FEBRUARY 2010 Issue 482nd - Dianne English – “Double Delight” 3rd – Mary Spence – “Ghost...
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Page 1 FJKF 0-9 Holiday Edition President’s Report – January Welcome to this month’s Viewpoint. I hope everyone survived the festive season and now ready for another year of exciting photography. The end of year presentation went very well and my thanks again to all the organisers, presenters etc. The one disappointment was that some of the award recipients were not there and this year we need to work on having recipients at the presentation. The program for 2010 is now out on the web for review. The competition committee have put together a challenging list of set subjects and I encourage everyone to get out of their comfort zone and submit entries in the set subject competitions. As mentioned in the last Viewpoint the competition committee have also changed the point score system as follows which brings the Open points closer to the Set points. The social committee have also put together a range of outings which I hope will be well attended. Award Open Subject Set Subject Acceptance 2 Points 3 Points Credit 4 Points 6 Points Merit 7 Points 9 Points Image of the Month 9 Points 11 Points We are now getting very close to a decision on the new web site and I hope we will be able to make an announcement shortly. The year starts again on the 2 nd February and membership renewal needs to be completed by the first meeting in March so remember to bring your money along and see Rod Murphy. Until next month happy snapping Regards Mal Hobson FEBRUARY 2010 Issue 48 CONTENTS Page 2 Images of the Year Pages 9 Workshop Plans Page 3-4 Club News Pages 10-11 Photo Opportunities Page 5 Guest Speaker Page 12 Story of Triumph Pages 6-8 Christmas Party Pics Page 13 Member Profile
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Holiday Edition President’s Report – January Welcome to this month’s Viewpoint. I hope everyone survived the festive season and now ready for another year of exciting photography. The end of year presentation went very well and my thanks again to all the organisers, presenters etc. The one disappointment was that some of the award recipients were not there and this year we need to work on having recipients at the presentation. The program for 2010 is now out on the web for review. The competition committee have put together a challenging list of set subjects and I encourage everyone to get out of their comfort zone and submit entries in the set subject competitions. As mentioned in the last Viewpoint the competition committee have also changed the point score system as follows which brings the Open points closer to the Set points. The social committee have also put together a range of outings which I hope will be well attended.
Award Open Subject Set Subject
Acceptance 2 Points 3 Points Credit 4 Points 6 Points Merit 7 Points 9 Points Image of the Month 9 Points 11 Points
We are now getting very close to a decision on the new web site and I hope we will be able to make an announcement shortly. The year starts again on the 2nd February and membership renewal needs to be completed by the first meeting in March so remember to bring your money along and see Rod Murphy. Until next month happy snapping Regards Mal Hobson
FEBRUARY 2010 Issue 48
CONTENTS Page 2 Images of the Year Pages 9 Workshop Plans Page 3-4 Club News Pages 10-11 Photo Opportunities Page 5 Guest Speaker Page 12 Story of Triumph Pages 6-8 Christmas Party Pics Page 13 Member Profile
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF IMAGE OF THE YEAR 2009
1st Peter Kissun – “Jigsaw” (above)
2nd Ian Moore – “Cheers Mate” 3rd – Tony Spence “Riley 1”
Highly Commended – Michael Hadley – “Luciens Respite” and Val Fenbow – “Water Drops”
DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE YEAR COLOUR PRINT OF THE YEAR
1st Sven Bjornsson – “Amelie at the Mandalay” – (above)
2nd - Dianne English – “Double Delight”
3rd – Mary Spence – “Ghost in the Window” Highly Commended – Graham Arnott – Flannel Flower
and Tony Spence - Charlotte
MONO PRINT OF THE YEAR
1st Graham Arnott - “Jessica” (Opposite)
2nd Ian English – “Dune”
3rd Monica Mulder –“Eva Wonder Awe 2”
Highly Commended – Jason Pang – Tidal Flow And Monica Mulder “Piece of Tuscany”
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Club News
New Members CHRSL Photography club welcomes the following new members to the club. Anke Gliem and Ferry Suwito We look forward to seeing you and your images. New members to the club are encouraged to read The Federation of Camera Clubs newsletters - f/stop, just click on the link here. http://www.photographynsw.org.au/news_pdf/fcc_0912.pdf It has lots of info on external competitions and news and events from other clubs.
CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - SYDNEY, WITH NICK MELIDONIS
LIMITED SPACES All the information is in the link to the Nick Melidonis workshops to be held in the Kameraigal room North Sydney Leagues Club in April 2010. http://nickmelidonis.com/courses-workshops/creative-inspirations-sydney/
Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 Competition to enter : www.ciwem.org/arts/photographer
Australian Museum Exhibition. “Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition” runs from the 24th Dec 2009 to the 26th of April 2010. They also have " my photo studio" where you can bring your own camera and take pro shots in this fully equipped interactive studio space. see www.australianmuseum.net.au
The photographer of an award-winning snap of an Iberian wolf has been stripped of his title over claims he used a tame animal.
Jose Luis Rodriguez's shot The Storybook Wolf was named the winning entry at the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in October.
But organisers have now disqualified Rodriguez after finding the artist had most likely used an "animal model" to stage the eerie scene. - Courtesy William Stewart
While the photographer denies the allegations, he won't be awarded his $17,900 prize.
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FJKF CLUB NEWS CONT…. What an achievement ! Robyn and Wiliam Stewart report…… Our Grandson, Nathan Brown, received 3rd in the Digital Photographer of the Year in the under ten years of age section. –
With over 100,00 entries this is an amazing result ! The Digital Camera Young Photographer of the Year competition is run by “Digital Camera” magazine of the UK.
Poverty’s Children by Nathan Brown
“Harbour Lights” a favourite image by Marian Cabrera - See more in Member Profile – Page 8
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Adventures in Wildlife Photography
Speaker
Esther Beaton
Tuesday 2nd February 2010.
To begin the New Year on an exciting note, we have lined up Esther Beaton to talk of the subject “Adventures in Wildlife Photography”. Esther is a very experienced professional photographer and speaker.
Robyn and William Stewart attended one of her workshops in the “Warrumbungle National Park” a few years ago.
For almost 30 years, Esther has given free reign to her wild heart and followed its call to many places around Australia.
As a full time professional photographer, she has amassed a huge image collection of images of the country's unique wildlife and scenery. Her award-winnning photographs have been published in hundreds of magazines, books and advertisements worldwide.
She began in the B&W darkrooms of the Photographic Unit at the Australian National University, advanced to managing the Unit for a short time, and then began her life-long love affair with nature and wildlife by working as photographer for the ACT Parks & Wildlife Service. After moving to Sydney in 1986, she expanded her repertoire by shooting for a range of corporate, editorial and government clients, as well as co-founding the nature-based photo library Auscape. For the last ten years, she has been shooting photographic features for Australian and international markets, both directly and through her NY agent, Black Star.
Esther has had a long-time collaboration with forest ecologist Professor David Lindenmayer. Their first collaboration was the book Life in the Tall Eucalypt Forests, which was the first to popularise the giant Mountain Ash forests of central Victoria as well as bringing to light the conservation pressures affecting them. Later, they also collaborated on another book, Woodlands - A Disappearing Landscape, which has also raised public awareness of another threatened Australian habitat.
Esther was also involved in the earliest discussions among Sydney photographers about forming a professional organisation to protect their business interests. Shortly afterwards F.A.C.E. was born, eventually becoming ACMP, of which Esther was a founding member and later NSW Chairman.
When at home, which is a beach house in the seaside hamlet of Pearl Beach, she also photographs the local colour found in her neighbourhood. That could be a project on flowers, herbs or even weeds but she is not afraid to drag challenging subjects like snakes, frogs and funnelweb spiders into her studio! Lately she has started to give nature photography lessons in the form of "Day Safaris on the Central Coast" to local enthusiasts.
In addition to photography, Esther Beaton also enjoys researching and writing about her discoveries and experiences which are published as features in domestic and international magazines. Visit her website at: www.estherbeaton.com.
Esther will have with her, her EBook on DVD – “The Nature Photography Cookbook” which will be for sale at a discount price of $37.00 cash. It can be seen on her web site at http://www.thenaturephotographycookbook.com/ Please have the correct amount.
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FJKF CHRSL PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY 2009
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FJKF Hi Everyone, It’s nice to be back amongst fellow photographers again. Thanks to Robert Shellberg and Ian Pinder for their efforts in “minding the shop” for me whilst I was in India and Nepal. From what I’ve been told, they did an excellent job! Now, for our opening Workshop for 2010…. As the Set Subject for the February competition is “Panorama”, our first workshop for this year will be on that subject. Keith Gillard has agreed to present “How to take Panoramic Photographs”. Keith has presented on this subject before and will be able to bring along examples of his images and discuss how to do it. After a coffee break, we will have three separate groups available:
1. Keith will continue to discuss in more detail how to take panoramas, 2. Val Fenbow will lead a group to discuss and field questions on this year’s competition, 3. Bob Cook will conduct a discussion group on long exposures to fit in with the
competition set subject in April Big plans for Workshop Nights in 2010 ………. See you there, Bob Cook Training Coordinator
Workshop Plans
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Photo Opportunities Courtesy Alan Hitchell (President FCC)
Alan Hitchell 's 2010 Resolution
For 2010 I want to enjoy life and be happy. My hobby and interest photography gives me that enjoyment so I need to get out with more action and less excuses I want to capture more good images than I did in 2009. I just need to know where to go to achieve that aim and this is a start.
2010 JANUARY
The Australian Museum 6 College St, has from England “ The World Wild Life Photographer of the Year “ (2009) until April plus “Up Close and Spineless” a Macro Photography exhibition and “My Photo Studio” a new perspective down the lens of your camera . What a great start for a photography in 2010, all at the Australian Museum Sydney Saturday 9th the start of the Sydney Festival 2010 check their website. Saturday 9th Sydney Flying Squadron, the 18 footers racing on Sydney Harbour. Every Saturday till 27th March join the spectator ferry follow the fleet (discount can be arranged). A fabulous way to enjoy Sydney Harbour the racing yachts and a Sydney summer. Tuesday 26th Australian Day plan your day use the Australian Day events Sydney. Join me at 5 am at Parramatta Park, hot air balloons sunrise lift off, grab breakfast after the event and drive to The Rocks by 8.30am Alfred St or George St. Oz day 12km wheel chair road race. The rest of the day it’s your decision with so many events. Harbour events: Ferry racing 11am. best dressed vessel, search and rescue display, Regatta, RAAF display. NRMA motor best vintage, veteran classic cars -10am Macquarie and Hyde Park. Many historic buildings and museums today, some half price some free.
26Th - 30th -31st Taralga Rodeo (near Goulburn) plus a photo competition for the best rodeo images. The main action is on the 31st Jan, Sunday; this draws photographers from all over NSW.
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Kung Hei Fat Choy Saturday 6th Chinese New Year (first event) Hurstville Festival 10 am to 4 pm the second largest Chinese event in Sydney celebrate the Year of the Tiger. 12th to 14th Chinese markets at Belmore park opp. Central Rail Station 4 pm to 10 pm Friday 11 am to 10pm Saturday / Sunday. Chinese New Year in Sydney the largest lunar event out side of Asia : “ Save the air fare to Asia come to Sydney instead .” Monday 15th to 21st Maitland International Exhibition of Photography. Maitland Showground great photography from around Australia and around the world Check the website . Opening night at the Maitland Showground Monday 15th. Saturday 20th - 2pm Goulburn Rodeo dust dirt and cranky animals lots of action photography Goulburn showground info. Phone : 0414932373 20th to 21st Maitland Show plus International Photo Exhibition Saturday 21st Chinese New Year Twilight parade 7.30pm to 9.30 pm ( be very early ) dancers, musicians, martial arts with lots of lanterns and lights from Sydney town Hall to Darling Harbour fireworks after the parade 100,000 people .
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FJKF Friday 26th The TOP 100 PRINTS from the Maitland International 2010 at the Maitland City Gallery (opening night 26th 6pm ) on show 26th to 21st March . Saturday 27th to Sunday 28th Dragon boat races at Darling Harbour lots of photographs.
A SPECIAL SYDNEY EVENT Saturday 27th Mardi Gras a night of fun festivities and very interesting images arrive 5.30 pm as they set up in
Elizabeth St. Hyde Park…. 300,000 plus people. Sometimes the best images come from Elizabeth St where they form up and prepare once started it moves at a fast place come a long and say “hello “.
MARCH
Saturday 13th Reg Lindsay Wine Country Rodeo & Music Festival at Cessnock close to Sydney lots to photographs , enjoy the action. Sunday 21st St Patricks Day Parade in Sydney 12pm start - green is the colour. 26th to 29th Newcastle National Exhibition of Photography of Newcastle show ground great images from around
Australia , photograph the show and then view the images.
APRIL “ Head On Photo Festival “ during April. 1st to 14th Royal Easter Show the biggest and best show in Australia check the website Saturday 17th Bundanoon is Brigadoon “33rd Highland Gathering” everything Scottish in the southern highlands the largest gathering in Australia limited parking 20,000 visitors. Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th Maitland Steamfest….. Steam is King in Maitland historic trains / locomotives draws 80,000 visitors a great weekend. 17th to 25th Caravan Camping and 4wd Show at Rose Hill Racecourse. Sunday 25th Anzac Day a very special day with lots of photographers on the street.
MAY Topshot is coming and the Interleague. Prepare your images. Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th Northern Zone Interclub at Port Macquarie a great town and some very good speakers over the weekend. Bookings required JUNE The Interleague TBA JULY
Sunday 4th Reserve Forces Day 10.30 Macquarie St.
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A story of Challenge, Triump and Photography MARGOT 'S CHALLENGE In 2005 I received the news that my dormant breast cancer had woken up, stirred, stretched its long tentacles and had embedded the disease in my bones. Ouch! At this time my photography was nothing more than an interest, albeit a rather keen one, and I was making friends with a digital SLR and computer software. By 2007 I was using photography as an outlet to my somewhat altered lifestyle while coming to terms with the fact that I had a chronic illness. Photography helped by giving me a challenge and a goal. At first these achievements were very minor, but gradually as my confidence grew, I found I wasn’t thinking inwardly so much, but becoming more focused on my new found interest. So it was no surprise that once I began creating images in earnest, I was combing my story telling ideas with Australian imagery – and it is a skill, the more you practice the better you become. Because of my health difficulties, I can’t lift a lot of weight. I prefer not to use a tripod and only have one lens, albeit a good zoom one. My camera is a tool to capture elements that are later constructed into a creative, expressive image. When one experiences adversity in life, sometimes it happens for a reason. It’s up to each of us to grab that opportunity and run with it. I consider and know that someone, a higher being, is guiding and leading us on this chosen pathway of destiny which has many facets. Some restrict, some excite and present challenges BUT all are relevant and the important element throughout my journey is to remain POSITIVE, and believe in myself. MARGOT MANCHESTER (C) 15TH OCTOBER, 2009 !"#$%&'()*+,'-*$.&/*0!'1*2'*1*&/%/'344'5.$'5#'344'67'$8%'944:';'<*$6572'"77.*)'=5>?%$6$657'16$8'=*7*/*@'<%1'A%*)*7/@'-5.$8'"#&6+*'*7/'".2$&*)6*B''-8%'*)25'&%+%6C%/'32$'?)*+%'67'$8%'"D-'<*$657*)'=&%*$6C%'-%+$6572'$862'0%*&'16$8'!E*6)0'F6$.*)!'*7/'8%&'!G0'(*H6%2!'1*2'97/'67'"ED"'I?%7'-%+$657B''J8%'"77.*)'D85$5K&*?80'"1*&/'#5&'$8%'"D-'E6K6$*)'E6C62657'#5&'$8%'?%&257'185'8*2'15&,%/'*7/'*+86%C%/'5.$2$*7/67K'&%2.)$2'/.&67K'$8%')*2$'39'>57$82'1*2'*1*&/%/'$5'G*&K5$'*$'*'2?%+6*)'E6K6$*)'E6C62657'E677%&'*$'"D-=I<'$862'0%*&B'
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FJKF MEMBER PROFILE: Marian Cabrera How and why did you start in photography? My sister and brother-in-law are the original photo buffs in the family and have been such great mentors to me. I went camera-crazy after getting some good results with my first compact camera. From the start, I was naturally drawn to taking architectural shots (a few of these have won awards at the Club). Over the years, I have amassed a number of photography books given to me as New Year’s/birthday presents. Richard I’anson’s Lonely Planet book on Urban Travel Photography remains my favourite. It features the most amazing, fresh angles and styles which continue to inspire me to this day. Two years ago, I met Richard at a photo awards function and I told him exactly this. Do you remember your first camera? An Olympus FE-150 compact was my first digital camera. I now use a Nikon D80 (with Nikkor 18-200 VR lens) and am lucky enough to borrow my brother-in-law’s lenses from time to time. What are your photographic goals? Overall, I’d like to become a well-rounded photographer with solid technical skills from shooting to post-processing. My immediate goal is to showcase my work to-date in a forum like RedBubble; to get feedback; and possibly generate sales. Longer term, I’d like to specialise in taking unusual portraits, architectural and still life images. What type of photography do you find the hardest to take? Anything involving live subjects – in just about any situation. A number of Club members do this so well and I truly admire them. What photos do you like to take the best? I’ve discovered a real passion for low light photography, whether it be outdoors or under controlled indoor conditions. I seem to be uploading quite a lot of floral still life shots in RedBubble but am open to exploring other subjects too. Whose photos in the Photography Club do you admire the most? I love comp nights as we all get a chance to see the work of some very talented photographers from the Club. I admire and follow the work of 4 photographers in the Club – I won’t name them but I haven’t fallen short of letting them know how much I enjoy their photos (and how I plan to continue getting inspiration* from their work (*translation: steal ideas from them). What are your thoughts on today’s Judges? We’ve had a mixed bag of judges. The good ones, in my opinion, have always strictly kept the commentary centered on the facets of the photograph and have had the audience’s interest at heart.
What advice would you give to a beginner in photography? Go with your gut and your heart and shoot as you please. Equally important, get to know your equipment very well and educate yourself as best as you can. Do you follow any sport or team or have a hobby? I get very little sleep during tennis grand slam time. It’s a good thing I don’t have pay TV or I wouldn’t be sleeping much at all watching minor tournaments too. I’ll be honest though, I follow (Chilean) Fernando Gonzalez’s games mostly. What has been your favourite holiday and travels? I loved the sights and food in Singapore. I went there for a seminar though so I didn’t really have enough time for shopping and photography. Locally, I regularly return to Melbourne, Armidale and Wollongong and take hundreds of photos each time. Name one thing we don’t know about you? I’ll name three: 1) I was involved in graffiti for 5 years – no, not as part of a crew but in a project officer capacity, coordinating a community grants program to eradicate graffiti through legal art (commissioned work) while involving at-risk youth; 2) I was a national Spelling Bee runner-up; 3) In terms of my culinary skills, I’m a cross between Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver. Do you have any suggestions for the Photography Club? I don’t know how viable this suggestion would be but it would be around the creation of learning modules that will see a photographer through stages of competency, to ultimately become a highly-skilled photographer. I’d also like to continue to see advanced members of the Club lead groups in practical and theoretical discussions. Comments : With a burgeoning membership, I hope the Club retains its ‘family feel’ – that’s what attracted me to join it, in the first place. Have a look at one of Marian’s favourite images on page 4
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Newsletter Contributions
If you have any articles that may be of interest to our members, please feel free to email me at
They can be technical, Photoshop, arty, recent holiday shots, awards or anything that you would like to share.
Articles are preferred in Microsoft word or plain text
format. Photos need to be of a high resolution.
As a deadline is critical for the success of the Newsletter please ensure your articles reach
me by 19th of each month Dianne English
CONTACT US
President
Mal Hobson [email protected]
Vice President Robert Shelberg
Treasurer Hari Kishan
Secretary Bill Fielder
Program & Meetings Coordinator Andy Yeoh
Competition Coordinator Val Fenbow
Social Coordinator Jason Pang
Web Designer Richard Hewitt
Web Administrator Nettie Fairleigh
Benefits Coordinator Bruce Meyer
Publicity Officer Louise Docker
Training Coordinator Bob Cook
Membership Secretary Rod Murphy
Project Officer Simon Finch
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