NEWSBRIEF. March 2014 COMING EVENTS. President s Message. Ron Speed. Vol.41 No. 3. VAPS Half Yearly Meeting 23 March 2014.

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1 VICTORIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES INC. ABN Incorporation No.: A B P.O. Box 2010, South Melbourne Vic NEWSBRIEF March 2014 Vol.41 No. 3 COMING EVENTS VAPS Half Yearly Meeting 23 March VAPS Convention Geelong May. Phillip Island Camera Club 20th Birthday Anzac Weekend. (see inside) Warragul National Exhibition June. Open each day, 10am 4pm Pakenham National Entries close Friday July 11 Judging Saturday July 26 Exhibition 6 & 7 September. President s Message It s amazing how time slips away; it s hard to believe that we are heading into March already. It won t be long before we are all preparing for our Easter break and hopefully taking lots of great images for our portfolios. The programme for the VAPS conference is complete with registration forms now being sent out to clubs and available on line. My congratulations and heartfelt thanks go to the team who has put together this year s conference. It s a great programme, with a lot of opportunities to take great images and with a variety of speakers who are sure to inspire. The VAPS management committee has now decided on a new format for our website and are now progressing towards having it built. As yet we do not have an exact timeline for this to be operational, as we are waiting for confirmation from the developers. A quick reminder also goes out to all the clubs to get your entries ready for the interclub, as the closing deadline of March 23 rd is fast approaching. VAPS has created a Facebook page to provide another avenue for the flow of information and exchange of ideas. To keep up with the latest go to this link: VAPS/ ?ref=settings and like our page. To maximize this we ask that you encourage other members to do the same. Ron Speed

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4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Africa Geo Photographer Keynote Speaker for Workshops in Australia Shem Compion Africa Geo Photographer Keynote Speaker for Workshops in Australia Africa Geographic reports Shem Compion as one of the top three nature and wildlife photographers in Southern Africa. His photography explores all aspects of the natural world. He is one of the most diverse and celebrated natural history photographers in the southern hemisphere; his work has been awarded and published worldwide. Shem has published five books - all best sellers - and is currently working on two more. He is a successful professional photographer (15+ years) and owns South Africa s premier photographic safari company. I have worked with Shem and his company for 5 years and I have invited him to Australia to share his story, skills and expertise with Australian photographers, both hobby and professional. He will be the keynote speakers at seminars in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in May For information on dates, venues, seminar content, costs and how to register please click HERE. To view a short film featuring Shem, please click HERE. 4

5 Development of a Photo-Book-Competition for Camera Clubs & their members by John Spring February 2014 ( questions/comments - john_spring@dodo.com.au) v2e Photo-Books are now a popular and cost effective alternative way of printing your digital images. They can show a recent holiday trip, concentrate all the family history into an album or just illustrate the images you enjoy capturing as part of your photography. The costs of printing a photobook have plummeted and the quality of the printing and binding has increased considerably in recent years. It is now time for the Camera Club community to include the Photo Book amongst the range of events that will give new impetus to existing members photography and attract others to learn and participate in producing a professional looking book with your quality images'. These article provides back ground to the current initiative. One Country Camera Club (Macedon Ranges PS) and a City Camera Club (MelbourneCC) have agreed to run educational seminars and each undertake a pilot Photo-Book- Competition (P-B-C) during 2014 in conjunction with the sponsoring local 'PhotoBookShop' printing company. The two photobook seminars (involving pre-registration) are proposed to be available for all VAPS Club members and announcements by the two Club running the pilot competitions are expected to be announced shortly in March. A set of initial P-B-C rules have been developed with input from the PhotoBookShop printing company and the pilot clubs Macedon Ranges and Melbourne Camera Clubs. A web site is being constructed and will be available in April to provide the best 'over the internet' operational mechanism with the lowest price for the best book quality that provides 'a level playing field' from which the pilot PhotoBookCompetitions will start. The most difficult part of the Competition concept has been formulating the 'standard book' which all must use and so provides a level playing field for judging the content photography, artwork, text and graphics. The standard book is not judged just the content and cover. So after much consideration and debate, it has been defined as a 300mm x 300mm square book with a hard photocover having 40 pages (20 sheets) of 170gsm semi -gloss silk paper. Only one software package (downloaded so it can be used off-line) supplied by the printing company can be used. Yes it is widely used in the PhotoBook industry and been used and tested. The period of the competition extends over approximately 5 months (April to September) and ends up with a Club presentation night where the 3 Judges will bring and show the books submitted and comment on all the book entries similar to Clubs existing Print/EDI competitions. Who and how much I hear you all asking? Registration & purchase of a minimum voucher will provide a posted proof book and the final competition submission book. This Competition Voucher starts at $50 but additional 'proof book' can be ordered and paid for online. Club Administrators (the Secretary) must have previously registered their agreement to the rules and processes to obtain a 'Club Registration Number' and 'Competition PhotoBook registration & agreed dates' with the PhotoBookShop contact. Clubs can then announce the details and dates and the Secretary will be able to provide registration numbers to their financial members to register and purchase a Competition voucher for their Club's Photo-Book-Competition. The above description is a short resume of what is a quite complex arrangement. A four cornered hat would be a good starting description. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the VAPS half yearly meeting Sunday afternoon March 23rd where a short presentation will be made to Club representatives that are in attendance. Obviously the two proposed 2014 PhotoBook trials will provide a great deal of practical feedback which may be subsequently incorporated into revised rules and operational processes. There will be another presentation at the VAPS Geelong Convention on the Saturday morning (May 24th). I am always happy to discuss concerns on this new Camera Club photo initiative with any members. 5

6 PUNOGRAPHY SECTION: A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy. I used to be a banker but then I lost interest. England has no kidney bank but it does have Liverpool. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. This girl said she recognised me from the vegetarian club but I d never met herbivore. When chemists die they barium. Velcro - what a rip off! 6

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9 2014 Bendigo Camera Club Print Exhibition to be held at Easter The Bendigo Camera Club is holding its annual print exhibition over the coming Easter break. We have invited the Adelaide Camera Club members to exhibit some of their work. The exhibition is open from 18 th April (Good Friday) until 20 th April, (Easter Sunday) at Dudley House. Which is situated at the round-a-bout on the corner of View Street and Rowan Streets in Bendigo, which is within close proximity to the Art Gallery. We will have approximately 150 prints will be on display with admission cost of $3 per person. Viewing hours are 10am 5-30pm Fri Sat and 10am 4-30pm on Sunday. The venue has wheelchair access and we hope to see you there to view some superb work. ATTENTION CLUB SECRETARIES AND PRESIDENTS PILCH, the legal resource for Not for Profit Associations has a new name and address Justiceconnect.org.au This is an important resource for clubs as it provides guidelines on Model Rules, and legal requirements for NFP Associations. HAVE you updated your Model Rules/Constitution? The New Reform Act came into effect in November 2013, if you did not update your own rules or indicate that you have adapted to the new rules, your club is now covered under the new rules automatically. There are some significant new requirements in the new Reform Act, This link will take you to the NFP portal on the new Justiceconnect.org.au site. Here you can download the new rules and the mandatory points that must be contained in your own model rules 9

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11 ATTENTION WESTERN DISTRICT CLUBS David Simmonds,, noted photographer and judge will be relocating to the Otways in the near future. David is open to judging in the area and surrounding districts. Please contact David at : david@simmonds.com.au A Message From the Badges and Awards Director. Applications for VAPS Awards close at the Half Yearly Meeting on the 23 th of March Application forms have been sent to all club secretaries. Please consider who in your camera club is deserving of a VAPS Meritorious Service Award, VAPS Service Award (SSVAPS) or a year bar. If you need further forms please contact me. TIME IS RUNNING OUT!! Fred Everett SSAPS SSVAPS Service Awards Director DAVID HARRADINE LIGHTROOM AND PHOTOSHOP COURSES 2014 David continues to offer a $100 discount for Affiliated club members on all of his advertised courses through Just enter the code VAPS when registering at the training website David also offers private classes for a minimum 4 and maximum of 6 people at $195 per person Private classes can be weekdays or weekends, however please have your minimum of 4 people together before contacting David to discuss dates. Clubs can also benefit with a full day seminar at your club for $1200 Contact David to discuss your clubs needs and suitable dates 11

12 V.A.P.S. Committee 2014 AMAZING ANAGRAMS President Ron Speed Vice President Alfred Zommers Secretary / Convention Lorraine Holden (03) LH@northern-ortho.com.au Treasurer / Accountant Jeanette Colson (03) jeanette_grace@optushome.com.au Badges & Awards Fred Everett (03) feverett@dcsi.net.au Web Administrator/Convention Rebecca Nicolandos becnicolandos@gmail.com Assistant Web Admin Kath Gillies 03) margaretgi@optusnet.com.au Chair Judging Sub Committee And Judges List Alfred Zommers alfred99@internode.on.net Newsbrief Editor Bev Pascoe (03) vapsnews@inbox.com History & Archives Alan Wilson (03) alanmyki48@gmail.com Committee Members Committee Member/Convention Sue Rocco (03) suerocco@gmail.com Ian Rolfe Committee Member/Judging ssps@ssps-photographicclub.org.au ianrolfe@bigpond.com Margaret Zommers Committee Member/Convention margz@internode.on.net Peter Kewley Committee Member/Interclub pwk@optusnet.com.au Karel Reus Committee Member kreus@me.com Garry O Connor Committee Member goc.images@gmail.com CATE BLANCHETT When you rearrange the letters NETTABLE CATCH QANTAS TURMOIL When you rearrange the letters TRANQUIL ATOMS NEWSBRIEF PUBLICATION DEADLINE 25th of the month Commercial advertisements cost $50 Newsbrief Editor Bev Pascoe vapsnews@inbox.com Commercial advertisements in Newsbrief are paid advertisements and the responsibility of the advertisers 12