Hello everyone. Another blog to keep you informed.
The committee have met and we have re-jigged the programme a little for the remainder of the year. This has been unavoidable and hopefully we will have a full and fun second half to the year. The calendar has been updated and there is a new programme uploaded. For the updated programme look in ‘club documents’ under ‘resources’ tab.
Main changes:
- AV and show time has been moved to Tuesday 1st September
- Best field trip competition has been changed to Street photography
- Local field trips and camera crafts have been added
- Finals night will be a 75 Anniversary Gala
Also I would like to remind you to start putting some thought into the set subject and portfolio competitions.
Set subject– this year the theme for set subject is “singular”. There are no editing restrictions but the theme must be adhered to.
Port folio – a set of six images with a common theme. No editing restrictions. I think the hardest part is where to start. If you are struggling with this please ask a senior club member or get on Google for some inspiration. Good place to start would be – what do you like to take photos of? What type of photography is your favourite? Get out there and get shooting!
Events in July
Tuesday 7th – Club night –Guest speaker AV
7pm Clubrooms
We are super lucky to have Steve Lloyd coming to talk to us about creating an AV. This is the link to his face book page if you would like to check out some of his work.
This evening we will also be giving out awards from previous competitions, the C grade confidence builder will be presented, online challenge (theme – confined) will be shown and also the lock down lens shots. These both close on 30 June so if you haven’t put in your entries there is still time!! We will be handing out chocolate fish so share your successes! Also the raffles are back up and running so bring your cash. This evening won’t be live streamed.
Saturday 11th – Astro shoot at Ashworths Beach
More details on time and place to meet to follow on this shortly.
Things to start thinking about getting ready are your camera, a fully charged battery and spare, memory card(s), what lenses you will need (wide angle), sturdy tripod, head lamp (one with red night vision light is ideal), chair and lots of warm clothing and a flask of something warm to drink maybe.
Wednesday 15th – Camera Craft – AV
7pm Clubrooms
This evening we will being having some instruction and practice creating an AV. More information will be sent out a bit closer to the evening.
Tuesday 21st – Club night – Black and white judging
7pm Clubrooms
The judge this evening will be Simon Forsyth. This evening will be live streamed and the link will be available via calendar just like last time.
Wednesday 22nd – Photojournalism closes
4.9 Photojournalism and Sports Photojournalism
Images that could be in a magazine or newspaper, i.e. informative content and/or emotional impact. Suitable subjects might be news events, sports, or celebrities, for example. BASIC EDITING ONLY permitted.
a) The Photojournalism (PJ) competition contains two categories, each with their own Champion award – PJ and Sports PJ. The club may choose to run these competitions separately, or combined, and this decision will be made by Committee when setting the annual programme. Where the competition is combined, it will be the member’s choice to enter either two PJ images, or two Sports images, or one of each.
b) Set up situations are not permitted. Integrity is paramount in this section. Changing the context of the shot by posing or editing is not allowed.
c) Colour or greyscale are acceptable.
d) To allow the author to put the image in to context with what was happening in the scene, on the entry form a box is provided to write a short caption or description. Use of the caption box is optional and limited to 100 characters.
Winter festival
We are still waiting to hear what is happening for the winter festival. Will let you know once we have confirmation.
Exciting Opportunity!!!!
Do you like to get involved? Are you good with spreadsheets/maths? Do you like yummy food?
We are looking for a new treasurer and we need your help for our club to run smoothly. I have been involved with the committee for nearly a year now and the meetings that we hold are fun. The team works well together to aspire to offer an exciting programme to our members.
Please fill this gap for us!! If you are interested please contact Steven.
Congratulations to…..
Thanks very much to Scott Fowler for the judging of the portrait competition this year. He gave great feedback and it seems that the live streaming worked well for those who couldn’t make the evening
Sandra Fleet for best in A grade and Champion image
David Bayley for best in B grade
Stuart Taylor for best in C grade
