Edwardstown Photography Club

This is an annual event where club members gather at a specified place and are given a list of 8 subjects to photograph on the day. What’s the catch?  Members can’t use their own equipment, but are given the use of a cheap fixed lens compact camera which is loaded with a roll of 24 exposure film. This is a challenge to see what you can come up with using the most basic of equipment. At the end of the day, all cameras and films are returned to Reg, who will arrange to get the films processed and returned to members at the next meeting. The idea is to choose the best shot of each subject to be entered into a special, fun, competition. The 6 x 4 prints are entered as is, with no re-printing or manipulating of the images allowed.

The club outing for February will be to the Uraidla and Summertown Show, on Saturday February 20.  We will be meeting at the Uraidla Hotel at 10 am.

The definitions for the 2010 Set Subject Competitions have been added to the site here.

After satisfying the requirements of the set subject definitions, every effort should be made to use the highest level of artistic skill in all set subject photographs.

A photograph in a set subject competition which the judge feels is out of category will not be awarded any points and may be used again in another monthly competition.

The Edwardstown Photography Club has moved from the Mitchell Park Neighbourhood Centre to the Clark Building at the Glandore Community Centre, 25 Naldera Street, Glandore. The first meeting for 2010 will be on January 19 and members are asked to bring photos from the holiday period.

The hall is much bigger than our previous premises, so we have lots of room to set up for practical workshops. There is plenty of off-street parking. See pictures below.

Our End of Year Exhibition will be held this Saturday, 12th December at the Mitcham Village Institute, 103b Princes Road, Mitcham. The main hall is located on the corner of Princes Road and Torrens Street. Plenty of car parking is available in the car park off Torrens Street. The proceedings will start at 7.30 pm.

Digital entries for the end of year competition must be received on USB or disk no later than 10th November 2009, but preferably 3rd November 2009.  The digital entries will be judged by a panel of judges on 17th November.

The monthly club outing or field trip for October will be on Sunday 18th October, at the Salisbury wetlands.  We will meet at 7.30 am to catch early birdlife on the wetlands adjacent to Salisbury Highway near Magazine Road, see Image No. 1.  Then we will move on to the wetlands near the Watershed Cafe at 9.00 am, see Image No. 2.  Those unable to manage a 7.30 start can meet up with the early birds at the Watershed Cafe location at 9.00 am.  Click on the images to see a larger version.  You may need to click on the link to read the full post to see the images, or click on the “more” link below.

On Tuesday 6th October we won’t be meeting at our usual location, but instead will be having a night photography session, led by Practicals Director Reg Shackleford.  Members will meet outside Diamonds Photographics on Rundle Street in the city, at 7.30 pm.

Bring cameras and tripods.  If you have a cable or remote shutter release for your camera that would be useful, to avoid camera shake caused by pressing the shutter release button.

For the first time, we are including digital images in the End of Year competitions as well as for monthly competitions. Please refer to the guidelines for naming the files so that the images will be put into the correct section. The guidelines can be downloaded here: FileNamingEOYDigitalEntries

We are currently looking at an alternative meeting venue, as we have realised that the current premises (Mitchell Park Neighbourhood Centre) is not really big enough to suit our long term needs.  As we have always been in the Marion council area, we are first looking for a suitable venue close by, but if that is not possible we may have to look elsewhere.