening and COMPETITION!

Good afternoon, soccers!

My apologies for the previous newsletter, it appears that it may not have sent to everyone, so I’m very sorry if you were affected by that!

1. Crush The Composition Screening – Friday 1st March

This Friday, we’ll be having our own viewing of Scott Kelby’s “Crush The Composition” talk from the Google+ Photographers Conference last year. This is a really thought-provoking talk that really opens your eyes to new ideas when composing your shots.

Kelby gives you enough in the first 5 minutes that you’ll “never need to buy another book on composition again”, and it’s true. The rest of the time is spent exploring different techniques and approaches that are never really covered in any book or article around. (certainly not all at the same time!)

We’ll be meeting at 20:15 in the Ochil room, looking to start by 20:30. Bring £1 with you to donate, and Photosoc will provide PIZZA!

So come and join us, we’ll watch, laugh, discuss the ideas in the the talk, eat, drink and be merry!

2. Saturday Trip – Night Walk!

On Saturday, we’ll be meeting up to take a night-time tour of Edinburgh, most likely ending with a few drinks in a quiet pub! Night photography can be great fun around a city, there are loads of bright lights and opportunities to play with torches (or maybe even showers of sparks!).

We’ll be meeting at 7pm in the Pleasance Courtyard. Please be sure to bring some warm clothes, comfy shoes, your camera, a tripod, and maybe even some torches!

3. COMPETITION TIME!

The time has come again for our bi-annual (semi-annual? Whichever means twice a year!) photography competition. This time round, we’ll be opening this to non-members, at a cost of £1 per entry, up to 2 photographs and members can enter for free!

We’re looking for A3 prints (Longest Side) which will be displayed in our exhibition (location TBA) at the end of March. The winner will receive a boxed canvas print of the photo of their choice, paid for by the society! Runners up prizes will also be announced.

Photo judging will be held on the 15th March at our regular society meeting!

Oh! I almost forgot to mention! This Semester’s competition theme will be: .. Wait for it.. *drumroll* TIME! (As if I hadn’t already dropped enough hints!)

Photographers go go go!

4. Hoodies

It’s the time of year to think about getting a new hoodie!
For this year, we want you to design the hoodie’s back. Be creative and design an image to go on the back of the next PhotoSoc hoodies. The winner will not only get to see other people wearing their design, but will also get a hoodie for free as their prize!

Submit your designs by emailing us (photosoc.ed@gmail.com) with the subject heading “Hoodie Submission”. Entries must be in by Friday 1st March. If your design is selected then we will work with you to get it in to the right file format for printing so don’t worry about the format you use to enter.

Hoodies orders: As soon as we have a winning design we will announce it in the weekly email and give you more information about prices, ordering and paying for your hoodie.

5. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

6. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

7. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

8. Picture of the Week

Once more, our picture of the week comes from Adi Baer! I’m just going to leave you guys with this one:

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That’s all for now, folks!

See you on Friday!

Robin
President~

Newsletter #16 – Critique Session!

Good afternoon, Soccers!
I hope everyone’s having a productive Innovative Sleeping Week and you’re all out getting lovely photos while we’ve got a break in the sleet and rain! To those of you who came on the Swing Dance evening, please can you forward us a link to your photos, or send us some of your best to forward on to them. The Swing Dance Society is looking forward to our images and we don’t want to leave them hanging.

1. Open Critique Session


This Friday, Photosoc will be having an open critique session, where everyone is welcome to bring in a couple of their favourite snaps for a group critique. This will be a great opportunity for people to get some meaningful feedback on their work and a chance to learn how to identify any potential mistakes before you even press the shutter!
For those of you with a keen eye and a sweet tooth, we’re going to be handing out tasty treats to anyone that gives constructive feedback! What better incentive do you need?
We’ll be meeting in the Highland Room at 7:30pm on Friday 22nd February, bring yourself, your photos (on a pen drive!) and your most enthusiastic hand-raising gestures!

2. Hoodies

It’s the time of year to think about getting a new hoodie!
For this year, we want you to design the hoodie’s back. Be creative and design an image to go on the back of the next PhotoSoc hoodies. The winner will not only get to see other people wearing their design, but will also get a hoodie for free as their prize!

Submit your designs by emailing us (photosoc.ed@gmail.com) with the subject heading “Hoodie Submission”. Entries must be in by Friday 1st March. If your design is selected then we will work with you to get it in to the right file format for printing so don’t worry about the format you use to enter.

Hoodies orders: As soon as we have a winning design we will announce it in the weekly email and give you more information about prices, ordering and paying for your hoodie.

3. Committee Wanted For Next Year & Open Committee Meeting

As I’m sure you’re all aware, each year Photosoc needs new committee members onboard to help us run the society! Being part of the committee is a greatly rewarding experience and certainly looks great on a CV. If you’ve been having any thoughts about joining the team next year, please feel free to send us and email at photosoc.ed@gmail.com and we’ll answer any questions you might have.

We’re looking for people to fill any and all positions on the board, and you certainly don’t have to be the world’s best photographer to be part of it! All we need is people with a passion for making stuff happen and putting our resources to good work.

In addition to emailing in, in the coming weeks we’re going to be hosting an open committee meeting for normal members to attend. Here you can see how the committee meetings work as well as ask us direct questions about the roles we carry out! Watch this space for more information.

4. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

5. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

6. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

7. Picture of the Week

This week’s picture comes from Jim Monan for his beautiful little waterfall shot down at the Hermitage of Braid! Lovely silky water and still making the most of the limited amount of colour we have during these winter months!
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That’s all from me, hope to see you at the critique!

Robin
President~

Newsletter #15 – Hoodies and Studio Workshop!

Good evening Soccers!

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Swing Dance workshop this weekend, hope you all had as much fun as we did! If you have photos to show for the Swing Dancers, send us a link to your flickr/facebook album and we’ll forward things along to the EUSDS for you!

1. Studio and Flash workshop – Friday 15th February

This week’s talk will be a short couple of presentations talking about how to work with light in a studio environment, followed by a chance to get hands-on with some pro-level DSLRs and studio lighting!

We’ll be meeting in the Ochil room at Pleasance for 8pm, starting the talk at 8:15, so please be prompt!

As we’re going to be taking up a lot of space with the workshop, places for the talk will be limited to 20 places, so be sure to sign up if you’re coming!

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2. Hoodies

It’s the time of year to think about getting a new hoodie!
For this year, we want you to design the hoodie’s back. Be creative and design an image to go on the back of the next PhotoSoc hoodies. The winner will not only get to see other people wearing their design, but will also get a hoodie for free as their prize!

Submit your designs by emailing us (photosoc.ed@gmail.com) with the subject heading “Hoodie Submission”. Entries must be in by Friday 1st March. If your design is selected then we will work with you to get it in to the right file format for printing so don’t worry about the format you use to enter.

Hoodies orders: As soon as we have a winning design we will announce it in the weekly email and give you more information about prices, ordering and paying for your hoodie.

3. Photography Positions

My name is Liz. I am the Photo Editor for the Student, and I wanted to enquire with you as to whether you may be able to assist us in building up our photographer membership. The new Editors-in-Chief, Nina Seale and Alistair Grant (and myself) are looking to build up the photography component of the newspaper. We had quite some interest at the beginning of the year, but we are now finding it difficult to keep the interest to get photos for the weekly editions. Nina and Alistair are currently in the process of working with a new Web Editor to update the online news, and as part of this we believe it to be essential to have strong, high resolution photos for the main news stories. As well, we are looking to build up a database of photos as often we are in need of general Edinburgh photos or ones of ‘student life’. We are interested in knowing if you would be interested in assisting us in this venture by helping us to offer some of those students interested in photography who are interested in having their photography published to join the photography team.

To get in touch with Liz, send an email to: editors@studentnewspaper.org

 I am writing as the Annual Dinner convenor of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh University. It is our Annual Dinner on the 8th march at the royal botanical gardens, arboretum place at 7pm and we were wondering if one of your members would be interested in being our photographer for the night. We could offer a fee of $63.21 if this is possible. Looking forward to your reply

If you’re interested in photographing for the Royal Medical Society, send an email off to Andrew Wilson at s1003427@sms.ed.ac.uk

 4. Next Year!

As I’m sure you’re all aware, each year Photosoc needs new committee members onboard to help us run the society! Being part of the committee is a greatly rewarding experience and certainly looks great on a CV. If you’ve been having any thoughts about joining the team next year, please feel free to send us and email at photosoc.ed@gmail.com and we’ll answer any questions you might have.

We’re looking for people to fill any and all positions on the board, and you certainly don’t have to be the world’s best photographer to be part of it! All we need is people with a passion for making stuff happen and putting our resources to good work.

Hope to hear from you soon!

5. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

6. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

7. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

That’s all for now, folks!

See you on Friday!

Robin
President~

Newsletter #14 – Gigs and Theatre & SWING DANCE WORKSHOP!

Good afternoon, Soccers!

Exciting news, this week! We’ve got a great pair of talks lined up for you this Friday, as well as a great photo workshop lined up for the weekend. Sign up soon to get a place!

Don’t forget that talks are free for members and $1.57 for non-members. $9.4 to join up for the rest of the semester.

1. Theatre and Gig photography – Friday 8th February

Committee members Paul and Chris are going to be speaking this week on their fields of expertise, making the most of working in a low light environment to get the shot you need! (this will be a great talk to attend if you’re interested in our weekend workshop..)

We will be starting at 19:30 sharp in the Highland Room at Pleasance. We’ll be convening in the bar at 19:15 to get a round of drinks and gather everyone together.

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Left: Paul Collins, Right: Chris Rubey

2. Swing Dance Photo Workshop – Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th February

This weekend, Edinburgh University’s Swing Dance society is going to be holding a weekend of dance and competitions and we’ve been given the chance to photograph it!

On each day, two committee members are going to be taking the lead, showing 8 society members how to approach low light events and how to snap the right shot with moving subjects. We’ll also be taking portraits of the dancers as well as knocking back a couple of drinks and having a good time!

Our options are:
Saturday – 21:15: Swing Dance Competition with Mark and Robin
Sunday – 16:00: Tea Dance with Paul and Chris

That’s 16 places! Sign up before the slots go!

Sign up with the link below and feel free to take a look at the sort of thing we’re looking to capture!
http://www.facebook.com/roseweirphotography/photos_albums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfWA4ClPnxk

SIGN UP
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3. Next Year!

As I’m sure you’re all aware, each year Photosoc needs new committee members onboard to help us run the society! Being part of the committee is a greatly rewarding experience and certainly looks great on a CV. If you’ve been having any thoughts about joining the team next year, please feel free to send us and email at photosoc.ed@gmail.com and we’ll answer any questions you might have.

We’re looking for people to fill any and all positions on the board, and you certainly don’t have to be the world’s best photographer to be part of it! All we need is people with a passion for making stuff happen and putting our resources to good work.

Hope to hear from you soon!

4. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

5. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

6. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

7. Picture of the Week
Picture of the week comes from a personal favourite: Kirsty Bain! Kirsty is always beefing up her portfolio with shoot after shoot and it’s clear to see why they keep on coming back to her! Well done, Kirsty!

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That’s all from me!

See you at the Weekend!

Robin~
President

Newsletter #13 – Travel Photography and a bit of Swing!

Good afternoon, soccers!
Unlucky number 13!
Don’t forget that talks are free for photosoc members and £1 for non-members. If you’d like to join, simply come along to any of our meetings to get membership! It’s for UoE/ECA students and for everyone else.
1. Travel Photography – Friday 1st February

Our Travel Master Mark Scherz will be giving a talk about his experience as a travel photographer this Friday in the Ochil Room at Pleasance from 8pm! Each year, Mark spends a couple of months in Madagascar and comes back with stunning photos of local landscapes, wildlife and localsMark will be going over some of the “do”s and “don’t”s of travel photography as well as discussing some of his biggest influences in the field. If you’re looking to go abroad this year and get those stunning local shots, this is not one to be missed!

2. Swing Dance photography – Saturday 9th February

As a quick heads-up, Photosoc Committee are in talks with the Swing Dance Society, looking to arrangefor some Photosoc members to get some hands-on experience in photographing real events! Keep watching this space for more details in next week’s newsletter!

3. Darkrooms
Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!
4. Rentals
The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!
5. The PhotoShop
Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!
6. Picture of the Week
This week, a shot by Photosoc’s very own Chris Rubey. The atmosphere and lighting on this shot is just great. Excellent stuff, Chris!

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That’s all for this week, hope to see you all on Friday!

Robin
President~

(and Mark, Secretary)

Newsletter #12 – Urban Exploration talk and Dean Village trip!

Good afternoon, soccers!
Thank you to everyone who turned up for the pub quiz last week. We had a lot of fun writing the questions, and with the exception of the technical difficulties, I had a lot of fun hosting!
Don’t forget that talks are free for photosoc members and $1.59 for non-members. If you’d like to join, simply come along to any of our meetings to get membership! It’s $9.55 for UoE/ECA students and $15.91 for everyone else.
1. Urban Exploration Talk – Friday 25th January
This week’s photosoc talk is going to be about my own experience tying photography in with my other favourite past time Breaking and Entering! Okay, so B&E is not actually my hobby, but checking out old, derelict buildings certainly is! I’m going to be talking about the rewards and literal pitfalls of urban exploration, including a couple of my own near-death experiences and how you can avoid them yourself!
Urban exploration can be remarkably rewarding, giving a good insight into parts of the world that very few individuals ever really see. (They also make for great backdrops for photoshoots!)
The talk will be taking place at 7:30pm at the OCHIL ROOM at the Pleasance. The Ochil room is in the same stairwell as our usual meeting place, just one floor down!
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2. Saturday Trip – Dean Village in the Snow!
Snow. You’ve all seen it, but have you all photographed it? This Saturday we’re heading to nearby Dean Village to photograph snow in as many ways as possible – from striking abstract snowscapes to the most detailed snowflake image.
We’ll leave at 12pm from the Info Point on Princes Street, walking the 20-minute route to the village. Should you wish to take the bus, the 19, 37 and 47 routes run from the Scott Monument to Dean Bridge. After an explore around the local weir, woodlands and gallery gardens, we’ll retreat to a warm pub for a spot of tea.
Finally, snow is wonderful but it can only be enjoyed if you are properly prepared for it. Please wrap up warm, wear boots and ensure that your cameras are warm too. We will be giving advice on the day on how to best look after your cameras in these conditions, but in the meantime charge your spare batteries (as they drain faster in cold weather) and pack some plastic bags to water-proof your lenses!
3. Darkrooms
Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!
4. Rentals
The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!
5. The PhotoShop
Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!
6. Picture of the Week
This week’s PotW is a fantastic landscape from Adi Baer. I’m not sure if it’s my soft-spot for rolling hills, or my love of the Isle of Skye that makes this my favourite picture on our flickr page this week, but there’s just something about this photo that keeps me coming back for more! Well done Adrian!
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That’s everything from me this week, hope to see a lot of you on Friday for the talk, and Saturday for the trip!
Robin
President~

[Photosoc] Newsletter #11 – Pub Quiz and Jobs to go!

Happy new year, Soccers!

Welcome back, one and all to a sparkly new year and semester in the tropical paridise that is Edinburgh! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and that you’ve all gone and got yourself new gear to try out! Yesterday the committee convened and planned out a great semester of talks and trips for you all, including a couple of great guest speakers and fun workshops!

First and foremost, let me introduce to you our latest addition to the Photosoc Committee: Hanne Kosinowski! Hanne has joint the committee to help take on the additional pressure after our Webmaster Mohammad left the country to make use of his Neuroscience degree in Houston, Texas! If anyone is interested in joining the committee for the next year, come and speak to one of the current committee. We are going to be looking for new blood to take over roles in the society for next year as a lot of us will be waving goodbye to the university (and for some, the city!) and will need people to take our places!

1. First meeting: Friday 18th – Pub-quiz social!

Our first meeting this semester is going to be a pub quiz social with a cash prize! We will be meeting at The Innis and Gunn pub (32 Potterrow) just East of George Square (formerly Room at 34) at 19:30 on Friday 18th January, ready to start the quiz at 20:00.

Entry to the quiz will be $1.6 per person, with teams of up to 6 people. Bring your friends and friends of friends; the more players, the bigger the prize! Photosoc members will also be able to make use of the bar’s “Buy a beer, get a free burger” deal! If you’re not yet a member, Our treasurer will be on hand to take membership money for the rest of the year. Membership is $9.63 for the semester for students!

If you’re wanting to attend the quiz (and/or get a burger!), please let us know so we can give the kitchens a rough idea of how many to expect!
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See you there!


2. Jobs

Two jobs on the go from over the christmas holidays, be sure to respond to them quickly before they get snapped up!

Univserity of Edinburgh is looking for a photographer for Innovative Learning Week! Details are in the link below:

A note from the Sports Union for their ball!

I am in charge of organising the University Sports Union Ball which is happening on the 31st January at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. I want to get a photographer for the event to take formal shots in front of a canvas at the start of the evening and then also take general photos throughout the evening.
I was wondering if anybody within the society would be interested in doing this? Photos would not need to be printed but instead put up on the Sports Union Facebook page. The job would be paid at $128.37 for the whole evening (7-1am) and the subsequent publishing of photos.
I hope that this is something of interest to someone in the society. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are at all interested or would like further information eusuvp@exseed.ed.ac.uk


3. Mentoring

Also, a word regarding the mentoring system from out Secretary and Head Mentor!

Hey folks,

The society’s mentoring scheme will be resuming this semester. We hope to bring you more of the insights from the experience of your tutors from last semester, get more people involved, and more events going. I will be sending out a survey later this week for those of you who have already been involved in the mentoring scheme, to get some information on how people feel it went last semester, and how you think it needs to change. It is brand new, so I am eager for feedback. We want to give you the best!
More on that to come. Students from last semester: expect contact from your old mentor in the coming week. Sessions will be resuming in week 2. If any of you would like to change mentors, please let us know by email, and it can be arranged.

Cheers,
Mark

4. Darkrooms

Darkrooms are up and running in full, so those of you who have had tutorials, feel free to develop to your heart’s content! Please remember if you are using the enlargers (Pleasance or Kings) to switch them off at the plug after use. We had an issue with over heating recently that caused the Bulb to blow, so remembering to switch them off means everyone can use them without a hitch. If you are still looking to have a tutorial send us a new email with the subject “Darkroom Pleasance” or “Darkroom KB” and one of our tutors will get back to you and arrange a session to get your access card!

5. Rentals

The society has a large range of equipment available to rent for free by our members, including a range of film/digital SLR cameras, lighting equipment and lenses.
To see what we have to offer have a look at: http://www.photosoc.com/facilities/rentals/
Send an e-mail with ‘Rentals’ in the subject and we’ll get back to you!

6. The PhotoShop

Our lovely photosoc shop has now been restocked, so we now have a nice fresh stock of film and paper for sale at great prices! Simply come along to one of our meetings, let us know what you’re after and either myself or our Treasurer Alex will sort you out!

7. Picture of the Week

Our first picture of the week for 2013 come from Bjorn Borgers. Breaking the rules of thirds with a hugely jarring yellow speedbump give this Chicago skyline an intriguing twist that I can’t quite shake! Well done Bjorn!

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That’s all for this week guys, hope to see a load of you on Friday, and in the weeks to come!

Robin~
President

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