• 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 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.

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.

On display will be our best images for open prints, monochome prints and open EDI entries and trophies will be awared for the top entry in each section. The trophies for aggregate points will also be awarded, as will the president’s trophy.

As always we ask that you bring your partners/loved ones and a small plate of food.

Congratulations to each of the category winners for the night.

Large Colour Prints

Large Monochrome Prints

EDI Projected Images

Though not as successful as we may have wanted, our congratulations go to all WCC members whose images were judged on the night.

A special thanks go to our own Pete Myers for organising the use of the AIPP meeting room and to our judge for the night, Randal Armstrong, whose effort and time taken to score the images in the first instance and then give on the night such valuable and verbal critique on each image was appreciated by all who attended.

A big thank you for those members who helped organise this 4 Club event.and ensured a smooth running on the night. I’m sure all club members join with me in sincerly thanking you for your valuable time and efforts.

Finally, thankyou for bringing a plate, the supper break rounded the night off nicely.

Best regards,
Ian
President

As you may remember WCC is hosting the 4 Club Competition this coming Tuesday 25 October. Your committee members are doing all the hard yards in organising the night, setting up the displays organising the audio/video etc. All we need now is for our members to come along and support their efforts and those members whose prints are to be put in front of the judge.

We do need an indication of the numbers likely to come so I ask that each of you to give us 30 seconds and please respond and let us know if you are coming along or are unlikely to attend. Given you are coming can I remind you to please bring a plate of finger food for afters.

The event will be hosted at:

The Australian Institute of Prosfessional Photography(AIPP)

205A Middleborough Road

Box Hill

7:30 pm for 8:00pm start.

Please remember this is your club

Regards Ian Hansen

Now, this does not mean that club members can sit idle, those that submitted an entry during the year can enter the end of year competition with three images in each of:

• Colour printed
• Monochrome printed
• Open EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2011 monthly competition and in the same format. A print must have been previously entered as a print, and an EDI must have been previously entered as an EDI. An EDI cannot be printed and entered as a print, or vice versa.

Technically these entries are due on Tuesday 1 November 2011, but as we are not having a meeting that night, please bring your prints along to the 4 Club night on Tuesday 25 October. Email through the name and month that your EDI entries were entered previously. If you cannot bring your prints to the 4 Club night, then let me know via the competition email address.

The end of year judging night is Tuesday December 6 and as always we ask that you bring your partners/loved ones and a small plate of food.

Also, don’t forget about the President’s Trophy. The topic this year is “End of the line” and you can submit three EDI entries directly to Pete by Friday 2 December 2011.

Printed images of the month

A grade: Donna Clarke – Athletics

B grade: Ray Anderson – Grapple

EDI images of the month

A grade: Donna Clarke – Sprite Racing

B grade: John Ho – Shine of dance

• The End of the Line

As you all should know this is my last year as President so you should get some decent topics from next year.

You can enter up to four images and the deadline is Friday the 2nd of December.

The main aim of this competition is to have fun and enjoy your photography. The winner will not necessarily be the most technically proficient image so don’t be thinking you’re not good enough to have your name on the most prestigious of all the end of year trophies. Get out there and have a go.

Cheers,
Pete

Printed images of the month

A grade: Dave Sumner – Quiet Please

B grade: Ian Wallace – Going to School

EDI images of the month

A grade: John Hadfield – Wooden Warehouses

B grade: Ian Hansen – Hill of Crosses