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We meet at DeMolay House, 90 Margaret Street, Toowoomba at 7:00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.
To join our club please follow the instructions at About the Club. Additional information about the club can also be found here.
About our Club Our newsletter - Cable ReleaseOur next club meeting is at 7:00pm this coming Tuesday, 13th November 2018. There have been 131 images submitted by 46 club members for our November 2018 Aggregate Competition which will be judged this evening by Allen Rosser.
The Set Subject for this month is “Motion”.
We look forward to catching up with you all this evening.
And don’t forget that entries for the December 2018 Competition are required by 12:00 midnight on the 13th November 2018 – the set subject for this month is “Fairs, Shows, Markets”.
Members,
The Committee wanted to inform all that the competition image size is now 2000px x 2000px and 2,000 kilobytes (or 2 megabytes).
Please use this extra megabyte and ensure your images make full use of these sizing parameters.
Don’t forget Tuesday night (6th November) is our first Coffee Catch-up at Jilly’s Cafe, 6-7pm.
Our first night will be about making sure we cover what ‘you’ want over the next year.
Each night will discover a new micro-skill, that we will learn about….them put into practice!
The first meeting of the month will introduce the micro-skill that will become our online photo competition subject! That way you learn, do, show!
This first month, we will be learning about:
White Balance
It’ll only cost you a gold coin and the purchase of a coffee/drink, or coffee and cake (Jilly’s has marvelous cakes!)
Meet you at Jilly’s, Margaret Street, just down from the Neil Street intersection. 6pm. Tuesday night.
The Prez
Don’t forget Tuesday night (6th November) is our first Coffee Catch-up at Jilly’s Cafe, 6-7pm.
Our first night will be about making sure we cover what ‘you’ want over the next year.
Each night will discover a new micro-skill, that we will learn about….them put into practice!
The first meeting of the month will introduce the micro-skill that will become our online photo competition subject! That way you learn, do, show!
This first month, we will be learning about:
White Balance
It’ll only cost you a gold coin and the purchase of a coffee/drink, or coffee and cake (Jilly’s has marvelous cakes!)
Meet you at Jilly’s, Margaret Street, just down from the Neil Street intersection. 6pm. Tuesday night.
The Prez
Members,
Please remember to bring camera, tripod, any flash/strobe/speedlight and cable/wireless trigger you may have for tonight’s demonstration and practice of close-up and macro photography.
After a long exhausting day, your committee and tireless volunteers made a profit of $971.50
Considering the weather, this is outstanding!
Thank you to all those who assisted today. Your efforts have showcased what we can do as a well-oiled team. You are the backbone of our society.
Thanks too, to those who came down to volunteer last minute and to those who just came to cheer us on and buy lunch. Appreciate you all.
Very well done Team TPS!
The Prez
It’s time to help others. Our mentoring program is being started. Let’s pass on our skills to others.
I would like those of you with significant experience to choose what areas you’d like to help in. Please reply via email with the numbers you can mentor others in.
1. Camera Handling
2. Equipment Basics (choice/use)
3. Exposure Basics (getting to Manual Setting)
3. Advanced Camera Techniques
4. Speedlight Basics
5. Advanced Speedlight Use (off-camera, modes)
6. Basic image manipulation
7. Advanced image manipulation (stitching/cloning)
8. Tertiary manipulation skills (layering/blending)
9. Printing/mounting
10. Studio Concepts and Equipment
11. Advanced Equipment Use (filters/invalometer/triggers/specialist lenses)
12. Creative/Artistic/Fine-Art Photography
13. Calibration/Colour Management Principles
To perpetuate the memory of our late member Alice Black, the club has introduced the ‘Alice Black Memorial Trophy’ to be contested each year on a perpetual basis.
At each month’s Aggregate Competition the judge will select an image from all those entered as the monthly Alice Black Image – they will use their own criteria to select the image regardless of the score given. All images submitted in the Aggregate Competition have the potential to become a possible winner of the Trophy as there is no restriction on the grade of the entrant or the medium in which the image is presented.
For October 2018 the Alice Black has been awarded to Graham Burstow for his print “Autumn Morn”. This image was entered in the Salon Grade Mono Set Subject: “Garden City” Print section.
Our judge, Margaret O’Grady commented “Wonderful story of the garden city … simple and powerful. The shafts of light add a diagonal pattern that work to bring the eye to the child. Very effective use of light and shadow.”
Members,
The next Field Day will be held at the Boggo Road Gaol on Saturday, 27th October, 1:30-3:30pm.
Photographers will have exclusive use of the venue for two hours. Meet in the carpark/entrance of Boggo Road Gaol at 1:15pm to have your attendance recorded.
Price reduced to $15 per member/guest attending. Pay on the day.
Please try to car pool. If you are driving and have space, please let us know and we will try to pair you with others.
Let’s make this a big day for TPS!
