thru the lens
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Thru The Lens
August 2011
Our website
www.parklandsphotoclub.org.au
Newsletter email
Hello All,
Coming up next month is our annual Parklands/Preston inter-club
competition. Our club’s images were selected at the last Mini Meet. We
always try to submit a range of photos from across our members to
represent our club. Even if your image is not selected, I’d encourage
everyone who can to come along on the night. It’s a chance to see
what another club is up to and a great night out.
And a BIG THANKYOU to all members who email their photos in for
the newsletter – the system is working really well.
Keep Snapping,
Paula [email protected]
DIGITAL – Novice - Open
1st – ‘Afternoon Nap’ – Anna Small 2nd – ‘Pleasant Pastimes’ – Paula Northey
3rd – ‘What Are You Staring At?’ – Ralph Haller-Trost
HC – ‘Puddle’ – Leigh-Anne Redmond
HC – ‘Winter’s Grip’ – Steven Lankshear
HC – ‘Cosy cat’ – Anna Small
HC – ‘Angel of the North’ – Steven Lankshear
HC – ‘Black and White and Silvers’ – Ralph Haller-Trost
Digital – Experienced
1st – ‘Chooks at dawn’ – Phil Moir
2nd – ‘Pigeon Chasing’ – Phil Moir
3rd – ‘Therapy’
Carmen Caruana
HC – ‘If You Know What’s Good for You’ –
Joe Horvat
HC – ‘At The Aquarium’ – Fiona Woods
HC – ‘The Family That
Plays Together’ –
Charlie Scicluna
Club events
Mini Workshop August 23rd
Come along to learn more about using your tripod and other
aspects of photography. Every member is invited to bring along
a print that they love to display to the club and provide a little
back-story, or explain what appeals to them. 7.30 at the library,
as usual.
Event – Weekend Away – Aug 25/26
Please contact Joe ([email protected]) regarding
whether you wish to join us for our weekend workshop. The
weekend will be August 25/26th and the location is Taggerty. At
this stage, it is likely to be near Healesville.
Upcoming Event – Parklands/Preston Inter-Club
Mon 10th September
When: 7:30pm Parklands/Preston inter-club competition at
Preston Library
Where: Newlands Primary School.
Newlands is on Elizabeth street, Coburg North (opposite Coburg Hill development). Entry is on Murphy street. Please enter
through the front door and follow the signs. Parking is available
in the staff car park or on the street
Club Meeting – 13th September
Next month’s meeting is on Thurs 13th September, 7:30 in the
library as usual. The theme is ‘After Dark’. Prints are due to Mat
by Sunday 2nd Sept. Don’t forget you can also submit your entries for the following month ‘Abstract –
Man-Made’ –at the next meeting.
Library Display – This month’s winners will be on display at the
Glenroy Library.
Novice – Print – Open
1st – ‘Friendly Stranger’ – Susan Martin
2nd – ‘Pedestrian Bridge’ – Catriona
Fahey
3rd – ‘Bang’ – Susan Martin
Experienced – Print
1st – ‘Waiting For Summer’ – Paul Grinzi
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2nd – ‘The Hunter’ – Paul Grinz
3rd – ‘Use The Force, Luke’ – Charlie Scicluna
HC – ‘Sarah Island’ – Mathew LaSala
HC – ‘Aye Aye’ – Clem Warren
Exhibitions, Events & Competitions
Exhibition – Light Works
An exhibition drawn from the NGV collection, exploring light and
its presence and absence using different kinds of cameras.
When: Now–16 September
Where: NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/light-works
Competition - Melbourne – My Beautiful City
Take a striking, original and inspirational image of Melbourne
and you could be one of three photographers to win a three-day
trip and cultural exchange to our Russian sister city in November
2012 for the exhibition launch. The Melbourne – My Beautiful City
photography exhibition is organised by the St Petersburg Centre
for Information and Trade in Melbourne and supported by the City
of Melbourne , Arts Victoria and the Government of St
Petersburg. Entries close 25 August.
Visit www.stpetersburgcentre.com.au for more details and entry
forms.
Competition – Take a Bow
A performance photography competition, presented by the
Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Includes dance, theatre,
music and all types of performance, competition divided into
Youth and Open sections. When: Competition closes 23 September; a free exhibition
including the competition image finalists, images from the judge
Jeff Busby and others, and demonstrations of how to shoot
performances runs 20–28 October.
Where: Ballarat Mechanics Institute, 117 Sturt Street, Ballarat,
http://takeabow.ballaratfoto.org/
Competition – Snapped: Melbourne in a Moment Competition for photos taken within the City of Melbourne
boundaries, that capture the city at a particular moment in time.
Prizes for two divisions – under and over 18 years old. There will
also be a People’s Choice Award via Facebook. Entries close 1
October; shortlisted photos will be displayed in the Gallery @ City
Library from 3 December.
Where: City Library, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne,
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/MelbourneLibraryService/Pages
/Snapped2012.aspx
Event - Photography Night Walks in Melbourne city.
These creatively-focused walking tours offer locals and
visitors the opportunity to explore the city at night and
learn about night-time photography at the same time. The walks are held every Thursday 7pm - 8.30pm and Sunday
6pm - 7.30pm in Melbourne. Every Thursday the group
convenes for a post-walk drink and discussion to view the
evening’s work projected on a large digital screen at local
venues. Most walks only $20!
Leigh-Anne tried them out a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it.
http://www.photographynightwalks.com/
Let’s discuss (again): Photo editing software
OK, so I thought last month that it would be interesting to find
out a bit more about what photo editing software everyone uses
– but I forgot to put the discussion topic up on Flickr! Ahem. So,
let’s try this one again…
What kind of photo editing software do you use, and what kinds
of changes do you make? There are many different packages available. Photoshop or its cheaper but very capable cousin
Photoshop Elements used to be standard, but more recently
Adobe Lightroom has become more and more popular as a
program designed specifically for processing photographic
images. There’s also iPhoto and Corel PaintShop Pro, and some
great free programs available too, like Gimp and FastStone. So
what do you use? Let us know on the club’s Flickr discussion
board (http://www.flickr.com/groups/parklandsphotoclub/).
I’ll go first – with what I meant to post last month on Flickr… At
the moment, I import all my photos into iPhoto (I use a Mac) and
use that for cataloguing, then do all my edits in Photoshop
Elements (an old one – version 6). However, Apple – as is their wont – have just made the new version of iPhoto incompatible
with my computer, so I’m going to have to change one or the
other at some stage. I’ve been hearing more and more about
Lightroom, and have been feeling like I should switch over, and
so the need to update my aged version of iPhoto for something
more stable might be the final push I need to make the move. I
imagine that the combination of Lightroom and Elements would
be fantastic – I’m a huge fan of Elements, which I think is
fantastic value compared to full-price Photoshop. One day I will learn to use more of what it can do! You? See you on Flickr!
Member profile: Katriona Fahey
I have been interested in photography for a long time. I guess my interest started with travel and wanting to record my visual
response to what I saw. I have been a member of Parklands since
2008. I am not normally a club sort of person but I do enjoy
getting together with others who share my interest in
photography. I think having a competition theme to shoot every
month makes me take photos, and I love seeing other people’s
responses to the topic. Finally, and probably most importantly,
the club is welcoming and the members are great.
I feel an inbuilt need to capture the moment, such as the cat
sitting quite happily in the pantry cupboard, or standing at the
birdbath drinking. I do often look for the abstract element in
things around me, mostly in the man-made environment. I am
still a bit of a novice with post processing so I would like to
become more proficient with that. I use Photoshop Elements, but
would like to try Lightroom when I find the time. Henri Cartier-
Bresson is probably my favourite photographer for his ability to
capture the moment, and I can't go past Olive Cotton’s magic
‘Tea cup ballet’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_cup_ballet) for its use of pattern, light and shade.
Websites of the month
A funny little clip – are you a Nikon girl or a Cannon
Gangster?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_H8TOKcfjg&feature=player_embedded
Wonderful travel photography images in the round-up of the
National Geographic Traveler magazine annual photo
competition.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2012/
Missing the Olympics? Have a look at The Guardian
newspaper’s picks for their top 10 images from the Games.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2012/aug/10/london-2012-top-10-photographs-olympic?newsfeed=true#/?picture=394504001&index=7
Our August judge Brian talked a lot about off-camera
lighting – if you’re interesting in finding out more, here’s a
site that has a huge amount of info.
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/
Photographer of the month – Peter Dombrovskis
Peter Dombrovskis (1945–1996) was an Australian landscape
photographer, known particularly for his images of the Tasmanian
wilderness. His stunning images of remote and little-known
locations in Tasmania were important in raising environmental
awareness, especially in the 1980s. In 2003, Dombrovskis was
the first Australian to be inducted into the International
Photography Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
More about Peter Dombrovskis:
http://www.peterdombrovskis.com/ National Library of Australia has an online archive of some
Dombrovskis images:
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=my_parent%3
A%22%28AKIN%2924314453%22&iknowwhatimean=1
Courtesy of the World Photography Day Facebook page
Quote of the month
‘Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t
photogenic.’
Edward Weston
