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How To

How to Find Your Photo

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If your picture has been taken by PBP, there are three ways to find the photo:

1) Check through our Facebook Page
2) Check through our Flickr Photo Albums
3) Check on our Index Page

These three methods are detailed below.

If you want to save a copy of your photo onto a PC, Laptop, or Mobile device, then finding the photo in Flickr Album Galleries is the recommended approach. Once you have found your photo, see our separate “How To Guide” about saving copies of Flickr photos at the following link: How to Download and Save Flickr Photos

If you want to tag yourself or other people in the photo, or share the photo on Facebook, then you will need to find the photo in one of the albums posted in our timeline updates on our FB page.

The photos we upload to the Web are usually optimised to a Facebook width of 960 pixels, a resolution of 72 dpi, and include a watermark containing our logo. These photos are not suitable quality for Printing or Photoshopping. If you require larger higher resolution photos, then message us using our website “Contact” Page.

Note that as the photographer, we legally own all copyright to our photos. You are not permitted to alter our photo in anyway, or to remove the watermark. However, you are allowed to download copies of our photos and upload them to the Web and share them on Social Media sites with the watermark still visible.

 
 

Finding Your Photo on Facebook

The “PBP – Photos by Passy” Facebook page is located at the following link:

Photos by Passy Facebook Page

If you browse through our timeline you will find albums that we have posted to Facebook.These albums are set to “Public” and so you should be able to find your photo in one of our recent albums.

 
 

Finding Your Photo on Flickr

The photos in our Facebook albums are also uploaded into “Albums” on the online photo sharing application called “Flickr”.

To find your photo on Flickr, go to the following page, and start looking through the photo album galleries. The most recent photo galleries are usually first in the list of Flickr Albums.

Use the following link to get to the PBP Photo Galleries on Flickr:

PBP Photos by Passy Flickr Albums

If you want to save a copy of your Flickr photo onto a PC, Laptop, or Mobile device, then read through the “How To Guide” about saving Flickr photos at the following link: How to Download and Save Flickr Photos

 
 

Finding Your Photo on the PBP Index Page

There is an Index Page for our website, which lists all of the items and photo collections which we have created. Check through the index and find the entry which is most likely to contain your photo and click the link.

Use the following link to get to the PBP Index Page:

Photos by Passy Index Page

 
 

Contacting Us

If all else fails, and you cannot find your photo on Facebook, Flickr, or our Website; then use the “Contact” page on our website to send us a message. In your message include: The Date the photo was taken, the Location where the photo was taken, and the Event being attended, as well as a photo of yourself so that we know who to look for in the images.

Our Contact page is on our Website and also at the following link:

Photos by Passy Contact Page

Sometimes a photo might be taken by us which is out of focus, or was photo-bombed by somebody, or has inappropriate content in the photo or its background. This is a rare occurence, but it may have turned out that your photo did not end up being published to the Web by PBP.

 
 

Important Note About Venue Photos

When we took your photo, we may have mentioned to you that it would be used on a Band, Business, Venue, or Person’s Facebook Page, Website, or other Internet Location. However not all photos end up on these pages.

It is at the discretion of the Band, Business, Venue, or Individual who engaged PBP to be at the event taking photos, as to whether or not they decide to use these photos, and where they upload them to on the Web.

 
 

Issues and Concerns

If you have any concerns, or need to request that a photo be removed from our Website or Galleries, then please message us using the website Contact Page.

Enjoy,
Passy

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How To

How to Save Pictures from Flickr

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All PBP Photos are loaded onto Flickr, and copies can be obtained from Flickr using a web browser on either a PC, Laptop, or Mobile Phone.

First we have some videos on how to Save (or Download) photos to a Computer or Laptop.

Following this there are some step by step written instructions on how to save copies of photos for PC, Samsung Galaxy, and iPad.

 

How to Save Photos – Step by Step Videos

Video about Saving Flickr Photos using a Windows PC

 

Video about How to Save a Photo using a Mac

 
 

Written Instructions

The first thing to do is get into the Flickr Photo Gallery (or “Album”) which contains the picture we want to save a copy of.

(Note that we can save pictures which are on Facebook; however the resulting quality is not as good as a Flickr Save or Download).

Next step is to mouse over and click or tap the photo we are interested in.

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This will take us to a large size preview of that particular photo:

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Note that the screenshots shown here are for doing this process on a PC or Laptop, using Google Chrome as the browser.

 

Mobile devices behave slightly differently.

For example on a Samsung Galaxy the process steps are :

1) Tap on the desired photo

2) Click on “View More Info about this photo”

3) Click on “View all Sizes”

4) Tap on what size you would like: Medium, Large, or Original

5) Hold down finger on the picture, until a pop up menu appears

6) Tap “Save image” on this pop up menu.

– Note there are iPad saving/download instructions near the end of this page.

 

Let’s return to the process steps for a PC or Laptop:

Here is where we have clicked on the image in Flickr, and it is now opened up on the Display Screen:

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On the very right hand side of this screen, half way down, there is a three dots “…” icon,(called “More Actions”), as circled in the screen capture shown above.

The next step is to click or tap on this three dots icon.

 

This should open up a dialogue box, where the “Download Option” can be clicked or tapped, as shown below:

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Click or tap on the “Download / All Sizes” option.

 

There will now be a pop up box, where you can click to select the required size, and then click the “Download” button.

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The file should then go to the “Downloads” folder on your PC or device.

 

Saving a Flickr Photo to an iPad

The following steps should make this happen.

1. Go to the all sizes page for a given photo, accessible from the “…” menu.

2. Choose a size.

3. Tap on the “Download the XXX size of this photo” link.

4. Tap and hold on the image, and then tap “Save image”. The image will be saved to your camera roll.

 
 

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Go to the subscribe area on the left hand sidebar, (or down the bottom of the page if using a mobile phone), fill in your email address and then click the “Subscribe” button.

Enjoy,
Passy

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Cover Bands

Size Matters Band at Beaches

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Size Matters are a great Melbourne covers band with vocals brilliantly handled by Deb and Steve.

They play a wide range of songs, and this gig was their first one with well known rock photographer Gary Bradshaw back on drums after a bout with cancer which he has beaten!

Gary has a huge drumkit, which took up at least half the stage, and the rest of the band were crammed in along a straight line at the front edge of the stage. Big Kit, nice big beats in the engine room!

 

A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the following Link:

Flickr Photo Gallery of Size Matters at Beaches

 

Further information about Size Matter Band can be found at their Facebook Page:

Size Matters Facebook Page

 

EQUIPMENT:

Sony Alpha A-77
Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 for band shots
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 for people pics
Yongnuo Speedlight YN460-II

Adobe Photoshop CS5.5  (Quite a bit of photoshopping was done).

I had a lot of problems with the lighting for band shots and had to shoot them at ISO 1600 even with the Flash in use.
They turned out quite grainy on PC, but look reasonable on mobile phone on Facebook.

I accidentally left the ISO at 1600 and shutter 1/80 second for the two “party girls” pictures in the gallery shown previously, but it kind of worked out okay, because the background scenery was not all darkened up and black. So I may try shooting some party people pics at ISO 800 and 1/125th next time.

The Yongnuo flash is starting to irritate me because I have a very dark viewfinder for composing party people shots, because the Sony camera does not recognise a flash is attached, and so does not do the usual screen brightening function. As a result I am shooting these shots more or less blind. Time to start a savings plan for a proper Sony flash, but will make do with the Yongnuo for the next couple of months or so.

Another issue I do not have a solution for yet is the white patches on people problem:

My party people photos with flash get white patches on people’s noses, chins, foreheads, and cheekbones. Need to find a way to overcome this because it is very difficult photoshopping it out.

 

 

 

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Cover Bands

The Party Animals at Beaches

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The Party Animals are an incredibly talented covers band; everyone in the band are brilliant players and vocalists.

They made the old songs sound better than the originals; and their drummer is a full energy force,  with the guitar players’ solos making my head spin around.

Definitely one of the best Cover Bands I have ever seen.

 

A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the following Link:

Flickr Photo Gallery of “The Party Animals” at Beaches

 

EQUIPMENT:
Sony Alpha-A77 Camera
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 Lens
Yongnuo Speedlite YN-460 II

Adobe Photoshop CS5.5

This was my first ever shoot of a band using a Speedlite Flash Unit.  I was also required to do candid “party people” shots for the venue; and used a standard slip on rectangular diffuser on the flash unit, and pointed it up at 45 degrees most of the time.

The Yongnuo is a basic $50 flash from China, but has very simple controls with a 1 to 7 power dial on the back and that’s it!  Most of the time I was only using level 1 to 3 power, and in the Sony rear playback screen the shots looked fine. However when downloaded to the PC, the shots were all dull and around one f-stop lower, so next time I will go brighter.

The charge time on the Yongnuo was okay, and provided it lasts a while I reckon it is a bargain compared to the proper $500 Sony Unit for the A-77.

The tricky thing is that at ISO400, it is pitch black in the viewfinder, and so composing shots and trying to get a spot focus was entirely blind guesswork. However when the flash fired, the camera seemed to cope reasonably well with exposure and focus.

Unfortunately it appears that Sony Cameras have their own unique flash hotshoe mount. And although Yongnuo make a flash for the Sony which fits the mount, Sony cameras do not recognise the flash, and so the Sony viewfinder does not brighten up like it does when the inbulit sony flash is popped up. Found this out by watching a YouTube video. So looks like I will be shooting blind until I can afford a proper Sony brand flash. 🙁

For both the band and people shots I used auto white balance, and “S” shutter priority. Band shots were at ISO 400 to ISO 1600, and 1/60, 1/80, and 1/120 shutter speed.

People shots were ISO 400, and shutter speed 1/125 in shutter priority “S” mode.  This was my first time doing people shots of an age 30 plus crowd, and there was a lot of photoshopping needed to remove wrinkles and sunspots. The rubber stamp ran parallel to forehead wrinkles works a treat and all the ladies look at least 10 years younger?  There were also a lot of exposure adjustments to do.

The people shots had a lot of white patches on faces (is that flash reflection in their facial sweat from dancing?  How do you deal with this “snow on the face” effectively is something I need to figure out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cover Bands

Takin Cover at PBH Day

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Takin Cover are a solid rocking covers band who play a wide variety of hit songs form the 70’s 80’s and 90’s.

Robyn and Corey share vocal duties, with Corey also playing guitar and keyboards.  The Rythm section is handled by Cam on Bass and Geoff on Drums. Paul covers Lead Guitar and backing vocals.

The following photos were taken at the Peninsula Band Host afternoon at Beaches of Mornington early in 2014.

 

A full Flickr Gallery of Photos can be viewed at the following Link:

Flickr Photo Gallery of Takin Cover at PBH Day

 

Further information about Takin Cover can be found at their Website and Facebook Page:

Takin Cover Band Website

Takin Cover Facebook Page

 

EQUIPMENT:

Panasonic Lumix LX7 low light camera.

The super little Lumix LX7 camera excelled in these near daylight conditions, and the photos required little photo-shopping before posting to the Web.