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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Apr
3
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
Apr 3 @ 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[...]
Apr
17
Wed
2024
7:00 pm Zoom Presentation – Bill Chamber...
Zoom Presentation – Bill Chamber...
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Photographers Caught Cheating in Competitions
Apr
22
Mon
2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
Apr 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[...]
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[...]
Recent Posts Archives

Northern Photographic Federation (NPF) – Print Competition

Entries for the digital and print competitions for the 2023 NPF convention and competition have now closed. If you have entered the print competition you can drop your prints off at my home – 37 Seaview Close, Eleebana by Sunday 9th July and I will arrange to get them to Kurri Kurri for judging. Simply send me a text on 0438 403 933 to let me know you will be dropping them off and then leave on the front verandah.

If you intend to attend the conference at the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club on the weekend of 29th and 30th July please let me know. The organisers have requested an estimate of numbers for catering purposes.

by Dennis Archibald, July 3, 2023

Lake Macquarie Camera Club Newsletter – July Edition

The Leading Line July 2023 Newsletter

Please enjoy our new and updated newsletter – The Leading Line. For all the news of the Lake Macquarie Camera Club including the winner of our newsletter naming competition, all the usual articles you know and love plus a range of other information to enrich your photography journey through the knowledge, skills and capabilities of our fellow photographers.

Feel free to let me know what you think! 

Enjoy 🙂 

by Julie Brooks, July 1, 2023

Results for competitions in May 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 May 2023 Raw Image Challenge

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

All the Lights
Moira Taylor – 1st Place
May 2023 Raw Image Challenge

May 2023 RIC
Laurie Connolly – 2nd Place
May 2023 Raw Image Challenge

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Don Anderson – 3rd Place
May 2023 Raw Image Challenge

by Greg Carruthers, June 28, 2023

Workshop at Valentine Bowling Club

Our next workshop is at VBC on Wednesday 28th June at 7pm. Topic: Light Painting

Bill Chambers will be running the Workshop and has asked that we turn up with our camera, small torch and/or any small coloured LED lights.

Bill has some great ideas when it comes to light painting and how to capture those unique images. Don’t miss out, be there!

Gold coin donation at the door.

by Greg Carruthers, June 25, 2023

2023 Northern Photographic Federation (NPF) Competition Reminder.

This post follows my previous post made on 7th June. The NPF is holding a photographic competition and exhibition in conjunction with a convention weekend on 29th and 30th July, 2023. 

Competition Summary:

The competition offers six sections:

  • Prints – Monochrome (M), Colour (C), Nature (N)
  • Digital – Open (OD), People, (PD) Macro (MD)
  • Definitions are available on the NPF website

Entry upload through the MyPhotoClub website: https://npf.myphotoclub.com.au/

Maximum of 6 entries per entrant across the 6 sections, with a maximum of 2 entries per section.

Entry fee:

  • Entry to photographic competition and convention weekend: $45 per person
  • Entry to convention weekend: $50 per person

Closing date for upload of entries is Sunday 2nd July. Entering is easy via the NPF MyPhoto club website so why don’t you look back through your strongest images and enter.

by Dennis Archibald, June 21, 2023