Edwardstown Photography Club

The Program 2012 page has been updated with what’s on at the club next week.

A reminder that entries close February 1 for the Centennial Park Exhibition. Members may bring prints to the club next week.

New guidelines for the preparation and naming of entries for projected images competitions will be uploaded to the website soon.

Our first meeting for 2012 will be Tuesday 17th January.  As is usual for the first meeting back each year, members are invited to bring along images that they have made over the break, either bring along on a usb or CD or as a print/s.  This is not a competition night, but rather an opportunity to share what we have been doing photographically over the Christmas/New year period.

You can download a copy of the program here:  2012Program(Jan-Jun)1.0.

We are looking for more guest speakers/presenters to fill some of the spots in our program, as well as suggestions for practicals/workshops.  If members have any suggestions, please forward your ideas to the secretary, or the webmaster.

WHY COMPETE ? ………..What do I learn by competing ?

The question was asked after the judging of the E.O.Y. (end of year) prints and digital projected images.

“Why did I not get a better score?” – “I submitted what I thought was my best shot – AND THE JUDGES DID NOT ….. etc. etc.”

“That’s it…….I not doing any more photography……what’s wrong with THE JUDGES ??”

You have to look at this question from two directions.

End of Year Competitions  v  Monthly Comps.

The topics and definitions for the Set Subject Competitions for 2012 have been put on the EPC website on the Set Subject Competitions page. This also includes the topic and definition for the Atkins Technicolour Annual Project.

Members may like to plan ahead for next years competitions during the upcoming Christmas break.

The club is pleased to announce that Paul Atkins from Atkins Technicolour has agreed to continue the Atkins Technicolour Award for the Annual Project competition.  The sponsorship is in the form of 2 prizes, one for the top print and one for the top digital projected image in the Annual Project competition.  The prize is a voucher, the value of which is approx $150 for one A2 Print on Fine Art paper mounted on coreboard ready to hang.

Entries close on September 20, with the judging to be held on September 27.  Those dates also apply to the annual Photojournalism and Photo Essay competitions, which are judged on the same night.  Entry forms may be downloaded here.

A new version of the program of activities has been uploaded to the Program 2011 page.  This fills in the the program for the rest of the year.

Due to the unavailability of the presenter, the scheduled practical on Depth of Field and Controlling Contrast will be postponed to a later date, to be determined.

Instead, we will be showing the presentations of the acceptances in the Digital Projected Images sections of the South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibitions from 2010 and 2011.  Be inspired by the photography of members of South Australian photography clubs.

The club’s monthly outing for May will be to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens on Sunday 15th May.  We will meet at 10 am at the Kiosk.  You might like to have a look at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens visitor guide, which may be downloaded on this page.

Photography is about hunting for photographs with extraordinary passion.  Ron will talk about how to use lenses, angles and themes, including recent work from USA, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.  The techniques can be applied to both travel and local photography.  His presentation also includes a related audio-visual.

More information on Ron can be found at his website:  Ron Willems Photo

The Club’s outing for March will be on Sunday March 20 to Goolwa, meeting at 10 am at Signal Point, near the Wharf.  You can see a live webcam of the Goolwa wharf HERE.

The Goolwa Visitor Information Centre site has ideas on what to see and do, and where to eat.

Other meeting points later in the day will be sorted out on the day.