Waverley Camera Club

For members who are interested in entering National Competitions there are several upcoming competitions available. Rosie Hughes has found the organisers of these competitions to be approchable and helpful.

• Maitland International Salon of Photography
  Closing date: 16 January 2012
• 31st Newcastle National Exhibition of Photography
  Closing date: 16 January 2012
• 2012 Australian Digital Photographic Awards (ADPA)
  Closing date: 24 January 2012
• 1st Adelaide AV National Exhibition 2012
  Closing date: 24 February 2012

Further information, including entry forms, is available on the Australian Photographic Society website under Competitions / Exhibitions.

In the coming year we will be having ten monthly competitions.

In a change from previous years, all of the monthly competitions will be open, ie there will be no set subjects. However please note that the March and September competitions will be open monochrome. You can use any subject you wish, but it must be treated as monochrome.

In order to avoid having a judging night on Cup Day in November, the judging night for the November competition (and the due date for the end of year competition) will be on the last Tuesday in October.

Finally, please remember that entries are due for our February competition next Tuesday 10 January, 2012. This will be a BBQ at a location still to be determined.

Update: The BBQ will be at Jells Park, arrive as early as 5pm, second hut near the main carpark when entering from Waverley Road.

We will again be running the Flash & Portrait Group Meetings in 2012 and anyone and everyone of our members can turn up to see if you really want to improve your flash and portrait images

The first night will be Tuesday January 24, 2012 which will be a basic introduction to using a flash and what you can expect to learn over the following months.

The technical detail starts on the second meeting in February.

Tonight was our end of year night where the aggregate score winners from throughout the year were first announced:

A Grade Print – John Hadfield
A Grade EDI – Teddy Tan
B Grade Print – Rosie Hughes
B Grade EDI – Rosie Hughes

Members had submitted their best images from throughout the year, judged in this case by our former president, Pete Davies:

Mono Prints

3rd: Anne DiCarlo – Looking Up
2nd: Dave Sumner – Another World
1st: Andy Armitage – Three Canoes

Open Prints

3rd: Andy Armitage – Coca Cola
2nd: Andy Armitage – Red Umbrella
1st: Ray Anderson – Violet Sabre

Electronic Digital Images(EDI)

3rd: David Burton – Fun or Torture
2nd: Vicki Moritz – Life Goes By – The Glen
1st: Vicki Moritz – Moet

As our outgoing president, Pete also announced the winners of the “End of the Line” President’s Trophy with the winner announced as

Fred Seeber – End of the Hills Line

Thank you to all that came to support the evening and especially all that took part.

We will be running the beginners courses again in 2012. They will be the same format (weekly for 9 weeks) and should run:

Term 1: Monday 30 January to Monday 26 March
Term 2: Monday 23 April – Monday 18 June
Term 3: Monday 16 July – Monday 10 September
Term 4: Monday 8 October – Monday 3 December

Each term should also include two Sunday outings and possibly also a night shoot.

Please contact beginnersclass@waverleycameraclub.org to register your interest.