Lake Macquarie Camera Club Inc.

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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MACRO AND CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

A Zoom workshop on Macro and Close-Up Photography will be held next week. The details are:

The meeting will occur on Wednesday 10^th June commencing at 7pm and will last for approximately 90 minutes. The presenter is Roy Killen.
Topics covered will include: equipment options, lighting options, processing options, subject selection and overcoming challenging issues such as depth of field.
The workshop is available only for members of the Belmont 16s Photography Club.
To prepare for participation you must have the Zoom software on your computer or device. If you have not participated in a previous Zoom meeting go to https://zoom.us/download and download the “Zoom Client for Meetings”. I suggest you do this as soon as possible and contact Greg Carruthers (the club’s Zoom co-ordinator) if you have any problems.
To participate in the Macro workshop you must also email Greg so that he can add you to the list of participants. If you previously registered for Greg’s Lightroom workshops you will automatically be added to the participant list for this new workshop – you don’t have to contact Greg.
On Wednesday afternoon all participants will receive an email from me with a link inviting them to join the workshop via their computer or device. You can use this link from 6.30pm to make sure you are ready for the 7pm start.

You can find contact details for Greg and me in the “Members” link on the club website if you select “Members Directory”.

by Roy Killen, June 7, 2020

JUNE SET SUBJECT – D. Schofield

I have received some enquiries concerning the definition of the June set subject:

“Focus is to be on the cook at home in the kitchen – not a BBQ. The cook must be at work in the process of creating a dish – not just posing with a finished product. The image should tell a story about the love of cooking”

The focus is on the cook – not just hands and arms The viewer should be able to see the expression on the cook’s face.

The cook should be working at home in a kitchen – not a BBQ (either inside or outside).

The cook should be shown creating a dish – not just posing with the finished product.

The image should tell a story about the love of cooking.

by Diane Schofield, June 1, 2020

June Raw Image Challenge

The Raw image challenge is on again! This is a challenge open to all members of the 16’s Camera Club. You are supplied with a raw image file and we would like you to edit the image using some software. One of the goals of the club is to assist members in their photography skills. Here is your chance to improve and practice your editing skills. Here’s how it works

Download the raw image file from the website. To download the image for this month, go to the members area to enter the “June Raw Image Challenge” This will open a new window where you will see a blue button to “DOWNLOAD FILE.”
Download the RAW file to your computer.
Open and edit the file in your preferred software (or try something different)
When you have completed your edit, upload it to the website by entering the “June Raw Image Challenge” using the usual EDI format for your image.
The challenge will open June 1^st and close June 30th
Members will then be able to see all the images entered and vote for the winning entries using our online voting system.

This is an ideal opportunity to experiment with your editing skills and to see how others would process a raw image. You can manipulate this image in any way e.g. crop, rotate, monochrome conversion, filters etc, the list is endless. We would like you to experiment!

However just 1 rule. You can only work with what you are given. You are not allowed to add other elements e.g. sky replacements etc and just remember you cannot enter your edited image in a normal EDI competition as it was not your own capture!

Keen to give it a try? Great! Here is a copy of the file to edit for this month.

Like to see the results of last months challenge. Select the online scoring tab next to MAY RAW CHALLENGE and vote for your favourite edits. Results will be published next week

Any issues please contact Greg Carruthers (contact details can be found in the members area of the website)

by Greg Carruthers, June 1, 2020

Lightroom Workshop 3

Hi to all those keen for another Lightroom Workshop

Lightroom workshop Number 3 will be held next Wednesday June 3rd 2020 at 7.30pm

Topics covered will be use of the Radial and Graduated Filters in Lightroom Classic

I will send out zoom link next week to all who have registered. If you are a previous participant you are right to go. If you are new and would like to join in then please send me an email to register

If you have any questions that u would like covered or questions on previous workshops give me an email and I will try and answer them next week

Hope to see u then

GregC

by Greg Carruthers, May 27, 2020

Results for competitions in Australian Cup 2020

There were 20 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Martika Doug Coleman – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Watch Act Peter Stanley – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Marta the coffee lady Greg Carruthers – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Biolumlnescence Fungi David Vane – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Morning coffee ritual Sue Ehinger – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Bignose Unicornfish Steves Bommie Trevor Cotterill – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Nugget Point in Pink Colin Woods – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Tranquility Terina Vale – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Coourful Collision Chris Mannweiler – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Stretching Don Anderson – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Summit Hike Sheila Stanley – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Wing walkers Phil Whiteman – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
The Jetty I Peter Finch – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Full Of Flavour Peter Finch – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Family Jennifer Carrigan – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Taking Cover Chris Prior – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
A Dirty Dusty Drought Margot Hughes – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Moving the meal Roy Killen – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection
Costa Rican volcano2 Susan Slack – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection	Burst 4a BW Rob Oyston – Selected Australian Cup 2020 pre-selection

by Colin Woods, May 23, 2020