Welcome to Hastings Photography Group

The Hastings Photography Group was formed in 2010 and since then has grown in size and ambition.

It is an incorporated club with an active committee.
The current membership is 48 ( January 2024)

Membership is open to any person ; beginner , intermediate or experienced photographer , who wants to develop their photography skills in a friendly club environment.

If you have any questions or general queries on membership, please email our Secretary : secretary.hastingsphotography@gmail.com

HPG is proudly supported by Donovan Oates Hannaford Legal + Conveyancing

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About us

We meet on the first and third Tuesday of the month from January to November at 7.00 pm at Emerald Downs Community Centre behind the Lighthouse Plaza Shopping Centre, 100 Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie , NSW OR at 2pm at Laurieton United Service Club in Laurieton – keep an eye on the event calendar for relevant venue information.

Membership Fees are:

Full year membership:   $50.00         July to June

Half year membership:  $25.00         if you join during January – April

If you join in May or June, please pay $50.00 which includes full membership for the following financial year.

You will then be provided additional information about being registered on the HPG website, how to navigate the site and enter competitions.

Members are charged $5.00 per meeting to cover cost of room hire and refreshments at Club Meetings.

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Results for competitions in February 2024 Digital Competition

There were 15 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in February 2024 Digital Competition

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

High kicks
Trevor Mills – Distinction
Open Colour

Back Creek Sunset
Alan Rouse – Distinction
Open Colour

How clever am I ?
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Open Colour

Young surfers
Liz Gannell – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Wreck remains
Susan Smith – Distinction
Mono

Feeding time
Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category
Mono

Trotting along
Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition
Mono

Raindrops keep falling on my head
Trevor Mills – Distinction
Set Subject – Raindrops/Waterdrops

Raindrops
Alan Rouse – Distinction
Set Subject – Raindrops/Waterdrops

Strelitzia
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Set Subject – Raindrops/Waterdrops

Raindrops On Frangipani
John Smith – Distinction
Set Subject – Raindrops/Waterdrops

Hanging drops
Colin Bennett – Top Image in Category
Set Subject – Raindrops/Waterdrops

I see you
Ervin Strauh – Distinction
Nature

On alert
Linda Appleby – Distinction
Nature

Stalking Reef Egret
John Smith – Top Image in Category
Nature

by Lindie Kolver, March 19, 2024

Wingham Show half-Rodeo event CANCELLED !!

Please take note of the cancellation of this specific event at the Wingham Show, Saturday, 16th March

The Show is in full swing and the Wood-Chopping event, plus horse-jumping and kiddies fun will be happening on Saturday.

They needed the cattle meant for the Wingham Show as well as most horses for another Rodeo …

Apologies for this non-event. Enjoy your weekend.

Lindie.

by Lindie Kolver, March 14, 2024

Please note : Typo on the Set Subject Card for the PRINT comp in April ….

You are allowed SIX images , not only 4 as stated on the laminated card.
2 x in each of the following categories : Open Colour, Mono and Nature.

Please ensure that your images have NOT been entered in the NPF competition last year, or the year before, or ever! Check your submissions for previous NPF’s on our Website against your name.

May I ask for your submissions ( TIFF format), UNSIZED on a memory stick by next Tuesday , 19th March – the EDCC meeting ? That will give you 7 days to decide which of your images you want in print.

Keep well, but more importantly, keep taking good photos.

Lindie

by Lindie Kolver, March 12, 2024

Results for competitions in January 2024 Digital Competition

There were 34 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in January 2024 Digital Competition

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Not guilty
William Quaglio – Distinction
Open Colour

Tawny warning to stay back
Jeannie Bennett – Distinction
Open Colour

Touch-footy player
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Open Colour

Blue
Ray Cooper – Distinction
Open Colour

Surfing the lip
Stewart Cooper – Distinction
Open Colour

Through the hoop
Frank Kolver – Distinction
Open Colour

Flowering Gum
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Open Colour

Having fun
Susan Smith – Distinction
Open Colour

Lady footballers
Susan Smith – Distinction
Open Colour

In the barrel
John Smith – Distinction
Open Colour

Ally
Lindie Kolver – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Last light reflections
Kevin Weir – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Too wet for a picnic
Jeannie Bennett – Distinction
Mono

Silo Mildura
Garry Gannell – Distinction
Mono

A Mothers Love
Stewart Cooper – Distinction
Mono

Harry
Stephen Finlay – Distinction
Mono

On the wire
Karen Phelps – Top Image in Category
Mono

Landing zone
William Quaglio – Distinction
Nature

Leave me alone
Jeannie Bennett – Distinction
Nature

Dinner amongst the flannel fowers
Louise Spencer – Distinction
Nature

Superb Fairy Wren with Mozzie
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Nature

Two in the bush
Stephen Finlay – Distinction
Nature

New Holland Honeyeater at sunrise
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

Fishing for prawns
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

A mouth full
Susan Smith – Distinction
Nature

Cute Wren
John Smith – Distinction
Nature

Red-brow Finch eating
Susan Smith – Top Image in Category
Nature

Always hungry
John Smith – Top Image in Competition
Nature

Blue moon
William Quaglio – Distinction
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

Tight weave
John Upton – Distinction
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

Footsteps
Liz Gannell – Distinction
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

Woven
Diane Willingham – Distinction
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

Soft textures tell arboreal history
Jeannie Bennett – Top Image in Category
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

Textures
Ray Cooper – Top Image in Category
Set Subject : Texture/s: bumpy, gritty, pebbly…

by Lindie Kolver, February 20, 2024

Results for competitions in November 2023 Digital Competition

There were 23 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in November 2023 Digital Competition

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Pretty in red
Stewart Cooper – Distinction
Open Colour

The joy of winning
John Smith – Distinction
Open Colour

Female Red-tailed black Cockatoo
Karen Phelps – Distinction
Open Colour

Thistle after the rain
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Open Colour

Bernice
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Open Colour

Port Macquarie Sunrise
Kevin Weir – Distinction
Open Colour

And then there were 5
Diane Willingham – Distinction
Open Colour

Bee Eater
Susan Smith – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Hang on tight
Stewart Cooper – Distinction
Mono

Calm Day
Stephen Finlay – Distinction
Mono

Race Leader
Karen Phelps – Distinction
Mono

Concrete flyover
Frank Kolver – Top Image in Category
Mono

Star Wars – Zooming the Milky Way
Kevin Weir – Distinction
Set Subject – Astro Photography

Milky Way Rising over the Beach
Kevin Weir – Distinction
Set Subject – Astro Photography

Galaxies setting at Watonga Rocks
Steve Phelps – Top Image in Category
Set Subject – Astro Photography

Mouth full
John Upton – Distinction
Nature

Turn of the Tern
John Smith – Distinction
Nature

In flight Gull
John Smith – Distinction
Nature

Flower power to attract birds
Jeannie Bennett – Distinction
Nature

Red billed Hornbill feeding
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Nature

The Unlucky Eel
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

Hanging Around
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

Eastern Spinebill Enjoying Greville
Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition
Nature

by Lindie Kolver, January 16, 2024

Happy New Year !

From the HPG Committee we extend our warmest wishes for a joyous and prosperous New Year. May this year bring you remarkable opportunities, creativity and unforgettable moments in both your personal and photographic journeys.

Kind regards

John Upton, Stewart Cooper, Colin Bennett, Sue Lawson, Karen Phelps, Lindie Kolver and Steve Finlay.

by Lindie Kolver, January 1, 2024

Christmas Luncheon and Awards Ceremony 2023

We had a lovely luncheon (arranged by Karen Phelps) at LUSC on Tuesday.

Afterwards we had the Awards Ceremony and the semi-finalists and winners of the DIOTY 2023 were announced.

I would like to congratulate the semi-finalists as well as the winners of this competition. John Smith won two categories : Nature and Open Colour with his Eastern Spine-bill in the Grevillea and Mud-Play…both beautiful images.

Mud Play by John Smith won Top Image in the Open Colour category
Eastern Spine-bill in the Grevillea by John Smith won him Top Image in Nature.

Lindie Kolver won Top Image in Mono with her Mischievous little Boy as well as Top Image of the Competition.

Mischievous little Boy by Lindie Kolver

There were lots of laughter and gaiety in the beautifully decorated room LUSC prepared for us. Yummy food too. We had a nice ‘studio’ where we took couple’s photographs. Thank you Frank Kolver, Steve Phelps and John Upton for blowing up 50 balloons and Karen Phelps for arranging them in an artful garland.

Bruce Lawrence won ‘Rookie of the Year’ and took home a Trophy and the Paul Barron prize. Thank you , Pauli, for your generosity. Much appreciated.

Thank you to Harry Bryant and John Shaw for helping me with the editing & printing of the Set Subject cards in October. John Shaw also produced and printed the beautiful awards certificates for the category winners. I know I can always depend on help from these two – much appreciated.

I will try and finish the editing of the Studio photos within the next couple of days and let you have it via Dropbox.

Have a merry Christmas and a healthy and happy 2024.

Take care and above all, take great photographs

Lindie Kolver

by Lindie Kolver, December 13, 2023

Results for competitions in 2023 Image of the Year DIOTY

There were 9 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in 2023 Image of the Year DIOTY

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Cubed galaxy
Ray Cooper – Distinction
Open Colour

Sharing the nectar
Susan Smith – Distinction
Open Colour

Mud play
John Smith – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Despair
Gemma Baker – Distinction
Mono

Mischievous little Boy
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Mono

Pacemaker
John Smith – Distinction
Mono

Fledgling rivalry
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

Cheetah and Cubs
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Nature

Eastern Spinebill On Grevillea
John Smith – Top Image in Category
Nature

by Lindie Kolver, December 13, 2023

Results for competitions in October 2023 Digital Competition

There were 15 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in October 2023 Digital Competition

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Portrait of a little girl
Stewart Cooper – Distinction
Open Colour

Angry orange sky
Diane Willingham – Distinction
Open Colour

Seascape waterfall at sunrise
Kevin Weir – Top Image in Category
Open Colour

Missed tackle
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Mono

Hard at it
Bruce Lawrence – Top Image in Category
Mono

Centre point mirrors
Kenneth Phillips – Distinction
Set Subject – Reflections: on water, in a window.

Reach out and reflect
Jeannie Bennett – Distinction
Set Subject – Reflections: on water, in a window.

Hydrangea
Alan Rouse – Distinction
Set Subject – Reflections: on water, in a window.

Flowers and Pearls
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Set Subject – Reflections: on water, in a window.

Seascape reflections at sunrise
Kevin Weir – Top Image in Competition
Set Subject – Reflections: on water, in a window.

Superb Wren with catch
Lindie Kolver – Distinction
Nature

Brolga Feeding at Karumba Wetlands
Steve Phelps – Distinction
Nature

In Flight
Stephen Finlay – Distinction
Nature

Baillons Crake On Lilly Pad
John Smith – Distinction
Nature

Bee Delight
Susan Smith – Top Image in Category
Nature

by Lindie Kolver, November 21, 2023

Save the date, please …

Tuesday the 12th December at 12:00
Menu will be mailed shortly.
Price : Same as last year – $25.00 p/p

We’re taking photos again this year in the photo booth – so look your best !

Kind regards,
Lindie.

by Lindie Kolver, October 31, 2023