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Queens Award
Queens Award
for
Voluntary Service
2008


 

Digital Photography


 

Digital camera

Competition Winners

Competition Information

 

 

This group is for people who have a digital camera to learn more about using them and be more able to handle pictures on the computer. The group aims to be helpful and interesting to members with widely different levels of knowledge and experience. The meetings are for most part presentations related to using your camera and handling and editing digital pictures on the computer.

Meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 1400.

The meeting on the first Thursday is at Haskayne Village Hall and will include judging the monthly competitions, pictures and presentations on different topics. You can see the winning photographs are put onto the web page

The meeting on the third Thursday is at Haskayne Village Hall. At this meeting members can experience hands on practice of the techniques presented at the first meeting of the month.

Monthly competition

digital cameraThe group encourages as many as possible to put entries into the competitions as it helps to develop both photographing and creative skills. Each month there are 2 competition topics, a more simple one and one which is more creative; for the coming months they are:

Meeting &
Date for entry

Simple topic.

Creative topic.

September
August 29

Bolton Abbey 

A Bicycle or Bicycles.

October
September 26

U.K. Named Landscape including text.

Cut Glass

November
October 31

 A song title of your choice
including text             

A Windy Day

December
November 28

Ceremonial    

 Fireworks.                 

You can submit 1 picture for each competition; taken anywhere and/or enhanced with editing software. Please e-mail them to digiphoto@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk or take them on memory stick to Horizons. Latest entry is the Sunday before the meeting. Judging is by members and the winning photos are put on the website.

Competition information

Contact email address for group - digiphoto@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk

Please see the newsletter for more details

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