Edwardstown Photography Club

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.

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.

One of the challenges in being a camera club member is what to do with your best prints and digital images once you have used them in monthly competitions and the club’s annual exhibition.  Our club competitions can provide a general indication of how your work is developing, but other feedback is always to be welcomed.  This is why I intend to be available for you to bring images in to club for some extra feedback, or via email if you would prefer.

SAPF photographic workshops

The South Australian Photographic Federation (SAPF) is supporting a series of photographic workshops aimed at the beginner to skilled amateur photographer.

The next workshop will be held on Sunday 13 March 2011.

Some places are still available for the longer workshops in Clare (19-22 May 2011) and the Flinders Ranges (5-11 September 2011).
The workshops are run by Lou Marafioti and Keith Seidel.

Click here to download a PDF with more information.

1          BACKLIT BUT NOT SILHOUETTE

A photograph where the light source is obviously from any angle that is behind the subject.

For this competition, some detail should remain evident in the main subject, using fill light or a reflector is allowed.

Pure silhouettes that lack any detail are not acceptable for this set subject competition.

2          ALTERED REALITY

A photograph that has been altered by any creative means, either in camera or through post processing.  The final image should not look real.

3          WHITE ON WHITE (Mono)

The Edwardstown Photography Club will be meeting in a different room for the first meetings in 2011, while the floor in the Clark building is repaired.

At this stage we will be meeting in the Rugby Room on Tuesday 18th and Tuesday 25th January.  See the map below.  We should still have access to our equipment in the cupboards in the store room of the Clark building.

The first meeting for the year will be a casual “show and tell”, where members are invited to share their photography from the holiday period. The club’s digital projector and laptop computer will be available for members to project their images.