Club Matters – Page 8 – Helderberg Photographic Society

Audio Visual Evening Wed. 28th Jan ’09 7.30pm

All members are welcome at our AV-evening (AV-workers, or not) – why not join us at this casual and friendly get-together?

Audio-Visual Salon

Thomas Niemeyer has asked us to bring to our members’ attention an AV Salon being hosted by the Magalies Foto Fun Club. Details may be found on the PSSA Website: http://www.pssa.co.za . Do take a look and consider entering! First MFFC Audio-Visual Salon – 2009 South African resident photographers are cordially invitedContinue reading “Audio-Visual Salon”

Comment from Francien Fick, judge at ‘Silhouette’ meeting

It is always good to know how you can improve on a great photograph… · Composition – putting the subject matter in the middle of the photograph; · Digital noise; · Excessive use of Photoshop or filters; · Focussing problems or image blur caused by slow shutter speed in dim lighting conditions. Feel free toContinue reading “Comment from Francien Fick, judge at ‘Silhouette’ meeting”

Thanks from “Lady Nicole”

You should know by now that Nicole Palmer was conferred honorary member status at the meeting in December. She sent these words of thanks and asked that they be published here. The year is not even 2 days old and HPS has already managed to impress me again with our new Web and Blog sitesContinue reading “Thanks from “Lady Nicole””

Report January Meeting 14.01.09

A great crowd of over 50 members arrived at the meeting last night – quite a few new faces, as well as some we hadn’t seen for some time. We welcomed several guests, as well as Francine, a lecturer at the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, who was our judge for the evening. OfContinue reading “Report January Meeting 14.01.09”

Competition entries from my perspective

Some feedback on the new submission procedures now that the entry deadline has passed. In general most people took heed of the guidelines and submitted correctly sized images to the correct address. There were however a few people that sent their submissions to the wrong address or submitted images that were considerably larger than theyContinue reading “Competition entries from my perspective”

HPS Competition Meeting Update

I hope you are looking forward to our first meeting this year – this coming Wednesday 14th January at 7.30pm. Here are a few updates: JJ has very generously increased his sponsorship of prizes for our competitions, as follows: There will be vouchers awarded to First Place (R40); Second Place (R30) and Third PlaceContinue reading “HPS Competition Meeting Update”

One Week To Go

Just one week left until our first meeting of 2009. Remember that it’s a competition evening and that the set subject is Silhouette. So if you haven’t given any thought to your entries yet, now would be a good time. Digital entries must be submitted (and received) by 18h00 on Tuesday 13 January 2009 toContinue reading “One Week To Go”

Chairman’s Note January 2009

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Helderberg Photographic Society’s blog. Designed and set up by Steve Crane, our computer expert, it will contain everything our newsletter of old contained, but in a different format … try out the tabs and see what you can find! With every good wish for 2009! Nettie