316 FLASH Oct Nov2015

F L A S H
P P P
N E W S L E T T E R
FOTOGRAPHICA
What’s going on at PPP...
It’s a 2-for-1 issue combining October and November reports with life
getting in the way of separate editions. Sorry about that ...
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Stop reading about it
& forget lusting after gear.
No more excuses - just pick up
your camera & take photos ok!!
The month of September began with our monthly meeting that featured
Pam Murphy’s excellent presentation of her panoramic photography
prowess. Pam has successfully captured 360 degree scenes and wide
angle mosaics which she had output on a large format printer. These were
well suited for display on our wall of cupboards.
Next up was our conversational covering The Art of the Fine Print.
Heather Fernon presented a very interesting evening based on her
observations during many years of printing experience with film and
digital images. She began with a range of black and white prints from the
same negative which graphically highlighted the range of looks and
exposures that can be produced when hand crafting in the darkroom.
Heather then invited members to rate four colour prints from one digital
image that she had printed at a range of businesses ranging from budget
chain stores to an expensive leading lab. No one managed to match the
prints with the printer and lively debate followed.
October’s monthly meeting saw Heather organise a presentation by Viridian
Lawyers’ Richard Prangell who stepped members through the rights and
responsibilities of photographers in the digital age. As expected discussion
ensued regarding the law and the realities of ‘educating’ security guards and
enforcement officers in the heat of the moment. Andy Rogers was inspired to
liaise with Richard to produce a pocket guide listing photographers’ principle
rights and related laws.
The meeting also served as our AGM and Alan Seal organised the voting
and paperwork. Jock Gilfillan and Tony Peri have stepped down after many
years of great work so Ivars Osis and Michael Bucknell have kindly
replaced them on the main committee. Sandy Watson delivered her
President’s Report which listed a very active 12 months and a healthy rise in
membership numbers.
October’s conversational covered off Camera Basics with David Jenkins
leading a good sized crowd through the menu maze of options found in
digital cameras.
Look Up
This month’s mezzanine exhibition is a collaboration between Barbara
Bryan and Michael Lynch with an Astro photography theme. Barbara’s
photos are mostly long exposure star trails taken on film and Mick’s are of
digital panoramas of the Milky Way.
www.primrose-park.com.au
No. 316 October / November 2015
Dip & Dunk
This month
The next main PPP meeting
is at
7.00 PM on
Wednesday 4 Nov
BYO drinks, nibbles &
photographs. All welcome.
Wednesday 18
November, 7.30PM
is the time for our next
Conversational
which covers
Wine, cheese &
hardware
~~~~~ + ~~~~~
NEW! lunch and/or dinner at
Oaks Hotel,
12 November
Lunch 12.15pm
Dinner 7.00pm
the
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PPP Patron: Gordon Undy
www.pointlight.com.au
HOW TO PRINT and PROJECT YOUR IMAGES
PPP COMMITTEE
President:
Sandy Watson - 0402 236 344
[email protected]
Vice President:
Heather Fernon
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Ron Switzer - 0419 249 887
[email protected]
Events:
tbc
Membership / Secretary:
Brian Docker - 0418 286 297
[email protected]
Gallery Curators:
Andy Rogers - 9958 5747
[email protected]
Darkroom:
James Morris - 0409 143 242
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor:
Peter White - 0411 248 416
[email protected]
General Committee:
David Jenkins - 0410 691 867
[email protected]
Riaan Cillers - 0457 412 280
[email protected]
All correspondence, including material for
publication, letters to the Editor, news and
photos should be directed to the Editor.
Further and updated information of upcoming
events is also published on our website at:
www.primrose-park.com.au
Expect to be photographed:
learn not to be embarrassed,
but appreciate the image.
We’ve Said It… Now We’re Printing It In Stone
1. Sending a photo to be PRINTED in the newsletter or on the wall?
Then size photos to 300dpi (dots per inch) at approx. 10 x15cm (6x4 inches)
or the size intended and send it as a JPEG, saved at high to maximum quality.
You can keep your original aspect ratio the same by choosing the longest
length of the photo to be your maximum size. We can reduce the size of a
photo. We cannot make it larger than it is.
2. Preparing photos for digital projection, an audio visual show, or the web?
dpi has no relevance at all. We’re not printing. Pixels only, matter. Resize the
pixels. The four metre square screen at Primrose Park projects at 1024 x 768
pixels. Make a copy of your original high quality file. (Don’t resize the original
file.) Resize it to a maximum width of 1024 pixels, or maximum height of 768
pixels for projection depending on whether its in portrait or landscape mode.
Web-size shots need only be maximum of about 600-800 pixels in size. DPI
does not matter. You are not printing. Save at low to medium-high JPEG
quality. No one will bother printing your photo in any sizeable way at this size.
In summary:
• Printing a photograph? Set the resolution of your file to 300dpi at the size
you want to print it.
• Looking at a photo on a screen? Set the pixel size to suit the screen in use.
•These free apps will help you resize your pics: ThumbsUp (Mac), Easy
Thumbnails (PC)
‘FLASH’ IS A PUBLICATION OF PRIMROSE PARK
PHOTOGRAPHY (PPP), A MEMBER GROUP OF THE
PRIMROSE PARK ART & CRAFT CENTRE (PPACC) INC. &
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL
We meet on the first & third Wednesdays each month at 7.00pm & 7.30pm
respectively, in the Primrose Park Art & Craft Centre in Primrose Park, Matora
Lane (off Young St.) Cremorne, NSW, 2090, Australia. All events are BYO drinks &
food.
PPP is a not for profit and non-competitive photography club. Membership is
$85.00 per annum and runs from July to June with the financial year. Only fully
paid-up financial members can attend workshops and/or use the equipment and
facilities of the centre. Your membership covers insurance and membership to the
PPACC, and receiving the monthly newsletter and PPP calendar.
Membership forms and correspondence can be mailed to: Primrose Park
Photography, PO Box 152, Cremorne Junction, NSW, 2090, Australia.
BOOKINGS FOR THE DAVID MOORE DARKROOM, COLOUR MUNKI & SCANNER:
Visitors are always welcome!
Bookings and reservations for equipment can be made by logging in to our
website member pages. Please consider others who may also want to use the
facilities and equipment. If you have finished with it, or can’t fulfil a booking, log in
and cancel your reservation so others can use it. There is no rubbish collection
service so please take all rubbish with you and do not leave food in the fridge
unless it is labeled & dated. Contact a committee member of an entry key.
There are no pre-requisites for membership of Primrose Park Photography apart from a
willingness to comply with the rules of Primrose Park Art & Craft Centre (Inc.) and the
administrative procedures of Primrose Park Photography, both of which are available on
request. We are supported by North Sydney Council (NSC) and keep operating through
the support of NSC and the efforts of our volunteer committee and members.
www.primrose-park.com.au
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Sept: Pam Murphy’s Panoramas, Show & Tell and ...
wide angle lens distortion of pano discussion
Sarah discussing impressive prints from her past
Waz & Tony keeping a firm eye on our tech
Pam posing with panoramic pics
Barbara showing prints from her outback trips
B&D fun
... Heather’s printing
conversational
(left) Visualisation is the
key ... one image with
many print variations
(right) Dick displayed a
black and white test
sheet and a Dell
monitor response report
social interaction
Street
Photography
a group exhibition
organised by Jock
Gilfillan
Following from the successful “open” exhibition last
year, our exhibition for October was again open to all
members, this time on the themed topic of “Street
Photography”. For this exhibition, we defined “Street
Photography” as ‘anything you see as you move around
the streets’.
Twelve members offered images of things that have
caught their eye. We know that many members always
have a camera handy and take delight in recording the
commonplace or the unusual, the young or the old,
history in the making or history made.
Michael Bucknell
An “open” exhibition provides an opportunity to every
member to see their work on the wall, without preparing
a full exhibition.
We had contributions to the general exhibition from
thirteen members – Riaan Cilliers, Michael Bucknell,
Didier Colstoun, Magda Dickerson, Dick Dallimore, Jock
Gilfillan, Bill Liney, Sylvie Pagna, Bernie Press, Andy
Rodgers, Alan Seale and Sandy Watson.
The images on display included fine studies of people
and places, opportunistic photos, the posed and the unposed, mechanical and architectural.
Once again, we included work by invitation. Graham
Butler, with his unerring eye for shape, form, contrast
and texture of things he sees on his travels, hand
crafted in his darkroom six photographs especially for
this exhibition – two using his Mamiya 7 medium format
camera with an 80mm lens, and four taken with a Leica
M6 35mm camera with either a 35mm or 50mm lens.
Once again this type of open exhibition highlighted the
diverse range of quality work our members produce.
Didier Colstoun
October Group Street Photo Exhibition ...
‘Invited Guest’ Graham Butler presenting
Bill Liney backgrounding his images
Attentive team
Jock and Dick in discussion with the crowd
the crowd favourite ... Magda’s Newtown view
A memorable committee meeting at Sandy’s
... and November’s star gazing with Mick and Barbara
Our New Patron
Our November meeting will officially welcome fine art photographer Gordon Undy as our new Patron.
He is already well known to some members for his passion for Australian landscape photography and the
Point Light Gallery and workshop he and Lyndell founded in Surry Hills to foster the appreciation and
creation of fine black and white photographs through a program of exhibitions and workshops.
Undy favours an approach which honours the
unique qualities of the photographic medium in
recording and representing the nuances of light
with a high degree of fidelity. His photographs
explore the ideas of direct acceptance of the
landscape, increasingly uncovering the inherent
order in seeming chaos and delighting in the
fractal nature of things.
In the USA in 1994 he studied landscape
photography with Paul Caponigro and fine
printing with George Tice who also introduced
him to the craft of platinum/palladium. His
photographs are held in private, public and
corporate collections in Australasia, Europe and
the USA.
Undy is the author of four books of photographs
of the Australian landscape and has exhibited
widely both in solo and group exhibitions since
the early 1980s.
Gordon Undy photographed at the Flinders Ranges
Gordon said “I am most honoured to accept the
role as the Patron of PPP. I am friends with many of the members and look forward to some good times and
interesting chats with you all. I have never been a club person but all of the people I meet from PPP have
become friends and I do admire the whole approach of the club.”
Gordon replaces Robert McFarlane who kindly served as our Patron for some time.
Photography+Beer+Art & More! by Peter White
Purely in the interests of photographic research I visited Young
Henry’s Brewery in still groovy Newtown. PPP member Sandra
Kozleuchar has co-founded a photo group called Urban
Collective and held the first exhibition at the craft brewery. Great
photos, excellent cider, fab beer and nice food in a funky innercity setting complete with outstanding street art outside (right).
What more could you want? According to the Sydney Morning
Herald they are putting a solar farm on the roof as one of
Sydney’s first community funded renewable energy projects.
Public investment to fund the installation of solar panels is repaid
as the host site pays for the electricity produced. I’ll drink to that.
Jock’s Quiz - A Snapshot of History
In 1912, believed to be in response to a worldwide smallpox epidemic, the Australian Army
occupied land on a private estate to establish a
Quarantine Depot to service the boats operating
to and from the Quarantine station at North
Head. The two boats based here, the “Pasteur”
and the “Jenner”, also met ships at the
“Quarantine Line” (Bradley’s Head) for
inspection for disease and rats and, if
necessary, to fumigate the ships. The complex
had cottages for crew accommodation, boat
maintenance facilities and storage for rat
poison. It remained in use until the 1970’s and
was then used for other purposes to 1988.
(Information from the North Sydney Council and
the Dictionary of Sydney)
Where is it? See page 7.
Hutley Hall Exhibition 2015
Primrose Park Art & Craft Centre
2015 EXHIBITION
Calligraphy, Basketry, Paper Arts, Photography
including pictures from Pawtraits in The Park
Hutley Hall Council Chambers 200 Miller St North Sydney from 13 November
Open Friday 13: 6–8pm, Saturday 14: 9–5pm, Sunday 15: 10–5pm
Supported by North Sydney Council
Official Opening by The Mayor of North Sydney, Councillor Jilly Gibson – Friday 13 November
Every two years our photography club joins with the three
other groups housed in the Primrose Park Arts and Crafts
Centre to stage a joint exhibition at North Sydney
Council’s Hutley Hall.
Together with the Australian Society of Calligraphers,
Basketry NSW and Paper Arts, the photographers stage
the event to promote the centre’s work in a public showing
at the venue in the Council’s headquarters on the corner of
Miller and McLaren Streets.
This year it runs 13-15 November with Mayor Jilly Gibson
opening the exhibition at 6pm on Friday 13.
The exhibition is cleverly timed to coincide with the
extremely popular North Sydney Market Day on Saturday
14 November.
Special thanks to Andy Rogers for putting a lot of effort
into organising this project.
The event will also represent the culmination of our
Pawtraits in Park project. 30 prints and detailed captions
will be on display from the mass photo shoot where dog
owners were invited to have their picture taken with their
pets in outdoor settings at Primrose Park. The aim is to
attract more visitors to the combined exhibition to see the
quality and range of art works on display.
Opening times are Friday 6 - 8pm, Saturday 9-5pm,
Sunday from 10-5pm.
Camera Equipment For Sale
David Jenkins, [email protected], has the following for sale.
Hasselblad
503cx Camera Extension Tube 56
$100
$995
A12 Back
$100 - $500
503cw Camera with Winder
$1495
A16 Back
$200
45 Finder
$50
Polaroid Back PME45 45 Finder (Metered)
$995
50mm f/4 CFi T* Lens $1195
80mm f/2.8 CF T* Lens $795
$75
Panorama Cameras
Fotoman 617 with Super Angulon 90mm /5.6
$1695
135mm f/5.6 CF Macro with Bellows $1195
150mm f/4 C (Silver) Lens
$95
180mm f/4 CFi T* Lens $1595
350mm f/5.6 CF T* Lens $995
Large Format Lens
Extension Tube 32E
$100
Schneider Super Symmar 150mm f/5.6 XL $1695
Fotoman 624 w Super Symmar 110mm f/5.6 XL
$2495
Jock’s Quiz - Answer
The complex is situated in Berry’s Bay, on the eastern side of the Ball’s Head Reserve, Waverton.
PPP Diary Dates...
4 November
12 November
13-15 November
18 November
29 November
Monthly Meeting Oaks Lunch AND/or Dinner
PPPACI group exhibition Conversational
Weekend Workshop
7.00pm
12.15 / 7pm
7.30pm
Almost Christmas!
Meet at the Oaks Hotel for a drink and a chat
Hutley Hall, North Sydney Council
Wine, cheese and equipment TBC
TBC