Most of May's VAPS NewsBrief deals with the upcoming VAPS Convention. Registration is open until the 15th May for the May 25/26th event at Brighton Grammar School.

• VAPS Convention Information
• Accommodation deals for those attending the convention
• Course and workshop information
• Photographic tours to New York and Norfolk Island
• The Skipton & District Photographic Show (entries close May 10th)
• Some light humour about horse meat in hamburgers

Download a copy of the May 2013 VAPS NewsBrief PDF

For our second competition of the year our set subject was "Triptych".

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Grampians Weekend Trip (20-21 April)

By David Male - 22nd April, 2013 filed in Shoot Reports

Well, our first Club weekend for the year has now come and gone with 37 Members (including a few family and friends) attending at Halls Gap. The weather was kind, despite the forecast for a little rain, though both the mornings and evenings were quite chilly. Some stayed for 1 night and others for 3 – we were scattered all over town, which meant that we were all within 4 minutes of each other!! (Halls Gap is not very big). We stayed in caravans, YHA, flats, motels and apartments, ate out, drank lots of coffee in between times, bought other miscellaneous stuff and hopefully helped the local economy.

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Adobe has released Lightroom 5 as a public beta, with some exciting new features that I'm sure many members will love. Perspective fixing with "Upright", custom layouts in books, smart previews, radial filters, an improved healing tool and more.

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A few things from last night's meeting.

• A meeting time has been set for the Grampians. We'll be meeting at the information centre at Falls Gap at 1:45pm. See the Grampians' article for detailed information.
• Member, Michael Stoltenberg, let us know about a great deal on a Lightroom 4 book from Adobe Press. Now just $9.99 down from $43.99 for 681 page eBook. This offer is only available until Sunday. You can see more at Adobe Press.
• We had some talk about Lightroom presets in our group last night. You can find many paid and free presets through a simple Google search. Some sites I have used include:
  • PresetsHeaven
  • Preset Lab
  • Photo Tuts Plus
• Camberwell Interclub Comp
  • A reminder to submit print / digital entries for consideration.
  • Large Prints (max mount size 40x50cm), Small Prints (max mount size 20x25cm), digital (as per WCC rules). Note: Small Prints are limited to ‘Novice’ section ie less experienced Members.
  • Submission date is 23 April.
• Art in Public Places (AIPP)
  • Photo ‘launch’ at Vic Inn (cnr of Douglas Pde and Stevedore St) on Friday 12 April between 6.30 – 7.30pm.
  • Stay for a meal after if you choose.

April's VAPS Newbrief is a little light on this month. We have a reports from the VAPS president, Peter Kewley and Badges and Awards Director, Fred Everett. News about shows, courses and workshops. There's also a little information about accommodation for the upcoming VAPS Convention.

Download the VAPS Newsbrief April 2013 as a PDF.

The VAPS Convention this year will be on at Brighton Grammar School, Brighton in from May 25th to 27th. Registration closes April 21st (though the form says 23rd).

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A presentation was created a few weeks back on how to create a Tritych. You can download the presentation, in Microsoft Powerpoint Format: click to download.

For our first competition of the year our set subject was "Emotions/Moods" and we had some great entries.

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