CAMERA CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 124, 21 November 1931, Page 6

CAMERA CLUB

There was a large attendance at this week's meeting of the Camera Club, when ii li-ec study competition was held. Thct-e liiid been considerable argument as to what a' tree study really was, and the subject interested members to the extent of 33 pictures, being hung for'competition and criticism. Miss 11. Johnson, gave a short talk on (lie subject, stating that as trees'occurred in a landscape, tlio definition of a. trpe study was a' landscape in which the dominating feature was v tree ur trees. There Was something beautiful and arresting about trees: their appeal was in their coiour, shape, etc! As the making of pictures was the aim of a. photographic club, before photographing trees it was necessary to understand the art of selection (leaving out) and composition ■'(arranging what isr left). Trees aided in determining tho three distances, near, middle, and far; they gave contrast and balance. .For tree photography it was best to operate in early morning or late afternoon, "as" the lengthened shadows which aided the composition of the picture tod" the' lighting" was softer:1 As a tribute to the memory of the late Mr. George Norton, who was an old and respected life member of the club, members stood in silence for a brief period. The set of S-l pictures, entries in the 1931 ISTcw Zealand iuterclub photographic competition, having arrived in Wellington, it was.. decided to exhibit these in the V.M.C.A. building (lecture-room) for three days and nights next week- (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). '