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Hi Members

Wow, wow, wow. The amount of entries for our first

competition of the year was highly contended.

Entries were close to 100 printed and projected. Our

judge Nick Peters had a huge job at hand, but did

fantastic, finishing at 10.30.

Please remember to supply a USB with all images

entered on the night whether they are projected or

printed.

How to label them instructions are available on the

camera clubs website and also in the Newsletters.

Tim Hodson is our new competition manager and will

be uploading your images on competition nights. It

would make his job so much easier when you provide

your USB earlier on the night with correctly

labelled/named images.

Our outings coordinator Deborah and Lesley have

some exciting day trips that correspond with this

year's competitions. So please support these outings

when you can.

Lastly welcome to our new members, hope to see

you enjoy our camera club and help expand your love

and knowledge of photography.

Regards

Jenny Aquilina

In Camera

The Newsletter of the Hawkesbury Camera Club Inc.

2019 OFFICE BEARERS

President Jenny Aquilina

0410 032 372

Vice President Geoff Higgins

0418 821 715

Secretary Marian Paap

0402 116 670

Treasurer Marina Opland

0409 677 474

2019 COMMITTEE

Committee Don Clay

Jenelle Gavin

Jenny O’Connell

John Hughes

Ron Rodgers

Competition Manager Tim Hodson

Newsletter Editor Marian Paap

Outing Coordinator Deborah Cloake &

Lesley MCGuire

Program & Comp Manager Michelle Nichols

Publicity Coordinator Pete Burford

Webmaster Jonathan Auld

MARCH 2019 Volume 24.02

FROM THE PRESIDENT

WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH

March 6 PRESENTATION PORTRATURE By Geoff Higgins

March 13 WORKSHOP Filters and Shutter speed

March 20 COMPETITION SELF PORTRAIT

March 9 THE SECRET GARDEN & NURSERY 9am meet

March 30-31 WINDSOR POLO CLUB

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MARCH 9 The Secret Garden and Nursery Clydesdale Lane, University of Western Sydney Richmond 9am MARCH 30-31 Polo Windsor Polo Club, Lot 303 Old Kurrajong Road, Richmond APRIL 13-14 Mayfield Gardens / Bathurst trip Accommodation expected to cost approx. $130 overnight in Bathurst. Depending on numbers we can car pool or see about a bus. APRIL 27 Ken Duncan Seminar – Photography Explained Life Anglican Church, Quakers Hill Book through the website – www.kenduncan.com/tours-events/photography-explained-seminar/. Join his mailing list (VIP Club) and you get a $50 discount off the price – normally $210 but with the VIP is only $160 – 9am to 5pm MAY 25 Balloon Aloft Mudgee Night Glow – 5-8pm Early bird tickets if booked before 25/4/19 - Grandstand seating $29.50 per adult Picnic seating $19.50 per adult See website for details. www.balloonaloft.com/mudgeenightglow JUNE - Vivid

- Bowen Mountain Observatory JULY 25-27 Wheelchair Rugby Nationals - Sydney

Photo Loss: Tips to Prevent it and Recover Pictures

By Cherleen Aquino

Reference: Picture Correct

It happened to me three weeks into a back packing trip

through Southeast Asia. I turned on my camera one

morning to look through some of the pictures that I had

taken so far, and I saw only an empty memory card. I felt

awful. After the initial shock and surprise, I was mad!

I didn’t know how all my pictures went missing and at that

point would do anything to get them back. This is what

started my journey into photo recovery. Although I was

able to retrieve most of the pictures using photo recovery

software, I also vowed to never let that happen again.

photo by Maria Eklind

Because of this incident, I would like to share with you my

three simple techniques to make sure that you will never

go through the helplessness of losing your photos.

1. NEVER USE A CAMERA ON LOW BATTERY

Most memory card data loss happens when there is some

type of interruption in the read/write process. In real

world terms, that means that your camera was not shut

down properly. So, when you notice that the battery icon

on your camera starts flashing, change the battery

immediately. If your camera runs out of batteries while

you are taking a photo, the risk of corrupting the memory

card is very high. When a memory card gets corrupted, you

can no longer access the data saved on it; thus, you lose all

the photos saved on the memory card.

Turning off the camera before the photo files are

completely saved to the memory card or removing the

memory card from the camera while files are being saved

on it may also cause corruption of the memory card.

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Similarly, accidentally dropping the camera while it is

writing to the card can have the same effect. Always use a

wrist or neck strap when taking photos!

2. CHANGE MEMORY CARDS OFTEN WITHIN THE SAME

SHOOT

As the rule states, do not keep all your eggs in one basket.

The same goes for photos. I highly recommended that you

bring an extra memory card and change it often during

shoots.

Although this doesn’t prevent memory card corruption, it

reduces the probability of lost photos, giving you peace of

mind.

3. BACK UP OFTEN

Whether you’re shooting videos or taking photos, I always

advise creating backups often. You can use a cloud-based

service, such as OpenDrive, Dropbox, or SkyDrive, or you

can also use hardware like a USB flash drive or an external

HDD to create a backup copy of your photos. If you are on

a long trip, get in the habit of backing up every day.

Lastly, memory card corruption is sometimes unavoidable.

Although you can fix the memory card by reformatting it

while inside the camera, this method will also cause you to

lose all saved files in the memory card.

Should you unfortunately experience photo loss, you can

always try to recover the lost photos using a photo

recovery program like Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery, a

trusted application that can recover lost, deleted, or

formatted photos and other types of multimedia files.

Best of luck on your photography endeavor. May you avoid

photo loss from here moving forward!

Reference: Pinterest

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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To make things easy on Competition nights, can members

please print out their own copy of the Competition

Scoresheet from the website and fill it in beforehand.

Please print clearly so that it easy to transcribe the

information onto the website.

NOTE: please ensure there are no images other than

Competition photos on the USB when submitting images

on the competition night.

Hawkesbury Camera Club has a Facebook page. Follow us

on Facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/HawkesburyCameraClub/

Don’t forget to make use of all of the features for members

on the Hawkesbury Camera Club website at

http://www.hawkesburycameraclub.com.au/

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Competition Themes for 2019 To help you plan your photography for 2019 – here are the competition themes for 2019.

DATE THEME

20 February 2019 Open Competition

20 March 2019 Self Portrait

17 April 2019 Sports & Games

15 May 2019 Environmental Portrait / Portrait - Geoff Pfister Award

19 June 2019 Mono

17 July 2019 Street Photography / Urban Nature

21 August 2019 Nature

18 September 2019 Open Competition

16 October 2019 Mystery Bag

6 November 2019 Hawkesbury Hospital / Children’s Ward selection

20 November 2019 End of Year competition

Competition Dates for 2019

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Newsletter Contributions

To the Newsletter Editor-Marian Paap – newslettereditor@hawkesburycameraclub.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/HawkesburyCameraClub/ https://www.flickr.com/groups/hawkesburyimages/

http://www.hawkesburycameraclub.com.au/

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HAWKESBURY HOSPITAL CHILDRENS’ WARD PICTURE CHANGING DAY

12 FEBRUARY

The following media release was prepared by Michelle Nichols and was published in the Hawkesbury

Gazette on 23 February. Thank you Michelle.

Hawkesbury Camera Club hangs new photographs at Hawkesbury

Hospital Children's Ward

Hawkesbury Camera Club has hung a range of new photographs in the Children’s Ward at Hawkesbury Hospital.

The twenty-five images were selected by a special group of students from Freemans Reach, Richmond and Windsor Public Schools.

Community spirit: Members of Hawkesbury Camera Club hanging new pictures in the Children’s Ward at

Hawkesbury Hospital. Picture: Jonathan Auld

Subjects chosen included wildlife, pets and portraits, along with some contemporary photographs.

MAKING NEWS! FEBRUARY

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Representatives from Hawkesbury District Health Service said the colourful photographs made a big difference to children staying in the wards and thanked Hawkesbury Camera Club for their continued support of this project.

The colourful photographs made a big difference to children staying in the wards. Hawkesbury District Health Service

Club members Don Clay, Jenny O'Connel, Marian Paap, Jenelle Gavin and Jonathan Auld framed the photographs, and replaced the images from 2018. This annual competition is one of the club’s major community projects. It also assists with photographing events throughout the year. Hawkesbury Camera Club meets at the Richmond Club at 7.30pm on the first, second and third Wednesday of the month. Go to www.hawkesburycameraclub.com.au or email secretary@hawkesburycameraclub.com.au.

https://www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/story/5911932/camera-club-pictures-lift-childrens-spirits-at-

hospital/?cs=1453

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CATTAI NATIONAL PARK

23 FEBRUARY

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Photos by Tina Simm

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The Kookabara

Photos by Cathy Callan

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Photos by Charles Sutton

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA

WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY

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Photos by Marian Paap

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Various Practcal Stations

Shutter Speed

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Lighting

Depth of Field

Photos by Charles Sutton