Members and friends are invited to attend our Club and Aggregate Competition Night meetings, held at DeMolay House – 90 Margaret St Toowoomba (Opposite Queens Park) on the second Tuesday of every month, where competition images are critiqued and members are encouraged to discuss their photography in an informal social setting.
Tutorials and learning sessions are held via Zoom on the first Tuesday of the month. On the third Tuesday of the month we hold an Image Review night where members images are reviewed by other members. Constructive feedback guide members in improving their images.
On the fourth Tuesday of the month we have a guest speaker presenting via Zoom
We hold regular field days and workshops throughout the year. This provides opportunities to socialise and hone our photographic skills. Details of these events are emailed to all members and posted on both our website, and our calendar.
The Creative Special Interest Group (SIG) is now in operation. Roberta Edwards has volunteered to lead this group which will meet on the Thursday night following the Toowoomba Photographic Society Club Night on the second Tuesday of the month. The dates of the meetings will be posted into the TPS calendar on our website.
The inaugural meeting will be held on the 13th March at 7:00pm at the East Creek Community Centre, 43 Kitchener RoSt, Toowoomba. The cost will be a Gold Coin Donation per participant. The Creative SiG is open to all TPS Members and operates under the Rules of TPS:
What to bring to the meeting:
a gold coin
A camera (that can be set to Manual Mode)
A Medium Zoom lens (up to 100mm Full Frame equivalent)
Tripod
Munchies to share
Lots of ideas
For more information please contact Roberta via text message to 0407 031174 or message her using Facebook Messenger to Bertie Ann.
The Trans-Tasman Competition between Toowoomba Photographic Society and Howick Photographic Society will open on the 1 March 2025. In this Round the set subject (provided by Howick) is “Reflections”.
Their definition is provided below:
Reflection photography is also known as mirror photography. Its basic premise is capturing an image that also has a reflective surface that is echoing the surrounding scenery. It can be in a setting as huge as the ocean, or as small as a raindrop.
As long as there is a reflective surface, magic can be made:
Find a reflective surface
Find a unique subject
Mix reality and reflection
Eliminate distractions
Get close to the surface
Images must be taken between the 1 March 2025 and the 30 April 2025. We are seeking 30 images from the club for this competition. Ideally this should come from 30 different photographers (10 from B Grade and 20 from A Grade and Salon Grade combined). If necessary 2 images per member can be used.
A collection titled 20250330 Trans-Tasman Round 1 has been created in MyPhotoClub for the collection of potential images. You can enter up to 2 images for possible inclusion in the TPS entry. The collection will open for submissions at 12:01 am on the 1 March 2025.
Based on the positive feedback received in the January 2025 Member Survey we wish to progress the formation of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) within the club. These groups would operate under the Rules of the Toowoomba Photographic Society and report to the TPS Committee.
Ideally these groups will need a leader (not currently a member of the TPS Committee) who is willing to co-ordinate and manage the activities of the SIG. To aid in the identification of willing leaders and members we are asking all TPS members to complete a short survey which can be found at https://forms.office.com/r/R58HufP5cM.
We ask that you complete the survey as soon as possible – the survey will close on the 9 March 2025. This will enable us to provide preliminary results back to members at our club meeting on the 11 March 2025 and the committee to progress SiG formation at their 20 March 2025 Committee meeting.
The first Image Review Night for 2025 is being held on the 18 March 2025. The purpose of these nights is to enable B Grade members to submit images (a maximum of two) for constructive feedback from other members and our own PSQA judges. We wish to encourage more of our B Grade members to enter our monthly Aggregate Competitions.
Images will be presented anonymously. We encourage our B Grade members to enter their images for review – you’ll receive feedback on the capturing of your images and post-processing suggestions to further enhance your images.
Please submit your images for review by midnight 14 March 2025 through the MyPhotoClub Competition website (into the collection 202503 March 2025 Image Review).
If you have any questions please contact the TPS President on 0439 485849.
