Judge: Christopher Ian

Set Subject EDI

Intermediate: Ian Coombs – Orange Temple

Advanced: Paul Spence – Whitewash Wall Morocco

Open EDI

Intermediate: Greg Doughty – JUST LAYING BACK

Advanced: Alan Bennett – Swallow this and youre welcome

Open Print

Intermediate: Lyndel Holt – Busselton Jetty

Advanced: Jill Shaw – Puffin 2

Set Subject definition:

Create an image in which most of the elements of the composition are of the same, or similar, colour. The primary challenge is in seeing, composing, and capturing such a composition. Compositions involving objects or shapes that are black, white or a shade of grey are allowed (these are considered as colours for this competition). Image processing is allowed, provided it does not involve compositing, introducing textures, changing colours, or converting images to monochrome.

End of year competitions

Judges: David Bignell and Pam Morris

Best Print

1st – Dianne Doughty – DUSK AT MORNINGTON
2nd – Vira Vujovich – Beauty
3rd – Vicki Moritz – Claret Ash botanical
HM – Dianne Doughty – RACE DAY MORNINGTON
HM – John Crawford – Water Lily Pod on Pond
HM – Vicki Moritz – Lake Nillahcootie layers

Best Colour EDI

1st – Vicki Moritz – Icy Lake Georgina
2nd – Jenny Adams – Cheeky Little Choir
3rd – Kerry McFarlane – Wash Down
HM – Jenny Sui – Juicy snack for king fisher
HM – Kerry McFarlane – To The Limit

Best Monochrome EDI

1st – Geoff Shaw – Look deep deep into my eyes
2nd – Sim Chong – Gobi Mongol
3rd – Angela McLeod – Six
HM – Dianne Doughty – BLACK COCKATOO
HM – Tim Keane – Soft Encounters

Best Creative EDI

1st – Marie Shaw – Field of flowers
2nd – Dianne Doughty – LAKESIDE
3rd – Kerry McFarlane – Creature by the Creek
HM – Vicki Moritz – Marysville Botanicals2
HM – Tim Keane – Dahlia Burst

Aggregate awards

Open Print – Advanced

1st – Vicki Moritz – 25 points
2nd – Stephen Jude – 18 points
3rd – Dianne Doughty – 15 points
3rd – Russell Lucas – 14 points
3rd – Stephen Edmonds – 15 points

Open Print – Intermediate

1st – Jenny Adams – 25 points
2nd – Colleen Singleton – 12 points
2nd – Lyndel Holt – 12 points

Set Subject EDI – Advanced

1st – Jenny Hartman – 18 points
2nd – Jen Fawkes – 15 points
2nd – Stephen Edmonds – 15 points

Set Subject EDI – Intermediate

1st – Jenny Adams – 22 points
2nd – Jim Thorne – 14 points
2nd – Lyndel Holt – 14 points

Open EDI – Advanced

1st – Felix Shparberg – 21 points
2nd – John Morter – 18 points
3rd – Dianne Doughty – 16 points

Open EDI – Intermediate

1st – Jenny Adams – 23 points
2nd – Fiona Jones – 19 points
3rd – Phillip Harris – 16 points

Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)

Jenny Adams – 70 points

President’s trophy

Jenny Hartman – Flight from Hell

Felix Shparberg – Depature

February – Only one colour

Judge:	Christopher Ian
Entries due:	Tuesday 6 January 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 3 February 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Create an image in which most of the elements of the composition are of the same, or similar, colour. The primary challenge is in seeing, composing, and capturing such a composition. Compositions involving objects or shapes that are black, white or a shade of grey are allowed (these are considered as colours for this competition). Image processing is allowed, provided it does not involve compositing, introducing textures, changing colours, or converting images to monochrome.

March – Street photography (monochrome)

Judge:	Craig Wetjen
Entries due:	Tuesday 3 February 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 3 March 2026
Sections:	Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	This Is a non-formalized genre of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions and other associated settings. Images can often be ironic or emotionally detached from subject matter, focusing instead on a particular context or detail. Framing and timing are key aspects of the craft, with the aim of creating images at a decisive or poignant moment. (APJA)

April – Repetition

Judge:	John Chapman
Entries due:	Tuesday 3 March 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 7 April 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	This incorporates a repeating shape, pattern, object, colour etc.

May – Time Capsules

Judge:	Robyn Campbell
Entries due:	Tuesday 7 April 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 5 May 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Explore remnants of the past.

June – Landscape/Seascape panorama

Judge:	Ian Rolfe
Entries due:	Tuesday 5 May 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 2 June 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	A panoramic image has a wide format – its ratio width:height must be at least 2:1. This can be achieved by stitching images, or cropping an image. Landscape images celebrate the beauty of the natural environment, showcasing the spaces and scenery of the natural world. Images may include animals, people or manmade elements, provided the primary emphasis is on natural scenery. The image must look natural although elements can be composited to add to the story.

July – My favourite painting

Judge:	Paul Robinson
Entries due:	Tuesday 2 June 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 7 July 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Recreate a well-known artwork such as a painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, art gallery installation, etc. Title of the artwork to be provided in the image title. Painting examples include Modernism, Realism, Impressionism, Cubism etc. No editing restrictions.

August – Speed or Motion

Judge:	Wade Buchan
Entries due:	Tuesday 7 July 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 4 August 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Images that capture the movement in camera. Use of post processing blur effects not allowed.

September – Infrastructure (monochrome)

Judge:	Lisa Law
Entries due:	Tuesday 4 August 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 1 September 2026
Sections:	Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Subjects are to be large man-made structures – Bridges, roads, dams, skyscrapers, stadium etc. The subjects should be identifiable as a piece of infrastructure.

October – All-in-Camera

Judge:	Andrea Esposito
Entries due:	Tuesday 1 September 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 6 October 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Single, straight-out-of-camera image of any genre or subject with no post- production off-camera (including cropping, straightening, editing). Only converting to JPG and resizing to competition dimensions are permitted to be done off-camera. This is an opportunity to celebrate and recognise camera craft as well as novel in-camera techniques such as black & white, art filters, multi-exposure or focus stack, but only if your camera exports it as a single image file. Eg. You cannot do a focus stack which is 3 images and combine them later in editing software before submitting.

November – Reflections

Judge:	Johanna Botman
Entries due:	Tuesday 6 October 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 27 October 2026
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	The image must be a reflection, and can include the source of the reflection.

December – End of year

Judge:	Bronwen Casey
Entries due:	Tuesday 27 October 2026
Judged:	Tuesday 8 December 2026
Sections:	Open print Colour EDI Monochrome EDI Creative EDI President’s trophy

Thank you to all that submitted images for our creative interclub with the Geelong Camera Club Creative Group.

Congratulation to the first place images:

Geelong – Ketut Suwitra – Surviving the desert

Waverley – Jenny Adams – ChirpyLittleChoir

All entries can be viewed in the Nature and Open galleries.

Last night was the presentation of the results for the 2025 4-Club Interclub, which is a competition between Camberwell Camera Club, Caulfield Photographic Society, Maroondah Photographic Society and us.

The judge was Sam Mariani and we are pleased to announce that we came out first overall, also being first in the Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI sections.

Special recognition to the following award winning images:

Print – First Place – Leanne Poole – Mayfly

Monochrome EDI – Second Place – Geoff Shaw – Look deep deep into my eyes

Colour EDI – Third Place – John Crawford – Windows and a few Doors

Monochrome EDI – Third Place – Tim Keane – Soft Encounters

Colour EDI – Merit – Jen Fawkes – Feed me

Colour EDI – Merit – Jenny Adams – Rainbrella Painting

Colour EDI – Merit – Sim Chong – Trees Birds and Moon

Print – Merit – Jenny Adams – City Enigma

All of our entries can be viewed in our 4-Club 2025 galleries.

Judge: Lyn Haywood

Set Subject EDI

Intermediate: Eddie Teh – Ancient Modern

Advanced: Jenny Hartman – Village in the Sky

Open EDI

Intermediate: Fiona Jones – Life well lived

Advanced: John Morter – The Eyes Have It

Open Print

Intermediate: Alan Mackinlay – Welcome Swallow feeding

Advanced: Stephen Jude – Flow

Set Subject definition:

Use your phone to take/made photos. All processing must be done in the phone. Consider the use of some phone appllications such as Snapseed, Slow shutter, ProCam, PhotoSplit or Distressed FX. Any Apps that introduce third party textures such as Distressed FX must be notified when loading the image, but are allowable.