NEXT MEETING - 18th February

Presentation of trophies for 2009 competitions.
Competition for Merit Award Winners from 2009 and "Top Shot 2009" including all categories
Mike Faulkner will be Judging the awards. Mike Faulkner took up a camera in 1979 and joined the Port Hacking Camera Club in 1980. In 1984 he formed the Spectrum Photographic Group and is a founding member of the Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography. He has served on various positions of the committees of these organizations and also the Federation of Camera Clubs and the Sydney International Exhibition for many years. In the late 1980's he attended a FCC Judges course and began club judging soon after. Invitations to Judge National and International Exhibitions soon followed. In 2000 he formed the Port Hacking Digital Artists Group which is still meeting in Cronulla. He is now a member of the Maitland Camera Club where he has formed a Digital Workshop. Mike's main interests are Nature and Landscape but he appreciates all forms of Photographic image making.
Robert Carter, Director of Ashfield Leagues Club will present the awards.

COME TO SUNDAY SCHOOL - 28th February

The first session of the "Sunday School" will commence on February 28th, at 2.30pm in the meeting room at Wests Ashfield. Your instructor will be Vince Nash. There will be up to 2 hours of instruction on image editing, mainly centred on the application of adjustment layers. The program is aimed at members with only basic knowledge/skills in the use of imaging editing software.
Whilst Vince will demonstrate using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, the use of this program does not exclude members who use other editing programs as most, if not all, of the knowledge/skill learned will be readily transferable.
Vince will also revise Digital Competition Sizing. For those who are new to the club or who have forgotten any of the details related to sizing your image for competition this is your chance to prepare for the monthly digital competition that starts next month.
If you have a lap top computer bring it along, but lap top or not, you will get benefit from the instruction as the demonstration will be projected and handouts should be available.
Later this year we will progress to more advanced applications of layers including masks.
Please advise the club secretary if attending.

Photo Credit: Chris Pritt - "Exploding Vase"

Getting Out and About - Photographic Exhibitions

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Title: 6 photographers
Dates: 5 December 2009 to 7 March 2010
Location: Australian collection focus room, ground level
Description: In 1955 six Australian photographers (Gordon Andrews, Max Dupain, Kerry Dundas, Hal Missingham, Axel Poignant and David Potts) presented an exhibition in Sydney that represented a shift from the traditions of the past to the recording of contemporary life. This exhibition presents five photographs by each, stressing their ambition to make 'unstaged, spontaneous and personal records'.
For more information refer to the web site at Art Gallery of New South Wales

Venue: Bowral and District Art Society
Title: contemplations
Description: Ray Finneran, Chris Donaldson and Frank Alvaro invite you to their exhibition of photographs. As three experienced photographers and friends, Ray, Chris and Frank present over 70 monochrome photographs. This exhibition encompasses a wide range of subject matter much of which originates from shared field trips in NSW. Each has used traditional dark-room techniques to produce individual but complementary approaches to their art, together creating a collection of visual stories that invite contemplation.
All three are members of the Australian Photographic Society, and each has been actively involved in the photography club movement in executive positions, as judges and as presenters.
Dates: 19 March to 28 March 2010
Location: 1 Short Street, Bowral, NSW
(just around the corner from the police station, behind the library)
Opening times: daily from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm
Official opening: 2:00 pm Sunday 20 March by special guest speaker, emeritus prof. of photography, Des Crawley
Meet the artists: 2:00 pm Sunday 27 March

Venue: Australian Museum
Title: Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Description: Experience the power, mystique and beauty of wildlife captured through the lens of photographers from around the world.
Dates: 24 Dec 2009 to 26 Apr 2010
Location: Level G, Special Exhibition Space
Entry: Adults $17; concession $12; child $9; family $26 (1 adult + 2 children); family $43 (2 adults + 2 children); extra child $6; DVA Gold Cardholders and Blue Pension Cardholders $3; FREE children under 5 years. For more information refer to the web site at Australian Museum