k Lake Macquarie Camera Club Inc.

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.

Use the Join Our Club button to set up an account and sign up. Use the About Us button for more information and contacts.

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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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11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
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Oct 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[...]
Recent Posts Archives

September Competition Entries – Please check

Yesterday there was an issue with the competition entry system. Please check that your images were uploaded correctly. The entry system will remain open until midnight on Tuesday.

by Roy Killen, September 9, 2024

Reminder – September Club Night

Our September club night will be held at Valentine Bowling Club at 7.00pm this coming Wednesday 11th September. Our judge this month is Ian English from the Wangi Camera Club

Entries for the September print and digital competitions close tonight at 11.59 pm and entries for the PSA Interclub print competitions close tonight at 11.55 pm. 

Hope to see a good rollup this Wednesday.

by Dennis Archibald, September 8, 2024

Macro Interest Group

Reminder our next Zoom meeting will be this Tuesday 10th September at 7pm Login via the usual link.  If you have had a chance to capture some macro shots please email them to Bill for evaluation before the night. Not sure how to take macro images then join in, interest groups are open to all members.

See you there Bill Chambers

by Greg Carruthers, September 7, 2024

September Raw Image Challenge

The “Raw Challenge” continues for September. Download the raw file from the competition in the members area and edit with your favourite software. If you are in the Photoshop or Lightroom interest groups then maybe here is a chance to test out some of your new skills.

Make sure to upload your edited image by the end of the month. This months image is shown below.

The images for August are available for everyone to view and score on the website. Scoring involved giving each image a ranking from 1 to 5. Places are then awarded for first, second and third. Give it a try, just follow the blue scoring dot next to the August Challenge!

by Greg Carruthers, September 1, 2024

Results for competitions in 2024 August Digital

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 2024 August 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

Story Time
Ruth Keech – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Boat
John Bennett – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Mono Digital

Tricky workplace
Sue Ehinger – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Great Catch
Bill Chambers – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Of Two Minds – Impartial
Trevor Cotterill – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Mono Digital

Doing the Laundry
Margot Hughes – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Roy Killen, August 31, 2024