Category: Competitions

Change to August 2018 competition night

Vicki Moritz

I wish to notify a change of date for our August Competition night. We have a professional photographer as a judge and due to a last minute job he was unable to attend in person on 7th August. To avoid reading out his typed comments on our images we have swapped nights with the Creative group as follows:

  • 7th August will be the Creative group night at Ashwood hall facilitated by Paul Spence. Everyone is welcome to the Group. No prior experience is necessary. There will be a focus on adding “Lighting and Shadows in Composites” using layers and layer masking in photoshop.
  • 14th August will be the competition night – probably at Ashwood hall. Print entries for September will be accepted at the competition night, a week later than usual.

September EDI competition entries are still due on 7th August.

Our usual activities for the week remain unchanged:

  • The next beginners course by Alan Bennett will be starting on 6th August 7.30 pm, Wadham house
  • The Honours SIG is on 8th August, 7.30 at Wadham house

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Results from KPS Monochrome Interclub 2018

Stephen Edmonds

We recently participated in the Knox Photographic Society Monochrome Interclub competition for 2018 alongside Camberwell, Maroondah, Mornington, Rosanna and Williamstown clubs.

Congratulations to the following members for receiving place awards:

Hedley Anderson – First place for “Rohan” in novice prints
Hedley Anderson - Rohan

Hedley Anderson – Highly commended for “Ted and Lexi” in novice prints
Hedley Anderson - TED&LEXI

Peter Bond – Second place for “Adrift” in open prints
Peter Bond - Adrift

Trace O’Rourke – Third place for “The View” in novice EDI
Trace O'Rourke - The View

All of our entries (and individual scores) can be viewed in the following galleries:

July 2018 ‘Table top / Still life’ results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Adrian Smith

Set subject EDI

Rosie Hughes - GREEN AND ORANGE
A Grade: Rosie Hughes – GREEN AND ORANGE

Chris Herft - Hollow Eyes
B Grade: Chris Herft – Hollow Eyes

Open EDI

Hans Huysmans - Lone Fisherman
A grade: Hans Huysmans – Lone Fisherman

Jason Kim - Sunset in port melbourne
B grade: Jason Kim – Sunset in port melbourne

Open Print

Richard Pilcher - Green Backed Heron
A grade: Richard Pilcher – Green Backed Heron

Christopher Herft - A Little Ray of Sunshine
B grade: Chris Herft – A Little Ray of Sunshine

June 2018 ‘Triptych’ results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Peter Hammer

Set subject EDI

Julie Madders - CRYSTAL CLEAR TRIO
A Grade: Julie Madders – CRYSTAL CLEAR TRIO

Christopher Herft - Charging Bull
B Grade: Christopher Herft – Charging Bull

Open EDI

Felix Shparberg - Impressive wingspan
A grade: Felix Shparberg – Impressive wingspan

Raymond Stabey - Arctic Dinner Time
B grade: Raymond Stabey – Arctic Dinner Time

Open Print

Vicki Moritz - Zen 13
A grade: Vicki Moritz – Zen 13

Raymond Stabey - Tough Take Off
B grade: Raymond Stabey – Tough Take Off

Creative EDI

George Skarbek - Smoking gun
A grade: George Skarbek – Smoking gun

Ken Barnett - Yana with Orb
B grade: Ken Barnett – Yana with Orb

May 2018 ‘Action/Motion’ results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Berwick Viewfinders Camera Club

Set subject EDI

John Hadfield - Drive to goal
A Grade: John Hadfield – Drive to goal

Jason Kim - Speed in red and blue
B Grade: Jason Kim – Speed in red and blue

Open EDI

Tuck Leong - Dawn -High country
A grade: Tuck Leong – Dawn -High country

Samantha Pearsall - Novica
B grade: Samantha Pearsall – Novica

Open Print

Jill Shaw - Tiger in trees
A grade: Jill Shaw – Tiger in trees

Hedley Anderson - THE BALL
B grade: Hedley Anderson – THE BALL

April 2018 ‘Circles’ results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Lisa Saad

Set subject EDI

Felix Shparberg - Vintage clock
A Grade: Felix Shparberg – Vintage clock

Vira Vujovich - Circles in Motion
B Grade: Vira Vujovich – Circles in Motion

Open EDI

Rosie Hughes - RAIL AND STAIRS
A grade: Rosie Hughes – RAIL AND STAIRS

Vira Vujovich - Daybreak
B grade: Vira Vujovich – Daybreak

Open Print

Phillip Harris - Ant Story
A Grade: Phillip Harris – Ant Story

Anthony Pearsall - Diehard
B grade: Anthony Pearsall – Diehard

Creative EDI

George Skarbek - Pelicans over Uluru
A grade: George Skarbek – Pelicans over Uluru

Anthony Pearsall - Novica
B grade: Anthony Pearsall – Novica

Xmas greetings and a taste of 2018

Vicki Moritz

I am writing to wish you and yours a great Xmas and excellent New Year and to let you know of some of our 2018 activities.

The WCC website has been updated with 2018 dates and competition information. Our first meeting for 2018 will be the Social BBQ on Tuesday 9th January at Brickmakers Park in Oakleigh- 6.30 start. PLEASE NOTE: February competition entries are due at this gathering and you must be financial. MEMBERSHIP fees are due and need to be paid for competition entry.

While the 2018 programme may be subject to change we have some great speakers and activities scheduled The first competition night is 6th February. Set subjects are now listed on the schedule (definitions), as are the names of a number of the judges where available. NOTE: we now have 3 months with an additional Creative completion section and end of year aggregate trophy.

The first 2018 workshop is Aerial photography- hands on with Drones with Jeff Bethell from EE hobbies on Tuesday 20th February. Some of the 2018 topics are Still life, Creative Inspiration, Portrait photography, with more to come!

Special Interest groups- Creative, Flash/Portrait, Honours and now AV will be offered in 2018. A comprehensive training and mentoring schedule including contact details to register your interest has just been finalized and is now available.

Have a great festive season and see you all on 9th January!

Vicki Moritz
President

Competition schedule 2018

Stephen Edmonds
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