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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May
1
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
May 1 @ 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[...]
May
22
Wed
2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
May 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[...]
Jun
5
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Jun 5 @ 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

Important change for Zoom this week

It was obvious that there was a clash with our regular Zoom Workshop tomorrow night and the Matildas semi final match.

Roy has decided to move his Zoom presentation on “Layers and Masks” to Friday night 18th August starting 7pm.

Now everyone is free to support the Matildas!

For those who still cannot make Friday I will record the workshop and a link will be provided so that you wont miss out!

Go the Aussies! 

by Greg Carruthers, August 15, 2023

Zoom Workshop this Wednesday August 16th

I don’t know of any photographer that when they hear the words Photoshop, Layers and Masks in the one sentence, they stop what they are doing and tune in simply because they want to learn and expand on their knowledge.

Well here is your opportunity to sit in with a person who is a master when it comes to these 3 words and how they can be used to improve on your photo editing skills.

Roy Killen will lead the Zoom tutorial on “How to use Layers and Masks in your Photo Editing”

From 6.45pm on Wednesday night just follow the Zoom link on the website for a 7pm start

See you there GregC

by Greg Carruthers, August 14, 2023

Training night – COMPOSITION

On Wednesday 23rd August there will be a training night on COMPOSITION at Valentine Bowling Club.  So that you can gain the most benefit from that night, please download this document – Workshop-preparation-2 – and send the requested information to Roy Killen.

by Roy Killen, August 13, 2023

Results for competitions in 2023 August Prints

There were 6 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 2023 August Prints

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

Tranquility
Allison Hayes – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Large Print

Town Hall
Allison Hayes – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Mono Large Print

Liv
Julie Brooks – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Large Print

Rotorua Hot Springs
Ian Brown – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Small Print

RED
Bill Chambers – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Large Print

Eagle Fight
Alan Hinde – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Mono Large Print

by Susan Slack, August 10, 2023

August Raw Image Challenge

Time for a new challenge for this month. Susan Robinson has supplied us with the image for us to edit.

This image should test your editing skills!

Speaking of skills if you have not tried (like me) a sky replacement, it will be allowed for this image! So give it a try if you can. Your sky replacement can be a stock image and not taken by you if you wish.

OR just edit the image as is!

This month’s image is shown below

Also a reminder all members can score last months images (for July) just go to the members area and look for the blue button

GregC

 

by Greg Carruthers, August 4, 2023