Waverley Camera Club runs a program of monthly competitions within the Club, and also competes several times a year against other clubs in Inter Club Competitions. Some members also enter National and International competitions.
Rules and how to enter
Schedule and definitions
Competition 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.
When submitting, files should be:
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:
For any support issues with uploading entries, please contact comp@waverleycameraclub.org.
February – Still Life
| Judge: | Julie Powell |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 7 September 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 5 October 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print 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 |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 5 October 2021 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 26 October 2021 |
| Sections: | Open print 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 |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 26 October 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
Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 27 October 2018. Of images entered throughout the year, members can select from those to enter the end of year competitions:
Due to the current circumstances we will not have a print end of year competition.
The entry must have been entered into a 2020 monthly competition and in the same format. Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI images were entered in the Open EDI and Set Subject EDI sections, Creative EDI images were entered in the Creative EDI section.
Entries are due on Tuesday 27 October 2020. Do not resend your EDI files to the competition address, you only need to send through the original filename of each entry.
The subject for the President’s Trophy is “A Light Moment” with your entry due (emailed to the competition address) on Wednesday 4 November 2020.