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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11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
Jul 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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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[...]
Recent Posts Archives

Presentation Wednesday 25 September 7.15pm Preserving Your Heritage – Photobooks. Diane Schofield

The presentation will be a brief discussion on the importance of preserving images.  This will be followed by a demonstration on the format of books. Photobox will be used to demonstrate the making of a photobook and examples will be be shown to the group.  

by Diane Schofield, September 23, 2019

Results for competitions in September – Prints

There were 7 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in September – Prints

Lava lamp
John Hollott – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Large Print

I Can Feed Upside Down
John Bennett – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Nature Large Print

Going For a Paddle
Barbara Hunter – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Small Print

Stockton Dunes at Sunrise
Carol Mcgrath – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Large Print

No Wi Fi
Mark Dewar – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Small Print

Smoko
Greg Carruthers – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Large Print

Baboon mothers and infants
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Nature Large Print

by Susan Slack, September 20, 2019

Results for competitions in September – Prints

There were 7 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in September – Prints

Lava lamp
John Hollott – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Large Print

I Can Feed Upside Down
John Bennett – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Nature Large Print

Going For a Paddle
Barbara Hunter – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Small Print

Stockton Dunes at Sunrise
Carol Mcgrath – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Large Print

No Wi Fi
Mark Dewar – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Small Print

Smoko
Greg Carruthers – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Large Print

Baboon mothers and infants
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Nature Large Print

by Susan Slack, September 20, 2019

Results for competitions in August – Digital

There were 10 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in August – Digital

Striding Out
Jennifer Carrigan – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Security
Richard Strange – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Mono Digital

Saxophone
Craig Dickman – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

beeing a bee
Carolyn Long – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Digital

Daddys home
Sue Ehinger – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Mono Digital

Hamish
Carolyn Long – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade SetSubject Digital

Taj Mahal
Margot Hughes – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Seen Better Days 1 copy Mono
Peter Finch – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Mono Digital

Remnant
Chris Prior – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

Flash Photography
Khan Richardson – Honours-Judges-Choice
Student SetSubject Digital

by Dennis Archibald, September 16, 2019

Image of the Year

The Image of the Year (IOTY) competition is now open and will close on Sunday, 20 October 2019 at 11pm.

Members are asked to read the rules for IOTY (see below), enter your images via the website, ensure each print entry is labelled correctly with prints entires to be received by no later than Wednesday, 23 October 2019.  Please bring your print entries to our next club competition night or training session.

Image of the Year Competition Rules

Image of the year competition night will be held on Wednesday, 20 November 2019.

The overall Image of the Year winner will be announced at our Christmas Party.

by Terina Vale, September 15, 2019