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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Aug
7
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Aug 7 @ 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[...]
Aug
22
Thu
2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
Aug 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[...]
Sep
4
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Sep 4 @ 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

Congratulations Terina Vale

One of Terina’s photographs has been chosen for a current exhibition at the Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie.

The exhibition, Reconnected: a recovery story is open from 4 July – 11 October.  Visitors are encouraged to vote for their favourite artist.

The exhibition aims reconnect artists and the community directly, in the physical sense, beyond the digital and distanced world they’ve inhabited over the past months. Inclusive of recent painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation, installed inside the Art Museum and out, the exhibition looks on the brighter and more positive side of life.

by Diane Schofield, July 15, 2020

Raw Challenge update

Voting will remain open for June Raw Challenge till the end of this week. If you would like to see how others have edited this image and vote for your winning entries, please go to Members Competitions and vote NOW to have your say.

If you would like to enter the Raw Challenge for this month. Download the image from Members Competitions and give it a try. This image is for a Nature competition and so you must follow the nature rules. Competition closes July 31st.

by Greg Carruthers, July 15, 2020

2020 Image of the Year (digital)

The 2020 Image of the Year (IOTY) competition is now open for entries and will close Sunday, 18 October 2020 at 11pm.

This years IOTY competition is for Digital entries only.

Members can submit up to four images in each of the following three categories:

  • Colour
  • Nature
  • Mono

Entries must have been entered in a 2020 competition with 2020 set subject entries able to be entered into the relevant category.

2020 IOTY rules can be found here.

by Terina Vale, July 12, 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

Lightroom Zoom Workshop 5

The next Zoom Lightroom workshop will happen this coming Thursday 9th July at 7.30pm

All existing 16’s Zoom members will receive an invitation on Thursday. Simply follow the link on your device if you wish to attend.

Topics covered for this workshop

  1. Using the Tone Curve as an alternative to basic tab contrast
  2. Sharpening and removing noise in Lightroom Classic
  3. HSL/Colour tab
  4. Making the most of collections

If you are new to Zoom and would like to attend please send me an email so we can add you to the list and help with any issues you may have.

Greg Carruthers

Zoom Coordinator

by Greg Carruthers, July 3, 2020