Photographic Conference

Originally cancelled in May 2025 due to flooding.

The Port Macquarie Photographic Club Inc is hosting the NSW Northern Zone Annual Conference commencing Friday 11 July 2025.

This will be a fully featured event with activities commencing from 2.00 pm Friday 11 July and concluding after lunch on Sunday 13 July. There will be a display of photographs entered into the Northern zone competition which is open to the public free of charge for viewing from 2.00 pm on Friday 11 July 2025. The public will have the opportunity to judge the photo you like best and go into the draw for winning a free family portraiture and you can also register for a free basic photography workshop to be conducted in the near future. For visitors to the conference who wish to buy, swap & sell, photographic equipment there will be tables set up for this purpose at the at the conference.

Friday 23 May – Conference Registration and Public viewing of photographs starts at 2.00 pm. Members of the Public Welcome to view photographs.

Saturday 24 May – Welcome by Club President Tom Sheppard at 9.45 AM and the Official Opening by Janette Hyde – President of the Greater Port Macquarie Tourism Association.

Saturday 24 May - after a full day of activities and workshops the Conference Official Dinner will take place at 7.00 pm as well as the presentation of awards and judges’ comments.

Sunday 25 May – morning activities:  Convention Close at 12 noon followed by delegated lunch.

This event will give great exposure to the greater Port Macquarie/Hastings area with many enthusiastic photographers snapping our many local attractions. Our accommodation and hospitality sector will also benefit from the visitors and their families attending the conference.

There will also be a number of exciting workshops held over the 3 days which are a highlight of the conference. The workshops included in the conference for attendees of the conference feature well known prominent photographers. 

Rob Smith A retired corporate photographer and videographer.

John Swainston, a former President of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and the Photo Imaging Council of Australia (PICA). John has spoken to camera clubs around Australia for more than forty years.

Special Guest speaker Des Crawley who was formerly Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UWS.

Tom Sheppard is a practising photographer whose mediums include film and digital. 

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Location

Port Panthers, Bay street Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie, 2444, View Map