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February 2019
February
2019
Paul Snakes versuse Aliens
E News Editor
Paul Bennie
42 Sunbakers Drive Forster NSW 2428
Ph 02 6555 8003
Email sunbaker@bigpond.com
Group Chair Person
Audio Visual Group Alia Naughton
alianaughton3@gmail.com
Digital Group David Rowlands
dave@atrowlandsfamily.net
Print Group James Camplin
junglejim@westnet.com.au
Nature Group Brian Russell
bj54@bigpond.com
Contemporary Group
Brian Rope winfocus@ozemail.com.au
Movie Group
APS Secretary Stella Fava
Ph 02 9890 9795
Email secretary@a-p-s.org.au
President
Peter Kewley P.O.Box 8449 Carrum Downs
Melbourne VIC 03 9786 1887
0429826960
Email pwk@optusnet.com.au
APS Website
www.a-p-s.org.au
Atkins Technicolour Prize Winner
I am delighted to announce that the latest winner of an Atkins
Technicolour monthly prize is Cheryl Lyons of QLD. Cheryl
was selected as the lucky winner by using a
random number generator to choose a member from the
current financial members list. So, congratulations to Cheryl - a
voucher for $50 worth of photographic printing from film or
digital files is on the way to her.
www.atkins.com.au
Phone: 08 8431 6755
Fax: 08 8364 1587
89 Fullarton Road
Kent Town SA 5067
Stella Fava | Secretary
Australian Photographic Society
Australia
PRESIDENTS REPORT FEBRUARY 2019 Continuing the positive note of APS it is very pleasing to see both the two new subcommittees SCR1 and SCR2 making strong progress in their research into the fields allocate to them. I am sure we will see proactive outcomes that will help drive the future direction of the Society. The Ballarat APSCON programme is coming together nicely and should be released very soon, there are a number of “In the Field” photography activities planned for the first two days before we sit down to the APS presentations and our fabulous Key Note presenters. A special dinner on the Thursday night will be held at the famous Kryal Castle and will include a pre-dinner photoshoot with the Knights, their ladies and Valiant the magnificent stallion who is very camera friendly. This will be a different dinner experience as we enjoy a three-course meal and entertainment from the Kryal Castle medieval team. We are looking for volunteers to help with registrations at APSCON Ballarat so anyone willing to put in a couple of hours over the 4 days would be appreciated, please let me or Stella know. Details of APSCON Ballarat are emerging on the APS website and registrations should be available early March, accommodation options and speakers’ profiles are already listed for your information. Margaret O’Grady has been busy also in planning APSCON 2020, and it has been agreed that it will be held in Broken Hill in 2020. Margaret has a forerunner in this ENews just to get you started thinking about 2020. The change to move all APS Digital Competitions to the MyPhotoClub website and upload system has been completed with the signing of agreements between APS and MPC. Whilst this is a significant change and will incur a small charge for entry to Digital competitions in the future, the offset is convenience, reliability and freeing up APS and volunteer resources. I am sure it is a good move and a good start to the New Year.
APSCON 2020
MC MATTERS FEBRUARY 2019
1. Motion 4719
Agreement to move all APS Digital competitions to
MyPhotoClub has been completed and signed between the two
It's with great excitement that MC is announcing that organisations.
APSCON 2020 will be held in Broken Hill from
28th August to 31st August. 2. Motion 4724
Changes to the HSC rules approving minimum numbers of
acceptances for all levels of APS honours
3. Motion 4725
APSCON 2020 be held in Broken Hill NSW.
In keeping with outback setting the program will include
Astro photography segments and tours to explore the
unique environment that is only found in central regions.
So, mark the dates in your diaries and look forwards to a
special APSCON in 2020.
FIAP BIENNIALS APS is taking a very positive step and re-engaging with the FIAP Biennial competitions. Run between FIAP member countries the Biennials give each country the opportunity to promote their very best photographers onto a global stage. The three Biennials that we are currently engaging with are: The Colour Biennial with the subject “ Action in the Surf ” – An image depicting people or animals/birds mastering the surf. The selection and entry process is being coordinated by David Rowlands, chair of Digital Group. Print and Projected submissions are now open and close very soon on the 28th February. I do hope that our members are supporting this competition and that APS and Australia will again make their mark in the FIAP Biennials. Following in 2020 there are two more important FIAP Biennials that we are entering. Brian Russell chair of Nature Group will be coordinating the FIAP Nature Biennial, again Prints and Projected images are required for this competition. And David Norris from Victoria will be coordinating the FIAP Monochrome Print only Biennial in 2020. Opening dates, Subject details and closing dates for the 2020 Biennials will be announced by the coordinators later in 2019. On behalf of APS, and our members we thank the Biennial coordinators for taking on this very important task, as members we can now support them and Australia by making sure we have many entries to choose from and the APS FIAP Biennial submissions are world class. Peter Kewley President
NEWS FLASH! PLATINUM
The APS Management Committee has approved the adding of a PLATINUM level for 1. Progress:
the Conceptual Art Portfolio Awards (CAPA)!
(a) The concept must firstly be discussed with the new mentor.
Below are the requirements for each level of CAPA:
(b) The progress of the portfolio must be documented along the way and discussed with
What assessors will be looking for in the different levels? the mentor as it is progressing. This documentation should be recorded so that it can
BRONZE be shown in the final Dropbox Assessment.
�� � Satisfactory concept/artist statement 2. The portfolio: The images must be made ready as for a solo Exhibition in a gallery.
�� � Process of development This should consist of:
�� � Willingness to accept feedback (a) 12-15 major works that relate to each other. e.g.: An installation can have within it 12
�� � Images that reflect the concept -15 works but generally an installation means you install artworks that can be free
standing or can be made of a variety of things including visual projection or sound
�� � Recognized effort in achieving outcome
projection or combinations of images & sound, or sculptures with some kind of
SILVER projection. It can be 3D and or 2D.
�� � Good concept that has evidence of research/investigation, some justification
of outcome (b) New work. While the presentation can include works previously presented for other
CAPA levels, they cannot be counted as the 12-15 works required for Platinum level.
�� � Willingness to accept feedback and make changes during progress
(c) A Concept Statement of no more than 500 words
�� � A strong unified body of work that address the concept
�� � Ability to make decisions over final outcome/presentation (d) An Artist Statement no longer than 150 words
�� � Recognized effort in achieving outcome (e) An Artist Biography of no more than 150 words
�� � Artist statement which addresses the work in a professional way, including (f) At least 5 references to other works/artists that have influenced or inspired you with
references to other artists who influenced ideas.
the preparation of this present portfolio.
GOLD
3. Preparation for Sale: All works must be prepared as though for sale:
�� � Unique concept well developed with evidence of research/justifications of
outcome (a) The Applicant must devise an advertisement for the imagined or real exhibition.
�� � Novel/creative way to address the concept (b) The Applicant must devise a catalogue showing the works and (a) the artist
�� � Strong unified body of work that goes beyond literal statements for each item if they are separate OR (b) one Artist Statement if the work
�� � Ability to create work with a viewer in mind is an installation.
�� � Work that invokes emotion, memory, questions or challenges for the viewer (c) One could also consider cards, placemats, mini prints calendars etc
�� � Evidence of a relationship between each image within a solid body of work
�� � Strong artist statement that describes the work within a maximum of 150 4. Assessment:
words
(a) All documentation must be presented in an orderly fashion in the Dropbox provided
�� � Ability to rationalise images according to outcome to achieve a very strong for the Assessors to access.
presentation For Information about CAPA write to phillfoto2@gmail.com
FIAP Bulletin
Feb 2019 Edition
By Bronwen Casey EFIAP MAPS
FIAP Liaison Officer for APS
flo@a-p-s.org.au
FIAP Distinctions Applications Closing Soon
Just a reminder to all that the closing date for FIAP Distinctions is 28th February.
FIAP applications can only be lodged once per year with FIAP. All items must be lodged in full with
the FIAP Liaison Officer by this date and relevant fees must have been paid to the APS office.
If anyone is intending to apply who has not yet registered for FIAP Distinctions via the FIAP area of
the APS website then please do so immediately or you will miss critical information.
FIAP Photographer Cards
Those of you who have applied for FIAP Distinctions this year will be aware of the requirement to
now have a myfiap login if you are applying for Distinctions. This provides you with a unique
identifying FIAP Photographers number (FP profile number). Your login to this website is now also
the portal via which FIAP Photographers cards are ordered.
You must also have a FIAP Photographers Card in order to apply for Distinctions. I raised my
concern with FIAP last year that this meant a persons first FIAP Card would not display the first
FIAP Distinction being sought and that purchasing a replacement would then be the only way the
Distinction could be included. The mail from FIAP this week has now addressed this issue
providing an exception to the process to enable AFIAP to be shown on the applicant’s first card.
Unfortunately this change has not been made in time for this year’s Australian applicants but it’s
great that it will be there for the future.
Over the last week a new web page has been developed with Stella Fava’s assistance to provide
information about setting up a myfiap profile and purchasing FIAP Photographers cards. This was
completed a day before the above mail from FIAP arrived so if you have already had a read of this
page, be aware that it will be revised shortly to cover the change for AFIAP applicants. FIAP cards
are also required by anyone who wishes to attend the FIAP Congress or FIAP Photographers
Meeting so it is not just for those that apply for Distinctions that apply for cards.
People wishing to replace a lost card or old card can also now apply via the myfiap website having
set up a myfiap profile. If people have Distinctions, then the order for the card is placed via myfiap
but the payments must be collected by APS. The order is then processed as a group order. These
will be done just once a year by APS and this will be after the FIAP applications have been
approved by FIAP, to time in with those who have new Distinctions and wish to replace their card.
Members will be notified of the 4 week order window and a special payment page will be
available during those weeks to specifically handle the payment for the card. Anyone else wishing
to replace their FIAP Card will also be able to do so during these weeks. If you already have
Distinctions and wish to replace your FIAP card, DO NOT order it at any time other than during the
advertised month.
If you are planning to purchase a card for the first time or replace a card, please have a read of the
new website page in the FIAP area of the APS website.
https://a-p-s.org.au/index.php/fiap-lifecard-myfiap-login
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA CAPA
'Sometimes process is more important than outcome' - Anne
O'Connor
What assessors will be looking for in the different levels?
GOLD
�� Unique concept well developed with evidence of research/justifications of
outcome
BRONZE �� Novel/creative way to address the concept
�� Satisfactory concept/artist statement �� Strong unified body of work that goes beyond literal
�� Process of development �� Ability to create work with a viewer in mind
�� Willingness to accept feedback �� Work that invokes emotion, memory, questions or challenges for the
viewer
�� Images that reflect the concept
�� Evidence of a relationship between each image within a solid body of
�� Recognized effort in achieving outcome
work
�� Strong artist statement that describes the work within a maximum of 150
SILVER
words
�� Good concept that has evidence of research/investigation, some
justification of outcome �� Ability to rationalise images according to outcome to achieve a very
strong presentation
�� Willingness to accept feedback and make changes during
progress 1. Assessment:
�� A strong unified body of work that address the concept (a) All documentation must be presented in an orderly fashion in the
Dropbox provided for the Assessors to access.
�� Ability to make decisions over final outcome/presentation
(b) The Applicant must also be prepared to either get their work to the
�� Recognized effort in achieving outcome
Assessors or arrange for the Assessors to come to them either at home,
�� Artist statement which addresses the work in a professional way, APSCON or elsewhere.
including references to other artists who influenced ideas. (c) All expenses must be paid by the ApplicantPLATINUM
2. Progress:
(a) Pay the registration fee
(b) The concept must firstly be discussed with the new mentor.
(c) The progress of the portfolio must be documented along the way and
discussed with the mentor as it is progressing. This documentation 9. Preparation for Sale: All works must be prepared as though for sale:
should be recorded so that it can be shown in the final Dropbox
Assessment. (a) The Applicant must devise an advertisement for the imagined or real
exhibition.
3. The portfolio: The images must be made ready as for a solo Exhibition in (b) The Applicant must devise a catalogue showing the works and (a) the artist
a gallery. This should consist of: statements for each item if they are separate OR (b) one Artist Statement
if the work is an installation.
(a) 12-15 major works that relate to each other. e.g.: An installation can
have within it 12 -15 works but generally an installation means you (c) One could also consider cards, placemats, mini prints calendars etc
install artworks that can be free standing or can be made of a variety of
things including visual projection or sound projection or combinations of 10. Assessment:
images & sound, or sculptures with some kind of projection. It can be 3D
and or 2D. (d) All documentation must be presented in an orderly fashion in the Dropbox
provided for the Assessors to access.
(e) The Applicant must also be prepared to either get their work to the
4. New work. While the presentation can include works previously Assessors or arrange for the Assessors to come to them either at home,
presented for other CAPA levels, they cannot be counted as the 12-15 APSCON or elsewhere.
works required for Platinum level.
(f) All expenses must be paid by the Applicant
5. A Concept Statement of no more than 500 words
6. An Artist Statement no longer than 150 words
7. An Artist Biography of no more than 150 words
8. At least 5 references to other works/artists that have influenced or
inspired you with the preparation of this present portfolio.Welcome to the Nature Group
As you would be aware from the January edition of eNews I have taken on the role of
Chairman of the Nature Group. Some of you will know me, but many will not, so firstly let me So please register your interest in joining a folio, along with your particular natural
introduce myself. history interest with the secretary of APS (through the APS website) where you will be
assisted by the Nature Group Folio Director and assigned a relevant folio. From here, the
I spent most of my working life in Bundaberg where I joined the local Photography Group secretary of your assigned folio will contact you to welcome you and advise of time
and it wasn’t long before I was introduced to the Australian Photographic Society and the frames etc.
benefits that this organization provides. I soon joined a nature folio which eventually became I am privileged to be supported by an amazing group of committed council members
two and in time I became a folio secretary of one of them. Friendships developed in those folios whose sole aim is to assist you in enjoying your love of natural history.
are still maintained to this day. To that end the council is working towards some new and some on going initiatives to
My main interests in natural history centres around birds, fungi, mammals and insects (mainly support the nature group members, this year and next.
dragonflies), but not in any particular order. In the last decade I have become particularly Competitions and Salons:
interested in sea-birding whereby a group of us charter a boat from Southport on the Gold In 2019 there will be two nature competitions for you to enter, with the 6th Nature
Coast, Qld and venture out to around 30 nautical miles in search of shearwaters, petrels, storm National opening soon.
petrels and albatross to observe and photograph. In 2020 the APS Nature Group will manage the selection process for the APS entry into
Upon returning to Brisbane in 2000 I again joined the local Camera Club and in 2012 I the 2020 FIAP Nature Biennial.
successfully sought participation on the Nature Council.
But enough about me. Presentations and Workshops:
By applying to be members of the APS Nature Group, we have all indicated we have a clear Presentations and Workshops are another way of providing services to nature group
commitment to natural history and as such are privileged to observe and photograph in the members. Over that last two years Nature Council has provided two presentations. Firstly
natural environment and the species that reside there. by Chris Bray (adventurer, photographer and educator) and Gunther Riehle (award
winning photographer and adventurer).
Folios While both were hosted in Qld, they were conceptual ideas on how we might bring high
Given we are all spread throughout this vast continent, reaching out to you is impacted by the profiles speakers to within reach of our members. Your council will continue to look for
‘tyranny of distance’, but there is a way and that is through the folio system. As I mentioned ways to provide such events elsewhere around Australia, but we can only do that with
earlier, I joined a nature folio very early on in my involvement in APS. I was privileged in both your support. This may involve partnering with a local photographic club with a suitable
folios to be amongst some of the top nature photographers within APS at that time. So yes, I venue and finding appropriate presenters. I am always happy to hear ideas around such
may have a biased view of folios but it is a positive one and I have had nothing but positive events.
experiences. It didn’t matter to me that I couldn’t come first in a folio round with the experience Our previous chair, Tim Newbery ran a successful workshop in Adelaide with the aim
and ability of some of the photographers in that folio, but by golly I learnt a lot from them. Last in assisting all participants to enhance their skills in capturing wildlife and nature
year I re-joined a folio that I am enjoying immensely. images. This workshop was well received from the attendee’s feedback.
It saddens me that the folio system has become less attractive than it once was and yes, I have I am currently negotiating with a well-respected nature photographer and educator to run a
heard some of the anecdotal evidence around inappropriate comments etc. However, I am keen workshop in Brisbane, with the subject of ‘Macro’.
to revive the community of the nature group folio system for all of the positive benefits it can
bring to members. Again, I appeal to all advanced photographers within the Nature Group to consider
The nature folio is about education, improvement and friendship and so if you are a new such a venture in your area. The council will give as much support as we are able within
member and want to learn and improve, then you are a great fit for a Nature Group folio. In the resources available to us.
addition, I would ask the advanced workers to very seriously consider joining or for previous
folio members re-joining a folio to assist and mentor the less experienced members in reaching Please support your council and in doing so support your fellow members of the APS
their potential – return the help you received along the way. Nature Group. Your involvement is paramount to the success of the group.
Not everyone has the ability to join a local photographic club near to where they live and not
all photographic clubs will necessarily have a strong nature focus or interest – this is where an Yours in nature
APS Nature Group Folio can fulfil that role. There may be nature group members who are Brian Russell EFIAP FAPS
starting out on the exhibition system, so what better way to gauge the quality of an image then Chair – Nature Group.
by comments from your peers.DETAILS
Announcing a stunning new initiative by the Australian Photographic Society –
a very special new photographic Prize, unlike any previously seen in Australia, the
opportunity for Conceptual photographers to be recognised as the best in Australia
– and to win significant prize money.
The ACPP is acquisitive; meaning the printed winning framed artwork that is awarded the ACPP
Prize will immediately become the property of Magnet Galleries, which are partnering with the
APS.
The winner of the ACPP 2019 will be awarded $8,000 cash. The winner of the best entry by an
APS Member will receive $2,000 cash. If the winner of the ACPP 2019 is an APS Member then that
entrant will receive both cash amounts – totalling $10,000.
The winners of the ACCP 2019 and the best entry in the ACCP 2019 competition by an APS
Member (which may also be the winner of the ACCP) will be announced on Thursday 4 July 2019
at the 6.30 PM AEST opening of the exhibition of the finalists’ prints at Magnet Galleries’
Melbourne Docklands Gallery.
Each entry must be a still work that has been substantially produced by photographic means,
including analogue and digital photography, collage and mixed media.
Each entry must be accompanied by an Artist’s Concept Statement of no more than 100 words.
Each entry must not have been previously selected as a finalist in a Prize or exhibited at a major
public institution.
Entries must have been created in the twelve months preceding the closing date for entries (3 May
2019).
To read full details about the Conditions of Entry, about Submissions of entries and Entry fees,
about Exhibition prints and about Judging, and to Enter the prize, please
INFO & ENTRYCAPA 2019 Update 24/01/2019 �� We also do NOT have a regulated amount of images for each level.
You might think that this makes it hard to make a decision, but it all
Phillipa Frederiksen depends on the quality of your presentation as to whether you go up
EFIAP MAPS CAPSS SSAPS SAPS to the next level.
The APS Conceptual Art Portfolio Awards is quietly travelling well!
�� We DO have to go through each level before attempting the next.
�� We have 8 people who have applied to do their Bronze level, two of Now, I am applying for Gold …. but I do not want it to stop….I am
whom have their Portfolios being assessed at the moment. already planning my next project…..Perhaps the APS CAPA Sub-
Committee will allow another level? This will have to be discussed!
There are 2 people who are officially working on their Silver awards (3
are still thinking about it!). There is one ready to apply for the Gold
award (1 is still thinking about it!). �� I am loving the journey. I do not want to hurry. I LIKE planning the
next step in the project. I LIKE working out the best way to present
my work… and all the little intricacies that I need to put into it, for it
�� Each person working on their portfolios has their own Mentor and this to work. I am loving the input from my Mentor and the way she
seems to be working really well so far! suggests other ways of extending what I have done. I also like the
way she has suggested other artists for me to read about.
�� Yesterday we had a meeting in Brisbane with 8 Attendees. It would be
really good if we could have meetings in other areas but at the moment
this is not physically possible. In the CAPA notes it says:
“All photographers applying for CAPA need to be looking at the work
�� We discussed that all important Concept Statement that needs to be of those who have explored similar concepts. Why do something that
has been done before? A CAPA portfolio should be creative,
written and presented to the Mentor before working on the portfolio.
innovative and original work – this can be inspired by the work of
others, but the photographer needs to bring something more to the
concept through their explorations and experimentations.
�� You DO need to have an idea of what your passion is….. how does that
Most important as mentioned earlier "Turning ideas into photos can
relate to you? What made you decide on that subject? How are you
be challenging, creative, and artistic when developing truly
going to tell the “story”? Will it be a collection of Digital images or a print interesting conceptual photographs" and it must turn your idea "into
or 3D construction? a specific visual form with substance... it strives to bring a message to
the viewer". Remembering that the viewer does not know what you
see in your head, so you need to put the idea within your work so that
�� There is no formal finishing time for your portfolio. When you are ready,
it is visible to the viewer, or offers them something that will triggers
and your Mentor is happy, you can apply for the Assessors to look at
memory, feelings or expectations.
your work.Self Evaluation From one of the Brisbane Attendees: I think that it is easy to try to
mould a set of photos into a series using some Photoshop technique, but
�� Photographers should be evaluating their own work during the
achieving the Conceptual requirement takes a lot more than that. The
process. You need to ask yourself:
Concept must be carefully thought out and then the images planned
�� Does my work challenge the expected and engage the audience? from there-not the other way around. I also think that, although you only
�� Will my work elicit the desired audience response? need one page of Concept and Artist Statement at the conclusion of the
project, the Artist needs to do a lot more thinking and writing before
�� Have I evaluated my own work and the work of others who have they are able to visualise how the project will look.
explored this same concept?
�� Is there an appropriateness of technical methodology with CAPA’s definition of Conceptual imagery to me is absolutely spot on.
conceptual methodology? As you know, my approach is to try to create images that incite emotion,
�� Have I challenged and pushed myself with exploration and are perhaps abstract and able to be construed in a number of ways by the
experimentation? viewer.
�� Is my concept resolved?”
For those starting out:
ALSO: What is Conceptual Art Photography?
Conceptual photography is photography that communicates and • It IS difficult to get your head around the Concept Statement and
expresses ideas. how to make/take your art images.
(I had trouble with this in the beginning….and I was one of those who
It “turns an abstract idea that the photographer has 'into a specific instigated the whole process!)
visual form with substance... it strives to bring a message to the viewer.
It might be a political statement, a social commentary, or the portrayal • Don’t rush in and try to finish your portfolio to a deadline. Enjoy the
of a psychological idea about people, relationships, and emotions. The learning curve, enjoy the journey!
viewers’ task is to figure out what the message is by drawing on their
own feelings, expectations, and memories.
Redirect your mind away from those International competitions and
Whilst the photographer may wish to ensure their message is understood all those rules…….this is the home of alternative thinking…. of letting
clearly, it is important to not be overly didactic. One should allow the go…… of expressing yourself!
viewer the joy of interpreting the message in their own way. As this is an
art award, metaphor and symbolism are important elements of
conceptual photography and they encourage the photographer to think
�� Be sure to contact me if you would like to try it.
beyond depiction.
phillfoto2@gmail.com
"Turning ideas into photos should be challenging. This can be about
being creative and artistic if you want you want to develop truly
interesting conceptual images".
The above CAPA statements are by Lisa Kurtz.Announcing the first ACPP 2019 Judge:
Roger Skinner
Roger Skinner was a founder of the
Contemporary Group within the Australian
Photographic Society. Roger has won First
Prize twice in the Macgregor Prize for
Photography (the only photographer in the
history of the award to do so) as well as
Second prize in the McGregor Prize. He has
also won First Prize in the Muswellbrook
Photographic Award; and was the inaugural
winner of the Josephine Ulrick Photography
Prize for Portraiture.
.There is also more information about
him and his beautiful photography book
on the following Websites:
https://www.instagram.com/rojpix/
https://www.brookgallery.com.au/roger-skinner
http://smallforest.com.au/beautiful-photography-book-by-
rogerskinnerFEB MAR
APS HONOURS MOTION 4724 to take effect 1st January 2020
Note Motion 4716 has been rescinded.
Part 1
Changes to the MINIMUM NUMBER OF AUSTRALIAN ACCEPTANCES
at each honours level
LAPS – Minimum 5 Australian National or International Acceptances (was 10)
AAPS – Minimum 10 Australian National or International Acceptances (was 20)
FAPS – Minimum 20 Australian International Acceptances (was 10)
MAPS – Minimum 30 Australian International Acceptances (was 15)
GMAPS – Minimum 30 Australian International Acceptances (was 15)
APSEM Minimum 60 Australian International Acceptances. (was 75)
Part 2
Changes to the APS EXHIBITOR’S MEDAL (APSEM)
The applicant must:
a) have been an APS Member for at least one year immediately prior to
applying for APSEM.
b) hold GMAPS.
c) have obtained at least 600 acceptances from International Exhibitions
(with titles that have not previously been used for LAPS, AAPS, FAPS,
MAPS or GMAPS) that meet the following conditions:
(i) at least 100 different titles.
(ii) at least 75 acceptances from Australian National or International
exhibitions approved by APS.
Note: from 1st Jan 2020 c) (ii) will change to: at least 60 Acceptances (– i.e.
10% of the total number of acceptances required) to be gained from APS
approved Australian International exhibitions.
at least 30 different titles which have won an award. These awards must have
been gained from at least 10 different countries.Jan feb mar
APS Skill Honours Applicants
Panel System Honours
Commencing in 2019, due to the need for remote judging of images we will only accept digital images. The
possibility of judging images twice per year is currently under investigation. Applications via the Panel System
will be accepted between 1st January 2019 and 31st March 2019. Applications to be sent to:
Panel System Coordinator
Ron Speed LAPS LRPS SSAPS SSVAPS
ronspeed@iinet.net.au
20 McKeown Court, ARMADALE WA 6112
0433 364 844
Exhibition System Honours
You will find the electronic forms and all information required to apply for APS
Skill Honours LAPS, AAPS, FAPS, AV-LAPS, AV-AAPS, AV-FAPS, MAPS, GMAPS and APSEM in 2019 on the APS
website at: http://www.a-p-s.org.au/index.php/member-services/honours/aps-honours
Download and read all the documents relevant to the honour that you are applying for.
When you have completed your Application, contact a Verifying Officer to find out their specific
requirements for verifying your application.
You will need to submit a typed Application form in Excel electronic form to your Verifying Officer (by email,
on a USB or by taking your own laptop to the verification) together with all your catalogues which contain
your acceptances and awards prepared as specified in the AEA1 form. Your Verifying Officer may also
have other specific requirements including requiring you to print out in advance of the verification relevant
information regarding your acceptances from CD and web catalogues.
For web catalogues, ensure that you download and save these as soon as they are available so that copies of
these catalogues can be given to your Verifying Officer to verify your acceptances. Some web catalogues only
remain online for a short period.
Note: Verifying Officers are able to access a database of acceptances and awards that may mean you do not
have to submit as many catalogues with your application. You may be asked to supply a photocopy, photo or
scanned image of any results that are not in the database.
Once verified, your Verifying Officer will save and email a copy of the verified electronic Application to the
Coordinator APS Skill Honours Via Exhibition Achievements aps.skill.honours@a-p-s.org.au for processing. You
are NOT required to have a printed copy unless required by your VO to simplify the verifying of your results.
You will be notified by the Coordinator when your Application has been received and processed. If any
changes are made by the Coordinator, a copy of the amended Application in final form will be emailed back to
the VO and the Applicant for their records.
After you have been advised that your application is successful you should make the relevant
payment online on the APS Honours website.
I wish everyone the best of luck with their future Exhibition entries and APS Honours Applications.
Requests for information and forms:
All requests for further information for APS Skill and Service Honours should be directed to:
Chairman Honours Sub-Committee
Dr Alfred Zommers EFIAP/b GMAPS PPSA SSAPS SSVAPS
PO Box 2554, Ringwood North VIC 3134
asgz47_99@outlook.com
phone 0414 336 234jan feb mar
APS Service Honours
Closing date is 31st March 2019. Mail to:
Dr Alfred Zommers EFIAP/b GMAPS PPSA SSAPS SSVAPS
PO Box 2554 Ringwood North VIC 3134
Email asgz47_99@outlook.com,
(03) 9879 9917 or 0414 336 234
The safest and easiest way to make sure you are credited with all eligible acceptances is to enter salons that
supply a physical catalogue, ideally a printed one as a disc can be easily scratched or may become unreadable.
Always retain the catalogue for verifying your results for honours applications.
Essential Information for APS Honours applicants.
Verification process
Verifying officers have access to the FIAP results database to check members results on their honours
applications. The results that are checked are the Image Title, Salon Name, Country and Approval no. Therefore,
it is essential that members use the FIAP approval number in their honours application where the salon is
approved by FIAP. Where the salon is not approved by FIAP then use the PSA number. Occasionally a salon is
not approved by FIAP or PSA but another organisation e.g. PSNZ, RPS, GPU etc. so that number would then be
used.
We have been informed by the PSA that their database will be available to APS sometime early next year. When
we get access to their database then verification of results will be much quicker and easier.
Verifying Acceptances on APS Honours Applications
�� Verifying Officers will attempt to check claimed acceptances against information in the FIAP and/or PSA
databases.
�� When an acceptance does not appear in these databases the VO will attempt to locate it in a print or
electronic catalogue.
�� If these searches do not provide verifiable results for any claimed acceptances the VO will request the
applicant to provide either the original catalogue or photocopies, scans or photographs of the acceptance
page, affiliation page and title page of the catalogue.
�� If the VO is not satisfied that a claimed acceptance is legitimate it will not be verified.
APS approval numbers
We have also been alerted to some salons calling themselves “Australian” that have been recognised by the PSA
but not by APS. These salons have a PSA approval number but not an APS approval number. All honours
applications require some Australian acceptances. These must have an APS approval and not just call
themselves “Australian”. Therefore, we have modified all application forms. There are now two approval number
columns. One is for FIAP/PSA & Other approval numbers and the other is for APS approval numbers. All
Australian acceptances must show an APS approval number, or they will not be counted as “Australian”.
It is essential that members use the new forms when asking the VO to verify their results. Results will not be
accepted on an old form.
We need VO's.
We urgently need members who are willing to Verify APS Honours and FIAP Distinctions Applications as
members are retiring, for various reasons, and some cities have no verifying officers at all to help members.
The task is actually quite easy due to access to an online database of results. You are no longer required to sit
down for several hours with boxes of a member’s catalogues/CDs and online catalogues. Most results will be in
the online database.
You may verify as many or as few applications as you choose to fit in with your other commitments.
One requirement is a basic knowledge of the Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet. We can help you any time you are
stuck.
The other requirement is a reasonable understanding of the APS Honours and FIAP Distinction systems or a
willingness to learn. You should at least have the first level of honours. Again we will help by assigning a mentor.
Members who have achieved honours, especially recently, would make very suitable Verifying Officers as you
know the system.
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Please contact: Alfred Zommers Chairman HSC – asgz47_99@outlook.comApplying for APS honours via the Panel system jan feb mar
by
Dr Alfred Zommers GMAPS EFIAP/b PPSA
�� What is the honours system?
The Australian Photographic Society (APS) has made provision for the awarding of Photographic Honours
to reward those who achieve appropriate levels of skill. These honours can be achieved by either gaining
acceptances and awards in National and International exhibitions or by submitting a number of images to
a panel of judges.
�� Exhibition System
Entering exhibitions is mainly done online (prints are posted of course). Each exhibition will have several
sections that you can enter and you can enter up to four images per section at a cost of about $10 per
section. Generally, the more sections you enter the lower the cost per section becomes. Some exhibitions
also have circuits where the same images are judged several times by different judges. The latter is a very
cost effective way to enter exhibitions.
�� Panel System
As opposed to the Exhibition system submitting a number of images to a panel of judges costs nothing
except your application fee (currently $35). Judges are selected who have a high level of photographic skill
and suitable honours. Applicants’ images are sent to them for their critique and “scores”. As long as the
majority of judges think that most of the images are of a reasonable standard (National for LAPS & AAPS
and International for FAPS and MAPS) then the applicant will pass. If the result is borderline the judges will
be asked to reassess the images. Every effort is made by the panel to “pass” the applicant. Applicants who
do not succeed are supplied feedback about their images to help them in the future.
�� Some tips on ensuring your images are good enough to succeed.
o Join a Photography Club and enter the club competitions. Listen to the critique about your images
and to the critique of the other members’ images. Organise a group of like-minded people in your
club to critique your own images once a month.
o Read articles and books about critiquing images (references at the end of this article).
o Visit art and photography galleries. Look carefully at each image and try and work out why it
appeals or doesn’t appeal to you. When travelling try and include at least one gallery visit in each
location.
o Review the On Line galleries of International Exhibitions. That will give you some idea of the
standard of awarded and accepted images.
o Enter a few exhibitions and keep records of your successes and failures (spreadsheets are good for
this). Images that have done well in exhibitions will tell you that you have met the standard
required especially if those images are successful a lot of the time. Images that you submit several
times and are not successful will also tell you that those images were simply not good enough.
Then it is up to you to look carefully at your images and try and work out why some work and
others don’t. Here some critique from skilled photographers will help. In most exhibitions 25-35%
of images will be accepted. If you have gained an acceptance then you know your image is quite
good. If it gets an award it is in the top 1-1.5%.
o If you are a member of a club you will soon find out who are the good photographers. Seek their
opinion about your images. They may be willing to give you ongoing advice.
o APS Digital Group has a Critique Room Gallery where members can get peer reviews about their
images. You would need to join the Digital Group to access the Gallery.jan feb
FIAP Colour Biennial
Call for members to submit images for possible selection for the APS Entry!!
All members of the Australian Photographic Society are invited to put forward images for possible selection to represent the APS in this prestigious international
competition between National Photographic Federations, that are affiliated with the
International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP).
Each nation sets a theme for their entry and selects images from it’s members to enter as a themed set. The Biennial judging itself gives points and awards to individual
images and then also points for the coherence of the set as a whole, including subject and presentation.
To form a great entry, Australia has chosen the following topic for the upcoming Colour Biennial:
ACTION IN THE SURF
An image depicting people or animals/birds mastering the surf.
Two sets must be selected, one for the Print Section and one for the Projected Image section. The two sets do not have to be coherent with one another, but APS will form each set
from the images you send to the above topic. The topic is wide but depending on the images submitted, the final tightly themed sets may focus on the human or animal aspect of
the above topic.
Images chosen by APS selectors can be counted towards APS Honours.
Images given a score of 8 or more in the Biennial judging itself can be counted for FIAP Distinctions.
The APS Coordinator for the Colour Biennial Entry for 2019 is:
David Rowlands FAPS
All entries are to be sent to David, not the APS Office.
A document containing the full details and submission form for this exciting event can be downloaded from the FIAP area of the APS website:
https://a-p-s.org.au/index.php/other-fiap-documentation
Closing Date for Submissions of Images: 28th February 2019
This closing date is very strict as images, including prints, must be in Spain in March.
The competition to be selected for the APS Colour Biennial Entry is open to APS members only.
Entry is FREE!
Get on board everyone and send us your Action in the Surf images. The best and most cohesive set will result from getting a large number of submissions from which to select.
This is your chance to represent the Australian Photographic Society overseas.
It’s been a few years since APS last entered the Biennials but, from 2019, the
Australian Photographic Society plans to be back in force in this competition!Link to entry form https://a-p-s.org.au/index.php/other-fiap-documentation/624-aps-biennial-image-submission-form-pdf- format/file
Phillipa Frederiksen
The Australian Photographic Society (APS) would like to thank the following people for starting up a Member’s Only Special Interest Facebook page:
1. APS Joint Venture eBook Publishing: Pele Leung - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1206287849512854/
2. APS Built environment: Robert Dettman - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/394224194409646/
3. APS Street Photography: Jen Fawkes - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/221336658659397/
4. APS Creative Expression: Nadia Trevan - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1282778591854329/
5. APS Not your Normal Scape: Anne O’Connor - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1644234442358393/
6. APS Post Process Tips and Tricks: Robert Dettman - Administrator https://www.facebook.com/groups/1969214023128611/
7. APS Drone Photography: Rene Martens - Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1679256745524828/
8. APS AV Group: Alia Naughton - Administrator:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/418892025254824/
9. APS Competition information - Phillipa Frederiksen- Administrator
https://www.facebook.com/groups/196268907759251/
If you would like to start up an APS Facebook page, please let Robert or Phillipa Know!
Suggestions: International APS members, Video Making, Printer’s Patter (for printmakers to discuss what they are doing), Social Documentary,
Photo Journalism, The under 21s, and Exhibitions.
Robert Dettman: robert.dettman@me.com
Phillipa Frederiksen: phillfoto2@gmail.com
To become an APS member it is only $89 and you can apply on line at: https://members.a-p-
s.org.au/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=APS/ccms.r?PageId=6060
For the one price you can belong to APS “on line folios”, Special Interest
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each other and have fun!
Be sure to tell your friends about it.
You do not have to be an APS
member to join.
You DO have to make sure that the
content on this site must be suitable
Check out the new Facebook page: for Children!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/451354158641669 Tell your children and
grandchildren!
Contact Phillipa Frederiksen for
details: phillfoto2@gmail.comINSTANT
Entry to Competitions
Entry to Australian Digital
SAVINGS Photography Awards normally $26
APS members $6
Entry to APS National Digital
FOR APS Nature Exhibition normally $26
APS members $6
Entry to APS National Digital
MEMBERS Exhibition normally $26
APS members $6The APS Facebook page
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