AV Group Casual Night

Dave Sumner

 Hi All,

The AV Group are having a casual get together next Tuesday 11 December 2012 ( Wadham House 7.30 pm) to discuss the groups proposed activities for next year. If you have ever considered joining the group or wondered if it was for you, why don't you come along and see?

AV's are a fast growing specialist skill within the photographic community with VAPS sanctioned competitions now a regular event.

You will find attached to this email a brochure setting out the proposed 2013 learning schedule for your perusal.

In addition to learning the practical skills required to produce an AV,  members of the group also show AV's they have prepared and provide each other with valuable feedback and encouragement.

If you think you might be interested in joining the AV Group next year please join us next Tuesday. If you would like some more information email Paul Spence

End of Year Results for 2012

Stephen Edmonds

Tonight was our end of year night where the aggregate score winners from throughout the year were announced:

A Grade Print – Vicki Moritz
A Grade EDI – Vicki Moritz
B Grade Print – Ian Haley
B Grade EDI – Felix Shparberg

Members had also submitted their best images from throughout the year, judged in this case by Landon Abbott and Stuart De Silva from S M L XL- Photographic Print Bureau.

Mono Prints

3rd: Rosie Hughes – Pyramid at the Louvre
2nd: Vicki Moritz – Yarra-bank Winter
1st: Paul Spence – The Pinnacles

Paul Spence - The Pinnacles

Open Prints

3rd: Vicki Moritz – Evening at Blackrock
2nd: Ron Weatherhead – Love Birds
1st: Leif Andersen – Sunrise Wannaka Tree

Leif Andersen - Sunrise, Wanaka Tree

Electronic Digital Images(EDI)

3rd: Rosie Hughes – LAKE DISTRICT SUNRISE
2nd: Andy Armitage – Packing Up
1st: Paul Spence – Cat Bay

Paul Spence - Cat Bay

Ian Hansen, our outgoing president, announced the winner of the "Bugs / Creepy Crawlies" President's Trophy being:

Michelle Golden – Creepy Crawlie Big Claws Big Wings

Michelle Golden - Creepy Crawlie Big Claws Big Wings

Thank you to all that came to support the evening and especially all that took part.

4-Club Results – We’ve Done it Again

Dave Sumner

Tonight was the 4-Club event hosted by Eastern Suburbs Photographic Society with Berwick, Marrondah and Waverley all taking part. There were 8 WCC members in attendance and I am pleased to report that we have done outstandingly well once again with Paul Spence almost wiping out all opposition on his own. What talented photographers we have at Waverley and thanks go to all participants but special congratulations go to Rosie Hughes, Paul Spence and Vicki Moritz.

Links have been added to the individual entries below so you can see what images they had entered. You can see the scores of all of the images HERE

Here are the results:

Individual Awards

Colour Print

1st Place – Rosie Hughes – Grand Arch at La Defense

Monochrome Print

1st Place – Paul Spence – The Pinnacles

2nd Place – Paul Spence – Big Ben

3rd Place – Vicki Moritz – Marvelous Melbourne

Projected Images

2nd Place – Paul Spence – Cat Bay

Team Awards

Colour Print

1st Place – Berwick & Waverley 63pts

2nd Place – Eastern Suburbs 62pts

3rd Place – Maroondah 50pts

Monochrome Prints

1st Place – Waverley 72pts

2nd Place – Eastern Suburbs & Berwick 61pts

3rd Place – Maroondah 54pts

Projected Images

1st Place – Berwick 65pts

2nd Place – Eastern Suburbs 63pts

3rd Place – Maroondah 62pts

4th Place – Waverley 58Pts

 

End of year competitions for 2012

Stephen Edmonds

Due to Melbourne Cup Day, our judging night for the November competition is being held on Tuesday 30 October. It will be in the craft room as usual, just one week earlier.

This night is also the deadline for entries into the end of year competitions. Of images entered throughout the year (including the November competition), members can select from those to enter the end of year competition with three images in each of:

  • Colour printed
  • Monochrome printed
  • Open EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2012 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.

The end of year judging night is Tuesday December 4 and as always we ask that you bring your partners/loved ones and a small plate of food.

Also, don’t forget about the President’s Trophy. The topic this year is “bugs / creepy crawly’s”.

Sunday Outing – Sherbrooke Forest 7th October 2012

Dave Sumner

October’s offering will be an outing to Sherbrooke Forest and a veritable feast for all nature and wildlife photographers.

Meet at Grant’s Picnic Ground car park at 10am on Sunday 7th October however, I will be there earlier especially if the morning happens to be misty.

Grant’s offers a native bird feeding area, shop (tourist) and a nice café which gets busy on Sunday’s. There are several walks available, some flat and short, some not so flat and longer. The whole area is awash with nature/wildlife subjects if you know where to look. Kallista is also nearby which may offer some photographic opportunities as well. There will be Cockatoo’s, Corellas, Galah, King Parrot, Lyrebird, Kookaburra, Yellow Robin, Currawong and many others. Personally, I will be going looking for some Lyrebirds and I would suggest that if you want to shoot Lyrebirds this is a great opportunity as I can pretty much guarantee that you will see one. However, it does involve some walking (about 3km return) into the forest and perhaps going a few meters off the path. Otherwise there are plenty of other walks and lots to see.

Suggested things that you might need:

Long and wider lenses
Monopod or Tripod
Walking Boots especially if it has rained
Mozzie spray
Warm Jacket (it can be up to 10 degrees cooler than at the bottom of the hill and you can always leave it in the car if it happens to be warm).

 Please Note: If you intend to stay on the track then there is no problems at all however, if you step off the tracks in the forest there is a good chance you will get leeches on anything that you put on the ground and on your legs. It has been suggested to me that if you wash your lower legs with soap and let it dry rather than rinse it off, this will keep the leeches away.

How to get there:

From the Eastern suburbs etc. follow Burwood highway to Belgrave and at the roundabout at the far side of Belgrave shopping street go straight across the towards Kallista on the Monbulk Road. The road climbs slowly up into the rainforest and in around 2 – 3km Grant’s picnic ground is on the right side just before Kallista. If you miss the turn or get to the roundabout at Kallista then go around and come back down the hill and the entrance is on the left side.

From the South Eastern Suburbs, use the Hallam – Belgrave Road to the roundabout in Belgrave and turn right towards Kallista on the Monbulk road, then follow the instructions above.

See you there

Dave Sumner
WCC Secretary

Workshop Night Review – Tuesday 18th Sep 2012

Dave Sumner

Hi All,

I was once asked how I evaluate the worth of workshops, the answer is I dont evaluate. Generally the presenter does so I guess what the asker was really asking was it worth the money, effort and time not to mention the major take away “do the participants actually use the information”? Well from time to time I get little notes like this one …

 A good night tonight Andy. I was writing madly. Stuart was helpful. What a whizz with P/S… But we could still understand what he was saying.

…and you know what chaps? Notes like this one make everything seem worthwhile. Yes, the time and effort I spend and indeed the time and effort the presenters spend. Next year I hope we will have many more workshops and the only one evaluating them will be you. All it takes is for Members like this one and you to actually be there. There were 30 of you in the room last night including some who were spending their first time with WCC. They asked when they could come again, and seemed surprised when I told them there was something on every Tuesday. How good is that! We have one more workshop event and that is the Photojournalist Judging nite on the 20th of November – but remember you will get nothing out of it unless you make some images, about 5-6 will do. Put them on a stick and bring them along, have them critiqued by an EXPERT.

Regards

Andy Armitage

WCC Vice President