Club Annual General Meeting .
PLEASE NOTE All meeting from August onwards will be in our new Hall – Bracken Ridge Community Hall, 77 bracken St Bracken Ridge.
Personal Project.
It’s time to pull your project together and put finishing touches to it in order to create a cohesive body of work to be proud of. A night to collaborate with others and seek comment and advice.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENING WILL BE HELD AT PETER LAW’S HOUSE
THE ADDRESS IS 30 BANIM ST ASPLEY
Enter Set ‘Rust/rusty’ images and Open images for October 2018. Judging of Set ‘Patterns in nature’ images and Open images for September 2018.
Rust/rusty Definition: ’A reddish – or yellowish-brown flaking coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture.†NOTE: NEW CLUB ADDRESS FROM AUGUST ONWARDS, COMMUNITY HALL, 77 BRACKEN ST. BRACKEN RIDGE 4O17
Patterns in nature Definition: PLEASE NOTE All meetings from August onwards will be in our new hall – Bracken Ridge Community Hall, 77 Bracken St Bracken Ridge. One of the important abilities of photographers is the ability to observe, especially in an artistic way. A creative picture is then formed in one’s brain before it’s taken. Trained eyes and brains can see stunning images that other people may not see. So finding patterns in nature and turning them into art is a good practice for photographers. The judging criteria would then be how well a pattern in nature is observed and turned into a picture creatively. To be accepted, the image has to have a pattern from nature, not from man- made items such as buildings. NOTE: NEW CLUB ADDRESS FROM AUGUST ONWARDS, COMMUNITY HALL, 77 BRACKEN ST, BRACKEN RIDGE
Polar Exposures, Earle Bridger.
Not to be missed, if you are doing something that night, cancel it!
Earle began his photography career as a cadet news photographer with The Courier Mail newspaper in 1972. After an exciting 10 years with this metropolitan daily covering news events throughout Queensland and Papua and New Guinea he moved into freelance work where for 15 years he produced images for dozens of Australian newspapers and magazines, specializing in sport and news photography. He worked for the Daily Mirror in Fleet Street London, was contracted to complete two books, ‘Brisbane 82’ and ‘The Twelfth Commonwealth Games, The Official Pictorial History’.
1987-1988 he worked in England as a photography lecturer with Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education, West Midlands. From 1995 to 1996 while completing a ‘Master of Arts – Photography’ at Ohio University he worked for the Athens News as a photojournalist and at the Columbus Dispatch as an assistant picture editor.
Earle worked as a commissioned Photo Editor for Reuters during the Sydney Olympic Games and as a Photo Manager for the Brisbane Goodwill Games. 2006/2007 he spent 18 months as the Pictorial Editor of The Sunday Mail, then Australia’s second largest circulation newspaper (650,000)
Earle’s teaching career has seen him hold many Griffith University appointments such as Senior lecturer Photojournalism, Convenor of Photography Programs, Queensland College of Art (QCA), Deputy Director Gold Coast and most recently as QCA Deputy Director (Development).
He took his first group of photography students on a field trip to the United States in 1992 and since then has either led or participated in multiple trips to China, Vietnam, Peru, Laos, Cambodia, Switzerland and Venice, Poland, Bangladesh, Czech Republic and Nepal.
Earle left full time employment with the university in 2014 to enable more time for his personal Photographic projects such as conducting photographic tours to the Polar regions.
Earle says,’A month ago I returned from another trip to the north, this time as a photojournalist and crewman on board a three mastered timber schooner for a sail from Copenhagen to the Svalbard in the Arctic so have plenty of stories to tell of my 7 week trip.’
Presented By: Earle Bridger
Enter Set ‘Entertainer/s’ images and Open images for November 2018. Judging of Set ‘Rust/rusty’ images and Open images for October 2018.
Entertainer/s Definition: A person such as a singer, dancer or comedian whose job is to entertain others’. But this can be extended to family entertaining themselves with kids and pets etc etc. An entertainer might be a musician, juggler, martial arts expert, circus performer, busker and no doubt there are other types of entertainers. The main objective is to capture the artist at some dynamic or pleasing part of their performance. Some entertainers can be almost expressionless during their performance, and it may be necessary to capture the image in the few seconds after their performance when they relax and possibly smile at the audience. Some, singers especially, contort their faces into many unattractive expressions during the performance, so the suggestion above still applies. Lighting is quite variable depending on the location; street, outdoor stage, indoor stage or setting. If the stage is lit by rotating strobe lighting, it is usually desirable to wait for the light to wash across the artists face. Often, but not always, it is necessary to use higher ISO values and lower than desired shutter speed to get a good exposure. The lower shutter speed and the likelihood of a softer or more blurred photo, can be partly offset by capturing the moment in between a period of activity. eg. at the end of verse of a song, or when an acrobatic group strikes a pose at the peak of their display.
Rust/rusty Definition: “A reddish – or yellowish-brown flaking coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture.” NOTE: NEW CLUB ADDRESS FROM AUGUST ONWARDS, COMMUNITY HALL, 77 BRACKEN ST. BRACKEN RIDGE 4O17
Biochromes.
Native to Poland, Renata Buziak’s interest in photography began there before her relocation to Australia in 1991. From obscure close ups of the human form to aerial and macro photography, her work confirms her affinity for and intimacy with the natural world. Renata’s current projects focus on the process of organic decomposition and its effect on photographic materials. The resultant images of this ‘biochrome’ process reflect natural environmental processes and their significance in life cycle.
Renata says, ‘Nature’s vegetation offers an endless supply of organic matter for use in my artworks. I create images by forming alliances between a variety of plants and photographic emulsions. I call these images ‘Biochromes’ because the natural occurrence of decomposition on the photographic materials results in an array of colourful pigmentation arranged in complex and detailed compositions, aided by natures own creative skill.
The chemical and biological reactions that take place during the process of decay are fundamental to my image making process. This art and science endeavor traces the activities of the microbes; reveals the complex process of decay while addressing its metamorphic power. My work also combines my interests in macro and aerial imaging of the environment.
While my practice builds on the traditions of botanical illustrations and experimental photographic techniques, my ‘fertilisation’ of photographic materials, using vegetation, directly focuses on the significance of time and change through organic decay and regeneration, pushing the boundaries of the photographic medium.’
Project Night.
The final Project night for the year. Make some final touches to your project.
This evening will be held at Peter Law’s house.
The address is 30 Banim Street, Aspley.
Presented By: Club members
Enter all Print and Projected Images for the End of Year Competition, except the ‘Print of the Year’ (to be brought on the judging night). Judging of Set ‘Entertainer/s’ images and Open images for November 2018.
Entertainer/s Definition: A person such as a singer, dancer or comedian whose job is to entertain others’. But this can be extended to family entertaining themselves with kids and pets etc etc. An entertainer might be a musician, juggler, martial arts expert, circus performer, busker and no doubt there are other types of entertainers. The main objective is to capture the artist at some dynamic or pleasing part of their performance. Some entertainers can be almost expressionless during their performance, and it may be necessary to capture the image in the few seconds after their performance when they relax and possibly smile at the audience. Some, singers especially, contort their faces into many unattractive expressions during the performance, so the suggestion above still applies. Lighting is quite variable depending on the location; street, outdoor stage, indoor stage or setting. If the stage is lit by rotating strobe lighting, it is usually desirable to wait for the light to wash across the artists face. Often, but not always, it is necessary to use higher ISO values and lower than desired shutter speed to get a good exposure. The lower shutter speed and the likelihood of a softer or more blurred photo, can be partly offset by capturing the moment in between a period of activity. eg. at the end of verse of a song, or when an acrobatic group strikes a pose at the peak of their display.
Judging Image of the Year.
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