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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May
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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
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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

System Error – Print Nights March 2022

We apologise for an earlier notice advertising March Print competition. This notice was automatically generated by the system.

As previously stated, the Print Night Competition for 2022 will begin in June.

The committee is presently working on activity nights for you at the Valentine Bowling Club for April and May.  You will be notified as soon as these have been organised.

Should you have any queries concerning our club’s competitions, please email  Diane Schofield, Judge Co-ordinator.                                              address: belmont16sphotojudging@gmail.com

by Diane Schofield, March 4, 2022

March Raw Image Challenge

The raw image challenge is open to all members and to join in all you need to do is go to the members area and look for the competition “March Raw Image Challenge” There you will find a button to download this months raw image. Now just edit with your favourite editing program. Try out some new presets or convert to BandW etc. Note you need to work with the pixels supplied. For this image changes such as sky replacement etc are not allowed. When complete upload your image by the end of the month. So give it a try!

January and soon February images will all be available for members to view online in the members area.  This months image is of CatherineHill Bay jetty and is shown below.

March Raw Image Challenge

by Greg Carruthers, March 1, 2022

MARCH EDI COMPETITION

The closing date for the March EDI competition is Sunday 6 March 11pm.

This is a reminder to enter your images as soon as possible.

Your judges are all well known experienced photographers and judges :

Susan Hansell – Colour

Helen Walker – Nature

Michelle Kennedy – Set Subject – Creative

by Diane Schofield, February 28, 2022

Results for competitions in January 2022 Raw Image Challenge

There were 3 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in January 2022 Raw Image Challenge

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

RAW Jan 2021 Flowering Gum
David Richards – 1st Place
January 2022 Raw Image Challenge

January Raw Image Challenge 2022
Trevor Cotterill – 2nd Place
January 2022 Raw Image Challenge

RawImageChallenge – Shane Wallwork
Shane Wallwork – 3rd Place
January 2022 Raw Image Challenge

by Greg Carruthers, February 23, 2022

Reminder Zoom Workshop

Just a reminder that Ian Marriner and I will be presenting a Zoom workshop on “Printing your images using an Online lab” Want to know some tips and tricks for printing your images then login for a 7pm start tomorrow night, Wed 23rd February.

by Greg Carruthers, February 22, 2022