Lake Macquarie Camera Club Inc.

Look what I caught! Bob Todd – 1st Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print	Dewy fungi John Bennett – 1st Place A Grade Nature Large Print
Love Locks Bob Todd – 1st Place A Grade Open Small Print	Books Alive Julie Brooks – 1st Place B Grade Open Colour Large Print
Madji Orange Beetle Julie Brooks – 1st Place B Grade Nature Large Print	Lavender Bee Julie Brooks – 1st Place B Grade Open Small Print
Catching The Mares Alan Hinde – 1st Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Sharing a meal Greg Carruthers – 1st Place Advanced Nature Large Print
Gerard John Bennett – 1st Place A Grade Open Mono	Dohány Street Synagogue Julie Brooks – 1st Place B Grade Open Mono
Augie Greg Carruthers – 1st Place Advanced Open Mono	Steady as She Goes Bob Todd – 2nd Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print
Finches Drinking Jill Helps – 2nd Place A Grade Nature Large Print	Nankeen Kestrel Bob Todd – 2nd Place A Grade Open Small Print
Orange Juice Julie Brooks – 2nd Place B Grade Open Colour Large Print	Madja Rainforest Floor Julie Brooks – 2nd Place B Grade Nature Large Print
Night Time in Newie Julie Brooks – 2nd Place B Grade Open Small Print	Father Son Fish Cleaners Annette Collins – 2nd Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print
Lizard Lunch Alan Hinde – 2nd Place Advanced Nature Large Print	Mona Walkway Jill Helps – 2nd Place A Grade Open Mono
Shoes on the Danube Julie Brooks – 2nd Place B Grade Open Mono	Two Gannets Alan Hinde – 2nd Place Advanced Open Mono
Kylemore boat Jill Helps – 3rd Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print	Leaving the nest hole John Bennett – 3rd Place A Grade Nature Large Print
Decay Malcolm Michael – 3rd Place A Grade Open Small Print	The Streets of Amsterdam Julie Brooks – 3rd Place B Grade Open Colour Large Print
Beach Wedding Julie Brooks – 3rd Place B Grade Open Small Print	Safe at third base Greg Carruthers – 3rd Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print
Monkeys Grooming Alan Hinde – 3rd Place Advanced Nature Large Print	Beauty John Bennett – 3rd Place A Grade Open Mono
Senegal Girl Alan Hinde – 3rd Place Advanced Open Mono	Alana John Bennett – 4th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print
Peppermint Stick Insect Jill Helps – 4th Place A Grade Nature Large Print	The Green House Julie Brooks – 4th Place B Grade Open Colour Large Print
Gambian Girl Alan Hinde – 4th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Knowing Gaze Alan Hinde – 4th Place Advanced Nature Large Print
Oban Star John Bennett – 4th Place A Grade Open Mono	Traditional Beauty Alan Hinde – 4th Place Advanced Open Mono
Eye on the Ball. Legs in a Spin Bob Todd – 5th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print	Blue Tongue Lizard John Bennett – 5th Place A Grade Nature Large Print
Morocco Dune Light Alan Hinde – 5th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Lemur Mother And Baby Alan Hinde – 5th Place Advanced Nature Large Print
Russell Falls Mono Jill Helps – 5th Place A Grade Open Mono	Winery Greg Carruthers – 5th Place Advanced Open Mono
Anna Bay Camels Jill Helps – 6th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print	Egret Flight on blue Jill Helps – 6th Place A Grade Nature Large Print
Feeding time nears Susan Slack – 6th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Tugs three Jill Helps – 6th Place A Grade Open Mono
Look Behind You Alan Hinde – 6th Place Advanced Open Mono	Lonely Road John Bennett – 7th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print
Artic Youth Hostel Peter Stanley – 7th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Macksville cables Jill Helps – 7th Place A Grade Open Mono
Misty Track Jill Helps – 8th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print	Marta the coffee lady Greg Carruthers – 8th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print
Gayandah John Bennett – 8th Place A Grade Open Mono	Komodo Dragon John Bennett – 9th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print
Nasturtiums Susan Slack – 9th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print	Blue Banded Bee John Bennett – 10th Place A Grade Open Colour Large Print
Redhead beach Greg Carruthers – 10th Place Advanced Open Colour Large Print

by Colin Woods, November 9, 2022

November skiffy

Hello and welcome to the latest version of our Club newsletter.

There is lots of news including our upcoming Club night, the

Christmas party , and of course the very important issue relating to the future of our Photography Club.

Happy reading

Julie

Skiffy November 2022

by Colin Woods, November 7, 2022

November Club Night Reminder

Our next club night will be at the Valentine Bowling Club at 7.00pm this coming Wednesday 9^th November.

This month for those that are interested we are going to include a practical session on capturing panoramic images on the lake foreshore adjacent to the club prior to the start of the meeting. This session will be led by Greg Carruthers and will start at 5.30pm. Meet in the club car park.

This is obviously dependent on the weather so please keep this in mind. We will provide updates via posts on the club website closer to the time. If you are interested, please RSVP to Greg by Monday 7^th November (0410 629 620, gkcarruthers@gmail.com ) if you intend to come along.

For best results bring your tripod and L bracket and/or nodal rail if you have one. Greg will demonstrate both.

Note: This activity is at member’s own risk. The club does not have PL Insurance. The activity will involve walking around the foreshore area adjacent to the Valentine Bowling Club so dress accordingly.

Our club meeting will then start as normal at 7.00pm with a presentation by myself on a road trip through Namibia I undertook in 2017. I will also have a slide show of the 2022 Portfolio Exercise images for those who missed the recent ZOOM presentation. Following the presentation, we will have our normal break for refreshments and raffles, then a viewing of 2022 IOTY results. Finally for all those who entered the IOTY print competitions it’s an opportunity to pick up your prints.

Again, can I encourage members who are attending the club nights to join the Valentine Bowling Club (VBC) as social members. The club is allowing us to use their upstairs function room without charge for our meetings and they welcome any support that our club can provide in return.

by Dennis Archibald, November 7, 2022

November Skiffy

Hello and welcome to the latest version of our Club newsletter.

There is lots of news including our upcoming Club night, the

Christmas party , and of course the very important issue relating to the future of our Photography Club.

Happy reading

Julie

Skiffy November 2022

by Julie Brooks, November 6, 2022

Future of our Club

Members, you are all aware that through 2022 we have been meeting at Valentine Bowling Club (VBC) as our parent club, Belmont 16s Sailing Club undertakes major renovations. Recently your committee requested a meeting with a senior member of the management team of Belmont 16s to receive an update on the renovations. Renovations are proceeding and will be completed most likely in the second half of 2023. We confirmed that the club anticipated;

auditorium bookings will increase; hence it will become increasingly unlikely we can rely on holding our monthly print nights in that space
the two upstairs room we used in the past as an alternate to the auditorium and for our tutorial nights would be unavailable. They are being extensively renovated to take advantage of their lakeside location
there will be no storage area for our club equipment
the club was unable to offer us any other rooms suitable for our meetings

Given this advice we then posed the question whether Belmont 16s Sailing Club would allow us to retain the funds in our bank accounts and the equipment we have and to seek an alternative venue so that our club could continue to function. We have now received advice that the parent club will allow us to part company and to take our existing assets.

I would like to stress that all the dealings we have had with the parent club during these discussions have been undertaken in a positive atmosphere. The parent club has been extremely supportive and generous to our photography club over the years and we will part company on good terms.

Your committee is proposing that we change our name to the Lake Macquarie Photography Club and change our status to an incorporated association under the NSW Fair Trading guidelines – https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/associations-and-co-operatives/associations/about-associations and additional details are available here https://openlegal.com.au/how-do-i-set-up-an-incorporated-association/

Whilst renovations have been undertaken at Belmont 16s, we have been meeting at VBC and we are extremely grateful to that club for allowing us to use their meeting room through 2022. Our intention is to continue to meet at VBC at least in the short term whilst we look to find the most suitable venue for club activities in the future.

To make this change will require us to “wind-up” our existing club in accordance with the club’s constitution. This meeting will be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 11^th January at the Valentine Bowling Club. For those members who are unable to attend in person there will be a simultaneous Zoom meeting where a vote will be put to sever ties with Belmont 16s Sailing Club and set up a new incorporated club called the Lake Macquarie Photography Club. Prior to that meeting, members of the Committee will be investigating possible meeting places for the new club, and information about that will be passed on to members.

If the motion to create the new club is passed at the January meeting, the Committee will then start the process of registering the new club and planning the transition.

Please, if you have any questions contact one of your committee members. You will find their contact details on the club website and at the end of our Skiffy magazine.

by Dennis Archibald, November 4, 2022