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Monochrome Judging June 5th 2023
Judging by Trish McKeown. Synthesised AI voiceover by Eleven Labs.
Peter Bellmont’s demonstration of Lightroom (15th May 2023)
Judging of Folios Showing Versatility 17th April 2023
Owen Slattery’s Presentation on Post Processing Software (April 2023)
Harry Clarke Presentation on Cyanotype Printing (20th March 2023)
2023 SCAPES Competition Judging by Tony Harding
https://youtu.be/pu0NPQbjmqA
17th October 2022 AV Tri-Club Competition
8th October 2022, AV Workshop Part 1
15th August: African Safari Photography with Sam Mariani
4th July 2022 Meeting: Nature + Open Judging
20th June 2022: 3-Way Interclub (with Essendon CC and Rosanna PC)
4th April 2022 Meeting: People + Open Judging
7th March Meeting: Scapes + Open Judging
Vicki Moritz was our judge and did a fabulous job! See the video below (apologies for poor sound quality).
Click here to also view the original Powerpoint slideshow.
First Meeting 2022: Albert Tay Presentation
Many thanks to Albert for a great presentation that should inspire our members to new imaginative heights.
2021 End of Year Presentation Night
A great night was held on 6th December at the hall. Our guests, Michael Walker and Ean Caldwell, from the Doncaster Camera Club, kindly presented comments on the Print and PI Images of the Year Competitions. Congratulations to all our award winners.
Click here for the presentations.
Macro + Open Judging Night
IPS Annual General Meeting, 16th August 2021
Judging Night, Folio on Versatility, with Lisa Law
Judging Night, Urban & Street Photography, with Adrian Whear
Colin Robson’s Astrophotography Presentation 2nd August 2021
Steve Chaz Presentation 5th July 2021
Steve wowed the audience again with his exciting images of a retired asylum and abandoned farmhouse. Quite the modern explorer!
Click here for the Kenmore Asylum presentation
Click here for the abandoned farmhouse presentation
You can see the farmhouse featured in the news:
Daily Mail: click here.
9News: click here.
New.com.au: click here.
Click here for Steve’s Instagram page.
Click here for Steve’s Facebook page.
2021 Three-Way Interclub
Congratulations to Essendon Camera Club for winning this competition and to Boris Struk from ECC for the top image. Congratulations too to Jill Robertson for top-scoring Ivanhoe’s entries!! 24 IPS competitors were represented with one image each, which was a great effort by the club! Click here to see our entries.
Nature & Open Judging Night 17th May 2021
Paul Lucas was our judge for the evening. Click here to see the slideshow or watch the recorded video of the evening.
Rob Morgan’s Creative Photography Presentation 3rd May 2021
CLICK HERE (Google Slides works well with Google’s Chrome browser, but may have problems with other browsers)
Celebrating Something? Let Us Dig-Up-The-Dirt for you!
Click here for the AV that celebrates Rocky’s 60th birthday.
Macro / Closeup Judging Night Monday 5th October 2020
Click here for the slideshow of all sections of the competition. Congratulations to all our award winners! Of special note are the Honours won by our most recent new members, Danni Briglia and Gary Gordon.
(Google Slides works well with Google’s Chrome browser, but may have problems with other browsers)
PSA (Photographic Society of America) Newsletters and Magazines
Click here for all archived copies
Peter Bellmont Workshop on 28th September 2020
A one-hour Photoshop & Lightroom workshop delivered from the comfort of Peter’s home.
International Photography Competitions
Click here to view the details of all the PSA and FIAP international photography competitions that you (yes, YOU) can enter before the end of December 2020. Acceptances and Awards at any of these competitions can count toward your photographic honours from the APS, all the way up to APSEM!! They can simultaneously count to honours from FIAP and the PSA, the two largest photography associations in the world. Even if you don’t care about such honours, competing at this level will improve you photography! Good luck. Send an email to president@ips.org.au if corrections or updates are required to the list.
Online Meeting 7th Sep 2020 - Judging Night for Creative + Open
Click here for full slideshow for Creative Print, Creative PI and Open
(Google Slides works well with Google’s Chrome browser, but may have problems with other browsers)
AGM 17th August 2020
President’s Report (deliberately delivered in a soporific mumbling & bumbling style)
Online Meeting 6th July 2020 - Judging Night for Landscape + Open
Click here for Landscape Print slideshow
Click here for Landscape PI slideshow
Click here for Dean Newitt’s slideshow
Online Meeting 1st June 2020 - Judging Night for Portrait + Open
Click here for Portrait Print slideshow
Click here for Portrait PI slideshow
Click here for Margaret Zommers’ slideshow
Online Meeting 4th May 2020 - Judging Night for Nature + Open
Click here to watch video recording of meeting
Starts Saturday 11th April
Sesame Street Challenge: A 26-Day Lockdown Photo Challenge
For each of the consecutive dates below, you must submit one picture that has a subject or theme that starts with the letter indicated for that day. To submit your image, click on the respective letter link below to go to the relevant album and drag and drop your image into that album. You may be required to register with Google Photos to gain access.
You must have taken the photo on the day indicated. You can upload it on that day or the next, after which that album will be closed.
Saturday, April 11, 2020 Letter A
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Letter B
Monday, April 13, 2020 Letter C
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Letter D
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Letter E
Thursday, April 16, 2020 Letter F
Friday, April 17, 2020 Letter G
Saturday, April 18, 2020 Letter H
Sunday, April 19, 2020 Letter I
Monday, April 20, 2020 Letter J
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Letter K
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Letter L
Thursday, April 23, 2020 Letter M
Friday, April 24, 2020 Letter N
Saturday, April 25, 2020 Letter O
Sunday, April 26, 2020 Letter P
Monday, April 27, 2020 Letter Q
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Letter R
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Letter S
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Letter T
Friday, May 1, 2020 Letter U
Saturday, May 2, 2020 Letter V
Sunday, May 3, 2020 Letter W
Monday, May 4, 2020 Letter X
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Letter Y
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Letter Z
Online Meeting of 6th April 2020
The recording of our first online meeting, went very well, is at:
If you want to watch the backup versions of the judging presentations, click the links below. These were prepared just in case we had a problem with Zoom.
The Photojournalism PI Competition
The Photojournalism Print Competition
Tom Putt Presentation 16th March 2020
Please watch the ~ 40 minutes YouTube video listed below and post questions to Tom directly under the comments section of the relevant video. Tom will try to respond to your questions as quickly as he can, again via the comments section. This is a recording of a presentation Tom gave at the Nepean Camera Club (1 BCE [Before Coronavirus Era]); it is the second half of his presentation, but stands alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnFbqeGYpVM&t=1914s
Tom’s Tips (Watch these too)
Here is a small selection of Tom’s Tip of the Week videos, which again Tom could take questions about.
Tip #24 Entering Photo Competitions (16 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EJQ5sEKHA&list=PLx-RMsN1PiDcWmRAewy7IDTNxwhrZuVhE&index=24&t=0s
Tip #20 Keep it Simple (~4 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjpu4cdAKrs&list=PLx-RMsN1PiDcWmRAewy7IDTNxwhrZuVhE&index=28&t=0s
Tip #38 Stitching Panoramas
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EJQ5sEKHA&list=PLx-RMsN1PiDcWmRAewy7IDTNxwhrZuVhE&index=24&t=0s
Tip #23 Critique Your Photographs As You Go (2minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnoFLintRlg&list=PLx-RMsN1PiDcWmRAewy7IDTNxwhrZuVhE&index=25&t=0s
Tip #21 Practice Practice Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEOG9Nt8S4&list=PLx-RMsN1PiDcWmRAewy7IDTNxwhrZuVhE&index=27&t=0s
Tom’s 2018 IPS Presentation
Tom previously presented at IPS in 2018. This is the link to his presentation made then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZrHCu-HEY4
APS Honours Project
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Participation
Financial Cost
There is no cost involved until you decide whether you will submit an application, and that is entirely up to you, but by then you'll have a pretty good idea of what your chances are. The cost should be a one-off of APS fee and application fee, a total of $124. I am told that you don't need to continue your annual APS m'ship to continue to use the post-nominals, but there are some benefits from being an APS member too.Time Cost
This really depends on the current quality of the portfolio you can put together. 12 images for LAPS is not too demanding as the images should already exist. Images that have already done well is a good headstart. Lisa, Peter & Shaw (tbc) will evaluate and let you know what images to focus on and what tweaks would be needed. Participation in the workshops and online will take a few days here and thereBenefits
The biggest value I see is what we will learn: getting detailed feedback on your images doesn't happen very much and should be extremely valuable. The workshops should also open our eyes to new post-processing techniques.The value of letters after one's name is entirely personal, although I think family and friends generally value it more than the recipient. I believe that it is also valuable for the club to have members recognised in this way. It does build internal pride within the club and external kudos for the club.
So, on a cost-benefit analysis, this comes out very high for everyone involved. Lots of benefits, time well spent and modest cost only if you choose to proceed; and you can withdraw at any time.
Relevant Links about APS Honours
Applying for APS Honours
Applying for Honours via the Panel System
Photography Competitions and Honours
Tips for entering National and International Photography Exhibitions
Links to National Exhibition Catalogues
https://www.a-p-s.org.au/index.php/downloads/aps-national-exhibition-digital
https://www.a-p-s.org.au/index.php/downloads/aps-national-exhibition-nature
http://www.warragulnational.org/ - go to image gallery
http://www.ballaratcameraclub.org.au/gallery/2015/ - several years of Nationals
Sutherland Shire National - https://ssnep.org.au/catalogues/
https://maitlandsalon.myphotoclub.com.au/ - go to catalogues
http://www.queensland-photo.com/gallery/
https://www.redlandscameraclub.org.au/exhibitions.html - lots of catalogues – scroll down the page
https://www.siep.org.au/
http://sydney-harbour-international.org.au/
Trial Image Feedback Form
Click on this link to go to the trial feedback form
Competition Results Judges’ Presentations
2019 Folio Showing Versatility
2019 Competition 7: Creative + Open
2019 Competition 6: Macro / Close-Up + Open
2019 Competition 5: Landscape + Open
2019 Competition 4: Portrait + Open
2019 Competition 3: Nature + Open
2019 Competition 2: Photojournalism + Open
2019 Competition 1: Monochrome + Open
2019 Interclub Competition
Audio Visuals
End-of-Year Presentation Nights Videos
Manuals
Instruction Manual for PhotoContest Pro
A very basic manual for uploading images to PCP. A more detailed manual is available to the club administrators of PCP.
Committee Minutes
Latest approved Minutes of IPS Committee Meeting
The latest approved IPS Committee Meeting Minutes are provided to members to ensure transparency and promote engagement.
Note that the Committee approves the Minutes of a meeting at its next meeting, so a one to two month lag is usual.
Compliance with privacy regulations may necessitate the occasional redaction.
Documents relating to IPS’s regulatory requirements:
Society Rules (aka the IPS Constitution)
Incorporation Certificate
CAV on running meetings
CAV on finances