Welcome to Toowoomba Photographic Society
by Grant Phillips, May 31, 2017
The Digital Darkroom – Session 10
On Tuesday night (16 July 2024 at 7:00pm) Margaret Kebble will present the tenth (and final) session in her Digital Darkroom series.
Details for the Zoom meeting are provided below – see you then:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=82274596511
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
by Graham Harris, July 13, 2024
Field Day – 13 July 2024
The TPS Field Day for July 2024 is being held at Morgan Park Raceway, Old Stanthorpe Road, Warwick this Saturday the 13 July 2024. We will be photographing Round 4 of the Australian Superbike Championships.
This will be a great opportunity to practice your motorsport photography at a great venue. Field day participants will need to purchase entry to the event using the website address https://www.asbk.com.au/spectator-info/round-4/, The entry fee is $25/adult or $15/concession holders. This site contains more information about the venue and event. The gates open at 8am.
To get to the Morgan Park Raceway use the directions below:
- Travel to Warwick on the New England Highway until the Wood Street intersection lights
- Turn left here and follow Wood St to Lyons St. – turn right
- Follow Lyons St
- Turn left into Pratten St over the railway line
- Turn right into McEvoy St
- Follow McEvoy St south until the roundabout just past the Warwick Saleyards
- take the second exit on the roundabout
- then exit left onto the Old Stanthorpe Road
- follow Old Stanthorpe Road until the entrance way to the Morgan Park complex – turn right here and follow the road in. Just before the entrance to the Warwick Polocrosse grounds take the road to the left and follow this until the entrance to Morgan Park Raceway
- You will need to show your ticket here and then take the road immediately at left to the parking areas up the hill.
- We will meet near the track overpass (corner 3 of the K Track) at 8:30am.
Please register your intention to attend using the Field Day Attendance form at https://tpsi.org.au/field-days/ by 12 July 2024 – this is required for our insurance policy with PSQ.
by Graham Harris, July 10, 2024
July 2024 Image Awards
At our Aggregate Competition held on the 9 July 2024 the following images received our highest awards from our judge Michael Macpherson.
Congratulations to both members for these awards. They are now in the running for the overall awards to be announced in December 2024.
by Graham Harris, July 10, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 July Aggregate Comp
There were 97 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 2024 July Aggregate Comp
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Blue Eyed Beauty Daisy Jane Lobegeier – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Dead Beautiful Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Off My Marbles Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Candles By Night Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Eye of the Tiger. Stewart Dorman – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Pancake Ice McMurdo Sound Jack van der Zwan – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Queen Victoria Agave Dennis Clark – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Parachutes Inge Gajczak – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The jazz singer David Rook – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Pretty but dangerous Margaret Morton – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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A well rounded hose John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Flamingo Andrew Raguse – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Early morning at Miva Belinda Kranz – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Swirl Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Amber and her little lambs Sara Hedley – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Natures Wonder Belinda Kranz – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Art in the round John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Round Up Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Lylah Sonny Rutherford – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Stunning Rose Jane Lobegeier – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Blue Eye Matilda Sonny Rutherford – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Submerged Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Lonesome Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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The ravages of time and nature Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Admiring a different era and style Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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QueenMaryFalls Fungi Bruce Tame – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Misty Bales Dennis Clark – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Motor Is Around The Prop Tim Dunn – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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There’s dust in my eye! Kim Shoesmith – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Sand driving Jill van der Zwan – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Feeding frenzy Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Bushfire beauty Jo Christensen – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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It Takes Two Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Red-backed Fairy Wren Grant Phillips – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Uluru_Dawning Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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‘Watered’ bug Jenny Graff – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Council Infrastructure Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Dandelion Richard Wyton – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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wind swept Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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mirror balls Iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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the cape is this way Jill van der Zwan – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Marathon Runners Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Just Picked Kym Stewart – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Rundle Street Mall Spheres Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Night Light Bruce Tame – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Rocky Bridge Inge Gajczak – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Floral Carpet Allan McLucas – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Mt Pleasant Radio Telescope Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Blood Moon November 22 Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Azure Kingfisher – Daintree River Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Shower Time Andrew Raguse – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Tunnel Vision Wayne Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Remnants Lyn Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Basket Boat Veronica Sorley – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Now Just Scrap Allan Rosser – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Country Road in the morning mist Sandy Adsett – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Friends Sandy Adsett – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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You’re gunna do what ??? Pete McDonald – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Sand ball galaxy Cable Beach Jack van der Zwan – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Roundthings say Dont worry B Happy Barry Whisson – Highly Commended PRINT A Grade Creative 
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A mobile ElNino on a rusty BBQplate Barry Whisson – Highly Commended PRINT A Grade Creative 
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Red flower cluster Peter Allison – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Yellow Rose Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Safe-Haven Dianne Horrocks – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Bowl in a Bowl Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Spare Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Morris Minor Moto Meter Tim Dunn – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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I See Allan McLucas – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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St. Helena’s Tunnel Cheryl Bellette – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Flower David Rook – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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A Forgotten Castle Margaret Morton – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Pipe Stack.jpg Claire Hammond – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Hay Bales Ready Claire Hammond – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Centralian Knob Tailed Gecko’s Eye Kim Shoesmith – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Casting Shadows Sandra Neill – Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Through the barber’s window Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain Graham Harris – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Sunrise at the Backwash 03 Graham Harris – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Sunrise on the River Dean Mengel – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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The High Country Lyn Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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That Way Robert Fox – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Dressed To Impress Janine Waters – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Narrabri Telescope Compact Array Veronica Sorley – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Useful Days Long Over Allan Rosser – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Oil and water Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Dont Touch My Round Things Dean Mengel – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Astronomical Clock Pete McDonald – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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One round droplet Jenny Graff – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Old school round things Wayne Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Welded Kim Kuhnemann – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Your Turn Kim Kuhnemann – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Reflections Docklands Melbourne Robert Fox – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Cut and Rolled Sandra Neill – Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Got my eye on you. Stewart Dorman – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Which Button do you want Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Eye shine Mitchell Roberts – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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colours of the moon Iris Castle – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Creative 
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by Graham Harris, July 9, 2024
July 2024 Club Meeting
The next Toowoomba Photographic Society Club Meeting is on Tuesday night – 9th July 2024 at 7pm. Our judge Michael Macpherson will be joining us via Zoom and will comment on the 100 entries from 50 club members – the Set Subject is ‘Round Things’.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84578097656?pwd=ozp0SWUR6DNcLkRsPNGCSOGaabvzbZ.1
Meeting ID: 845 7809 7656
Passcode: 936419
We’ll also hear from Allan Rosser in our Meet the Member Series. See you all at DeMolay (or on-line via Zoom) tomorrow night
by Graham Harris, July 8, 2024
Graham Burstow Monochrome Prize 2024
The Graham Burstow Monochrome Prize was established in 2023 in honour of Graham Burstow OAM SAPS PSQA FFRPS FAPS EFIAP who was one of the founding members of the Australian Photographic Society and since that time, he contributed enormously to the Society and its members. He was involved in the establishment of APS national and international exhibitions. Graham was the APS President from 1982 to 1984 and was the APS Print Division chairman for ten years. Graham was a much loved member and patron of the Toowoomba Photographic Society.
Graham passed away at the age of 96 years in 2022, and was legendary in the photography world, having been recognised by an Order of Australia medal in 2004 for his services to Photography. The first Queenslander to do so, he achieved a Fellowship in each of the Australian, British, and American Photographic Societies.
Grahams’ captivating photographs are held in many institutions around Australia, including the National Library in Canberra and HOTA on the Gold Coast, and show his great passion for social documentary especially in monochrome.
This competition is for monochrome Social Documentary/Street Photography and closes on the 30 July 2024. Entry details can be found at https://apsbgmono.myphotoclub.com.au/
by Graham Harris, July 6, 2024
The Digital Darkroom – Session 9
On Tuesday night (2 July 2024 at 7:00pm) Margaret Kebble will present the ninth session in her Digital Darkroom series.
In this session she will be looking at three ways of correcting keystone issues and will also take this a step further to see how to change a row of buildings.
She will also:
- show how ChatGPT may help photographers.
- show a way to fix dull colours using Lightroom (and the same method may be used in Adobe Camera Raw.
- demonstrate the use of actions.
- look at some free panels by Tony Kuyper and their use in Photoshop.
Details for the Zoom meeting are provided below – see you then:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=82959134406
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
by Graham Harris, July 1, 2024
PSA News Australia – July 2024
The July 2024 PSA News – Australia is now out. You can access a copy of this from our website by clicking here.
In this edition Roy Killen outlines some details of the annual PSA Interclub that TPSI is considering entering. This will be a great opportunity to get experience in entering International Competition.
There are also a number of other interesting photography bits and pieces, including details of upcoming Newcastle International Exhibition.
by Graham Harris, July 1, 2024
Nightscape Presentation Now Available
A great presentation by John Stewart at our TPS Speakers Event last night (25 June 2024). The recording of this session has been uploaded to our YouTube Channel and you can also access the slides used by John as a PDF.
To see the presentation and slides click on the speaker presentation button at the right of our TPS MyPhotoClub homepage. The links are provided in the 2024 section of the dialogue box that appears. You can also access the video and slides from the links below:
A big thanks to John for his presentation. Our next guest speaker presentation is planned for the 23 July 2024 with Samuel Markham on “Landscape Composition” at 7:00pm.
by Graham Harris, June 26, 2024
Field Day – 13 July – Superbikes at Morgan Park
The TPS Field Day for July 2024 is being held at Morgan Park Raceway, Old Stanthorpe Road, Warwick on the 13 July 2024. We will be photographing Round 4 of the Australian Superbike Championships.
This will be a great opportunity to practice your motorsport photography at a great venue. Field day participants will need to purchase entry to the event using the website address https://www.asbk.com.au/spectator-info/round-4/, The entry fee is $25/adult or $15/concession holders. This site contains more information about the venue and event.
On entry to the Morgan Park Raceway take the gate at left and park in the vicinity of the track overpass (corner 3 of the K Track). We will meet at this location at 8:30am (gates open at 8am).
Please register your intention to attend using the Field Day Attendance form at https://tpsi.org.au/field-days/ by 12 July 2024 – this is required for our insurance policy with PSQ.
by Graham Harris, June 26, 2024
