with judge Harry Shepperd. Meeting is online via Zoom.

Details to follow. Workshops are run by members and include a demonstration or tutorial and some practical work.

Come find out how you did. get feedback on your entries from an independent external judge.

Nature + Open entries are due by midnight.

Tom Putt, well known Australian photographer will present his work on landscape photography

Come find out how you did. get feedback on your entries from an independent external judge.

Photojournalism + Open entries are due by midnight.

Richard is a well-known Australian landscape photographer who will present a lecture on “Is there luck in photography?”

Put your entries into PhotoContest Pro

Come along to welcome everyone to a new year of competitions, presentations and excitement! regale everyone with your Christmas holiday exploits.

Please note that entires for the first competition of the year Monochrome + Open will be due by midnight on this day.

This is the final informal get together for the year, to which it is hoped you will bring your families. The venue is the Springthorpe Country Club in Macleod, as in previous years. This is a self-catering function, so please bring your own BBQ food, plus a dessert to share. There is an electric BBQ for you to cook your food and tables to sit at. Please arrive promptly at 12pm as the venue is in demand and gets crowded later.

This is the Gala event of the year for IPS, where all fourteen trophies and gold medallions will be awarded, plus a range of silver and bronze medallions. The suspense will be high as winners are not known to anyone except the Competitions Committee.

There are two 50 Years badges to be awarded this evening! TWO!!! Please come along to congratulate these two members, this is a very rare and special milestone.

Please bring a plate of food to share for supper!

We will meet at the Hall at the usual time. We will discuss future strategies for the club, the implications of removing our A abd B grade system, a Handicap system trial etc. This will be followed by some small 10-minute presentations on photographic topics.

Railways Mini Challenge. Take a photo of anything connected to Australia’s Railways. Conisder entering the Movng Moments competition too! (movingmoments.com.au)

A dinner will be held at the Old England Hotel in Heidelberg, starting at 6.30pm until whenever. Please email Anne Dakin or the secretary (secretary@ips.org.au) if you are coming. bring your family too please!

Photograph the setting sun that will be perfectly aligned along the Hoddle grid in the city. See https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/rare-sunset-phenomenon-melbhenge-returns-this-november-102219?fbclid=IwAR3MOsFguy_YS0Es1DZ7eDXME6kJ8FwkWlEOk_UHyUQK1IBQfOpjkGUtFeQ

Members to bring their submissions for the AV competition on a USB device, which will be played that night. Please bring them 15 minutes earlier and give them to Lisa to load into the computer.

All participants that evening will be asked to vote on all AV entries and give Lisa their votes. Final results will be known at the EOY Presentation Night.

All AV creators will be asked to give a brief discussion of their AV and answer questions from the audience.

The judge will provide feedback on all entries to the Folio Showing Versatility Competition.

Leanne Robson, past President of the Diamond Valley Photographic Society and an experienced light painting photographer has kindly agreed to run this practical night. Please bring your camera and tripod for some interesting photography. Leanne will let us know on the night whether this will be indoors or outdoors, so be sure to bring a warm jacket. Lisa Law will coordinate the evening.

Collecting Prints for EOY Print of the Year

Please bring your prints that were awarded HC or H in any 2019 competition. These will be sent to the judge for the EOY Image of the Year Trophies.

Judging for all entries for the Creative and Open competition.

Please note that entries for the Folio Showing Versatility Competition close by midnight on this day.

The AGM will be followed by a presentation by Peter Bellmont on Focus Stacking. Focus Stacking is an important process for Macro, Close-Up and Landscape photography that overcomes depth-of-field limitations to ensure the whole image is in focus from front to back. Peter will also discuss a special radial stitching technique to create interesting ‘surround’ images.

Sheryle Griffiths from Knox Camera Club will present her assessment of all submissions made to the Macro and Close-Up competition, plus all Open entries.

Please note that entries close by midnight for the Creative + Open Competition.

IPS vs Rosanna Photographic Club and Essendon Camera Club