Calendar

Face to face meetings recommence with Covid-19 Restrictions from the July 2020 Meeting.

October 2020

  • Social Outing – Saturday 10th October at Karen Miels home, 125 Howard Avenue. See and photograph Karen’s amazing garden. Meet at 10ish. Photograph textures, flora, birds ready for next months subject (Macro). Morning Tea supplied…byo lunch if you would like to stay for that.
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 5th October 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 26th October 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Fungi – An image that shows organisms from the kingdom of fungi including yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, moulds and mushrooms.
    • Special – Macro – A sharp photo with 1:1 macro or greater (not a close-up

November 2020

  • Social Outing – Saturday 7th November – Cafe Del Giorno 7.00am for breakfast followed by Street Photography. The really keen can meet earlier for sunrise if it plays nicely on the day.
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 2nd November 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 23rd November 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Street Photography – A photo taken within a public place that documents people in their everyday environment.
    • Special Subject – The Gordon Fowler Bird Photography Prize – A photograph of one or more birds.

December 2020

  • Social Outing – Sunday 6th December
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 7th December 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 14th December 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Minature – Photography also known as diorama – a process in which a photograph of a life sized object is made to look like a photograph of a miniature scale model.
    • Special – Fauna – not domesticated

January 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 4th January 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 25th January 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – On the Beach –An image taken to include a subject that is on a beach.
    • Special –

February 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 1st February 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 22nd February 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open –
    • Set – Discarded – An item or object no longer in use by its owner, something or someone no longer useful or desirable.
    • Special – Scapes – includes landscape, seascape and city scapes (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

March 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 1st March 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 22nd March 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • EPCCA – 26th to 28th March at Ceduna
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Architecture – Photography that focuses on buildings. It can include shooting building exteriors and interiors, as well as bridges, other structures, and cityscapes
    • Special – Action – (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

April 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 5th April 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 26th April 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Silhouette – an object or a scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black
    • Special – NA

May 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 3rd May 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 24th May 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Weather – An image that shows the state of the atmosphere, for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
    • Special – Creative and Experimental – Photo can be adjusted in post production editing stage and/or during capture of photo. (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

June 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 7th June 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 28th June 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Leading Lines – lines that appear in a photograph that have been framed and positioned by the photographer to draw the viewer’s eye towards a specific point of interest.
    • Special – NA

July 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 5th July 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – 26th July 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Water Droplets – a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces
    • Special – Macro/Close Up – A sharp image of a subject that is either greater than 1:1 or close up to fill the frame. (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

August 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 2nd August 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 23rd August 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Refections – use reflective surfaces to create an artistic echo of a scene
    • Special – Fauna – Not domesticated – (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

September 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 6th September 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 27th September 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Birds Eye View – an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird
    • Special – People – May include one or more persons eg: portraiture, child study, or group of people (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

October 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 4th October 7pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 25th October 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Time – An image that gives the sense that we are witnessing a precise moment in history, a passage of time, an event taking place that requires of the viewer, an understanding of progression; moving from one place to another, moving forward in time and space.
    • Special – Flora – May include garden plants. No cut flowers, wreaths, bouquet or vases. (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

November 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 1st November 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 22nd November 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
  • Open
    • Set – Forced Perspective – Create a type of optical illusion. Objects appear to be a different size or distance due to the angle they have been shot from.
    • Special – Gordon Fowler Bird Photography Prize – An image of one or more birds (may be monochrome or colour and any format including Panorama but must be mounted on an 11″ x 14″ card mount.)

December 2021

  • Social Outing –
  • Management Committee Meeting – Monday 6th December 7.00pm
  • General Meeting – Monday 13th December 6.45 for 7.00pm
  • Competition Categories
    • Open
    • Set – Shadows – An image of the contour created when an object or person blocks rays of light from reaching a surface. The shape of a shadow changes based on its relationship with its light source.
    • Special – NA