Managing Committee BEGINNERS MONTHLY COMPETITION OCTOBER 2011

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2 CLICK 2 OUTING MONTHLY COMPETITION JULY 2011 OCTOBER 2011 Sanket Rathod 2nd JUDGE : PROF. RAJA SHETGE APSI, Hon. PSI, G. D. ART(Comm), Hons. Milind Vedpathak 3rd Sanket Rathod Acpt Sanket Rathod Acpt Milind Vedpathak Acpt OUTING AT YEOUR ON 28TH OCTOBER, 2011 BEGINNERS MONTHLY COMPETITION OCTOBER 2011 Milind Vedpathak 2nd in B/W Sanket Rathod in Acpt Sanket Rathod 3rd in B/W Rakesh Soni Acpt in B/W Milind Vedpathak Acpt in B/W Managing Committee Mr. Kirit Sheth President Mr. Nagesh Sakpal APSI, Vice President, Gallery Incharge Mr. Prasad Pawaskar Jt. Hon. Secretary, Hon. Editor, Outing In charge Mr. Subhash Jirange Jt. Hon. Secretary, Treasurer Smt. Kalpana Shah, APSI Hon. Treasurer Mr. Ganesh Ambokar Salon Chairman, Outing Incharge Mr. Rajendra Waghmare Salon Secretary Mr. Sunil Marathe Mon. Competition, Studio Incharge Mr. Vilas Parab Mon. Competition, Salon Participation Mr. Santosh Sawant Library Mr. Ashish Bist Hon. PRO Rakesh Soni Acpt in B/W Milind Vedpathak 2nd in Col Satpal Singh 3rd in Col Milind Vedpathak Acpt in B/W Yash Sancheti Acpt in Col Gunali Ajgaonkar Acpt in Col Ravi Sapkal Acpt in Col Sanket Rathod Acpt in Col Satpal Singh Acpt in Col Satpal Singh Acpt in Col Rakesh Soni Acpt in Col Dear Members, We wish you a very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year From Managing Committee

3 CLICK 3 MEMBERS MONTHLY COMPETITION OCTOBER 2011 OCTOBER 2011 Deepak Bartakke 2nd in BW Dattatraya Padekar Vaibhav Jaguste Acpt Sunil Marathe Acpt K. C. Marfatia Acpt Vaibhav Jaguste Acpt Arjun Kamble Acpt 3rd in BW JUDGE : PROF. RAJA SHETGE APSI, Hon.PSI, G. D. ART(Comm), Hons Dattatraya Padekar Acpt Dattatraya Padekar Acpt Prasad Pawaskar Acpt Vaibhav Jaguste 3rd in Col Ravindra Deodhar Acpt Vaibhav Jaguste AcptVaibhav Jaguste Acpt Deepak Bartakke 2nd in Col Prasad Mantri Acpt Datta Sawant Acpt Ganesh Ambokar Acpt Results of Photography competition Mega Outing of Leh Ladakh PSI Leh Ladakh Mega Outing, held on 31st July to 18th August, nd Prize - Rs. 700/- won by Mr. Arun Chavan 3rd Prize - Rs. 500/- won by Judges: Shri Datta Sawant Dr. Ashish Nanabhai Shri Prasad Pawaskar Dr. Suwarna Gawde Certificate of Merit - Rs. 300/- won by Mr. Ajit Mithakar Certificate of Merit - Rs. 300/- won by Mr. Prasad Mantri Certificate of Merit Rs. 300/- won by Mr. Ulhas Virkar

4 CLICK 4 OCTOBER 2011 SALON Dear Members, we have the pleasure to announce 62nd All India Exhibition of Photography 2012 & invite entries for the same. The entry forms are available at PSI office. 62nd ALL INDIA EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2012 SALON CALENDER SECTIONS Closing Date : 26th November, A. Mono Prints (Pictorial) Judging Date : 10th & 11th December, B. Color Prints (Pictorial) Notification : 22nd December,2011. C. Nature Prints Exhibition : 2nd to 8th January, D. Creative Digital Prints Return of Entries : 23rd January, 2012 onwards. E. Photo Journalism Prints Exhibition Venue : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. F. Photo Travel Prints Panel of Judges Mr. Aseem Sharma, AIIPC, Hon. APSG Mr. Asim Kumar Bhattacharjee, EFIAP, FFIP, PSA2* FIP/30/2011 APPROVED Mr. Subhash Jirange FFIP Closing Date : Saturday, 26th November, Donation:- Our Past President Shri Jagdish Agrawal donated 6 past presidents old photographs to PSI. Success of Members: INDIA PRINT CIRCUIT ( Delhi ), Mr. Deepak Deshmukh - 5 Acpt, Mr. Abhay Salagre - 5 Acpt, Mr. Vishwanath Birje - 1 Acpt, Mr. Cyrus Shroff - 6 Acpt, Hon.PSI, AIIPC Mr. Jiten Hadkar - 3 Acpt, Mr. Nagesh Sakpal APSI - 8 Acpt, Mr. Vinayak Joshi - 6 Acpt, Mr. Subhash Jirange FFIP 11 Acpt Mr. Samir Mohite - 11 Acpt, APSI,FFIP,AFIAP Prof. Raja Shetge - 3 Acpt APSI, Hon.PSI, G.D. ART (Comm.), Hons. Mr. R. B.Pednekar,FFIP - 5 Acpt, Mr. Satish Vakharkar - 5 Acpt, Mr. P. G. Shivalkar Hon PSI - 8 Acpt, Mr. Prasad Pawaskar - 6 Acpt, Mr. Vaibhav Jaguste - 14 Acpt, Smt. Kalpana Shah APSI - 9 Acpt Dr. Suwarna Gawde - 6 Acpt, Mr. Shirish Jhaveri - 9 Acpt. Mr. Sunil Parab - 5 Acpt, Hon. PSI, AIIPC,FFIP The 1st Taichung International Exhibition of Photography 2011 (TAIWAN) - Mr. Samir Mohite, APSI, FFIP, AFIAP 5 Acpt &1 PSTC Silver Medal. Mr. Vaibhav Jaguste had one Gold Medal and 6 Acpt in SERBIA(fiap2011/60) & one Gold Medal, 1 Acpt in MACEDONIA (fiap/157) & 3 Acpt in 32nd Northern Countries International Salon of Photography 2011.

5 CLICK 5 OCTOBER th Friday - 14th Friday - 21st Friday - 28thFriday - Holiday (Diwali) Outing - Gallery - PROGRAMMES - OCTOBER 2011 Monthly Competition, Color Prints, Monochrome Prints & Outing for Mem.&Beginners. A Slide show & Exhibition of Mega Outing of Mandu. Opening Ceremony of 72nd Members Exhibition of Photography th October, Photo walk with Shri Adil Gazdar, of National Geographic from Nagar Chowk (Outside of VT Station) on 7.30 am. From 14th October,2011, Exhibition of Mega Outing of Mandu. From 21st October, 2011, 72nd Members Exhibition of Photography 2011 Sad Demise: We learn about the sad demise of Celebrity, Glamour & Eminent photographer Shri Gautam Rajadhyaksha and we express our deep grief and share our sorrows along with his family members. Congratulations We are very Happy to inform you that, our member Mr. Vaibhav Jaguste has been awarded FFIP Distinction. Our Member Shri Soumitra Banerjee has offered to convert our membership cards into an elegant plastic (thick) cards at a special rate. Those members who are interested may contact the PSI office for details. 74th Annual Day Function 2011 celebration at NCPA, Piramal Art Gallery. CHIEF GUEST MR. DILIP SHINDE, B. Sc., D.L.L., L.L.M., M.A. (M.C.J.) DIRECTOR, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Landscape Trophy winner Mr. Vaibhav Jaguste Photograph of the year(members) Mr. Ganesh Ambokar Photographer of the year Mr. P. G. Shivalkar, Hon PSI

6 CLICK 6 OCTOBER 2011 Gautam Rajadhyksha - The star Photographer A tribute by Narayan Panje Hon.PSI There is a vanity in everybody. Gautam Rajadhyaksha understood this early as a Portrait Photographer. He successfully used soft-filter to achieve that. Gautam s Soft-focus photography became his unique style. His Portraits gained such a popularity that it was a privilege for people to get photographed by Gautam. He clicked pioneers in various fields. JRD Tata. Genl. Manek Shaw, Lata Mangeshkar,Asha Bhosle, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bacchan, Rekha,Madhuri Dixit, Sachin Tendulkar.., the list very long. Everybody knew they were in safe hands, they will look their best, rather better than they are as the saying goes in Marathi pratyakshahuni pratima sundar. The success and popularity he gained, the height he reached as a Photographer is unmatched. Anybody who is somebody in this continent would know Gautam and his style of photography. He was not just a Photographer, he was a Star. Gautam Rajadhyaksha, born on16th Sept.1950, a science graduate from St. Xavier s obtained Diploma in Advertising and Public relation. Joined photo services department in leading advertising agency Lintas, eventually becoming head of the department. At Lintas he could watch from vantage point stalwarts like Jehangir Gazdar, Vilas Bhende, Mitter Bedi, and Andrian Stavens going about their work. The urge to pick up a quality camera kindled. Bought his first camera Nikon F3. As hobby he shot Shabana (a collage mate), Jackie and Tina. Then he would take pictures of models who came to Lintas for campaigns after the official shoot was over. His cousin sister Shobha De influenced him for writing along with photography. She helped him publish the photographs in magazine. Then there was no looking back. Most of the leading film magazines would regularly published the beautiful portraits of famous stars clicked by Gautam. It is said that every actress acquired a certain status only when Lata Mangeshkar sang for her, likewise every actress knew she had arrived when Gautam shot her. Gautam had the rare distinction of photographing three generation of Samarth family Shobhana,Nutan and Tanuja siblings and Kajol. He also had the honor of photographing four generation of Mangeshkars. Among his countless memorable portraits are Lata and Asha together. So are Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh together, Nutan,Smita,Shabana, Madhuri s portraits. The photographs are self explanatory that he had very good understanding of light and the subjects are comfortable in front of the camera and cameraman. Photographer Gautam had acquired a greater personality. He inspired a generation of youngsters to become photographer. Saby Sammuel has said Gautam was one of the reasons he took up photography. Ashutosh Govarikar said he wanted to be photographer like Gautam since childhood. A photographer cousin(govind) of mine from Bangalore was so much influenced that he named himself after Gautam Rajadhyaksha as Govind Samrat i.e. Samrat in place of Rajadhyaksha. I had few occasions meet Gautam. His sincerity, humbleness was memorable experience. My cousin once came to Mumbai and wanted to meet Gautam. Just phone call and he invited us to his place and spent around two hours with us. He presented the book Faces to my cousin. At another instance Madhu Sali, a friend mine from Bhusawal wanted a faculty for workshops. (He used to organize workshops of three/four days for 250 or 300 photographers). He wanted a glamorous and well-known photographer, insisted on meeting Gautam with a request to be faculty. But he turndown the offer suggesting a technically better photographer Hari Mahidhar ( the same which I had suggested ). Gautam visited PSI on few occasions and left cherish able moments. Gautam left on the heavenly abode on 13 th Sept.2011, leaving behind long lasting sweet memories. May the divine soul rest in peace.

7 Digital Photography CLICK 7 OCTOBER 2011 F o r m o st c o n su m e rs in p ro sp e ro u s c o u n trie s su c h a s th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d W e ste rn E u ro p e, th e a d v a n ta g e s o f d ig ita l c a m e r a s o u tw e ig h th e ir d isa d v a n ta g e s. H o w e v e r, m a n y p ro fe ssio n a l p h o to g ra p h e rs c o n tin u e to p re f e r film. M u c h o f th e p o st-sh o o tin g w o rk d o n e b y a p h o to la b fo r film is d o n e b y th e p h o to g ra p h e r h im self fo r d ig ita l im a g e s. C o n c e rn s th a t h a v e b e e n ra is e d b y p r o fe ssio n a l p h o to g ra p h e rs in c lu d e : e d itin g a n d p o st-p ro c e ssin g o f R A W file s c a n ta k e lo n g e r th a n 3 5 m m film, d o w n lo a d in g a la rg e n u m b e r o f im a g e s to a c o m p u te r c a n b e tim e -c o n su m in g, sh o o tin g in r e m o te site s re q u ire s th e p h o to g ra p h e r to c a rry a n u m b e r o f b a tte rie s a n d a d d to th e lo a d to c a r ry, e q u ip m e n t fa ilu re w h ile a ll c a m e ra s m a y fa il, so m e film c a m e ra p ro b le m s (e.g., m e te r o r ra n g e fin d e r p ro b le m s, fa ilu re o f o n ly so m e sh u tte r sp e e d s) c a n b e w o rk e d a ro u n d. A s tim e p a ss e s, it is ex p e c te d th a t m o re p ro fe ssio n a l p h o to g ra p h e rs w ill sw itc h to d ig ita l. In s o m e c a se s w h e re v e ry h i g h -re so lu tio n d ig ita l im a g e s o f g o o d q u a lity a re n e e d e d it m a y b e a d v a n ta g e o u s to ta k e la rg e -fo r m a t film p h o to g ra p h s a n d d ig itise th e m. T h is a llo w s th e c re a tio n o f v e r y la rg e c o m p u te r file s w ith o u t sp e e d o r c a p a c ity d is a d v a n ta g e s a t p ic tu re -ta k in g tim e. [7 ] E q u iv a len t f e a t u r e s I m a g e n o is e / g r a in N o is e in a d ig ita l c a m e r a 's im a g e is r e m a r k a b ly s im ila r to f ilm g r a in in a f ilm c a m e r a. A t h ig h I S O le v e ls ( f ilm s p e e d ) th e g r a in /n o is e b e c o m e s m o re a p p a r e n t in th e f in a l im a g e. A lth o u g h f ilm I S O le v e ls c a n b e lo w e r th a n d ig ita l I S O le v e ls ( 2 5 a n d 5 0 r e s p e c tiv e l y), d ig ita l s e ttin g s c a n b e c h a n g e d q u ic k ly a c c o r d in g to re q u ire m e n ts, w h ile f ilm m u s t b e p h ys ic a lly r e p la c e d a n d p r o te c te d f r o m a ll lig h t d u r in g s u c h r e p la c e m e n t. A d d itio n a lly, im a g e n o is e r e d u c tio n te c h n iq u e s c a n b e u s e d to r e m o v e n o is e f r o m d ig ita l im a g e s a n d f ilm g r a in is f ix e d. F r o m a n a r tis tic p o in t o f v ie w, f ilm g r a in a n d im a g e n o is e m a y b e d e s ira b le w h e n c re a tin g a s p e c ific m o o d f o r a n im a g e. M o d e r n d ig ita l c a m e r a s h a v e c o m p a r a b le n o is e /g r a in a t th e s a m e I S O a s f ilm c a m e r a s. S o m e d ig ita l c a m e r a s th o u g h, d o e x h ib it a p a tte r n in th e d ig ita l n o is e w h ic h is n o t f o u n d o n f ilm. S p e e d o f u s e P re v io u s ly d ig ita l c a m e r a s h a d a lo n g e r s ta rt-u p d e la y c o m p a re d to film c a m e ra s, i.e., th e d e la y fro m w h e n th e y a re tu rn e d o n u n til th e y a re re a d y to ta k e th e first s h o t, b u t th is is n o lo n g e r th e c a s e fo r m o d e rn d ig ita l c a m e r a s. S im ila rly, th e a m o u n t o f tim e n e e d e d to w rite th e d a ta fo r a d ig ita l p ic tu re to th e m e m o ry c a r d is n o w c o m p a ra b le to th e a m o u n t o f tim e it ta k e s to w in d th e film o n a film c a m e ra, a t le a s t w ith m o d e rn d ig ita l c a m e ra s a n d m o d e rn fa s t m e m o ry c a rd s. B o th d ig ita l c a m e ra s a n d film c a m e ra s h a v e a s m a ll d e la y b e tw e e n w h e n th e s h u tte r b u tto n is p re s s e d a n d w h e n th e p ic tu re is ta k e n th is is th e tim e n e c e s s a ry to a u to fo c u s th e le n s a n d c o m p u te a n d s e t th e e x p o s u r e. (T h is s h u tte r d e la y is p ra c tic a lly z e ro fo r S L R a n d D S L R c a m e ra s.) F r a m e r a t e T h e C a n o n E O S -1 D M a r k I I I c a n ta k e s t i l l p h o t o g r a p h s a t 1 0 f r a m e s p e r s e c o n d ; t h e f a s t e s t f il m S L R c o u l d s h o o t 1 0 f r a m e s p e r s e c o n d. T h e N i k o n F 5 i s l i m it e d t o 3 6 c o n t i n u o u s f r a m e s ( t h e l e n g t h o f t h e f i lm ) w h i l e t h e C a n o n E O S - 1 D M a r k I I I i s a b l e t o t a k e a b o u t h i g h d e f i n i t i o n J P E G i m a g e s b e f o r e i t s b u f f e r m u s t b e c l e a r e d a n d t h e r e m a i n i n g s p a c e o n t h e s t o r a g e m e d i a c a n b e u s e d. Im a g e l o n g e v ity A lth o u g h d ig ita l im a g e d a ta d o e s n o t d e g ra d e ( film s to c k c a n fa d e ), th e m e d ia o n w h ic h th e d ig ita l im a g e s a re sto re d c a n d e c a y o r b e c o m e c o rru p t, le a d in g to a lo ss o f im a g e in te g rity. F ilm sh o u ld b e s to re d u n d e r a rc h iv a l c o n d itio n s fo r m a x im u m lo n g e v ity ; th is sh o u ld n o t b e a p ro b le m fo r d ig ita l im a g e s a s p e rfe c t c o p ie s c a n b e m a d e a n d sto re d e lsew h e r e. W ith o u t b a c k u p it is e a sie r to lo se h u g e a m o u n ts o f d ig ita l d a ta, fo r e x a m p le b y a c c id e n ta l d e le tio n o f fo ld e rs, o r b y fa ilu re o f a m a ss sto ra g e d e v ic e. In c o m p a riso n, e a c h g e n e ra tio n o f c o p ie s o f film n e g a tiv e s a n d tra n sp a re n c ie s is d e g ra d e d c o m p a re d to its p a re n t. F ilm im a g e s c a n e a sily b e c o n v e rte d to d ig ita l w ith so m e p o ss ib le lo ss o f q u a lity. To be Cont.

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