Judge: Julie Powell
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Jenny Sui – Dumpling assembly
Advanced: Felix Shparberg – The past
Open EDI
Intermediate: Alan Scott – Castle
Advanced: Tim Keane – Simpson Desert
Open Print
Intermediate: Daren Fawkes – Desert morning
Advanced: Marlene Chaitra – Kookaburra 1
We will now be holding a mix of in-person and online meetings. In general the competition night and workshop will be in-person at the Mount Waverley Community Centre, while our special interest groups will generally be online using Zoom but may use the craft room or Wadham House. Check the weekly Waverley Watson email or the calendar for details.
For in-person meetings we will be taking the following COVID safe precautions:
Starting with the February 2021 competition (due on Tuesday 12 January 2021) we have a new way of submitting competition entries. Instead of entries being emailed they are to be uploaded to:
For any support issues with uploading entries, please contact comp@waverleycameraclub.org.
February – Still Life
| Judge: | Julie Powell |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 12 January 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 2 February 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects. It is the application of photography to the still life artistic style. One example is food photography. This genre gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition compared to other photographic genres, such as landscape or portrait photography. Lighting and framing are important aspects of still life photography composition. Popular still life images include groups of flowers, food, and desk space, but still life photography is not limited to those 3 categories. Every object can be arranged into a Fine Art still life composition. Typically, a still life is not close up to the subject nor far away, but at a very medium angle. The art in still life photography is often in the choice of objects that are being arranged and the lighting rather than the skill of the photographer. |
March – Portrait
| Judge: | Alan Moyle |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 2 February 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 2 March 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI Creative EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Portraits of people of all colours, races, religions, the whole range of human feelings. Live photography, outdoor photography as well as studio portraits. Men, women, or children. The human face as a reflection of emotion and life experience. Images entered into this category must be portraits of a person or a group of no more than three people. |
April – Structures (monochrome)
| Judge: | Peter Clarke |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 2 March 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 6 April 2021 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | This subject requires a structure that is created, constructed or modified by the human hand or by animals. The subject affords a broad range of subject opportunities and requires a major focus on the subject constructed. The subject allows for human, or animal or a construction that contains intervention by both human and animal. |
May – Landscape/Seascape
| Judge: | David Norris |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 6 April 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 4 May 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Landscape and Seascape images are eligible to be entered in this section. The emotional and pictorial content of the image will weigh more heavily than its story telling. Modification or derivation techniques are allowed but the entry must appear realistic. Cityscapes are excluded from this competition. |
June – Abstract
| Judge: | Mieke Boynton |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 4 May 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 1 June 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI Creative EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental or conceptual photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. The image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment like a camera, darkroom or computer, or it may be created without using a camera by directly manipulating film, paper or other photographic media. |
July – Storyline (photojournalism)
| Judge: | Robyn Campbell |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 1 June 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 6 July 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Storytelling photography is an image that captures a moment with tension, inspiration, and emotions. It tells the story of your subject matter without using motion pictures or words. Unlike a simple image that only gives random data or facts, a storytelling image inspires people, makes them think, and invoke their emotions. In other words, it can have a bigger impact. While it is more challenging to create such an image, these moments can help you to deliver how you feel about something, send an important message or show an idea with your photography. |
August – Minimalism
| Judge: | Mario Mirabile |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 6 July 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 3 August 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI Creative EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Minimalist photography is a form of photography that is distinguished by extreme, austere simplicity. It emphasizes spareness and focuses solely on the smallest number of objects in the composition process. |
September – At work (monochrome)
| Judge: | Gaynor Robson |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 3 August 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 7 September 2021 |
| Sections: | Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Images of workplaces whether indoors or outdoors. The images can broad views of workplaces without people or can contain one or more people in their workplace – or may be close up images showing work being executed. |
October – Travel
| Judge: | Christopher Ian |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 September 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 5 October 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI Creative EDI |
| Set subject definition: | A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography are not permitted. Close up pictures of people or objects must include features that provide information about the location. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene and complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must look natural. |
November – Patterns (manmade or nature)
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 5 October 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 26 October 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI |
| Set subject definition: | Pattern photography is the concept of integrating a repetition of elements into a photograph. Patterns surround us and can be found in the natural world or generated by the activities of humans, animals or the natural world. Photographs that capture pattern will contain repetitive elements such as shapes, colours or textures. Photographs may be up-close or wide angle compositions. This subject does not include digitally generated patterns created by apps or software. |
December – End of year
| Judge: | TBA |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 26 October 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 7 December 2021 |
| Sections: | Colour EDI Monochrome EDI Creative EDI President’s trophy |
End of year competitions
Best Colour EDI
1st – Fred Seeber – Four down into the mist
2nd – Sim Chong – Hope
3rd – Joe Battista – MY 488
HM – Sim Chong – Shine From Within
HM – Felix Shparberg – Expressivity
Best Monochrome EDI
1st – Felix Shparberg – Only forward
2nd – Vicki Moritz – Urban canyon7
3rd – Geoff Shaw – Sam Bell at Moomba 2019
HM – Marlene Chaitra – Vietnamese Gardener
HM – Angela McLeod – Pride and Prejudice
Best Creative EDI
1st – Bob Thomas – Hand-some
2nd – Sim Chong – Looking Back At 2020
3rd – Anthony Yap – Stand Guard
Aggregate awards
Set Subject EDI – Advanced
1st – Trace O’Rourke – 16 points
2nd – Jen Fawkes – 14 points
3rd – Helen Warnod – 11 points
3rd – Felix Shparberg – 11 points
3rd – Rosie Hughes – 11 points
3rd – Geoff Shaw – 11 points
Set Subject EDI – Intermediate
1st – Steve Hilton – 18 points
2nd – Sim Chong – 15 points
3rd – Hans Huysmans – 14 points
Open EDI – Advanced
1st – Geoff Shaw – 18 points
2nd – Alan Bennett- 17 points
3rd – Dianne Willis – 15 points
3rd – Angela McLeod – 15 points
Open EDI – Intermediate
1st – Sim Chong – 20 points
1st – Hans Huysmans – 20 points
2nd – Phillip Harris – 17 points
3rd – Daren Fawkes – 15 points
Creative EDI
1st – Bob Thomas – 13 points
2nd – Rosie Hughes – 10 points
2nd – Trace O’Rourke – 10 points
3rd – Sim Chong – 9 points
Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)
Sim Chong – 44 points
President’s trophy
Felix Shparberg – Glowing fountains
Judge: Lyn Haywood
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Daren Fawkes – Guarding the flock
Advanced: Jill Shaw – Stairs in the NGV
Open EDI
Intermediate: Phillip Harris – Hitchcock’s Melbourne
Advanced: Marlene Chaitra – I have lost my winter coat
Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 27 October 2018. Of images entered throughout the year, members can select from those to enter the end of year competitions:
Due to the current circumstances we will not have a print end of year competition.
The entry must have been entered into a 2020 monthly competition 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.
Entries are due on Tuesday 27 October 2020. Do not resend your EDI files to the competition address, you only need to send through the original filename of each entry.
The subject for the President’s Trophy is “A Light Moment” with your entry due (emailed to the competition address) on Wednesday 4 November 2020.
Judge: Ricardo da Cunha
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Steve Hilton – Daredevils
Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – The Offering
Open EDI
Intermediate: Sim Chong – Pondering
Advanced: Alan Bennett – Marketability
Creative
Bob Thomas – At Home With The Mouse Family
Congratulations to the members whose images were selected for entry in the 30th Eastern Interclub 2020, in particular Geoff Shaw for second place in black and white, and Jill Shaw for a merit in colour.
Geoff Shaw – Image in image 2
Jill Shaw – Caught in a snowstorm
All of our entries can be viewed in the Eastern Interclub 2020 galleries.
At our workshop on Tuesday 15th September 2020 we will welcome Julie Powell on the topic of Still Life & Light Painting.