Multi-Club Memberships & Competitions
All,
Please note the following notice from Ralph Brown – President of the Photographic Society of Queensland.
This is in regards to members of PSQ affiliated clubs who are members of multiple clubs.
Excerpt as follows:
A question was raised at the last committee meeting about how to best manage entries into interclub competitions from members who are in more than one club.
This is our recommendation: –
Anyone who is a member of more than one club must designate one club as their primary when entering into interclub competitions and notify their other clubs that their images cannot be used for that club’s interclub entries.
This includes the Salon of Excellence (SEQ), the Qld Interclub, River City Print, Tewantin Shield, the Three-way (north Brisbane) and any other competition where the members must designate the club affiliation.
We considered this the fairest way to ensure that all members have an equal opportunity when entering these competitions.
End Excerpt:
Should you have multiple memberships across the PSQ clubs, if you wish to represent the Toowoomba Photographic Society as your primary club, you must notify the committee.
This can be done by emailing:
committee@tpsi.org.au
by Travis Lord, December 19, 2023
2024 Committee Change Notification
Dear Members,
The committee wishes to advise that the following position holders have officially expressed that they will be stepping down from the Committee from 2024.
Roles:
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
We have received notification that Sharon Helander will be nominated to take on the Treasurers role in 2024.
Both the President and Vice-Presidents roles will require nominations for 2024.
Should you wish to fill these roles, please ensure a committee nomination form is completed and returned to the secretary ASAP.
by Travis Lord, December 18, 2023
2024 AGM
The committee is preparing for the 2024 AGM. As most will know this is where we discuss the following:
- Review of 2023.
- Financial reports from 2023 and forecast for 2024 budget.
- Presidents reports.
- 2024 Committee Nomination
- Awards and Commendation from Aggregate and End Of Year competitions.
- Any other business
Members must attend the AGM, or if unable to do so complete a proxy vote form.
Should you wish to nominate people for the 2024 committee, a nomination form needs to be filled in and returned ASAP.
Both forms can be found here:
https://tpsi.org.au/2024-agm-forms/
Please send any agenda items / queries to the secretary to ensure they’re added before the meeting.
Email: secretary@tpsi.org.au
by Travis Lord, December 18, 2023
Recordings Uploaded
Dear Members,
This weekend, I have uploaded the remainder of the video recordings from this years Judging Nights, Guest Speakers, Lightroom/Photoshop Masterclasses, Other External and Trans-Tasman Comps.
You can find all of these here:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/tps-recordings/
General Notices & Club Information:
2024 Set Subjects & Competition:
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.
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/
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. Details to be released regarding this after 19/12/2023.
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.
- President president@tpsi.org.au
- Vice-President vicepresident@tpsi.org.au
- Secretary secretary@tpsi.org.au
- Treasurer treasurer@tpsi.org.au
- All Committee Members committee@tpsi.org.au
- Webmaster webmaster@tpsi.org.au
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/
by Travis Lord, December 17, 2023
Membership Fee Invoices
Dear Members,
Please be advised that the invoices for 2024 have just been sent out. Please check your emails for the invoice including junk mail if you are unable to locate it.
Please note an increase in fees for 2024, more in-depth details as follows:
The Committee has been diligent is trying to reduce costs as much as possible and regularly reviews all expenditure. We have moved from printing and mailing (which is both expensive and time consuming) to more electronic means. There is very little left to trim.
In addition, historically the Society has undertaken a number of fund-raising activities throughout the year. These have been in decline as it has proven difficult to recruit members to assist. Our major fundraising activity is generally from ticket sales for the Theatre Night which was to be in September. This was subsequently cancelled due to the lack of uptake of tickets with only one person purchasing tickets. We need to sell at least 25 tickets to break even for the night. Had the Committee not cancelled the booking with the Toowoomba Reformatory at this time, we would have incurred a hefty cancellation fee.
At the last Committee Meeting (Nov 2023), and after much discussion, the Committee decided that the fees for the 2024 Annual Membership would be increased in the Concession and Individual Membership Categories. While in general terms, the Committee acknowledged that while the cost of living had increased across the board, so too have costs to the Society, in particular our rental costs for DeMolay House. The Society also subsides the cost of members shirts as well as meeting the costs of catering, trophies and awards and equipment purchases, all of which have risen in price. The Committee also noted that fees in 2004/2005 were $35 for an Individual and $20 for Concession/Student. In addition to this, there was a $2 surcharge at each meeting which was rolled into the annual membership fee in 2020. For 2024, an Individual Member pays less than $2 per week.
by Travis Lord, December 16, 2023
Results for competitions in 2023 David Hack
There were 3 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 2023 David Hack
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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World Worn Too Tryg Helander – 1st Place All Grades Open Digital 
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My Time to Shine Tryg Helander – 2nd Place All Grades Open Digital 
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351 FUN Tim Dunn – 3rd Place All Grades Open Digital 
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by Travis Lord, December 14, 2023
Results for competitions in 2023 Aggregate Judge Awards
There were 13 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 2023 Aggregate Judge Awards
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Honour Janine Waters ButtCam Janine Waters – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Feb – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Calm before the storm Anthony Harrison – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Mar – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Ellinjaa Falls Grant Phillips – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Apr – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Windy Hill, Ravenshoe Grant Phillips – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono May – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Black Or White Belinda Kranz – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono June – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Eight Firsts Anthony Harrison – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono July – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Pondering Life Jason Wheeler – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Aug – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Costa Rican Beauty Andrew Raguse – Alice Black – Judges Choice Colour Sep – Alice Black – Colour 
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Pondering Life Jason Wheeler – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Sep – Graham Burstow – Mono
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The End Pete McDonald – Alice Black – Judges Choice Colour Oct – Alice Black – Colour 
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Ferris Wheel BW TPS Julie Buza – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Oct – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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Future of flowers Veronica Sorley – Alice Black – Judges Choice Colour Nov – Alice Black – Colour 
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Never alone Sara Hedley – Graham Burstow – Judges Choice Mono Nov – Graham Burstow – Mono 
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by Travis Lord, December 13, 2023
Results for competitions in End of Year – December 2023
There were 0 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 End of Year – December 2023
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
by Travis Lord, December 12, 2023
End of Year Judging Tonight
Zoom Meeting Info:
DATE: 12/12/2023
TIME: 7:00PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99285901931?pwd=L2pCbitxWGdZSGx1YXBSQTZTMElsZz09
Meeting ID: 992 8590 1931
Passcode: q8X1Yw
General Notices & Club Information:
2024 Set Subjects & Competition:
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.
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/
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.
- President president@tpsi.org.au
- Vice-President vicepresident@tpsi.org.au
- Secretary secretary@tpsi.org.au
- Treasurer treasurer@tpsi.org.au
- All Committee Members committee@tpsi.org.au
- Webmaster webmaster@tpsi.org.au
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/
by Travis Lord, December 12, 2023
January Comp Email
Please ignore the 2024 January Comp email. This was sent out automatically by MPC.
we plan to do a Prints based challenge in January. More details to be released soon.
by Travis Lord, December 10, 2023
