Tewantin Shield 2024

Seven of us travelled up to Gympie for the day yesterday and we were really thrilled to end up winning the Shield, after all the images were judged and scores tallied – 10 clubs entered the competition and we ended up with 273 points, with Gympie Club coming in 2nd place with 270 points. Many congratulations to Peter Hyndman who placed 1st in the Long Exposure category with his image, “White Shoe Shuffle”. We achieved our best scores in Nature and Action. Many thanks to the following members, whose images were entered in the competition: Annette Scott, David Symonds, David Bryan, John and Denise Organ, Ty Fox, Di East, Gerry Gibson, Jeff Heck, Peter Hyndman, Scott Berry, Alison Hall, Barry Beckham, Clive Hammond, Tony Allison, Colleen and Ken Brooks, Phil Wigley, Troy Holland, Vern Irvine, Trefor Ellacott and myself. Congratulations everyone!

by Ann Bryan, October 13, 2024

Results for competitions in OCTOBER 2024

There were 16 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in OCTOBER 2024

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Summer storm over Brisbane city Annette Scott – 9 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Sunset Reflections Tony Allison – 9 A Grade Open Print
Family Portraits R Us 1 Paul Mellick – 8 B Grade Creative Photography Digital	city pano 1 1 Paul Mellick – 8 B Grade Set Subject Digital
The eye Bruce Richardson – 8 A Grade Open Subject Digital	Pretty girl 1 Paul Mellick – 8 B Grade Open Print
Inverary Barry Beckham – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Misty Morning Barry Beckham – 8 A Grade Open Print
A Climate Changing Landscape John Organ – 8 A Grade Open Print	Milky Stream Ken Brooks – 8 B Grade Open Subject Digital
Extraction Ralph Brown – 8 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Geranium Trefor Ellacott – 8 B Grade Open Subject Digital
View from Observatory Hill Mary-Lou Emmert – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	iris van herpin reimagined 1 scott berry – 8 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Rainbow Over City Belinda Kranz – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	lifes experiences scott berry – 8 A Grade Open Print

by Sue Bailes, October 10, 2024

Are You Going to Crows Nest?

Here’s our list of members going to Crows Nest at the end of the month from Thursday 24th (some arriving a day earlier and some a day later!) until Monday 28th October – myself and David, Ken and Merrilinn, Colleen and Ken, Scott and Sharon, John and Denise, Phil and Sue, Jeff, Rita, Jenny, Veronica, Alison and Barry – 18 of us, which is great. If you have booked to go and I haven’t listed you, please let me know asap! I will be sending out all the details next week. It should be a great weekend of photography, fun and relaxation!

by Ann Bryan, October 10, 2024

Sunrise/Early Morning Photoshoot – Sat 5th October

Everyone is invited to come along next Saturday 5th October for our sunrise/early morning photoshoot (depending on how early you are prepared to get out of bed!). First light is at 4.58 am and sunrise is at 5.22 am, but if you can’t make it that early, join us whenever you are ready! We are parking in Lower Neill Street, Dicky Beach – you can access the beach/rocks from there or you might even like to walk along towards Moffat Beach. Breakfast is on at Ken and Merrilinn Marchant’s home at 3 Jean Street, Dicky Beach afterwards – you are welcome to arrive there anytime from 6 am onwards, especially if the weather isn’t great – the coffee will be on and waiting for you!

If you didn’t put your name down for this event at Share Night last Wednesday and would like to attend, please email me (abryan@bigpond.net.au), so we have numbers for catering. Hope to see you there!

by Ann Bryan, September 28, 2024

Grades for 2025 – A, AB and B

We have been fortunate to have experienced significant growth in membership and participation in our club competitions in recent years and now have a very broad spread of photographic skills and experience, ranging from raw beginners to photographers who have been recognised at an international level, producing work that is an inspiration to us all. All our members receive gradings based on a broad criteria which includes assessment of a combination of experience level, consistency of competition results, demonstrated level of skill and a comparison with other club members with an equivalent skill level.

At present, there appears to be quite a large middle ground in our club, between those with basic levels of skills presently competing in our B grade and the group consistently placing at the top of the A Grade. This has led to quite a lot of reflection on our grading and the purpose of that process. While some would argue that competition should be completely “open”, as a committee we have formed the view that members have a better basis for comparison and development of their skills when competing with others at a comparable level of skill and experience.

With approximately two thirds of our members presently competing in A grade, while discussing the prospect of modifying our grading criteria, we briefly considered the creation of a “Masters” grade, however, we felt that the creation of an intermediate AB grade would be of more assistance to those in that large “middle ground” and would allow them also to compete more favourably in external competitions in “Non A Grade” divisions.

Some members from our current A grade have already indicated that they will be happy to move across to the new AB grade, however, to assist in the process of creating this new grade, our Grading Committee will be working overtime for the next couple of months to review all grades ready for the start of 2025.

If you have any concerns, or a strong desire to remain in the grade in which you are currently competing, please contact me (Ann) and we will give your request due consideration. Look forward to catching up with lots of you at upcoming meetings!

by Ann Bryan, September 24, 2024

The Art of Black and White Photography

Ray Shorter FAPS, our guest presenter at our next share night on Wednesday 25th September will be providing a complete run-down on the “The Art of Black & White Photography”:, touching on a few of the many things that could be discussed on the subject

• Why convert an image to black and white 
• When do you start thinking about producing a B&W image?
• What are key principles to consider when you are thinking about converting to b&w
• What is the best way to convert to b&w

Ray has had a lifetime of photographic experience and considers taking photos and post-processing as two parts of a continuous whole, in trying to produce images with visual impact. 

To provide a bit of a taste of what is to come, some examples of his work can be found at www.shortershots.com.au

Don’t miss this!

by Peter Hyndman, September 20, 2024

The year is rushing by!

The 6th November will be on us before we can blink, so now is the time to start thinking about entering our ANNUAL AWARDS AND PERPETUAL TROPHIES competitions which close on that date.

NOTE –

ANNUAL AWARDS are for images entered in competitions during the year. Enter your best image from each category.

PERPETUAL TROPHY Competitions are for images NOT previously entered in club competitions. Please check the rules for each competition by visiting the ANNUAL COMPETITIONS link on our website.

by Peter Hyndman, September 17, 2024

We are off on another trip! We are off to Crows Nest!

We would love you all to join us on a trip to Crows Nest – driving, not by rail unfortunately – taking in the last weekend of October – most of us are planning to arrive on Thursday 24th October and leave on Monday 28th October, but you can shorten or lengthen the trip if you like! We are staying at the Crows Nest Tourist Park – Crows Nest is about 40 kms north of Toowoomba atop the Great Dividing Range – so if you would like to join us, contact them on phone 4698 1269 to make your booking (cabins, caravan sites, camping spots). There are National Parks to visit, Museums and Art Galleries, Lakes, an Art Gallery and a visit to Toowoomba of course. It will be a great chance to get to know other club members really well and have a great time taking lots of photographs! Do let me know if you are going to join us – email me (abryan@bigpond.net.au) or phone 0411 486 939 once you’ve made your booking. Hope to see you there!

by Ann Bryan, September 13, 2024

Results for competitions in SEPTEMBER 2024

There were 11 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in SEPTEMBER 2024

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

The Old Shed Barry Beckham – 9 A Grade Open Print	Jellyfish David Symonds – 9 A Grade Open Subject Digital
Creases Barry Beckham – 8 A Grade Open Subject Digital	Enchanted Forest Barry Beckham – 8 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Attemping The Conversion John Organ – 8 A Grade Open Print	Alfa Female Jeff Heck – 8 A Grade Open Print
A BUGS LIFE Ty Fox – 8 A Grade Open Subject Digital	Bill eyes of a musician 2 scott berry – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Biting the head that feeds you Ken Marchant – 8 B Grade Open Subject Digital	The eyes have it Kim Bailes – 8 B Grade Open Print
Find a Way Helena Slade – 8 A Grade Creative Photography Digital

by Sue Bailes, September 12, 2024

I’ll bet you will all be doing backflips with excitement!

That’s right folks next year’s SET SUBJECT DEFINITIONS are on our website, right there in the “INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS” page.

Of course you could just click the link text above, but where’s the fun in that? NOTE: they are marked “preliminary” but that’s to give us a bit of wriggle room for change, lest you pick up a typo or a date error, but that’s unlikely, none the less – do check the final version when it’s released in December, just in case!

If you are among those of us who are wincing at the thought of downloading next year’s competition details with a quarter of this year still to go, don’t worry, you can wait as long as you like, they aren’t going anywhere!

by Peter Hyndman, September 11, 2024