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Creative Study Group 24
Ian Ledgard

Ian Ledgard
Claudia Peterson
Elli Kraizberg
Charles Day
Nancy Parker
Gary Shinner
Andrés Canepa
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January Image Image - Pond sketched

How I did it -

This image originated in a colour capture on my latest toy a Lumix G3. It can be seen in the bottom corner. The mono adjustments were made using Topaz B&W effects with which I am still experimenting. After using the basic exposure adjustments I moved to adaptive exposure experimenting with the slider option and tweaking the detail sliders to produce the effect that pleased me. You can download a free trial of the software from Topaz it is well worth a try.


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Ian Ledgard - Biography

I am a retired Chartered Forester having spent my career mainly with a private company in the UK. I live close to the small market town of Llandeilo in South West Wales a scenic area with strong historic connections.

My interest in photography was stimulated by my father who taught me how to develop and print shots taken on a Box Brownie in a makeshift darkroom in our home. Through the years I have progressed through black and white, colour transparency, E6 home processing and Cibachrome printing. I took up digital in 1999 scanning prints and negatives for a couple of years before taking the plunge into digital capture. All my work has been in Photoshop and I print using Epson printers.

I have always been more interested in producing images than in the latest piece of kit and so all my equipment is relatively modest. I firmly believe in taking pictures which I enjoy; if they are also appreciated by others then that is a great bonus. I hold a Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) am an Associate of the Welsh Photographic Federation (AWPF). I joined PSA in 2005 and have gained five EID stars, a CPID Galaxy 1 and 4 stars in Nature and Photo Travel. awarded PPSA in 2009 and EPSA in 2011. I hold the Excellence award from FIAP (EFIAP). I regularly judge club and inter club competitions throughout South Wales and more recently at International level.


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