FEATURED MEMBER ALAN EDWARDS Alan's talent is frequently on exhibit receiving many distinction and credit awards during the monthly SHPS competitions. His talent was also recently recognized when he received first place honors in the Bundanoon competition held in conjunction with the 40th Bundanoon gathering earlier this year. Read more about Alan on Page 4 has he humbly discusses his photographic journey. Continued on Page 4.
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UPCOMING calender EVENTS SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ART INFO SEPTEMBER 17-24: TULIP TIME-OLD BOWRAL TOWN HALL GALLERY-JUDGE JACQUI DEAN SEPTEMBER 19TH: IMAGE EVALUATION-SUBJECT: TELL THE STORY-JUDGE: PAUL HARMON OCTOBER 17TH: LOW LIGHT AND MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTATION WITH BARBARA SEAGER (LOW LIGHT) AND SUE ROBERTSON (MOTION)
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DISTINCTIONS-COLOR Alan Edwards "Hoskins Dawn 1" Gianni Biasi "Olgas Morning" Gianni Biasi "Taralga 05" Nadine Lindsay "Into the Woods" Mark Passfield "The Track" Chris Stimson "Lotus" Gary White "Macaw Up Close CREDITS-COLOR Phil Belbin "Running for Home" Alan Edwards "Hoskins Dawn 2" Alan Edwards "Remarkable Rocks" Gianni Biasi "Screw" Bob Green "Respect" Nadine Lindsay "From Above" Mark Passfield "Robertson Tangle" John Roberts "Osprey" Nicolet Westerhof "Camel Parade" DISTINCTIONS-MONOCHROME Bob Green "Cascade" Bob Green "Sunrise" Ian Fegent "Birregurra" Gary White "Past Caring" CREDITS-MONOCHROME Phil Belbin "Fashion Shot" Phil Belbin "Twin Gates" Chris Stimson "The Eye" Chris Stimson "Frenzy"
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DISTINCTIONS Gus Izurieta "Thames Trader' John Knight "Ultimate Enjoyment" John Knight "Quiet Contemplation" John Halpin "Laura 2" Laura Knight "Afternoon Puff" Laura Kngiht "Cormorant Fisherman" Laura Knight "Gazing" Ron Stootman "Wings" CREDITS Charles Foreman "Tulips in the Light" Dawn Izurieta "Boy on the Beach" Dawn Izurieta "Having Fun" Jacqui Davey "Man on a Buz4" John Halpin "Chevie" John Halpin "Red Poppies" Robert Leso "The Batman" Ron Stootman "Dog's Life"
When did you pick up your first camera and can you remember your first image? & How long have you been shooting? My first camera was an Agfa Box. It was highly sophisticated with a large and a small aperture plus a third with a yellow filter!. I don't think I ever worked out how to take real advantage of all of them!. My first shots were in Fremantle harbour of the ship "Gothic" on which the Queen travelled to Australia. They were followed by attempts to get the royal party travelling along the highway to Perth and I found out how hard it was to track a moving subject with a box camera. Do you have a specialty and why did you select it? I try my hand (and eye) at landscapes, birds and other wildlife, people, flowers, buildings and some abstracts so can't claim any speciality. As those who attended the latest AGM will have seen, I do like to record people practicing trades and crafts that have disappeared or are disappearing in Australia and indeed around the world. Places You like to Shoot? I have made several trips with small groups led by a professional photographer to different parts of the world to take photographs. This has the advantage of being taken to the right place at the right time. Hard to say which place I like above all the others but it would probably be Namibia and there no doubt the great red sand dunes. Closer to home I have enjoyed early mornings at Cecil Hoskin's Reserve and some places along the South Coast Photographers you find inspiring? "Inspiring" might suggest I have hopes of emulating them but I greatly admire photographers like Galen Rowell or Frans Lanting while accepting that I will never get up to their standard. Also the wonderful photos taken by Hedda Morrison in Beijing (then Peking!) many years ago helped encourage me to try to record old crafts. Some time in her company several years back remains a highlight for me. What fuels your creative passion and where would you like your photographic journey to take you? Fairer to say that my passion (hope?) is to become creative. My best approach is to try to learn from the experience and work of others. Some SHPS judges have helped me think a bit more creatively. Literally, I hope the journey will take me to more fascinating and beautiful places around the world. More figuratively I get delight when others say they enjoy seeing some of my work. I have been happy to provide some photos to environment conservation magazines.. Equipment Nikon D610 and D7000 with a series of lenses ranging from an 80-400mm telephoto to a fisheye. I also have a small Nikon underwater camera and a Canon D9 which is very outdated but is good when the intention is not to be obvious.
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Before taking on the definition of "fine art photography," perhaps we would be wise to consider Einstein's words: "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." Having said that, pretty much every single photographer oft considers their work and career in the context of "fine art." It has been said that success in photography accrues to the degree a photographer becomes known for their own signature "style"--their own "voice" or "art." And thus, many attribute success in photography to one's ability to exalt fine art. Others argue that success is more about marketing, following fashions, and "serving the client." The ultimate truth is likely that success derives from a combination of all these elements, which varies for each individual photographer. But while marketing without art has time against it, art without marketing at least has time on its side. Unfortunately, even with time on their side, sometimes recognition takes a bit too long for even the greatest artists, as in the case of Vincent van Gogh and Herman Melville, who perished penniless and relatively unknown. CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
What is Fine Art Photography and Do You Pursue Art?
The closest art to photography is painting, and thus the two primary visual art forms share basic precepts regarding light and composition. In the same way photographers use different lenses, filters, and lights to achieve their vision, so too might they learn to use various time-honored, classical techniques in composition. While a polarizing filter is not used for every shot, neither is the golden ratio and sacred geometry. But just as every photographer will have a polarizing filter in their toolkit, so too will they have knowledge of sacred geometry, whose rules they can exalt, or break, at will. The late Myron Barnstone was a favorite art teacher made famous by his rigorous, classical drawing classes he had videotaped over the years, beginning long before the internet made video ubiquitous. The Morning Call reports: Skill, no matter what medium, is based on years of rigorous training, mastered through the understanding of the structured, geometric systems used by artists such as Picasso, Michelangelo and Da Vinci. "I give them a toolbox," CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Myron Barnstone on the Golden Section and Dynamic Symmetry
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