This year is an historic year for the South Australian Photographic Federation as February 1st 2012, marked the golden anniversary of our governing body. On that date in 1962, the late Doug Mullins chaired a meeting of club representatives and founded the SAPF.

To celebrate this 50th year milestone a special retrospective exhibition from the permanent collections of both the Adelaide Camera Club and SAPF will be held in the Drill Hall, Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide and open daily from May 15th to May 26th from 10 am to 4 pm.

Admission is $5 with $4 concession. Adequate parking is onsite [could not be better].
The exhibition will also be part of ‘History Month’, an annual event conducted by History S.A. throughout South Australia.

After advice from History SA the committee decided to expand the exhibition to cover 100 years of amateur photography in this State – an undertaking that has never been done before. This initiative has resulted in the following title:  DARKROOM TO DIGITAL – 100 YEARS OF S.A. PHOTOGRAPHY

We have targeted the time span from the first State Exhibition in 1901 [SA Photographic Society] until the SAPF Annual Exhibition in 2011.

Also on display will be a selection of unique examples from the invention of the photocopier [circa 1960’s] hailed as one of the best Australian inventions for 100 years under Defence Science. One of the co-inventors, Alwin Clements, was a former president of SAPF. Today the Federation holds the best selection of works from this technology, which gained over 40 world patents.

The Affiliated Clubs of the Federation provide fellowship, educational activities and friendly competitions. All activities are designed to provide a photographer with stimulation and challenge and the impetus to improve their skills.

The Federation provides activities and services to support and enhance the activities of the clubs and individual photographers, as well as direct activities to support photography in South Australia.

The activities of the Federation are coordinated by the SAPF Management Committee, a group of up to 12 persons elected annually by two delegates from each of the affiliated clubs. Delegate meetings are held in March and September of each year.

Do you have  some camera gear you’d like to sell? The SAPF is setting up a photography related classifieds section. Advertisements are free to all SAPF affliliated club members. Please email your advert to the secretary.

“Darkroom to Digital – 100 years of S. A. Photography”

Celebrating 50 Years of the S. A. P. F.

Mr. John Hodgson, EFIAP, FAPS, Hon. FAPS, Patron of the South Australian Photographic Federation inc. has kindly agreed to officiate for the opening of this exhibition at 2.00pm on Wednesday May 16, 2012.

 The Venue is the Drill Hall, Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide. Car parking is available on the Parade Ground – corner of King William Street and Victoria Drive – enter off Victoria Drive.

Please wear your club I.D. badge for free admission from 1.00pm onwards for Wednesday May 16 only.

A reminder that the exhibition is open to the public from Tuesday May 15 until Saturday May 26 – 10.00am – 4.00pm.

 All enquiries please Phone : (08) 8449 5007 E – Mail : howbobf8@bigbutton.com.au

The interclub competition held on May 1, 2012 between the Edwardstown Photography Club (EPC) and the Eastern Suburbs Camera Club (ESCC) was won by ESCC. There was a great turn out from both clubs and some high quality photos kept Judge Alberto Giurelli busy. Congratulations to the Eastern Suburbs Camera Club on their win!

If you’d like your club news or competitions results posted on the SAPF website, please let us know!

The Eastern Suburbs Camera Club now meets at:

Payneham RSL Hall, 360 Payneham Road, Payneham, SA 5070

The South Australian Photographic Federation is supporting a continuing series of photographic workshops aimed at the beginner to skilled amateur photographer.  The next of these workshops will be held on Saturday 26 May 2012, whilst there is also a week-long workshop in the Flinders Ranges later in the year.

A one day workshop will be conducted on Saturday May 26 2012. Information is available from this link.

Details for the longer Flinders Ranges workshop is available here.

Entry forms are now available from club secretaries, or may be downloaded here:  2012 SAPF Annual Entry Form

Entry is open to all members of photography clubs affiliated with the South Australian Photographic Federation.  There are sections in Colour Prints, Monochrome Prints, and Projected (Digital) Images.

The closing date is 1st June, 2012.

Registration is now open for the Light on the Land Flinders Ranges Workshop from 27 August – 2 September 2012.  More information can be found on the registration form, which you can download here:  Registration Form.

The latest issue of CCNews, the Camera Club Newsletter of the South Australian Photographic Federation, is now available for download from our new Camera Club Newsletter page on this site.  On this page you will also find the newsletters from 2011, and this will become an archive of past newsletters.

The next Delegates meeting and AGM of the SAPF will be held on Friday 23rd March 2012 at the Glandore Community Centre, in the Rugby Room.  The room will be open from 7.30 pm and the meeting will start at 8.00 pm. Click on the image below to see a larger version.

Clubs which are affiliated with the SAPF may send up to 2 Delegates to the meeting.  Clubs are also invited to nominate members to the SAPF Management Committee positions. The Management Committee has been operating below capacity for a few years and would like to fill all vacancies this year, in order to provide more services to the clubs.

Nominations may be made on this AGM Nomination form, which can then be posted to the Secretary before the 23rd March, or handed in on the night.