In this Issue:

l Bluedog Photo News

l Photo Competition - Winners announced!

l Workshops

l Exhibitions

l Checking Out Web Sites

l Photo Tip

l Photo Trivia/Dedication:

l Thanks to our Sponsors

Keep Those Fingers Clicking!

What's On: Workshops, Retreats and Outings:
For further details refer to Photography Workshops and Retreats and don't forget if you want something particular just ask - there is sure to be someone else who would like that subject and as the class sizes are kept small, we will try and accommodate you.

Registration and receipt of place is essential as numbers are limited. We want the workshops to continue to be very personalised so that you may gain the maximum from the workshops. Remember we do need you to book your place and after you book you receive a registration form. Once we receive this back with payment to secure your position then you are booked. View our terms and conditions.

An outline of each workshop and retreat itinerary's are listed on Photography Workshops and Retreats

Competition

l Winter - Congratulations to Trysh Morris!
"Winter always reminds me of hot chocolate with marshmallows for the kids and us." Camera: Canon 350d

Highly Commended: Judy Wilson and Connie Forbes

Trysh has won a dinner for two to the value of $60.00 at The Bearded Dragon. We thank the Bearded Dragon for the continued support.

'Hot Chocolate'
Photo by Trysh Morris ©

l My Backyard Critters - A Celebration of Native Wildlife
The overall winner of the Tamborine Mountain Landcare 'My Backyard Critters' was Carla Chesters with this fabulous image from her backyard. From over 800 entries Carla has done a fabulous job only submitting one image. Carla has won a Beginner Photography Class with Bluedog. Congratulations Carla!

Photo by Carla Chesters ©

Photo Tip: Fill that Frame.

Something we often hear when critiquing work is 'the subject was much bigger than it is in the picture - it must be my camera." Sadly what often happens is our mind exaggerates what we see through the viewfinder. We become so focused on the subject we ignore what's around it. Hence perceiving the subject is bigger than it actually is and not noticing the surrounds which are often distracting to the final image or just wasted space.

Fill the frame with the subject. Move your legs, go up, go down, go closer, change the lens and take the time to train your eyes to look at what is surrounding your subject before you press the shutter. It will eventually almost become automatic. Remember all the work is in the preparation - do a great job in the camera and then there is less work post processing. Look at Man Ray's image featured here - it is close and works a treat.

Photo by Danielle Lancaster ©

Checking Out Websites:
Earth Shots is a Photo of the Day contest celebrating the beauty and diversity of our planet: http://www.earthshots.org

Photo Trivia: Photographers Quotes

And from the lips of great photographers here are a few quotes that may get you thinking.

"There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept." Ansel Adams

"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
Henri Cartier-Bresson

"Film is cheaper than opportunity." Steve Silberman

"A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept."
Ansel Adams

"While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph." Lewis Wickes Hine

"The photographer must be a part of the picture." Arnold Newman

"Photography is a means of recording forever the things one sees for a moment." Aaron Sussman

"What use is having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?" W. Eugene Smith

"Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!" Bill Brandt

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." Ansel Adams

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Dedication to the Masters of the Lens
Man Ray
(1890-1976)
"The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow !" Man Ray.

Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Man Ray in 1999, ARTnews magazine was named one of the 25 most influential artists of the 20th century.

In 1911, the Radnitzky family changed their surname to Ray, in reaction to anti-semitism prevalent at that time. Emmanuel, who was called "Manny" as a nickname, thereafter used the single name Man Ray.

In 1921 he went to live and work in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, during an era of great creativity. There he fell in love with famous French singer, Kiki (Alice Prin), who later became one of his favourite photographic models. For the next 20 years in Montparnasse, Man Ray revolutionized the art of photography.

Together with Surrealist photographer Lee Miller—his lover and photography assistant at the time—Man Ray invented the photographic technique of solarization. He also created a technique using photograms he called rayographs.

Later in life, Man Ray returned to the United States, where he lived in Los Angeles for a few years. However, he returned to Paris where he died and is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris.
His epitaph reads: Unconcerned, but not indifferent.

Tears
Photo by Man Ray ©