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2019 Ready to Shoot

Check out our 2019 Programme  !


We start the year with a sharing session on January 17th, so bring along some of your favourite images from the summer break either as prints or on a USB.  Give a commentary or just show us what you took.  Your choice!

 

We’ll then hit the city on January 20th for a City Walk outing led by Ray Goulter, focusing on Architecture in preparation for our first competition.  Meet at the car park on the northern side of the Torrens weir on Memorial Drive at 8am.
Later arrivals contact Ray to find out the current location of the group.
It is anticipated that participants may split up during the course of the morning and then regroup for coffee at 11.30am at the NRAH Food Court.

Have a great year!

Posted by  |  07/01/2019 | Categories: Blackwood Photography Club News | Comments Off on 2019 Ready to Shoot

Happy New Year 2019!

Happy New Year to all of our members and to interested visitors to our website!

Our year kicks off on Thursday January 17th with a sharing night about what you photographed over the summer break.  Bring along some of your images – digital on a USB or large prints to show.  Talk about them if you wish or just show us what you came up with.

A few members completed the December “31 Day Challenge” on flickr and while they may share some on the 17th you can check out all of the challenge images on the Blackwood Photo Club Group flickr page.

We have a City Walk scheduled for Sunday January 20th as a lead-in to our first competition on February 14th – Set Subject: Architecture.

Before the competition we have a workshop on Thursday January 31st – “Preparing for Competitions” where you can  find out how to prepare both digital images and prints as well as learning the correct procedures for entering.

The full year’s programme will be posted shortly.

Visitors and potential new members are welcome at all of our meetings!  Enjoy your photography in 2019!

Posted by  |  02/01/2019 | Categories: Blackwood Photography Club News | Comments Off on Happy New Year 2019!

BPC Annual Exhibition 2018

It was great to see some new faces and names added to the awards in our Annual Exhibition where award recipients were announced on Thursday night, November 22nd.  Huge congratulations to Bev Langley (you can’t call yourself a novice anymore!) for Honeyeater in Colour Prints, Judy Sara for Olive Grove in Mono Prints and Golden Morning in Projected Images and Di Gage for Sunset Lake in Album Prints.

Honeyeater – Bev Langley
Olive Grove – Judy Sara
Sunset Lake – Di Gage
Projected Image 1st – Golden Morning – Judy Sara – Hutt St Photos Award and WEA Landscape Trophy
Bev Langley – Colour Print
Judy Sara – Mono Print
Di Gage – Album Print
Judy Sara – Projected Image

We had  two sets of ties for 2nd place, with Judy Sara – Huli Wigmen and Helen Whitford – Hello Sunshine! tying for 2nd in Colour Prints and Di Gage – Sydney Harbour and Anthony Kernich – Metro tying in Mono Prints.  Glen Langley gained 2nd in Album Prints with Swallow and Di Gage – Madagascan Male Magpie Robin was 3rd.  In Projected images Ray Goulter gained 2nd with Alignment V2 and 3rd with Peregrine along with Anthony Kernich who tied for 3rd with Up and Down.

Hello Sunshine! – Helen Whitford
Alignment V2 – Ray Goulter
Swallow – Glen Langley
Peregrine – Ray Goulter
Huli Wigmen – Judy Sara
Sydney Harbour – Di Gage
Up and Down – Anthony Kernich
Metro – Anthony Kernich



Merits were awarded to Helen Whitford for Lighting up the Rain, One Loose Cannon, Sunset through the Rain, Those Ears! and What? and to Judy Sara for Jaguar, and Seed Pod.

Sunset through the Rain – Helen Whitford
Jaguar – Judy Sara
Those Ears! – Helen Whitford
Seed Pod – Judy Sara
One Loose Cannon – Helen Whitford
Lighting up the Rain – Helen Whitford
What? – Helen Whitford

Thank you to our Annual Exhibition 2018 judges David Rowlands, Paula McManus FAPS and John Seidel EFIAP, FAPS.

The following gallery contains all of the Projected Image Entries.  Enjoy!

01. Glen Langley_Blue Wren
Golden Morning – Judy Sara
24. Duart McLean_Valley Waterfall
23. Kerry Malec – Huddled in the Shade
22. Anthony Kernich – Duomo
21. Julie Goulter_Possum
What? – Helen Whitford
19. Ray Goulter_Phantom Skier
18. Judy Sara – Vulture
17. Duart McLean _ Resilient Cliffs
16. Kerry Malec – Dining Room Reflection
Up and Down – Anthony Kernich
14. Howard-Seaman – The Eyes Have It
13. Julie Goulter_Path To The Sea
Those Ears! – Helen Whitford
Alignment V2 – Ray Goulter
10. Judy Sara – Poppy Pollen
09. Duart McLean _ Glacial Breakaway
08. Kerry-Malec_Sturt’s Desert Peas- Mandala
07. Di Gage_Sunrise on the Murray
06. Anthony Kernich – City Lights
05. Howard Seaman – Ironbark Forest
04. Julie Goulter_Coastal Scene
Sunset through the Rain – Helen Whitford
Peregrine – Ray Goulter

Results for the 2018 Aggregate Awards were as follows.

Projected Images
1st – Photographic Wholesalers Award – Ray Goulter
2nd – James Allan
3rd – Judy Sara
Projected Images – Novice – Bev Langley

Monochrome Prints
1st – Blackwood Times Award – James Allan and Ray Goulter tied
3rd – Mark Pedlar

Colour Prints
1st – Blackwood Photographic Club Award – Helen Whitford
2nd – Jenny Pedlar
3rd – James Allan

Album Prints
1st – JV Spick Award – Gloria Brumfield
2nd – David Hancock
3rd – David Hope

Images of other Award presentations of the night.

Bev Langley – Colour Print

Julie Goulter was awarded the Bill Templar Award for service to BPC in 2018.  Congratulations Julie on this recognition of your efforts throughout the year!

Julie Goulter – Bill Templar Award for service to BPC during 2018

To see more of our work visit our exhibition over Christmas in the Coventry Library, Stirling from December 16th 2018 to January 6th 2019.

Posted by  |  25/11/2018 | Categories: Annual Exhibition, Blackwood Photography Club News, Competitions | Comments Off on BPC Annual Exhibition 2018

Odd Things in my Garden- October 11 competition

Stuck Down – Helen Whitford
Final Inspection – Les Ludgate

With a large number of impressive but odd things from members gardens to consider our judge for the evening, Keith Siedel, had a busy task but as expected he once again did it very well.

Keith is well known to club members as a photographer with a significant portfolio of internationally exhibited and awarded work. His work has been exhibited in 35 countries and published widely. He as been a member of the Edwardstown club since 1986 and is the longest active member. Keith is also the Judging Co-Ordinator for the SAPF. With that sort of background he had plenty of wisdom to pass along.

Empty Pupal Case – Kerry Malec
Fungi Family – Bev Langley
Caught – Judy Sara
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Ladybird Elle – Judy Sara

Some of the key points Keith raised were:

  • Be conscious of the background and tone it down where necessary so that it does not distract.
  • Any sharp, strong colours should be cropped as they are too noticeable.
  • Quite a number of shots had a shallow depth of field, to their detriment. He definitely did not like soft edges.
  • Fill the frame with detail, make it a tight composition.
  • Some images just needed something added to tell a story and make it more powerful.
  • Be careful of over-sharpening.
  • Try and draw the viewer into the photograph.
  • If using macro, think about what needs to be sharp and what is ok to leave soft.
  • The time of day of course can have a major impact on the quality of the image.

There were once again a good number of entries in the Open category and they added to the wide variety on display.

Another great night with a larger number of entries from a broader membership mix and this was also reflected in the results.

Seed Pod – Judy Sara
Neglected Corner – Helen Whitford
Wolf Spider – Bev Langley
Void – Jenny Pedlar
In the Steps of the Templars – Mark Pedlar
Zurich Sunset – Anthony Kernich
Tram Lines – Anthony Kernich
City Lights – Anthony Kernich

Posted by  |  15/10/2018 | Categories: Blackwood Photography Club News, Competitions | Comments Off on Odd Things in my Garden- October 11 competition

Laratinga Wetlands Outing – Sept. 16

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It was chillier than expected so after adding extra layers or thicker jackets eight of us headed into the wetlands. The birds at Laratinga seem to be more tolerant of people which was great as it enabled us to get quite close to many of the birds. The group soon split up as different birds caught their attention.

 

The great thing about photography is that it slows you down and enables you to concentrate on the behavior of the birds. You need to watch the birds carefully to enable prediction of that special moment to get the great photo. Or you hold your finger on the shutter and hope that moment is captured somewhere in the burst!

 

The blaze of blue from the Superb Fairy-wrens captivated everyone. These birds flitted from the ground and into the shrubs feeding themselves and finding food for their begging young.

The Willie Wagtail flew out and came back with tiny sticks and cobwebs to build its nest.

The Red Wattle bird foraged in the litter and probed the tree bark for insects. I thought they were nectar feeders!

The Australian Spotted Crake scuttled across the path to the muddy shore then disappeared into the reeds.

The Mallards thrilled us with brilliant flashes of colour as they moved their wings.

As the Australasian Shovelers dived their tails rose up and their feet paddled.

The synchronized swimming of bird pairs was great to watch.

The freshwater tortoises sunned themselves on the fallen log.

 

We finally moved our eyes from our cameras and enjoyed a picnic lunch together. But was great to peek onto someone else’s camera screen to see what they had captured!

JUDY

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GREG

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DI

KERRY

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BRUCE

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Posted by  |  17/09/2018 | Categories: Blackwood Photography Club News, Club outings | Comments Off on Laratinga Wetlands Outing – Sept. 16