Following our presentation on July 3rd, this challenge allows our members to put into practice the skills and techniques demonstrated. Members can submit up to three photographs that explore the creative use of lighting for evaluation and discussion.

Our sixth evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

NOTE: Amended program: This challenge revives a popular theme where each member is asked to present three photographs that tell a story, or are all based on the one idea. Members can treat this like a mini portfolio session and present their most compelling photographs that all address the same idea.

Lighting is the “paint” we use to create our photographs, so in this presentation we look at all the critical aspects of using light: Colour, intensity and direction, as well as the use of artificial light, reflectors and how to use these tools to best effect.

This year our annual friendly interclub will be held on Tuesday 21st July at Mosman Camera Club, Mosman Rowers Club, 3 Centennial Drive, Mosman Bay.

The theme for this year is “Reflecting”. Reflecting can be considered to be either physically or emotionally, giving us plenty of opportunity for creative interpretation.

Once again, the Interclub will comprise 10 prints from each club and we will make a selection prior to the event and arrange for one of our expert printers to print photos from any of our members who don’t normally print.

Our fifth evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Reflections.  Members are requested to submit up to three photographs that address the concept of “Reflections” in all its meanings. Another opportunity for our creative inspiration to explore this topic in detail. We will also be selecting entries tonight for the Interclub on the theme of “reflecting” on 21st July.

Tonight we discuss the many advanced shooting techniques that can assist your creativity as well as some advanced processing steps that can help you refine your personal style and expand your skillset.

Our fourth evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Tonight we shine a spotlight on the process of evaluation both our own and other people’s photographs. We will discuss the essential skills of visual communication, understanding what the subject of the photograph is meant to be and how to assess whether the photographer has achieved their intention with the photograph.

Our third evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Tonight we welcome internationally renowned travel photographer, Richard I’Anson. Richard has spent many years travelling to destinations most of us can only dream of, including Antarctica, Central Asia, Nepal, South America and many more locations. Richard’s work includes landscape, wildlife and portraiture. Richard’s work can be seen on his website: https://www.richardianson.com/gallery

Tonight we offer our members the opportunity to make a presentation on any photographic topic of their choice. Members may opt to show some of their work, or raise a question for discussion. Members could also opt to present a mini portfolio of their work.

Lightroom and Camera RAW have had major improvements in the options for making selections and performing selective adjustments to photos. Here we explain and demonstrate how to get the most out of the tools available. Most of these tools have similar uses in other software.

Using the skills and knowledge gained from our presentation on February 5th, submit a series of portraits for evaluation and discussion.

Our second evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Join our member Jon Higlett as he takes us through how he plans and creates his outstanding portraits. This presentation will be a great primer for our Challenge on March 5th.

Our first evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Join us for a fun and informative night where we look at a series of famous photographs and dissect why they are famous and how the photographer created them.

Celebrate the festive season with our Annual Exhibition of photography and Christmas cheer. Bring along family and friends to enjoy our exhibition and share in the social gathering.

Tonight we hold our annual AGM and election of officeholders for 2026. The night will be followed by a selection of short presentations by our members. Members may elect to give a presentation on a photographic topic of their choice, show their work or raise a question for discussion.

Our seventh evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Tonight we are pleased to welcome Sydney based photographer Samantha Ohlsen who will discuss her approach to landscape photography and lessons learnt over years of photographing landscapes in general and the Great Ocean Road in particular. Samantha has produced a book called “A Photographer’s Guide: The Great Ocean Road & Otways”. Further information can be found on Samantha’s website: https://www.samanthaohlsenphotography.com.au/gor-otways-book/

Using the techniques covered in our architecture presentation, create three photographs, for group evaluation, of architectural subjects, Your choice can be interior, exterior, architectural detail or whole buildings

Our sixth evaluation night of the year. Members to display up to three photographs of their choice to be evaluated and discussed by the group of members present. Digital images must be uploaded to the club’s Dropbox by the Tuesday prior to the night. See the member’s page for details

Tonight we will have a special presentation that explores one of the most important aspects of photography. Don’t miss this night.

THIS YEAR THE INTERCLUB WILL BE HELD AT NORTHSIDE CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY ON

WEDNESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER AT

Lindfield Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Pacific Highway & Provincial Rd
Lindfield

The topic for this year is “Moving”

Tonight we repeat our friendly challenge between our three clubs, with this year’s topic set by Northside, being the host club.

Using the information from the presentation in 2024, create a short audio visual on a topic of your choice. The presentation should be around 5 minutes long. Refer to the Support page for notes from the presentation.

Tonight we have a discussion about the use and control of movement in photography including topics such as subject matter, lens choice, shutter speed and intentional camera movement (ICM). We will demonstrate how to freeze or create movement using different techniques.

Using the information presented on June 12th, create up to 3 photographs of your choice for group evaluation and discussion. The photographs must show the use of long exposure techniques.