Cable Release Macarthur Photographic Society, INC August 2017 Issue 286 From the Presidents Desk President Brett Atkins Well here I am writing this month's report from the NSW coastline of scenic Kiama with 12 of our MPS members just finishing dinner. We are down here on an MPS Photographic weekend away all staying at one of our MPS members Jeff's holiday house having a great time and taking some fantastic images. Thank you Jeff for your hospitality and guided tours around Kiama. I would like to thank our MPS members for voting me in as president for another term and welcome our new committee to take MPS forward for another year. I am also very honoured and at the same time excited that we have our MPS Photographic exhibition on display in conjunction with the opening of the new Narellan Town Centre for the next 10 days. I am very proud of our members works and so far have had nothing but excellent feedback on the exhibition. Make sure you get down to see the display. Coming up this month we have another workshop with Kylie Lyons which are very informative and lots of fun, we also have Chris Malikoff coming back to present on mobile photography and processing on the run. Another action packed month of MPS to look forward to and also another exciting year of activities, stay tuned. Regards Brett Atkins Editor s Notes When life gets blurry, adjust your focus. Well, I was voted in unopposed for the Newsletter Editors position, thanks for that, I enjoy doing the newsletter. This edition has the AGM on page 4. Photowalk page 5 Photo Exhibition on page 7 Member Profile on page 8 Photography Tips, Reviews and News on page 10. So remember, if you want something published in the newsletter, and you think it would be of interest to our members. Please send it to me at the email address below. Bruce Wallace bruwal52@hotmail.com YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/uczujgbiiknfwm0vbyc1qw5q Page 1 August 2017
July Photo Competition July 2017 Monthly Competition Judge Brian Bird Competition Secretary s Report July 2017 Monthly Competition Judge Brian Bird 22 members entered a total of 81 images, 15 Distinctions & 22 Credits were awarded as follows: Colour Prints 28 images 3 Distinctions 3 Credits Monochrome Prints 18 images 2 Distinctions 5 Credits Projected Images 18 images 4 Distinctions Shadows (Projected) 17 images 6 Distinctions 7 Credits 7 Credits R Rosee Image Of The Month Evi Messer s Projected Image Wildebeest Stampede From Evi Photo was taken in Kenya whilst on tour with Ken Duncan with my Canon 700D... 1/800 sec... f/6.3... 115mm...ISO 800. So thrilled to have won image of the night. Thank you Brian Bird Images from the night. Page 2 August 2017
Workshop Night July On Wednesday night 19th July we had our bi-monthly workshop. The night was a studio lights workshop, run by Kylie Lyons at her studio in Narellan. Kylie gave a very good and entertaining demonstration of her studio lighting skills. She started with a formal talk with handouts, then we all got stuck into some serious photography with our model Shelley. Another workshop at Kylie s studio will be on Wednesday 16th August. Make sure you attend, highly recommended. Some images from the night. Page 3 August 2017
AGM July 2017 Our Annual General Meeting occurred on Wednesday 26th July. After all of the committee stepped down, the meeting was chaired by David Johnson. David is a well known photographer, photo judge and ex member of Macarthur. The positions were filled without any dramas. Just one position required a secret ballot. The positions filled are as follows. President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Brett Atkins Eddie Lim Evie Messer Marcelle Diebold Competition Points Secretary Robert Rosee Assistant Points Secretary Publicity Officer Assistant Secretary Member Liaison Social Secretary Newsletter Editor David Williams Shelly Sawka Diane Mulley Diane Mulley Jennifer Delaport Bruce Wallace Digital projectionist, Asst digital projectionist, sound Tech are still open and will be decided by the new committee 2017-2018 MPS Committee Page 4 August 2017
Photowalk July Newtown Our monthly photowalk was on Saturday 29th July. By all reports it was a very enjoyable morning. David Williams was leading the walk with Lyn, Pam and Gwyn. Some images from the walk. Page 5 August 2017
August Competition Night The August competition night will be held on Wednesday 9th August. Our guest judge for the night will be a previous guest judge in Luc Vranich. Luc Vranich is an internationally and nationally accepted photographer. He has been a member of Henry Lawson Camera Club for over 20 years. He is the president of the club. He taught photography for 15 years before retiring to become a tutor of photography at the University of the Third Age. Luc has given lectures at clubs about documentary photography, landscape photography, infrared film, filters as well as presenting his own work. Luc s work includes colour print images, slides and a lot of black and white photography. Competition Entry Rules *Only current members can submit images. There are 4 categories - Monochrome Prints, Colour Prints, Digitally Projected Images and Theme images. Members can submit a maximum of 2 images in each of the categories and no more than 5 over the four categories. *For themed images, we will ask you to provide your interpretation of a specific theme. *There is a fee of $1 per print to be provided to the Competition Secretary (Robert) on the night. Entries in the monochrome and colour categories: *Rectangular images must not exceed 41cm x 51cm (16 x 20 ) including any mount or border *Square images must not exceed 46cm x 46cm (18 x 18 ) including any mount or border. Digitally projected images shall have: *Maximum dimensions of 1900 pixels (wide) x 1080 pixels (high) with a suggested resolution of 72dpi, and the image (and file name) saved as a greyscale JPEG or RGB JPEG file with a maximum file size of 2.0 MB *The cut-off time to bring your images is 7:35pm on the night. If you are unable to get your images submitted by 7:35pm, you will need to enter them in the next competition instead. There will be no exceptions to this rule. *The title and author s name should be recorded on its reverse side. *Printed entries need to be mounted and/or over-matted. If mounted, it must be on cardboard or foam core only. Framed prints will not be accepted. *For digitally projected images, you must submit them to the Competition Secretary on the Sunday night before. They should be submitted by email (preferred), or on a USB or compact disc. If submitted by USB or disc, it should be submitted to Robert at the meeting on the 4th Wednesday of the month. They can be submitted via email or on a USB or compact disc. The Competition Secretary s email address is competitionsecretarymps@gmail.com. Page 6 August 2017
Photographic Exhibition Currently running at the Narellan Town Centre is our, MPS Photographic Exhibition. It started on Friday 4th August. It goes over 10 days until Sunday 13th August. The interest from the general public has been fantastic. Our images have impressed everyone. We have met numerous possible new members, and also people keen to come along to our meetings to see what happens. The position we have could not be better. The through traffic right in the middle of the new shopping centre has been phenomenal. The Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian opened the new shopping centre. She then made a quick bee line to our exhibition to inspect the exhibit and meet us and shake hands with our Competition Secretary, Robert. Page 7 August 2017
August Member Profile The August member profile is Bruce Wallace. Due to people still finalising their member profiles, I do not have a participant. So I will step up and put forward myself as the Member Profile. I started photographing in the 1960s, when I was given a Brownie Box by my parents. Shown here is my Brownie Flash 11. I did not take photography seriously at all in those days, just family photos. Here is one of mine with my brother and friends whilst we were out camping, probably around 1966. My interest in photography waned through my late teens and I left my Brownie Box at home when I flew the nest for the Big Smoke. Then in my early twenties I became interested in photography again. So I went out and bought a Polaroid Land Camera. This camera was great because I had an image within minutes of taking the photo, similar to the current digital days. Opposite is one of my Polaroid prints. Taken in 1975. The original colours had faded, so when I scanned the original I revamped the colours in Photoshop. But it has stood the distance of time fairly well considering it was not kept in an ideal situation for most of it s 40+ years. My interest soon increased with the photographic world. I felt the Polaroid did not meet my expectations. So I consulted a friend, who was heavily into photography, about where I can go in this wondrous world of photography. He diagnosed my problem very quickly and said, You need an SLR. A what, I said. He showed me his Pentax Spotmatic and his Kodachrome slides that he regularly took. So in 1976 I went out and bought an SLR. A Pentax KM. A completely mechanical camera, all manual controls, with a small button battery for the light meter. I knew nothing about f stops, shutter speed and ASA (now ISO). I was very keen to learn, so it was a pleasure to learn how to use my camera. Above is one of my images from 1976. A colour print taken on Kodacolor. I read photographic magazines voraciously, particularly Australian Photography. And I was soon up to speed on the use of my camera. Page 8 August 2017
August Member Profile My interest in a genre of photography was not there. I was an all rounder. Some landscapes, family and whatever was there to photograph. I had my own darkroom at home and mainly made Cibachrome prints from my colour Kodachrome slides. I also did a little bit of black and white printing, but mainly colour. I knew about the MPS in the early 80s, but did not join, I was a gunna join. This went on until 2012 when I finally joined the MPS, 30 years later. But things changed in the late 80s when I became fascinated with Australian Native plants. I joined the Australian Plants Society in the early 90s and I was photographing all things Australian native. Above is two of my favourite native plant images. Although it was not until the digital age before I bought a Macro lens. I now enjoy wandering around the city photographing whatever I see of interest. Some street photography, and getting out of town to photograph our rural environs. I use a Pentax K5. So I am still a bit of an all rounder. I enjoy printing my own prints, and in particular monochrome prints. So I have an Epson R3000 printer that prints a very good monochrome image. Page 9 August 2017
Photography Tips, Reviews and News Bruce Wallace Newsletter Editor The Golden Hour (From Wikipedia) In photography, the golden hour is a period shortly after sunrise or before sunset during which daylight is redder and softer than when the Sun is higher in the sky. When the sun is near the horizon, sunlight travels through a greater depth of atmosphere, reducing the intensity of the direct light, so that more of the illumination comes from indirect light from the sky (Thomas 1973, 9 13), reducing the lighting ratio. More blue light is scattered, so if the sun is present, its light appears more reddish. In addition, the sun's small angle with the horizon produces longer shadows. Image taken just after sunrise, Gulgong, NSW. Taken at 06.59am 17/05/2017. Sunrise in Gulgong that day was 06.45am. So image taken 14 minutes after sunrise. Wikipedia contd. The term "hour" is used figuratively; the effect has no clearly defined duration and varies according to season and latitude. The character of the lighting is determined by the sun's altitude, and the time for the sun to move from the horizon to a specified altitude depends on a location's latitude and the time of year (Bermingham 2003, 214). In Los Angeles, California, at an hour after sunrise or an hour before sunset, the sun has an altitude of about 10 12. For a location closer to the equator, the same altitude is reached in less than an hour, and for a location farther from the equator, the altitude is reached in more than one hour. For a location sufficiently far from the equator, the sun may not reach an altitude of 10, and the golden hour lasts for the entire day in certain seasons. Image taken just before sunset, Butterworth, Malaysia. Taken at 7.24pm 15/04/2014. Sunset in Butterworth that day was 7.26pm. So image taken 2 minutes before sunset. Tips, reviews and news continued over. Page 10 August 2017
Photography Tips, Reviews and News Image taken just after sunrise at Austinmer Beach, NSW. Taken at 07.02am, 25/05/2014. Sunrise that day was at 06.49am. So image taken 13 minutes after sunrise. So as you can see it is a great time to get out at sunrise, or sunset and get some very warm, atmospheric images with the sun low in the sky. Photographic Competitions Here are a number of photographic competitions that are open now for entries. *Sony World Photography Awards. See website for details. https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-worldphotography-awards *Australian Photography awards. See website for details. https://www.australianphotographyawards.com.au/? gclid=eaiaiqobchmi8kf9ofa31qivxqyqch0uxaqjeamyasaaegihepd_bwe *2017 photographer of the year. See website for details. http://www.australianphotography.com/poty/termsand-conditions *Australian Traveller & International Traveller Your Shot 2017 Competition. See website for details https://www.australiantraveller.com/yourshot/ *Contemporary Art Awards 2018, Queensland Government. https://www.contemporaryartawards.com/? gclid=eaiaiqobchmin6kw i31qiv2aoqch1mxwoveamyaiaaegjhpvd_bwe *Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology photo competition. 2018 Australian weather calendar. http://www.bom.gov.au/calendar/contest/ *Maitland International Salon of Photography. See web site. https://maitlandsalon.myphotoclub.com.au/ calendar/ *Sydney International. See web site. http://www.siep.org.au/ Page 11 August 2017
Change in Subscription Fees and Structure Membership fee to increase to $70. There has been no fee increase for many years. Costs are increasing, such as rental on the hall. Under 16 and or student card membership fee at $50 Family Membership $100 per two family members (spouse or child) then $20 per additional child. These fees will be for the new year, 2017-2018 Change in Competition entry fee Increase digital/projected competition entry to $2 per image Print entry fee stays at $1 per print. These fee increases for 2017-2018. Page 12 August 2017
Club Calendar Date Wednesday 8th February Wednesday 22nd February Wednesday 8th March Wednesday 22nd March Wednesday 12th April Wednesday 26th April Wednesday 10th May Wednesday 24th May Wednesday 14th June Wednesday 28th June Wednesday 12th July Wednesday 26th July Wednesday 9th August Wednesday 23rd August Wednesday 13th September Wednesday 27th September Wednesday 11th October Wednesday 25th October Wednesday 8th November Wednesday 22nd November Wednesday 13th December Activity Competition Judge, Ray Atkinson Presentation Brian Bird, Basics of HDR Photography Competition Judge, Alan Hitchens Presentation Lufti Hady, Setting up a Photography Business Competition Bob Cook Presentation Macarthur Camera House Competition Gary Riley Presentation Evi, Eddie, Bruce, Overseas Adventures Competition Russell Field Presentation TableTop Competition Brian Bird Annual General Meeting Competition Luciano Vranich Presentation Chris Malikoff Photography and processing on mobile Competition Dennis Cale Presentation Macarthur Camera House Competition TBA Presentation Len Brown, Sydney International Competition Competition Member Judging Presentation Pamela Martin Top Shot Themed subjects for 2017 MPS program. August 9th Patterns September 13th Street October 11th Abstract Page 13 August 2017
2017-2018 Committee President Brett Atkins Vice President Eddie Lim Secretary Evie Messer (secretary@gmail.com) Treasurer Office Bearers-Committee Positions Competition Points Secretary Robert Rosee (competitionsecretarymps@gmail.com) Assistant Points Secretary David Williams Member Liason Vacant Publicity Officer Shelly Sawka Assistant Secretary Diane Mulley Social Secretary Jennifer Delaporte Newsletter Editor Bruce Wallace (bruwal52@hotmail.com) Page 14 August 2017
Web Links MPS Website http://www.macarthurphotographicsociety.org.au MPS Flicker Page https://flickr.com/groups/macarthur-photographic-society/pool MPS Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/macarthurphotographicsociety NIK Collection https:/www.google.com/nikcollection 500px https://500px.com/ South Skye Camera Club http://www.southskyecameraclub.org.uk/ The Complete Pixel http://www.thecompletepixel.com/the-complete-pixel/lightroom-workshop/lightroom/ Page 15 August 2017