Study Group 9

Shaikh Amin

Bill Thompson
Brian Swinyard
Beverly Caine
Priscilla Farrell
John Larson
Shaikh Amin

Jantina Tuthill

January     Image -  "Revisit of Butterfly"

How I did it - I did not do much in PS and I simply followed the suggestion of our member Priscilla. I darkened the back ground and enhanced the color of the flower which looks much better than the previous image as you can compare. I hope my friend Priscilla will like it.

Comments
Bill Thoompson Well I like it even if she doesn't . This is a big improvement.
Brian Swinyard Shaikh, I like your reworking of the Butterfly image in which the saturated colours of the subjects stand out so well from the black background. In the process, the colour balance seems to have shifted on the flowers and butterfly. The tighter cropping and the removal of some of the other foliage and flowers have worked well to show just the single stem. I must say that I like both ?Before? and ?After? images.
Beverly Caine Much better - Great Improvement
Priscilla Farrell I do like the "after" image with the darkened background. I also like the isolated floral stem with butterfly.
John Larson You have done a great job in showing us how simple it is sometimes by just adjusting the darkness of the background. Less is more.
Jantina Tuthill
 
Member Biography

Shaikh Amin 

FPSA, MPSA, EFIAP/b,FCAPA, ASIIPC, HON.FICS HON.FPSG, SAWIEP,SEHKCPAC,GAL.7(CPID),GAL.2(PT)

Shaikh Amin started his photography career in 1965 after receiving a diploma from the New York Institute of Photography. He served in different positions in the Photo Unit of Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) and retired as Chief Photographer in 1985. After retiring, Aramco hired him as a consulting photographer for 10 years (1985-1994). While it was not a regular job, it involved special projects, such as preparing Annual Reports of Operations which were presented to the Saudi Government every year.

Shaikh Amin, a  PSA member for 44 years, has received many medals, honors and certificates for his photographic achievements during this period. These include 52 gold medals from different Int’l Salons and Exhibitions and 3 awards from the United Nations. He also won 2nd place in color photography at the 1976 International Industrial Photography Competition in New York.ew York.

In recognition of excellence and achievement in his field, Shaikh Amin:
Was elected APSA in 1994
Received Speaker's award 1996
Awarded Associateship (ASIIPC) from India 1997
Awarded PSA Service Gold Medal 1997 at 59th PSA Conference
Awarded Certificate of Excellence (EFIAP) 1998 from FIAP, Luxembourg
Was honored Fellowship( FPSA) 2000
Was honored Proficiency(PPSA) 2000
Speaker's award for 'Best of Pakistan' 2000
Awarded Prize of Excellence 2001 UNESCO (Accu)
Was honored HON. FICS 2002 from Image Colleague Society Int'l Ltd USA
Received Galaxy Award (1st) 2004 ( in Color Slide Div.)
Received Galaxy Award (2nd) 2006 (Color Slide mDiv.)

Received Galaxy Award (3rd) 2010  (CPID)

Was honored Excellence (EPSA) 2010

Awarded Maple (MCAPA) in 2008

Awarded Associate(ACAPA) in 2009

Was honoured Fellowship (FCAPA) in 2010

Awarded certificate  of Excellence/Bronze(EFIAP/b) 2010 from FIAP, Luxembourg

Shaikh Amin is a PSA Int'l Rep. (IR) in Pakistan from 1995 till to date. He gave his photographic services voluntarily to Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) for 8 years in preparation of yearly prospectus and other publications. He is also giving similar voluntary service to University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (UAJK) , Fauji Foundation University (FFU), Tameer-e-Millat Foundation (TMF), in preparation of yearly prospectus and other publications. He is also a vice president of Islamabad Camera Club.

Shaikh Amin, who holds three diplomas in Photography from USA and Switzerland, resides in Islamabad with his family but frequently travels to shoot pictures and presents his digital photography work. He also has honor of judging many International Photography Exhibitions over the last 10 years.