March 2024 Competition Night
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DATE: 12/3/2024
TIME: 7:00PM
Where: DeMolay & Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99285901931?pwd=L2pCbitxWGdZSGx1YXBSQTZTMElsZz09
Meeting ID: 992 8590 1931
Passcode: q8X1Yw
by Graham Harris, March 10, 2024
The Digital Darkroom – Zoom Session
Toowoomba Photographic Society Zoom training sessions with Margaret Kebble are resuming on Tuesday, 5th March 2024. Margaret will be demonstrating how to combine the use of Lightroom and Photoshop in post-processing your photos.
In this meeting Margaret will look at organising your photos and the options available to do this. Importing into a Lightroom Catalogue will be demonstrated and for those using Adobe Bridge organisation with this tool will be examined.
We will also look at –“Help My Lightroom Catalogue is a Mess” and what to do about it.
To join the Zoom Meeting click on the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83611362846?pwd=iFo6lce067qM22JEfpQ30dEeO4SMka.1
Meeting ID: 836 1136 2846
Passcode: 974056
by Graham Harris, March 4, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 February
There were 95 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 2024 February
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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African Tulips Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Autumn is coming soon Barry Whisson – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Serene Spoonbill_ Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Standing tall. Stewart Dorman – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Sands Hotel Allan McLucas – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Felgueiras Lighthouse Brian Kenny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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New York New York Evan Williams – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Disappearing Fence John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Banksia Beauty Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Dying cosmos Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Like a Lift? Dean Mengel – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Jewel Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Arcade Bourke St Melbourne Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Singapore Skylight Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Tawhai Falls Andrew Raguse – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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White and Yellow Rose Les Maidment – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Perfect Imperfection Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Purple Petals_ Melanie Emeny – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Camouflaged Iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Fred is on level 9 Bruce Tame – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Dizzily high gargoyles_Melrose Abbe Barry Whisson – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Brisbane Quarter Dennis Clark – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Over the bridge and far away Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Skyward Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Twins Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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National Art Gallery Canberra Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Japanese Garden Toowoomba Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Church of the Good Shepherd Margaret Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Rotorua Bathhouse Margaret Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Drama at 1770 Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Indoor Beauty Allan Rosser – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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3 Flowers Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Flamingo_scape Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Koala descending gum Graham Harris – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Night time waves Belinda Kranz – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Monreale Cathedral Sicily Wayne Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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St Peters ceiling Rome Wayne Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Sicily Lyn Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Singapore Architecture Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Old and New Melbourne 7 a.m. Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Follow the Lights Tryg Helander – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Centre Punch Tryg Helander – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Holy Water Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Sleeping Musk Duck Andrew Raguse – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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ready for the relay race Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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beach fun Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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A touch of Audrey Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Angular and rounded John Stewart – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Wave Building Sharon Helander – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Moody silos. Stewart Dorman – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Shearing Sonny Rutherford – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Yellow Rose Sharon Helander – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Blue hour Iris Castle – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Lonely Surfer Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Happy Wrensday Bruce Tame – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Up The Ladder Julie Buza – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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A 1862 fashionable house in Adelaid Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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London Bridge Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Which Way Allan McLucas – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Grand Old Lady Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Syles of Architecture Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Wellington after the Quake Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Inky Sands Sandra Neill – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Sega Arcade Tokyo Veronica Sorley – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge Allan Rosser – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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LavalWaterfall Janine Waters – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Camouflaged crab Graham Harris – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Old Bridge Architecture Roberta Edwards – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Book Filled Beauty Kim Kuhnemann – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Bank Brian Kenny – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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A broken tree last defiance Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Metamorphosis – there and back Margaret Kebble – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative 
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Incoming Kym Stewart – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Cheeky little baby sloth Jane Lobegeier – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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King Parrot Its Feed TIME Dianne Horrocks – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Settler’s Cottage Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Church Tower Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Home sweet home! Ken Morton – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Dance of the net thrower Jason Wheeler – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Hobbit Hole Cotswold Kim Kuhnemann – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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The Abbey Lyn Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Church of San Cataldo Jo Christensen – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Modern Architecture for the Pigeons Roberta Edwards – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Unified Chaos Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Old Tin Shed Sandy Adsett – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Skeleton Sandy Adsett – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Grosvenor House, Dubai Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Reef Fleet Terminal, Cairns Grant Phillips – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Waterfront buildings Brisbane Margaret Kebble – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Tobacco Barns of Texas Veronica Sorley – Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Textured Wall Sonny Rutherford – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Abandoned Dennis Clark – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Broad Axe Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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by Roberta Edwards, February 14, 2024
2023 TPS Members Photography
Check out all of the amazing Photography shared by our Members during 2023!
https://youtu.be/U3Wr0Ed_ukw
by Travis Lord, December 21, 2023
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
