Competitions in September Tree or Trees or part thereof & Open are closing soon!

Competitions in September Tree or Trees or part thereof & Open will close Sunday, 15th September 2019, 5:00 PM.

Entries can be made in the following areas:

• Open Colour Large Print
• Open Small Print
• Open Mono Large Print
• Open Digital
• SetSubject Digital
• SetSubject Colour Large Print
• SetSubject Mono Large Print
• SetSubject Small Print

All members are encouraged to enter.

by , September 13, 2019

HHCC – External Competition

Hi Members,

Another external competition for you all …

Association Loi 1901
20 rue du Chevalier de la Barre
80142 ABBEVILLE Cedex, FRANCE
+ 33 3 22 24 02 02
 contact@festival-oiseau-nature.com

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by David Curtis, September 5, 2019

Results for competitions in August – Open

There were 22 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in August – Open

IMG_8047 2 Martin Paul – Merit Open Colour Large Print	DK_Aug_2019_2 Dylan Kennedy – Merit Open Colour Large Print
Beautiful Rust Jenny Anderson – Merit Open Colour Large Print	Milky Way Tim Shilling – Merit Open Colour Large Print
Stretching the jaws Marion Anstis – Merit Open Colour Large Print	Dali Butterfly Sculptures Corinna Lueg – Merit Open Colour Large Print
What you do when no one is looking Corinna Lueg – Merit Open Colour Large Print	Look mum no hand Melinda Sexton – Merit Open Small Print
Watch out Moth Marion Anstis – Merit Open Small Print	Sheds Jon Holliday – Merit Open Small Print
Looking Up Jenny Anderson – Merit Open Mono Large Print	Creepy Scary Mary Jenny Anderson – Merit Open Mono Large Print
Billy the Blacksmith Elaine Holliday – Merit Open Mono Large Print	Sunset Sail Jenny Anderson – Merit Open Mono Large Print
Angel eyes Sonia Conn – Merit Open Mono Large Print	Aspiring Models Photo Shoot Maureen Brew – Merit Open Digital
Market Day Nilmini De Silva – Merit Open Digital	Thats my perch Nilmini De Silva – Merit Open Digital
Gums in Newtown Melinda Sexton – Merit Open Digital	Patterned fields David Tam – Merit Open Digital
Somewhere out there Sonia Conn – Merit Open Digital	Singing in the forest Marion Anstis – Merit Open Digital

by Elaine Holliday, August 21, 2019

HHCC – Street Photography Info

Members,

Here is some street photography photos and information from Alan Logan who was our presenter for our Street Photography workshop and judge for the Photo Rally.  

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/jul/01/masters-of-street-photography-in-pictures
Eric Kim https://erickimphotography.com/
Jesse Marlow. Street Photography. http://www.jessemarlow.com
Lynn Smith. Street Noir Workshops at Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Valérie Jardin. Street Photography. http://valeriejardinphotography.com/

Anonymous
HOW TO SHOOT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT REVEALING YOUR SUBJECTS

Misconceptions about street photography

After years of teaching the art of street photography in many countries and giving presentations at various conferences, it is clear that people have a misconception of what street photography is. For many, the genre is associated with the concept of being in people’s faces, and not in a nice way. Many photographers who are interested in trying their hand at ‘shooting street’ believe that it requires a great deal of boldness and audacity. It is true that the “up close and personal” approach is not for the faint of heart.

When done well, getting very close to your subject will result in some very powerful photographs. It is important to note that it is not the only way to tackle the world of street photography and, thankfully, not the way every photographer approaches it. Can you imagine if every street photographer decided to bring their camera within inches of people’s faces? Although some do it well and in the most respectful manner possible, many are quite aggressive and would undeniably give the rest of us the worst possible reputation and eventually make the beautiful craft of street photography impossible to practice.

Whenever people ask me how they should approach street photography, I always tell them to do it in a way that fits their personality. They should enjoy it, not dread it. What’s the point of doing something that turns you into a nervous wreck? First, how enjoyable would that be? Second, imagine the negative vibes you would communicate to your potential subjects if you dreaded every minute of the experience? It’s one thing to step out of your comfort zone to grow in your craft, it’s another to do something that is entirely against your true nature and ethics.

“It’s one thing to step out of your comfort zone to grow in your craft, it’s another to do something that is entirely against your true nature and ethics.”

“You can be quite far from your subject and still make powerful photographs.”

From In-Public
WHAT IS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY?

Photograph (Verb) From the Greek, phõtos, light, and graphein, to draw, together meaning ‘drawing with light’.
Candid (Adjective) From the Latin, candidus, pure, impromptu, unposed, unrehearsed.
Public (Adjective) From the Latin, publicus, from populus, the people. Able to be seen or known by everyone, open to general view.

At its most basic, street photography is candid photography made in public situations. In photographic terms “street” is not limited to roadways as the word might suggest. It is a stand in for any public setting. Photographers like Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, Tony-Ray Jones, Raghubir Singh, Daido Moriyama and Joel Meyerowitz have pioneered a variety of street based approaches, and over the last few decades the phrase has come to mean a great deal more. Recent outlets like Street Photography Now, HCSP, Instagram, and the online street community have expanded the territory in ways still being understood, and the sense of community engendered by the Internet generation has sent street photography soaring to new heights of popularity. Opinions and approaches vary, but fundamentally street photography is a depiction of real life infused with an awareness of visual aesthetics.

Many street photographers look for scenes which trigger an immediate emotional or visual response, especially through humor or a fascination with ambiguous, odd, or surreal happenings. A series of street photographs may show a crazy world. Perhaps it’s a dreamlike world. Or edgy, or dark, or elegant, or mysterious. The paradox that these traits might apply to scenes found in the most everyday and real location —the “street”— is endlessly fascinating.

Street photography is not reportage. For the street photographer there is no duty to document specific subject matter. The chief concern is life in general, and its reduction into frames that stand alone and visually work. This requires a careful selection of visual elements to include and exclude from the final composition, and great attention on the moment selected for exposure. These two factors may at first seem universal to all kinds of photography, but in street photography they are vital, for it is with these tools alone that the street photographer expresses meaning. There are no props or lighting, little preparation time, and ideally no preconceptions. The process is based on seeing and reacting, almost by-passing thought altogether. For many street photographers it is a ‘Zen’ like experience, and some report a loss of ‘self’ when carefully watching the behavior of others, such is their emotional involvement.

When practiced well, the result, as Colin Westerbeck writes in Bystander, “is a kind of photography that tells us something crucial and the nature of the medium as a whole, about what is unique to the imagery that it produces. The combination of this instrument, a camera, and this subject matter, the street, yields a type of picture that is idiosyncratic to photography in a way that formal portraits, pictorial landscapes, and other kinds of genre scenes are not.” – Blake Andrews, David Gibson, Nick Turpin, 2016

David Gibson “ It should be reiterated that street photography does not require people; there are always other valid options.”

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by David Curtis, August 18, 2019

Hornsby Heights v Pittwater Interclub Competition

Dear Members,

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Hornsby Heights won the Interclub Competition with Pittwater on Monday evening.

We won all 3 categories:

Black & White/Monochrome Prints HHCC 132 – Pittwater 129

Colour Prints HHCC 142 – Pittwater 134

Projected Images HHCC 200 – Pittwater 198

Overall Total HHCC – 474 and Pittwater 461

Over the 26 years of the competition we have won 6 times and this win was 2 in a row for us. Thanks to all the authors of the superb photographs we entered and to our selectors for their choices.

The highest score achievable is 15 and a whopping 10 of our images scored the maximum of 15.

Marion Anstis scored 2 15’s in the colour prints and 1 in the projected images

Jakki Foley scored 2 15’s in the colour prints

Corinna Lueg scored 15 in the mono prints and 15 in the colour prints

Nil de Silva 15 in the projected images

Sonia Conn 15 in the colour prints

Elaine Holliday 15 in the mono prints.

Please check out the Pittwater competition on our comps page by scrolling to the bottom of the page where you can see the images entered, the judge’s comments and the scores. We would like to thank Susan Buchanan, our judge for the evening, who gave great feedback to the images entered from both clubs.

by Elaine Holliday, August 17, 2019

Results for competitions in Pittwater Interclub

There were 0 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in Pittwater Interclub

by Elaine Holliday, August 17, 2019

Competitions in August – Open are closing soon!

Competitions in August – Open will close Sunday, 18th August 2019, 5:00 PM.

Entries can be made in the following areas:

• Open Colour Large Print
• Open Small Print
• Open Mono Large Print
• Open Digital

All members are encouraged to enter.

by , August 16, 2019

Hornsby Heights v Pittwater Interclub 2019

Dear Members,

Just a reminder to let you know that the above competition takes place on Monday (12th August) at Pittwater RSL Club @ 82 Mona Vale Road, Mona Vale NSW 2103 at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. We encourage all members to attend this event in support of the club as it’s always a great evening.

See you there!

Tom and the team

by Elaine Holliday, August 9, 2019

FCC Interclub Competition

Dear Members,

You will have received an email today from the site administrator regarding the above competition. Our selection committee will be contacting you or may have already contacted you to upload images for selection, as we can only choose 10 images per competition. Most of your images have already been decided on and we are doing the final preparations today and tomorrow therefore please do not upload to the competition unless you’ve had a request from us.

Thanks

The Selection Committee

by Elaine Holliday, August 7, 2019

Competitions in NSW FCC InterClub selection are closing soon!

Competitions in NSW FCC InterClub selection will close Friday, 9th August 2019, 11:59 PM.

Entries can be made in the following areas:

• Open Colour Large Print
• Open Mono Large Print
• Nature Large Print
• Open Colour Digital
• Open Mono Digital
• Nature Digital
• Creative Digital
• Australian Landscape/Seascape Digital

All members are encouraged to enter.

by , August 7, 2019