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April 2015
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CLUB MEETING SNAP SHOT
19th M arch 2015
NEW MEMBERS
A big warm WELCOME to
all our new members over
the past couple of months.
We hope you are enjoying
your experience so far.
Coming to meetings and
introducing yourself around
is a good way to get to know
people. Also participate in
things as often as you can.
It's a great way to grow in
your photography.
PRINT CHALLENGE
CALENDAR
April
Enthusiasts
May
Advanced
June
Enthusiasts
July
Advanced
August
Enthusiasts
September
Advanced
October
Enthusiasts
November
Advanced
December
To Be Advised
Jonathan Esling kicked off the meeting by greeting new
and prospective members. It was great to see 5 new faces
in the crowd checking out what we are about. We had the
privilege to experience the talents and stories of guest
speaker Nick Monk who not only took us on a journey of his
photography but also treated us to some of his photo
editing techniques. In our 6 Favourite Images segment of
the meeting club members Chris Wright, Patricia Routley
(Trish) and John Darby highlighted their favourite pieces of
work. Lisa Kean did an excellent job of holding the "Print
Challenge Fort" in Trish and Bob Chesterman's absense.
Phil O'Halloran gave members an update on the exhibition
held in March and presented some gift vouchers to the
successful recipients of People's Choice awards. Andrew
Fuller provided his usual entertaining segment of Digital
Challenge results for the previous month, however his
catch up of the catch up from the meeting before for the
meeting before that had to be held over again because the
file he thought he had turned out not to be the one he
thought he had. Keep an eye out for it in the next
newsletter or you can see it on the Challenges Facebook
Page.
PRINT CHALLENGE - APRIL MEETING
April's Print Competition is for
the Enthusiasts group. Trish &
Bob are bringing two big
tables so bring one, two, or
three prints if you like.
Advanced, your next turn is
the May Meeting.
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ENTHUSIASTS
NIGHT
March | 2015
April Meeting Agenda
April 16, 2015 at 7:30PM - Phillip Smith Building, Glebe
Club Meeting
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Jenny Schorta and Lisa Kean
will be hostingour April meeting.
April
16th
"Guideline" agenda (please note some items are subject to change).....
May
21st
1. Paul Hoelen will be the guest presenter,
June
18th
2. Three club members Ingrid Roberts, Dyana Griggs and Galina Romalis will talking about "6 of
their best."
July
16th
August
20th
September
17th
October
15th
November
19th
December
10th
3. A talk about "SNAPSHOT - celebrating our community" by Ron Franks
4. Paula & Rachael will speak about their dancers & flour photoshoot
5. Challenges....digital and print.
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YOUR HPS COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
PRESI DENT: Reg Ashman
VI CE PRESI DENT 1: Mike Calder
VI CE PRESI DENT 2: Phil Hallam
TREASURER: Jenny Schorta
PUBLI C OFFI CER: Ian Holloway
COMMI TTEE MEMBERS: Lisa Kean, Rachael Daniels, Tricia Chesterman, Jonathan
Esling, Ian Robertson & Phil O'Halloran
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Q & A with
Gustavo
Bodini
Your favourite photographic genre(s)?
I think I?ve tried most of them! The M&M?s (mono and macro) are probably what I?ve done most of, I am currently trying to develop my
?street? photography cred.
How long have you been a member of the HPS?
9 years or so
What?s your earliest memory of being interested in photography?
When I was a student, with a couple of friends we got quite serious. We could only afford a basic system, it was all manual.
What?s your proudest photography moment?
My first exhibition, with a group of friends (also fellow HPS members). A lot of work and a lot of fun.
Which photographer?s works inspire you most?
For different reasons Steve McCurry, Tina Modotti, Sebastiao Salgado, and Annie Leibovitz?s private work.
Besides your camera, what?s your most important piece of camera equipment you don?t like to be without?
Filters
What?s your most embarrassing photography moment?
Being asked to take portraits of fellow employees for the company?s annual report, after the commercial photographer stuffed up a
couple.
Most favourite photography location?
Anywhere with good light, where I can get lost for a couple of hours with just the camera. And B&H in New York.
What?s the next stage pf your photographic journey/ learning you?d like to accomplish?
In street photography, getting the ?decisive moment?.
How do you choose to relax after a photo shoot?
Coffee or a meal with friends
What is your favourite lens?
Those who know me well in the club will be laughing. I?m really enjoying what I get from the Canon 50 L f1.2 on my 5DIII.
Name one thing we don?t know about you.
I?m both Canon and Nikon
What is/ are your favourite photography website(s)?
DPreview, Luminous Landscape, Pbase and Whytake.net
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GUEST SPEAKER - NICK MONK
We were treated to a presentation by landscape
photographer N ick M onk at M arch's Club
M eeting. N ick started taking photos in 2003. H e
bushwalked through school and wanted to capture
what he saw. H e watched a friend taking a photo
of a river and this spurred N ick into landscape
photography in a serious way. Just a few
highlights in his photography career so far include
an exhibition in 2012 with Rob Blakers and
Wolfgang Glowacki. H aving his work published
in the book "Tasmania - a visual journey". A
recent exhibition at the Long Gallery with 18 other
photographers. H aving his work in the Aurora
Chasers H andbook. N ick's passion for the Tarkine
has seen him images being used in conservation
work through the Bob Brown Foundation.
N ick's other career is with the Tasmania Police.
H e joined them in 2000 and moved into the
position of Forensic Examiner in 2009. H e
included some of his milder photos from work to
demonstrate photographic principles he includes in
his line of work.
Some landscape locations of his photos he had in
his presentation included:
Glaziers Bay, H uon River at Franklin, N orth West
Bay River, below Wellington Falls, Tasman
Peninsula, Cape Raoul, Lake Tahune, Frenchman's
Cap, Remarkable Caves, Secret Falls, Donaldson
River in the Tarkine and the remote Tarkine Coast,
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south tip of Bruny Island, Beckett Falls in the
Tarkine, Pieman River, H orton River and Cole
Point just to name a few.
N ick utilses filters in capturing his landscape shots.
These include Graduated N D filters (Lee),
Polarisers and Solid N D Filters (B+W).
N ick highlighted two images that required him to
think outside the box when taking them. The first
was a night shot from Bellerive of the M OFO
lights. H e wanted to get the foreground and the
lights in one shot however by the time the
foreground was lit up in a 30 second shot it would
have over exposed the lights so he used a black
cloth over the top of the for the first 22 seconds
and removed it for the last 8 seconds to capture
the bright lights.
To lighten the foreground of one of his Aurora
shots without over doing it, he used the thickness
of 5- 6 sheets of white A4 paper. H e holds this
over his head whilst shining a torch on it and
moves it over the foreground to get it evenly lit.
H e then moved on to demonstrate processing one
of his images in Photoshop. H e started processing
the image in Lightroom and finished in Photoshop
usings Luminosity M asks.
The Club and its members thank N ick very much
for giving his time to share his work and skills
with us.
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Gold - Julie Moore & Jim Cleland
Silver - Jim Cleland
Bronze - Julie Moore
UPCOMING EXCURSIONS& LESSONS
WHAT
PIG GROUP ONLY
Salamanca & City Backgrounds
ANZAC Day
PIG GROUP ONLY
St M ary's Year 12 Product ion
Fungi walk
WHEN
WHERE
WHO
TIME
19th April
contact Paula for
details
Paula Delaney
3.00pm
25th April
see announcement
page for details
Bob Linacre or
Scott Marshall
see announcement page
for details
contact Paula for
details
Paula Delaney
1pm
Growling Swallet
Lisa Kean
12th & 13th May
23rd May
Meet 10am sharp at
Maydena PO & Takeaway
Anyone can organise/lead an excursion, it could be something
simple as a garden walk.......
Select HPS Announcement Page, click on dots (as per diagram), select "create event" and type
in your information.
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CAPE QUEEN ELIZABETH
& MARS BLUFF 28th March 2015
by Jenny Schorta
A superb day greeted us on March 28th. Eight of us caught the ferry across to Bruny Island and
embarked on the walk (Bob Linacre, Andrew Barrie, Marilyn Boyle, Donna Summers, Reg Ashman,
Lisa Kean, Charles Chadwick, Robbie McKay and Roger Dahlberg plus me). The first part of the walk
follows along the air stip, at the end of the airship a beautiful view right down the neck appears.
We were then lucky with mother nature arranging for the tide to be at its low so we were able to
walk around the bluff on the beach instead of over the hill. Of course being Photographers we got
way laid at the point and spent the next hour or so photographing the rock formations that make
up Mars Bluff. Had lunch at Mars Bluff then headed off on the rest of the walk along the beach and
up onto the Cape. Plenty of Jack Jumpers were encountered but no one got bitten. Once at the top
a magnificent 360 degrees view was around us. We could see right over to Tasman Island as the
day was so clear. We again spent approx another hour taking photos from the Cape before
beginning the walk back to the car park hoping to catch the 5.30pm ferry. We all managed to get
back to the cars on time and catch the ferry - a fantastic day was had by all with just a few minor
issues (hope your feeling better now Marilyn) and well deserved ice-cream was enjoyed by most
while waiting for the ferry to arrive. Great weather, beautiful location, top company, etc what more
could a bunch of photographers want? ? ..
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Do you have any
photography stuff for
sale??
If so, please email [email protected]
and we will include it in our newsletter
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Club Member Fran Adams has sent the newsletter team a flyer for an
exhibition she is taking part in (along with other club and non club
members) coming up on Friday 17th April which goes until Sunday
26th April. It's being held at the Waterside Pavillion. It's free entry
and is open between 10am-6pm daily. You'll find a copy of the flyer
toward the end of this newsletter.
Another club member Weibke Parker also sent me in a flyer for an
exhibition she is involved with. Opening night is on Friday 8th May
from 6pm. The exhibition runs to 30th May. You will find Weibke's
work displayed at the Stable Gallery behind Cooley's Hotel in Moonah.
See her flyer toward the end of the newsletter
Our Website is up and running
http://hobart-photo.org.au
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Q & A with Charles Chadwick
Your favourite photographic genre(s)?
Wilderness landscape, portrait, street, macro, getting interested in night shots.
How long have you been a member of the HPS?
1 month
What?s your earliest memory of being interested in photography?
Using a Box Brownie over 50 years ago.
What?s your proudest photography moment?
A shot of Mt Gould reflected in a tarn, early morning on a completely still day.
Which photographer?s works inspire you most?
Dombrovskis, Blakers
Besides your camera, what?s your most important piece of camera equipment you don?t like to be without?
Filters
What?s your most embarrassing photography moment?
Shooting out of focus, it?s happened more than once!
Most favourite photography location?
Tasmanian Wilderness Areas, maybe the Labyrinth and Cradle Valley
What?s the next stage of your photographic journey/ learning you?d like to accomplish?
Become more accomplished on Manual and using Photoshop. I would like to become proficient in focus
stacking.
How do you choose to relax after a photo shoot?
Glass of red in the bath
What is your favourite lens?
My ?Pro?12-40 Olympus, 24-80 equivalent
Name one thing we don?t know about you.
I?m a salsa and swing dancer
What is/ are your favourite photography website(s)?
Facebook photography pages
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PHOTOSHOP WORKSHOP - BEGINNERS
On Sunday 29th March, 21 workshop
participants were treated to the skills, talents
and humour of fellow club members Suellen
Cook, Phil Hallam and Andrew Fuller. Not
only was it yet another great opportunity to
get to mingle with other club members, it
was a friendly, relaxed and informal
educational experience. We explored some
of the basic tools, layers and masks,
sharpening, levels and histograms. The trio
supplied some extensive workshop notes
that gave the participants the ability to take
them home and translate into practice on
photos of their own. The Club, and especially
the workshop participants would like to say a
MASSIVE thanks to Suellen, Andrew and Phil
for the time you have put into putting these
workshops on, the notes you have produced
and for sharing your skills, knowlegde and
experience with us. Thank you also to Lisa
Kean for the yummy cup cakes.
HIGHEST SCORING CHALLENGE IMAGE*
*(IN ANDREWS TIME AS CHALLENGE COORDINATOR)
A new high score has been set in
the Digital Challenges by this
spectacular image submitted by
club member Paula Delaney into
the Open Challenge for March. A
huge congratulations to Paula.
Paula is a member of the Portrait
Interest Group and this photo was
taken at gathering that some
members got together and made
happen back in February.
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DIGITAL CHALLENGE RESULTS - ADVANCED
THEMED
CATEGORY
OPEN CATEGORY
Bronze:
Silver:
Patricia Routley
Rob Warren
Eric Graudins
Clive Roper
Julie Moore
LIsa Kean
Jim Cleland
Ingrid Roberts
Ian Robertson
Bronze:
Silver:
Julie Moore
Patricia Routley
Jim Cleland
Ingrid Roberts
John Darby
Steffi Dix
Marilyn Boyle
Rob Warren
Clive Roper
Lisa Kean
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Gold:
Marilyn Boyle
Jenny Schorta
Jonathan Esling
Mike Calder
Glenn Lewis
John Darby
Phil Hallam
Suellen Cook
Gold:
Eric Graudins
Glenn Lewis
Mike Calder
Jonathan Esling
Jenny Schorta
Phil Hallam
Paula Delaney
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