Results for competitions in 2022 Image of Year – Digital

There were 4 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Clouds Over Works Vivienne Noble – Image of the Year Image of the Year – Digital – Open – All Grades	A Moment Of Stillness Michelle Hourigan – Commended Image of the Year – Digital – Open – All Grades
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Bruce Shaw – Commended Image of the Year – Digital – Open – All Grades	Christchurch Wizard Tim Porteous – Commended Image of the Year – Digital – Open – All Grades

by Tim Porteous, December 13, 2022

Results for competitions in November 2022 Print

There were 40 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Red Onion Helen Robinson – Best In Section Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Time Passes Brian Harvey – Best In Section Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Spiny Leaf Insect_stacked 100 Sue Curtis – Best In Section Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Dandelion Michelle Hourigan – Best In Section Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Monarch Butterfly 2 Joe Cremona – Merit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Drooping Miss Daisy Ann Lamb – Merit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
Don’t Touch Jill Bartlett – Merit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Chilling Out Colin Marshman – Merit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
Mushrooms Helen Robinson – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	The Waratah Kerry Gilmore – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
New York New York Joe Cremona – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Close encounter Matt Dawson – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Leaf Colin Marshman – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Fungi flame Sandra Chapman – Merit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
FLYNN Wayne Fulcher – Merit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Scales And Spikes Michelle Hourigan – Merit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
TELE Wayne Fulcher – Merit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Oyster Mushroom Sue Curtis – Merit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Family Pow Wow Dawne Harridge – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	After the rain Kerry Gilmore – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
Citric Acid Tim Porteous – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Fallen Feather Vivienne Noble – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree Cheryl Thompson – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Window to the soul Matt Dawson – Credit Print A Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
In Prayer Dawne Harridge – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Peace Ann Lamb – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Sewing on a Button Sue Martin – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Sad Rhino Jill Bartlett – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Citric Acid in Mono Tim Porteous – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Opening Zucchini Flower Vivienne Noble – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Lizard Lazing on Log Cheryl Thompson – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Sun bathing Tim Hoevenagel – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Wasp Greg Powell – Credit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Morning light after rain Ross Bembrick – Credit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up
Go for gold Alexander Dawson – Credit Print B Grade Colour Set Subject – Close-up	Magnolia bee Sandra Chapman – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Honey bee Simon Bastin – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Reflections Greg Powell – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up
Passion Valerie Porter – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up	Raindrops on orchid bud Ross Bembrick – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Set Subject – Close-up

by Tim Porteous, November 22, 2022

Results for competitions in November 2022 Digital

There were 22 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Catch me if you can Ann Lamb – Best In Section Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Ringo Starr Joe Cremona – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Dandelion at Sunset Sue Shaw – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Paper Wasp Tends To Her Nest Michelle Hourigan – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Looking Seedy Vivienne Noble – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Popping Out Colin Marshman – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Eye on You Sue Martin – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Alex Meets Mum Matt Dawson – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Acid thru Microscope Tim Porteous – Merit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	In my garden Sandra Chapman – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Detail of coral Kerry Gilmore – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Help me please Brian Harvey – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Is any body in there? Greg Powell – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Lily Lynley Olsson – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Red Native Valerie Porter – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	GARDEN CLOSE UP Wayne Fulcher – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Busy Bee Jill Bartlett – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Flying Duck Orchid Sue Curtis – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Eastern Pygmyfly Les Schumer – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Spirit within the wood Ross Bembrick – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up
Dahlia Andrew Gray – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up	Snack Time Tim Hoevenagel – Credit Digital All Grade Set Subject – Close-up

by Tim Porteous, November 22, 2022

Vale: Norman (Norm) Melvin 1935 ~ 2022

Recently the Camera Club was advised that long standing member Norman (Norm) Melvin had passed away on Tuesday, November 15^th 2022. He was 87 and a Wollongong Camera Club member for 35 years.

Norm commenced his Club membership in 1987. He was an avid photographer delighting in taking images, then processing them for display and competitions. Norm also dabbled, firstly in the Club’s Audio-Visual world, being one of the earliest members in this group. The A/V Group was the foundations to the Club’s Movie Makers Group. Norm was also interested in the moving images and was active in pursuing his talents in this discipline.

My first introduction to Norm was way back in the late 1970s/early 1980s, to a time in Wollongong when Nock & Kirby’s was the original local “Bunnings” hardware store, located on Crown Street, now the “Lucky Shop” just east of the current Spotlight building. Norm worked in the Paint Department, an extension of his life as a sign-writer. Colour was part of Norm’s everyday life. His ability to decipher a colour’s various shades was remarkable. This ability would later pave the way to his colour insight in photography, knowing when and how to mix “colours” in his images.

Throughout his membership, Norm would investigate ways to mix and apply his colour sense with nature’s textures and features. At one stage, around 2014, Norm embarked upon mixing bark and still images. With a tablet, digital camera and computer he would create images of this different world. He was a long time ahead of the digital image editing packages of today when it came to mixing nature’s textures and photographic images. Along with other Club members he presented his photographic imagery to the members.

Norm explored the world of modelling; using the skills as a sign-writer, to create tabletops and other objects from Paper Mache. The careful placement of colour to the smallest details were evident of Norm’s attention to getting the subject right. Many of his creations, including castles and complex buildings, appeared in his Competition entries over the years.

Norm’s passion went further than just taking pictures and entering the Club’s Monthly Competitions. He would regularly step in when a prearranged Presenter wasn’t able to attend meetings bringing the members an insight into other photographic genres. In the early 2000s, he and wife Nancie travelled the world, so Travel Photography became his focus. From taking the pictures, to storing them until they returned home and the processing, Norm would speak about it. He was one to the first member to embrace “Kodak’s Photo CD” world and he grew with this technology. As mentioned earlier, Norm also delved into the video world, especially for his travel images. He would share these times with short presentation at the Video/Moviemaking Group meetings. Norm would give a variety of presentations, lead workshops and lead outings all for the pursuit of excellence in photography.

“My early memories of Norm was his passion for the Club and his love of getting us together with his matting workshops and Exhibition organising.  I was a disciple of Norm’s and I certainly enjoyed the times when we would work together with the planning and set up of various Exhibitions, especially the Club’s 65th at the Art Gallery.  Norm called the shots and had a number of us expedited to various locations for the “now shots” to match up to the “then photos”..  I remember the many matting (picture frame mat) workshops on a Saturday conducted under Norm’s eagle eye.”  (Dawne Harridge, Life Member)

Norm’s Wollongong Camera Club Service:

Norm wasn’t just a photographer. He had a passion for providing an environment where others would learn about photography. Norm’s Club Service:

• Cub Management Committee. He served 6 times as President, another 6 years as a Committee Member;
• Photographic Group Subcommittee chairperson and Competition Director (2 years);

Norm was always available to help out wherever help was required, whether is was setting up on Comp Nights, assisting Presenter’s with their requirements to the Club’s public Exhibitions (like at Wollongong’s Old Courthouse) and major Club milestones.

Norm’s External Photographic Service:

Norm’s passion to share and teach photography in the public arena was immense. From his days with the Senior’s Week Photo Competition, The Healthy Cities (a NSW Government initiative) and adult education through the WEA and the U3A (University of the 3^rd Age) attached to Wollongong University. He enjoyed this comradery with people who wanted to learn to take better pictures and to use their cameras.

In January 2005 I had the pleasure again to work with Norm on a special request from the Wollongong Central Library to provide a Photography Information Programme a short notice. There were 3 sessions, each of 1.5 hours duration over a 3-week period where we engaged with school age (11 ~ 17) children with the banner; “How To Take better Pictures”. Here again it was great to stand, at times, and watch Norm communicate with these children about photography, taking the image and processing them. This wasn’t just a presentation; the attendees were encouraged to take pictures for Norm and myself to critique. In the 3^rd and final session, we held a critiquing session with the view that these images would be on public display within the library.

Norm’s Wollongong Camera Club Record:

Over the years Norm was a prolific Club Competition entrant heavily biased towards colour sections from 1990. Norm’s last entered Club Monthly competitions in 2017. His Monthly Merits and Credits Awards were: Slides: 2, Edi/Digital: 3, EDI Freestyle: 1, Colour Prints: 37 and Monochrome Prints: 16 as well as numerous Video/Moviemaking entries.

Norm was awarded the 1991 Encouragement Award, 1994 Colour Print Pointscore Trophy, 1994 Slide Pointscore Trophy, 2003 Monochrome Print of the Year Trophy.

In Summary:

Norm was very charismatic in the way he connected with people, sharing his thoughts and always looking for opportunities to encourage others in their photographic journey. His personal insight into technology within photography always enlightened and intrigue the viewer at the same time, highlighting various photographic genres and often treading into the artistic world.

Norm may not be remembered for his great awards, if judges’ awards are counted, but he also made the viewer think about his images. However, he is greatly respected for his insight, service and the promotion of photography, not only at Camera Club level, but also in the great community.

Norm is survived by his wife, Nancie, 3 daughters and 1 son, 8 Grandchildren and 4 Great Grandchildren.

Norm will be sadly missed. A man and photographer with great insight and sharing the photography dream.

Bruce Shaw, Life Member, Member since 1982, Public Officer

by Bruce Shaw, November 20, 2022

Passing of Norm Melvin.

It is with great sadness that we have been advised of the passing of Life Member, Norm Melvin, on Tuesday this week. He died peacefully at a local nursing home where he was living with his wife , Nancy.

Club Members have been invited by his family to attend the funeral at Hanson and Cole, 634 Northcliffe Dr, Kembla Grange NSW 2526 on Thursday November 24th at 12 Noon.

by Brian Harvey, November 18, 2022

Results for competitions in October 2022 Digital

There were 11 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Christchurch Wizard Tim Porteous – Best In Section Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome	Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Bruce Shaw – Merit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome
the racer Jim Ollis – Merit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome	Orange Lacewing Butterfly Michelle Hourigan – Merit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome
Tail slide Matt Dawson – Merit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome	The Falls Joe Cremona – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome
Canola Patterns Sue Curtis – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome	Mr Lincoln Rose with morning dew Ross Bembrick – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome
primbee Michael Cherviakov – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome	Flying High Cheryl Thompson – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome
Clouds Over Works Vivienne Noble – Credit Digital All Grade Any subject colour or monochrome

by Tim Porteous, October 26, 2022

Results for competitions in October 2022 Print

There were 26 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Bird Beauty Helen Robinson – Best In Section Print A Grade Colour Any Subject	International Bike Race Cheryl Thompson – Best In Section Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject
Nankeen Kestrel at Eagle Bluff WA Simon Bastin – Best In Section Print B Grade Colour Any Subject	A drying Darter Valerie Porter – Best In Section Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject
Iridescent Bug Dawne Harridge – Merit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject	0S0A2936 Edit Colin Marshman – Merit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject
Rain and Sweat Vivienne Noble – Merit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject	ULURU FOREGROUND Colin Marshman – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject
Sugar Mill Vivienne Noble – Merit Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject	Sydney At Sunrise Michelle Hourigan – Merit Print B Grade Colour Any Subject
Shipwreck Sandra Chapman – Merit Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject	THROUGH THE ARCH.. Wayne Fulcher – Merit Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject
The Inland Sea At Dwereja Joe Cremona – Credit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject	U.C.I. Road Race Cheryl Thompson – Credit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject
Lyttelton Harbour Tim Porteous – Credit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject	Spluttering into life Matt Dawson – Credit Print A Grade Colour Any Subject
Market Lady Helen Robinson – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject	Let There Be Light Joe Cremona – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject
Peleton Matt Dawson – Credit Print A Grade Monochrome Any Subject	Frond Greg Powell – Credit Print B Grade Colour Any Subject
Lets Venture Lynley Olsson – Credit Print B Grade Colour Any Subject	Native bearded orchid Sue Curtis – Credit Print B Grade Colour Any Subject
ACCROSS THE TOP Wayne Fulcher – Credit Print B Grade Colour Any Subject	Ginger Beer Factory Lynley Olsson – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject
Alpine mist Sue Curtis – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject	the pursuit Jim Ollis – Credit Print B Grade Monochrome Any Subject

by Tim Porteous, October 26, 2022

Results for competitions in October 2022 Creative

There were 5 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Its been very wet Sue Curtis – Best In Section Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative	Adventure on the High Seas Ruth Brooks – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative
Pear Splash in Reverse Sue Curtis – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative	Hang On Tight Jill Bartlett – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative
In the Minds Eye Sue Martin – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative

by Tim Porteous, October 18, 2022

Results for competitions in October 2022 Creative

There were 5 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Its been very wet Sue Curtis – Best In Section Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative	Adventure on the High Seas Ruth Brooks – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative
Pear Splash in Reverse Sue Curtis – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative	Hang On Tight Jill Bartlett – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative
In the Minds Eye Sue Martin – Credit Digital All Grades Water Lines Red – Creative

by Tim Porteous, October 18, 2022

Vale: Barry Daniel AAPS SSAPS 1928 ~ 2022

By now most members will have been advised that Barry passed away on Friday, September 30^th 2022; 1928 ~ 2022. Barry was 94 years young. I would like to reflect upon Barry’s Photographic journey with particular emphasis on his legacy to the Wollongong Camera Club.

Barry’s photographic love affair commenced in 1939 when his parents gave him a Box Brownie using 120 film roll. In those days, there were no mini-labs, 1-hour photographic services, nor had the inkjet been invented. It was a “do it all yourself” hobby. Developing the film’s negatives was in a soup bowl and printing on Kodak Paper using the sun as the light source. The resultant print was brownish (for a monochrome) with a very short shelf life.

By the early 1940s, World War II had commenced, everything in life was in short supply and in huge demand. Photographic film and papers were unprocurable. His film of choice, none other available, was Dufaycolour Transparency (Slide) film with an ISO 8. The resultant picture taking was at 1/25^th second with an aperture of f16. It soon became evident that only Summer-time images were acceptable. Barry modified his camera, a drilled hole to increase the aperture and adjustments, to take 16 images instead of the “8”. The film was sent to England for processing, about a 6-week turn around with the final transparencies.

He later upgraded to a Bakelite, Baby Minolta camera taking 127 roll film. At this time, Barry commenced his foray into the darkroom, building his first enlarger from a large jam tin can, an opal glass diffuser and an old camera lens. The light source was the house’s 100Watt light, later replaced with an 800Watt Photoflood light. He was mixing his own processing chemicals and making his own photo-sensitised papers.

In 1947 Barry’s film supply received a boost with Kodachrome 35mm Colour Transparency (Slide) film with a lightning increase in speed to ISO 10. By the  end of WWII, Barry received a 35mm Camera for his 21^st, a French manufactured Sem Kim. After WWII, photographic gear was still in short supply and expensive. Even during the 1950s Barry reverted to his earlier learnings, building his own projector with some challenges to precision and specifications. The projector served him well for the next decade or so

These earlier decades taught Barry valuable lessons, not only in crafting his hobby, but also giving him sound knowledge of exposure, camera operations along with film development and printing processes. No rangefinder, no exposure meter, no auto focus! A far cry from today’s digital equipment with all the bells and whistles, plus more for the photographer. Histograms was something taught in schools in mathematics classes.

Barry’s pathway to greater knowledge started in 1955 when he joined the Wagga Photographic Group and the regular competitions, learning from mistakes, further developing skills already gained. By this time competition prints had reached a huge 10” x 8” (today’s A4 size). Not an A3 Print in sight! Barry also served on the Club’s Committee. Barry became a regular book borrower at the Wagga Wagga Library, everything, anything on photography was on his reading list. After-all, there wasn’t any YouTube or Video Courses in those days; Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim (YouTube Founders) would not been around for another 5 decades.

It wasn’t long, 1957 in fact, that Barry completed his first Judge’s Course by correspondence from the Photographic Council of NSW. Barry had also moved on to a Kodak Retinette and Diax cameras until in 1960 he had access to a Praktica SLR with extension tubes; thus, his love of macro grew. Barry didn’t look back.

1963 bought Barry to the Wollongong Camera Club doors. He was amazed by the superb 20” x 16” (A3) B & W Prints on display, remarking “… I could never do that quality of work”. Again, his pathway led him to the Wollongong Central Library and to every photographic book on the shelves. It wasn’t long before his hard work commenced to pay dividends, taking out Pointscores and Print of the Year Awards.

During the early 1970s, Barry attacked the National and International Competition with the vigor and precision that Barry had to succeed. His successes further encouraged Barry to enter other external Competitions, like the FCC and APS Affiliated Competitions.

The Judge, Presenter and Teacher:

From the very beginning Barry has had a thirst for photographic knowledge, how does it work, what is the process? He learnt through trial and error, from books and fellow photographers discussing everything, sharing knowledge, fostering the art, and craft, of photography. Barry was of high value; a most respected photographer with his presentations amongst the best in Australia.

Barry’s last Wollongong Camera Club Presentation was at the tender age of 88 years old on Macro Photography and Gear. Barry also attended 2 FCC Judges’ Course in 1987 and 1995, granted APS Approved Nature Judge in 1996. He saw this as a way share his knowledge with the entrants and also to learn from each image that he was commenting upon. It was a 2-Way process, one that he never grew tired of. As Barry said on many occasions; “… I got so much pleasure out of judging, lecturing and teaching photography.” Barry has been widely published for his Award-winning images in The Nikon Club Membership Magazine, NSW Dept of Industrial Development and Decentralisation (1984-85, 1986-87 Editions) (world-wide distribution) as well as National and International Catalogues, name a few.

Camera Clubs and Affiliations:

1955 Wagga Photographic Group. 1963 ~ 2022 Wollongong Camera Club; 1977 Kiama Shellharbour Camera Club (Over 22 years in Committee positions); 1981 APS (Australian Photographic Society)

Recognition Awards:

1983  Life Membership, Kiama~Shellharbour Camera Club; 1998  SSAPS  from the Australian Photographic Society for State Service (NSW); 2003  LAPS  from the Australian Photographic Society (via the Exhibition System); 2004  AAPS  from the Australian Photographic Society (via the Panel System); 2010  Life Membership, Wollongong Camera Club

Barry’s Wollongong Camera Club Record:

At Wollongong Camera Club Barry was a prolific competitor being awarded:

Slide of the Year Trophy 11 times; Slide Pointscore Trophy 3 time; EDI Pointscore 1; Colour Print of the Year 6 times; Pointscore 7 times; Monochrome Print of the Year 4 times; Pointscore 3 times.

Monthly Competitions: From the Club’s accessible records from 2002 to 2020. Barry last entered Club Monthly competitions in 2019. His Awards are: Slides:42, Edi/Digital: 57, Colour Prints: 97 and Monochrome Prints: 55  This is a reflection of Barry’s craftmanship and photographic awareness. It is quite an achievement by an individual member.

Barry is survived by his wife, Eunice, who is also a keen and competent photographer having also gained her LAPS and AAPS Photographic Honours, and his family. Barry’s prolific photographic endeavours have been achieved through self-belief, self-learning, having an eye for detail and very good creativity. Barry would also share his photographic craft with those who wanted to learn and develop their skills.

Barry will be sadly missed. A man and photographer with great insight.

Bruce Shaw, Life Member, Member since 1982, Public Officer.

by Bruce Shaw, October 10, 2022