Judge: Steve Scalone
Creative EDI
Helen Warnod – Beam me up
November 2023 ‘Plants and fungi’ results
Judge: Jeffrey Nankervis
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – fungi on tree stump
Advanced: George Skarbek – Dandylion
Open EDI
Intermediate: Jim Thorne – Beautiful Lady
Advanced: Stephen Jude – River reflections
Open Print
Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Looking Up
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Wairepo Arm abstract
Set subject definition:
Images of plant life. Plants include flowers, trees and in this case fungi (which are not formally plants). There are no limitations on editing eg this is not following the nature definition.
Sunset and Light Painting – Thursday 2nd November 2023
For our next outing we are going to Lillydale Lake for a Sunset and Light Painting session. The committee has kindly agreed to invite a Light Painting specialist Brad Garton and his assistants to teach us how to do light painting. This session is for everyone as you don’t need to be an advanced photographer to create magic!
| Date: | Thursday 2nd November 2023 |
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| Time: | 7:15-9:15pm |
| Meeting Point: | The boat ramp at Lillydale Lake, near the toilet block and the green rotunda. (100 meters from the car park if you enter from C401 Swansea Road) |
| How to get there: | By Car: Around 45 minutes from Mt Waverly Station, 7 minutes from Lilydale station. (Carpooling is recommended). There are plenty of parking next to the meeting point. |
What to bring:
- A warm jacket (just in case it is cold around the lake) and some water.
- Your camera
- A wide-angle lens such as 16-35, 24-70 or 24-105 and a zoom lens (optional) if you want to get a close-up shot
- A good tripod is essential for light painting (the club has three available for loan, just put in a request if you need to borrow one)
- filters for sunset if you have them
- spare batteries
- a head torch if you have one
RSVP: By reply email to Jennifer Sui before 31st October 2023.
Finding Creativity with Shirley Steel – October 2023
Do join us for an inspirational workshop this coming Tuesday night with Shirley Steel.
This is an online workshop commencing at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 17th October 2023.
End of year competition 2023
Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 31 October 2023. This is a best of images entered throughout the year, members select from their previous entries to enter the end of year competition sections:
- Two images for Open Print
- Two images for Colour EDI
- Two images for Monochrome EDI
- One image for Creative EDI
The entry must have been entered into a 2023 monthly competition (see below regarding prints) 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.
Select your entries through the Competition upload system. As well as selecting your print entries in the upload system, also ensure that your print entries are placed in the print box on Tuesday 31 October 2023 at our November competition night.
As of this year we allow images to be altered prior to entry in the end of year competition (eg to incorporate comments from the judge).
5.c.1. Alterations are limited to ensure that the altered (EOY) version is clearly recognizable as a revision of the same image as entered in the monthly competitions. Conversions from colour to monochrome (or vice versa) are allowed.
To enter an altered image:
- In the upload system select the image from the monthly competition as normal, then indicate via the dropdown that it will be altered for end of year.
- Email your altered entry to the competition steward at comp@waverleycameraclub.org.
The subject for the President’s Trophy is “Wind” with your entry due on Wednesday 15 November 2023, this is to be uploaded via the competition upload system.
Annual Presentation Night – Tuesday 5th December 2023
Bookings for the WCC Annual Presentation Dinner are now open via TryBooking. Please note that we will not be holding it at the Hall this year, but at the Sandown Park Hotel.
This is an evening and opportunity to catch up with fellow Club members, acknowledge our achievements and congratulate the winners of our Annual Awards. The Committee have arranged for the Club to subsidise the two course dinner; same price for members and partners. There are a limited number of seats available. This is a once a year event, so please don’t miss out.
Thanks to Ross Eddington who has done much of the organising for this.
October 2023 ‘A pop of colour’ results
Judge: Tony Knight
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Michael Silverstein – sunrise at WTP
Advanced: Stephen Jude – Gold on Blue on White
Open EDI
Intermediate: Ross Eddington – A Summers Day at Brighton
Advanced: Angela McLeod – Mt Semaru erupting
Open Print
Intermediate: Leanne Poole – Rocky Valley Lakeside
Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Profile
Set subject definition:
An image where the main feature/subject is a dominant colour. When a singular/dominant colour stands out from the background, eg the colour of a subject stands out from its background, it “pops”
Results from 33rd Eastern Interclub 2023
We recently participated in the the 33rd Eastern Interclub run by Maroondah Photographic Society, the presentation of images from the night is below:
Our entries can also be viewed in the Eastern Interclub 2023 smugmug galleries.
Upcoming Portraiture Workshops
Over the next few months, the club will present a number of workshops on portrait photography and post processing. Further details will be provided closer to the dates.
Introduction to Studio Lighting by Peter Harrison
Part A: Wednesday 18 October 2023 7.15 pm til 9.30 pm
Part B: Thursday 26 October 2023 7.15 pm til 9.30 pm
Held at Mount Waverley Community Centre.
Limited to 25 participants.
The basics of studio lighting including types equipment used, how light works, and demonstration of several lighting setups for portraiture that could be used at home with purchase of minimal equipment. This will be very practical and highly interactive. Bring your camera.
It is strongly recommended that members, particularly those with limited experience with studio lighting, attend these two sessions as a foundation for the “Studio Lighting by Andrea Esposito” session.
Studio Lighting by Andrea Esposito (with experienced model)
Saturday 11 November 2023 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Monday 13 November 2023 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Member co-payment $40.00
Held at Melbourne Camera Club studio, South Melbourne.
Andrea will demonstrate three lighting set ups; headshots, half and full body. He will assist each participant will have their own dedicated time to direct, pose and shoot the model for each of the lighting set-ups.
Limited to 10 participants per session.
Creating Composites by Sharon and Rob Prenton-Jones (with live model)
Sunday 7 January 2024 Full Day
Member co-payment $50.00
Sharon and Rob will demonstrate the end to end process of creating fine art composites. This will include a live model shoot with lighting, capturing background images, and through bringing it all together through processing with ACR and Photoshop. Following the presentation, additional video training material will be provided to participants.
Further information will follow on each of the above workshops. In the meantime, mark the dates in your diary!
The Art of the Night with Richard Tatti – September 2023
Our workshop on Tuesday 19th September 2023 at 7:30pm will be over Zoom with Bendigo based Richard Tatti.
Richard will be showing us how to best capture the night sky. He is known to a number of our members who have done one of his Nightscape Images workshops.