DUNEDIN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22723, 8 November 1935, Page 9

DUNEDIN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

MEETINGS FOR OCTOBER The annual exhibition of the Dunedni Photographic Society was held on October 7, the judge (Mr J. J. Webster) being present to give his criticism of the prints. The champion picture for the year was a seascape by Mr C. A. Weedon. The judge’s placing of the prints was as follows: gENIOR Landscape.—Mr J. G. Johnston 1, M> C. A. Weedon 2, Miss Bagley and Mr Erwin h.c. „ . , , Seascape—Mr C. A. Weedon I and champion picture, Mr F. T. Allan 2, Mr J. G. Johnston 3. . , , Architecture.—Mr A. R. Harris 1 and 2 ' Genre.—Mr D. J. Sherrill 1, Miss E. Turnbull 2. _ . rv General—Mr A. R. Harris 2, Mr D. J. Sherriff h.c. Portrait—Mrs Ball 1, Miss E. Turnbull 2, Mr C., A. Weedon h.c. INTERMEDIATE. Landscape.—Mr F. H. Williams 1 and 2. Seascape.—Miss M. E. Gibbs 1. General. —-Miss M. E. Gibbs 1, Miss N. Taylor 2. JUNIOR. Landscape.—Mr J. L. Malcolm T, Miss Champtaloup 2. Architecture. —Miss Valentine 1 and h.c. General. —Miss R. Phillips 1. On October 28 Mr A. C. Armstrong explained his methods of outdoor portraiture of children, showing how he obtained a studio lighting effect and also how he masked out obtrusive backgrounds by means of a spoilt print cut to the correct shape, a method very handy, when negatives are taken away trom facilities of even a temporary studio. Mr N. C. Gibbs gave a demonstration of dry mounting by means of shellac. The shellac is dissolved in methylated spirits, two parts of shellac to one of spirits. This mixture is painted over the back of the prints, which can then be mounted by pressing down with a hot iron. Mr Gibbs also demonstrated the working of an enlarger he had purchased on a recent visit to Australia. This excellent instrument incorporated many fine movements, including one for revolving and raising or dowering the negative. Pictorial Group.—The meeting of the pictorial group was held on October 14. the speaker being Mr Brent, who dealt with the “ Intensification and .Reduction of Negatives,” and also gave a demonstration of local reduction of negatives with Farmer’s reducer.