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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2023 Image of the Year Competition

Our 2024 Image of the Year (IOTY) competition is fast approaching. This competition allows members to enter their best images that they have entered during the year in our monthly competitions and to have them judged by a different panel of judges. The rules for the competition can be found on our club website in the Club Rules document.

Members can enter up to 4 of their best images that they entered in their respective grades in the IOTY Open Colour, Nature, and Monochrome sections of the digital and print competitions held during the year.

With the exception of images entered in Set Subject competitions, images can only be entered in the same section that they were entering during the year. (e.g. An image previously entered in Nature cannot be entered in Colour in the IOTY.)

Images entered in any of the Set Subjects competitions during the year can be entered in the appropriate section of the IOTY (Colour, Mono or Nature).

The following is the list of IOTY competition categories.

Digital:

B Grade Open Colour
B Grade Mono
B Grade Nature
A Grade Open Colour
A Grade Mono
A Grade Nature
Advanced Grade Open Colour
Advanced Grade Mono
Advanced Grade Nature

Prints:

B Grade Open Colour Large Print
B Grade Mono Large Print
B Grade Nature Large Print
B Grade Open Small Print
A Grade Open Colour Large Print
A Grade Mono Large Print
A Grade Nature Large Print
A Grade Open Small Print
Advanced Grade Open Colour Large Print
Advanced Grade Mono Large Print
Advanced Grade Nature Large Print

The closing date for entries for the IOTY competitions is Friday 20^th October. This will allow members to enter an image or a print that they have entered in October competitions in the IOTY.

Judging will take place following the close of entries and the results (top 10) will be available at our club night on Wednesday 8^th November at Valentine Bowling Club. Once these results are announced club members will be asked to pick their overall single IOTY winner which will be announced at our Christmas Function on Sunday 3^rd December.

If you are entering the IOTY Print competitions you can bring your prints to the club night next Thursday at VBC for collection or alternatively drop them off at either Sue Slack, Ruth Keech or Di Schofield’s homes. Please contact before you drop off.

If you have any questions about this competition, please get in touch with one of your committee members. I will go through this again at the club night next week.

by Dennis Archibald, October 5, 2023

October Raw Image Challenge

This will be the last challenge for the year!

Download the raw file by using the download button from within the competition in the members area and edit using your favourite editing program. Make sure your edited image is uploaded before the end of the month.

You will be able to see how others have edited the image and choose a winner.

This months challenge is a sunset at Belmont baths.

The challenge for last month is available for viewing and scoring by all members, just follow the blue scoring button next to September Raw Image Challenge in the members area.

GregC

by Greg Carruthers, October 2, 2023

Balcony Photoshoot and Zoom Workshop

As a follow up to our “Fun Fotography Night”, those that attended know that you had to capture an image of the telescope out on the balcony. Part of the challenge was then to replace the sky with a nightscape image.

A “Sky Replacement Zoom Workshop” will be held this Tuesday October 3rd at 7pm. If you are not sure how to do this in Photoshop then join in using the members link on the website.

By attending you will learn how to

Replace the sky in your balcony image
Download FREE skies to use in Photoshop
Create skies to use from your own images
Import your own sky images into Photoshop
Edit your final image

To get you started please download 2 nightscape sky images below to use for sky replacement.

Nightscape 1

Nightscape 2

Everyone is welcome! See you Tuesday night 7pm

GregC

by Greg Carruthers, October 1, 2023

Results for competitions in August 2023 Raw Image Challenge

There were 3 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in August 2023 Raw Image Challenge

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

AugustRawChallenge Trevor Cotterill – 1st Place August 2023 Raw Image Challenge	August challenge entry Greg Carruthers – 2nd Place August 2023 Raw Image Challenge
August 2023 Raw Image Challenge Brenton Elsey – 3rd Place August 2023 Raw Image Challenge

by Greg Carruthers, September 30, 2023

Remoiders- October Print Night & IOTY

October Print night will be held on Thursday 12 October at Valentine Bowling Club 7pm. Peter Ryan will be judging

IOTY – Time is running out

Please make sure that you have placed your entries in the IOTY Competition ASAP.

by Diane Schofield, September 28, 2023