Northern Tasmanian Camera Club Number 73 June/July 2013

ACTING EDITOR : The DRUM Athalie Taylor [email protected]

Astrid Claase gained an Honourable Mention Next Meeting: What’s in this edition? in the Final Round (May) of the PSA Competi- tion. Tuesday 13 August at the Li- PSA Results 1 & 2 on’s Clubrooms, Merino Street

President’s Report 3 & 4 Congratulations Guest Speaker: ABC OPEN and Leandro Astrid! Leandro Palacio from ABC Palacio’s Biography 4 OPEN Extension Tubes and Re- Other May PSA images - August Competition: versed Lenses - Howard Anne O’Connor, Hector Open Colvin 5 & 6 Beveridge, John Taylor, Sonya Byrne and Judges: TBA May Competition 7-11 Athalie Taylor. June Competition 12-15 HM Astrid Claase Venetian Artist Anne O’Connor USA Trip - Athalie 16-18 Raindrops From the Past… 19-20

What’s on, on the Main- land… 21 What’s on in L’ton 22 What’s Coming up… 22 Committee 22 Sonya Byrne Olivia Eating Cake Hector Beveridge The Blacksmith John Taylor Etratat Boats Athalie Taylor Resting Awhile 1

Photographic Society of America (PSA)-Final Results

CLUB LOCATION US State or Country Nov pts Jan pts Mar pts May pts Totals PID INTERCLUB COMPETITION New Haven Camera Club CT 74 74 56 70 274 The Projected Image Division (PID) Interclub Plymouth Digital Photographers MA 69 72 56 67 264 Competition is open to all PSA member clubs. Paisley Colour Photo Club United Kingdom 78 66 54 63 261 This competition consists of four competi- Green Briar Camera Club IL 71 70 55 64 260 tions/rounds during each competition year held in November, January, March, and May. Fotoclub Jep Deurne, Belgium 74 67 51 65 257 Each participating club may submit up to six London Camera Club Canada 70 69 50 65 254 images from six different club members in Pilchuck Camera Club WA 65 70 55 60 250 each round for a maximum of twenty-four Kodaroamers of Bloomington IL 64 67 55 58 244 images per competition year. Bowie-Crofton Camera Club MD 62 64 56 58 240 The subject matter for the images submitted Atlantic Lighthouse Photo Group Canada 59 64 49 61 233 is unrestricted or “open." Club members with Northern Tasmanian Camera Club Australia 64 62 48 59 233 the best images receive recognition; approxi- Manchester Camera Club NH 57 55 56 59 227 mately 10% are given Honourable Mentions, and 10% receive Awards. The three clubs in Fall River Camera Club MA 59 53 49 65 226 each group with the highest total scores at Thunder Mountain Camera Club CO 62 54 56 50 222 the end of the season also receive recogni- PC Double Declic Belgium 59 62 42 58 221 tion. ABC Photo Society PA 59 41 60 58 218 This year the top 3 clubs from Group D will Focal 81 Belgium 62 55 45 56 218 move up to Group C next season, and the low- Charlotte Camera Club NC 61 47 45 58 211 est average scoring clubs from Group C will Houston Camera Club TX 58 54 46 53 211 move to D. The top 3 clubs in the C Group will Camera Club of Los Altos CA 56 59 39 54 208 move to the B group. The logic is to attempt to keep the competitions more evenly Indiana Photo Club PA 51 50 51 56 208 matched. New Wilmington Camera Club PA 48 15 76 56 195 Cedar Rapids Camera Club IA 34 28 87 0 149 This is the 2nd year that NTCC has entered this Competition, 1st year in D this year C. Candid Munsterbitzen Belgium 0 0 0 0 0

2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT NTCC inc. 2012-2013 band and the Drum has ceased to exist without a volunteer to fill the gap. I am sure we will welcome the Drum back again when Trish returns, but I hear that Athalie It gives me great pleasure to present the 2012-2013 annual report on behalf of the Northern Tasmanian Camera may be willing to fill the gap for a short period when she gets back from her trips Club Inc. This current year has seen a few changes, the away. major one being the move from Glenara Lakes to the Li- Another person I must mention is our treasurer Ron Camplin. He has had a quiet ons Club rooms in Merino Street. Many thanks go to Betty and John Shepherd for the massive input they gave influence over all things within the committee and is particularly good at making to the club during the Glenara time frame and to John for sure we are all kept honest in the financial matters. As well, Ron has managed the his input to the committee. Thanks also to the club Bunning’s Sausage Sizzle, which is our main fundraiser and coming up again later members who assisted with the move to the new premises, making the changeover this year. Many thanks to you Ron for your time, it is much appreciated. run as smoothly as possible. We are still in the early days of changing venues with perhaps some things to sort out, but I am sure the new committee will have this in Thanks must also go to the club members who provided their expertise either in hand once they come on board. presentations or in other ways, especially to Alan Brain - projectionist, Felix Staub I would like to thank Margaret Whitmore our secretary who has been my stalwart for stepping in when asked with many things, plus providing technical expertise at for the last twelve months in keeping things going smoothly. Margaret came in orig- times, Howard Colvin, John Shepherd and other volunteers for presentations and inally to take on the role of minute secretary, but has ended up with more than in- Phillipa Alexander for technical expertise and to Geoffrey Nash her partner for look- tended. Thanks Margaret for being willing to extend your busy-ness to take on other ing after the club’s website for most of the year. This job has now gone to Richard roles to keep the club going. To Rod, who has also been a support person with good Claase who, I am sure, will master the technique in time. Thanks go to all the judges advice at times, I thank you. He has also managed to fit us into his very busy life to who have given their time and feedback on the images put forward each month for manage and run our entire competition programme. In the past, this has been split, assessment in our competition, plus we must thank those who have provided en- with club and other competitions managed by 2 people. This year only one person tries on a regular basis for the competitions, without which there would be none. was available to take it on. It is a mammoth task and hopefully, the committee will On a different scale, I want to thank those who have helped in the setting up and manage to get it back in the hands of two again. clearing away of items required during the meeting. Additional thanks go to Betty To all the members, I thank you for accepting my input and I have enjoyed having and Roma for the supper preparations and to Astrid for her cakes and Margaret for the opportunity to impart some of my knowledge and ideas towards the club’s oper- the various drinks and preparations that add a touch of class to the annual dinners. ation. One of the sad moments for me was the loss of Hector Beveridge our previ- Another special thank you goes to Julie for her willingness to look after all the new ous president from the club and his wife Sharon, two of our keen members who did people who come to our doors; this does not go un-noticed and is a role that is very a lot for the club. In particular, Hector who stood as vice president during my term important. Thanks to Richard Claase for looking after guest speakers and for his role and was editor of the Drum for a majority of this time, even if it was in-between vis- as MC at times and to his input on the committee. its to & from Brisbane, plus overseas. This year they finally made the move to leave This year I leave the committee as well as the presidency. I don’t know how long I Tassie to live permanently in Brisbane. I wish them well. I would also like to thank have been a committee member, it goes into years, but I am of the opinion it is time Trish Routley for being willing to take over the Drum from Hector during the last for change. It will be nice to become a club member again and be able to sit up the year and her input has been very welcome. Currently she is travelling with her hus- back with no responsibility, leaving the running of the club to others. Currently we

3 have around fifty financial members of the club with some of them new and others being along on those terribly wet nights and on other nights you may have preferred to stay at around for a long time. Some come along for a while and drop off, others stay on but the home. Something keeps you all here and this is known only by the person who continues to membership has been fairly constant over the last two years. As I said in my annual report come. Once again, enjoy your photography, have fun and keep taking the images you like last year, being in the chair keeps me very occupied at meetings and it is often I fail to catch taking for whatever reasons you choose. In this we are all equal. up with all of you. Now, I am relinquishing this, I can be one of you again with the opportunity to get to know you a lot better. Anne The portrait group is still happening with Howard, Deb and Alan co-ordinating most of the action and Deb pulling together the models as she has always done. We have seen little of ABC OPEN—What is it? her daughter Rachel this year at the meetings, but she has been seen often enough in the images that appear on the walls or on the screen. Rachel is working very hard at Uni, doing ABC Open invites regional communities to produce and publish photos, stories, videos, the first year of Architecture. Thanks to all of you and to Rachel for giving your time to keep and sound through the ABC. this group going and we wish you well in your Uni degree. We all know the media is changing, with more and more people making their own videos, writing stories and sharing photos and ideas through social media. ABC Open is an exciting The Face book page is still running, thanks to Alan Brain for managing it and occasionally initiative which provides a focal point for Australian regional communities who want to get there is a new posting by some of the members associated with photography. As well, our involved in sharing their experiences through the ABC via websites, radio and TV. entries into the Photographic Society of America competition between camera clubs across In Northern Tasmania the ‘Open’ Producer is Leandro Palacio who is there to help people the world, has continued and once again, we have done well as a club. It is believed this will develop and share the skills needed to engage in media. Leandro will be our Guest Speaker continue into the next round and it may be that I will continue to select the images to sub- for August and his video presentation will be focused on ‘Open’s' August Snapped photog- mit, alternately, it may be Athalie, who is rumoured to take on the competitions portfolio as raphy project ‘Silhouettes and Shadows.’ a returning committee member. LEANDRO PALACIO Congratulations go to all members in the club for their successes at club, state, national and Biography international competitions over the past twelve months. The numbers of entries in the print Leandro’s film career started at an early age when he found an old Super 8 camera in his competitions within the club have declined a little, but I know it is not just here that this is mum’s cabinet. happening. Printing and matting is costly. Unless you have use for your print beyond the competition, it becomes questionable to part with money that has less value than it did a His passion for story telling has seen him chasing sea lions and treasure hunters in Patagonia and colourful characters in downtown Buenos Aires. He has covered summits in Jordan, and few years ago. It may be that the new committee needs to consider what the competitions followed indigenous AFL stars on a trip to Sri Lanka. Footy also took him on another unex- should look like by consulting the members. It is possible changes might be needed to allow pected journey, assisting the editor of the popular TV documentary ‘The troubled times of for the increasing costs of producing prints. Perhaps most of the club competitions could be Ben Cousins.’ digital, with a limited number being print for special occasions. Alternately, the club could Leandro has kept himself busy in radio, eclectic deejaying, theatre performing with The Insti- offer the opportunity of display without competition so prints can be on walls, with competi- tute of Pataphysical Studies and film curating as the director of the Melbourne Latin Ameri- tions being digital only. These are my thoughts and I leave them with the new committee to can Film Festival. As a digital story facilitator, Leandro has worked with young people in vid- think about. Aside from that, I wish them and the incoming president all the best and hope eo participatory training in Goulburn Island, NT, and in various projects around the Port Phil- their time on the committee go as smoothly as did mine. lip Bay. These days Leandro has a Super 8 application on his mobile phone and still can’t get enough To finish up, I want to thank you, the members, for making this club the success it is and I of it. thank you for your individual support whilst I have been in the chair. As well, for coming Source: https://open.abc.net.au/

4 EXTENSION TUBES AND REVERSED LENSES - Howard Colvin totally manual setup and often having poor distortion and focus performance at the edges. It also requires lenses with aperture rings and you lose the ability to add fil- Howard gave a presentation on the use of extension tubes or reversed lenses for ters. close up work, or as he put it, ‘The Macro Plan B’ What it does do though is give you maximum magnification ‘bang for your buck’ if With the extension tubes, Howard described these as a means of moving the lens looking to have a play in the fascinating world of close up photography, especially if away from the camera body. Using the projector to illustrate, he showed that by combined with extension tubes. moving the camera body away, it’s just like moving the screen on a projector back to ‘project’ a bigger image. As usual with Howards presentations he left us with a list of ‘Handy Hints’, which included: Three main types of extension tubes are available: Extreme close up means struggling for light and depth of field:  Manual tubes, which are very cheap but will only work with manual exposure and focusing and need lenses that have aperture rings  Tripods are usually a necessity

 Auto Aperture tubes. These will give auto exposure on most lenses but still  Moving subjects are a ‘challenge’ manual focus  Use your mirror lockup if DSLR

 Auto focus tubes (only seen for Nikon, Canon and Sony)  Use remote shutter release or timer As tubes create the equivalent of a close up telephoto the same shooting considera- tions apply, ie: there’s going to be less light, less depth of field, subject and camera movement will be magnified and it will show up your lens shortcomings However, they are very cheap ($40 upwards), they are robust and light, and with no glass involved there is no optical difference between the cheapest and most expen- sive.

Reversed lens macro turns out to be just what it says, putting a wide angle (35mm 40mm Lens 70mm Macro Lens or wider) lens backwards onto your camera body or existing lens. This is achieved by a special adaptor that screws into the filter mount and has a standard lens mount on the other side.

The end result is that instead of getting wide in, narrow out (reduced magnification) we get narrow and wide out (increased magnification) It all sounds a bit strange but Howard had a few diagrams and props to illustrate the principles. Howard also mentioned that there are a few drawbacks such as being a 40mm Lens + 68mm Extension Tubes 35mm Reversed Lens, no Tubes

CROPS In closing Howard left us with some samples of a grasshopper taken with a standard 40mm lens on 68mm extension tube. Here’s one of those shots, showing the spines and joints of the grasshoppers rear leg. 70mm Macro + 68mm Ext

40mm pancake 68mm Ext SEPTEMBER CLUB COMPETITION Humour Bring along your Large, Monochrome and Small Prints also your EDI entries on a CD or USB Drive to the August Club meeting.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact Athalie Taylor on Ph: 6344 7961 or email [email protected]

Humorous images to in- spire and encourage you. 35mm Reversed + 68mm Ext Source: http:// www.hongkiat.com

6 May Competition:

Portraits

Judges: John Shepherd and

Rod Oliver DIGITAL IMAGES 1st

There were 17 entries in this competition.

Alan Alan Brain And the winners were…

1st Alan Brain Emma

2nd Howard Colvin Generations

= 3rd Denise Colvin Howard

= 3rd Patricia Routley Rachael

HC Greg Atkins Soweto Emma

HC Hector Beveridge My Mate

2nd Howard Colvin Generations HC Margaret Whitmore Thoughtful

= 3rd Denise Colvin Howard =3rd Patricia Routley Rachael

DIGITAL IMAGES HC

Greg Atkins “Photographs don’t

discriminate between

the living and the

dead. In the fragments

of time and shards of light that compose

them, everyone is

Soweto equal. Now you see us; now you don’t. It doesn’t matter wheth-

HC er you look through a

camera lens and press Hector Beveridge the shutter. It doesn’t even matter whether you open your eyes or

close them. The pic-

tures are always there. And so are the people

in them.”

Robert Goddard My My Mate

HC Margaret Whitmore Thoughtful 8 LARGELARGE PRINTSPRINTS

8 Entries. And the winners were… 1st Stephen Foote Toothie 2nd Howard Colvin Generation Gap 3rd Richard Claase True Blue

HC Astrid Claase Cossack Singer HC Astrid Claase Malaysian Lady

Unfortunately Richard and Astrid’s suc- cessful portraits are unavailable for this edition of the DRUM.

1st Stephen Foote Toothie 2nd Howard Colvin Generation Gap

“Making portraits, whether it’s your father, newborn child or the earth we live on opens our eyes, forces us to see, makes us aware of the temporary nature of things, and in doing so reveals to us what is truly important.” David duChemin

9 MONOCHROME PRINTS

8 Entries.

And the winners were…

=1st Howard Colvin Hidden

=1st Sonya Byrne Miss O 3rd Richard Claase Emily

HC Howard Colvin Far Away

=1st Sonya Byrne Miss O 3rd Richard Claase Emily HC Howard Colvin Far Away

“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”

=1st Howard Colvin Hidden Ted Grant

10 SMALL PRINTS

7 Entries. And the winners were… 1st Howard Colvin Smile 2nd Hector Beveridge Steam Buff

3rd Denise Colvin Looking Back

1st

Howard Colvin

Smile

2nd Hector Beveridge Steam Buff 3rd Denise Colvin Looking Back

“Photography is not selfish. Although it captures the moment, it doesn’t keep it. Photography gives back to the viewer the fraction of time which it once captured.” Making it generous for years and even generations to come.”

Mickey Burrow

11 June Competition:

Autumn

Judges: Felix Staub and Phillipa Alexander DIGITAL IMAGES

There were 13 entries in the June EDI competition. And the winners were… 1st Trevor Bunyard The Passage of Autumn 2nd Margaret Whitmore Viburnum Leaves

3rd Rod Oliver Autumn 'Tis Footy HC Trish Routley Tumut in Autumn HC John Shepherd At Plenty

1st Trevor Bunyard The Passage of Autumn 2nd Margaret Whitmore Viburnum Leaves

HC HC

Trish Routley in Tumut Autumn

3rd Rod Oliver Autumn ‘Tis Footy HC John Shepherd At Plenty 12

LARGE PRINTS HC

15 Entries.

And the winners were… Howard Colvin 1st Howard Colvin Entally Autumn

2nd Astrid Claase Fallen Leaves

3rd Richard Claase Picker's Hut

HC Howard Colvin Yellow Grail

HC Astrid Claase New Growth Yellow Grail

Unfortunately Richard and Astrid’s images are unavailable for this edition of the DRUM.

1st Howard Colvin Entally Autumn

“How can we hold onto those fleeting moments in our lives? Hold onto the moments that otherwise evaporate into the forgotten past? Or moments that become faded and morphed into our own version of reality as they sit in the corners of our memories, losing their truth and shifting focus? The only way to hold onto these moments and share them for years to come, in all their beauty and truth and glorious imperfections, without losing accuracy is through a photograph.”

Roseanne Moreland

MONOCHROME PRINTS

Rod Oliver Rod Oliver

Parking Hazard Parking 2

1st Sonya Byrne Beyond the Columns 2nd John Shepherd Oast House, Bushy Park

10 Entries. “Good photographs are taken not with And the winners were… the camera. Good photographs are taken with Mind, Soul, 1st Sonya Byrne Beyond the columns Eyes, and Imagination with Eyes like a shutter, 2nd John Shepherd Oast House, Bushy Park Mind like a lens, Imagination like an object and Soul like a canvas.” HC Howard Colvin Shades of Autumn Parveen Sharma HC Rod Oliver Parking Hazard 2

HC Howard Colvin Shades of Autumn 14 SMALL PRINTS

12 Entries. And the winners were… 1st Sonya Byrne Orange and Black 2nd Sonya Byrne Illuminous Fungi 3rd Rod Oliver Autumn Parking Hazard

HC Astrid Claase Trees and Shed HC Richard Claase Baby Outing (2)

Unfortunately Richard and Astrid’s images are una-

vailable for this edition of the DRUM.

1st

2nd Sonya Byrne Illuminous Fungi 3rd Rod Oliver Autumn Parking Hazard Sonya Byrne

“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.”

Orange and and Orange Black Henri Cartier-Bresson

15 USA TRIP - 3 APRIL to 29 JULY 2013 and huge constructed dams. We’ve been through farming country and horticultural areas, seen sand dunes in the desert and at the ocean edge, been to 15 National, John and I have just completed the most amazing holiday. We would have loved to several State and Tribal Parks also some Wildlife Reserves and we have travelled stay longer but the Visa Waiver Agreement between the US and Australia only al- through numerous National Forests. We’ve visited National Monuments and Memo- lowed us to stay 90 days. rials and travelled through cities and small towns. We’ve walked on the beach on We have covered approximately 22,500 kms on highways, byways, parkways, coun- the East and West Coasts enjoying that special feeling that comes with seeing and try roads, sealed and unsealed, town and city streets. Our constant and reliable hearing the rolling surf on sandy, pebbly or rocky beaches. Most of the areas we companion Ken, our GPS, was with us all the way. He made very few errors, mainly experienced in the latter part of the trip were clothed in beautiful and varied greens with hotels that were no longer there. He has travelled to Europe with us twice be- but during the last few days of the journey it looked more like home with golden fore and we can’t imagine a trip without him. Our map book is really important too, grasses on reddish earth with areas of a patchwork of crops, vegetables, fruit trees to plan each day’s journey and for keeping track of where we are on the route and etc. interspersed between the alternating flat and hilly grasslands, then along the our large map of the country for overall planning. beautiful and often rugged coastline between Monterey and LA. Of course there were also long straight roads like the one that lead us towards those vast, wonderful We crossed 4 time zones losing time on our journey east and gaining it back as we sandstone Buttes of Monument Valley and across the prairies on the I-90 in South travelled west again. Dakota. We visited 24 states and Washington DC, also made a side trip to Toronto and One of our most valuable purchases was our ‘America the Beautiful, The National Georgetown in Canada. While we were in Toronto we were able to visit two art ex- Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass’ which allowed us access to all National hibitions, one at the Art Gallery of Ontario where we viewed ‘Revealing the Early Parks, National Monuments and we visited many, Federal Recreation Sites and some Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art’, and were fortunate to see so State Parks. We paid $80 and it paid for itself many times over. Many parks charged many extraordinary and remarkable icons and read the stories behind the works, $25 per car, per visit! and an art exhibition at a smaller boutique gallery where Anne O’Connor had work exhibited. It was nice to see Anne’s work hanging with the fabulous works of artists We’ve seen many cemeteries, including Arlington in Washington which had a flag on from all around the world. every grave honouring the sacrifice and valour of those who have served the coun- We have been as high as 12,500 feet on Pikes Peak, Colorado and 282 feet below try including more than 300,000 veterans of every American conflict from the Revo- sea level at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, Nevada and all other heights in between. lutionary War to Iraq and Afghanistan, other cemeteries too with flags to commem- orate the brave people who had lived in those areas prior to serving America in war, We travelled across deserts, wetlands, swamps and marshes, meadows, plains, prai- Civil War National Cemeteries too, so many dead, and we explored Forest Hill Ceme- ries, high sierra, mountain ranges and coastal roads winding up, down, around and tery in Houghton, Michigan to find the names of people who are in my family tree. along mountain ridges and cliff tops with small rock walls or metal barriers between us and the steep drop-offs to deep ravines, many roads had none, through gorges, We’ve seen oil wells, gas wells and oil rigs, seen masses of wind turbines on many, canyons, valleys, across rivers raging, and gentle streams, next to burbling brooks many hill tops, some old fashioned windmills too. Then there were bridges some and man-made canals. We have seen waterfalls high and long, small and wide and small and modest, built out of timber, some of were covered, then there were the then the big one, Niagara, from the USA and Canadian sides, lakes large and small massive bridges, great engineering feats, including the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. 16 Marching across the countryside, over mountains and plains were the power lines some that I have been writing to for years but hadn’t met yet, we visited new many on massive structures, some wooden, quite different to ours at home. friends too. All welcoming us into their homes and showing us around their special areas, making sure that we enjoyed our time in their care. We’ve heard so many We have experienced cold, rain, fog, wind, sleet and snow and more recently hot wonderful stories about family, travel, hobbies, jobs, interests and experienced days; we’ve seen mist on mountains and near the sea. overwhelming hospitality and generosity. We’ve been to festivals, street concerts and some in parks, the Grand Ole Oprey, a We have learnt a little about America its people, history, culture and politics. We’ve rodeo and live shows; we’ve eaten wonderful food at cafes and diners, some small others large, some parts of a chain like Dennys, Cracker Barrel and Black Bear, we’ve watched many movies in Parks, Museums, Historic Homes and on the ship Balclutha avoided those chains so common at home. We’ve been to restaurants and pubs, on which told their stories so well. our own and with family and friends. We’ve met wonderful local people and other We’ve enjoyed the music of the people in areas we visited; jazz, blues, zydeco, rock visitors to the US all so friendly and willing to share their knowledge of ‘must see’ and roll, gospel, country, easy listening and then in San Francisco we spent a won- places. derful evening with cousins, Barbara and David, and their very talented group of We’ve visited beautiful homes of the rich and famous, homes belonging to the plan- friends, all musicians. In our company that night we had pianists, one an Interna- tation owners of another era in the South, we visited the Houston Space Centre in tional performer, violinists and a viola player. Texas, Ellsworth Air Force Base Museum, South Dakota. We also visited the ‘World's We’ve seen some wildlife, prairie dogs, coyotes, elk, deer, buffalo, John saw one Only Corn Palace’ which is a fascinating building in Mitchell, South Dakota and Wall jack rabbit, squirrels, chipmunks, lizards, seals and many birds but we had hoped to Drug a shopping mall tourist attraction in the township of Wall also in South Dakota. see more. We didn’t see any bears, moose, mountain lions, rattle snakes in fact any More recently we explored the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, an- snakes, thank goodness! We saw some road kill but not too much, most of the dead other National Park covered by our ‘Pass’. The park includes a fleet of historic ves- animals we didn’t recognise. The most prolific road kill we saw was on major high- sels but we only inspected two, the Balclutha which is a three-masted, steel-hulled, ways and that was the rubber tread from big trucks! One truck lost its tread right square-rigged ship which was built to carry a variety of cargo all over the world in- beside us! Wow! What a bang! cluding Australia and the Hercules a 1907 built steam tugboat. We’ve loved the deciduous trees some early in the trip just getting their mantle of We’ve been on car ferries, tourist boat trips and on an original paddle steamer in leaves, others in full leaf, the variety of greens was so beautiful. We saw Rhododen- New Orleans, we’ve used open top tourist buses in New Orleans and Washington, drons along the way, many types of colourful wildflowers, lilac still in flower in the travelled to New York from Philadelphia by bus to have lunch with my cousin Flo, north. We even saw Australian Eucalypts in San Francisco and along the coast near used the Subway in New York to get from the bus station to Flo and Brook’s apart- San Simeon! We missed the Cherry Blossoms in Washington! ment near the Lincoln Centre, used the Metro in Washington to get from our ac- We’ve given our cameras a work-out but have yet to look through our many folders commodation to the city each day and we’ve caught trams in New Orleans to get at our efforts. There’ll be time over the winter months to review what we have around that fabulous city and rode the cable car in San Francisco, then there were done I am sure. On the next page are a few images I have processed for you to see. taxis too and airport shuttle buses when we needed them. Athalie We’ve re-established connections with my American and Canadian cousins and met

17 Stormy Weather, Red Rock Canyon Joshua Tree National Park At Niagara

Monument Valley Yosemite National Park Along the Road

Yellowstone NP Goblin Valley State Park Mono Lake Tufa 18 From the Past...

BROWNE, FRANK STYANT (1854–1938) - by Paul A. C. Richards decline of impressionism in photography, he increasingly turned to painting as a spare time pursuit. For several years he was president of the Launceston Art Society. Frank Styant Browne (1854-1938), pharmacist and photographer, and Emma Ann Browne (1857-1941), philanthropist, were husband and wife. Frank was born on 10 Browne had helped to found the Homoeopathic Cottage Hospital, which opened at July 1854 at Norwich, Norfolk, England, son of George Browne, bookseller, and his Launceston in 1900. He was honorary secretary until 1929, while Emma was a board wife Ann, née Styant. Educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich, Derby Grammar -member from its inception to the time of her resignation in 1924. An untiring phil- School and Westminster College of Pharmacy, Frank was apprenticed to a chemist anthropic worker, she was a founder of the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital at and also studied at the Derby School of Art in the 1870s. He lived in London for a Launceston, a life member of the Victoria League, a member of the Shakespearian short time before marrying Emma Ann Elmes in the parish church, Wimborne, Dor- Society, a reciter of Shakespearian plays and a writer of essays on ethical and politi- set, on 22 June 1882. cal subjects. She was also one of the earliest members of the National Council of Women, sometime honorary secretary, vice-president and finally president for Born on 24 February 1857 at Wareham, Dorset, daughter of John Clifford Elmes, northern Tasmania. journeyman coachbuilder, and his wife Matilda, née Warland, Emma had been educated at a private school. The couple arrived in Hobart in November 1882. After The Brownes had one daughter and six sons; four sons served in World War I, one working with H. T. Gould, a friend and fellow college student, next year Browne es- having also served in the Boer War. Frank died on 17 April 1938 at his home at Laun- tablished a homoeopathic pharmacy in Elizabeth Street, in association with Dr Harry ceston and Emma on 24 October 1941. Their children survived them, including a son Benjafield. Later in 1883 he moved to Launceston, where he operated a homoeo- Frank who was also a photographer. The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, pathic pharmacy in Elizabeth Street, then in Fergusons Block, Brisbane Street, and Launceston, holds a collection of Styant Browne's work. from about 1887 until his retirement in 1932 at 112 Brisbane Street. Source: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browne-frank-styant-12821 Browne's enthusiasm for photography led to the formation in 1889 of the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club. At the first meeting, held in his pharmacy, he was elected honorary secretary, a position he held for some twenty years. In June 1891 he pho- tographed some of the first Australian demonstrations of sound recording on wax cylinders. Obtaining an X-ray plant in June 1896, in September he became the first in Tasmania to demonstrate X-ray photography successfully. A year later he demon- strated examples of three-colour photography to the N.T.C.C., in 1901 gave the earliest known Australian demonstration of a home movie projector and in 1905 took colour photographs, probably among the first to be produced in Australia. He won many photographic awards within Australia and overseas. In 1890 Styant Browne (as he was generally known) had been elected to the northern council of the Pharmaceutical Council. President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Tasmania in 1906-07, he was a board-member for many years and an examiner in botany. He was appointed a justice of the peace on 21 December 1916. With the Frank Styant Browne The Pharmacy where early NTCC meetings were held

19 NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB her in her varying moods, which cannot but tend to elevate our best feelings and cultivate our sense of the beautiful and artistic. The first annual meeting of the above Club was held at Mr R. L. Parker's office, St. John-street, on Wednesday evening last. Dr. H. A. Roome occupied the chair, and Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au there was a good attendance of members. Mr Walter Brickhill was unanimously elected a member. The secretary then presented his report, in which he stated that during the year the list of members had swelled from 10 during the first month to 28 at the present time. The meetings had been fairly attended considering that so many members reside in the country, and that next year the committee would en- deavour to make the meetings even more attractive. One field-day was held in No- vember, and it is to be hoped that more of these pleasant and useful excursions will take place. Two prize competitions have taken place—one in landscapes, and the other in out-door portraiture. The winners of the first certificate were in landscape, Dr. Roome; in portraiture, Mr F. Styant Browne. Second, in landscape, Mr F. Styant Browne; in portraiture, Dr. Roome. Third, in landscape and portraiture, Mr R. L. Par- NTCC members on a club outing Leaving on an excursion ker. Mr S. Spurling acted as judge in landscapes, and Mr Carl Burrows in portraits. The circulation of collections of photographs, the work of members, has proved satisfactory, a good number contributing, and the criticisms being given in a fair and good-natured way. Some changes were about to be made which would make these circulations even more popular. Papers were read, and practical work in enlarging and developing indulged in, and lantern slides exhibited, all tending to make the meetings enjoyable and instructive. One death had occurred among the members, that of the late Captain Arthur, R.N., whose loss was deeply regretted. The income and expenditure were submitted in the treasurer's statement, and it was satisfactory to find that a substantial balance was left to carry forward to the new year. The library was well patronised, and thanks were due to the president (Mr Wm. Ai- kenhead), Messrs R. L. Parker, and S. Spurling, for donations of books. At the conclu- Cooking chops for lunch One of the caravan’s used by the club sion of the secretary and treasurer's report, the office bearers were elected for the ensuing year with the following result:—President, Dr. H. A. Roome; vice-president, Early photos Mr. R. Lewis Parker, secretary, treasurer, and librarian, Mr F. Styant Browne; com- of NTCC mittee, Rev. A. H. Champion, Mr A. C. Bonner, and Mr R. Kermode. Dr. Roome then members on read an interesting paper, entitled " Some practical hints in photography." A discus- sion followed, and a hearty vote of thanks, moved by Mr J.G.S. Fawns, was carried club excur- by acclamation. The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club have reason to be pleased sions courte- with their first year's work, and the members expect at the close of another year sy of John that a still better account will be given of its prosperity, as it is a recognised fact that Shepherd. amateur photography as now practised is a pleasant, healthful, and instructive recreation, tempting us to go out into the retreats of nature, and there secure copies of What to do to get that shot! Travelling light!

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BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE 2013 APSCON Australian Photographic Society Conference

Ballarat International Foto Biennale: celebrating Australian Photographers and Pho- tography on the World Stage, 17 August - 15 September 2013. Where: Bunbury, Western Australia When: 21-27 September 2013

The Ballarat Foto Biennale Festival is a bi-annual festival bringing the strongest and most invigorating line-up of Australian and international photography in our marquee Special Features: program. Our most prestigious venues are reserved for Core Program shows, and all are within a few minutes walking distance of each other. All Core Venues are open  Outstanding keynote and APS speakers daily throughout the festival, and admission is free.  Six workshop sessions

The Art Gallery of Ballarat, the Mining Exhange, Post Office Gallery, Trades Hall, Balla-  Photographic tours to popular SW destinations rat Contemporary Arts Space, Town Hall, Mechanics Institute and Gold Museum at  3 Social Functions including the Welcome Cocktail Function, Mid week din- Sovereign Hill will all be used venues, and almost all are situated within 5 minutes ner (presented by the Digital Division) and the Official Awards dinner walk of each other. All the Core Program venues, with the exception of the Gold Mu- seum will have free admission.  5 Photographic exhibitions; 38th APS National Exhibition, Australian Inter- state Competition, APS Contemporary Division, APSCON 2012 Image Comp Source: http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=20442 and Trans Tasman Exhibition  APS Division Presentations MICHAELS ALPHA GALLERY EXHIBITION  Trade Show - Wed 25th - Thu 26th

Title: 2013 Google Plus Photowalk Exhibition  Great lunch and dinner locations in the same block as the venue in the When: Friday, 2 August 2013 - Monday, 2 September 2013 Bunbury CBD Where: Level 1, Michaels Camera Video Digital, Cnr. Elizabeth & Lonsdale Streets,  Photographic opportunities in and around town Dolphin Centre, Big Swap Melbourne Wildlife Park and Kings Cottage. EXHIBITION INFORMATION COMING SOON! Source: http://www.a-p-s.org.au/index.php/2013-apscon

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“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” Elliott Erwitt

What’s on in Launceston... Into the Wild: Wilderness photography in Tasmania CLUB COMMITTEE

Highlighting the artistic talent of key Tasmanian wilderness photographers and the impact that this type of photography has had on August 2012—July 2013

IntoTasmania, the Wild: the exhibition Wilderness charts photography the development in Tasmania of wilderness photography from its earliest days to the present. Featured photographers include Allport, Spurling, Beattie, Smithies, King, Perrin, Thwaites, Truchanas, Dombrovskis, England, Blakers, President: The trail-blazing wilderness photographers, artists and naturalists of Tasmania are global legends, the creators of spectacular images that have chartedBell, Stephenson, the environmental and Walch. signature Tasmania of the has state been as a at natural the forefront paradise. of wilderness appreciation from the early preservation efforts, the Anne O’Connor - Ph: 6334 5144 conservation movement and tourism promotion. It was these photographers who championed efforts to recognise and preserve Tas- manianOriginal work,wilderness from early by creating documentary evocative to present images day that wilderness encouraged images, so many together to appreciatewith some of and the visit equipment these landscapes. they used, has been curated into Vice President: a single exhibition that explores the attitudes and philosophies that have guided and formed wilderness photography in Tasmania and the way wePresented now view by:this wild and diverse island’s landscape. Richard Claase Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park Assembled from the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery collections, as well as important material from other institutions and individuals, Secretary: Exhibition:Into the Wild features the work of pioneers such as colonial naturalist Morton Allport (1830 – 1878), prolific landscape and commercial photog- Margaret Whitmore - Ph: 6343 4422 rapher Stephen Spurling III (1876 – 1962) and the legendary Olegas Truchanas. Contemporary artists in the exhibition include Martin Walch and RobWhen: Blakers. Until 16 February 2014 Treasurer: InWhere: tracing Gallery the development 3, QVMAG, of Royal wilderness Park photography from its earliest days to the present, Into the Wild documents changes in attitudes, and Ron Camplin - Equipment Steward looks at the threads that connect the earliest photographers to the artists of today. Admission: Free Committee Members: Into the Wild has been developed by Damien Quilliam, Curator of Contemporary Australian Art (post 1980) and Jon Addison, Curator of History Curator’s Talk: Jon Addison at QVMAG. John Shepherd - Venue Coordina- When: Thursday 15 August 2013 Presented by: tion QueenTime: 12.30pmVictoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park Rod Oliver - Competition Coordina- tor Source:Where: http://tendaysontheisland.com/2013 Gallery 3, QVMAG, Royal Park -program/into-the-wild-wilderness-photography-in-tasmania Howard Colvin Admission: Free ActingSource: Editor’s http://tendaysontheisland.com/2013 note: -program/into-the-wild-wilderness-photography-in-tasmania Trisha Routley - Drum editor ActingThis is a notEditor’s to be note:missed exhibition featuring many of Tasmania’s early and very important and prominent photographers including some who Sonya Byrne were founding members of our camera club. This is a not to be missed exhibition featuring many of Tasmania’s very important and prominent photographers including some who TPF Delegates: were early members of our camera club. Anne O’Connor Coming Up: Richard Claase

ANZANG Exhibition: 13 August - 27 October 2013 at QVAMG. Website http://www.ntcc.org.au/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year : 30 August to 27 October 2013 at QVMAG.