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The KPS Newsletter
Sunday September 8 2019
Editor Rob Sloane. Copyboy Noel Butcher
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What's on

10.00 am Tuesday September 10 2019
The Tuesday Walk. 
William G Morris Reserve Wantirna
See Map here

7.30 pm Wednesday September 11 2019
Speaker Meeting and hand in for Unrestricted
Boronia West PS

7.30 pm Wednesday September 18 2019
Travelogue with members discussing travel, the gear they used and a raft of other topics.
Boronia West PS

10.00 am Tuesday September 24 2019
The Tuesday Walk. 
Bateman Street Bushland
See Map here

7.30 pm Wednesday September 25 2019
Image Evaluation - Unrestricted
Boronia West PS

Sunday September 29 2019
Macedon Outing
Macedon
Your Images required for the Knox Council Biodiversity project

To the Tuesday Walk groupies.
If you have any images from the recent walks to Masons Reserve and Peregrine Heights - FTG Quarry and you want to submit them for the Knox Council Biodiversity project, could you please forward  them to Richard Kelly via WeTransfer or via a memory stick as soon as possible.
Richard has a meeting with Council shortly to show off some of the images from Mansons Reserve and Peregrine Heights but a few more are required.
 
Regards,
Richard.
Next Tuesday's Walk is at the William G Morris Reseve in Wantirna.
There is a map on our website here
Sony Users
KPS recently acquired a remote control for our Jinbei flash system that allows multiple camera brands to be used.
Sony, in their infinite wisdom, designed a hot shoe connection that is unique to Sony.
The TR-Q7 remote needed an adaptor to allow the remote to talk to your Sony camera and we now have one of these adaptors.
As you may have noticed, there are quite a number of KPS members who now use Fuji mirrorless cameras. One of these members has just purchased the successor to his Fuji X-T2 and now wants to sell the X-T2 and its accessory battery grip.

If you think this may interest you, please get in touch with Bruce Fullard on 0418 316 504.
Bruce says that this is a low mileage camera.
Bruce's camera is in far better condition than my well run in version pictured above.
Noel B

TRAVELOGUE Education Night
My Working Holiday in BORNEO - 18th September

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Borneo Orangutan and their habitat. Borneo Orangutan share 97% DNA with humans but under massive threat largely due to Palm Oil Plantations. I was lucky enough to be involved in a working holiday making enrichment for these extraordinary animals and will be presenting at the KPS Travelogue on the18th September.

It will be a fundraiser so we can hopefully get enough to purchase a boat to be used by the local carers to transport food and enrichment to the Orangutans.($500) Losing this species would be unthinkable. I will be collecting cash on the night and sending it from KPS.
Another option is to adopt an Orangutan or make a contribution on the BOS website. https://www.orangutans.com.au/ If you would like to be more informed about what products contain Palm Oil –this page is very helpful. https://www.facebook.com/palmoilproductsinAustralia/
I really hope we can make a difference.
Thank you - Andrea Cornwall
Note: You will not be expected to donate but we really hope you do.

Colour Munkis and any other KPS equipment.

Note: All equipment loans are for 1 week, from Wednesday to Wednesday.
We now have two new, more sophisticated Color Munkis for new, more sophisticated monitors.

If borrowed on the last Wednesday of the month return is the Sunday portrait workshop, or you need to drop by at the committee meeting, which is always the first Wednesday of the month.

Need help with something photographic?

Email Janette with what you need and the camera you are using and Janette will try to point you to someone that can help. president@knoxcameraclub.org
Using WeTransfer for sending images to our image steward is really the best way to submit pictures.
Try it next time. It's quick and seriously easy, free and you get a response to know when your images have been downloaded.
www.wetransfer.com
KPS Subsidised Courses.
More information here
Free Money
Click here
If you submit images to the imagesteward@knoxcameraclub email address you should receive an automated reply. You should also, within less than a week, get a personal response to say that your images have been received.
Please use WeTransfer rather than sending direct.

Photographic Educational Opportunities.

KPS Educational subsidy initiative. Check out the Website or speak to Gary Dawson or Peter Knight.
KPS has purchased two new monitor calibrators that are more sophisticated than our current models. They are available for members to borrow now.
See Jane.
Subsidised Photographic Courses for KPS Members

The KPS Committee has finished working on a proposal by Gary that KPS provides limited financial assistance to those members who attend photographic sources and are prepared to share their knowledge with other KPS members.

For full details go here.
Want a Say?
A new Curriculum Committee has been formed and conveniened for the first time.
If you have any ideas for 2020, get in touch with Bec.
Talk to or contact Bec  becstrachan@hotmail.com
 
VAPS August 2019
Newsletter now out
Find it here
 

VAPS Convention next year will be at Wangaratta and will be held on 26/27/28 June 2020
Mat Board is available via the KPS Shop - stocks have been replenished.

We have some that is already cut into 16 x 20 for ease of carrying. Same price 4 pieces of black for $10, 4 pieces of white for $6. Talk with Jane or Rob.
If you want to borrow our studio lighting kit, you have to take the whole kit, not just a few bits.
And remember, loans are for ONE WEEK ONLY!





2019 Membership

You will need to complete a Membership Form for 2019.

Our Membership Form is now an online form.

You will need to declare that you have read the KPS Code of Ethics

You can now also pay for your membership online at the KPS Shop

 

KPS Equipment

KPS has a range of equipment that is available for loan to financial members in good standing, such as our screen calibrators or mat cutters or even our lighting systems.
Loans are for ONE WEEK only
More information on our website here

Why bother using the ColorMunki?
Find out here
Sheryle Griffiths is the lady to contact about buying KPS branded clothing which includes fleecy vests, jackets and polo shirts.

Details on the KPS website.
The KPS branded reusable Keep Cups are available again this year for our Member Only price of $5.00 (these are heavily subsidised by KPS as they would cost you about $16.00 each retail). 

Order and pay online and collect at a meeting - please be sure to bring your receipt, which will be emailed to you.

Remember, if you want a cuppa after the meeting you need your own cup as we no longer supply disposable cups.

Details on the KPS website.
It's Immerse time again, well, soon.
Lots of information (and an app) here
Mat Board (See above for buying via KPS above).
 

If you need Mat board to mount your images and want to go direct to our source, contact KPS member Les Finch at Finch Computers.

It is $10 a sheet (40 x 32 inches).

Les needs to sell a certain amount per year to continue to be able to obtain board at a wholesale level.
VAPS - Victorian Association of Photographic Societies

Check out their newsletter, Newsbrief at http://www.vaps.org.au/newsbrief.

Supporters of KPS:

Croydon Camera House – make sure you tell them you are a KPS member, it is a good idea to ask for Nigel.
It's also a good idea to find your best price online from an Australian retailer then see if Croydon Camera House will price match.

Protog in Mitcham, have a range of equipment that you may not find in camera stores. Tom and Brian at Protog are very helpful blokes.

Knox City Council.

Boronia West PS.
Knox Photographic Society Incorporated A0003525T              

President: Janette Anderson  0400 010 361
president@knoxcameraclub.org

Secretary and Newsletter Editor: Rob Sloane   
secretary@knoxcameraclub.org

Image Steward: Gary Dawson 
imagesteward@knoxcameraclub.org

KPS Website: www.knoxcameraclub.org

KPS Webmaster and Newsletter Chief Sub-editor Noel Butcher
webmaster@knoxcameraclub.org
KPS on Vimeo www.vimeo.com/knoxcameraclub
KPS on Facebook           KPS is associated with VAPS www.vaps.org.au

If you wish to get in touch about the newsletter please email Noel B at webmaster@knoxcameraclub.org

Please note that Knox Photographic Society does not endorse any product or business despite publishing details of those products or businesses. It is a case of Buyer Beware and KPS bears no responsibility for the actions of others.

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