Reta Telford
Reta has suffered a stroke. She is at the Hunter Valley Private Hospital in Shortland.
She is doing well. Her right arm is affected but is being rehabilitated.
She’s in hospital for approximately another 10 days and would love to see visitors.
by Diane Schofield, June 13, 2021
2021 Portfolio Competition
Club members may recall that we had an excellent ZOOM presentation from Craig Parker earlier in the year on his entry of a Photographic Portfolio to The Photographic Society of America (PSA).
Craig has agreed to judge a club Portfolio Competition later this year. The competition would be open to all club members and would involve uploading to the club website six individual images, a composite of those images and a Statement of Intent. Craig would then judge each members portfolio and provide comments and a grading similar to the club’s digital competition. This competition will standalone from the club’s normal annual print, digital and Image of the Year competitions and will not contribute to the point scores for these competitions.
At this stage it is envisaged that the Portfolio Competition would be run in parallel with our September competitions.
This is a great opportunity for members to develop their photographic skills and pursue a theme or project they have an interest in or passion for. The purpose of this Post is to inform you of this opportunity. More information around the rules for the competition will be provided shortly.
Dennis Archibald
Club President
by Dennis Archibald, June 11, 2021
Results for competitions in May 2021 – Digital
There were 9 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in May 2021 – Digital
Member’s choice voting is available. This just for fun and does not affect the club pointscore. To vote follow the link above.
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Pecking Order Jennifer Carrigan – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Nature Digital 
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waterfall David Pearey – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Dawn Over Ferrybridge Sheila Stanley – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Colour Digital 
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Bath Time Dennis Archibald – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced SetSubject Digital 
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Cupboard Peter Treloar – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade SetSubject Digital 
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Dinner delivery Toni Conquest – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Nature Digital 
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Ibis and young open Susan Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Remotes Found Chris Mannweiler – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade SetSubject Digital 
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Butterfly Peter Treloar – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Nature Digital 
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by Dennis Archibald, June 7, 2021
Print Competition Night – Wednesday 16th June
Our next Print Competition Night will be held at Belmont 16s Sailing Club on Wednesday 16th June. Our judges for the night will be Bev Woodman and Di Schofield. The night will be chaired by Greg Carruthers.
Perhaps unsurprisingly the number of entries we received in May was lower that what we normally saw pre-pandemic. That said, our judges have been instructed to judge the prints entered on their merits and will give awards accordingly. I therefore encourage members who wish to participate in print competitions to get their entries in. The club website is ready to upload your entries.
Depending on the number of entries we will endeavour to provide time for discussion on some of the prints as feedback from our May meeting indicated members valued the opportunity to discuss some of the entries and learn how they may be improved.
As we did at our last meeting I would remind everyone of our Covid 19 Management Plan:
- Don’t come to the meeting if you are feeling unwell or off -colour
- Check-in on entry to the club
- Use the hand sanitiser stations located around the club
- Practice social distancing. Chairs will be arranged with a 1.5 m separation. When viewing prints please move in single files from right to left when facing the front of the room.
- If you are assisting in putting up or taking down stands then please keep your distance from each other.
Dennis Archibald
President
by Dennis Archibald, June 7, 2021
Zoom presentation THURSDAY night
YES! Please note new date for zoom workshop this week will be on Thursday June 10th 7pm rather than the usual Wednesday night due to clash with State of Origin.
Presenter this week will be Jen Fawkes – Jen will be presenting “Image Evaluation” – powerful images are created with an understanding of the key elements of making a great image. When you look at your own work do you ever ask the question ” Is this a winning image?”
Jen’s workshop is a great opportunity to have a better understanding of these key elements. You will find documents to download under educational resources to help with her workshop ( available by mid week)
It is very easy to join a Zoom workshop. If you have not joined before and would like to, please contact me.
by Greg Carruthers, June 6, 2021
