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Mar/Apr - Issue 2 / 2013 Click Editorial President few days ago, whilst having a chat Louis Aguis A with a foreign friend who is also a Vice President & Event Organizer photography enthusiast, a memory was recalled. Some years back, while Jane Farrugia shooting a particular assignment, I had Hon. Secretary almost finished when an error was displayed Pauline Grech on the camera screen. To cut the long story short, when I arrived back home, I went Hon. Treasurer Raymond Lanzon to check the error out and found, to my misfortune, that all the images I had shot were lost. No software Competition Manager could recover such images. Thus I would love to share some points Mario Mifsud to help prevent or reduce the probability of such an unwanted Social Activities Manager headache. Agostino Baldacchino Use high quality memory cards and be aware of the imitations. Premises Manager Mark Brincat Consider using lower-capacity cards.
Always format your cards in camera. Executive Committee 2012/2013 Committee Executive
Switch off the camera before removing the card. Editor A dropped card or wet card may also experience such problems. Johann Debono Editorial Advisors It is also advisable to have the latest and most rated software Anthony Blackman available on the market, since in many occasions the images can be Elisabeth Abela recovered but the card would no longer be trustworthy. Design & Layout A good rated software that one can easily download for free is: Emanuel Haber
RECUVA - http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds Printing: Johann Debono AFIAP Five Star Printing & Design Ltd
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Table of Contents OGRAPH OT IC H S O MALTA P C Editor’s Notes 2 A T I E L
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Viewpoint 3 M Winners in mentoring Comp. ‘Vintage’ 4 SOCIETY F OU 1 Winner in the High Key Portraits - MonoChrome Panel 5 NDED 196 PSA & FIAP news 6 International Competition Acceptances 7 P.O. Box 590, Valletta, VLT 2000, Malta Member Profile - Conrad Neil Gatt 8, 9 137, Old Bakery Str, Valletta, VLT 1457, Malta Society Activities 10, 11, 12, 13 Tel No: (+356) 21 242 265 Mentoring Results 14 Scedule of Society Meetings 15 MPS e-mail: [email protected] Editor’s Choice 16 adFront Cover Photo: Conrad Neil Gatt (cngfotography) Readers are invited to visit the MPS website on in collaboration with Top Model (London) www.maltaphotographicsociety.org
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If I can dream! any of you know that one of my dreams show off their works. It could also mean that is that of having larger premises for our we might have the opportunity of improving M Society. We all know that our premises in the rest rooms, as at the moment they are very Old Bakery Street have become quite limited limited in space and décor. in space due to the continuous increase in the After all, photography is part of our national number of new Club Members. Our main hall culture and the art scene; therefore we do can only seat around 55 members and on many deserve to have a better place. occasions some have had to stand outside the room if they wished to attend for our Thursday Finally, I have gotten this off my chest and it is evening session. So it is easy to understand now documented!!! how limited our space at the Club has become. We are at the stage where the club’s annual We would like to use our official photography competition is drawing near, and the entry school licence to the full limit, by giving forms are all ready and printed. We have the local photography enthusiasts more distributed them to various printing labs and, opportunities to learn the trade. If a larger as always, they are available at the Club and can place were acquired, money could be saved, also be downloaded from our website. as instead of renting other venues to hold workshops and seminars, we could then make The last note I want to mention is that the use of our own premises. If we had more room, AGM is also drawing near. Hopefully, this a proper studio could be set up, which is also year there will be more members who will be a requirement for teaching this medium. This willing to take up the offer of forming part of would all be beneficial in the long run for our the executive committee. As you know, this members. year, your committee had to carry out the tasks with a smaller team; in fact we have two less Having a larger place could mean that we members than we normally have. Until now, can set up our own photographic Museum; we have managed to do our duties and chores something which is lacking on the Island, but this cannot go on for a long time. There and which is highly desirable in the local are positives in being a committee member: photographic community. Although we have a such as having the possibility to see your good number of vintage cameras showcased at ideas being implemented by being involved the club, we have quite a good number of other in the running of the Club, when helping your photographic equipment and materials which colleagues in their photography and by giving are stored away in various places. The young something back in return for all you have been members of the Society quite often ask about given by others over the years. And of course, the traditional chemical darkroom; something the huge satisfaction one gets when you see that we would like to showcase as well. The other members learn and grow in photography modest storage space that we have at the club thanks to your involvement. premises was taken up a very long time ago. If the premises were large enough, it could also be used for photographic exhibitions. This Louis Agius FMPS; EFIAP; PPSA would give all photographers more scope to MPS President
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 3 Winners in mentoring Competition ‘Vintage’
Left: First place Advanced category by Leonard Cocks
Left: First place Preliminary category by Pierre Darmanin
1st prize in the World Press Photo of the Year Paul Hansen with the image GAZA BURIAL
4 Click Winner in the High Key Portraits - MonoChrome Panel for the Photographer of the Year Award. Christopher Azzopardi
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 5 Photographic Society of America (PSA) Compiled by Anthony Blackman ESFIAP; Hon FMPS
PSA Board of Directors The Photographic Society of America is an a non-profit organization and is governed by a thirteen member Board of Directors. Board members are elected and hold office for a 2-year term each odd-numbered year, beginning at the close of the annual conference. The President, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer also serve on the Executive Committee, which together with the Investments Vice President makes up the Finance Committee. The Treasurer also supervises the only PSA-salaried employees, the 3-person headquarters office staff, which includes the Operations Manager, who is also a PSA Officer. There are many other committees, which assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities. The subject-matter-oriented Divisions also play a major role by conducting many of the day-to-day individual and club activities.
FIAP NEWS Compiled by Carmel H. Psaila Hon EFIAP – FIAP Liaison Officer
27th LUXEMBOURG PROJECTED IMAGES FIAP BIENNIAL
Members are invited to submit their work for the 27th FIAP Projected Images Biennial which will take place in Luxembourg from the 14th April to the 7th June 2013.
Conditions for participation Each national Association member of FIAP may enter a CD-ROM containing 20 digital works. Each collection may be coherent from the point of view of realization and presentation. Each Federation chooses the subject and its choice of entries. Not more than two per author.
Sizes The files must be JPG 10, 72dpi, 2400pixels on the larger side. Files will be named with the ContinuedFIAP country from pg 6 code and followed by a number from 01 to 20 and the title. (Ex. B01_snow.jpg, B02_ trees.jpg, etc., The FIAP Code list is available at http://www.fiap.net/pdf/1690 OM-fr.pdf
Entry fee will be paid by the Society. Each participating author will receive a CD catalogue . At least one work per country will be reproduced together with prize winning works. Continued on pg 7
6 Click Continued from page 6 Awards Sever Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes and Hon. Mention Ribbons will be awarded to individual authors and the Federation. Each author can only receive one prize.
NOTE: Executive Committee to decide on the subject of the entries and the closing date for submission of works. Closing date overseas is the 14th April, 2013-02-01 Starting Photography Course
Commenced on: 22nd Jan
International Competition Acceptances Compiled by Lawrence Bonnici
The international acceptances and awards gained by members of MPS follow:
Name Country Awards 2 PI / 13 MP Agius Louis UK 1 HM / 5 CP Debono Johann Belgium, France 2 PI 1 HM Muscat Raymond France, Serbia, Italy 107 PI
India, Macedonia, Italy, Serbia, UK, Pirotta Joseph 216 PI 13 HM China, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia,
Baldacchino Austria, Hong Kong, USA, Serbia, 14 PI / 14 Agostino France, Taiwan, UK MP / 18 CP
(PI = Projected Images, C/MP = Colour or Monochrome Prints)
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 7 onrad Neil Gatt was C born in 1977 and is a senior technician from Paola. His interest in photography arose about two and half years ago when he decided to keep a photographic record of the significant stages in the life of Street Fashion London his daughter Chayenne. About two years ago he joined the Malta Photographic Society so as to have the opportunity to meet experienced photographers, to be part of a larger team and to participate in various photographic seminars. Some of the things that he would like to see improved at the Society are: the engagement of a lawyer to help the members in regards to their rights and obligations, the issue of standard Model Release Forms which are legally binding locally and the possibility of a fully equipped studio which can be hired by the members at reasonable rates.
His photography started to expand rapidly as he discovered that photography gave him the opportunity Laura Pausini to meet artists, musicians, models and a host of persons like make-up artists and hair-stylists whom he engages in his photographic assignments.
Conrad’s preferred photographic subjects are fashion, stage photography, new Street Fashion London 2 concepts and
8 Click photojournalism. He uses a Nikon D90 and D800 with a Nikon 18-105 mm and a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 zoom lenses.
In his short photographic career he managed to photograph Top Model UK Winner in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in Malta and in London in 2012. There he also shot the TMUK and TM Worldwide Official Event 2012 and at the London Fashion Week in 2013. He was also chosen as the official photographer for a Fashion/Reality program Shades and for the Fashion section within a Youth program, both aired on TV. He was also appointed official photographer of the President’s Charity Fun Run 2012. Besides, he co-ordinated a team of 10 photographers covering the MCCF Charity event L-Istrina 2012. The President of Malta, H.E. Dr George Member Profile Abela, chose one of Conrad’s images as his preferred photograph Conrad Neil Gatt taken during L-Istrina compiled by Anthony Blackman 2012.
In his own words Conrad does not intend to be better or worse, he wants to be different, a creator not an imitator. One can access his web site at www. cngfotography.com.
Besides photography Conrad is also interested in sports, particularly football and volleyball.
London fashion Week
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 9 Society Activities Photography by Mark Brincat
Left: Judging of Portrait in High Key Panel Photographer of the year competition
Below left: Judging of Mentoring Competition Vintage
Below right: Discussion on the 3rd & 4th Mentoring competitions.
Photographer Of The Year POTY Panel No. MPS Mem. Total 1 2 3 4 5 Christopher Azzopardi 129 122 251 David Sant 99 100 199 Raymond Muscat 113 N/A 113 Robert Mifsud N/A 109 109 Mario Cutajar N/A 90 90
* MPS Members highlighted in darker grey are competing for the photographer of the year award
10 Click Right: Sunday walk at Birgu
Right: Sunday Walk at Ghaxaq
Right and Below: Beginners Course, Practical Session at around Valletta
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 11 Society Activities (continued) Photography by Mark Brincat
From Top to bottom: Dr Jackie Scerri: ‘The rights of the Photographer at Law’ Guido Bonnet: ‘His travels to Costa Rica’ Ian Ellis: ‘The Photographer Richard Ellis’
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Pic 1 & 2: Photoshoot at Verdala Palace
Pic 3 & 4: ‘High & Low Key Portraiture’ workshop with Ramon Sammut at the Phoenicia Hotel
Below: Alan Carville: ‘How to use Speed lights’ (hands-on)
Issue 2 / 2013 - Mar/Apr 2013 13 Advanced Category Entry Category MPS Mem. Mentoring Competition MPS Mem. Mentoring Competition Total Total No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 130 33 29 28 30 120 515 27 29 27 28 111 308 30 28 29 25 112 456 27 28 26 28 109 375 30 27 28 26 111 520 29 29 24 26 108 222 28 26 32 24 110 563 29 27 26 26 108 424 30 31 22 25 108 395 26 30 29 22 107 383 28 28 26 26 108 516 29 27 27 24 107 60 24 26 28 25 103 626 28 28 26 25 107 11 27 26 23 27 103 500 27 27 23 30 107 137 24 27 25 25 101 522 27 26 25 26 104 10 25 23 20 23 91 83 26 25 27 24 102 557 30 27 / 28 85 652 25 27 23 27 102 321 28 28 25 / 81 519 25 28 22 26 101 74 / / 30 31 61 582 26 25 23 25 99 64 / / 22 24 46 248 25 25 23 26 99 326 26 / / / 26 285 25 25 24 24 98 414 24 25 23 22 94 663 24 23 22 25 94 513 28 26 27 12 93 433 12 24 13 26 75 148 25 26 23 / 74 689 27 23 / 24 74 591 25 25 / 23 73 665 26 26 20 / 72 598 29 28 / / 57 688 28 28 / / 56 686 28 27 / / 55 674 15 27 12 / 54 597 26 26 / / 52 Mentoring 599 25 25 / / 50 600 24 26 / / 50 558 27 / 23 / 50 685 25 24 / / 49 Results 471 26 22 / / 48 646 14 27 / / 41 679 12 25 / / 37 682 25 / / 11 36 704 / / / 28 28 659 / / / 26 26 697 25 / / / 25 694 / / / 25 25 722 / / / 25 25 698 13 / 11 / 24 677 / / / 24 24 710 / / / 24 24 695 / / / 23 23
14 Click Schedule of Society Meetings compiled by Louis Aguis
March 2013 April 2013 Sunday 3rd Thursday 4th Photo Walk - Kirkop 4th Panel - ‘Essay’ in Monochrome. Thursday 7th Thursday 11th No meeting ’Speed Photography’ a Presentation by Christopher Azzopardi. Thursday 14th Sunday 14th ‘Abstract Photography’ a presentation by Sergio Muscat. Photo Walk - North of the Island Thursday 21st Thursday 18th 5th Mentoring competition - ‘3’ - Colour. ’Family and Group Portraiture’ a presentation by Sean Azzopardi Saturday 23rd Friday 19th & Saturday 20th Workshop by Alan Carville on ‘Shooting Glass’ Closing date of 48th National Competition. Thursday 28th Thursday 25th Maundy Thursday - No meeting 6th Mentoring competition - ‘Glass’ - Mono. Saturday 27th Workshop by Guido Bonett on ‘Close-up and Macro’.
“Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are true lens of the camera”
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(bottom) and Josef Borg and Josef Borg (top) (top) Editor’s Choice Editor’s Caruana Angelo by Pics
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