NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB
ORIGINALLY FORMED C.1889
RECESS FROM 1933 to 1938
RECESS FROM 1943 to 1948
RE-FORMED
TUESDAY 14th DECEMBER 1948
HONORARY MEMBERS
1890 - 15th October
Mr. Nat. Oldham
1902 - 16th July
Mr. Stephen Spurling
1903 - 15th July
Rev. F.J. Nance
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
1930's
Mr. Jack Ikin
1932 - July
Mr. F. Styant-Browne
2012 - June
Mr. Ron Camplin
2012 - June
Ms. Betty Shepherd
2018 - July
Ms. Margaret Whitmore
March 2012 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2011 - 2012
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club received a total of 74 points for our February Photographic Society of America entry which is the highest score any Group D club has received during the course of this year's competition. We are now ranked 6th out of 26th clubs - well done to all the participants!
May 2012 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2011 - 2012
The current 2011-12 round of Photographic Society of America Interclub competitions has been completed and our Club has done extremely well, placing 5th out of 26 clubs overall in Group D. There is a good chance we will move up to Group C for the next round which starts in October 2012.
Congratulations to all members who had images entered over the course of the 4 competitions: Anne O‘Connor, Astrid Claase, Athalie Taylor, Felix Staub, John Shepherd, Kai Johnson, Phillipa Alexander, Richard Claase, Rod Oliver, Ruth Timperon and Trevor Bunyard.
Highlights of the competition include: Athalie Taylor, "Mandarin Duck" image receiving 15/15 points in the April competition. Athalie has received an Award of Merit ribbon for her image.
Phillipa Alexander also received an Award of Merit for her, "Bear with Two Cubs" image in the February competition and these two images will now go into the "Best of the Best Competition" to be held in June 2012 so our club will have a presence in that competition as well.
Anne O‘Connor, Richard Claase, Ruth Timperon and Felix Staub have all received Honorable Mention ribbons for their images with Felix receiving an Honorable Mention on no less than 4 occasions for each one of his entered images.
Later this year, after the Best of the Best Competition, both the Award of Merit and Honorable Mention images are placed on a DVD prepared by the Photographic Society of America which is circulated to each of the participating clubs. The Best of the Best images are also presented each year at the Photographic Society of America conference in America.
August 2012 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
DISTINCTIONS 2012
The Photographic Society of America is pleased to announce that the Proficiency Distinction (PPSA); has been awarded to Anne O'Connor, PPSA; Phillipa Alexander, PPSA; and Felix Staub, PPSA; in recognition of their photographic achievement records in Photographic Society of America Recognized International Exhibitions of Photography. To qualify for the Proficiency Distinction, 288 or more acceptances are required. The award includes an invitation to submit a sample of work to the PPSA Gallery on the Photographic Society of America web site. Their Distinction Awards will be announced in September at the 2012 Photographic Society of America International Conference in San Francisco, California, USA.
October 2012 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
AWARDS RECEIVED AT APSCON
Three Northern Tasmanian Camera Club members received awards at the national photography conference APSCON dinner in the national Art Gallery, Canberra on Friday 21st September.
As well as receiving the Photographic Society of America Proficiency Distinction (PPSA) announced in the August DRUM Anne O'Connor, Phillipa Alexander, and Felix Staub, all received Australian Photographic Society awards as well.
Club President Anne and Felix both received the State Service honors for Australian Photographic Society (SSAPS) for State Service to photography in Tasmania. Anyone who has been associated with Tasmanian Photographic Federation or is a member of Australian Photographic Society in recent years will recognize the dedication of both to photography in Tasmania and know the awards are truly merited.
Felix was also honored with an "Excellence" of International Federation of Photographic Art (EFIAP), recognition of photographic achievements.
Phillipa Alexander, who unfortunately was unable to attend the presentation, was awarded "Associate" of the Australian Photographic Society (AAPS) and "Artiste" of International Federation Of Photographic Art (AFIAP) as well as receiving the PPSA.
Club members also won personal recognition in the Australian Interstate Photographic Competition (AIPC) which is conducted at APSCON each year.
January 2013 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2013
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club is in "C" Division, having been promoted from "D" Division last year. The following members Richard Claase, Trevor Bunyard, Astrid Claase, Sonya Byrne, Hector Beveridge and Ruth Timperon, have had images accepted into the Photographic Society of America competition for January.
January 2013 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2012 - 2013
FINAL RESULTS
PROJECTED IMAGE DIVISION
The Projected Image Division Inter-club Competition is open to all Photographic Society of America member clubs. This competition consists of four competitions/rounds during each competition year held in November, January, March and May. Each participating club may submit up to six images from six different club members in each round for a maximum of twenty-four images per competition year. The subject matter for the images submitted is unrestricted or “open". Club members with the best images receive recognition; approximately 10% are given Honorable Mentions and 10% receive Awards. The three clubs in each group with the highest total scores at the end of the season also receive recognition. This year the top 3 clubs from Group D will move up to Group C next season, and the lowest average scoring clubs from Group C will move to Group D. The top 3 clubs in the C Group will move to Group B. The logic is to attempt to keep the competitions more evenly matched. This is the 2nd year that Northern Tasmanian Camera Club has entered this Competition, 1st year in Group D this year in Group C.
June / July 2013 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
August 2013 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
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September 2013 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
THE DRUM (Newsletter)
September 2017 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
WHAT'S ON (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
PROJECTED IMAGE DIVISION
INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2016 - 2017
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club achieved third place in the Photographic Society of America Inter-club Competition in E grade for 2016 - 2017. As a result, the club has been promoted to D grade. There is strong member support for continuing to participate in the Photographic Society of America Inter-club Competition. It may be that the Northern Tasmanian Camera Club will be the only Australian camera club to participate in the 2017 – 2018 competitions.
The following article is from the Newsletter, October 2018.
December 2018 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
WHAT'S ON (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION
RESULTS OF ROUND 1
Our club, in its step up from D grade to C grade was placed 11th out of 23 clubs, a very creditable effort in stronger competition. Phillipa Alexander’s image “Rhinoceros Auklet” received an Honors Award and Steve Whitworth was awarded an Honorable Mention for his image “Inverse”.
February 2019 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
WHAT'S ON (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITION
RESULTS OF ROUND 2
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club scored very well in the second round of the C grade competition, scoring 75 points. The club is now placed second overall, definitely the big improver after round one. To cap off the success, three of the club’s six entries were awarded Group C awards for top scoring images.
June 2019 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
WHAT'S ON (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITIONS
The club is anxiously waiting for the results of the fourth round of the Inter-club competition in C grade. The club entered a strong set of six images. A high placed score in the fourth round may see the club promoted to “B” grade next year.
A decision has been made by the club committee to enter the Nature Inter-club competition. Similar format to the above Inter-club competition. The definition of nature is broad; and can include landscape images e.g. waterfalls. Images should not include “the hand of man” or have elements cloned into or deleted from images.
July 2019 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club
WHAT'S ON (Newsletter)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTERCLUB COMPETITIONS
CLUB TRIUMPH IN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA INTER-CLUB COMPETITION:
SECOND OVERALL, PROMOTED TO GROUP B
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club flew home in the final round of the Photographic Society of America Inter-club competition in Group C. The club recorded the highest points score of the round (68), as well as picking up four awards, to finish in second place overall. See below.
| CLUB NAME | LOCATION |
POINTS MAY |
POINTS TOTAL |
| Synergy | United Kingdom |
59 |
280 |
| Northern Tasmanian Camera Club | Australia |
68 |
265 |
| South Shields Photographic Society | England |
65 |
264 |
As a result, Northern Tasmanian Camera Club has been promoted to Group B for the next competition. This continues the trend. We have now advanced from Group E to Group B in successive seasons, which is a massive achievement, considering that the competition gets tougher in the higher grades.
Many thanks to Phillipa Alexander for organizing this year’s participation in the Photographic Society of America Inter-club competition. Phillipa’s intuition about what makes top class images has been on display with the Photographic Society of America Inter-club entries.
The Photographic Society of America Inter-club competition is an excellent activity for our club to be involved in. It is a very good way to channel our skills in photography. It also sends a message that we are prepared to challenge ourselves and compare ourselves to other camera clubs around the world.
Next year, as well as competing in Group B of the Photographic Society of America Inter-club competition, we will be competing in the Photographic Society of America Inter-club Nature competition. Time to check your nature photograph collection and send any potential winners to Phillipa.
The following article is from the Newsletter, September 2019
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NORTHERN TASMANIAN CAMERA CLUB
STARTS WELL IN
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
INTER-CLUB COMPETITION
The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club has made an excellent start in the first round of the B Grade Inter-club competition, after being promoted from C Grade to B Grade and facing stiffer competition.
Competing against photographic clubs from Belgium, England, France, United States to name a few, our Club has started well and is in Fourth equal place out of 25 teams after round one.
| CLUB NAME - GROUP B | LOCATION |
POINTS |
| Fotogroep Pallieter | Belgium |
70 |
| Synergy | United Kingdom |
69 |
| Le Conte Photographic Society | TN |
66 |
| Northern Tasmanian Camera Club | Australia |
64 |
| South Shields Photographic Society | England |
64 |
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