Our next monthly meeting and Competition Night is on Tuesday the 3rd of July, the judge this month is Mr Geoff Sherrington. I dont know Geoff very well but I must admit when we spoke he came across as being very knowledgeable, very digi-savy and certainly an experienced judge. I also asked him as we always do of our judges, to send me some stuff that I could use to introduce him. This is what he sent:
… As for introductions, my wife Colleen and I were members of Camberwell, then a break, then Ivanhoe, then a break again. I’ve been working with APS Management Committee as chairman of the Plagiarism & Ethics sub-committee, but there are personality difficulties so I don’t stress that. I started working in digital photography with Landsat satellite tapes in the late 70s, making earth images from bits in my work in management of earth science projects with large corporations (now retired). The software that we and many others wrote found its way into image programs like PhotoShop and Corel PhotoPaint (I use the latter). Have been doing digital enhancement & manipulation on photos since 1993 or so. Have used high grade camera bodies and lenses, all 35 mm format film, and did not change to digital cameras until Dec last year. Also, I chair a photographic interest group at North Balwyn Probus Club, meeting monthly, and am a member of 3 on-line APS folios, also with monthly image swapping and informal judging. So, over 30 judging episodes a year, including past Nationals. Two main streams in photography. 1. To make images that cause emotion. 2. To work part way between photography and painted art, through image programmes.
That should be more than enough. …
Interesting isnt it?Cheers and Rosie and I will see you all on the 3rd of July at The Craft Room, Mt Waverley Community Centre, Miller Crescent, Mt Waverley. 7.30 for an 8pm start.
Effective from the August 2012 competition (entries due on Tuesday, 3rd July) we have updated our rules to follow the dimensions laid down for the VAPS interclub competition:
The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1400 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1050 pixels.
Please note that these are maximum dimensions. If you have already prepared an entry at 1024×768 then it is perfectly fine for you to enter it into the competition.
On Tuesday 5 June we have the June Competition Night at the usual place, Mount Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Crescent. The theme for the nights competition is ‘Open’ and it is shaping up to be a very good night. The judge for the evening is Jean-Philippe Weibel, JP to you and I and to the rest of his many friends.
JP was born and raised in a small village in the Swiss Alps where he started photographing the mountains and enjoying the climb to do so. He decided to marry a travelling Aussie girl and like all good Aussie wife’s she undoubtedly convinced him they should emigrate to Australia. His photography became restricted to the growing children and the odd holiday shots until 1987 when he joined the Caulfield Photographic Society. Since then JP has helped CPS with its annual beginners course, convened the Judging Panel and having gained experience in the Critique of images, has been visiting camera clubs to judge, critique and evaluate their monthly and end of year comps. He has made forays into many forms of photography – Close up, Portrait, Still life and of course the one that he continually returns to, Landscape. JP recently retired and now has the time to travel our beautiful country where he continues to enjoy the challenge of photography.
WCC welcomes all visitors to the club and a special welcome is extended to the people participating in the Monash Positive Ageing and Lifestyles (PALS) program, please click this link HERE for a description of what to expect from your evenings visit to WCC.
Tuesday promises to be another great Comp night with a bumper number of B Grade Prints, Come along and listen to JP critique our images and remember, it will be an even better night if you turn up and show your support for your club and your fellow members. See you all on Tuesday 5th june at 7:30PM for an 8pm start.
The 2012 VAPS Convention held in Ballarat over the weekend 19th – 21st May where, in a shock (to him) announcement, Pete Davies received the highest individual commendation which VAPS awards. The State Service Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (SSVAPS) which was awarded to a very uncertain Pete however, I’m sure that you all will join us and VAPS in congratulating and re-assuring Pete that his award is very well deserved.
Pete Davies SSVAPS
For those who are unaware, after Pete notified WCC of his intention to step down from his 5 year role as President of WCC, we secretly attempted to get Pete an award from VAPS for all the work he had done in resurrecting the club and making it into pretty much what it is today, we hoped to announce that award at our 2011 AGM. We also had the recommendation of the Berwick Viewfinders President where Pete had also been a member, to support our case. Unfortunately it was turned down by VAPS due to the 10 year rule where a member has to have completed 10 years as a member of VAPS affiliated clubs to be eligible for an award. At the time Pete hadn’t amassed this only managing 7 years. However, around a year later I received a telephone call from the VAPS notifying me that VAPS had discussed this after our application had been rejected and that they felt that the rules were against such awards where certain circumstances dictated that someone like Pete deserved recognition for the huge efforts that they provided to their clubs and in Pete’s case the wider reaching VAPS. They told me that after the discussion that they had agreed to rethink the rule and had lowered it to 8 years and that they were very happy that they could now award Pete the highest accolade that they had.
We had probably the best attendance for a long time with 6 of members being there for the entire weekend and hopefully this will continue to grow so we can get the VAPS gold star for having the highest attendance at the convention which was won this year by Rosanna. We were treated to some great talks the first from Gerard Saide who told us how to ‘Listen With Our Eyes’ offering a way to interpret images. Terry Lane who is coming to Waverley in June gave his talk on ‘How I became a digital reviewer’ and showed some of his work which was very inspiring. There was some photography work being done outside with Stephen and I opting to participate in Pete’s very well attended ‘Hands on Image Evaluation and Judges Workshop’. The evening brought the annual dinner which again was superb, the food and company were excellent. Sunday brought sunrise photo shoots and a great talk by local photographer, Andrew Thomas who showed us some stunning work including from that morning’s photo shoot. There were other talks and workshops arranged for the remainder of the Sunday plus the Monday but with Pete busy with VAPS business, Stephen and I opted to go out into the countryside to take some shots.
The interclub exhibition was to its normal high standards including the usual contraversial comments from the masses regarding the judges choices with the 1st place image however, that aside, congratulations go to Ray Anderson and Vicki Moritz for their fantastic results in the interclub competition. Ray with huge second place for Red-Eyed Frog, and Vicki with a very well deserved third place for Yarra Bank in Winter. Well done to both of you and to the other entrants from Waverley it’s great to have such talented photographers as members of our club.
In stark contrast to previous years, this year we came first for the Novice EDPI Aggregate (60 points) and equal second for the Open Large Prints Aggregate (62 points). This is a huge achievement for the club which in previous years has been very restrained in its commitments to both VAPS and the muster. With these results and the results in 4 – Club this year we now need to have a big push and get some first places in next years event. We have plenty of time to practice with Knox B&W on the horizon in the middle of the year. Here are the results of all of the images, the results being based on a score of 15 from three individual judges. The aggregate scores are taken from the top 5 best images from each section for each club.
Open large prints:
* Vicki Moritz – Yarra Bank in Winter – 14 points and 3rd Place
* Stephen Edmonds – Lucky Bay – 12 points
* Andy Armitage – Red Umbrella – 12 points
* Stephen Edmonds – Remnant – 12 point
* Ray Anderson – Violet Sabre Wing – 12 points
* Albert Hutchinson – Sunlit Rocks – 10 points
* Anne DiCarlo – Still Waters in Obscurity – 10 points
* Ron Weatherhead – Casting the Net – 10 points
* Dave Sumner – Five Miles Out – 10 points
* John Mallett – Decisions Decisions – 8 points
Open EPDI:
* Alan Scott – Grass Fire – 10 points
* Dave Sumner – Web Bridge – 10 points
* Tuck Leong – Green Lacewing #3 – 10 points
* Tuck Leong – It’s Cool – 10 points
* Vicki Moritz – Royal Arcade – 9 points
* Ron Weatherhead – Tea Set – 9 points
* Pete Davies – Eureka Reflections – 9 points
* John Hadfield – In a Spiral – 9 points
* Pete Davies – Blue and Green – 9 points
* Stephen Edmonds – Sit Down – 8 points
Novice EDPI:
* Ray Anderson – Red-Eyed Frog – 14 points and 2nd Place
* Removed Due to a Copyright Infringement
* Diana Ferdinands – Natures Light Show – 12 points
* Ray Anderson – Solo Penguin – 11 points
* Mary McLean – Billy Tea – 11 points
* John Ho – Shine of Dance – 10 points
* Paul Spence – Big Ben – 10 points
* Brian Bethune – Life After Dark – 9 points
* Rosie Armitage – Nuts and Bolts – 9 points
* Rosie Hughes – Romantic Evening – 9 points
Novice Prints:
Not entered due to VAPS rules restrictions on print sizes
For those who weren’t at the interclub judging on Monday or at the workshop tonight you won’t have heard the Presidents announcement regarding Waverley’s results in the 4-Club event held at Berwick Viewfinders Club. For those who don’t know, 4-Club is a biannual event that sees Berwick, Maroondah, Eastern Suburbs and Waverley clubs compete against each other with Mono Prints, Open Prints and EDI images plus there is an overall winner. The competition is usually quite hotly contested and this year was no exception.
The judging started with the open prints with them being shown in club order, Waverley first. The judge quickly got stuck in and announced his results for Waverley which are listed below followed by Mono Prints and then EDI. The scores are out of a maximum of 15 per image:
Still Waters in Obscurity – Anne DiCarlo 12 Points
Bolte Bridge After Dark – Albert hutchison 12 Points
Decisions Decisions – John Mallett 14 Points and First Place
Scrub Wren – Dave Sumner 13 Points and Highly Commended
Remnant – Stephen Edmonds 13 Points and Highly Commended
Mono Prints
Looking Up – Anne DiCarlo 12 Points
Three Canoes – Andy Armitage 10 Points
Vestigial – Brian Ennis 11 Points
Shadows at the NGV – Ron Weatherhead 13 Points and Highly Commended
Quiet Please – Dave Sumner 12 Points
Another World – Dave Sumner 14 Points and First Place
EDI
Tea Set – Ron Weatherhead 13 Points and Highly Commended
Green Lacewing Fly #3 – Teck Leong 11 Points
Green and Blue – Pete Davies 11 Points
Red Eyed Frog – Ray Anderson 14 Points and Equal Third Place
Fun or Torture – David Burton 12 Points
In a Spiral – John Hadfield 12 Points
Some very good scores were achieved by Waverley as well as two first places an equal third place and 4 Highly Commended. The overall results are below:
Open Print
Waverley 76
Berwick 72
Eastern Suburbs 69
Maroondah 68
Mono Print
Waverley 72
Eastern Suburbs 71
Berwick 70
Maroondah 69
EDI
Waverley & Berwick 73
Eastern Suburbs 71
Maroondah 68
Which gave an overall score of:
Maroondah 205
Eastern Suburbs 212
Berwick 215
Waverley 221
Well done to all those members who had images in and a big thank you to Donna and her image selection team for putting it all together, you did a great job.
Just a quick reminder to everyone that Tuesday 6th is the March competition judging evening held at the Mount Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Crescent (next to the library), 7.30 for an 8pm start. The theme for this competition is Open Monochrome. The judge is Terry Trevitt and I’m sure that there will be some cracking entries as usual. If you are looking to improve your photography or are just a beginner wondering where to go next with your new camera, come along to Waverley Camera Club and meet warm, friendly like minded people and enjoy an evenings competition judging. We cater for all abilities and you don’t even need to own a camera to come along. In the meantime, please feel free to browse our previous competition images down the right hand column of this page.
