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VAPS Annual General Meeting. 8 November 2016
Detals have been sent to clubs.
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Message from the Newsbrief Editor
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Spring is on its way. That is excellent for all of us. Does it make you more active in getting out and about? It does me and I am glad.
Have you ever entered an international photographic competition?
The APS has started a new Facebook Closed Group called, "Friends of the Australian Photographic Society".
The group is about sharing all things photographic. Members are encouraged to actively engage by like-ing and commenting on posts by other members.
It has friendly discussion, requests for advice, talk about gear and links to photographically relevant articles.
It encourages people to arrange informal photography meetups anywhere in the world.
Modifications to advertising charges.
There have been some modifications to these charges. See the bottom of the email.
Question!
Are you an aesthetic person who got into photography or are you a photographer who has become a bit aesthetic?
Now that I am retired I seem to have time to think about things like this. Or is it that there is more in the "stockpile" to think about? Or is it that work no longer blocks those good thoughts? I seem to be visiting galleries and exhibitions more lately. Why is it so?
This has brought me back to a photograph that has been on my wall for fifty years. It was taken by a friend at Narrowing Beach near Portland in Western Victoria in the late 60's. It's faded a bit and always seems to have cobwebs.
At the time, aged 21, I had my first camera (Minolta SRT 101) and was developing my own images in the bathroom. This image so typifies my life as a teenager. Get a few friends, get your bikes and head off to the cliffs or bays around Portland. Tell no one where we are going and just get back for tea at 5.00 pm. It's an example of engaging with the content and feeling an image has that, I am sure, we have all experienced.
Recently I have been looking at my recent images, many of which are beach and sea locations. A fair proportion of them seem influenced by my wall image. Foreground in focus and background a mystery.
It's this image and my recent ones that have answered, in part, the question at the start. I think that the aesthetic side of me was "loitering with intent" and photography has enabled me to explore this more. So where am I? I reckon I am about halfway between the two extremes.
So thank you photography and thank you Howard Birnstihl for the photograph on my wall for fifty years.
What about you? What were you when you started photography? What are you now? Have you talked about this with other photographic friends. Have you shared your thoughts about your favourite image with a friend or by an article?
Does your club/society engage you in aesthetics as well as techniques, processing, rules and the like?
On the above matter, Waverley Camera Club have interesting article on their website. What an extensive set of ideas are in this article!
http://www.waverleycameraclub.org/uploads/2016/03/Aesthetics-of-Photography_By-Emma-Gilette.pdf
Barry Povey (Berwick Viewfinders Camera Club)
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VAPS Annual General Meeting
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NOTICE OF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
THE VAPS AGM WILL BE HELD
ON NOVEMBER 6TH AT 1.30PM
ST PETERS CHURCH HALL
371 NEERIM ROAD
MURRUMBEENA
STREET PARKING PLEASE
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| 2016 Tesselaar Tulip Festival Photographic Competition |
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TULIP TIME IS ALMOST HERE
DON'T TIP TOE TO THE TULIPS THIS YEAR
PLAN YOUR CLUB OUTING TO TESSELAAR
TULIP FARM BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 8TH AND OCTOBER 4TH
TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR $300 IN CASH PRIZES ACROSS THREE CATEGORIES.
PLUS $200 FOR THE CLUB WITH THE MOST ATTENDEES
SEE THE FLYER IN THIS MONTHS NEWSBRIEF.
DOWNLOAD IT USING THE LINK IN NEWSBRIEF
AND TAKE IT ALONG TO TESSELAAR'S FOR A DISCOUNTED CLUB ADMISSION TO THEIR MAGNIFICENT TULIP FESTIVAL AND FLOWERING GARDENS
SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES TO YOUR CLUB
CLUBS ENTER THEIR 10 BEST IMAGES TO THE vapscomp.org.au
WEBSITE
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 14 TH OCTOBER
AND BE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE CASH PRIZES
BEAUTY,
PEOPLE,
CULTURE,
Name your images with one of the above descriptions and be in the running for cash prizes.
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Attention All Camera Clubs
TULIPS DOWN UNDER COMPETITION - INSTRUCTIONS
VAPS has partnered with Tesselaar Tulip Farm to bring you an exciting digital competition. See the flyer in this Newsbrief for the details.
This will be a Club entry, not individual members. Members will need to lodge their best digital images taken at the Tulip Festival during 8th September and 4th October with their clubs, and clubs will need to select the top 10 entries.
Clubs will then need to load their digital entries up to the VAPS Competition website, vapscomp.org.au, just as you did for the Interclub.
If your Competition Steward has lost the current club login to the VAPS system or you need a new one please request a new password or use the Contacts tab to contact us.
Digital images for the competition must have been taken between 8th September and 4th October and be uploaded to the system by the 14th October.
When entering your digital images please put the category name followed by a hyphen and then the title;
Beauty-Title
People-Title
Culture-Title
There is no restriction on the number of images per member or category, however, the total maximum per club is 10.
Where the image title is not preceded by the category, the adjudicators will place that image into the appropriate category.
The Tulip Competition will only accept Digital Images, please follow the normal login process and ignore any reference to Prints.
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VICTORIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES Inc.
PDF FORMS
FREE ADOBE ACROBAT READER
Please be advised that all VAPS forms are being converted to Interactive PDF forms.
That means you can type directly into the shaded areas of the forms.
When you complete an interactive form you must SAVE the form to your computer, in a folder/directory where you can find it, BEFORE attaching it as an attachment when you need to send it back to us.
You can also print the form once it has been saved.
When you open a PDF form and the shaded areas are not showing, or you receive a receipt and there are no details in the form, it is usually because you do not have the latest Adobe PDF reader installed. If you double click on the image below it will take you to the free download site for the Adobe Acrobat reader. Install this and you should have no problems opening and reading and entering your information to the VAPS PDF forms.
Remember to save the PDF once you have completed the details required.
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From Clubs/Societies and Others
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INTERCLUB 2017
ADVANCE NOTICE
Due to vehicle and storage and weight restrictions next year
we will not be able to accept club wooden boxes
for club prints
NO WOODEN BOXES
OR LARGE SIZE CARDBOARD BOXES
Clubs are requested to use A2 folios that are available from
Office Works, Riot Art Supplies and Seniors Art Supplies.
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| Rosanna Photographic Club |
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Vale Jack Lanagan 12/9/1930 – 28/7/2016
Jack Lanagan was born in northern NSW. After studying engineering in Newcastle, he married Ann in 1953, and together they spent a number of years living in Britain and around Toronto in Canada. Jack and Ann then returned to the Newcastle area before moving to Melbourne in the early 1970's.
Jack had a life-long passion for photography which he shared with Ann. After moving to Melbourne, he joined the Rosanna Photographic Club in 1973 and at various times was also a member of the Ivanhoe and Melbourne Clubs and the Royal Photographic Society. He was the convener of the local RPS group.
Jack was always quick to move into new technology. When Cibachrome printing arrived, Jack was one of the first in Melbourne to take up the new process. Using his engineering skills Jack built his own automated Cibachrome print processor. Solutions entered the print processing drum via valves and electronic timers. Jack generously shared his accumulated knowledge with his fellow club members. For many years the Rosanna club was known as the "Cibachrome Club" as so many members followed Jack in taking up this process. The combination of artist with the camera and master printmaker was undeniable in competition. Jack's name features more than any other on Rosanna's print aggregate trophy. Jack's photographs also gained national and international awards.
When digital photography arrived, Jack was the first member from Rosanna to shift to the new technology. Even before the digital cameras were sufficiently good for club members, Jack had invested in one of the best slide scanners available, scanned his slides and reprocessed the digital information using early versions of Photoshop. He quickly moved onto a digital camera and became an expert user of the Photoshop program. Just a few years ago, Jack found a shoebox full of 6x6 cm negatives taken during their time living in Britain but which had never been printed previously. Jack quickly scanned these negatives looking to find any hidden gems, leading to a wondrous image of Bruges appearing in our competition.
Jack was a man of few words, a quiet gentleman who didn't need to talk up his abilities. His photographs spoke for themselves.
Jack will be fondly remembered for his quiet good humor, his gentle nature, his stunningly high-quality photography and his willingness to share his knowledge with other photographers.
Sadly missed by members of Rosanna Photographic Club
Vale composed for RPC and emailed via Jan Burt (President RPC)
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Don't forget this. Support it.
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47th Ballarat National Competition
Click here for a link to entry form. |
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Western Plains Photography Club
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ENTRIES ACCEPTED 5pm, Wed 28th September, 2016
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Warragul Camera Club Inc.
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APS - Australian Photographic Society
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Have you checked APS recently? There are resources for members as well as well as visitors. Consider joining. Check their download section for newsletters in each division of images.
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Judges and Presenters at your Club
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Every year, when we put our syllabus together, we turn to the "Victorian Judges List" to engage judges and presenters for our monthly meetings.
These people are members of the photographic community that volunteer their time to come along to our meetings. In the past, there has been very little training for potential judges and no continuing training at all for existing judges. A group has been formed to try and rectify this.
The APJA (Judges Association) has put together a series of 1-day seminars to help current judges and potential judges become better trained and be of greater help to clubs.
As current judges retire, one thing is for certain, if we don't train up new judges, it will be increasingly difficult to engage judges and speakers. Also, there will be little or no improvement in judging standards if there is no ongoing training.
Please support this initiative. If you would like to attend the next round of Level 1 training the details are below. There is no compulsion to become a judge. It is an excellent opportunity to increase your "Image Evaluation" skills.
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MGA - Monash Gallery of Art
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BOWNESS PRIZE: finalists announced!
Judges of the William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize – award-winning filmmaker Fred Schepisi AO, photographer John Gollings AM and MGA Director Kallie Blauhorn – have confirmed the 60 finalists in Australia's most sought-after photography prize:
Link to Preview of finalists.
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Port of Melbourne - Photo Oportunity
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Great Photographic Adventures
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Camera Club Speaker - Photographer
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Editor comment.
You might like to contact Peter as a speaker or for a club group (discounted) outing.
dunphypictures@gmail.com
0418-316-384
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Photographic Safari Tours
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The Victorian 3D Society and the Sydney Stereo Camera Club alternately host the biennial Australian National Stereo Photography Convention. The first Convention was held in Canberra in 1967 and Canberra has been selected by the Sydney host club for our 50th Anniversary Convention from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th April 2017. So put these dates in your diaries now. Initial activity planning includes a full day coach tour with plenty of photo opportunities, 3D projection, technical sessions, a visit to the H A Tregellas 3D Collection at the National Library of Australia and a Convention Dinner.
The Convention venue will be easy to find as it is at Canberra's iconic Telstra Tower.
Additional details will be provided as planning progresses.
For further information please contact Carlton Wright
Phone: 0412 340 944 e: crwright2003@yahoo.com
Anyone interested in 3D photography is most welcome to visit a Victorian 3D Society club meeting and see 3D images on a large screen. Contact: Malcolm McCormick 9459 4843
General Meetings: 1st Monday of February, April, June,
August, October and December. Meetings are held at Horrie Watson Pavillion, Whitehorse Rd, Deepdene at 8pm.
Website: www.vic3d.org.au
Program
Friday 7th April 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Registration at Telstra Tower convention rooms on the ground floor of the tower.
NOTE: Once you have registered and been given your official Name Tag you will have unlimited free access to the viewing area at the top of the tower between the hours of 9:00 AM and 10:00PM for the duration of the convention. From the viewing area, you can see spectacular 360-degree night and day views of Canberra and the surrounding region. Also, when the viewing area café is open you can meet up with fellow 3Ders in your free time for a coffee at the top of the tower.
Friday 7th April 7:00 PM: Meet and Greet with welcoming snacks, tea coffee and soft drinks followed by a short projection session. The Registration Desk will be open from 7:00 PM for those who did not register earlier.
Saturday 8th April 8.30 AM to 5.30 PM: Coach Tour starting at the Premier Hotel and Apartments. The tour will include the Arboretum, Parliament House, Library - Art Gallery area with Sculpture Garden and Fern Courtyard, Mt Ainslie and finishing at 4pm at the War Memorial with Last Post ceremony at 4:55pm. Toilets and Cafes are available at all venues except for Mt Ainslie. There are a number of venues where you can have lunch at your own expense.
Saturday 8th April 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM: Projection Session at Telstra Tower.
Sunday Morning 9th April: Meet at the National Library to view a special selection of items and 3D images from the historic and massive H A Tregellas 3D Collection.
Sunday 9th April: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Projection Session plus Technical and Virtual Reality Presentations at Telstra Tower.
Sunday 9th April 6:00 PM: 50th Anniversary Conference Dinner at Telstra Tower.
Sunday 9th April 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM: Projection Session at Telstra Tower followed by closing session and details of the next Australian 3D Convention.
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Australasian Journal of Aging - 2016 Photographic Competition
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VIGEX 1st International Digital Salon - 2016
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Entries Closed
Calendar
Emailing Report Cards 04 September 2016
Electronic PDF Catalogue 08 October 2016 - Downloadable free from website: ww.vigex.org.au
Mailing of Awards 23 October 2016
This salon is being conducted by VIGEX Inc, which has been running the VIGEX Print Salons since 1980
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Australian Photographic Judges Association
APJA training 2016
Australian Photographic Judges Association is conducting training in 2016 for Levels 1, 2, and 3.
If you are a judge then this training is for you. If you are interested in becoming a judge then this training is for you.
If you are just interested in learning more and improving your photography skills then this training is for you.
Sunday, September 11
Level 1
All are held at St. Peters Anglican Church Hall
Cnr. Ames Ave & Neerim Rd Murrumbeena. (Melway 68 K5)
BYO lunch. Morning and afternoon teas provided.
Cost: APJA members $15
Persons on the current Judges List $20
Others $25
Contact to register:
Rob Sloane msec@optusnet.com.au For level 1
Gerry Gibson gg@gerrygibson.com.au For Level 2 and 1
Paul Robinson pr.artpics@gmail.com For Info on training.
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VAPS, Organisational member of Australian Photographic Society
a-p-s.org.au |
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Links to the Australian Photographic Society
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Victorian Associations of Photographic Societies Inc
Proudly acknowledges as a returning and valued sponsor
Imagebank Australia
At this year's interclub competition, Imagebank Australia awarded vouchers to the value of $100 toward any size Acrylic print to 20 photographers selected from the AIPC Victorian print finalists.
The deadline that these vouchers must be used by is 1 September 2016.
The AIPC selection committee selected prints nominated to go on to the AIPC judging. Selected prints were identified on the exhibition boards.
On behalf of the VAPS community, we would like to thank the management and staff of Imagebank Australia for their kind and generous sponsorship and we look forward to a long association.
We ask all our members to support Imagebank Australia by visiting their website at www.imagebankaustralia.com.au and utilising their expert services for your next important print work. |
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Victorian Association of Photographic Societies Inc Welcomes Epson Australia Pty Ltd
A new and valued sponsor for our members' benefit.
Special Offer from Epson for VAPS Club Members
Register at the following link to receive a $20 online shop voucher as well as many offers from the Epson range of products.
We encourage our club members to support Epson in your next printer purchase. Visit their website at epson.com.au to get all of the information on the new Epson SureColor SC‐P600.
Thank you Epson for your support to the Camera Clubs of Victoria |
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Any members of an accredited Camera Club or Society interested in evaluating images or judging are invited to apply to join the Australian Photographic Judges Association.
You do not need to be an active judge to be a member.
The prime objective of the Association is to help develop the evaluation and judging skills of members.
Further information contact:
Rob Sloane: msec@optusnet.com.au or
Paul Robinson: pr.artpics@gmail.com
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Victorian Association
of Photographic Societies Inc.
- To advance the art of photography.
- To further the interests of affiliated bodies.
- To draw up regulations governing exhibitions and inter-club competitions.
- To arrange the exchange of guest lecturers and demonstrations on any subject relating to photography.
- To arrange the exchange of prints between clubs.
- To arrange periodical conventions for members of affiliated bodies and guests.
- To arrange the publication of an official journal or news sheet .
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A Brief History:
Camera clubs have existed in Melbourne since the 1890's and an umbrella organisation called the Victorian Photographic Affiliation was formed in 1908. This guided amateur photography in Victoria for forty years. The Victorian Association of Photographic Societies was formed on 27 September 1952 and comprised of 12 clubs. This has grown to more than 70 clubs in Jan 2016. VAPS is a non-profit association that is entirely self-funded. The Association is run by an elected Committee of Management which is responsible for the operations of the Association, and for ensuring the Association fulfils the objectives.
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Contact the editor if you have questions.
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Next Issue - October
Newsbrief publication deadline 26 September 2016.
Newsbrief Editor: Barry Povey: editor@vaps.org.au
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