Seniors Snap & Click

Ferdie was acclaimed for the best portrait. I have this theory, that the longer a couple stays together the more they come to resemble each other. I see a resemblance in character between Ferdie and his subject. His subject was sitting down at Circular Quay last Tuesday week.


Although I forget her name, I will not forget her joy and her enthusiasm on having her photograph acclaimed for composition. She was so chuffed at getting off 'P'.

And below is the Tuesday group of Seniors with yours truly. Now, I seem to have the task of contacting all by email and sharing the shots of the ceremony. If only one or two of us keep getting together for shooting expeditions it will have been well worth it.

Seniors' Week - Keeping the grey cells ticking over

Getting old is a lot of fun. A lot of fun if you are physically active. A lot of fun if you are mentally active. These two attributes work in tandem to keep one young. Yossarian would be proud of that!

This week is NSW Seniors' Week and I have been celebrating/participating for two weeks already. Where are the rest of you?


The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) down at Circular Quay, and the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) up here in Paddington, have been running three parallel photography workshops for seniors over three weeks, four hours each workshop. This week is the final workshop, where they walk us through Photoshop. Friday coming is our exhibition at the MCA. We are encouraged to submit 5 shots. I have shown you some of mine over the last few days.

The top shot today is panning with a slow shutter speed, and narrow aperture. My stats were: F18, 1/15, ISO100, 55mm. The jogging figure should have been frozen ... but hey ...

Tom is our tutor from the ACP, and Jill is one of the other participants. Each workshop has 10 seniors, so 30 of us all told.