Welcome

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.

Use the Join Our Club button to set up an account and sign up. Use the About Us button for more information and contacts.

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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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Apr
3
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Apr 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Club Committee meets on the first Wednesday night of each month from 7pm to 8pm via Zoom. If you have any issues that you would like the Committee to consider, please contact the Chairperson[...]
Apr
17
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Zoom Presentation – Bill Chamber...
Zoom Presentation – Bill Chamber...
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Photographers Caught Cheating in Competitions
Apr
22
Mon
2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
Apr 22 @ 11:00 pm
Each month the club publishes a newsletter called The Leading Line You will find all the latest news on a variety of topics including what’s happening on Zoom.   Send your submissions to our Newsletter[...]
May
1
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
May 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Club Committee meets on the first Wednesday night of each month from 7pm to 8pm via Zoom. If you have any issues that you would like the Committee to consider, please contact the Chairperson[...]
Recent Posts Archives

Results for competitions in 2024 March Digital

There were 9 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in 2024 March 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

Sundowner Sunset_Broome
Russell Smith – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Three Bears
Judy Heath – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Nature Digital

MX Nationals
Mark Dewar – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Lightning Over Stockton
Tiegan Mannweiler – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Digital

Common Milkweed
Tiegan Mannweiler – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Nature Digital

Newcastle Baths Renovation
Elica Petrovska – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade SetSubject Digital

Merewether – the two girls
Stephane Thomas – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Successful crossing
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Nature Digital

Rescue on the Rocks
Peter Stanley – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Roy Killen, March 28, 2024

Training Night – Wednesday 27th March

The topic for the training night this Wednesday 27th is “Nature Photography – Capture and Processing”. 

The training will be at Valentine Bowling Club, starting at 7pm.

The presenter is Roy Killen and he will be able to answer all your questions and provide tips and advice.

It will be particularly important to attend if you have any questions about the Nature sections of our club competitions. 

by Roy Killen, March 25, 2024

RULE CHANGES FOR PRINTS

Starting with the April print competitions, members in ALL grades are now permitted to enter TWO Large Prints in each section (for a total of FOUR Large Prints).  Members in A grade and B grade may also enter TWO Small Prints.

by Roy Killen, March 14, 2024

Zoom – Wednesday 20th March

Starting at 7 p.m., Bill Chambers will present a fascinating session on “Disqualified!?” (Photographers caught cheating in competitions). In addition to showing what happens when people try to cheat, Bill will give advice on how to avoid accidentally breaking the rules when you enter competitions. 

The meeting will open at approximately 6.45pm so please join early in case you have any issues with Zoom. To minimise possible difficulties, it is a very good idea to make sure you have to latest version of Zoom installed on your computer. 

by Roy Killen, March 14, 2024

March Competition Entries

Entries for the March Print and Digital competitions were accidentally closed at midnight Saturday night.  That problem has been fixed and you can still enter these competitions up until midnight Sunday (10th).

by Roy Killen, March 10, 2024