Farewell to 2018 I hope members had an enjoyable HPG year and are pleased with the

activities the committee organised. Our great success of the year was

the Northern Zone Convention managed by David Targett and his team.

Our meetings and workshops were generally well attended, but we are

looking for ways of encouraging more members to take advantage of

these valuable sessions.

I thank the committee members for their outstanding work and strong

commitment to the HPG: Kevin Ho and Colin Bennett, for preparation

and presentation of their workshops; Lindie Kolver, who oversaw the

establishment of the new web site for HPG competitions and who made

the Northern Zone photography competition a great success. Ian

Wilbore our Secretary-Treasurer, who maintains HPG finances and

documentation efficiently, and John Shaw who continually enhances

the quality of our great newsletter.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome Trevor Dearle to the committee

as an Assistant Competition Steward, who will help Lindie with a busy

schedule of activities for the coming year, including the 2019 Northern

Zone competition.

Photoshop ‘Light Room’ Presentation It recently became a revelation to me that many of our top

winning HPG photographers use PS Lightroom almost

exclusively for their photo editing. Some use Photoshop

for more advanced post processing, but others rarely use

it—if at all.

If these accomplished photographers can achieve such excellent results

using Lightroom, I think it might be useful if their techniques were

shared with members. Nick Lefebvre, a great photographer and

dedicated Lightroom user, has agreed to give a presentation at the

February club night on why he uses this program.

I look forward to hearing his talk and demonstration.

Club Nights and Workshops 2019 The committee is constantly seeking interesting speakers, and

unfortunately the tyranny of distance precludes many experts from

attending our club. We remain undaunted, and so far, Lindie has

booked some interesting presenters for next year.

We continue to seek high quality presenters who can enhance HPG

members knowledge and skills; watch this newsletter.

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Monthly Newsletter

Club Activities

Meetings are held at 7.00pm on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Visitors are always welcome.

Venue: Emerald Downs Community Centre, Lighthouse Plaza, Port Macquarie. Entry via the Emerald Drive roundabout

at the corner of the Plaza building in the lower carpark area.

Club Night program on the first Tuesday includes print competitions, photographic tutorials, presentations and discussions.

Monthly projected digital image com-petitions are held on the third Tuesday, and judged by accredited Federation of Camera Club judges.

Our Hastings MyPhotoClub Website is continually updated to provide information about club activities: documentation, rules and definitions, tutorials, newsletters, and how to join.

Digital and Print photography competitions are managed via the website and members use it to upload their images and view results and comments

Group Facebook account enables members to contact each other and share information.

Newsletter is emailed to members each month: includes club news, feature articles, competition results, details of planned activities/events, and may be downloaded from the website.

Coffee Mornings are held every Wednesday (see Club Calendar) at venues all over the local area and provide a great opportunity to socialise, discuss club matters, photog-raphy, and just about everything else.

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Tearoom Roster - Meetings & Workshops On November Digital night, I invited members to register

for tearoom duty on our club nights, digital nights and

workshops to set up the kitchen ready for the tea-coffee

break, and to wash-up and return equipment to the

kitchen cupboard. I thank Susie Smith and Stewart

Cooper for immediately volunteering for the next two

meetings and ask other members to sign up for

subsequent meetings and workshops. We hope all

members, both male and female, will volunteer and

make it a fun project.

We have obtained a special apron to be signed with a

permanent pen by the rostered member and then handed

over to the next meeting’s tearoom duty member.

It should not happen more than twice a year depending

on the response from members. We appreciate members

who lend a hand at the meetings. Lindie or a committee

member will purchase the supplies. The tearoom duty

registration form will be available at meetings for

members to sign up.

Lindie will now be free to concentrate on the Competition

Steward’s responsibilities at meetings.

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Season’s Greetings On behalf of the committee, I wish members and their

families a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy

New Year. The first meeting of 2019 will be on Tuesday

15th January at 7:00pm for the January digital

competition results and presentation of trophies and

awards for 2018. Harry

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What’s New in Adobe Photoshop CC — October 2018 Release

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Frank’s Lake Macquarie Competition Successes

Frank did well this year with his entries in the Lake Macquarie National Exhibition of Digital Photography 2018. The Competition is only in its second year and 2147 entries were received. Frank’s Awards were as follows:

Open Colour

• LMN Honourable Mention for Damn, I missed it

• APS Merit Ribbon for Bird-Eating Heron

• APS Bronze Medal for image What a Catch!

Monochrome • LMN (Lake Macquarie National) Honourable Mention for his Image Head to Head

• APS (Australian Photographic Society) Gold Medal for Get off my Perch!

Nature • Two Honourable Mentions for his image Back off and Where did it go?

Frank also received the Most Successful Exhibitor in the Competition Trophy for Most Successful Exhibitor from an NPF (Northern Photographic Federation) Club

Link to the LMN Competition site and Catalogue : https://lakemacnat.myphotoclub.com.au/ As members of the myphotoclub-websites, all our members have automatic access to the results. Lindie

Frank & Dr Roy Killen

The 2019 release of Photoshop CC (v20.01) has some interesting updates, including: • Frame tool for easy masking

• Content Aware fill re-imagined

• Multiple Control+Z for repeated ‘undo’ steps

Click on these links to find out about these and more

Link to Photoshop update introduction

Link to Video 1

Link to video 2 John

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November Digital Competition Awards Aggregate

Scoring System

Rejected Score 0

Does not comply with category definition

Entry Score 1

Obvious technical problems

Acceptance Score 2

Minor blemishes, lacks pictorial strength

Credit Score 3 Certificate

Strong image, needs more impact

Distinction Score 4 — Certificate

Strong image of national competition standard

Digital Image of the Month

Winner of the Sunset Gallery Prize

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Distinctions Credits

Linda Appleby (2) Lindie Kolver Ray Cooper

Lindie Kolver Colin Bennet (2) Rod Wratten

John Smith John Shaw

Susan Smith (2) Wendy Coulls

Bill Quaglio

Total entries 24 Acceptances 10

Distinctions Credits

John Smith Susan Smith (2) Lindie Kolver

Lindie Kolver John Shaw

Bill Quaglio

Ray Cooper

John Upton

Total entries 17 Acceptances 6

Distinctions Credits

Susan Smith (2) Linda Appleby

Lindie Kolver (2) John Smith

John Smith John Shaw

Ray Cooper Colin Bennett (2)

Ray Cooper

Total entries 16 Acceptances 4

Distinctions Credits

Susan Smith (2) John Smith (2) Ray Cooper (2)

Lindie Kolver (2) John Shaw John Upton (2)

Linda Appleby

Gary Gannell

Colin Bennett

Total entries 21 Acceptances 7

Flowers and Butterfly

By Linda Appleby

Contrast by

Susan Smith

Judge: Ilona Abou-Zolof To enlarge images use ‘Ctrl’ key and mouse ‘scrollwheel’

POTY and DIOTY 11th December There will be live judging by Nic Peters. The category

winners in both Digital and Print will be announced with

no award certificates given. The names of the Overall

Winner in Digital as well as Print will be withheld, as well

as the winner of the Overall Winning Image.

The Awards and Trophies and Aggregate Score Winners in

the various categories, plus Overall Aggregate Winner for

2018 will be announced on the 15th January. Lindie

Please note cut-off

date for booking the

Lunch is Monday

3rd December

If you wish to attend, please transfer $30.00 per

person via EFT to the club account (details on

bottom of page 4) — and advise your selection of

meal choices (to HPG Editor via return email)

from the menu attached to this newsletter.

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End-of-Year-Luncheon At Laurieton United Services Club — Mountain View Room Cost to members and guests: $30.00 → Bookings close Monday 3rd December — then no refunds

Refer to booking sheet for meal selections Cut-off date for bookings and payment is Monday 3rd December, then no refunds

Pay by EFT or cash by arrangement

Print & Digital Image Competitions of-the-Year (POTY & DIOTY) Results and Awards Presentation of Images and Judging

Trophies will be presented on 15th January

After Party: please bring finger food to share To ensure a balanced fare, members are requested to bring Savouries and Sweets according to their surname initial: Savouries: members A to J Sweets: members K to Z

Entry date — closed

This will be the last meeting of 2018

— coffee mornings will continue as below

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9

January Digital Competition Judging and Awards For entries submitted by 21st November

Presentation of Trophies and Awards for: — 2018 Print and Digital Image of the Year Competitions — 2018 Top Image of the Year — 2018 Aggregate Scores winner

Upload February Digital Competition Closing date — 16th January 5:00pm Categories:

Open Colour, Open Mono, Australian Nature Set Subject: Patterns in Nature

Photo-Shoot Field Trip — Shelley & Miners Beaches for March Set Subject ‘Boulders and Rocks’ — entry date 20th Feb

Suggested early start time for Golden Hour shots (Link) —which will occur between 5:45—06:36am Sunrise at 6:01am

Arrival time is optional, members will be photographing anywhere between Shelley and Miners Beaches

Coffee/Breakfast at Surfside Café — Tacking Point SLC on Matthew Flinders Drive — opens 7:30am

Park at Shelley Beach and take some early shots, then walk south over to Miners Beach

Click on this Link to see ‘Viewbug’ images of ‘Boulders and Rocks’

Note: due to our early start, there will be no SMS notification of event cancellation due to inclement weather — please make your own judgement about attending

F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 9 — In compl e t e

Club Night Program of Activities for 2019

Discuss February Set Subject — Patterns in Nature —Lindie

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Introduction —Nick →

Some of our members use Lightroom photo-editing program in preference to Photoshop. This presentation will explain how to use it

Workshop — Altered Reality — Creative Images Guest speaker: Ilona Abou-Zolof (Nov competition judge) Cost: $5:00 including refreshments

Venue: HPG Club Room

This is a workshop not to be missed More information to follow

Jan 15

Tue 7:00PM

5 Dec Pipeworks Café Bay St shops 2 Jan Port City Bowling Club

12 Dec Beantree Café Gordon St 9 Jan Zebu Bar, at Rydges

19 Dec Westport Bowling Club 16 Jan Rainforest Café Sea Acres

26 Dec No coffee morning 23 Jan Bittersweet Café Watonga Shops

A great way to meet and socialise

with members and friends

Holiday Coast Credit Union A/c: Hastings Photography Gr0up BSB: 802 214 A/c No. 100146215

https://hastings.myphoto club.com.au/ Link

Hastings Photo Group aka—The Fun Club

138/11 Resort Rd, Kew 2439

president@hastings photogroup.com.au

EFT Banking

2018/19 Committee

Harry Bryant: President/Web Admin Colin Bennett: Vice President/Training

Ian Wilbore: Secretary/Treasurer/Membership

Lindie Kolver: Competition Steward/Web Admin

Barry Ihle: Competition Steward/Web Admin

Trevor Dearle: Print Steward/Web Admin Kevin Ho: Training Coordinator

John Shaw: Newsletter/Events/Web Admin

Famous quotes on photography ‘Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure’

Anthony Wedgwood Benn 1925—2014. British Member of Parliament for 47 years

Jan 19

Sat 6:00AM

Dec 8

Sat 12:30 for 1.00PM

Feb 9

Sat 8:50AM

Dec 11

Tue 7:00PM

Feb 5

Tue 7:00PM

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