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

Definitions for monthly competitions in 2018

Stephen Edmonds

February – The Beauty of Nature

An image taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.

March – Abandoned

All entries in monochrome.

A subject, perhaps in a state of decay or isolation, which has been abandoned.

April – Circles

An image in which circles feature as the main design element. This can be any circular object, or a formation in which circular objects feature prominently.

May – Action / Motion

An image in which a sensation of movement is the primary focus, and the animation of the subject is clearly evident.

June – Triptych

Three images presented as one, bringing together either a story, similar compositional elements, colours, or similar subject matter – anything that draws the pictures together as a group.

July – Table top / Still life

An image depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically able to be accommodated within the confines of a tabletop and embracing a wide range of objects arranged in a visually pleasing or creative manner.

August – Architecture / Urban spaces

All entries in monochrome.

Images that capture scenes within a city or town that capture the essence of the location rather than simply a record of location. The image can be a picture of one or more buildings or structures, or a smaller portion of a building. Human figures may be included.

September – Faces and Characters

An image a single person, or group of people, providing some insight into their personality, interests, occupation or chosen lifestyle. An illustration of the person as an individual rather than simply as a photographic subject.

October – Fire, smoke or steam

An image in which fire, smoke, steam or a combination of these elements is a dominant feature of the image.

November – Series

A series of art / photography is a unified, cohesive, coherent and related body of work which involves creating multiple works of art around any of the same- Idea / Concept; Theme / Topic; Story; Philosophy; Issue; Subject Matter or Technique

Images in the series are to be submitted as one image with all images arranged within a single canvas at the standard competition size of 1920×1080, less than 2 mb

Ideas for the series can be found in Emma Gilette presentation How to Create a Photographic Series – Emma Gilette (23MB PDF). Ideas can also be found on the Photographic Society of America website where a series is presented as a portfolio of work. FIAP also have a similar honour as the MFIAP is awarded following submission of a portfolio of 20 works. NOTE: these sites may be slow to load.

End of Year Results 2017

Stephen Edmonds

End of year competitions

Open Print

Vicki Moritz - Dead Swallow

1st – Vicki Moritz – Dead Swallow
2nd – Hai Thi Nguyen – GLENLYON PANO
3rd – Vicki Moritz – Junior gum

Colour EDI

Vicki Moritz - Honfleur harbour

1st – Vicki Moritz – Honfleur harbour
2nd – Tim Keane – Stairs
3rd – Geoff Shaw – Dream World

Monochrome EDI

Ross Eddington - Stairway to Heaven.jpg

1st – Ross Eddington – Stairway to Heaven.jpg
2nd – Vicki Moritz – Paris pigeon wrangling
3rd – Felix Shparberg – Street-singer

Aggregate awards

Set Subject EDI – A Grade

1st – Vicki Moritz – 20 points
2nd – Geoff Shaw – 19 points
3rd – Rosie Hughes – 18 points

Set Subject EDI – B Grade

1st – Rahul Kapur – 17 points
2nd – Ken Bichel – 16 points
3rd – Russell Lucas – 14 points

Open EDI – A Grade

1st – Rosie Hughes – 16 points
2nd – George Skarbek – 15 points
3rd – Anthony Yap – 14 points

Open EDI – B Grade

1st – Russell Lucas – 18 points
2nd – Jenny Yip – 12 points
3rd – Cheng Yip – 11 points

Open Print – A Grade

1st – Vicki Moritz – 24 points
2nd – Peter Bond – 20 points
3rd – Richard Conn – 15 points

Open Print – B Grade

1st – Hedley Anderson – 25 points
2nd – Ken Barnett – 13 points
3rd – Raymond Evans – 6 points

President’s trophy

Geoff Shaw - Looking Forward Looking Back
Geoff Shaw – Looking Forward Looking Back

Membership renewals for 2018

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During 2017 we have increased the range of events and activities that Members can participate in and we are planning on a similar level of options for 2018 with speakers who are experts in their field, a range of outings, tutorials, and special interest groups to suit a wide range of Members’ needs.

The recent AGM confirmed that the membership fees for 2018 will remain unchanged and it is now time to renew your membership for next year.

The membership fees are:

  • General Membership: $70 per year
  • Concession (over 60 years old or on a pension): $60 per year
  • Full time student under 25 years old: $20 per year

Read more “Membership renewals for 2018”

End of Year Function – Tuesday 5th December 2017

Vicki Moritz

Our end of year function is the chance to get together and celebrate the year’s achievements, mix socially with other members and find out the winners of our annual awards and “Print of the Year” Competition.

The event is fully catered with a two course meal (BYO drinks)

Limited seating so we encourage you to reserve your place now


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When: Tuesday 5th December, 2017
Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm start
Where: Main Hall, Mt Waverley Community Centre
Cost: $36 per person, (same price for members and partners)

Please book and pay by 24th November 2017

AGM minutes and notification of new committee

Vicki Moritz

Little did I know when I joined the Waverley Camera Club in early 2009 – as a very B grade photographer – that in 2017 I would end up as President, the outcome of this years AGM. Paul will be a very hard act to follow, so I’m looking forward to the continuing support of members and a very strong committee to keep the club a great place for us to share our love of photography.

The new committee is as follows:

  • President: Vicki Moritz
  • Vice President: Lenore Pedrina
  • Treasurer: Alan Bennett
  • Secretary: Bob Thomas
  • Committee members: Rosie Hughes, Ross Eddington, Stephen Edmonds, Jan Knight, Dave Sumner, Fred Seeber, Geoff Shaw, Jill Shaw

We welcome new members Bob, Jill and Geoff and thank Paul, Donna and Marie Shaw for their invaluable assistance on the 2016/2017 committee

Richard Pilcher gave us a very informative overview of his African photography tour which is now available on line.

I look forward ​to the coming year – planning now commences for workshops, competitions, outings etc. All ideas welcome.

End of year competition 2017

Stephen Edmonds

Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 31 October. Of images entered throughout the year, members can select from those to enter the end of year competition with two images in each of:

  • Open print
  • Colour EDI
  • Monochrome EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2017 monthly competition and in the same format. A print must have been previously entered as a print, and an EDI must have been previously entered as an EDI. An EDI cannot be printed and entered as a print, or vice versa.

On Tuesday 31 October bring your prints along to be placed in the competition box, but do not resend your EDI files to the comptetion address, you only need to send through the filename of each entry.

There is also the President’s Trophy, no topic has yet been set, but those entries are not due until towards the end of November.