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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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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
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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

APS Australian Cup pre-selection extended

Closing date extended to Sunday 17th May.  Please enter your best images!

Each year the Australian Photographic Society (APS) conducts an annual interclub competition for camera clubs across Australia. A pre-selection competition will be held within our club to select the twenty entries to go forward.

Our advanced grade members will judge the pre-selection competition.  Last year we came tenth and in the previous year seventh. 

Each member can put forward two entries.  You can nominate any image that was not previously selected for this competition.

Entries now close on Sunday, 17th May.

by Colin Woods, March 26, 2020

All club meetings cancelled

In view of the latest and best advice re Corona virus threat, the committee has decided to suspend all future Print competitions until safe to resume. Electronic image competitions will continue as usual.  The committee has also decided to suspend all scheduled Photography Club meetings until further notice. This includes all presentations, committee meetings and club competition meetings .

by Susan Slack, March 19, 2020

Corona Virus

Bill Chambers, our First Aid Officer has provided the following useful information for you to follow.  

Thank you Bill

COVID-19 FAQs

COVID-19 Symptons

COVID-19 Stop the spread

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by Diane Schofield, March 16, 2020

Cancellation of Club Print competition night 18.3.2020

In view of the uncertain situation re the Corona virus COVID-19, the Belmont 16’s Photography Club Committee has decided to cancel our regular club meeting on Wednesday 18th March. The print competition for that night is also cancelled. Decisions re all future club meetings will be made as soon as possible. Normal monthly digital competitions will continue as usual.

by Susan Slack, March 15, 2020

PSA Interclub Competitions

Results are in for Round 2 of the Nature competition. We came 2nd and are now sitting in 3rd place overall out of 24 clubs.

Entries for Round 3 of the PSA Interclub competitions close on 1st April – normal entry procedure on our club website.

When you select the section to enter – Open (Colour or mono), Nature, Photojournalism or Photo Travel you will be able to see the entries of other club members. This might help you to decide which of your images to enter, particularly in Nature, PJ and Travel, so that you are not entering images that are very similar to others. (This is a new feature that was not previously enabled.)

If you view the entries for the Round 2 competitions, you will be able to see the score that each image obtained when our Advanced Grade members were selecting the club entries. (This is a new feature that was not previously enabled.)

Please contact me if you have any questions about the PSA Interclub competitions.

by Roy Killen, March 15, 2020