At the June meeting of the Forster Digital Photography Club Paul Bennie gave a presentation about portrait photography.
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He showed a wide variety of portraits that he had taken from a variety of countries while travelling.
This was very interesting as he added stories behind each photo.
Thank you very much Paul.
Felix Staub was the judged the Bent, Broken or Busted competition.
“Photography was probably always going to play an important role in my life, “ Felix said.
“Growing up in Switzerland with an older brother and a cousin who were both professional photographers made images a daily interest.
“After moving to Australia aged 19, I intended to join a camera club, but for numerous reasons, this failed to eventuate.
“I have dabbled in photography ever since high school, but it was not until I joined the Henry Lawson Camera Club in the late 80s that I started to progress from a snapshooter to a photographer.
“Following my retirement in 1999 and a move to Tasmania, I joined the West Tamar Camera Club and have become involved in the running of the Tasmanian Super Circuit of national exhibitions and last year was involved in the organisation of APSCON’08.
“I have started to enter national and international exhibitions in the past four years and have gained a number of acceptances and awards.
“My main interest in photography is the rendition of landscapes as well as I can and living in Tasmania certainly offers endless opportunities for this.
“With retirement came the opportunity to travel locally and overseas.
“This widened my interest to the more opportunistic street and travel photography with their inherent challenges and occasional rewards.
“Whatever opportunity presents itself, photography never fails to create new interesting situations and hurdles to overcome.
“The real reward remains an image that ends up looking as good as the imagination was trying to achieve."
His comment regarding the photos he judged was: “The work submitted contained some images of an exceptionally high standard.
“This has made the award of high places quite a challenge and I congratulate the winners for a very well deserved success.
“The set subject has clearly not been an easy one for some of the photographers to get their mind around, indicated by the adoption of a documentary approach more than an interpretative one.”
The second competition was an open one this month and was judged by Queensland retired electrical supervisor/building inspector, John Blessas.
He began early in photography, starting with point and shoot film cameras and eventually graduated to his first 35mm point and shoot.
John says his next camera was a mistake, an Olympus OM 35mm.
It was a sudden learning curve with a manual camera.
Over the years he ended up with several of these incredibly good cameras.
He says digitals all feel like toys by comparison.
Eventually he surcame to progress and went to digital camera.
He and his wife joined the Mackay Camera Group to learn more about photography and to compare their work with other photographers.
They are both active on the management committee.
He would like all members in camera clubs to become active in their clubs and if possible, look at becoming a PSQ accredited judge.
He is currently tutoring an 11-year-old grand-daughter and is constantly amazed at the wow factor she finds in simple objects.
His particular photographic preferences are portraits, nature and macro.
Lighting is his special passion.
He always tries to live to my dad's best
“f you don't learn something new every day, you have wasted a day.”
In May a small but enthusiastic group of photographers from the club thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful three days stay on Cockatoo Island in fabulous accommodation overlooking Sydney Harbour.
The stay provided perfect weather for the endless photographic opportunities exploring the island’s fascinating history and interesting harbour scenery along with exhibits in the Biennale of Sydney as well.
The club members ended their visit with a party celebrating the birthday of vice-president Danny.
A great time was had by all.
The club had entries in the northern zone federation of camera clubs competition.
This year the conference and competition was held in Kempsey and our club came second in the digital section.
Well done to all award winners.
A special mention to John Stranack with a winning monochrome.
The club is planning a stay at Treachery Point for a few nights in August, a great social and photographic opportunity.