February – Suburbia

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 7 January 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 4 February 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Your perspective on living in the suburbs. The image can be documentary or interpretive, there are no editing restrictions.

March – Self-portrait (monochrome)

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 4 February 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 4 March 2025
Sections:	Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	A portrait of the photographer in which they have posed themselves within the picture. The shutter release must be under his control i.e. remote, electric etc. (APJA) Creative processing is allowable.

April – Water

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 4 March 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 1 April 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	An image where water is the dominant feature.

May – Technology

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 1 April 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 6 May 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Capture the essence of technology in our daily lives. From the elegance of modern gadgets, showcase how technology shapes our world.

June – Nature with a difference

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 6 May 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 3 June 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Any different approach to an image of nature- that is, NOT a standard shot. Subjects can be animals, botanicals… macro. Creative techniques (Adamski, Vanoost, Pep Ventosa, ICM, multiple exposures….), filters etc. can be used for an interpretation of the subject.

July – Light

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 3 June 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 1 July 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	An image where unusual lighting adds interest to the scene. This may be high key, low key, bokeh – or maybe just experiment with light.

August – Wabi Sabi

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 1 July 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 5 August 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	The Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection.Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi-sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in the things that bear the mark of this impermanence.

September – Streets at night (monochrome)

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 5 August 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 2 September 2025
Sections:	Monochrome open print Monochrome open EDI Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	Street images taken after dark.

October – Abstract

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 2 September 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 7 October 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	An arrangement of colours and shapes which are not recognisable as known objects, although they may suggest any object or scene. (APJA)

November – Phoneography

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 7 October 2025
Judged:	Tuesday 28 October 2025
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
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.

December – End of year

Judge:	TBA
Entries due:	Tuesday 28 October 2025
Judged:	TBA
Sections:	Open print Colour EDI Monochrome EDI President’s trophy

This year we hosted the 4 Club interclub competition which is a competition between Camberwell Camera Club, Caulfield Photographic Society, Maroondah Photographic Society and us.

Our judge was Christopher Ian and we are pleased to announce that – by a single point from Camberwell – we came out first overall.

Special recognition to the following award winning images:

Rebecca Kashyap – Rainy Night in Ginza

Tuck Leong – The Gift

Stephen Jude – Into the Light

Jenny Hartman – Taking a Break

Daryl Lynch – Struggle for survival

Kirsten Morton – Banksia

Leanne Poole – Floating

John Crawford – Otherworldly

Jenny Adams – PepVentosaStyle Autumn Magpie

Kerry McFarlane – Down Time

Felix Shparberg – Different emotions

All of our entries can be viewed in out 4-Club 2024 galleries.

Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 29 October 2024. This is a best of images entered throughout the year, members select from their previous entries to enter the end of year competition sections:

• Two images for Open Print
• Two images for Colour EDI
• Two images for Monochrome EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2024 monthly competition and in the same format. Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI images were entered in the Open EDI and Set Subject EDI sections.

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 29 October 2024 at our November competition night.

We allow images to be altered prior to entry in the end of year competition (eg to incorporate comments from the judge).

5.c.1. Alterations are limited to ensure that the altered (EOY) version is clearly recognizable as a revision of the same image as entered in the monthly competitions. Conversions from colour to monochrome (or vice versa) are allowed.

To enter an altered image:

1. In the upload system select the image from the monthly competition as normal, then indicate via the dropdown that it will be altered for end of year.
2. Email your altered entry to the competition steward at comp@waverleycameraclub.org.

The subject for the President’s Trophy is “Blue” with your entry due on Tuesday 19 November 2024, this is also to be submitted via the competition upload system.

Judge: Deborah Mullins

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Belinda Kerr – Storm over Flinders

Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Foggy autumn morning

Open EDI

Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Grandmas Apple Pie

Advanced: Angela McLeod – Lines of Wisdom

Open Print

Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Cisticola Antics

Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Chick feeding

Set subject definition:

An image depicting some aspect of the weather e.g. storm [actual or impending] rain, hail, snow, fog or wind. Normal sunny conditions or the aftermath are not acceptable. (SAPF) There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.

We recently participated in the the 34th Eastern Interclub run by Maroondah Photographic Society where we came first in Open EDI and fourth in Black & White EDI.

Congratulations to:

Black and White – First Place – Jen Fawkes – The Sweeper

Open EDI – Second Place – Rebecca Kashyap – Path to Mt Fuji

Open EDI – Highly Commended – Stephen Edmonds – Licking

All of our entries can be viewed in our Eastern Interclub 2024 galleries.

Judge: Lisa Law

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Alan Scott – Crab Sand Ball Pattern

Advanced: Marlene Chaitra – Cracked

Open EDI

Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Ebb and Flow

Advanced: Tim Keane – The Specialists

Open Print

Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Mans Best Friend

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Fjordboten in cloud

Set subject definition:

An image that demonstrates patterns or textures as the main point of interest. Open to interpretation for example can include patterns and textures found in nature, architecture and abstracts. There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.

Judge: Ewen Bell

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – The dancer

Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Panel gap

Open EDI

Intermediate: Alan Scott – Outback Spinifex

Advanced: Sim Chong – Birds and Cattle

Open Print

Intermediate: Vira Vujovich – Girl on the Shore Lake Simcoe

Advanced: Sim Chong – Mt Feathertop

Set subject definition:

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) is a creative way of working with long exposure photography where the camera is moved during an exposure. ICM is both a technique and an artistic way of expression. ICM must not be simulated during editing, otherwise there are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.

Several of our club members attended the Knox Monochrome Interclub Comp recently. We were privileged to see some great images across 7 clubs and witness an exciting finish with Waverley coming out on top! Yes… we won!

It was a close competition with Knox Camera Club only 1 point behind us, and less than 10 points separating the top 4 clubs.

Well done to the selection committee for this competition and congratulations to the authors of all our entries – it was a great team effort.

Special mention to the following authors, whose images scored the maximum 15 points for their work.

Leanne Poole – Floating

Jenny Sui – Foggy morning on the lake

Alan Bennett – Slow Black Shouldered Kite

Final placings:

1. Waverley Camera Club – 258 points
2. Knox Camera Club – 257 points
3. Camberwell Camera Club – 250 points
4. Rosanna Photographic Club – 249 points
5. Williamstown Camera Club – 246 points
6. Maroondah Photographic Society – 245 points
7. Mornington Peninsula Photographic Society – 232 points

It was a fun evening and congratulations to Knox Camera Club for holding another terrific event this year.

All of our entries can be viewed in our print and EDI galleries

Judge: Angela Connor

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Lyndel Holt – A Violinists Journey jpg

Advanced: Jen Fawkes – The Band

Open EDI

Intermediate: Fiona Jones – The only car on the road

Advanced: Sim Chong – Huge Vases

Open Print

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Through the window

Advanced: Jen Fawkes – Free my dad

Set subject definition:

An image that depicts an association with music. There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.