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Viewpoint - July 2018 - Issue No: 141 Page

Viewpoint - July 2018 - Issue No: 141

Hello everybody Welcome to this month’s Viewpoint. As of June 22nd, 2018, we have 256 financial members in our club membership.

The June competition, People Portraits, had 83 members en-tering a total of 156 entries, of which 101 came from A grade and 55 came from B grade. The number of members entering the monthly competition is still relatively small compared to the size of our club. I strongly urge all members to participate in our monthly club competition as this is a good way of im-proving your photography skills. If you have any problems en-tering, please don’t hesitate to contact our Competition Coor-dinator Peter O’Brien for help or any of us in the management committee.

Last month I mentioned our continuing participation in 2 com-petitions a year with the English Axholme Club. This time of the year, Axholme sets the subject and it was Street Photog-raphy. In a stunning turnaround the Axholme Club has defeat-ed the Castle Hill Club for the first time by one solitary point - 479 to 478.

I also mentioned the Sydney West Interclub which was hosted by Castle Hill this year. It was a good night and several mem-bers from the Hawkesbury and Blacktown clubs attended as did our own members. As it is every year It was a close com-petition with Castle Hill taking out the event, even though we had one image disqualified for having a smidge of colour in a monochrome print. The final scores were Castle Hill 407 points with Hawkesbury second on 404 points and Blacktown being awarded 402 points overall.

The Vivid Sydney night outing was enjoyed by all who attend-ed with 12 members attending the whole of the evening shoot. The next outing will be a mid-week outing on the 1st July where we will cruise from Patonga looking for whales. The details are up in the website and I encourage those of you who are free on that morning to attend. There is also a dawn shoot planned for Tin City near Anna Bay in August. Details are on the Club web site.

The Federation of Camera Clubs (FCC) held their AGM on 27th May 2018 and they are still looking for more people to join

them as general committee members. President: David Miller (Dooleys Camera Club & St George Leagues Club Photographic Society) Vice President: Kerry Boytell (North Photographic So-ciety & Mosman Camera Club) Secretary: Amelia Chen (Castle Hill RSL Photography Club) Treasurer: Russell Field (Dapto Camera Club) General committee members: Alan Hitchell, Sara Corlis. If you feel that you can volunteer and contribute your time and skills to the FCC, please feel free to approach our club’s publicity coordinator Amelia Chen who is also the honorary secretary of the FCC.

Castle Hill RSL Photography Clubs’ own AGM will take place on the 7th August (1st Tuesday, Lecture night) and we are looking for new members to join our club’s sub-committee teams (Social, Training and Competition). Voting will take place at the AGM. Remember it’s your club and it doesn’t run itself, don’t leave it to the small group of volunteers who ded-icate a lot of their personal time helping out. Currently, the following people will be standing for management committee positions, but other people are welcome to stand for the same positions. President: Roger King, Vice President: Graham Gard, Secretary: Pam Rhodes, Treasurer: Gordon Fagg, Train-ing Coordinator: Steve Castle, Competition Coordinator: Peter O’Brien, Member Benefits Coordinator: Paul Sweatman Social Coordinator: Tom Brassil, Publicity Coordinator: Julia Zhao, Immediate Past President: Jason Pang.

If anyone is interesting in helping in our club in any way, please contact me via [email protected].

Until next month, happy snapping!

Regards

Roger King

President

Castle Hill RSL Photography Club

From the President

mailto:[email protected]


Table of Contents

Front cover image by Brian Coleman.

“Autumn” Open A Award April 2005

Kindly donated by his wife, Jeanette.

Condolences to his family and friends

Front Page by Brian Coleman 1

President’s Report 2

Competition Winners 4

Les Harvey Photoshop Tips - Color Range Mask 8

Remembering Brian Coleman 12

Glenn Lockitch - A Discussion on Photojournalism 20

Social Club Members Voting Results 32

Axholme Results 46

Upcoming for July 67

July Competition - Bokeh 71

AV Meeting 72

Save the Date 73

About CHRSLPC 74

Hello Readers

If you went to the Time Travellers Fair at Menangle Park as advertised in the “Save the Date” segment then

you have some great images of fabulous people, like Tammy above.

I want to see some of YOUR AMAZING PICTURES so please send them to me.

Cheers

Rosa Doric

[email protected]



June 2018 - Set Image of the Month - Digital

“Pensive” by Ruth Garbutt


June 2018 - Set Image of the Month - Print

“Emily” by Ken Ford


“Osprey” by Ian Moore

June 2018 - Open Image of the Month - Digital


“Sam and Jasper” by Pam Rhodes

June 2018 - Open Image of the Month - Print


Sadly I have to report the loss of

one of the founding members of

the CHRSL Photography Club, Brian

Coleman.

I haven’t had the privilege of know-

ing Brian but will share thoughts

and memories of a few members

that have.

Ruth Garbutt;

Brian liked to be called “Numero

Uno” as he was proudly the first

name on the camera club member

list.

He always had something to say

and he once told me “he could talk

under water with his mouth full of

marbles”. His words – not mine. His

great sense of humour endeared

him to many.

Brian and Jeanette have lived at

Baulkham Hills for over 50 years.

They worshipped at St. Matthews

Uniting Church and made a wide

network of friends in their local

community and at Castle Hill pho-

tography club.

Before retirement, Brian worked at

Unilever as an Industrial Chemist.

He was highly respected in his field

and gave technical advice to com-

mercial laundries and hospitals.

After leaving Unilever, he taught

laundry skills at TAFE and to the in-

mates at Long Bay gaol.

His favourite joke was to tell some-

one whom he had just met (usually

at church), that he was not long out

of Long Bay, and wait for their reac-

tion.

Brian was a film photographer and

was keen to show his photos of the

Grand Canyon and the Canadian

Rockies where he and Jeanette ex-

perienced some great holidays.

Prior to joining The Hills Photo-

graphic Society – now The Castle

Hill RSL Photography Club - he was

a member of Pennant Hills Photo-

graphic Club 1982.

Brian became a member of the

Australian Photographic Society in


September 1982 and a Life Mem-

ber in December 1987.

Brian will be remembered fondly

by Margaret Fagg, Monica Mulder,

Mal Hobson, Alia Naughton, Bob

Cook, Steve Castle, Robyn & Wil-

liam Stewart and other long time

members. Brian encouraged me

on my photographic journey from

2008.

His legacy lives on in The Brian

Coleman Award. Brian will be

missed at our club but will always

be remembered by his ready

smile and friendly, welcoming dis-

position.

Alia Noughton;

Before Brian Coleman became

president, he played many roles in

the club from opening up doors,

setting up chairs to program co-

ordinator.

Brian was elected twice as presi-

dent, serving two years on his first

election, 1999-2000, and then one

year after in 2003, having one

year’s break. During his first term

of office Brian introduced some

friendly interclub competitions


between local photographic clubs.

He was the first person to officially

join the club and he proudly held

membership number one.

Since the very first meeting in

1994, Brian Coleman has been a

tireless worker for the club. He

has carried out duties from wash-

ing up tea cups to being president.

Because of his services to the club

it was decided in 2003, during

Fred Morris’s presidency, that an

award, named after Brian, would

be given to a member who has

given extraordinary service to the

club. This award was to be for ser-

vice, and not related to a person’s

photographic skills. The Brian

Coleman award is presented an-

nually at the end of year awards

night in December.

Bob Cook;

I first met Brian Coleman when I

came along to the Photography

Club one night. I had been in an-

other club that I thought was not

all that well run and I was seeing

what else was on offer. As a visi-

tor, I felt out of place and uncer-

tain of what to do etc. until this

bloke came up to me, extended

his hand and said “You look like a

visitor here, my name is Brian

Coleman, what’s yours”. This

made a great impression on me

and started my long association

with the club. Proudly, I have been

the recipient of the Brian Coleman

Award in 2008 and as a Life Mem-

ber I’m part of the panel that

votes for the annual recipient of

the Brian Coleman Award. A won-

derful award that reflects on Bri-

an’s contribution to our club.

The other thing that I will always

remember from Brian is his com-

ment about the End of Year Com-

petition and the fact that every-

one could enter. His comment

“The problem is that you have to

compete against those bl**dy B

Graders!”


The

Brian Coleman

Award is presented

annually

at the

End of Year

Awards Night

in

December.


“Brian was a “film” photographer and was keen to show

his photos of the Grand Canyon . . .


. . . and the Canadian Rockies where he and Jeanette

experienced some great holidays.”

Images by Brian Coleman

Article by Ruth Garbutt, Alia Naughton and Bob Cook.

Thank you for the donated images of Brian Coleman


Last month Glenn took us on a photo-

journalistic journey on our lecture even-

ing.

He has been photographing for 25 years

and has been working mostly in the pho-

to journalism side of the industry. Cur-

rently he teaches both photography and

photojournalism

Glenn focuses his concentration on hu-

man rights and environmental issues

both in Australia and overseas.

During the night we saw a series of pho-

tographs which were taken by Glenn –

some of which are in this article –

He discussed the background of a num-

ber of his works and how he got to shoot

these pictures

What he has tried to get across is the fact

that when you are dealing with people, it

is not only the camera skills and the tech-

nical ability, but your ability to be able to

relate to people and the way you con-

nect to people is the major part of what

gives you access into people’s environ-

ment.

In Glenn’s words ‘In photojournalism

there is a lot trust building and there is a

lot of respect that must happen along the

way with people. When you do that, and

you slowly gain access into people’s envi-

ronment you tend to get given opportu-

nities in photography that you ordinarily

wouldn’t get if you just turned up and

being there in the moment”.

Glenn takes a lot of time on his projects,

some of which he has been doing for

20yrs. Some of Glenn’s work is immedi-

ate, where he must get information out

into the media and others he chooses to

take a lot of time with.

The catalyst to photojournalism as a ca-

reer was when Glenn was backpacking in

Europe in 1989. He knew he had a strong

visual interest in photography, he then

decided to travel across to West Germa-

ny and got to “Checkpoint Charlie” where

he was caught up in a riot. He had a little

camera with him and it was a very im-

portant moment for him because he

managed to capture the moment a beer

can was thrown and hit the East German

guards hat. They were pushed out of

there by the French, British and Ameri-

can troops and walking away from there,

with the film in his camera, Glenn felt

that he captured a moment in history. It

was then that he decided that this was

what he wanted to do for the rest of his

life, to ride that wave of capturing those

moments.

It also taught him an interesting lesson

because he found that a lot of the envi-

ronments that you get put in there are

little lessons along way, if you want to

tune into them and want to pick up from

them and can be something that pro-

gresses the way that you operate in oth-

er environments. The lesson for Glenn

was that it started to wake him up to the

politics of what was going on and he also

felt very sorry for the East German guard

who was hit on the head. It made him

aware that a lot of those people had es-

caped from a very oppressive environ-

ment, they were angry, and they needed

to get there anger out and these people

were the front line. It put him in a situa-

Glenn Lockitch A discussion on

photojournalism


tion which was quite dangerous, but he

felt that it was important to capture and

tell that story.

What Glenn finds great about photojour-

nalism is where your camera becomes

almost like a passport and gives you ac-

cess to areas where if you didn’t have a

camera, you wouldn’t get access to in-

cluding people home environments.

He finds that it is quite a common thing

that when you turn up into an environ-

ment that you may have second

thoughts, should you be there? Can you

do this? Glenn has overcome these mis-

givings because he feels it is important to

document these moments, they are mo-

ments of history and the camera is a very

powerful tool with which to do this.

He also feels that if “you’re not going to

do this, then who is going to do it? If you

leave it to other people, then maybe it’s

not going to get recorded”

Something that he says a lot to his photo-

journalism students is “If you think too

much about all the things that are going

to go wrong, all the negative things, how

you might get there, how you will find

people etc, you start to get overwhelmed

by all the things that you don’t foresee.”

Keeping in touch with the news gives you

a feel for when things are going to hap-

pen. While there is some luck involved a

lot of times you can get a sense of when

something is growing and building and if

you go into that environment that is

where the story can unfold.

Glenn had a feeling that something was

going to happen and knew that he had to

get to Tahiti. He had no money but man-

aged to get some funds for the passage,

he didn’t know anyone there or even

where he was going to stay. He just fol-

lowed his instinct and didn’t overthink

the negatives.

He stayed in a hotel with other media

and Australian politicians. They were tak-

en on these mopeds, thinking that they

were going to a meeting but instead they

were taken to the runway right in the

middle of the French riot police and the

Tahitian demonstrators. It’s an inter-

esting environment to find yourself in

because you have this natural instinct for

self-protection and you’re forcing your-

self to go out into an environment where

it is potentially quite dangerous.

It’s a learning experience but if you’ve

got your focus and your goal in trying to

capture these moments then you just

zone into that and start to forget about

the danger.

Glenn also covers a lot of environmental

issues and works with indigenous com-

munities and it requires a lot of sensitivi-

ty. What he finds is that you cannot just

walk into an environment and pull out

your camera, you need to make connec-

tions, you need to relate, to have respect

and sensitivity. Once people see why

you’re there and when they get the feel-

ing that you’re there for good enough

reasons, not just to capture an image and

disappear, then they will open up.

The power of the camera is being able to

tell a story and it becomes a record of the

culture.

This is just the tip of the iceberg for the

knowledge which Glenn can share.

To find out more about his provocative

works then log onto his website:

https://glennlockitchphotography.net/

Glenn also has a current exhibition until the 14th July 2018

Glenn Lockitch | Exposed: Human Rights & The Environment

https://acp.org.au/products/08-06-18-14-07-18-exhibition-glenn-lockitch-exposed-human-rights-the-environment?variant=8300939182127

https://glennlockitchphotography.net/

https://acp.org.au/products/08-06-18-14-07-18-exhibition-glenn-lockitch-exposed-human-rights-the-environment?variant=8300939182127


Demonstrators riot at Checkpoint Charlie weeks before the fall

of the Berlin Wall.

West Berlin, Germany, 1989


Papeete, 1995

Tahitian protesters riot on the Papeete Airport runway following

the first day of nuclear tests.


A man rushes his daughter on foot to hospital as the roads were flooded

from rain causing a badly constructed mine tailings dam to burst which

flooded the local area.

Negros, The Philippines, 1996


A Kalahari Bushman woman mourns the disappearance of her son four years

before. He had not been seen since he entered the Kalahari Game Reserve

where Botswana Government rangers forced the Bushmen out of and into

refugee camps due to diamond mining.

Kaudwane Refugee Camp, Botswana, 2006


Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of Thomas ‘TJ’ Hickey,

demonstrators march to NSW Parliament House. TJ Hickey, a 17-year-old

Gomeroi boy, was impaled on a fence in Redfern and died after being

pursued by police whilst riding on his bicycle.

Sydney, 2014


Aunty Jenny Munro prepares the Sacred Fire ashes at dawn on the last

morning of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy which was protesting for

low-income housing on land that had been returned to them. These Ashes

are then used for the beginning of a new Sacred Fire in the future.

The Block, Redfern, Sydney, 2015


The Sea Shepherd helicopter returns to the ship the Steve Irwin after

searching the oceans for the Japanese whaling factory ship

the Nisshin Maru.

Southern Ocean Antarctica, 2017


The Sea Shepherd helicopter catches the Japanese whaling fleet red handed

with a dead minke whale on board the factory ship the Nisshin Maru

inside the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.



Whale and iceberg.


Captions and images by Glenn Lockitch


Martin Place, Sydney, 2017

Homeless Tent City co-ordinator Lanz Priestley rests at 2am after a long day helping

homeless people with food and accommodation in Martin Place, Sydney. The Tent City

gained nationwide media attention after the NSW Government threatened to bring in the

police to clear away the homeless people who had been seeking shelter in Martin Place

for months.


Weekday Outing of 30th April 2018

Breenhold Gardens - Mount Wilson

A good number of members turned up for our Mid week outing at the Mount Wilson area vis-

iting Breenhold Gardens. Being mid -week, other visitor numbers were very low giving free our

group reign to the gardens.

While the day started off a bit chilly it soon warmed up to a pleasant comfortable day to en-

joy the gardens.

Breenhold Gardens is 45 hectares of gardens and parkland providing plenty of photographic

opportunity. The foliage provided interesting colour, which was better than expected given

the very warm autumn.

Meeting at the gates to the gardens we headed off and very quickly split up into smaller

groups to explore the gardens. Lunch was taken in Socrates Garden where many a philosophi-

cal discussion on photography was held.

The Members Voting Competition once again showcased the quality of images our members

produce, with the top 10 images being separated by 1.3 points based on average. The variety

of images was remarkable.

Congratulations to Rob Brear for achieving 1st Place together with 3rdPlace, with a very nar-

row margin to Maria Brear who achieved 2nd Place and 4thPlace in the Members Voting Com-

petition.


(above) - 1st Place was awarded to Rob Brear for her image “Tasty Pollen”


(below) - 3rdPlace was awarded to Rob Brear for his

image “Long Beak Is Handy”

(left) - 2nd Place went to Maria Brear

for her image “Hovering“


(left)

“Eastern Spinebill“

by Maria Brear

(right)

“Purple 1“

by Peter Lees


(right)

“Lantern Flower“

by Alex Springall

(left)

“Gate“

by Tom Brassil


(left)

“Purple 2“

by Peter Lees

(right)

“Tall Trees“

by Steve Castle


(left)

“Secret Garden“

by Tony Hicks

(right)

“The End“

by John Tibben


(below) “Falling Leaves” by Tony Hicks (above) ““The Walled Garden“ by Steve Castle


(left)

“Tall Trees“

by Ruth Garbutt

(below) “Sunlit Forest“ by John Tibben


(left)

“Autumn Colour“

by John Fayyad

(right)

“Wall“

by Tom Brassil


(left)

“Autumn 1“

by Jennifer Lees

(right)

“Birder At Work“

by Roger King


(left)

“Starburst”

by Ruth Garbutt

(right)

“Camelia“

by Alex Springall


(left)

“Deanna At Work“

by Roger King

(right)

“Autumn 2

by Jennifer Lees


(above) - “Autumn Is Here” by John Fayyad

Article by Tom Brassil


Congratulations to all who

entered into the

Axholme vs Castle Hill

Competition

Our members have done

us proud once again.

The results were so close

with CHRSLPC missing out

by 1 Point

Due to newsletter size limitations

we can only display the Top 10 im-

ages from both categories;

• Set subject

• Open subject

Images are displayed by “Image

Total”, see adjoining table left.

Axholme vs Castle Hill

Inter-Club Competition Results for May 2018


Club - Axholme Score - 30/30 1st Place

Axholme Competition - Set Image

“Millennium Bridge” by Lynda Rhodes


Club - Axholme Score - 29/30 2nd Place


“Seven Wise Men” by Keith Cawthorne


Club - Castle Hill Score - 26/30 3rd Place


“Guitarist” by Peter O'Brien


Club - Axholme Score - 26/30


“Go Mobile” by Jean Goodburn




“The Fruit Seller” by Keith Cawthorne


Club - Castle Hill Score - 25/30


“Contemplation” by Geoff Higgins




“Newtown Artist” by Carol Abbott



“Street Eatery 2” by Tom Brassil




“Kicking Out The Music” by Mary Fish




“Waiting Patiently” by Jan Neale



Axholme Competition - Open Image

“Kingfisher with Catch” by Mary Fish

Club - Axholme Score - 30/30 1st Place



“Stocktake” by Pam Rhodes

Club - Castle Hill Score - 29/30 2nd Place



“Woken” by Allan Church

Club - Castle Hill Score - 29/30 3rd Place



“Dove Lake” by Pam Rhodes




“Stunt Rider” by Jean Goodburn




“Juvenile Cock Pheasant” by Keith Cawthorne




“Bee Eater” by Peter O'Brien




“Good Catch” by Maria Brear




“Young Red Squirrel with Hazelnut“ by Mary Fish




“Don’t Slip 2” by Paul Milliken



Tuesday 3rd July 2018 - Lecture Night

With a lifelong interest in wildlife and a science degree majoring in zoology from the University of New England, Rob is a photographer and digital artist with a differ-ence, who was born and raised in Inverell, New South Wales. Through his passion for photography, Rob aspires to express his impressions of wildlife, landscapes, and the character of the Australian environment using a natu-ralist’s knowledge and the tools of the digital darkroom. His photographic credo is "If it moves you, shoot it!" He is a retired corporate photographer and videographer who judges photography - at national and international levels - and presents at photography conventions and seminars. Although Rob's primary photographic interest is the still image, he also relishes opportunities to create audio-visual productions to keep people awake at his presentations. See more of Rob’s inspirational work at http://wowfactorpix.zenfolio.com/artist-statement Phoenix Room 7.30pm

http://wowfactorpix.zenfolio.com/artist-statement


Wednesday 4th July 2018 - Midweek Outing

Photographing Birds At

Syd Olympic Park

Meeting at Wentworth Common (Marjorie Jackson Parkway - Sydney Olympic Park ) at 7.30am Wed, July 4th

Sydney Olympic Park offers numerous photographic opportunities.

We will visit a number of areas in the park, encountering various bird species as well as water features, a wreck and other photographic subjects. We will stop for breakfast after our first bird walk - around 9 am. Given the size of the park, we will drive to each location. Good walking shoes are suggested and both long and wide angle lenses could be useful.

This event will be led by Carol Abbott - 0414 312 538.

I also need to know how many people will be having breakfast, as I will need to book a table in advance.

Click here to Register for the event

https://www.chrslphotographyclub.org/store/event/social-event/wednesday-4th-july-2018-midweek-meeting.html


Sunday 8th July 2018 - Training Day

Various Trainers

Specifically designed to get you hands-on experience in editing images using either:

Photoshop

Photoshop Lightroom

You will need to register for one of these programs, as you can only sit in for one on the day.

Photoshop

During the day, will be in a small group of up to 4 students. Each group will have its own Mentor to guide you through the pro-gram operation in a structured way.

All images used for the day are supplied. There are handouts to use during the day and a more detailed take-home handout for you to use when practising your new knowledge.

"If you have a laptop computer with Photoshop installed, please bring it with you. It is preferable that each participant has their own laptop but not essential."

Photoshop Lightroom

During the day you will be guided through the features of the program in a group situation.

The day starts at 10:00 am (be there before this so we can start on time) and finishes around 4:00 pm

Cost is $30 which includes lunch. Please advise when booking if you have any special dietary requirements (we will try to ac-commodate this). Lunch will be sandwiches, tea/coffee/cold drinks

Booking and pre-payment is essential as we have to book lunches with the RSL.

Booking is final once bookings close as after we advise the RSL they are unable to change the lunch order.

Sovereign & Gallery Rooms

10.00 am


Tuesday 10th July 2018 - Workshop Night

Richard Batterley

120 years of cameras … and the photos they might have taken

Richard Batterley has been taking photographs for nearly 60 years. The camera he took his first ever photograph with is over 100 years old and he still has it. Add to this the fact that, Richard has never disposed of a camera he’s owned and you have the foundation of a fascinating collec-tion of over 160 antique, vintage and retired cameras.

This collection forms the foundation of his much-acclaimed presentation “120 Years of cameras … and the photographs they might have taken”.

Richard’s presentation provides an overview of where photography came from in China during the 5th century BC and moves on to the first ever photograph in the early 18th century.

Richard discusses the history of photography from the 1890’s and including iconic cameras of each decade and photographs of the era as well while discussing the challenges the photogra-phers faced and the improvements made on previous times.

It’s a journey of how photography has evolved from a scientific experiment in the early 1800’s to one of today’s great art forms in the 2010’s.

See more of Richard’s inspirational work at www.rbphotos.com.au

Phoenix Room - 7.30 pm

http://www.rbphotos.com.au


Tuesday 24th July 2018 - Competition Night Digital Closes: 22-07-2018 <> Prints Close: 24 -07-2018

Judge: Nic Peters

The set subject for this month is; “Bokeh” Bokeh is a blur in the background of an image.

Bokeh (pronounced as /?bo?k?/ BOH-k?, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus

parts of an image produced by the lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light".

Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the

eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting-"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for

parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to

create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it

is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the

image.

A PDF with the complete description can be found here.

Images care of Wikimedia Commons

https://www.chrslphotographyclub.org/files/Competition/Set%20Subject%20Examples/Bokeh_Competition.pdf

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


Audio Visual Group

Presenter; Alia Naughton

Tuesday 31st July 2018 - AV Night

Turn your images into stunning audio visuals when you join the

new audio visual interest group

For more information contact:

Alia Naughton

[email protected]

or see Alia at the club meetings.

Gallery Room



The Australian Rail Photography Forum

Hosted by NSW Rail Museum

Date Sat 4th Aug - 10.00 am <> 4.30 pm

Location Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo

Tickets Rail Photography Forum

2018 - St. Ives Orchid Fair Show

Hosted by St Ives Orchid Fair & Ku-Ring-Gai Orchid Society

Dates Fri 17 <> Sun 19 Aug - 9:00 am <> 4.00pm

Location St Ives Showground, (Conway Ave) 450 Mona Vale Rd, St. Ives

Tickets $5.00 per person - (Flower’s are at their freshest on Friday)

Winterfest - Sydney Medieval Fair

Hosted by Winterfest

Date Sat 7 <> Sun 8 Jul - 10.00 am <> 5.00 pm

Location Hawkesbury Showground, Racecourse Rd, Clarendon

Tickets ticketebo.com.au

Smash 2018

Hosted by Share My Cosplay

Dates Sat 14 <> Sun 15 Jul - 9:30 am <> 5:00 pm

Location International Convention Centre ,Sydney - ICC Sydney

Tickets www.smash.org.au

https://www.nswrailmuseum.com.au/photography-forum

https://www.nswrailmuseum.com.au/photography-forum

http://www.stivesorchidfair.com/

https://kuringaiorchidsociety.org.au/2013-st-ives-orchid-fair-show/

mailto:www.smash.org.au

http://winterfest.com.au/

http://www.ticketebo.com.au/winterfest-2018.html

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Castle Hill RSL

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

The Castle Hill RSL Photography Club was formed in 1994 as the Hills Photographic Society. The club is an informative social

club with friendly competitions, social outings and events and is one of the largest in Australia and has a current membership

of around 270. Members have a diverse range of experience and talent and are always willing to share their knowledge.

A strong point of the club is the emphasis on training, with a dedicated Training Coordinator who oversees all aspects of the

club’s training program. The main training events each year are a Getting to Know Your Camera day and Introduction to Ed-

iting images day, both held 3 times each year at a very reasonable cost. Other workshops on intermediate and advanced pho-

tography are held regularly depending on presenter availability.

The club meets three times a month on the first, second and fourth Tuesdays at 7:30pm,

unless otherwise stated, at the Castle Hill RSL Club

Call: 02 8858 4800 or go to www.castlehillrsl.com.au

Our Monthly Program

First Tuesday: Lecture night.

An experienced photographer, artist or specialist talks about their style of work.

Second Tuesday: Workshop night.

A presentation of one individual members work in the form of a short 5 minute AV.

A short presentation by an experienced club member on Photoshop tips and techniques.

A workshop night where an experienced photographer talks about how they create their images. This is generally a very infor-

mal night where other members or visiting experts discuss issues of relevance with the presenter or other members.

Fourth Tuesday: Competition Night.

Members submit either digital images or prints to be judged by an independent external judge. Awards issued to the member

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counts towards a yearly point score system and a trophy. The judge generally discusses the merits of each photo and provides

comments on how improvements can be made. This is an excellent way to improve your photography.

Competition Grading System

The club has a competition grading system that is designed to allow the member to advance their skills so they can advance

their photographic skills. On attaining a standard assessed by the competition committee each year a member will be pro-

moted from B grade to A grade. Full details are available in the competition documents on the club website.

Special Interest Groups

The club also has a number of special interest groups (SIG’S) for portrait, landscape, audio visual and portfolio production that

meet regularly during the year. Participation in these groups is open to any financial member of the club.

Social Activities

We have outings several times a year with the objective of improving your photography as well as meeting and socialising

with other members.

At the beginning of each year we publish our program for the next twelve months. The program varies every year and we try

to have competition subjects that stretch members’ creative limits.

The only equipment you require is a film or digital camera, and an interest in improving your photographic skills.

The social side of the club is very important to us. We like to have fun and a chat during supper and after the meeting.

Before you can become a member of the Castle Hill RSL Photography Club it is a prerequisite that you are a member of either

the Castle Hill RSL or Parramatta RSL clubs. The membership application form for the Castle Hill RSL is available here or at the

membership office of the club. Unfortunately this means that members must be over the age of 18 so we are unable to ac-

cept junior members. This is complicated by the fact that any club members involved in dealing with juniors would have to

undergo a working with children check which is impractical for our club given the number of members this would require.

Further details about the club and it’s activities can be found on the club’s website,

https://www.chrslphotographyclub.org

http://www.castlehillrsl.com.au/membership

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Atrium Castle Hill RSL

Level 6, 77 Castle St

Castle Hill, NSW 2154

PO Box 25

Castle Hill NSW 1765

Viewpoint Contributions

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If you have any articles that may be of interest to our members, please email them to: [email protected]

Articles could include:

Camera hints, Photoshop hints, Holiday photography and/or Local Photo-shoots, awards, competitions, exhibitions, upcoming events, workshop and Lecture reports, recommended Book reviews, reports etc.

Don’t be limited by this list. Anything that might interest photographers is accepta-ble.

Please send articles in Microsoft word or plain text format with photos attached as separate files. Submitted images should be a jpg file with a maximum size of 1mg to 2mg.

In order to ensure your article is included in the next newsletter, please submit it by the 20th of the month.

DISCLAIMER: No responsibility is accepted by the Castle Hill RSL Photography Club (The Club) for the accuracy of any information contained in the text, photographs or advertisements in any issues of Viewpoint. Information contained within does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Club, nor does it infer endorsement by the club.

Training Coordinator:

Steve Castle

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Membership Secretary:

Michael Schwarcz

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Webmaster

Mal Hobson

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Enquiries Officer:

Alia Naughton

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Magazine Editor:

Rosa Doric (Chief)

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Lecture Coordinator:

Rick Logan

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Competition Coordinator:

Peter O’Brien

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Social Coordinator:

Tom Brassil

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Member Benefits Coordinator:

Paul Sweatman

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Publicity Coordinator:

Julia Zhao

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President:

Roger King

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Vice President:

Graham Gard

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Immediate Past President:

Jason Pang

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Treasurer:

Gordon Fagg

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Secretary:

Pam Rhodes

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