Creative competitions in 2023

As communicated last year, we have moved the “creative EDI” competition from the main competition nights. We did this because in months where we had an additional Creative section the number of images to judge was getting to be a significant burden on the judges, and the extra images were making for an overlong competition night.

This year we will be running the Creative EDI competition in conjunction with the “Creative Special Interest Group” meetings, which I am convening in 2023. These meetings will be held every second month by zoom and are open to all members of the club, whether or not they have expressed a specific interest in joining the Creative SIG.

The competition judging will be run at the very start of the meeting – I expect a start about 7:30 PM with a brief introduction then the images and judge’s comments will be finished before 8 PM after which we will move on to the rest of the Creative SIG meeting, so those who want can join for the judging and exit or stay with the meeting for longer if they wish.

Creative image entries due Judging and Creative SIG NOTES
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Judge: Heather Prince
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 Tuesday, 11 April 2023 Judge: TBA
Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Tuesday, 13 June 2023 Judge: TBA
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 Tuesday, 8 August 2023 WCC-Geelong Creative interclub comp.
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 Tuesday, 10 October 2023 Judge:TBA

Further information and the 2023 creative competitions schedule.

Portfolio Project for 2022

Congratulations to everyone who joined in the Portfolio project for 2022. As mentioned at the awards night, the outcomes of this project far exceeded any of my expectations, and the result is 17 outstanding portfolios. I have enjoyed watching the development of ideas, the sharing of images and statements, and final results are something to be proud of.

Thank you to the committee for embracing something ‘different’.

Here is the list of members who were successful in achieving a 2022 Portfolio Distinction:

Tim Keane - Bunjil Place

PSA Interclub 2021-22 Round 2 Results

We have received some excellent results from Round 2 of the PSA Interclub with the following images receiving awards:

Jennifer Sui - Foggy Morning
Jennifer Sui – Foggy Morning

Vicki Moritz - Urban  canyon 7
Vicki Moritz – Urban canyon 7

Felix Shparberg - Full Moon Myths
Felix Shparberg – Full Moon Myths

Geoff Shaw - Splendid leaf frog
Geoff Shaw – Splendid leaf frog

Tim Keane - Architecture
Tim Keane – Architecture

Vicki Moritz - Snow Capped
Vicki Moritz – Snow Capped

Helen Warnod - Duelling zebras
Helen Warnod – Duelling zebras

Stephen Hilton - Water Fun
Stephen Hilton – Water Fun

Helen Warnod - Alley kitchen
Helen Warnod – Alley kitchen

Xiaobo Yu - Beijing Front Gate
Xiaobo Yu – Beijing Front Gate

We don’t have Photojournalism results yet, but the good news is that we are coming first in both Creative and Travel for our section!

Our next round of images can be viewed in the Round 3 galleries, this is the last round for the current season, with the new round 1 starting back in November.

Any member who has received a award for their image during the year, will have their image put into a final round of judging to determine the best of the year.

PSA Interclub 2021-22 Round 1 Results

Hello Everyone, and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and may Santa bring you something to help you pursue your photographic journey.

All of the results for the first round of the PSA Interclub 2021-22 are in, congratulations to everyone that participated and especially to the following people who received awards:

Round 1 – Open

John Morter - Cavendish House
John Morter – Cavendish House

Felix Shparberg - Pears and Walnuts
Felix Shparberg – Pears and Walnuts

Round 1 – Creative

Vicki Moritz - Honfleur harbour
Vicki Moritz – Honfleur Harbour

Stephen Hilton - Laughter is the best medicine
Stephen Hilton – Laughter is the best medicine

Round 1 – Travel

Daren Fawkes - Alpine climbers
Daren Fawkes – Alpine Climbers

Ian Coombs - Flippin Fish
Ian Coombs – flippin Fish

Round 1 – Photojournalism

Geoff Shaw - Sam Bell at Moomba
Geoff Shaw – Sam Bell at Moomba

All of the scores and awards are now in our PSA Interclub 2021-22 galleries.

If you are interested in seeing all the award winners (from across the world) they can be viewed on PSA website under 2021-22 Season Competitions.

Our uploaded galleries are open for the second round and we will review them during the honours group meeting on 19 January 2022.