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The club caters for photographers of all skill levels from beginners to highly experienced. You do not need expensive camera equipment to participate in club activities.

We meet at the Valentine Bowling Club at 7.00pm on the second Wednesday of each month. Members can participate in graded print and digital competitions. ZOOM tutorial sessions and hands on workshops occur on the third and fourth Wednesday in each month. Go to About/Help/Contact for more information.

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About our club

Lake Macquarie Camera Club Inc. is an incorporated association that was previously the Belmont 16s Photography Club. We meet at the Valentine Bowling Club on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. Club members are required to join Valentine Bowling Club as social members.

Objectives of the Club

To provide members of the club with opportunities to advance the standard of their pictorial and technical photographic work.

To promote the exchange of information and ideas about photography through the provision of education and training programmes, newsletters, a website, and other means.

To encourage and assist members to participate in photographic competitions both within and beyond the Club.

 
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Results for competitions in July 2020 – Digital

There were 9 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in July 2020 – 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

Eye drops
Tim Kemp – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Yin Yang
Tim Kemp – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Nature Digital

Tosh portrait
Tim Kemp – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Lets fly
Andrew Williams – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Digital

Looking Out my Front Door
Bob Todd – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Nature Digital

Chinese Tea Time
Ruth Keech – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade SetSubject Digital

Stork with beetle
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Savage attack
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Nature Digital

Your a wizard
Greg Carruthers – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Dennis Archibald, August 11, 2020

2020 Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the Club’s constitution we must hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) each year. This year’s AGM meeting will be held as a ZOOM Meeting on Wednesday 19th August at 7.30pm. We understand that not all members will be able to attend but we encourage as many members as possible to join the meeting using the links and information that will be issued closer to the meeting date. 

The key item of business at the AGM is to elect office holders who will hold that office for the next 12 months. Positions include

  • President
  • Vice- President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • General Committee Member (minimum of 5).

If you wish to nominate anyone for a position, please contact Secretary Susan Slack by email (gordon.slack15@bigpond.com) or by telephone: (0249471118). Nominations need to be completed by 14th August.

by Dennis Archibald, July 17, 2020

Results for competitions in June 2020 – Digital

There were 9 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in June 2020 – 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

Hang Gliding
Hans Staub – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Spider with dragonfly
Hans Staub – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Mono Digital

Love a Good Mash
Carol Mcgrath – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Tracks in the sand
Ruth Keech – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Digital

Sailing
Helen Oliver – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Mono Digital

A Little Bit of This
Helen Oliver – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade SetSubject Digital

Eyes on the Finish
David Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Raise You
David Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Mono Digital

Pasta Master
Terina Vale – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Dennis Archibald, July 8, 2020

Matt Cohen – Open Colour EDI Judge – July 2020

Matt Cohen lives in Phoenix, Arizona and will be judging for us for the first time in our July Open Colour Digital competitions. Matt is the third US based judge recommended by Roy Killen earlier this year. He is a member of the PSA and has completed the PSA Image Analysis Course and acts as a commentator for a PSA Digital Study Group. Matt’s passion is travel photography but his work encompasses landscape and portraiture. You can see some of Matt’s work at mattcohentravelphotography.com or follow him on Instagram – mattcohentravelphotography.

Nature EDI competitions will be judged jointly by Susan Slack (A Grade) and myself (Advanced and B Grade). The Set Subject for July is Chiaroscuro. Check out the definition on the club website and if you have any questions please contact the judge Thomas Buckwalter. 

by Dennis Archibald, July 2, 2020

Mieke Boynton Workshops

Mike Boynton is a well known landscape and aerial photographer who will be well known to many of our members. She has also judged for the club on numerous occasions in the past. Mieke is offering a number of “virtual” on-line workshops. For those interested you can find out more at the following link: www.miekeboynton.com/workshops

by Dennis Archibald, June 20, 2020