Issue 33
June 2009
Group News cont’d
We now meet at St Robert's centre as our membership has increased to over 30
Over the past months we have been active in organizing for our exhibition on Celebrating
Yorkshire, which takes place on the 1st of August at St Peter's church, from 10am-
In January we were very lucky in having Brian Allinson, who is well known for his art. He showed us how to mount our photographs, so we now can show our photographs in a mount suitable for exhibiting.
In February, we held a workshop, at which a member very kindly talked about some of the various functions of the camera. This was a great success as several members found this useful in getting to know their camera.
In March, we held a workshop on digital cameras and computers, given by another member. This was an instructive talk showing how the computer can be a useful tool in photography.
We are having a day out to Saltaire on Monday April 27th, where we shall hopefully take some photographs of the mill, canal and village for our exhibition.
We have a coach trip planned to Staithes on June 29th, this is a fun day out for the group.
At our in house meeting in May we will start to select photographs for our exhibition.
Carolyn Watson
On April 15th Dr. Katy Noland, a very young and attractive PhD connected to Queen Mary's College, London University, gave a fascinating introduction to Sound and Music.
She works at the research and development department of the college.
In the first half of her lecture she covered the classic sound processing methods, while in the second half she demonstrated with the aid of computer and screen the latest research in this field.
Dr. Noland touched on analogue audio signals, sound (which is a change in air pressure), digitals (which are strings of numbers), sampling or quantization, frequency (highest is 20Khz for humans but goes much higher), the Fourier transform (which is a frequency analysis), audio compression, moving pictures and surround sound, separation of sounds and instruments (as in an orchestra), changing the sounds by adding or subtracting or mixing.
Those are just a few examples to demonstrate the highly technical skills needed for these procedures.
The research is ongoing and benefits mostly the music industry, especially the sound mixing desks for live music and recordings, background music and sound for the cinema and all audio and sound equipment.
Dr. Noland answered questions with ease and confidence.
The lecture was clear, impressive, informative and well constructed, and we are once again reminded of the meticulous research that goes into such technical advancements.
Siggie Mattison
Thursday 11th June will be the last meeting this Summer. Scrabble will recommence on Thursday 10th September.
Joy Able
There are two groups running concurrently. Mondays at St. John's Hall, Bilton and
on Tuesdays at the Jennyfield Styan Centre. Both meet from 4.30 -
Val Cooke
We continue to be stimulated by a very diverse programme of assignments. Most recently we were entertained by members' interpretations of 'A Journey, real or imaginary, physical or spiritual'.
Trish Gray
We had our fifth meeting on 16th April. The group has come a long way since its formation. We have eight members now and find that this is just about the right number for such a group.
In March we had a Creative Writing teacher along to give us a tutorial and everyone thoroughly enjoyed this.
In April we discussed various ways of 'showing -
We discussed the forthcoming events locally, such as the Crime Writers Festival, Knaresborough feva, and Ilkley Festival. Competitions were mentioned and entry forms handed out for those who wanted to try their hand.
Leila Wilson