Our first activity of 2023 will be a social BBQ at Brickmakers Park in Oakleigh on Tuesday 10th January 2023 from 6:30pm. Seats might be needed as there is limited seating, but plenty of space at the BBQs.
This is also the due date for our February competition, so bring along your print entries and make sure you are a paid up member!
Our venue:
Brickmakers Park
23-29 Stamford Road, Oakleigh 3166
End of year competitions
Judges: Mandarine Montgomery and Christopher Ian
1st – Vicki Moritz – Acheron tree
2nd – John Noble – Black Shouldered Kite nest building
3rd – Tim Keane – September Blossom
1st – Rebecca Kashyap – Path to Fuji san
2nd – Sim Chong – Sand Forest Explorers
3rd – Felix Shparberg – Flying food
1st – Trace O’Rourke – Isolated
2nd – John Crawford – High Fashion Hire Wire
3rd – Sim Chong – Hallway
1st – Sim Chong – Alone
2nd – Trace O’Rourke – Home Made
3rd – Steve Hilton – Eggsistential Crisis
Aggregate awards
Open Print – Advanced
1st – Vicki Moritz – 22 points
2nd – Felix Shparberg – 18 points
3rd – Trace O’Rourke – 15 points
Open Print – Intermediate
1st – John Noble – 22 points
2nd – Jenny Hartman – 17 points
3rd – Jennifer Sui – 15 points
Set Subject EDI – Advanced
1st – Sim Chong – 23 points
2nd – Jen Fawkes – 16 points
3rd – Steve Hilton – 14 points
Set Subject EDI – Intermediate
1st – Jennifer Sui – 20 points
2nd – John Crawford – 17 points
3rd – Colleen Singleton – 16 points
Open EDI – Advanced
1st – Rebecca Kashyap – 22 points
2nd – Dianne Willis – 21 points
3rd – Alan Bennett – 16 points
Open EDI – Intermediate
1st – Jim Thorne – 16 points
1st – Jennifer Sui – 16 points
1st – Leanne Poole – 16 points
Creative EDI
1st – Sim Chong – 7 points
1st – Jennifer Sui – 7 points
1st – Helen Warnod – 7 points
Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)
Jennifer Sui – 58 points
Phillip Harris – Happiness
February – Scapes
| Judge: | Barry Feldman |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 10 January 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 7 February 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image featuring an expansive view. Generally a scape could be defined as a “vista” or a “broad view” of the subject. Landscape – A landscape is a picture of natural inland scenery displayed in a pictorial fashion. It may include evidence of man, people, animals and even part of the sea provided that none of these dominate the picture. Seascape – A seascape is a photograph of natural coastal scenery, a wave study or a picture of the open sea. People, boats and items related to these may be present as incidental items in the picture. Cityscape – The urban equivalent of a landscape, a cityscape depicts the built form and shape of a city or town (or one of its parts) through general or broad views of buildings and/or streets. Architectural detail images of one or more buildings are not considered cityscapes. (Vigex 2022 definition) |
March – Shadows (monochrome)
| Judge: | Theo van der Meulen |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 February 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 7 March 2023 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | The shadow(s) is the main feature and the cause of the shadow may be included but must not be dominant. (modified from SAPF) |
April – Motion/movement
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 March 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 4 April 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | This subject covers the full range of techniques to indicate the state of moving including Intentional Camera Movement, long exposure and light trails [1] Of people – encompassing, but not limited to, dancing, ballet, sport, callisthenics or gymnasium. [2] Of things – an image in which our visual sense tells us that the subject is moving eg waterfalls, panning traffic, motor sports. [3] Of fauna – capturing all forms of movement on land, in water and in the air. The sense of motion may be added in post processing (modified from APJA & SAPF) |
May – In the City
| Judge: | David Norris |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 4 April 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 2 May 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Images taken in any major city of the world. The image must include iconic, characteristic, distinctive and recognisable physical features although it is not necessary the image identify the exact location. Images that predominantly or exclusively depict people and their activities must illustrate a distinctive aspect of the city, country, region or continent. There are no limitations on processing techniques. (Partially taken from the PSA 2023 travel definition) |
June – Portrait (Human or Animal)
| Judge: | Craig Wetjen |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 2 May 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 6 June 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Where the character of the subject/subjects or the character being portrayed by the subject is made evident by suitable lighting, pose or expression. Costume, props or scenery are acceptable aids. (SAPF) |
July – Macro / Close-up
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 6 June 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 4 July 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image that shows a subject closer and in more detail than we are used to seeing in everyday life. |
August – Autumn
| Judge: | Mario Mirabile |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 4 July 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 1 August 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image in which the dominant content is associated with the season of Autumn. (APJA) |
September – Cemeteries (monochrome)
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 1 August 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 5 September 2023 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Images taken in a cemetery. There are no limitations on editing. |
October – A pop of colour
| Judge: | Jose Aguiar |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 5 September 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 3 October 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | An image where the main feature/subject is a dominant colour. |
November – Plants and Fungi
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 3 October 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 31 October 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Images of plant life. Plants include flowers, trees and in this case fungi (which are not formally plants). There are no limitations on editing eg this is not following the nature definition. |
December – End of year
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 31 October 2023 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 5 December 2023 |
| Sections: | Open print Colour EDI Monochrome EDI Creative EDI President’s trophy |
Judge: Ian Rolfe
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Anticipation
Advanced: Alan Bennett – Beach boat and sun set
Open EDI
Intermediate: Leanne Poole – Icycle
Advanced: Dianne Willis – Searching Juv Spotted Harrier
Open Print
Intermediate: Jenny Sui – An adorable lemur
Advanced: Helen Warnod – Omo women dance
Set subject definition:
An image in which a view of the beach or surrounds predominates, including activities that occur at the beach.
Judge: Ricardo da Cunha
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Jenny Sui – The Lion King
Advanced: Jill Shaw – Charlottes web
Open EDI
Intermediate: Jim Thorne – Fly away
Advanced: Sim Chong – Sand Forest Explorers
Open Print
Intermediate: Jenny Sui – Silvereye feeding
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Acheron tree
Creative
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Trace O’Rourke – Home Made
Set subject definition:
Illustrating the title of a published book or commercially released film. The title of the image is to be the title of the book or film.
It is not intended for text of the title of the book or film to be included as you would see on a book cover or movie poster. Use of text within the image is discouraged. Text generated by a licensed font is acquired content and not permitted.
Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 25 October 2022. This is a best of images entered throughout the year, members select from their previous entries to enter the end of year competition sections:
The entry must have been entered into a 2022 monthly competition (see below regarding prints) and in the same format. Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI images were entered in the Open EDI and Set Subject EDI sections, Creative EDI images were entered in the Creative EDI section.
As our print sections were interrupted during 2020 and 2021 and we did not have a print section in the end of year competition for those years, these prints are eligible for the 2022 end of year competition.
Select your entries through the Competition upload system. As well as selecting your print entries in the upload system, also ensure that your print entries are placed in the print box on Tuesday 25 October 2022 at our November competition night.
The subject for the President’s Trophy is “Happiness” with your entry due on Wednesday 15 November 2022, this is to be uploaded via the competition upload system.
Judge: Gary Smith
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: John Crawford – Outward Bound
Advanced: Sim Chong – Tea is always hot
Open EDI
Intermediate: Michael Bucklow – Arise
Advanced: Sim Chong – Horsham Bridge
Open Print
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Standing Tall
Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – Road from Hotham
Set subject definition:
This is to include object or person that is easily recognizable as belonging to a railway.
The final results for the PSA Interclub competitions for 2021-22 are in and we have done quite well for our first time entering:
| Division | Group | Total points | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | F | 177 | 3rd |
| Creative | B | 201 | 1st |
| Nature | C | 182 | 9th |
| Travel | B | 172 | 1st |
| Photojournalism | B | 178 | 3rd |
Clubs start out in the lowest group in each division and the top clubs are automatically moved up to the next level for the following year. As can be seen we will be moving up a few groups, however the division are slightly different for the 2022-2023 year.
In addition the images in each round that received a merit are judged again to determine the best of show images. Congratulations to Vicki and Xiaobo for these images which received an honourable mention in the end of year:
Vicki Moritz – Family Portrait
Xiaobo Yu – Beijing Front Gate
All of our entries can be viewed in our PSA Interclub 2021-22 galleries.
We have received the results from the 2022 APS Australian Cup, with 343 points we placed 15th.
Our two highest scored images were from Sim Chong:
All of our entries can be viewed in our Australian Cup 2022 gallery.
The full catalog showing the entries from all clubs can be downloaded (a 28MB PDF) at Results for competitions in 2022 APS Australian Cup.
Judge: Stella Loftus-Hills
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: John Crawford – Cottontop Tamarin
Advanced: Steve Hilton – Pepe
Open EDI
Intermediate: Nihal Basnayake – Moon and Light Trails
Advanced: Tim Keane – Bark Painting
Open Print
Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Afternoon Meeting
Advanced: John Noble – Lake Eyre mound springs
Creative EDI
Helen Warnod – On the sandy shores
Set subject definition:
An image of living animals, birds or insects either confined or in their natural environment. Studio style images of animals are acceptable.