Please come visit our club!
Members Jane and Jannette will be presenting a Still Life Workshop. "The term ‘Still life’ describes a work of art that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world, such as fruit, flowers, staged in a pleasing arrangement This Still life workshop will explore various styles of Still life and there will be demonstrations […]
HPS Member Wayne Pollard will run us through Camera Settings, please bring your cameras along, there will be plenty of time for discussion and socialising too NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
"This month’s competition is to try your hand at macro or close-up photography to show a detail in your subject. One thing about macro and close-up photography, no matter where you are, right this moment, there is a fascinating subject waiting to be photographed. This subject is similar to filling the frame but closer again. […]
Bring a picnic lunch, and we can find somewhere for a coffee after the garden. Please contact events@hillsphotographicsociety.org.au if you plan to attend so we know who to wait for
Following on from the awesome Street photography workshop by Adrian Whear in July, on the 23rd of November, instead of meeting at the Hub, we are taking it to the streets! We will meet at Flinders St Station, under the clocks, at 7 pm, and go through until dark for city lights. We can stop […]
Cost $25.00 per head for Meat/Salad/Antipasto/Deserts. Mains will have Vegetarian options. Cutlery and plates supplied. BYO Drinks.
Are you up for a little bit of fun in the form of a slightly different competition? We've borrowed an idea from Berwick Viewfinders Camera Club, with some modification. The competition is the President's Challenge. Outline The President, Paul, creates one image. A judge views it for just 20 seconds and gives it a score […]
This meeting will be a zoom meeting, in the Club Rooms, and Richard Tatti will be the presenter. The topic will be "Nightscape Images". Check out his website https://www.nightscapeimages.com.au/ There will be a $10.00 charge to participate.
The "Street Photography" competition due to be held on this night has been moved to August 8th. This is in part due to the phone, power, and internet challenges caused by the storm event. However the Presidents Challenge will continue that night. Assuming that power has been restored to the Hub by Thursday next week, […]
Presentation by Mieke Boynton, via zoom, in the Clubrooms. Mieke is a highly acclaimed Landscape photographer, her bio is attached. Mieke lives in Bright, so zoom is the best option. Mieke Boynton's Bio. Nature/Landscape Category Top 10 (Team Australia) – World Photographic Cup 2023 Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year – NZIPP Iris Awards […]
Mats and Frames Barry Povey will give a presentation on mats and borders. It will cover important questions like: Why? What is it? Why should you care? Purpose. Colour problems. Layers. Width. Frame. Watermarks - Why? Signature - Why? He will also demonstrate the use of predefined “actions” in Photoshop to handle the issues above. […]
Having just had a chat with Martin, we feel that the weather conditions are too uncertain to be able to confidently go ahead with the planned Astro shoot. Instead, we will meet at the Hub at the normal 7.30, and bring your top 10 favourite photos on a USB stick to show and talk about. […]
The comp follows on from a workshop presented by Janette. "Minimalist photography is a form of photography that is distinguished by austere simplicity. It emphasises sparseness and careful composition, shying away from overabundance of colour, patterns or information." Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per […]
HPS Committee meeting. Venue, agenda, etc TBA.
Wayne will run a workshop where we will bring our laptops (if you have one, we can double up with another person if not). Wayne will give us all the same raw file to edit, and see what we can all come up with.
Paul will run a Portrait workshop, which will be followed up by a portrait shoot, with models that I will source, at a subsequent meeting.
HPS Committee meeting. Venue, agenda, etc TBA.
OPEN DEFINITION "Any subject that is treated pictorially, embodying the elements of good design, arrangement or composition, which reflects the personal interpretation of the photographer." Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. […]
Our guest speaker, Glynn Lavender, will be discussing with us "My photos are shit and I don’t know why I bother" (and hopefully giving us some insights on how we can rectify the problem!). I am sure many of us think the same thing over and over again when reviewing our images. Glynn spoke recently […]