Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group

admin — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:00:09 +0000

Aims to support and encourage everyone involved in digital imaging and photography whether practiced as a creative, leisure or professional activity… The IWDIG meets every Wednesday 7:30 – 9:30 pm at Dimbola Lodge, Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, PO40 9QE. For further information please contact us through this website.. All [...]

Olympus Pen PL1 Japanese Promotion

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:18:44 +0000

Following up on our previous micro 4/3 Olympus Pen article we thought that you might enjoy this promotional video from Japan for the new Olympus Pen PL1. Although the EP1 is a cut down version of the flagship EP2 aimed at new photographers it has most of the features of it’s bigger brother, image quality [...]

Digital Economy Bill In Focus

IWDIG — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:58:30 +0000

Calling all photographers on the Isle of Wight the Digital Economy Bill affects you! As Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group photographers were recently made aware, the Digital Economy Bill (DEB) is currently grinding its way through Parliament. It will reach report stage early next month, and the Government are determined to see the DEB passed without [...]

Photographers Celebrate Photoshops 20th Birthday

IWDIG — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:13:41 +0000

As this week marks Adobe Photoshop’s 20th Anniversary photographers on the Isle of Wight are having a Lightroom celebration of their own and members of the IWDIG would like to hear your questions on the popular photo software too! Photoshop has come a long way and is one of the most incredible stories in the history of [...]

10th World Pinhole Photography Day

IWDIG — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:01:05 +0000

Photographers across the globe are expected to celebrate World Pinhole Day 2010 - due to take place on Sunday 25th April 2010. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event and everyone is being encouraged to take a photograph using a simple pinhole camera and upload the resulting images to www.pinholeday.org. Last year as in previous years Isle [...]

Photographers Raise Funds For Haiti Appeal

IWDIG — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:58 +0000

Equestrian photographers are raising thousands of pounds in a 20/20 Auction for the Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Bids are being made on images donated by 20 photographers in an Ebay auction. All cash raised from the equine pictures is to go to the Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Earthquake Appeal. ‘The auction provides a rare chance for members [...]

Quarr – what a turn out!

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:45:03 +0000

Twenty-four photographers (around half the members) from the IWDIG turned up for the Quarr Abbey photoshoot kindly arranged by Lorraine Skipper on Saturday the 30th January. The group were met, in the car park, by a one-eyed ginger cat named Cruikshank who led them to the assembly point at the Abbey’s Bookshop. Divine intervention or luck [...]

IWDIG First Extreme Macro Competition 2010

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:56:42 +0000

We guess that the novelty of heavy snowfalls is beginning to wear a little thin for most of you by now. Still a prisoner in your home, suffering from cabin fever and running out of snow photographs? So we thought now would be a good time to set the first Extreme macro competition for 2010. As [...]