“FLASHES” “Alive & Clicking“ PSQ AGM: – 6 PM Saturday 6thJune 2015 The Photographic Society of Queensland AGM will be held Saturday 6th June 2015. At the PSQ2015 Convention – Kindilan – Redland Bay Current Management Committee Members & Support Team are listed on Page 1. SEQ Salon Exhibition Queensland 2015: – Entries close 15thMay Gympie Camera Club is taking responsibility for the Salon this year. Information and entry forms are available on the PSQ web site: www.psq.org.au Entries Close:15th May– including your payment (cheque or via Direct Deposit to Gympie Camera Club, as per entry form), plus your DPIs & visuals (burnt on CD/DVD), & Prints. Send Completed Entries to: - SEQ – c/o D & S Gordon, 5 Kyla St, Shailer Park QLD 4128 Sections are : A & Non-A Grades Monochrome Prints – Open, People, Social Documentary Colour Prints – Open, People, Nature Digital Projected Images – Open Colour,Open Mono, People Colour or Mono, Nature Colour, Social Documentary Mono Audio Visuals – Open, Mini Ten, Novice Please refer to the information & conditions on the Entry Requirements for the PSQ’s “Salon Excellence Queensland 2015” Competition. Judging: - All awards will be announced at the Gala Dinner of the PSQ Convention 2015 PSQ NEWSLETTER MAY 2015 www.psq.org.au Editor: Debby Talan Email: [email protected] Photographic Society of Queensland Inc. PO Box 326 Gympie President: Ben Stoffl (PSQA,EFIAP, FAPS) Secretary: Gayle Harrison (AAPS) Treasurer: Margaret Hamwood Q 4570 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PSQ Committee Members President: Ben Stoffl 07 5485 2402 [email protected] Vice President: John Edwards Secretary: Gayle Harrison 07 3376 1747 [email protected] 0410 554 783 [email protected] Treasurer: Margaret Hamwood 07 4836 5044 [email protected] Judges Executive Liason: John Blessas 0428 495 929 [email protected] Print Exhibition Organiser: Sue Gordon PSQ Newsletter Editor: Debby Talan 0439 395 670 [email protected] General Member: Wendy Geddes 0429 986 030 0438 526 795 [email protected] [email protected] General Member: Dennis Gordon O7 3386 0809 [email protected] 0438320750 [email protected] PSQ Support Team Exhibitions Curator: Julie Geldard Webmaster: Ross Miles PSQ2015 6,7,8th [email protected] June -“It’s About The People”- Hosts Redlands Camera Club New Editor’s Profile : - Debby Talan – Diploma of Visual Arts Member & Treasurer of Bundaberg Photographic Group – www.bpgi.org.au I love lots of colour! Completed Diploma of Visual Arts at Wide Bay TAFE 2014 Amateur photographer – favourite genres – Nature Flora & Fauna Photographic Competitor & Exhibitor at our Club & local organisations competitions Editing programmes – Lightroom & Photoshop – using my own photos to create artworks & digital photography, altered art & creations. This year’s venue is the Kindilan Outdoor Education Centre, Queensland, Corner of Days & German Church Roads, Redland Bay. The Convention’s theme will focus on the members of PSQ’s Affiliated Camera Clubs, And will feature Presentations, Workshops and Photo-shoot opportunities. Early BirdDiscount Tickets: Closes 5th May, Info at:- www.psq.org.au PSQ 2015 Convention Presenters : John, a self taught photographer who started out with a basic point & shoot camera. Now a member of the MCG enthusiastically recommends joining a camera club to anyone wishing to improve their skills. What was the start of photography? How long before images were “practical” & “alterable” to fool or amuse? To understand image manipulation you need to understand the older processes & how they improved the ease of taking photos so they could be manipulated. As the process became easier the ability to manipulate images which in turn could manipulate our thoughts & ideas became so much easier. Then along came Photoshop making it some much simpler to manipulate our images at home. John will walk you through some of the earliest known manipulated images, to show how it was done & how images could be used to manipulate us. And finally, look at how you can detect if an image has been altered. Margaret Hamwood (PSQA) – Mackay Camera Group Margaret spent 15 years looking through a viewfinder with a passion for Trees & Landscapes. Back then she was exposed to infrared photography, but could not really afford to pursue the process. More recently, having discovered a whole new world, Margaret finds she is picking up a normal camera much less and is convinced she can now also see in infrared. Phil Lawrence (AFIAP) – Queensland Camera Group Phil served as an Officer in the Australian Army from 1968 to 1990. As 2 nd in Command of Detachment A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment was one of the last Combat troops to leave South Vietnam on the 29th February 1972. Phil has spent the last 3 years tracking down & photographing surviving members of Detachment A taking ‘current” portraits of the Vets comparing with photos taken over 40 years ago. Phil is keen to complete his “project” within the ANZAC Centenary, as he feels it appropriate to commemorate the service & sacrifice of a largely forgotten group of soldiers. Ray Lockett - Brisbane Camera Group Ray, a life member of BCG, has begun work on a restoration/preservation project of a number of those AVs and plans to present the best & recall insights & memories of a rich period of club photography when, as Ray puts it, ‘slides ruled”. 35mm Slide-tape Audiovisual shows blossomed as a FIAP-sanctioned competition genre during the 1980’s as equipment for automatic replay matured & became freely available. Back then the metropolitan Interclub AV Trophy was contested between Brisbane clubs and the Club Trophy was won by Brisbane Camera Group some 18 times. Those winning AV slide sequences, made each year by a different collaborative team, now form a valuable archive & provide a unique view of photographic life 30 & 40 years ago. Ray Shorter – QCG + BCG & Masters Apprentices Ray trained as an Agricultural Scientist obtaining Bachelor & masters Degrees in QLD and then his Doctorate in the USA. On his return to Australia he worked as a geneticist & plant breeder with Queensland’s Department of primary Industries and CSIRO, helping develop improved crop varieties for Australian farmers. Ray also had a longstanding interest in photography harking back to his teenage years with a trusty SLR. But work & family commitments limited his photography to recording shots of family occasions, holiday & work-related travel. Then on his retirement in 2011 he found much more time for his passions of travel & photography. Ray joined QCG in 2013, subsequently also BCG and then Master Apprentices. This opened up his world to the work of other photographers & photographic competitions both local & international, helping Ray to improve his craft & last year won the Amateur Category of the International Loupe Awards. Gary Guest – Gympie Camera Club Photography on-the-cheap, or great shots with gear that does not cost heaps? The pros & cons of snaring second hand gear & what to look for.And how, with a little bit ofPhotoshop, images could look as good as those coming out of much more expansive cameras. After an hour on stage Gary’s aim is to convince his audience into putting less balance on the camera for bad shots. John Blessas (PSQA) – Mackay Camera Group Plus Mini Presentations: -Introduced by Members of Redlands Camera Club PSQ2015 Workshops Topics: “INFRARED – The Invisible Light’ by Margaret Hamwood “LAST TO LEAVE” – by Phil Lawrence “AVs with Slideshows from the BCG Archive” – by Ray Lockett “Travels & Trails in Outback Australia” – by Ray Shorter “Great Photography on a Budget” – by Gary Guest “Image Manipulation From the Beginning” – by john Blessas Wondering where to stay during the PSQ2015 Convention ? Onsite Accommodation: Round House – Twin Rooms, or Kindilan House – Bunk Rooms Round Houses – Full Registration: Early Bird $300 to 5th May, $320 6th May -5th June Kindilan House – Full Registration: Early Bird $280 to 5th May, $300 6th May -5th June PSQ Affiliates - Club Profile of the Month: Gympie Camera Club Meetings at: Gympie Regional Shire Public Gallery, Nash St. More info in their inserted report When: 1st Tues each month & the 3rd Mon at 7.15 PM Web: www.gympiecameraclub.com.au Contact: PO Box 411 Gympie 4570 Email: [email protected] Presidents Report: Ben Stoffl - May 2015 Please read Ben’s Presidents report as inserted in this Newsletter. Thank You
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