Maitland Camera Club wishes to extend an invitation to all persons with a passion for photography.
The Club enjoys a robust membership catering for all levels of photographers, some with vast experience, whilst others are just beginning their journey.
As a collective group, ideas and skills are shared to the benefit of all members.
01 February - Open
Open Digital
12
Terry Bradley
February - Open
Digital All Rounder - Traditional Images
12
Sue Joy
June - Set Subject: Symmetry
Open Colour Large Print
10
Phil Whiteman
August - Set Subject: Architecture
Colour Large Print - Set Subject Architecture
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Mick Lynch
September - Open
Digital Open
10
Graeme Wright
November - Open
Digital Open
12
Kevin Parsons
July - Open
Open Colour Large Print
13
Julie Rathbone
November - Open
Open Colour Large Print
11
Julie Rathbone
September - Open
Digital Open
11
Julie Rathbone
September - Open
Digital All Rounder - Photo Travel
10
Christine Regan
| Raw Date | Title | Date | Time | Location |
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| 2025-04-15 | Presention: Maitland Show Digital Showcase | April 15th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-04-22 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | April 22nd 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-05-04 | APS: This is Australia Club Challenge Closes | May 4th 2025 | No time set | |
| 2025-05-04 | Entries close for 04 May - Open-5859 | May 4th 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-05-06 | Meeting for : 04 May - Open | May 6th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-05-15 | Presentation: Landscape Photography Composition by Samuel Markham | May 15th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-05-27 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | May 27th 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-06-01 | Entries close for 05 June - Set Subject - Negative Space-5908 | June 1st 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-06-03 | Meeting for : 05 June - Set Subject - Negative Space | June 3rd 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-06-10 | Presentation: Astro Photography | June 10th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-06-17 | Presentation: Using focusing rails and focus stacking in macro photography by Bill Chambers | June 17th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-06-24 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | June 24th 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-06-29 | Entries close for 06 July - Open-5861 | June 29th 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-07-01 | Meeting for : 06 July - Open | July 1st 2025 | 7:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-07-08 | Presentation: Games of Tones - Mieke Boynton | July 8th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-07-15 | Presentation: The Basics of Astro Photography by Brad Le Brocque | July 15th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-07-22 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | July 22nd 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-07-26 | Northern Photographic Federation Conference | July 26th 2025 | No time set | |
| 2025-07-29 | Committee Meeting | July 29th 2025 | 8:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-08-03 | Entries close for 07 August - Set Subject - Urban-5909 | August 3rd 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-08-05 | Meeting for : 07 August - Set Subject - Urban | August 5th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-08-12 | Excursion: | August 12th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-08-19 | Excursion: | August 19th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-08-26 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | August 26th 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-08-29 | Excursion: | August 29th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-08-31 | Entries close for 08 September - Open-5862 | August 31st 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-09-02 | Meeting for : 08 September - Open | September 2nd 2025 | 6:30 PM | |
| 2025-09-09 | Presentation: Minimalism by Graeme Wright | September 9th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-09-16 | Presentation: Two Edits Presentation by Rob Lord | September 16th 2025 | 6:29 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-09-20 | Photo Hunt Opens | September 20th 2025 | No time set | |
| 2025-09-23 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | September 23rd 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-09-30 | Committee Meeting | September 30th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-10-05 | Photo Hunt Closes | October 5th 2025 | 6:29 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-10-05 | Entries close for 09 October - Open-5910 | October 5th 2025 | 11:56 PM | Online |
| 2025-10-07 | Meeting for : 09 October - Open | October 7th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-10-14 | Presentation: Time Lapse Photography by Mark Anderson | October 14th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-10-15 | Presentation: Photo Hunt Judging | October 15th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-10-28 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | October 28th 2025 | 8:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-11-02 | Deadline for Image of The Year Entries | November 2nd 2025 | No time set | Online |
| 2025-11-02 | Entries close for 10 November - Open-5863 | November 2nd 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-11-04 | Meeting for : 10 November - Open | November 4th 2025 | 7:30 PM | |
| 2025-11-09 | Entries close for 11 Image of The Year - IOTY-5911 | November 9th 2025 | 11:55 PM | Online |
| 2025-11-11 | Presentation: TBA | November 11th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-11-18 | Its a Knockout! | November 18th 2025 | 6:30 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-11-25 | Tuesday Morning Excursion with Petro | November 25th 2025 | 9:00 AM | TBA |
| 2025-12-02 | Christmas Dinner & Presentation Eventing | December 2nd 2025 | 6:00 PM | Kurri Kurri Bowling Club |
| 2025-12-02 | Meeting for : 11 Image of The Year - IOTY | December 2nd 2025 | 6:00 PM |
Next Tuesday, 22nd April the all members are invited to join the morning group excursion. This month they will be exploring the Maitland CBD.
Meeting place: On the riverside walk outside Lavenders Cafe.
Time: 9.00am
Fabulous night last night as the images from the Maitland Show project were presented to Brett Gleeson, the manager of the show. Peter and Mick made comments about the images, with Brett being given the daunting task of choosing the best image from each section. This was an interesting process of photographic critique verses adherence to the photographic brief! It was interesting to listen to Brett’s comments and elements in the images that ‘ticked his boxes’.
Congratulations to Nancy for taking out the overall best image and all the other members who participated. There were many quality images that will support the Maitland Show team well into the future.
Thank you to all the members who participated in the April Nature competition. The standard was exceptional across the board. A big thank you to Peter Ryan for his fast-paced, thoughtful and entertaining evening.
The rest of April is also busy!
8th April Hands-on Workshop
Next week Christine Munce will work with us on composition. This will be a hands-on workshop with members working in small groups.
Please bring:
* Each group will also need some items to organise and photograph e.g. plants, cup, vase, vegetable, fruit, hat etc; items that can be used to compose an image/tell a story. If everyone brings a few items then there is resources for creativity.
13th April – Closing Date for This is Australia Challenge Cup
This competition is a national camera club competition where we compete as a club. Twenty images will be selected to represent Maitland Camera Club from the images submitted in the March Set Subject Competition and additional images submitted by members.
If you have new images you want to have considered, please add them to the online portal in the members section – APS: This is Australia Challenge Cup.
If you had already entered additional images – please do it again. There have been a few issues with the portal and it has been reset. Apologies!
15th April – Maitland Show Digital Showcase
This is the follow up to the work we did at the Maitland Show. Brett Gleeson, manager of the showground will be attending the meeting.
We are yet to work out how to run this new session –details to come.
However, if you have any ideas about how to structure this session please let me know!
Deadline for images 13th April.
FCC F-Stop Newsletter
This newsletter contains details of 2025 Top Shot which opened on 31st March, 2025.
February newsletter: https://fccnsw.myphotoclub.com.au/newsletters/.
What Happened At The Annual General Meeting?
Minutes are in the members’ documents section of the website.
There were 26 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 03 April – Set Subject – Nature
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Coughing up Lunch Brad Le Brocque – 13 Advanced Set Colour Large Print
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Mouth to Mouth David Henderson – 12 Advanced Set Colour Large Print
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Sibling Rivalry Debbie Sutton – 11 Advanced Set Colour Large Print
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Keeping in touch Debbie Sutton – 13 Advanced Set Mono Large Print
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flipping for you Brad Le Brocque – 12 Advanced Set Mono Large Print
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Feed Time Nancy Morley – 10 Advanced Set Mono Large Print
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Take away dinner Debbie Sutton – 13 Advanced Set Digital
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Lizzard love lunch Brad Le Brocque – 12 Advanced Set Digital
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Foot in Mouth David Henderson – 11 Advanced Set Digital
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The Thrill of the Chase Debbie Sutton – 10 Advanced Set Digital
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Breakfast Julie Rathbone – 10 Advanced Set Digital
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Nesting Material Neville Foster – 10 Advanced Set Digital
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Moth toss Brad Le Brocque – 10 Advanced Set Digital
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In Coming David Henderson – 10 Advanced Set Digital
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Time For A Bit of Zen Christine Regan – 12 Advanced Set Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
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Kookaburra Graeme Wright – 10 Advanced Set Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
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Whale of a Time Lou Ingram – 13 Open Set Colour Large Print
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Blue looks good on you Denise Crittenden – 10 Open Set Colour Large Print
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Giraffe Eating Petro Holowinskyj – 13 Open Set Mono Large Print
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Bison In Tetons Petro Holowinskyj – 10 Open Set Mono Large Print
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Reef Egret Paul Fuller – 13 Open Set Digital
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It’s Raining Terry Bradley – 11 Open Set Digital
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Taking a breath Lou Ingram – 10 Open Set Digital
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What did you Say Kevin Parsons – 13 Open Set Digital All Rounder Monochrome
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Watch the Eyes Terry Bradley – 11 Open Set Digital All Rounder Monochrome
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Squirrel A Petro Holowinskyj – 10 Open Set Digital All Rounder Monochrome
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The morning class will venture to Hunter Valley Wildlife Park next Tuesday for an opportunity to shoot images of wildlife – ready for the April set subject.
Address: 138 Lomas Ln, Nulkaba NSW 2325
Website: https://huntervalleywildlifepark.com.au/
Meet in the car park at 9.00am.
