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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

PSA Interclub competitions

Entries for Round 1 of the PSA Interclub competitions are now open – so please start selecting your potential entries. 

Full details of the Interclub competitions are available here

On Wednesday 21st September Roy Killen will present a Zoom session to explain how to select your best images for each of the five completion categories – Colour, Monochrome, Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel.

Entries must be uploaded by 15th October.

by Roy Killen, September 11, 2022

September Club Night Reminder

Our September club night will be held next Wednesday , 14th September at Valentine Bowling Club, commencing at 7.00pm. We have had to make some changes to the program that was described in our September Skiffy edition.

Alex Hunter is unwell with Covid and will not be able to make his presentation. Instead of Alex presenting to the club Bill Chambers will deliver his next installment of the “FUNdamentals of Photography”. Similar to the first session I suggest you bring your camera along so that as Bill takes a deeper dive into modern digital cameras you can follow along with your camera and have your questions ready.

Our print competition was going to be judged by Bruce Baker but he to is unavailable so in his place one of our club members who has recently completed the judging course, Peter Treloar will be the print judge for September. As usual we will hold our raffle and refreshments will be provided. See you then.

by Dennis Archibald, September 9, 2022

Results for competitions in August 2022 – Digital

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 August 2022 – Digital

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

Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) Paterns
Don Anderson – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Toledo Damascene artesan
Diane Schofield – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Mono Digital

Vintage Cutley
Joy Thomas – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Stoney creek Falls
Steven Nossiter – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Mono Digital

Hanging On
Alan Hinde – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Girl from Gapywiak
Margot Hughes – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Mono Digital

Coffee Time
Bettina Damme – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Diane Schofield, September 5, 2022

September Raw Image Challenge

Time for another challenge. Download the file using the blue button for the September challenge in the competition area.

Edit using your favourite software and upload by the end of the month.

A reminder that all members can vote for their favourite image for last month by using the blue scoring button in the competition area

The image for this month is shown below

by Greg Carruthers, September 2, 2022

September Club Night

Our next club night will be at the Valentine Bowling Club at 7.00pm on Wednesday 14th September. This month our guest speaker will be Alex Hunter who will talk about his career as a photographer, accompanied by some of his images. Many of you know Alex but for some of our newer members Alex is one of the club’s life members. I encourage you to have a look at some of his work on the club’s website and you will see what an accomplished and passionate photographer he is. A talk not to be missed.

As well as Alex’s talk the September print competitions will be judged by Bruce Baker and of course the raffle will be run with tea and coffee refreshments available.

It’s also an opportunity for those people who entered the NPF print competitions to collect your prints. Thanks to Bill Chambers who collected them at the end of the NPF weekend.

by Dennis Archibald, August 31, 2022