I am proud to announce that we have just produced the April 2016 edition of Camera Clips.  This edition features articles that reflect recent workshops and review nights.

Alberto and I have put together some of the information about High Key images from the workshop of the same name.  There is an article on “The Decisive Moment” a book by Henri Cartier-Bresson after a discussion on street photography.  There is a photo-essay of the Anzac day dawn service attended by some of the club members.  Bruce Nankivell has provided a photoessay on an Iconic Hills Garden.  And several other articles.

I hope that you will enjoy this edition of Camera Clips – the club newsletter.

James Allan

Yes, now in an easily accessible form for your viewing pleasure – El Presidente’s musings is now a page on this blog.

It’s really a digest of my readings and musings on things photographic – none of the messy club business, just the pure reading/viewing list. It may not last past this Presidency, but it’s a sort of reading resource we’ve talked about for a while.

Cheers

Chris 🙂

Two weeks ago we had the Urban Landscape competition.  This was judged by a non-SAPF judge.  Simone Hanckel is a professional photographer working in “black and white children’s photography”.  First some of the images and then some comments from the club face book page.

Stephanie Mallen – Eye Contact

Mark Pedlar – Home of the Phantom

Ron Hassan – Idealic country town

Yameena Dahnji – Melbourne Skyline

James Allan – A view of Assissi

Judy Sara – Marina Pier

Eric Budworth – Crowdwd Skyline

Alberto Giurelli – All in a day

Kerry Malec – Overpass looking South

Ashley Hoff

April 8 at 1:03pm

So, how did you find the judge last night? I thought she added something else and did a fantastic job!

Anyhow, if you want, check out her facebook page:  Simone Hanckel Photography

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Jennifer Williams Sorry I missed it

April 8 at 3:00pm

Chris Schultz Ditto – I like good judging and from the sound of it the club benefited. Well done to Alberto for arranging something fresh!

April 8 at 4:06pm

Helen Fletcher Simone’s positivity and feedback were really something special. I learnt a lot last night. And that’s what it’s all about. Thanks Alberto – great choice of judge.

April 8 at 5:38pm

James Allan I like the fact that she never gave up on an image. She was an excellent interpreter of the authors vision. Better than the “this is what is wrong with this image” approach. Top marks

April 8 at 8:18pm

Jennifer Williams Sounds like I missed a great night

April 8 at 9:52pm

Stephanie Mallen Yes I thought she was great – she tried to offer some valuable comments for every image. She made some very good points about directing the viewers eye.

April 11 at 11:44pm

James Allan Do you think we should write this up for the webpage? Any objections to using the facebook comments?

April 16 at 10:50pm

Helen Whitford sounds like a good idea!

Yesterday at 9:24am

In conclusion – Another interesting night.  Well done to everyone who contributed.

James Allan

Judy Sara

Chris Schultz

Judy Sara

Ursula Prucha

Kerry Malec

Peter Philips judged the circle competition this week. The set judge phoned in sick and Peter was called upon at the last minute. Actually earlier in the day he had driven back from the limestone coast where he and Keith Seidel had been judging. Peter however sounded fresh, quite a feat considering the travel he had done earlier in the day. After the meeting he confided to me that he actually really enjoyed judging at our club and found the standard to be quite high.

There were several themes arising out of the competition. Oil droplets on water was one. I was very impressed by images from Judy Sara and Helen Fletcher on this theme.         This might be a good subject for a future workshop. We saw a number of poppies, and the Endeavour replica berthed at Port Adelaide.         There were a dozen or so birds, a bug or two and a frog. Of course the car enthusiasts found lots of circles in hub caps and car dials and bolt heads and scooter mirrors. Peter did lose his composure at one point, describing a picture as rubbish. That however was not a reflection on the quality, but was the subject of the photo. (Old drink containers and empty cartons).         Jenny Pedlar had an impressive close up of the chrome hot dog stand at the recent Adelaide Festival. Mark got no credit for his Bas relief of taxis, but scored 10 with chairs at the art Gallery. He had a smile on his face.

Alberto Giurelli

David Atkinson

Heather Connolly

Robyn Due

Mark Pedlar

Alberto Giurelli

James Allan

Mark Pedlar

Kerry Malec

James Allan

Howard Seaman

Howard Seaman

Ray Goulter informed me that the scores ranged from 6 to 10 with an average of 7.5. Well actually I found myself struggling with less than expected scores in the print competition. This is always a sign that the competition is strong. The satisfying thing was the range of new faces in the honours list. Robyn Due scored 10 with heads up, a picture of Ken’s hats on a wall hanger. Howard Seaman scored 10 with a still life, Sam Savage with Entrada, Di Gage with her image of Cogs, David Atkinson with Slats and circle and Helen Fletcher with Brighton Beach. Unfortunately Helen Whitford, who is busy with the SAPF competition, was able to enter only one photo. Alberto Guirelli however did not disappoint, scoring well with images from Lake Bonnie and Italian street scenes and a Goth (did he say it was his daughter?).  Well done to all. I finally scored well in the very last print shown, a doorway on Tolmer place, from the Norwood Excursion. I promptly forgave Peter for being fickle with my earlier images.

As Peter said in his introduction, there is no shame in coming last in the Olympic 100m sprint.  It is indeed an honour to be of the standard to be in the running. I think the same could be said of our competition. The worst image tonight was bloody good.

James Allan

CIRCLES – COME OUT, COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE – A balmy Sunday evening brought eight club members to Norwood in search of circles. We looked high, we looked low, we looked left and right and surprise, surprise circles we did find. Like most things in photography the more you look, the more you see and it’s amazing where you’ll find circles.

Read more in the article on the Norwood excursion by Bruce Nankervill in the February edition of Camera Clips.