April 20th 2012Blackburn & District Camera ClubFeniscowles Methodist Church HallPreston Old RoadBlackburnBB2 5EPW ­ www.Blackburncameraclub.co.ukE ­ Secretary@Blackburncameraclub.co.uk

This Weeks Cover ImageBy Paul Wright

News Events and ActivitiesFrom Blackburn & District Camera Club

ContentsClub Meetings

All change on the websiteTrips & Activities

How you can help

Next MeetingWe meet each Monday evening(except Bank Holidays) at 7:30pmatFeniscowles Methodist Churchon Preston Old RoadBlackburnBB2 5EP

April 24thJudging night for the Annual ExhibitionPrints pt 2

Coming Soon30thEntry nightRadio Lancashire Competition (Theme ­Open )LectureBoyd Harris ­ The Social History ofWhithnell Fold ­ a LancashireVillageBoyd lives in Whittle­le­Woods and is an accomplished speakerWithnell Fold is a village off the beaten track. It's partial obscurityis due to not being on a 'through road'. It takes it's name from thenearby farm of Withnell Fold which has a date stone of 1736.However the building of the village wasn't started until 1843/44 tohouse mill workers. The building of a 'Paper Mill' was started byThomas Blinkhorn Parke in 1843 and the first paper was producedin 1844.

April

WWW.BlackburnCameraClub.Co.UkWe have moved please amend your bookmarks

Our new web address is www.blackburncameraclub.co.ukThe new email address is Secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk

The club is deeply indebted to the work of John Milton andother volunteers who between them created our webpresence. The site they created has proved very popularand a great success. However as you will be aware therewere a few problems and John had to work over Christmasand again recently when the server which hosts the sitecaused the site to disappear.Your Committee decided that this gave us the opportunityto re­home the site on a commercial server which offers“cloud hosting” which should mean that it is now safelyhoused and will be there when you want it.We also decided to change the domain name to somethingmore obvious to outsiders.The main site does not require you to log in or do anythingcomplicated and we have tried to simplify the menustructure so that everything is easy to find.Recent and back issues of Pixel & PixelXtra are nowavailable under a tab and a new tab Info for Membersgives access to rules etc.The Members Images tab takes you to members websitesand a gallery where members can upload their ownimages..

The Forum & GalleyThe Forum and Gallery have changedfrom our previous site.These have different levels of privacy so members will need a User Name &Password to make full use of them.You do not need a password to view the content of galleries so these arevisible to everyone including none members. However only members canpost images or leave comments on images.The Forum is completely private and only available to members either toview or post.The operation has been simplified and we have reduced the number ofseparate forums. This should make it easier to find relevant posts but if itneeds any fine tuning we may insert additional headings.In the gallery members can within reason have as many separate albums asthey want. You could therefore have a separate Portrait & Landscape galleryif you want.There will also be “Club” galleries in due course with images fromCompetitions Outings etc.To make full use of these facilities members need to register on the site. Youneed to register separately for the forum and gallery but you can use thesame user name and password if you wish. You can choose your own username and password but if I can make a request please choose arecognisable user name so that people know who they are replying to.

Access to the ForumWhen you first visit the forumby clicking the TAB on themain website you will see thescreen on the last page.At this stage you do not have a User Name or Passwordso you can't log in.Instead look at the menu bar and you will see the wordregister. Click on it and the page to the left will appear. Fillit in and click “register” at the bottom.Now obviously anyone not just club members can do thatso you will find that you now have access to a page thattells you that the forum is private.The website sends an email to the secretary who willupgrade your access and let you know that you can nowpost.The club does not have access to your password sochoose one you can remember.

Access to your GalleryThe process to obtain a gallery is verysimilar. When you first vist the page youwill see the page shown earlier.If you would like a gallery of your own click register and the page to the leftopens. Fill it in.The system requires that the club authorise your access so there will be ashort delay because this is a manual operation.Once you get notification that you are registered log in with the user name andpassword you chose.If you hover over the My Profile tab you will see the option to [create/orderalbums] click it and the page lower left opens.Click New Album button, give it a name the you can upload images to it byfollowing the dialogs.Members WebsitesIf you already have a website or albums on a sharing site such as Flickr,Picasa or similar Email me secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk [Note newEmail address] and I will place a link on the website for you.

Trips & Outings

Night PhotographyPossible outing to the Ellesmere Port area to try dusk/night photography.There are a number of industrial sites that make graphic subjects.Please let me know if you would be interested.Planned for a midweek evening.If you fancy this one see me on Monday Night and we will chat aboutdates and times.

Steward EllettNow has a permanent exhibition room at Salmesbury Hall,Salmesbury showing a variety of his work from Wildlife, Landscape,Cityscape and Abstract Photography.It is open 11am ­4pm everyday except Saturdays.

HelpWe hope that by producing Pixel Xtra we introduce younot only to the activities provided by the club but also toother opportunities to get out and about to takephotographs or to see exhibitions or listen to interestingspeakers.However we can only do this if we know what is going onoutside the club.We need input from you tokeep Pixel Xtra and thecalendar up­todate.If you learn of anything which might be of interest to othermembers whether it be somewhere to go or something tosee please let us know. For general events and photoopportunities please email the details to our eventscoordinator Steward Ellett. wildprophotos@yahoo.co.ukFor other stuff please e­mail itto mesecretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk

Cover imagesI am sure that there is someone out there who would liketo have their image on the cover and if you would sendme an image you have every chance of it being used nextweek.The image should be about 1500 pixels wide. Pixel Xtra islandscape format and therefore landscape images arepreferred you will also note that type is placed to thebottom right­hand corner so please take that into accountwhen choosing the photograph.

FeaturedPhotographerWe also have introduced a Featured Photographer itemon the web page so if you have a set of images you wouldlike to profile send them to me with a short story and youtoo can be featured.