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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

Jul
16
Tue
Session 10 – The Digital Darkroom @ Zoom Meeting
Jul 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09 Meeting ID: 585 796 0052 Passcode: q8X1Yw1
Jul
23
Tue
Speaker – Samuel Markham – “Landscape composition” @ Zoom Session
Jul 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Jul
27
Sat
Lightroom for Beginners Workshop 1 @ TRC Community Rooms, Level 3, City Library
Jul 27 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

This first workshop will focus on understanding the Lightroom Catalog. What, exactly is the LR Catalog and how to set up a catalog that will allow you to easily organise, maintain and retrieve your photos in an orderly manner. We will also look at how best to import and export photos, assigning attributes, collections, keywording, and much more. Members should bring their laptop to the workshop for hands-on practice.

Your committee is looking for interest at this time so that venue bookings can be confirmed, etc. So if you are interested please please let me know by email: webmaster@tpsi.org.au

Aug
3
Sat
Lightroom for Beginners Workshop 2 @ Toowoomba Regional Library Community Rooms
Aug 3 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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.

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About us

Our aim is to promote, improve, share and enjoy photography in Toowoomba and the surrounding district offering many services, all specifically designed to improve photography and photographic skills in a friendly social atmosphere. Membership is open to all comers regardless of whether you are a beginner, an amateur or a professional photographer.

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Jul
16
Tue
7:00 pm Session 10 – The Digital Darkroom @ Zoom Meeting
Session 10 – The Digital Darkroom @ Zoom Meeting
Jul 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09 Meeting ID: 585 796 0052 Passcode: q8X1Yw1
Jul
27
Sat
10:00 am Lightroom for Beginners Workshop 1 @ TRC Community Rooms, Level 3, City Library
Lightroom for Beginners Workshop 1 @ TRC Community Rooms, Level 3, City Library
Jul 27 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
This first workshop will focus on understanding the Lightroom Catalog. What, exactly is the LR Catalog and how to set up a catalog that will allow you to easily organise, maintain and retrieve your photos[...]
Aug
13
Tue
7:00 pm TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
Aug 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Members and friends are invited to our monthly meeting and competition night – 7pm at DeMolay House on the second Tuesday of each month.
Sep
10
Tue
7:00 pm TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Members and friends are invited to our monthly meeting and competition night – 7pm at DeMolay House on the second Tuesday of each month.
Oct
8
Tue
7:00 pm TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
TPSI Monthly Meeting and Competi... @ DeMolay
Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Members and friends are invited to our monthly meeting and competition night – 7pm at DeMolay House on the second Tuesday of each month.
Recent Posts Archives

TPS Club Meeting – 13 February 2018

Our next club meeting is at 7:00pm this coming Tuesday, 13th February 2087.  There have been 100 images submitted by 35 club members for our February 2018 Aggregate Competition which will be judged this evening by Gerard Saide.

There are two Set Subject for this month:

  1. Upset
  2. Long exposure

We look forward to catching up with you all this evening.

Members can also download their latest Cable Release at February 2018 Cable Release.

by Graham Harris, February 11, 2018

TPS Photo Shoot – Cos Play – 17 February 2018

Toowoomba Photographic Society has been invited through REDACTED to photograph the next outing of the USQ Cosplay Group at Boyce Gardens, 6 Range St, Mount Lofty on Saturday, 17 February 2018 between 12 noon and 5pm.

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by Graham Harris, January 31, 2018

March 2018 Competition – Entries Due 13th February 2018

The entries for our March 2018 competition are due before or at our next club meeting on Tuesday, the 13th of February 2018.

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by Graham Harris, January 31, 2018

Field Day – Australia Day, 26 January 2018

Our first TPS Field Day for this year will be at the Australia Day celebrations at the Highfields Pioneer Village, Museum and Park, 73 Wirraglen Road, Highfields.

The Pioneer Village opens at 8:00am and TPS members will be gathering there from 8:00am.  The official program runs from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Entrance to the celebrations is via a gold coin donation.  Experienced TPS photographers will be on hand to assist participants with any questions they have about their photography or cameras.

Looking forward to catching up with you for what should be an enjoyable day.

by Graham Harris, January 21, 2018

TPS Skills Night – 23 January 2018

The first TPS Skills Night for 2018 is on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 at 7:00pm. Our agenda is still being sorted out but no doubt camera craft and post processing will feature.

For this month the Image Challenge is “Vibrant”.  Please send up to five images for this Challenge, together with up to five images for the Field Day and five for the Favourites to be included in the Skills Night audio-visual to me at graham_harris@westnet.com.au by 6:00pm on Monday 22nd January 2018.

by Graham Harris, January 10, 2018

Club Meeting – Tuesday, 9th January 2018

Our first club meeting for 2018 is this coming Tuesday night (9 January 2018) at 7:00pm.  Instead of the usual club competition we will be running a training workshop looking at how to achieve the most appropriate exposure in our images.  This will involve viewing some videos and working in groups to better understand our camera.  So please bring along your camera for what should be a valuable learning experience.

Please don’t forget that the February 2018 competition images are due by midnight the 9th January 2018 – prints can be dropped off at the club meeting.

 

 

by Graham Harris, January 6, 2018

February 2018 Competition – Entries Due 9 January 2018

The entries for our February 2018 competition are due before or at our next club meeting on Tuesday, the 9th of January 2018.

Please log in and upload the February digital competition images using the TPS MyPhotoClub website at www.tpsinc.org.au.  A video showing how to upload images is on the website here .  You must upload your digital images by Midnight Tuesday 9th January.

Prints should be lodged with Murray’s Art & Framing, 485 Ruthven St by Midday Tuesday 9th November or brought along to our Club meeting on that date.  You should also upload digital files of your prints to the website – this enables judging comments and scores to be assigned to prints and aggregate totals automatically calculated.  A video showing how to upload these digital copies of your prints is on the website here .  You must upload your print images by Midnight Tuesday 9th January

There are two Set Subjects for February

  • “Upset”
  • “Long exposure”

This, together with the Open & Field Day categories, should provide a challenge!  Note that there is a limit of 3 images in total per member per month.

Note the Maximum Image size that can be uploaded is 2000 pixels on the longest side, and a file size of 1000 kilobytes.  If your images do not meet these specifications they cannot be uploaded.  Name your files with the title of the image – if entering a set subject please indicate the subject being entered to assist judging (and please ensure you select the correct section for your uploaded images).

Looking forward to seeing you at the our next meeting.

by Graham Harris, January 1, 2018

Alice Black Award December 2017 – “Waterfalls are always music to me” by Margaret Midkiff

To perpetuate the memory of our late member Alice Black, the club has introduced the ‘Alice Black Memorial Trophy’ to be contested each year on a perpetual basis.

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by Graham Harris, December 12, 2017

Field Day – Christmas Breakup – 16 December 2017

Our final Field Day for 2017 is a Christmas Breakup at Peacehaven Park, 56 Kuhls Rod, Highfields at 4:00 pm on Saturday, 16th December 2017.

This is a BYO food and drinks for a social get together and the chance to photograph some of the features of this park, and some of it’s inhabitants.

See you then.

by Graham Harris, December 10, 2017

TPS Club Meeting – 12 December 2017

Our next club meeting is at 7:00pm this coming Tuesday, 12th December 2017.  There have been 98 images submitted by 33 club members for our December 2017 Aggregate Competition which will be judged this evening by Allan Rosser.

There are two Set Subject for this month:

  1. Music
  2. Broken, Bent or Busted

We look forward to catching up with you all this evening.

Members can also download their latest Cable Release at Cable Release – December 2017

by Graham Harris, December 10, 2017