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.

About our Photography Group – Presentation

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Upload DIOTY Images

Upload Digital Image of the Year Entries (DIOTY)

Categories  Open Colour · Open Mono · Nature 

Entries may include October competition images,

All entries must be taken from your 2020 digital competition images on the website

 Results and awards announced via a Zoom meeting on 8th Dec

Awards and Trophy presentations will be held over t0 2021

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Michael Snedic

Guest Presentation on Zoom 

Wildlife photographer Michael Snedic  from Queensland

Please click on his links;  https://michaelsnedic.com/    Link

October Competition Results — comments and awards

Presented by Lindie

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Brian Russell

Guest Presentation on Zoom

Macro and Focus Stacking — Presenter Brian Russell 

Brian is a dedicated Macro Photographer who uses the focus-stacking method to get the whole subject in sharp focus.

Macro is about seeing detail in an image normally not detected in our everyday lives with the naked eye. Therefore, imperative for the subject to be in sharp focus throughout.

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

September Competition Results

Presented by Lindie.

Upload October digital competition images by 6:00pm Wednesday 21st  October

Open Colour · Open Mono · Nature           

Set Subject: —

Mist — Haze — Smoke — Fog

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Monique Whear

Monique Whear  — wife of recent presenter Adrian Whear

Creative Altered Reality — Composite photography

Monique maintains she doesn’t do extravagant scenes, but just normal, everyday composites — and will go through the process and describe when her ‘light-bulb’ moment in Photoshop finally gelled.

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

Committee Meeting

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

No October Club Meeting

Presenters are generally unavailable during school holidays and immediately after a ‘long weekend’.

HPG members’ participation during this time may also be reduced

 

 

 

by John Shaw, September 23, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Street Photography

Interstate Evening Meeting on Zoom

Street Photography by Adrian Whear from Victoria

This special event was organised by Lindie

The results of the August Digital Competition may be viewed on the website shortly after this meeting

by John Shaw, August 22, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Presentation, Ben Stoffl

Making Your Images Show Ready

Presenter Ben Stoffl EFIAP FAPS PSQA Accredited judge

From Queensland

Ben will work with some of our  unedited images and process them in Lightroom —Bridge — Photoshop to show what can be done to make them ‘show-ready’

 

This special event was organised by Lindie

 

by John Shaw, August 22, 2020

Zoom Meeting — Stimulating the Creative Mind

Check your emails at approx 2.50pm on the day —when Harry will send a link enabling you to join the Zoom Meeting.

A few club announcements hosted by Harry to start the meeting.

Then Michelle Kennedy from Sydney (who is the news editor of the FCC) will join us and discuss ‘Stimulating the Creative Mind’ when looking for photographic subjects and ideas —especially Altered Reality

 

by John Shaw, June 16, 2020