Pre-Selection for 2019 APS Australian Cup Competition Now Open
The second APS Australian Cup is now open for entries. Wollongong Camera Club is participating in this national inter-club competition and 20 photos will be submitted. To choose our club’s entries we are running a pre-selection competition, open now and closing Friday, May 3rd 2019 at 11:45 pm.
Each member can submit two entries for consideration. The competition will be online scored by a judging panel made up of club members. The top scoring twenty entries will form our club’s entry. The competition is open to all grades and the images can be of any subject (within reason), colour or mono, and do not have to have been entered in a club competition. Images that were part of last years 2018 APS Australian Cup entry are ineligible but this should only be a consideration for members that have transferred from another club or are also members of other clubs. You also may only participate with one club.
So please show us your best images so we can show Australia what our club is capable of! Both the club and individual members have the opportunity to receive APS awards as prizes, and entries can count as national acceptances and awards towards Australian Honors (APS 2019/11).
You will find the “Australian Cup – Preselection” entry form in the “Other competitions or upload opportunities…” area at the very bottom of the Competitions page. It operates the same as a regular club competition (though it doesn’t contribute to your club point score).
by Matt Dawson, April 7, 2019
Competitions in April EDI are closing soon!
Competitions in April EDI will close Tuesday, 9th April 2019, 11:45 PM.
Entries can be made in the following areas:
- All Grades Open Digital
All members are encouraged to enter.
Upcoming PG Monthly Competitions. Please check your entries.
Following a quick review of the next couple of Photography Group Monthly Competitions; April (Open) and May (“Gold” for EDI’s and Colour Prints; “Silhouette” for Monochrome Prints) it is suggest that all entrants review their entries, whether they have been uploaded or awaiting entry. May I suggest you ask yourself, “does this entry meet the Competitions’ subject?”
by Bruce Shaw, April 4, 2019
PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MARCH 2019 NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED
The Photography Group’s March 2019 Monthly Newsletter is now available on the website. I encourage all members to take the time to read this Newsletter for updates about the Club’s 75th Activities.
by Bruce Shaw, April 3, 2019
Points scores now available for Year to Date totals 2019
Hi all Members:-
Version 2 of MPC has now been updated to give you easy access to view the Year to Date totals for all the published EDI and Print competitions.
This is available to all members to review their score for Year to date and if the scoring is correctly recorded after the competitions. Please review after each Month’s points are published and good luck to all members for the 2019 Competitions.
Go to the members Button on the Home Page and click Members then Competitions. Then look for the View Points Scores button and proceed as below.
You can select each Points score from the above screen.
by Brian Harvey, April 1, 2019
Results for competitions in March Print
There were 13 entries that gained our highest award(s).
| Joe Cremona – Best In Section A Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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Joe Cremona – Merit A Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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| Paul Charlier – Merit B Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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Paul Charlier – Merit B Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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| Clara Soedarmo – Merit B Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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Tim Hoevenagel – Merit B Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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| Tim Hoevenagel – Best In Section B Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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Susanne Souter – Best In Section A Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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| Ann Lamb – Merit B Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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Sue Martin – Merit A Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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| Jill Bartlett – Merit A Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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Michael Cherviakov – Best In Section B Grade Colour Large Print themed 
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| Matt Dawson – Merit A Grade Mono Large Print themed 
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by Ruth Brooks, March 27, 2019
Results for competitions in March EDI
There were 11 entries that gained our highest award(s).
| Joe Cremona – Best In Section All Grades Open Digital 
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Dawne Harridge – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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| Brendon Parker – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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Sue Martin – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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| Moira Stephens – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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Ruth Brooks – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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| Tim Hoevenagel – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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Andrew Gray – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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| Colin Marshman – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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Susanne Souter – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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| Vivienne Noble – Merit All Grades Open Digital 
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by Ruth Brooks, March 27, 2019
Competitions in March Print are closing soon!
Competitions in March Print will close Saturday, 23rd March 2019, 11:45 PM.
Entries can be made in the following areas:
- A Grade Colour Large Print themed
- A Grade Mono Large Print themed
- B Grade Colour Large Print themed
- B Grade Mono Large Print themed
All members are encouraged to enter.
MARCH PRINT COMPETITION – CLOSING SOON!
Competitions in March (Set Subject: “Architecture“) – Prints Sections will close on Saturday March 23rd 2019, 11:45 PM.
Entries can be made in the following:
- A Grade Colour Large Prints;
- A Grade Monochrome Large Prints;
- B Grade Colour Large Prints; and
- B Grade Monochrome Large Prints.
Please ensure that your Entry/Entries are correct (Filename and Title), without any punctuation marks AND has a “title”, before submitting them. The Competition Team encourages you not to leave it to the last minute to submit your entries. Thank you .
by Bruce Shaw, March 20, 2019
PG Meeting : Tuesday 12th March, 2019 – Meet ‘Geoff Smith’ – The Man from Oz!
An interesting evening awaits us this coming Tuesday and it is hoped that most of our members are able to attend, i.e., both the Photo Group and Movie Makers.
Our Guest Speaker is Geoff Smith “The Man from Oz”. Geoff says that he owes his love of photography to his father Max, who was a keen photographer as a young boy back in the late 1930’s/early 40’s, encouraging Geoff’s interest in his childhood years, helping him with both colour transparency and black & white darkroom work.
Whilst working these days almost exclusively in the digital medium, Geoff says that his grounding in the unforgiving colour transparencies has taught him to take care in order to get things right “in camera” rather than relying on post processing. (This is something that we all should aspire to) !
Geoff has recently expanded his photography into the field of infrared, which has extended his possibilities with his love of black & white, and also aerial landscapes, thanks to the addition of a drone. He has now added two new galleries covering these genres.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain an insight into someone else’s photographic world and be inspired.
See you all on Tuesday.
Dawne Harridge (Secretary)
by Dawne Harridge, March 10, 2019
