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If you are not already a member of the Pittwater Camera Club Facebook group, its time to join.
Click here to take you to the group page where you click to join the group.
www.facebook.com/groups/pittcameraclub/
Our Facebook July challenge is "Larger Than Life"
Get involved and have some fun with your friends from the club.
Due to the current Covid restrictions we have had to amend our calendar for the remainder of the year.
We will be having 1 meeting each month instead of 2 due to availability of presenters/judges.
The following dates and meeting descriptions are firm as of 19th July pending Government changes in lockdown restrictions.
Monday 10th August . Open presentation of members' images
Monday 14th September . Open presentation of members' images
Monday 12th October . Open presentation of members' images
Monday 2nd November . Seeing in Sixes Presentation
Tuesday 24th November . Annual General Meeting & Dinner (pending restrictions and numbers of people)
Our Open presentations of members' images are an opportunity to show your images in a non competitive environment and receive peer critiquing.
A great way to receive feedback on your photography.
You will be able to submit up to 6 digital images for each presentation.
We will be meeting in "The Meeting Place" at Pittwater RSL Club.
Next to the downstairs reception area.
This is a wonderful area where we can easily practice socially distancing
and is far more practical and user friendly than the auditorium.
" I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style."
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Facebook
Not a member of our Facebook page yet? You are encouraged to join - this is the place to get lots of tips, advice and help, to see what other members are up to and be able to stay in touch between meetings.
Just follow this link. www.facebook.com/groups/pittcameraclub/ Digital Image Titling
PLEASE ensure your digital images are TITLED and include your FULL NAME as per the instructions on our website.
Use only lower case characters with no spaces. Use underscore in place of spaces. eg: the_shearers_ben_jones.jpg All digital images are to be sent to [email protected] no later than 11.00pm on Saturday night (2 days before the competition). FCC Newsletter May/June
The latest edition of the FCC ( Federation of Camera Clubs) NSW newsletter is available by following the link
fccnsw.myphotoclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/143/2020/05/FCC-F-May-2020.pdf Seeing in Sixes
2nd November
What if a portfolio was limited to six images, similar to the way haiku are limited to 17 syllables?
Our "Seeing in Sixes" challenge/project is the perfect opportunity to let your creative hair down. Your passion. Your project. Your experiment. This is not a competition but an outlet for you to show people what you are working on and to share your thoughts and images. There is a very fine line between six images that are repetitive and six images that are not. The best six-image projects can all be characterized as being composed of six related but independent images — the removal of any one of which would diminish the project. In fact, that’s not a bad way to approach editing. Ask of each image: Can I eliminate this image without diminishing the whole? With only six images to work with, ruthless editing is required to be sure each one adds something to the whole. One of the key ways that a group of images is bound together as a unified whole is via a common stylistic treatment. When all the images are, for example, soft-focus with a heavy vignette, then they will more likely be seen as related . If five of the images are soft-focus with a heavy vignette, but one of them is not, the odd one will look out of place. It simply won’t belong with the others. Every project needs a style, and it is one of the measurements of aesthetic success when the style employed enhances the emotional content of the project. Content may be King, but when a photographer selects a style for all the images, the content is polished for the best effect. The term “style,” by the way, should not be interpreted as some sort of complex Photoshop rendering. It may be, but straight-out-of-the-camera JPGs are a style, too. The question that needs to be addressed is whether or not a SOOC image is the best style to express the emotions you intend. The style (some people use the term “treatment”) is a conscious decision about how the project is best empowered by your aesthetic decisions. The style used with a single image is of far less importance than when presenting a group of images — say, six for example — that are intended to be viewed as a unified whole. And notice that the “style” I’m referring to here is not your style (a common misconception left over from old schools of thought), but rather the style for your project. If you develop three different Seeing in SIXES projects, you will need to develop the best style for each — and these will very likely be different from one another. We are photographers, so working with images is right in our wheelhouse. Part of the reason I think Seeing in SIXES has connected with so many photographers is because it is an ideal medium to combine image and idea. In fact, it’s the idea aspect that sets six-image projects apart. Images, by themselves, tend to show us what is, or perhaps an idealized what is — but have a limited capacity for expressing more complex ideas. The entire concept of Seeing in SIXES is to expand the camera from a mere recording device into a means of communication from a thinking photographer to their audience. 
32nd Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography
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If you have any items of interest that you would like to share with your fellow members please email Bill at [email protected].
Other bits and pieces which should be of interest.Sydney International Exhibition of Photography www.siep.org.au Len Metcalf lensschool.com Adam Williams ( for inspiration and workshops) www.australianphotographer.com Luke Tscharke, (for great astrophotography tips and workshops) luketscharke.com Pamela Pauline ( local fine art photographic artist ) www.pamelapauline.com Peter Coulson (inspiration for fashion photography, great studio lighting and workshops) www.peter-coulson.com.au Greg Benz Photography for tutorials and newsletter www.gregbenzphotography.com Alfonso Calero ( for travel photography workshops) www.alfonso.com.au/sydney-photography-courses/ Mark Galer, Adobe Ambassador www.markgaler.com Photoshop Cafe ( loads of free tutorials ) photoshopcafe.com Phlearn (easy to follow tutorials, many of them are free, you don't have to subscribe ) www.phlearn.com www.beckhamdigital.com.au (go to more , then newsletter) for some awesome tuitions. Thanks Alan for this one! For a different perspective and inspiring photography, have a look at Erika Zolli Photography www.erikazolli.it Just click on the links or google any of the above for more information. Other items of interest are also being posted directly to our Facebook page, so please like us and share with your friends. |
