At our March workshop on Tuesday 20 March 2018 we will be welcoming Emma Gilette to talk to us about creating a photographic series. Don’t miss this workshop as Emma will be back to judge our November competition where the set subject happens to be ‘series.’
Please remember that we are meeting at Ashwood Hall while the community centre is being refurbished.
August 2018 update: The renovations are complete and will will be back in the Community Centre for the August workshop.
June 2018 update: It is now expected that the renovations will continue until late August 2018.
The City of Monash is refurbishing the Mount Waverley Community Centre where we hold our monthly competition nights, workshops and creative special interest group meetings. Up until the end of June 2018 these meetings (except one creative group meeting) will be relocated to Ashwood Hall. Meetings in Wadham House will continue to be held in Wadham House.
Our calendar will be kept up to date with the location of every meeting.
Ashwood Hall is a short distance away at 21A Electra Ave, Ashwood VIC 3147:
Please ensure you park in the carpark, not in the street.
If you want to know more about the refurbishment then please refer to Refurbishment of Mount Waverley Community Centre and Mount Waverley Youth Centre.
Judge: Marg Huxtable
Set subject EDI
A Grade: Alan Scott – Holden Ute
B Grade: Vira Vujovich – Unloved.jpg
Open EDI
A grade: Bob Thomas – Pole Dancer
B grade: Ken Barnett – Sorento Back Beach
Open Print
A Grade: Felix Shparberg – Old fellow
B grade: Hedley Anderson – TED&LEXI
Judge: Barry Feldman
Set subject EDI
A Grade: Tuck Leong – Dew on Xenica
B Grade: Vira Vujovich – Nature’s Perfection.jpg
Open EDI
A grade: Tuck Leong – Mountian Pass
B grade: Carol Kayll – WHO ME
Open Print
A Grade: Alan Bennett – Fast Forward
B grade: Hedley Anderson – NIRVANA#2
| Month | Judge | Sections | Entries due by | Judged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | Barry Feldman | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: The beauty of nature |
Tuesday 9th January (BBQ) | Tuesday 6th February |
| March | Marg Huxtable | Open print: open (monochrome) Open EDI: open (monochrome) Set subject EDI: Abandoned (monochrome) |
Tuesday 6th February | Tuesday 6th March |
| April | Lisa Saad | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Circles Creative: creative |
Tuesday 6th March | Tuesday 3rd April |
| May | TBA | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Action/Motion |
Tuesday 3rd April | Tuesday 1st May |
| June | Ricardo da Cunha | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Triptych Creative: creative |
Tuesday 1st May | Tuesday 5th June |
| July | Adrian Smith | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Table top/Still life |
Tuesday 5th June | Tuesday 3rd July |
| August | TBA | Open print: open (monochrome) Open EDI: open (monochrome) Set subject EDI: Architecture/Urban spaces (monochrome) |
Tuesday 3rd July | Tuesday 7th August |
| September | TBA | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Faces and Characters Creative: creative |
Tuesday 7th August | Tuesday 4th September |
| October | Peter Calder | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Fire, smoke or steam |
Tuesday 4th September | Tuesday 2nd October |
| November | TBA | Open print: open Open EDI: open Set subject EDI: Series |
Tuesday 2nd October | Tuesday 30th October |
| December | TBA | End of year competition | Tuesday 30th October | Tuesday 4th December |
February – The Beauty of Nature
An image taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.
March – Abandoned
All entries in monochrome.
A subject, perhaps in a state of decay or isolation, which has been abandoned.
April – Circles
An image in which circles feature as the main design element. This can be any circular object, or a formation in which circular objects feature prominently.
May – Action / Motion
An image in which a sensation of movement is the primary focus, and the animation of the subject is clearly evident.
June – Triptych
Three images presented as one, bringing together either a story, similar compositional elements, colours, or similar subject matter – anything that draws the pictures together as a group.
July – Table top / Still life
An image depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically able to be accommodated within the confines of a tabletop and embracing a wide range of objects arranged in a visually pleasing or creative manner.
August – Architecture / Urban spaces
All entries in monochrome.
Images that capture scenes within a city or town that capture the essence of the location rather than simply a record of location. The image can be a picture of one or more buildings or structures, or a smaller portion of a building. Human figures may be included.
September – Faces and Characters
An image a single person, or group of people, providing some insight into their personality, interests, occupation or chosen lifestyle. An illustration of the person as an individual rather than simply as a photographic subject.
October – Fire, smoke or steam
An image in which fire, smoke, steam or a combination of these elements is a dominant feature of the image.
November – Series
A series of art / photography is a unified, cohesive, coherent and related body of work which involves creating multiple works of art around any of the same- Idea / Concept; Theme / Topic; Story; Philosophy; Issue; Subject Matter or Technique
Images in the series are to be submitted as one image with all images arranged within a single canvas at the standard competition size of 1920×1080, less than 2 mb
Ideas for the series can be found in Emma Gilette presentation How to Create a Photographic Series – Emma Gilette (23MB PDF). Ideas can also be found on the Photographic Society of America website where a series is presented as a portfolio of work. FIAP also have a similar honour as the MFIAP is awarded following submission of a portfolio of 20 works. NOTE: these sites may be slow to load.
End of year competitions
Open Print
1st – Vicki Moritz – Dead Swallow
2nd – Hai Thi Nguyen – GLENLYON PANO
3rd – Vicki Moritz – Junior gum
Colour EDI
1st – Vicki Moritz – Honfleur harbour
2nd – Tim Keane – Stairs
3rd – Geoff Shaw – Dream World
Monochrome EDI
1st – Ross Eddington – Stairway to Heaven.jpg
2nd – Vicki Moritz – Paris pigeon wrangling
3rd – Felix Shparberg – Street-singer
Aggregate awards
Set Subject EDI – A Grade
1st – Vicki Moritz – 20 points
2nd – Geoff Shaw – 19 points
3rd – Rosie Hughes – 18 points
Set Subject EDI – B Grade
1st – Rahul Kapur – 17 points
2nd – Ken Bichel – 16 points
3rd – Russell Lucas – 14 points
Open EDI – A Grade
1st – Rosie Hughes – 16 points
2nd – George Skarbek – 15 points
3rd – Anthony Yap – 14 points
Open EDI – B Grade
1st – Russell Lucas – 18 points
2nd – Jenny Yip – 12 points
3rd – Cheng Yip – 11 points
Open Print – A Grade
1st – Vicki Moritz – 24 points
2nd – Peter Bond – 20 points
3rd – Richard Conn – 15 points
Open Print – B Grade
1st – Hedley Anderson – 25 points
2nd – Ken Barnett – 13 points
3rd – Raymond Evans – 6 points
President’s trophy
Geoff Shaw – Looking Forward Looking Back
Judge: Lisa Law
Set subject EDI
A Grade: Russell Lucas – I Mean Business
B Grade: Ken Bichel – KING OF THE SKY
Open EDI
A grade: Anne Ramus – Bellarine Driftwood
B grade: Christopher Herft – Watch the birdy
Open Print
A Grade: Vicki Moritz – Belvedere morning fog
B grade: Ken Barnett – Dusk over Etihad
Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 31 October. Of images entered throughout the year, members can select from those to enter the end of year competition with two images in each of:
The entry must have been entered into a 2017 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.
On Tuesday 31 October bring your prints along to be placed in the competition box, but do not resend your EDI files to the comptetion address, you only need to send through the filename of each entry.
There is also the President’s Trophy, no topic has yet been set, but those entries are not due until towards the end of November.
Judge: Barney Meyer
Set subject EDI
A Grade: Julie Madders – ALPINE SUNRISE
B Grade: Ken Bichel – Sunset Storm Monument Valley
Open EDI
A grade: Rosie Hughes – WHERE WILL OUR CHILDREN PLAY
B grade: Ken Barnett – Dream Machine2
Open Print
A Grade: Vicki Moritz – Junior gum
B grade: Raymond Evans – Singapore Stroll