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Grace Griffith THE secret behind a great photograph is to capture the essence and spirit of the subject.
PHOTO: Roger Keagle.
Korumburra’s Roger Keagle did just that with his award winning character portrait of iconic Foster local, Ross West. The photo, featured on today’s front page, was recently awarded gold at the Gippsland Interclub Photographic competition. This year 50 entries from five re-
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gional clubs were put under the microscope and are now all on exhibition at the Coal Creek Community Park, Korumburra. Before being critiqued, photographic works were scrambled, meaning judges weren’t able to identify photos belonging to a certain club. In total five awards were claimed by The South Gippsland Camera Club. One of the conditions of submission was that all photographs had to be taken within South Gippsland. “We wanted to capture the essence
of South Gippsland. It helps bring awareness to the fact there is lots hapaw pening here,� Mr Keagle said. pen His winning photograph nods to the distinctive and intriguing personalities of the region. alit “Ross West has such character and that comes through with every molecule of his body; he is friendly, mo unique, interesting,� he said. uni “They were his clothes and his pose in the photo – I didn’t have to pos direct him.� dir CONTINUED PAGE 8 WITH CO MORE PHOTOS. MO
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