To Attendees: please read the PDF document “Nature and Wildlife Workshop 14 Apr 2024”.
Read MoreThis will be my last report, as I am not running for Management Committee membership or the Presidency at this AGM. I have enjoyed my especially engaging 2 ½ years on the MC, first as Secretary to Ross Pollock, then Grant Petras, and for the past year as President. 2023 has been an exceptionally good year for the SAPF. We finally escaped the clutches of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to look forward to a bright and varied future.
Read MoreWe will be holding the SAPF AGM on 22 March.
Several MC Members are standing down at this AGM, including me. David Shetliffe, who has been Senior Vice President, will be standing for election as President, and I congratulate him on this decision, as well as thanking him for his support whilst I have been President. My reasons are health-related, and I am planning to travel more around our great country, photographing, of course.
Read MoreThere are two extremes of photography in our world today. On the one hand, there is the mobile phone snapper who records everything they do, see or eat, including the ubiquitous selfie. At the other end of the spectrum is the serious photographer, who takes time to find the ‘perfect’ image. They wait for the light to be right, try different angles and make sure all the technical issues of exposure, focus and composition are correct.
Read MoreCongratulations to all the winners and those who gained acceptances. The catalogue has been sent to all entrants, as well as being posted on the SAPF website here. The top 100 print images will be displayed in the Adelaide Central Plaza from 6-16 October 2023, where you can see the other accepted prints that were not on display at the Gala Presentation Night. A video of the digital acceptances and above will be …
Read MoreIn his address to the gathering at the Gala opening of the 60th Annual Exhibition, our patron, John Hodgson OAM, EFIAP/b, AV-EFIAP, FAPS, AV-MAPS, ESFIAP, SAPS, Hon. FAPS, reflected upon his experience of the transition from film cameras to digital cameras and the initial resistance digital received from APS members.
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