Ivanhoe Photographic

At the 2021 VAPS Interclub, IPS had two successes. Rob Morgan& Dale Murphy's AV The Bridge won 2nd place in the AV Open section and Anne Dakin's AV The Project won 3rd place in the AV 3-2-1 sections. Congratulations!!  

    2021 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are open !  https://www.birdlifephotoaward.org.au/ 

 

APS AV Autumn National: Silver Medal An updated version of  The Bridge  Audio Visual created by Rob Morgan and Dale Murphy won the Silver Medal at the recent Australian Photographic Society Autumn National in Adelaide.   An earlier version of this was entered in the first IPS competition this year.  This AV was about the collapse of the Westgate Bridge in 1970, featuring Rob's amazing photos taken  only weeks before the tragedy,  on top of the very span that fell.  Congratulations!   Dale also won the Herbert Medallion and a Merit for an updated version of his  B-17 Nine-O-Nine  AV, and an Acceptance for an updated version of his  The Dish  AV. The Bridge an d B-17 Nine-O-Nine will feature on the APS AV Group website in the next couple of weeks.   Great work by our members Rob and Dale.

The recent Malahang Lantern Festival in Heidelberg West was a treat indeed!   Over 50 suspended and ground lanterns lit up the night to delight children and adults alike.   It was a fun evening out.

Currently in Geelong   From Natural History Museum London -  to 2 May 2021 National Wool Museum is excited to be the exclusive Victorian home of the much loved Wildlife Photographer of the Year 56 from the Natural History Museum, London.   Featuring exceptional images which capture fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world.   The National Wool Museum is located at the corner of Moorabool and Brougham Streets in the heart of central Geelong, one block from the waterfront and a ten minute walk from the Geelong Railway Station. 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong Melways Ref: 401 H6 Open 10am - 3pm

 A documentary not to be missed is "China Love" which is about the pre wedding industry in China.   It follows Chinese and Australian participants as they navigate love and family in the lead up to the most important ritual of Chinese society.   This photography doco is absolutely fascinating and gives us an insight into an extremely lucrative industry, with one business alone worth $80 billion!  We've all been working in the wrong industry!   You can catch "China Love" on ABC iView until 13 May 2021  .......  highly recommended.

See all the pictures in the website Easter Dinner Gallery! 20 members came to the Easter Social Dinner on 5th April at the Old England Hotel. Meal was good, company even better! Jim is celebrating a birthday and won't fess up to which birthday it is!!

Peter and Jen enjoying their cruise  / caravan holiday during the torrential rains in Castlemaine and Bendigo!! Peter says it's just like punting on the Thames in Oxford. The leg chain was a gift from Jen to 'incentivise' Peter to keep the ship afloat and paddle hard! Well done to them both. Kids having fun!  

Kicking off our 2021 recruitment drive got a boost when so many club members volunteered to join the street gang! Hardly any Photoshopping was necessary as they just seemed to slip naturally into their respective avatars. But that smile on Anne's is a bit of a worry: sweet innocence or evil genius?  

IMPROVING THE MEETINGS David Jenkin and I discussed trying to streamline the judging a bit more by just having one slide per entry. with image title and award, plus the name of the maker if the award was a Highly Commended or Honour. I don't really want to hurry the judge up as it is their comments/feedback that we are all there to listen to. If anyone has a better idea, let us know. We'll also try to make the Zoom experience slicker, with better integration of the presentation and speaker voice. CARSHOW The details of the 28th March Carshow & Model that Rocky was speaking about on Monday are in an earlier posting. I will be going to this and hope to see many of you there. We can't let Rocky get all the good photos and win all the Honours!!  😊 Well done Rocky on Monday night - 3 Honours and 1 Highly Commended! WEBSITE UPDATE & NEWS The IPS website has been updated with galleries for Competitions #1 and #2. The News blog has also been updated. I'm interested to

Peter Bellmont runs a Print Folio Group, called Advanced A4, for the Australian Photographic Society Print Division. He presented a Certificate of Merit to Dale Murphy on Monday night for winning the latest print folio round. Members of the folio group send prints around the group two or three times a year. These are scored by each participant and tallied by Peter. Constructive feedback is provided, so it is very helpful to participate. Contact Peter if interested in joining.

Ken judged the Scapes & Open competition on Monday 15th March and did an amazing job commenting on every one of the 99 images, then showed us a selection of his own beautiful images.  Rocky starred with 3 Honours and a Highly Commended. Well done Rocky. See all the results in our galleries.  

 

Rocky's MySpace was featured on page 40 of the PSA Journal from the Photographic Society of America!! Well done Rocky! Time to give that cat a reward.

The 2021 Competition Rules and Subject Definitions have been approved and are now available on the IPS website under the Competitions menu.

  Jill Robertson received 7 Acceptances in the recent Lake Macquarie Circuit.  She was also placed amongst 7 runners up in the World photo Adventures Monochrome competition in October.  The entry is "Mist and Fog" pictured below. The judge's comment was "iconic Aussie bush image with great light and well processed." It is a beautiful image. Congratulations Jill!

The last couple of weeks has seen many successes of our members in several international photography competitions, too many to post as separate news items. So here they are in all their glory! Lake Macquarie International Circuit, Australia Lisa was awarded a PSA Silver Medal for her clever Behind Closed Hands image and a Merit for her Golden Hour at Shot Tower image, in the Cell Phone Section; plus 21 Acceptances.  There is an alien amongst us! With a cleverly disguised rocket.