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We meet on Tuesdays @ 7PM; face to face meetings are held at DeMolay House – 90 Margaret St Toowoomba (Opposite Queens Park) and on-line via Zoom
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Meeting information is emailed out to members by our website.
We also try to have a field day each month. Locations will be emailed out via post from our website and you can see our planned outings on the calendar.
The MyPhotoClub site is currently undergoing recovery due to a significant system failure.
The site will not be accessible for at least the next 36 hours while the necessary repairs take place.
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posted: 7am 26th October 2024, Sydney time.
Because of the system failure on Oct 23rd planned changes to the site have been brought forward.
The buttons shown in this area will be replaced with drop down menus
This is where the widgets such as the calendar will be displayed.
Competitions in PSA Interclub Submissions – Round 1 will close Friday, 25th October 2024, 12:00 AM.
Entries can be made in the following areas:
All members are encouraged to enter.
Competitions in PSA Interclub Submissions – Round 1 will close Friday, 25th October 2024, 12:00 AM.
Entries can be made in the following areas:
All members are encouraged to enter.
Over the past few months the TPS Committee has been adding, reviewing and updating policies for our club. These have now been added to the TPS website – to view these go to the Club Information button at top right of our MyPhotoClub website.
The policies (dates in brackets indicate when approved by TPS Committee) include:
In addition, the new Rules for Toowoomba Photographic Society (formerly the constitution) have been approved by the Office of Fair Trading following endorsement by the TPS Membership at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on the 13 August 2024. These rules are now in place and accessible to members in the Club Information section of our website. These replace the 2013 TPS Constitution.
The TPS Field Day planned for tomorrow – Saturday 18 October 2024 – is all go. We have 10 registrants for the field day which will start at 9:00am at Gleneden Farm (375 North Branch Road, Maryvale). Takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to reach the destination from Toowoomba.
A morning tea of scones, tea and coffee is being provided at 10am – please bring $10 cash per person to pay for the field day. We will be able to walk around the farm and photograph all morning. I have suggested an end time of 12:30pm.
It will be reasonably warm tomorrow – the forecast is partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h shifting southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.
Remember to bring water, hat, sunscreen and lunch if you intend following up the field day with other photographic opportunities in that district – for example Glengallan House, Goomburra Forest, the Downs Explorer Clifton-Greenmount departing Clifton at 12noon.
Our guest speaker this month (on Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 7:00pm AEST) is Brian Rope OAM. Brian is a Canberra based photographer with a long history in photography. He has been twice president of the Australian Photographic Society (APS), president of the Canberra Photographic Society, a member of the APS Contemporary Group, photography reviewer for The Canberra Times and photographic exhibitor.
Brian will be speaking on the topic of Contemporary Photography. This subject is surrounded by a great deal of misunderstanding, confusion and disagreement. It is frequently stated that Contemporary Photography is photography ‘about’ something rather than ‘of’ something. As far as it goes this is probably the best short definition that there is, indicating that it is an approach to photography rather than a style or genre. However, as it stands, this statement is somewhat simplistic and raises further questions as to what is meant by the word ‘about’. It also fails to address the point that Contemporary Photography can also be about asking the question ‘why?’
Brian will elaborate on what Contemporary Photography is – in the context of the works of the Contemporary Group within APS. Examples of Brian’s work can be seen at the website https://brianropephotos.wixsite.com/brianropephotography
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