Last night we received the results of the 2021 4-Club (Camberwell, Maroondah, Eastern Suburbs and ourselves) interclub which was hosted by Eastern Suburbs Photographic Society and judged by Ian Rolfe this year.

For the Monochrome EDI section we were equal first overall with Sim Chong taking out first place for this image:

Congratulations also goes to Daren Fawkes and Alan Bennett for their highly commended images:

In the Colour EDI section we also placed equal first with Jill Shaw receiving a third place:

Steve Hilton and Marie Shaw also received highly commended for their images:

All of our entries can be viewed in the Monochrome EDI and Colour EDI galleries.

Judge: David Norris

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Michael Bucklow – Guardians

Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Head of the valley

Open EDI

Intermediate: Phillip Harris – Girls Talk

Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Spoonbill

Open Print

Intermediate: Phillip Harris – Kooka

Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – Fog on the pasture

WCC as a club is again participating in the 2021 Australian Cup Competition.

Last year in the 2020 Australian Cup Competition we came in equal 10 of 40 other clubs and congratulation to Anthony Pearsall awarded a Judges Choice.

Well done to all !! This year, we need to be top 5!! We can do it !!

Last day to upload to WCC website 7th May 2021

We are requesting all interested members to submit 2 (TWO) of their favourite images to represent WCC in this year’s competition. Each image will be selected by our own WCC panel of selectors for the final 20 to be chosen. A mixture of different genres of photography is encouraged. Note: your images may or may not be the ones that had already been submitted in the WCC monthly club internal competitions.

1. The club will be selecting and submitting a total of 20 images
2. Author may only enter with one camera club
3. Coherency between photos is not required
4. Images entered in previous Australia Cup Competitions will NOT be accepted
5. Any subject (colour or mono) is acceptable but no image of nude nature will be accepted
6. There are many various awards and counts towards APS Honours

When submitting, files should be:

• Max size 1920 pixel wide (horizontal direction) and 1200 pixel high (vertical direction).
• JPEG, Max file size 2MB
• Title (no long titles ..please !!)

Entry Fee FREE for members (paid by WCC)

Entries should be submitted via the our competition upload site under Australia Cup 2021.

Thanks to Anthony Yap for putting this communication together.

Judge: Peter Clarke

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Kerry McFarlane – Silo Symmetry

Advanced: Jill Shaw – Gamla Uppsala Church bell tower

Open EDI

Intermediate: Rahul Kapur – Log In

Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – Hopkins Falls Monochromatic

Open Print

Intermediate: Ray Stabey – Lemur-Melbourne Zoo

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – 1334 off to work

Judge: Alan Moyle

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Michael Silverstein – I spy with my little eye

Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Horseman

Open EDI

Intermediate: Phillip Harris – The Amsterdam Shuffle

Advanced: Marlene Chaitra – Enjoying the sunshine

Open Print

Intermediate: Ray Stabey – Beeuty

Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Yellow tailed black

Creative EDI

Marie Shaw – Poppies

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

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:

• WCC competition upload

For any support issues with uploading entries, please contact comp@waverleycameraclub.org.

February – Still Life

Judge:	Julie Powell
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
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
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
Entries due:	Tuesday 6 April 2021
Judged:	Tuesday 4 May 2021
Sections:	Open print Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	A landscape is a photograph of natural scenery with land and sky based elements displayed in a pictorial fashion. It may include evidence of man, people, animals, even part of the sea provided that none of these additional elements dominate the photograph. A seascape is a photograph of natural coastal scenery, a wave study, or a picture of the open sea, provided always that the sea is the centre of interest of the photograph. People, boats and man-made structures may be present as incidental to the photograph. Cityscapes are excluded from this competition.

June – Abstract

Judge:	Mieke Boynton
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 – Storytelling

Judge:	Robyn Campbell
Entries due:	Tuesday 1 June 2021
Judged:	Tuesday 6 July 2021
Sections:	Open EDI Set subject EDI
Set subject definition:	An image or set of images (presented in a single frame) that captures a story 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, storytelling images inspire 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. Composite images are allowed..

August – Minimalism

Judge:	Mario Mirabile
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
Entries due:	Tuesday 3 August 2021
Judged:	Tuesday 7 September 2021
Sections:	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
Entries due:	Tuesday 7 September 2021
Judged:	Tuesday 5 October 2021
Sections:	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:	Ian Bock
Entries due:	Tuesday 5 October 2021
Judged:	Tuesday 26 October 2021
Sections:	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:	Craig Wetjen
Entries due:	Tuesday 2 November 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