Website updated

The Edwardstown Photography Club website has been updated to a new format.  The address is the same: www.e-p-c.org.au but the layout is completely different to the old site.  The new site uses Wordpress, a blogging platform which can also be used as a content management system.  Therefore this blog will no longer be updated with club news.  The new website has a club news section, which will be where updates will be posted.

Program Update, Tuesday 15th September

Tonight we won’t be having a digital interclub competition with Forster camera club, as written in the program.  Instead, Life Member John Holland will lead a tutorial session on Camera Basics, as a refresher for those changing from film to digital SLRs, and for newer members who are learning what the different settings are and what to choose for the subject you are photographing.

Sunday outing, 23rd August

For the August outing we will be meeting in Rundle Mall in the city, at the balls, at 3pm.

What to photograph: a suggestion is to try and make images for the upcoming People in Motion set subject competition. One way is to put your camera on a tripod and use a slow shutter speed to blur the movement of people walking by; another is to try panning using a slow shutter speed.

The annual Photojournalism, Photo Essay and Photo Project (Photo Travel) competitions are coming up on September 29, so the outing may also present photo opportunities for these topics. The end of year competitions are not far away either, and the sections are: Pictorial, People and/or Portraiture, Architecture, Nature, and Creative/Experimental. Apart from nature, there should be opportunities for making images for the other sections.

Sunday Outing to Old Noarlunga

Our Club Outing on Sunday 19th July will be at Old Noarlunga, meeting at Market Square Green, 2.30 pm. This will be followed by an evening meal at the local pub. Things to photograph: historic buildings (click on the link to go to the Old Noarlunga website for information), the river and reflections, the park and surrounding areas.

Trade Night at Atkins Technicolour

Our meeting on Tuesday 21st July won't be at the clubrooms, but will be a Trade Night at Atkins Technicolour, 89 Fullarton Road, Kent Town. Start time is at 7 pm. The club has visited Atkins before, and it's been interesting seeing how the lab has changed over the years, from processing film and slides, to printing digital images.

WE HAVE MOVED

The Edwardstown Photography Club has moved the location of it’s meetings.  We are now meeting at MITCHELL PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, 1 CUMBRIA COURT, MITCHELL PARK.  Our first meeting at the new location will be tomorrow night, July 14^th.  The meeting will start at the usual time of 8pm.  Tomorrow night we are having an Open Print Competition, and entries must be submitted by 7.45 pm.

Photo Quiz, Tuesday May 19

Next week’s meeting is going to be a little different.  Peter Phillips has taken photographs at various locations around the city and parklands, and these will be shown on Tuesday night.  Cryptic clues will be given, and members are to try to identify the locations.  Please bring supper, and a pen and notepaper.  It should be a fun evening.

Club Outing Sunday May 17

The Club Outing for this month will be on Sunday May 17 at the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens.  We will meet at 3 pm at the lower car park, which is off Lampert Road.  To get to there go up the freeway from the city, take the Crafers exit, head towards Piccadilly and follow the signs.  Things to photograph:  autumn colours, reflections in the lake and ponds, close ups of flowers and ferns, bird life, scenery.  Afterwards we will either go for a coffee or an evening meal.

Club Outing Sunday April 19

The Club Outing for this month is scheduled for Sunday April 19, meeting at the Art Gallery, North Terrace in the city, at 2 pm. It will be an opportunity to look for ideas for the next set subject competition, which is “Close, Closer, and Closer Still”. Later in the year is the set subject competition on “Reflections”. It will also be an opportunity to look for architecture shots for the End of Year competition.

Program Changes

The dates for the Judging of the Great Photographic Challenge and the Photoshop Tutorial have been swapped, so the Photoshop Tutorial will be on April 21, and the judging of the Great Photographic Challenge will now be on April 28.

The program page on the club's website will be changed to reflect this, and the program will be updated if members wish to download an updated copy.

How to Keep a Log of Your Work in Photoshop

The Digital Photography School website has a useful tip on keeping track of your work in photoshop without having to write it down in a notebook or in a separate document on the computer. Let photoshop do it for you, and all you have to do is to set it up under preferences. Read the full article.

Great for when you create your own special effects, or when you come up with a general workflow that you use for similar images.

Great Photographic Challenge

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 competition. The 6 x 4 prints are entered as is, with no re-printing or manipulating of the images allowed.

This year's Great Photographic Challenge is to be held at North Adelaide, meeting at the Piccadilly Theatre at 1.30 pm. Cost is $11 per member, to cover film and processing.

On Tuesday April 21 the Great Photographic Challenge will be judged, each photograph will be given a score out of 10, and the person who scores the most points in total will be awarded the Great Photographic Challenge 2009 trophy.

Australian Digital Photography Awards

ANNOUNCEMENT - NOW OPEN! Australian Digital Photography Awards (ADPA) 2009

Go to www.adpa.org.au for instructions and the entry form. Closing date: June 21 2009

The Australian Photographic Society invites residents of Australia to enter the third year of this popular annual digital photography competition. No membership is required and entry is free.

If you are proud of your work, your photographs do well in club competitions, or your friends love what you do, why not see how the judges like your photographs? If you were among those who entered in previous years, come back and try your luck again this year.

Simply resize your images as set out in the entry form and email your entries before June 21. There are 4 sections: General, Creative, Nature and Photojournalism. You can enter one or all sections with up to 4 entries per section.

Competition Rules and Digital Guidelines Updated

At the annual discussion night on 25th November 2008 the competition rules were updated to incorporate Digital Projected Images, as well as the guidelines for the naming of digital entries. The format and maximum size for entries may change from year to year, therefore, in accordance with APS guidelines, the format guidelines will be available in a separate document.

Both documents can be downloaded from the News section of the EPC website.

Photoshop tutorial links

On Tuesday night Paul Pegler showed us how he achieved better tonal range in his landscape images by using Photoshop and blending modes, combining two or more exposures of the same image.

The Luminous Landscape Digital Blending tutorial shows a similar process to Paul's, and if you want to know more about histograms, the Luminous Landscape Understanding Histograms tutorial is a good starting point.

Program Reminders and Updates

No Outing this Sunday as stated in the Program;

Tuesday 2oth January: Photoshop Tutorial - Paul Pegler will show us how he does his HDR (high dynamic range) images;

Tuesday 27th January: Preparation of Images, including matting of photos, and how to add borders in Photoshop;

Tuesday 3rd February: Open Print Competition;

Tuesday 10th February: Annual General Meeting, to be followed by the showing of the National Exhibition of the Photographi Society of New Zealand (PSNZ), as well as the showing of a video of the club's trip to Clare on the October long weekend.

End of Year Exhibition this Saturday

Our End of Year Exhibition will be held this Saturday, December 13, from 7.30 pm at our club's meeting place: Tonsley Hall, 30 - 48 Bradley Grove, Mitchell Park. Everyone is welcome.

At our exhibition we will have on display the prints that gained an acceptance in the End of Year Competitions, in the categories of Open, Portraiture and/or People, Nature, Architecture, Creative and/or Experimental, Photo Essay and Photojournalism.

At 8 pm our exhibition will be opened by Scott Mosen from Diamonds/Photo Wholesalers, and we will then show the slides that gained an acceptance in the same categories as the prints. This will be followed by a presentation of some digital images from the competitions throughout the year.

The evening also includes the presentation of trophies to the winners in each category of the end of year and the aggregates from competitions during the year.

Finally, we will be having a raffle with lots of prizes, followed by supper, which is provided by the members.

Classic Photos from Life Magazine

Life Magazine has shown some classic photos over the years, and has an archive of some 10 million photographs. Google plans to put the archive on the web for anyone to view, and currently there's about 2 million up on Google's site.

So if you're looking for photographic inspiration, take a look!

Program Update for December 9

The Commonwealth Challenge, which is an Interclub competition between EPC and clubs from England and New Zealand, will not be going ahead this year.

Therefore, December 9 will be a "Bring Your Cameras" practical evening. We will be trying out the use of the club's studio flash units outdoors. It will also be an opportunity to re-do the members portraits, or "Rogues Gallery". You have been warned.

End of Year Competitions

Entry forms for the End of Year Competitions will be available this week at the club rooms, or you can download them from the EPC website.

The closing date for the End of Year Print Competition is November 4. Judging will be on November 11 and will be done by a panel of 3 judges, each giving a score out of 5. There are 3 groups of prints: Small Colour Prints, Large Colour Prints, and Monochrome Prints. There are 5 sections: Pictorial (ie Open), Portraiture and/or People, Nature, Architecture, and Experimental/Creative. In the pictorial section a member can enter up to 6 entries; in the other sections the maximum number of entries is 4.

The closing date for the End of Year Slide Competition is November 11. Judging will be on November 18 and will also be done by a panel of 3 judges. The same 5 sections and the maximum number of entries for each section also apply.

More details can be obtained from the Competition rules.

The End of Year Exhibition will be conducted at Tonsley Hall on Saturday December 13, with the best work being displayed.