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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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[...]
Jun
22
Sat
2024
11:00 pm Submissions for The Leading Line...
Submissions for The Leading Line...
Jun 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

Final Zoom Presentation for August

Our final Zoom workshop for August will be this Wednesday August 25th with Janice Koskey from Boston USA and is on “Contemplating our Fine Art Photography

NEW STARTING TIME – 8pm (due to time differences)

Janice will teach us how to look behind our images and articulate the story that resides there. The presentation helps us to understand the motivation, meaning, or metaphor that make our photography speak about our experience on both sides of the camera lens. Janice draws from the study of literature to help us unlock the plot, characters, setting, theme, and point of view of our photographic endeavours.

Her slide presentation is filled with examples of photographs that depict these elements as well as gestures and symbols. It shows how mood or feeling in a photo can reveal the essence of a scene, the wonder of the viewer, or something from the heart of the photographer.

SOUNDS INTERESTING ! YES?  Zoom will open at 7.45pm for login

See you there! GregC

by Greg Carruthers, August 22, 2021

World Photography Day

This Thursday August 19th is “World Photography Day”. So time to dust off your cameras and take some images. We are all in Covid lockdown so explore your home and gardens. TAKE SOME PHOTOS Your images must be taken on Thursday, pick your best and upload to the website( in the members area) before 11pm Sunday. The top 10 will receive digital certificates.

Judges will be committee members and creativity will score just as much as technical quality so get involved and have a go! Try something new!

Checkout the World Photography Day website to see other ways you can join in on this event. https://www.worldphotographyday.com/

by Greg Carruthers, August 17, 2021

August Image Evaluation

Due to Covid restrictions the print nights have been cancelled for the remainder of the year. Also due to the success of a previous Zoom image evaluation night where members upload images and then evaluate those images within a small group (approx 5 or 6). It has been decided to trial discussion nights on the 3rd Wednesday for Aug, Sept and Oct. Note this is NOT a competition and you can use any of your images.

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

  1. Upload 1,2 or 3 images to the website in the members area for “August Image Evaluation” before 11.55pm Tuesday 17th Aug
  2. Login via Zoom at approx 7pm Wed 18th August
  3. You will be assigned into small groups to discuss the images uploaded for your group

This is a great opportunity to gain feedback for your images from other members. See you there! GregC

by Greg Carruthers, August 15, 2021

Results for competitions in July 2021 – Digital

There were 9 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in July 2021 – 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

Horse Head Rock
Susan Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Open Colour Digital

Down the gullet
Susan Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade Nature Digital

Spider with Cicada
Lee-ann Hattander – Honours-Judges-Choice
A Grade SetSubject Digital

Go Pro Go
Peter Treloar – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Open Colour Digital

Hissing Rhino beetle
Di Wood – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade Nature Digital

Rhino beetle safari
Di Wood – Honours-Judges-Choice
B Grade SetSubject Digital

Ahmad 2
Dennis Archibald – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Open Colour Digital

Sharing the sandbar
Roy Killen – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced Nature Digital

Mating Grasshoppers Rennix Gap
Trevor Cotterill – Honours-Judges-Choice
Advanced SetSubject Digital

by Dennis Archibald, August 13, 2021

Zoom Presentation Wednesday August 11th at 10.00am

Our next Zoom workshop will be on the morning of Wednesday August 11th. NOTE start time will be 10.00am. (With a 9.45am login) This is due to our presenter John Martin living on the east coast of the USA. John is a member of the PSA and has been a guest speaker at many travel and photographic conferences and is currently associate editor of “The Photo Traveler”

Topic “A CASE FOR BLACK AND WHITE IN TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY”

John uses a comparison of twenty-five image pairs – colour vs black and white — to show his reasoning behind a preference for black and white in some cases.  He describes the subject matter which, he feels, makes black and white preferable.  He examines situations where black and white better conveys the story and/or purpose.

This should be a great follow up workshop from last months presentation with Roy on Monochrome conversion techniques. See you there!

by Greg Carruthers, August 8, 2021