February outing cancelled

Unfortunately, due to forecast high temperatures for Sunday Feb 4th the proposed Club outing to Henley Square has been cancelled.

Upcoming Outings

Sunday February 4: Henley Square's Rock N Roll afternoon, with music by the Adelaide group "Get Back". Meet at 2pm in Henley Square. If you don't want to photograph the rock n roll, there is always the beach... There should be plenty of photographic opportunities around the area. As per usual the outing will be followed by coffee/drinks at a cafe.

Saturday 10th March: Goolwa for the Wooden Boat Festival, see their website for the program. Meeting time and place to be advised closer to the date.

Outdoor Evening Photography - Tuesday January 30

The club will not be meeting at the club rooms on Tuesday January 30. Instead we will be meeting at 8 pm at Glenelg, in Moseley Square, near the tram stop. The evening will be an opportunity to practice some sunset, twilight, and night photography. If you have your night photography guide, bring that along to get some idea of what aperture and shutter speeds to use. See you there.

Photographic Inspiration

Here's a couple of blogs that are completely different to each other, but each offer photographic inspiration:

Catchy Colors Photoblog
Flakphoto

Digital Lectures at Mullins Gallery

Wednesday 28 February, 7.30 pm: Maureen Albright ARPS DPAGB - "Digital Techniques for Photographers" - Maureen will demonstrate the photoshop techniques she uses in her internationally award winning sequences.

Wednesday 7 March, 7.30 pm: Richard Brown FRPS FIPF EFIAP - will speak about making sound tracks for digital presentations.

Admission to each lecture is $5.

Adelaide AVFest 2007

Conducted by the South Australian Photographic Federation Inc. at Mullins Gallery, 260 Portrush Road, Beulah Park.

Judging Sessions: Friday 2 March at 2 pm and 7 pm; Saturday 3 March at 9.30 am and 2 pm.
The judges from the UK are Robert Albright FRPS (Chair), Maureen Albright ARPS DPAGB and Richard Brown FRPS FIPF EFIAP.

Gala Day: Sunday 4 March at 2 pm, where the prize winning entries will be shown. Admission $5 per session.

Looking for theme ideas?

I've come across the Weekly Shot blog, which is good for ideas and inspiration on what to photograph. They have a weekly theme, which for this week is "Trees", and last week was "Look Up". Joining the group is by invitation only, but there is a link to a sister site called Vazaar, which will eventually be open to everyone. So if you are looking for a challenge to help you improve your photography, check out both sites for ideas.

Blog changes

You might notice a few changes to this blog. I've added a few new links to the list on the side, plus I've converted the template to a new layout version which is easier to customise in blogger.

New Website is Up!

The new EPC website is finally up and running! There are going to be a few more features added, such as a gallery and forum, but the basic information is there. Also some new images will be put up.

Edited to add: I'm so sorry if you get an annoying pop-up screen! I'm not sure how to get rid of this, short of changing hosting sites.

Exploranges launches new photographic field course

Exploranges Bushwalking Tours is running a 4 day photographic course on Kangaroo Island, 3-6 March 2007. If you are interested in more information about this course then you can email them at: bushwalk@internode.on.net

Exploranges Bushwalking Tours
Ph/Fax: 00 61 (0)8 8369 1779
Mobile: 042 999 1779
Web: www.bushwalkingtours.com.au
Postal Address: PO Box 251, Modbury North, South Australia 5092

Progress on the EPC Website

The new look EPC website is just being finished off, and hopefully will be relaunched soon! So watch this space for the announcement and link to the site.

End of Year Exhibition, Saturday 9th December

Our End of Year Exhibition will be held this Saturday, 9th December at Mullins Gallery, 260 Portrush Road, Beulah Park, at 7.30 pm for an 8.00 pm start. The best prints and slides entered in our End of Year Competitions will be shown, and trophies given for the top awards.

Could members bring along raffle prizes and 2 plates of food for supper - one sweet and one savoury.

Commonwealth Challenge Competition

The Commonwealth Challenge was judged last night, Tuesday 5th December 2006, with 20 slides each submitted by EPC, the Christchurch Photographic Society of New Zealand, and the Highcliffe & Infinity Camera Club of the UK. The judge was Steven Wigg.

Our President, Peter Phillips, commented before the competition that, since the English cricket team had just lost the second Ashes Test here in Adelaide today, perhaps the Highcliffe & Infinity club can get some revenge by winning the Commonwealth Challenge. You guessed it, they did.

The final tally was: EPC 142 points, Christchurch 143 points, and Highcliffe 146 points. The top slide, which was the only one scoring a 10, was by Peter Cheung of EPC. Well done Peter.

Seeing and Making Images

An outdoor workshop for EPC members at Carrick Hill in Springfield.
Using exercises proposed by Freeman Patterson, the workshop will endeavour to get you out of the comfort zone of eye-level photography. Bring a small piece of material, a zoom lens and your imagination.
Meet at 10.15 am at the front gates on Sunday 17 September. Phone Keith on 0418 838 504 if you cannot get there.

Photoshop presentation tonight, September 5

Tonight's guest speaker, Melissa Neumann, will give a presentation on some Photoshop tips and tricks as well as resources for those of us who would like to learn more about photoshop and digital photography. She was orginally scheduled for August 22nd, but had the flu. It will be a good night. See you there.

Change in Program for tonight, August 22nd

Unfortunately our guest speaker has the flu and is unable to attend tonight's meeting, which is a pity. Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule her for later in the year. So the topic for tonight will be a surprise!

Program update

Tuesday 22nd August: Melissa Neumann will be giving a presentation on Photoshop tips and tricks and will show some of her work. She has a website which gives some background info and has a gallery. This will be a very interesting evening to attend.

August Program Update

John Hodgson, EFIAP, FAPS, will be giving a presentation called "Better Landscape Photography" on August 1 at the club rooms. Some of his work can be seen here at the Eastern Suburbs Camera Club's website. It will be worth seeing.

Program updates

Outing 23 July: Australasian Rescue Challenge at the Wayville Showgrounds, meet at the atrium, 12.00 noon.
Interclub with Blackwood Camera Club, 25 July at EPC clubrooms - please bring supper.

Pinhole Photography website

I just came across this site today, and thought it might be worthwhile to look around. In today's world where we are becoming more and more digital, it's interesting to look at the most basic form of photography. It contains lots of links to other sites related to pinhole photography. Happy surfing!