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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
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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 – [email protected]
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.
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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 [email protected].
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