2021 Portfolio Competition – Judges Feedback
We had a very good interactive session last night with Craig Parker who evaluated the entries into the Portfolio Competition. I mentioned that if anyone wanted a copy of his slides I would email them to you. So, please let me know if you would like a copy by emailing me at belmont16sphotojudging@gmail.com
by Dennis Archibald, October 21, 2021
ZOOM Session Reminder – 2021 Portfolio Competition
Just a quick reminder that the results of the 2021 Portfolio Competition will be revealed tonight, Wednesday 20th October at 7.00pm when our judge Craig Parker will present the results of his judging followed by a forum discussion from some of the participants.
Hope to see you all then.
by Dennis Archibald, October 20, 2021
Results for competitions in September 2021 – Digital
There were 8 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in September 2021 – Digital
Member’s choice voting is available. This just for fun and does not affect the club pointscore. To vote follow the link above.
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Tomato sculpture Susan Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Pigs (warthogs) in mud Don Anderson – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Nature Digital 
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Suspended railway Paul Carpenter – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade SetSubject Digital 
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Pilot Boat Peter Treloar – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Open Colour Digital 
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Gold Rock Peter Treloar – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Nature Digital 
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Sand Traps Flow Terina Vale – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Colour Digital 
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Nesting Jennifer Carrigan – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Nature Digital 
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Communicating with aliens Greg Carruthers – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced SetSubject Digital 
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by Dennis Archibald, October 17, 2021
Results of 2021 Portfolio Presentation & ZOOM Meeting
Members might recall that Craig Parker presented his portfolio entry for PSA evaluation at a ZOOM tutorial earlier in the year. Following this presentation our club ran its own “Portfolio Competition” to allow members to gain some experience with preparing a portfolio of six individual images, a composite image and an accompanying “Statement of Intent”. The club’s “Portfolio Competition” was essentially a development opportunity for members who may consider entering an external portfolio competition in the future. Craig very kindly agreed to “judge” the entries, grade them and add comments.
Judging for the club’s 2021 Portfolio Competition is now complete and the results will be revealed via a club ZOOM Session at 7.00pm on Wednesday 20th October where Craig will present the entries, their grades and his comments. All club members regardless of whether they entered are encouraged to attend. At the end of Craig’s presentation there will be a forum discussion on the entries and a chance to hear from some of the people who submitted entries and to learn a little more about their entry and why they selected the topic they did.
To join the ZOOM Meeting click on the link accessible from the Members area on the club website.
by Dennis Archibald, October 16, 2021
Belmont 16s Photo Club Instagram Account
The Committee has recently agreed to establish a club Instagram account for the purpose of promoting our club and encouraging new members to join. A number of other photography and camera clubs use social media in this way to showcase their members’ work and encourage new members.
For those who do not use Instagram, it is a social media site that is used to share photographs and videos, and a large number of amateur and professional photographers use this site to showcase their work and promote themselves by sharing their awards and achievements. Others use it to get feedback and acknowledgement of their great work. Instagram is also a great place to view images from across the world and to get ideas for future shoots.
It is proposed that members with winning entries will be contacted each month to seek their consent to post their images on Instagram, and if they wish, they can then provide a low resolution copy of the image via return email. You can also add a watermark or signature to your image for copyright purposes if you wish. If you already have an Instagram account, you can provide your username so that it can be tagged in the image. If necessary, the image will be be resized to fit the standard Instagram image sizes so that it appears nicely on the site (please see standard Instagram image sizes below).
There are terms and conditions of use attached to Instagram, and if members have any concerns they can access these at: https://help.instagram.com/1215086795543252. Our Instagram account will have a clear statement about ownership and copyright of images which will be viewable by any other user that views the account, but this statement will not be applied to individual images as they are posted. Australian copyright laws provide protection over images, however, this may not be the case internationally. Whilst Instagram does have terms and conditions, these do not ensure complete protection for image theft. Images that are posted to Instagram are very low resolution which does make it difficult for them to be used for other purposes.
If you wish to have any of your past winning images posted on the clubs Instagram account to help promote the club – you can email these to belmont16sphoto.insta@gmail.com, noting any award (within the club or external to the club) that it has won and the image title. All images posted will contain the name of the image, the name of the author (for copyright purposes) and the award it received (if applicable).
Instagram Image Sizes 2021;
Social media image type Dimensions in pixels
Instagram Post 1080 x 1080 (1:1 ratio)
Instagram Landscape Photo 1080 X 608 (1.91:1 ratio)
Instagram Portrait 1080 x 1350 (4:5 ratio)
Carol McGrath has kindly agreed to manage our club account in this effort to promote and grow our club. I encourage all members to get behind this initiative.
Many thanks Carol.
by Dennis Archibald, October 15, 2021
