NPF News
by Colleen Price, March 15, 2024
HOCUS FOCUS – MARCH 2024
HOCUS FOCUS – MARCH 2024 is now available on the website under the NEWSLETTERS Button or directly on this link https://wangi.myphotoclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2024/03/HOCUS-FOCUS-MARCH-2024.pdf
by David Price, March 12, 2024
Possible time change for Meetings
Last night was a great success.
Roy managed to keep his judging within the timeframe.
It was really good to have the awards and comments for the digitals given on the night.
When asked how he thought it all went, Roy did say that he was happy with how it went but he did feel a little rushed when commenting on and awarding the digitals.
He had an hour for the prints and only 45 minutes for the digitals.
One solution to this would be if we had a bit more time. As the club want us all packed up and out by 9:30 we cannot add more time at the end of the night.
That leaves us with the possibility of changing our starting time to 6:30.
If we were to do this we could add another 15 minutes to the digital judging and also have another spare 15 minutes up our sleeve so that we weren’t feeling rushed.
Please send me an email and let me know if it would be too difficult for you if we were to change the starting time to 6:30.
by Sue Winsley, March 12, 2024
Results for competitions in March 2024 – Print
There were 17 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in March 2024 – Print
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
Chatting In The Rain Nancy Morley – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Colour Print |
Returning to Port Ken Linsley – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Mono Print |
Down n Out Nancy Morley – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Set Subject Print |
jade Matt Golby – Merit-Judges-Choice Open Grade Open Colour Print |
as I was saying Matt Golby – Merit-Judges-Choice Open Grade Set Subject Print |
Are You Watching David Henderson – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Colour Print |
Late Visitor Neville Thorogood – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Mono Print |
LOADED 8358 Mike Fidler – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Set Subject Print |
Forge Ray Watts – Merit A Grade Open Colour Print |
This Is My Home. Ken Linsley – Merit A Grade Set Subject Print |
Digging for Breakfast Joy Thomas – Merit A Grade Set Subject Print |
Family Life Elisabeth Fidler – Merit Advanced Open Colour Print |
BREAKFAST Mike Fidler – Merit Advanced Open Colour Print |
The Little Light House Neville Thorogood – Merit Advanced Open Colour Print |
Dinner is Served Brian Halse – Merit Advanced Set Subject Print |
The Art Of Living Together Elisabeth Fidler – Merit Advanced Set Subject Print |
Silver Gull Predator Ian English – Merit Advanced Set Subject Print |
by Sue Winsley, March 11, 2024
Results for competitions in March 2024 – Digital
There were 16 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in March 2024 – Digital
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
King of the Range Robert Kildey – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Colour Digital |
Whoops Robert Kildey – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Mono Digital |
Backyard Battle Lee-ann Hattander – Merit-Judges-Choice A Grade Set Subject Digital |
Norah Head Lighthouse Helen Oliver – Merit-Judges-Choice Open Grade Open Colour Digital |
Royal Spoonbill feeding Glyn Atkinson – Merit-Judges-Choice Open Grade Set Subject Digital |
Tosh.case Tim Kemp – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Colour Digital |
Friends Susan Hansell – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Mono Digital |
Rat Snack Bettina Damme – Merit-Judges-Choice Advanced Set Subject Digital |
Cat on Windowsill Lee-ann Hattander – Merit A Grade Open Colour Digital |
Tiding up the house. John Frost – Merit Open Grade Set Subject Digital |
Bubbles are fun Megan Willis – Merit Advanced Open Colour Digital |
Gresford Campdraft Marie Kildey – Merit Advanced Open Colour Digital |
Brad and Chad Michael S Martin – Merit Advanced Open Mono Digital |
Pied Heron Toni Conquest – Merit Advanced Set Subject Digital |
Argument in the Hippo Pool Julie Rathbone – Merit Advanced Set Subject Digital |
Going for a dip Megan Willis – Merit Advanced Set Subject Digital |
by Sue Winsley, March 11, 2024
Changes
Dear Members,
As we all know we are trialling some changes to how we run our competitions.
Digital changes –
As previously explained, these were in response to feedback from members that they believed the judges were not giving as much value to digital entries as they were to print entries, and that print entries were receiving more awards. (An analysis and comparison of awards given between the prints and digitals has supported this observation).
In terms of point scores, it was believed by members that this was therefore favouring members who entered prints and making it difficult for digital entrants to compete.
Also, many members have expressed that they are often not getting a good enough viewing of, nor hearing comments for the digital images on comp night. (Yes, sometimes judges will make comments, but most often they will only make general comments or not make any comments at all and all we’re getting is a very rushed viewing).
These changes will address these concerns as we will no longer be restricted by an automatic slideshow, rather the images will be moved through at a pace determined by the judge after they have made their comments and announced their awards.
As we all know, our print and digitals are just 2 parts of the one competition rather than 2 separate competitions.
One explanation for the discrepancy in awards given that has been put forward is that as the digitals were being judged at the judge’s leisure at their own home and awards and comments made online rather than verbally on competition night it separates the competitions.
The change to have the digital awards and comments made verbally on competition night was made to bring both parts of our competition into line with each other and so that the judging of both parts of our competition are now treated in the same manner.
The hope is that the awards for both will now be given the same value.
We understand that some members would also like the judge to continue with the written comments as well as give them verbally.
While some judges may be willing to do this, most aren’t.
Judges have communicated that if they’re to do written comments they do not want to then deliver these comments verbally as well. They see this as doubling their work load.
Also, by taking out the requirement for the judge to make written comments it will make the task of recruiting judges much easier.
We are such a friendly club that it should be no problem for us to find a friend who can jot down the judge’s comments if for whatever reason we are unable to attend in person.
I would guess that many members already do this for each other when prints are brought to the club by a friend.
Print Changes–
The only change to our print competition will be that we are no longer displaying the title of the image in the top left corner of our prints.
This decision was made for 2 reasons.
It will ensure that the images are always judged on their photographic merit rather than the name of the image which has unfortunately happened on quite a few occasions.
Also, removing the title from the front will bring us in line with many other clubs and international competitions.
We do understand that these changes may not be favourable to everyone. Unfortunately it seems that pleasing everyone is not going to be possible so we need to address the concerns of the majority and hope that others will have an open mind and see the benefits of these changes.
Hopefully we can always work together as a club to listen to all members feedback and make any changes that are necessary and beneficial to the majority of our members.
As with everything new this will be trialled to start with. We will be looking forward to feedback from our judges and members.
Thank you for your cooperation. Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight.
by Sue Winsley, March 11, 2024
An Error in yesterday’s post.
I was reviewing the post I sent out last night and realise that I made a slight error in the schedule.
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that we usually will have a few announcements before the print judging begins.
Our judge has requested that if there are any announcements that they are made during the break. This is to ensure that we have adequate time to get through all the judging.
Below is what yesterday’s post should have said:
- 6:30 PM prints will be on the stands for judges to have time for a preliminary viewing.
- 7 pm our competition night will begin.
- 8 pm our print judging will be completed and we will have a 15 minute tea/coffee break with a chance to discuss any questions arising after the print judging. Any announcements can be made during this break time.
- 8:15 pm our digital slideshow and announcement of our digital awards and comments will begin.
- 9 pm we will need to be finished and commence packing up. Unfortunately the club requires us to leave by 9:30 pm as they close then. It is a shame that we have these time restrictions as often we feel we need more time, but we have to follow the directive of the club.
Thank you.
by Sue Winsley, March 10, 2024
Competition Changes Reminder
Just a friendly reminder about our competition changes which will be implemented starting with our March competition.
Note: These changes are being trialled in response to feedback we have had from both members and judges.
Schedule for the night.
The below schedule will need to be strictly adhered to so as the fit everything into our time frame. Any announcements will need to be made during the break.
- 6:30 PM prints will be on the stands for judges to have time for a preliminary viewing.
- 7 pm our competition night will begin. There will usually be a few announcements before the print judging commences.
- 8 pm our print judging will be completed and we will have a 15 minute tea/coffee break with a chance to discuss any questions arising after the print judging.
- 8:15 pm our digital slideshow and announcement of our digital awards and comments will begin.
- 9 pm we will need to be finished and commence packing up. Unfortunately the club requires us to leave by 9:30 pm as they close then. It is a shame that we have these time restrictions as often we feel we need more time, but we have to follow the directive of the club.
Print Changes
The only changes to the print part of our competition is that we will not be putting the names of the images on the front of our image.
As previously explained this is to ensure that the images are always judged on their photographic merit rather than the judging being influenced by the name of the image which has occasionally happened.
Names will still be on the back of the images and there is no problem with letting our fellow members know the names of our images.
Digital Changes
- Our judge will make verbal comments and announce awards during the slide show on comp night.
- Our judges will no longer write comments on the website.
- We always hope most of our members will be able to attend on competition night but of course we understand that members who live far away, or members who are unwell or members who are travelling are not able to attend.
We suggest that our members who are not able to attend on the night can ask another member to make a note of comments made by the judge and pass these comments onto them.
As previously explained theses changes have been made in response to feedback from numerous members that they feel the judging of the digitals has been quite different from the judging of the prints even though it is the same judge.
Many members believe that judges are favouring the prints when making awards and not giving the digitals as much merit.
One reason for this may be that the judges might see our digital competition as separate from our print competition as is the case with some other clubs.
As we all know, in our club they are both just two different formats for the one competition.
As we are now asking the judges to deliver their comments verbally on comp night they will no longer be providing written comments.
Thank you everyone for your cooperation. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.
by Sue Winsley, March 9, 2024
PSA Interclub Rd 2 Results Colour & Mono
Results were disappointing for both of these section apart from Tim Kemp’s 14 Point Merit in Mono for his self portrait. Congratulations Tim !!
by Ian English, March 9, 2024
Invite from The Entrance Club
Preparing Competition Images by Nilmini De Silva
The presentation will be given via Zoom starting at 7.30pm on Friday 5th April. Mark this in your diary. Anthony will send out the Zoom invitation with the link on Monday 1st April.
Here is a precis of Nilmini’s presentation:
Preparing Competition Images – You be the Judge
If you are interested in participating in photography competitions and obtaining honours nationally and internationally, then you may benefit from this presentation.
Successful images always create a connection with the viewer. Images that create connection have certain characteristics that range from technical qualities, lighting and presentation, good composition, creativity, narrative and most importantly, impact. Nilmini has not only obtained national and international honours through competition, she has also engaged in the Photographic Society of America’s Portfolio Distinction Program, obtaining her Silver. She will share some of her strategies, her struggles and how learning post processing took her photography to the next level.
(more…)by Colleen Price, March 8, 2024