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.

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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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2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
May 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[...]
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Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Jun 5 @ 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[...]
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Presentation night

In 2017 training sessions will be held on both the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. It may be necessary to change this schedule from time to time, so please check this page regularly.

If you have any suggestions for additional training activities please contact our Training Co-ordinator, Diane Schofield

If the presenters make available notes or other materials to support their presentations you will be able to download them here.

 

Month

Presentation details

  2nd Wednesday 4th Wednesday
January Storm Photography
Shane Williams
Back to basics – Camera Raw and Photoshop
Roy Killen
February Printing options for photographers
Mark Thomas, Zone Printing
Club equipment, Website and Facebook     Colin Woods
March Using photography in art
Natalie Jane Parker
Flower photography
Dianne English
April Food photography
Shane Williams
Night Photography & Light Painting
Wednesday Night Theory
Sunday 30 April  Practical
Roy Killen
May Lightroom Refresher                      Roy Killen Layers, masks including luminosity masks
Roy Killen
June Avoiding and reducing noise in digital images
Roy Killen
NIK collection, On1, and other plug-ins
Roy Killen
July Multimedia storytelling
Michael Rayment
Momento Photobooks
August Portfolios
Des Crawley
Portrait photography
Susan MacNeill & Doug ColemanField trip to Botanic Gardens – date to be decided
September Entering competitions beyond the club level
Roy Killen
The secrets of black and white photography
Len Metcalfe
October The Alex Hunter’s way of producing an image
Alex Hunter
Creative and composite photography
Ian English
November Bird photography                               Neville Foster, Roy Killen Field trip to Shortland Wetlands – Bird photography   Date to be decided

by MyPhotoClub Colin, December 18, 2016

Presentation night

In 2017 training sessions will be held on both the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. It may be necessary to change this schedule from time to time, so please check this page regularly.

If you have any suggestions for additional training activities please contact our Training Co-ordinator, Diane Schofield

If the presenters make available notes or other materials to support their presentations you will be able to download them here.

Month

Presentation details

  2nd Wednesday 4th Wednesday
January Storm Photography
Shane Williams
Back to basics – Camera Raw and Photoshop
Roy Killen
February Printing options for photographers
Mark Thomas, Zone Printing
Club equipment, Website and Facebook     Colin Woods
March Using photography in art
Natalie Jane Parker
Flower photography
Dianne English
April Food photography
Shane Williams
Night Photography & Light Painting
Wednesday Night Theory
Sunday 30 April  Practical
Roy Killen
May Lightroom Refresher                      Roy Killen Layers, masks including luminosity masks
Roy Killen
June Avoiding and reducing noise in digital images
Roy Killen
NIK collection, On1, and other plug-ins
Roy Killen
July Multimedia storytelling
Michael Rayment
Momento Photobooks
August Portfolios
Des Crawley
Portrait photography
Susan MacNeill & Doug ColemanField trip to Botanic Gardens – date to be decided
September Entering competitions beyond the club level
Roy Killen
The secrets of black and white photography
Len Metcalfe
October The Alex Hunter’s way of producing an image
Alex Hunter
Creative and composite photography
Ian English
November Bird photography                               Neville Foster, Roy Killen Field trip to Shortland Wetlands – Bird photography   Date to be decided

by MyPhotoClub Colin, December 18, 2016

Image of the year presentation Night

The ten top images in each section.  After the meeting members will be able to vote online for th theri choice for for overall image of the year

 

by Colin Woods, December 18, 2016