Welcome to Toowoomba Photographic Society
Celebrating 115 years of local Toowoomba photography
This is the Toowoomba Photographic Society’s competition website.
If you are looking for more information, or are planning to become a member, please head over to our other website for more information.
http://tpsi.org.au
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2021 APS CUP
In a fiercely contested APS Cup, TPS entered some wonderfully creative and commercial quality images, that we should be rightly proud of.
Well done to those chosen to represent the society at this national competition.
Below is a compilation of images that we submitted to the cup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuioaFsEa4
by MyPhotoClub Colin, May 31, 2017
Skills Night – 28/09/2021 7PM @DeMolay
Graham Burstow will be doing a talk on “Photo Interpretation” for our members, followed by hands on for some Off Camera Flash.
by Travis Lord, September 27, 2021
Microskills 21/09/2021, 7PM Online VIA Zoom.
Tonight Val will be running the show and talking about creating calendars.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
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by Travis Lord, September 21, 2021
Results for competitions in September 2021
There were 46 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in September 2021
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Sunny morning on Homestead Road. Robert Fox – Honour A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Early morning flight Terry O’Brien – Honour B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Bluebanded bee having a pint of ros Gabrielle Gasparini – Honour B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Empty Country Road Tracey Nash – Honour B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Bathurst Atlas Mountain style Pete McDonald – Honour B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Season of Mists John Stewart – Honour Salon Grade Open Colour Print 
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Covid locked gate nr Innaminka Peter Granfield – Honour Salon Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Where Does It Lead Sandra Neill – Honour Salon Grade SetSubject Mono Print 
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Emerging Jasmin Lord – Honour B Grade Creative Digital 
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riding the bus Anthony Harrison – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Powering On Dean Mengel – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Watching the watcher! Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Protea on Black Graham Harris – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Waiting in the wings Graham Harris – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Musician Nicola Lancaster – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Down the road around the corner Robert Fox – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Hope to Survive Jan Collings – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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winter road Anthony Harrison – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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No tourists here Jo Christensen – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Hardknott Pass Kim Kuhnemann – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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This could be fun Travis Lord – Merit A Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Creek Line Forsayth FNQ Evan Williams – Merit B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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purple standout iris Castle – Merit B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Am I Pretty Kym Stewart – Merit B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Blue Eyes Cheryl Bellette – Merit B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Way to Heaven Inge Gajczak – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Golden Path Asif Rasheed – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Morning Road Asif Rasheed – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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The highway Jasmin Lord – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Take me home Jasmin Lord – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Bypass, passed by. Stewart Dorman – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Journey Charlotte Lord – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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High Roads Cheryl Bellette – Merit B Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Catching Up John Stewart – Merit Salon Grade Open Colour Print 
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check out my spurs Sara Hedley – Merit Salon Grade Open Colour Digital 
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KakaduSunsetHaze Janine Waters – Merit Salon Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Deserted Peter Granfield – Merit Salon Grade SetSubject Colour Digital 
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Rough Is The Road Graham Burstow – Merit Salon Grade SetSubject Mono Print 
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Historic Hotel Norville Allan Rosser – Merit Salon Grade Open Mono Print 
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Early morning Sandy Adsett – Merit A Grade Open Mono Digital 
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Tall poppy Sandy Adsett – Merit A Grade Open Mono Digital 
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Beauty unfolding Kym Stewart – Merit B Grade Open Mono Digital 
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Alone in my room Pete McDonald – Merit B Grade Open Mono Digital 
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Pages tps Roberta Edwards – Merit B Grade Creative Digital 
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elegant take off iris Castle – Merit B Grade Creative Digital 
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The Orchid Window Margaret Kebble – Merit A Grade Creative Digital 
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by Margaret Kebble, September 14, 2021
2021 QLD Interclub Catalogue
As most would know, we hosted the QLD Interclub on the weekend. You can find a catalogue from the day at the following link:
https://tpsi.org.au/2021-qld-interclub/
The catalogue includes all individual image scores and the top 5 images per category. This link has been sent around to all participating clubs as well.
by Travis Lord, September 14, 2021
Judging Night 14/09/2021 – “Empty Road” 7PM @ DeMolay House
Please ensure you have the Check-In QLD App installed on your smart device prior to arriving.
If you have an Apple iPhone type device, you can find the app here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/check-in-qld/id1546028652
For an Android based device (Samsung, HTC, Oppo, Google Pixel or similar) you can find the app here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.qld.checkin
For more information about this, read this post:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/tps-covid-requirements/
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw
Also remember entries for “Frame within a Frame” are due by 11:59 TONIGHT!
by Travis Lord, September 14, 2021
Microskills 07/09/2021, 7PM Online VIA Zoom.
Tonight will be a discussion about Speedlites and on/off camera flash.
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2019/10/Understanding-Speedlights.pdf
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw
by Travis Lord, September 7, 2021
Microskills Recordings
Microskills Recordings – “Resizing and resampling images” and ” Data Storage And Backup best practice” recordings have been uploaded, you can find a link to the recording on the MyPhotoClub website.
When you login, click “Club Information” and then select the TPS Video Recordings Link (as shown below).
You MUST be logged in to see this page.The videos are uploaded to YouTube and are set as Private – Unlisted, only people with the direct link to them can view them.
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/
by Travis Lord, September 2, 2021
2H21 Trans-Tasman Cup
It’s Onnnnnnn!
We go up against the Howick Photographic Society in another Trans-Tasman photographic competition.
The competition opens from the 1st of September and closes on the 31st of Oct (Extended due to current NZ COVID Situation)
Subject: “My Springtime”
Get creative with the subject, Images can be taken in any location, but must have been taken in September 2021 only.
Images to be uploaded here:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/enter-a-collection/?collection_id=2483
by Travis Lord, September 1, 2021
Microskills 31/08/2021, 7PM Online VIA Zoom.
Microskills 31/08/2021, 7PM Online VIA Zoom.
Does your workspace look something like this picture? Never fear, we’re here to help you. Tonight we will be discussing the best practices of photography file storage, backing up and naming conventions.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw
by Travis Lord, August 31, 2021
September Cable Release
The September Newsletter – Cable Release has been uploaded. There are quite a few announcements inside and information about upcoming events. https://tpsi.org.au/2021-latest-cable-release/
by Travis Lord, August 30, 2021
