Monthly meeeting 3rd Sept

Dinner at the Shamrock Hotel 6pm.

Guest speaker Perry Cho

Set subject due in Hot &/or Cold
It's not to late to get some photos taken.
HOT: fire, flames, chillis, hot bodies, hot coffee, reds/oranges/yellows
COLD: ice, cold drinks, the cold shoulder, Warrnambool weather, cold water, blues/greens

Ballarat International Foto Biennale

The biggest photo event in the southern hemisphere comes to Ballarat in 2009. The Ballarat International Foto Biennale will present 150+ photographic events over more than 75 venues throughout Ballarat and Hepburn Shire. Sept 4th - Oct 4th. http://www.ballaratfoto.org/ I just checked out the website and this is seriously one not to miss - I want to move to Ballarat for the month.

On the weekend of 12th and 13th September VAPS will be taking a space at the Ballarat School of Mines for all camera club members to use as a drop-in area/meeting point whilst they are in Ballarat for the Biennale. Tea and coffee will be available to all. An exhibition of prints will be staged on this weekend at the drop-in centre.

Affiliated with the Biennale is the Australian Photographic Collectors Society Inc PHOTOGRAPHY MARKET. Buy, sell, swap, trade. Sunday Sept 13th 10:00am - 4:00pm St Patrick's Hall, Cnr Sturt St & Dawson St sth, Ballarat. For details go to http://www.apcsociety.com.au/

Poll results

Thank you everyone who voted in the poll. The winners were.....more outings and more photography workshops. When organising club activities it is so important to know what members actually want. So if there is any outings or workshops that you would particularly like to see - have a chat to one of the committee members at the next meeting (or send an email) and we will try and work something out.

Kate has done a fabulous job organising more outings, workshops and social events for the rest of the year. Check out UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS on the left panel. Hope to see lots of people there. If you haven't been to any club outings before, I would recommend you come along. Even if it doesn't really sound like something you would normally take photos of (or maybe, especially if it isn't something you would normally take photos of) give it a go. The outings are great fun and a good way to get to know your fellow members better.

Thanks Les

Thanks to Les for organizing the night at the tech college and being the star welder and grinder. A great time was had by all. I took more than 150 shots, hard to tell which are best. Here is one example.

TAFE Portrait Photography Workshop

• Learn how to use your digital camera out of progam mode and into manual mode and take portraits of family and friends
• Day one will be about how your camera works and will include a portrait photo shoot
• during day two students will look at the portraits they have taken during the week and print some out.

When: Sat 5 and 12th September 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Where: Sherwook park Campus (Deakin Uni) Building C

Cost: $155

Enrollments: 55648799

Welding Photos

Thought I would link a few welding photos to give you some ideas for Thursday night. Remember, meet in the car park of the Tech College (off Caramut Road - don't park in Brauer College) at 5pm.
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The camera setting for the last three are listed below the photo on the left.

Results from August Competition

The set topic for this month was "Moody Blues".

Congratulations to all place getters

Small prints Set – Moody Blues
1st Pickering Point John Culver

2nd Milford Sound Vivian Carter

3rd Blue Fungi John Culver

Small prints Open

1st Arthur’s Pass Patti Vallance

2nd Cactus Finch John Culver

3rd Gardens John Culver

Set Colour – Moody Blues

1st Tired Moody Fairy Tania Jacobson

2nd Alasitan Island John Culver

3rd Ice Cave John Culver

Open Colour

1st Kinloch Patti Vallance

2nd McLean Falls Shane Vallance

3rd Driftwood on the Merri Graham Dixon

Results from August Competition Meeting

Monochrome Set – Moody Blues
1st Flagstaff Hill at Night Graham Dixon



Monochrome Open
1st More Than a Game Patti Vallance


2nd Struggling Gum Chris Bell


3rd Anzacs Patti Vallance



Experimental
1st Autumn Colours Patti Vallance


2nd Arrow Town Patti Vallance