President: Gerard Saide
Secretary: Shirley Baldwin
PO BOX 609, Beaudesert, Qld 4285
Lectures & Presentations
The people listed below are available to give lectures and presentations to various clubs, workshops, conferences or events:
Alwyn Kucks Ph 4633-2237 Email: akucks@tpg.com.au
Basics for Beginners - Understanding the basics of working with your lenses & lighting
Barry Cheeseman Ph 5541-0819 Mobile 0419 675690 Email: info@mystiqueofimages.com.au
Back to Basics - Photography Created in 2010. Last updated in 2011
Travel Photography 2010 2011
Preparing to Photograph a Wedding 2009
Nude Photography 2010
Posing and Presentation of a Model before the Camera 2010 2011
Photographing Vietnam Presentation 2010 2011
Photographing Cambodia Presentation 2010 2011
Taking Huge Panoramas with a GigapanPro 2011
Bob Britcher Ph 3288-8886 Mobile: 0409 475 218 Email: brtrpctr@bigpond.net.au
What do Judges look for? Created in 2009 Updated constantly
Power Point via Digital projector and two Laptops - 45 to 60 mins. [Live]
Scapes 2008 2011 Digitally Projected Power Point – 30 to 40 mins. [Live]
My Back Yard Presentation Created in 2008 Updated Constantly
Automated Digitally Projected Power Point with sound – 12 mins.
Brian Kenny Ph 4639-4137 Email: bmkenny@tpg.com.au
Lens Baby. What it is and what it does.
Bruce Butler Ph 07 41945544 Email: kermitphotonut@bigpond.com
Basic Photoshop editing 2010
Live Presentation, Needs Digital Projector, Power Point Presentation, supported by hardcopy handout.
Still life photography 2011
Live Presentation, I have my own equipment, Photographers need to bring camera to presentation.
Photographing Tasmania in twelve days on a budget 2009 Presentation (Live). Needs digital projector, Power Point Presentation
Victoria Purdie AAPS
Powerpoint Presentation - “The Beginner’s Guide to Wedding Photography”
Email: vpurdie@optusnet.com.au
Gerard Saide Ph 4639-1348 Mobile 0419 733019 Email: gerardsaide@hotmail.com
The Worlds Ten Greatest Photos 2007 [What they tell us about Humanity]
Ten Australian Images 2010 [What they say about our Identity]
Listen With Our Eyes 2011 [Photography as a Language – The Photograph as Literature]
All are Live Presentations illustrated with PDIs – Projector required.
Graham Burstow Ph 4632-3997
Social Documentary [approx 45-60 mins]
Emotion in Photographs [approx 45-60 mins]
These lectures have evolved through personal experience and is about capturing people in their environment. Graham is a foundation member of a number of Australian photographic organisations and is a much sought after speaker. They are supported by PDIs. A Digital Projector and Laptop are required. Illustration by Prints is another option. Graham is a Past President of the Australian Photographic Society.
Graham Harris Ph 4635-4290 - Mobile 0427 929103 Email: graham_harris@westnet.com.au
Photographic Rules [Stifling Creativity or Essential guidelines]
Judging Outside Your Comfort Zone
John Lomas Ph 3266-8481 Mobile 0412 063862 Email: jlomas@westnet.com.au
These lectures are all supported by a dedicated Power Point Presentation
The Ten Commandments of Judging (A tongue in cheek “Thou shalt” look at what we want from judges)
Colour Theory
(Hot advancing colours, cold receding colours, the mood that colours give, colour harmony, colour disharmony and more)
Good Black and White (Digital or darkroom – some images are better in monochrome – why?)
Know Your Categories
(Do you know your difference between Table Top and Still Life, Social Documentary and Photojournalism? What is Contre Jour and Abstract?
More categories than you can point a camera at)
Portrait Lighting Techniques (Don’t be afraid of the light. This explains the key aspects – hard light and soft light as well as the basic lighting set ups.)
Trivia Game (50 photography related questions that are educational and entertaining)
Mykl Devlin Phone: - 4696 8303
Photography as Philosophy
Conceptualising Images
Robert Cullen Ph (07) 41592426 Mobile 0407 769399 Email: wobertc@hotmail.com
LECTURES
*Images combined in a Windows-pc .EXE presentation file
BEFORE & AFTER 2011* Live Lecture with images (also shortened pdf document)
PORTRAITS BY THE FAMOUS 2011 Live Lecture discussing lighting with images
LANDSCAPES 2010* Live Lecture with images
COMPOSITION 2008* Live Lecture with images
LIGHT IN THE DARK 2008* Live Lecture with images
FLASHLIGHT 2010* Live Lecture with images
MY FAVOURITE PRINTS 2010* Live Lecture with images
FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS 2011* Live Lecture with images
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY 2010* Live Lecture with images
PRESENTATIONS (All Live with Images)
*Could be recorded for AV presentation if required
Subject Title Year Created
FOCUS (IN 10 MINUTES) 2010 *
PIXELS (IN 5 MINUTES) 2011 *
ISO (IN 5 MI NUTES) 2010 *
SHUTTERS (IN 10 MINUTES) 2010 *
APERTURES (IN 10 MINUTES) 2010 *
LOW-KEY IMAGES 2009 *
WORD DOCUMENTS
BUILD A PROJECTOR SLIDE COPIER (Word document) 2011
ALTERNATIVE CAMERA USES (Word document) 2008
Sandra Kolisch Ph 3715 5442 Email: sandrakol@bigpond.com
“My Street.” Created 2009 Updated 2010
A 20 minute presentation about taking photos of street notices in the ONE street (a back street of a Shopping block).
Presented live illustrated with PDIs on CD. Lesson: There are photos everywhere
Steward Parker Ph 3378-5211 Email :parkersi@hotmail.com
Confessions of a Lazy Photographer [45-60 minutes] 2011
Break The Rules [30-45 minutes] 2009
Abstract [30-45 minutes] 2010
All are Live Presentations supported by PDI – Digital Projector required
Tina Dial Ph 3201-7162 Email: ottine@optusnet.com.au
My trip to Kruger National Park [60 min] 2010 (nature based live presentation, with images)
Nature Photography [60min] 2010 (updated as required) (live presentation with images, content depending on what the club would like)
How to create a Photo Book [30 min] 2010 (live presentation, with PDI images)
How to achieve APS Honours [30min] 2010 (live presentation, covering where/how to enter, keeping record, spreadsheets etc)
Warren Veivers Ph 3206-3760 Mobile 0422 757729 Email: wavephoto@aapt.net.au
What you Can Learn from the Masters [Power Point-40] Created 2008 Updated 2011
Landscape [Power Point-40] 2007 2011
Monochrome [Power Point 40] 2007 2011
Travel Photography or Photo Travel [Power Point 10~20] 2008 2011
The above Power Point Presentations could be presented by a reasonably knowledgeable Camera Club officer using a CD provided by myself if necessary. The presentations times in brackets above are approximate depending on the level of audience response and participation.
PRESENTATIONS
“Around Australia” [Slide Presentation] 1996
“Trees in the Landscape” “ “ 1998
“Africa” “ “ 2005
“China” “ “ 2006
“Incredible India”* [Audio Visual – 60 mins] 2007
“British Isles”* [AV Presentation – 40 mins] 2010
“Western USA, Canada & Alaska”* [AV Presentation – 40 mins] 2011
*Pro Show Gold – Requires Laptop& Data Projector + Sound System preferable, approx times.
Barry Beckham Ph (07)5476 8168 Email: barry@beckhamdigital.co.uk
Photoshop/Photoshop Elements - Shooting Raw, using 16 bit processing, Photoshop Layers and Layer Masks.
A Photoshop demonstration showing why shooting raw is a great route to high quality photography. First a practical demonstration using two identical images, one Jpeg and one Raw. Then a work through of a real life project to show the difference after the exposure and colour balance has been corrected via Adobe Camera Raw, Smart Objects, Layers and Masks. We work on a typical shot that may not look so interesting when viewed as a small thumbnail, but we can demonstrate first impressions are not always what they seem, especially when we shoot raw.
Photoshop/Photoshop Elements - Understanding and making full use of Photoshop Layers
Layers are the powerhouse of Photoshop, but many Photoshop users hardly ever use them. Through practical demonstrations, we explain simply how they work and demonstrate a number of examples of how they can be used from simple fixes to the more complex and/or creative way.
Exposure and its effect on Image Editing
Exposure remains the Holy Grail of Photographers and it could be argued it's even more important in the digital age because our photographic expectations are now higher. However, many new comers to Photoshop become frustrated, because they try to create a great picture from an exposure that isn't really good enough. Their inexperience with Photoshop gives them the perception that almost any image can be repaired and made good, but when that doesn't happen, frustration sets in.
Photoshop is powerful and it can sometimes make up for our mistakes, but if it can do such good work with a badly exposed image. Think what it might do if you got the exposure better to start with.
How to Win
This talk looks at what judges are looking for in a competition image and what makes one image stand out from the crowd. Via practical demonstration we look at preparing an image for a club competition, selecting, re sizing and sharpening the image so we present the best possible result. We point out the pitfalls and explain how you can increase your chances of doing well.
Surprise surprise, what the judges are looking for is exactly the same as we should all be looking for in our every day photography. An interesting image, a different viewpoint, a well exposed, composed and post edited image. Then we should present that image in the best we can, not thrown up on the screen trusting to luck.
70% of amateur photographers miss the obvious and in this talk we get the message across with practical demonstrations and by showing plenty of competition images.
General talk and Discussion
We bring a multitude of our own current images, not those dusty monochrome prints taken 25 years ago, but those shot last month or last week. We present the images and discuss what led up to us pressing the shutter button. That is often as important as the exposure and post processing. The choice of time. Location, lens and digital photographic technique. How we get the very best image captured, so post processing becomes easier.
To entertain and inform club members you need a number of great images. We feel we can provide that with current up to date images of high quality.
Photoshop/Elements - Image presentation
In this demo we demonstrate the basic presentation techniques to the more creative. Mats, drop shadows, creative frames and more
Digital Audio Visual – An Introduction
Not all the images we shoot can be masterpieces in their own right, so most of us end up with lots of good images, but perhaps not stand alone competition shots.
That is where AV comes in, It makes a great partner for our digital photography because it allows us a creative use for images that might not otherwise be seen. We will demonstrate from start to finish how easy it is to create stunning slide shows with inexpensive software. We look at slide show size and resolution choices, preparing images, selecting images and creating titles and end credits. Also music selection and copyright issues right up to the finished project.
During the demo we show some of our own audio visual creations to encourage and inspire.
Digital Audio Visual – Animation and Creative Techniques
Aside from the basic creation of audio visual sequences we can get very creative with sound editing techniques and visual techniques. We are not talking here of visual gimmicks, but techniques that enhance a slide show, not detract from it. Techniques like differential focus, the third image, animated monochrome to colour and more.
A demonstration probably better suited to an audio visual group.
Camera Craft
Here we deal with learning to use a digital SLR. We use on screen graphics that allow the audience to see through the viewfinder of a typical camera on the digital projector screen. We can deal with apertures, shutter speeds, exposure and much more. Time will be the limiting factor in what we can cover.
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