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2020 Mar: Moon Shoot with Matt Hudson

Monday 9/03 – Matt: Super moody supermoon. I ran an informal get together with Norths Photographic to shoot the supermoon. The cloud forecast looked great a week out, but as it neared things started to look worse. Thankfully on the night the conditions improved and we got almost 30 minutes of impacted visibility. I actually prefer a bit of cloud for moonrise; while it’s far more likely you won’t get the shot, if you do manage to get a gap it adds so much character to the images.

Image by Jim Millar

2020 Mar: Northern Spain with Alfonso Calero

Tuesday 10/03
The next Mecca for landscape photographers – Northern Spain. Famous for infinite sea stacks, abandoned villages and gastronomic delights.

Thanks Alfonso, well presented and loads of information.

Playa de Silencio
                                       San Juan De Gaztelugatxe – Game of Thrones film location


2020 Feb: Competition Action

Tuesday 25/02

Great night of critique and learning with Delly Carr.

Feedback: Delly has specialised in various sports, attending 9 Olympic Games to photograph Aussie athletes, attending pre-games camps etc, and obviously getting to know the athletes. Very enthusiastic about sports. And knew his equipment and the techniques etc to get good shots. His specialties include the swim team, rowing, fencing, etc. His knowledge of sports photography certainly came through in his comments, though he acknowledged his inexperience at doing such judgings. Delly gave sympathetic and positive comments about all images, stressing that he looks for the peak of the action to be captured.

  • Digital: Maria Mazo Taking Off 1
  • Colour Print: Les Atkins Angry Bull3
  • Mono Print: Kerry Boytell Flamenco Dancing1
  • Image: Delly Carr

2019 December: Annual Awards

Sunday 8/12  at NORTHS – Annual Awards and Christmas Luncheon

Malcolm
Many thanks to Malcolm Fackender who was an excellent judge.

Members best images are presented to be recognised and awarded for excellence in photography.
All images are critiqued, one winner and one runner-up announced in the following;
Digital image of the year :      Colour print of the year :        Mono print of the year
Sponsored by Ted’s Cameras.
Winner in all categories, congratulations to Kerry Boytell

Kerry Boytell Digital Image Eagle Hunter with friend       Kerry Boytell Colour Print Caracara Confrontation          Kerry Boytell Mono Print Family Life
Eagle Hunter with friend         Caracara confrontation                Family Life

Runner Up: Sponsored by George’s Cameras.
Prize Winner Digital :  Prize Winner Colour Print : Prize Winner Mono Print
Kerry Boytell                               Greg Lake                                       Les Atkins
Kerry Boytell Digital St Johannes          Greg Lake Colour Print Flatiron Building NY            Les Atkins Mono Print Machinist in Vietnam
St Johannes                         Flatiron Building NY           Machinist in Vietnam

Congratulations to all.
The results of A Grade and B Grade print and digital monthly competitions held throughout the 2019 year;
Digital A                                                             Digital B
1st  Kerry Boytell                                              1st Maria Mazo
2nd Eric Lippey/Greg Lake                              2nd Larry Armstrong
3rd  Glen Parker                                                3rd Max Perkins/Fujiko Watt
Mono Print A                                                    Mono Print B
1st Kerry Boytell                                               1st Maria Mazo
2nd Eric Lippey                                                 2nd Larry Armstrong
3rd  Les Atkins                                                  3rd Barbara Lake
Colour Print A                                                  Colour Print B
1st Kerry Boytell                                               1st Maria Mazo
2nd Eric Lippey                                                 2nd Larry Armstrong
3rd Greg Lake                                                    3rd Jim Millar

Sue presenting Awards; Congratulations to all winners and participants.
Greg 2nd Place Digital A share award                                           Les 3rd Place Mono Print A
Greg Lake, 2nd A Digital / tie with Eric Lippey   Les Atkins, 3rd A Mono Print
Maria 1st Place Mono Prints B         Barbara 3rd Place Mono Print B         Jim 3rd Place Colour Print B
Maria Mazo, 1st B Mono Print Barbara Lake, 3rd Mono Print  Jim Millar, 3rd Colour Print

Larry 2nd Place Digital B                Fujiko 3rd Place Digital B share award
Larry Armstrong 2nd B Digital  Fujiko Watt, 3rd B Digital / tie with Max Perkins

Runner-up: Prize Winner Colour Print
Greg Lake, Flatiron Building NY  Kerry awards Maria Mazo, Encouragement Award
Greg Lake Flatiron NY                                               

People’s Choice:
 Kerry Boytell, Family Life
Kerry Mono print Family Life

Thank you to our sponsors for prizes; Ted’s Cameras, George’s Cameras, MomentoPro, Alfonso Calero, Papaya Thai Cammeray.

2019 Outing: Flamenco Dancers

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Images by Eric Lippey

Tuesday 26/11 Spanish Tapas restaurant
A great night of tapas, paella and photographing the lovely flamenco dancers.

Review
Spanish Tapas Restaurant has a never-ending queue of people lining out the doors. Large groups are drawn to the jugs of Sangria on offer, fantastic food, great service, live flamenco shows (Mon, Fri and Sat nights only) and the endless sound of laughter and good fun. The banquet menus are great value – offering a selection of tapas and paella.

 

 

 

2019 November: People in the Environment

We’re getting close to the end of the year, a few more meetings and activities and that’s it for 2019.

To hear Kerry go over the different things we did this year, as a start for our AGM, made me realise once again how much I appreciate being part of this Club, to have a group of people that shares your interest, to be able to see the way they express through images, and to have a chance to learn so much from them, our presenters and judges is just amazing an priceless. So I’m looking forward to 2020 and all that it will bring.

The AGM was OK, but the competition went even better. The great images presented, and the judging from Peita Ward that was excellent and helpful, left me with a lot to think next time I’m out with my camera.

Winner Kerry Boytell Projected A Eagle Hunter with friend 1 Winner Kerry Boytell Colour Print A Golden Eagle Festival Contestants Winner Greg Lake Mono Print A Amish Farmer & His Faithful Muels 2

To see all the entries go to our gallery: https://nslps.org.au/galleries/?gal=2019

2019 October: Open

Tuesday 22/10

Last open competition of the year and it ended with a high note. Not only for the quality of the images presented, but also thanks to Dennis’s judging: Fun, constructive and on point, I think we all enjoyed it and learnt from his experience.

After checking this month’s images: https://nslps.org.au/galleries/?gal=2019 and if a photographic travel is in your list, also go and check Dennis’s website Wildlife Safari Consultants