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.

Unfortunately the SAPF did not receive the minimum number of registrants by the end of December for the workshop seminar to go ahead.

A successful SAPF AV Annual was held on Sat. Nov. 5 2011 with 40+ people attending, for some, their first AV Exhibition. We received an increased number of entries from 20 to 24 audio visuals by 13 entrants, the varied programme provided an entertaining night.

The AV sequences covered an interesting array of stories & photographs ranging from Aberfan, South Wales to Lake Bonney Barmera. The audience were taken to places in & around Robe, Berri, Flinders Ranges, Milton N.S.W. & even overseas to New Zealand & Spain. We even received a sequence with a humorous theme, considered a difficult section in AV circles.

This year we received three novice audio visual sequences from two entrants. Congratulations for entering, your contributions were a welcome addition to the programme. The A.V. Club of South Australia will encourage anyone looking to be involved in the making of audio visuals.

Neil Gray (Director SAPF AV Annual) opened the Exhibition thanking the entrants for their contributions. Charles Hulse was introduced as the judge for the exhibition. After viewing & judging all 24 sequences it was time to present the awards.

Charles announced the following awards & place getters.

Music, Poetry or Song Section:

- 1^st Place for “Murray Magic” John Hodgson

- Runner up for “Botanical Architecture” Neil Gray

Open Section:

- 1^st place for “Spirit of Place” Anne Emmett

- Runner up for “My Valley” Carol Packwood

- Novice Award & Acceptance for “Creative Montage” Andy Smylie

The standard of entries were extremely high with quite a number of acceptances awarded too. Congratulations to all, hope to see your work again next year.

As mentioned earlier, the night promised entertainment, and that it did. Most, if not all were enjoying socialising & discussing “their” favourite audio visuals over tea, coffee & supper that included the raffle draw, thank you all for your support.

Thanks to all involved, entrants, judge, SAPF, attendees & helpers, the 2011 SAPF AV Annual was a very successful event. Hope to see you next year.

Landscape and Commercial Photographer Pele Leung will be coming to Adelaide again in February 2012 to conduct an all-day seminar on Landscape Photography.  Topics to be presented include:  Equipment and software, how to shoot typical landscapes, composition, post processing and enhancements, shooting ultra-panoramas, professional image stitching, digital night photography, HDR and image blending for exposure, digital AV design.  Participants are also encouraged to bring a few images for critque.

Date and Time:  Saturday 11^th February 2012, 9 am – 5 pm

Location:  Clark Building of the Glandore Community Centre, 25 Naldera Street, Glandore.

Cost:  $178 or $159 Early Bird price if pay by 31^st December 2011.

To register and reserve your seat, please send an email to secretary@sapf.org.au by 30th November 2011 with the Subject:  Pele Leung Seminar.  A deposit of $50 will be required.  Payment arrangements will be sent upon registration.

The SAPF wishes to advise that a minimum number of 20 registrants is necessary for the seminar to go ahead.  Non club members are also welcome to book and attend.

The agenda can be downloaded here:  LandscapePhotographyWorkshopAgenda

For a preview and more information about what to expect, please refer to Pele’s own website.

The exhibition will be held in the Centennial Park Chapel Complex from Monday the 13th February 2012 to Thursday the 22nd March 2012.

The entry form is now available and can be downloaded here:  Entry Form CP 1

Entries close on the 1^st February 2012.

The Centennial Park Cemetery Board will be providing a cheque for $500.00 and a trophy to the top Colour and Monochrome prints.

Prints may be left at branches of Alfred James & Sons Pty as listed on the entry form and it is suggested that the branch any one intends to visit be contacted to be sure that someone will be in attendance. Please note that all entries will be returned to point of pick up.

The subject is open but please have regard for where the exhibition is being held.

This will be the 15^th exhibition held at the complex and we are indebted to the Board for providing such a great venue to display our work.  We look forward to again having a good participation from all.

The South Australian Photographic Federation invites interested photographers to a morning of 2 photographic sessions, exploring the world of macro, floral and infrared photography
by highly acclaimed photographer and lecturer, Jenni Horsnell, AFIAP, FAPS.

Jenni is a dedicated photographer and naturalist, preferring to capture her macro subjects in their environment under natural conditions. Her acute appreciation of the beauty and detail of the insect world, along with birdlife and flora have resulted in her gaining many awards, including her APS FAPS (1999) and the award of ‘Artist’ (AFIAP) by the International
Federation of Photographic Art (2002). She has won the Animal Behaviour section and the portfolio prize for the best six images in the ANZANG Nature and Landscape Photographer of
the Year Competition and was runner up in the Botanical Section. She is also a talented digital technician, preparing complex digitally manipulated montages of her non nature images. She undertakes scientific photography for various research publications and tertiary teaching aids.

To view more of Jenni’s work visit her web site at:   jennihorsnell.com.

Venue:  United Eastern Masonic Association Complex, 1 Fisher Street, Tusmore. S.A. 5065

DATE: Sunday 7th August 2011.
Session 1:  Macro Nature Photography 9.30 – 10.30 am
Session 2:  Infrared and Floral Photography 11.00 am – 12.00 noon.

A morning tea break will be provided from 10.30 – 11.30 am

RSVP by July 30th 2011 to the Honorary SAPF Secretary, Tina Hewett – Tel. 82770744 or e-mail – secretary@sapf.org.au

This is a free seminar provided by the South Australian Photographic Federation.

Come and see photography from members of South Australian Clubs in colour and monochrome prints and digital projected images.

Where: United Eastern Association Masonic Complex, 1 Fisher Street, Tusmore.

When: Saturday 9th July 12.00 noon until evening; Sunday 10th July 11 am – 5 pm.

Official Opening: 7.30 pm on Saturday 9th July, when awards will be made.  The exhibition will be opened by Ms Cheryl Cope of Graphic Arts Supplies, 77 King William Street, Kent Town.

Pele Leung will give his presentation on “Photographing the Remote Regions of China” for the SAPF at the Clark Building of the Glandore Community Centre on Thursday 26^th May, 7.30 pm for an 8 pm start. Admission is free and all photography club members are invited.

The map below shows the location of the Glandore Community Centre, and the photograph shows the location of the Clark Building within the grounds of the centre. Click on the image to view it at a larger size.

For a preview of his presentation you might like to visit his website.

The latest edition of Camera Club News has been published and can be downloaded Here.

Guy is coming back to visit Adelaide during his next Australian tour. He’ll be visiting Adelaide from 7-8th June. During this time, he’ll be doing 4 seminars with the format of 2 full day seminars and 2 short evening seminars.

SAPF and SA camera club members are invited to attend Guy’s seminars at the rate for AIPP/ACMP/AAPP members at AUD 170/week day seminar and AUD 70/ short seminar.

Members will need to show proof of ID camera club/SAPF membership on the day of the attendance.

More information on the seminars is available on his website:  http://www.guygowan.com/au

If there’s any interest to attend 3 or more seminars per person, please contact Shanty at shanty@guygowan.com or 0412 322 812 for special deals.

Photography is about hunting for photographs with extraordinary passion.  Ron will talk about how to use lenses, angles and themes, including recent work from USA, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.  The techniques can be applied to both travel and local photography.  His presentation also includes a related audio-visual.

More information on Ron can be found at his website:  Ron Willems Photo

The presentation will be held on Tuesday 12th April at the Clark Building of the Glandore Community Centre, corner of Naldera Street and Clark Avenue, Glandore.  Doors open 7.30 pm with the presentation starting at 8.00 pm.  All camera clubs are invited.