Dear Members,

The 2024 subjects and guidelines have been completed, the competitions have been created on MyPhotoClub and are ready for you to upload entries.

To find the competitions, please go to our MyPhotoClub website, https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/ and go into the “Members” Section.

Top right of this section you should see a “Year Selector” – click on 2024.

There you will find all of the competitions and their set subjects.

To find what the guidelines are for each competition, click on the link in the description that says – “Set Subject Definitions”

Which will then take you to our “Purple” website with the details.

Changes to Entry Order

Please note a change in order of section entries, the digitals will now show before the prints. This will hopefully prevent incorrect entries of digitals into the prints sections.

General Notices & Club Information:

Notice about 2024 Committee – Treasurer position

In 2024 we will be seeking a Treasurer to follow on in Val’s footsteps. Val has been on the committee as treasurer for a number of years now and has advised her intentions to step down so as to concentrate on Her photography and personal life.

It would be ideal if someone could volunteer by November so that we can start the handover process and bring them up to speed with the position.

If you have the skillset required to be a treasurer, please get in contact with Travis (president@tpsi.org.au) or Pete (secretary@tpsi.org.au) ASAP.

I wish to publicly acknowledge the hard work that Val has put in over the years which has helped us strengthen the TPS’ overall financial position.
She is a valued committee member, general member and friend to many within TPS.

Volunteers

We are always looking for members to volunteer to assist with the general running of the society. Some of these will significantly lighten the load for your committee members which will then allow them to concentrate more on member training, up-skilling and other opportunities to benefit the overall running of the society.
Some areas which we are particularly looking for are:

  • Member Run Skills Nights
  • Field Day / Outings Co-ordinator
  • Community Engagement Co-ordinator
  • Social Media Co-ordinator
  • Hall night setup
  • Visual Media Setup (Laptop, projector etc)

If you would like to nominate yourself, please fill in this form to express your interest:
https://tpsi.org.au/volunteers/

Trans-Tasman Cup 2H23 – Details have been finalised. CLOSING IN LESS THAN 7 DAYS
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/trans-tasman-cup-2h23/
Topic – “Beauty”
Definition: “Beauty” – a combination of qualities, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Everybody see’s beauty in different things so show us what beauty means to you.  
Dates: Starting from 01 September to 31st of October.
Judging Night: Saturday 18th of November.

Print Night 2024: We are planning to hold a “print only” night in January 2024 where we will encourage all members to enter their images as prints. John Stewart has agreed to judge the imagery for us. For this night there will be no requirement to mount the prints.

Club Member Name Badges: A new member name badge has been developed, we encourage all members to purchase for face to face meetings and outings:
https://tpsi.org.au/store/tpsi-name-badge/

Concerns / Queries / Committee Contact

Do you need to contact a member or the whole committee? Click on one of the blue links below to send an email.

Questions?

Post in our Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TPSCLosedGroup

Set Subjects, Judges, Guidelines and Outings
https://tpsi.org.au/set-subjects/

Members Shirts
Order your member shirts here:
https://tpsi.org.au/store/members-shirts/
We are looking to add some options of TPS hats as well.

Need help saving images for comp?
See the instructions here:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/saving-images-updated-2022/

Want to enter a Print into the Comps?
See here for instructions:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/entering-prints-to-tps/