Shoalhaven Photography Club

24/08/2026

This Wednesday LIGHT PAINTING.

Just a reminder to bring your camera, tripod and rug up with some warm clothing for our light painting workshop on wednesday night. The venue will be outdoors at the usual location, University Shoalhaven, and the aim will be to capture some beautiful and dramatic light patterns. A small torch might also be useful.

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22/07/2026

JULY 2026 PHOTO OF THE MONTH WAS AWARDED TO JOSEPH HORVAT👏👏👏 SUN ORCHID. This image was taken on an overcast day, which helped bringing out the tonal nuances of the flowers and avoiding any distracting shadows. To isolate the sun orchid from the background, handheld focus stacking technique was used, with long lens, 420 mm. It was a bit windy, so a fast shutter speed was needed, 1/1000 s, at f/8 and 20 frames per second frame rate. This was necessary to avoid any movement of the sun orchid in the wind when taking a sequence of 14 images while moving camera forward by ~ 5cm. These images were later merged using Helicon Focus software, to obtain all of the sun orchid in sharp focus, while leaving the background blurred by the lens.

22/07/2026

JULY 2026 PEOPLES CHOICE. drumroll please, the winner is DENIS CALE. 👏👏👏
Attached photo of the Beatle on a Flannel . It was taken on the coastal walk a few years ago when there was an abundance of flannel flowers. It was taken with a 50mm f/1.4 lens. settings were f/4.8 1/1500 sec (hand held and windy) ISO 100, Nikon D750 about a 50 % crop. The focus point was the beetle and the large aperture has resulted in the foreground petals being out of focus. If I remember it was a slightly overcast day which explains the soft shadows. I was positioned above the plant looking down at about a 45 degree angle to achieve a good perspective.

10/07/2026

Information on Scribbly Studio photo shoot and long table lunch is on the Shoalhaven Photography Club Members Group

22/06/2026

24th June: SPC Workshop / Photo Outing: Nowra CBD night walk (weather dependent) 7pm Stewart Place Nowra.
Meet near the rear of Priceline Chemist where it is well lit, to start our street photography walk.
Bring a tripod and torch 🔦 if you have them.

Your images will be ideal for the September assessment of ‘Night Outdoor’
Look forward to seeing you all Wednesday night 7pm. Visitors and friends most welcome. Oh, and don’t forget your camera. 📷

17/06/2026

Photo of the Month and People’s choice was by the one and the same image by Lloyd Anderson. The image was titled “Barellan Clydesdales. Lloyd is a brilliant photographer at our club. The equipment details are: Nikon D780 full frame body, Tamron 24-70mm lens @ 70mm, 1/250s, f/11,ISO 320 & handheld.
Congratulations Lloyd 👏👏👏

30/05/2026

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Matt Kaarma has an image in this months Luminous. Congratulations Matt.

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25/05/2026

27th May: Shoalhaven Photographic Club Workshop: Table top photography at the University of Wollongong, Shoalhaven Campus, Nowra. Visitors most welcome. Start time 7.30pm
(Your images will be ideal for the August digital assessment later in the year.). Image by Spectrum.

16/05/2026

The SPC Digital assessment for May was “Animals”. There was a very loose interpretation which included animals that flew, swam and roamed. Our photographer Lloyd Anderson, the master in photography served this stunning image of a black swan, which deservedly won the photo of the Month. Congratulations Lloyd, those feathers are poetry in motion. 👏👏👏