APS Australia Challenge Cup – MCC Entry

This competition is the national championship of camera clubs in Australia. The following 20 images have been chosen to represent MCC in this prestigious competition. Images were selected from images entered in the Australia Cup Club Challenge as well as images entered in monthly competitions. There was a maximum of 2 entries per member.

by Debbie Sutton, June 5, 2024

Australia Cup – Highly Commended Images

Congratulations to all these members.

by Debbie Sutton, June 5, 2024

PSA INTERCLUB RESULTS – ROUND 3

PICTORIAL IMAGE – OPEN

The red head                Brad Le Brocque             14        Merit   

Ride-em cowboy           Lorraine M Gordon       12        HM      

Golden glow icebergs    Debbie Sutton               11        HM      

Off to the opera            Grahame T Smith          10                   

In the forest                  Julie Rathbone              11                   

Bogey hole sunrise        Christine Regan             9                     

MCC was placed 2^nd overall in Group D with Youth Photographic Society, India taking out first place in the group by 14 points.

NATURE

Male kestrel passing skink to fem     Jim Thomson                14        Merit   

Down-n-out                  Nancy Morley              14        Merit   

Baboon fight                 Julie Rathbone              13        Merit   

Lump of meat               David Henderson          12        HM      

Trouble at the crossing  Peter Ryan                   10                   

Pulling the mud             Brad Le Brocque            7                     

MCC was placed 2^nd overall in Group B with The CCPST, Canada taking out first place in the group. The difference was 2 points!

TRAVEL

Showing off                   Sharron Leppien           11        HM      

The bridge                     Wayne Munce               11                   

The Twelve Apostles     Grahame T Smith       10                   

A vivid opera house       Jennifer Muscat         10                   

Syd New Year 23           John Maher                   8                     

Boy in red                      Terry Bradley                 8                     

The overall news in this division was not as good as the others. MCC was placed 7^th out of 8 clubs.

Congratulations to all those who received Merit and Honourable Mentions in this round. Knowing how your work stacks up on the international circuit provides good feedback to authors regarding their images.

Neville and Sharron put a great deal of time, energy and thought into these external competitions and I would like to thank them both for their work on our behalf.

by Debbie Sutton, May 23, 2024

May Excursion Details

This Tuesday, 28th May, the group has chosen Nelson Bay as its excursion venue.

Park in the Woolworths car park and meet on the street out the front of Woolies at 9.00am.

by Debbie Sutton, May 22, 2024

Final email as member secretary

Hi everyone

I have issued new FCC cards to you all individually, so please check your email. Before Covid, every current member had these cards as a member of the Federation of Camera Club and now that we have face to face activities again, these are reissued, for you to print and keep in a lanyard to wear at these FCC recognised functions.

Many of you would be aware by now that I have stepped down from the role as Member Secretary, a role I upheld for the last five years. While I have enjoyed my time doing so, other ventures are now on the horizon. I’m sure that the new member secretary Mick Lynch will be more than suitable to take over. Once you print off your new FCC card, please ensure that Mick signs off on it.

It has been a pleasure getting to know you all in this role.

Regards

Jennifer

by Jennifer Muscat, May 15, 2024

Results for competitions in May – Open

There were 12 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 May – Open

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Piper Julie Rathbone – 13 Open Colour Large Print	Lana libarian Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Showing Off Peter Ryan – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Well Buffed Allison Hayes – 12 Open Mono Large Print
Keeper of The Forest Sue Joy – 12 Digital Open	YoungJedi Rob Lord – 12 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Like a Goddess Grahame Smith – 11 Open Colour Large Print	Head Down David Henderson – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Waiting In The Dark Julie Rathbone – 11 Digital Open	Smaug AI Christine Regan – 11 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Wrong Way David Henderson – 10 Digital Open	IMG_4194 Paul Fuller – 10 Digital All Rounder – Creative

by Petro Holowinskyj, May 13, 2024

MCC – MAY UPDATE

MAY PROGRAM EVENTS

14^th May – Working With Colour

This is a practical, hands-on workshop where we will explore colour, using colour wheels as a resource. There will be various colourful elements that you can use and arrange in your shot. Shots will be shared and discussed at the end of the workshop.

What to bring:

• A mobile phone with camera or if you like a camera and tripod. But mobiles will be the best option.
• If you have anything that is colourful – paper, flowers, toys etc please bring them along and add to the collection available.

21^st May Presentation: This is Australia Club Challenge

25^th May – Sydney Excursion – depending on interest/numbers!

This excursion was planned to support the architecture set subject.

Possible locations include: The new upgrade to Central Station and the area at the southern end of George Street, Barangaroo, the extension to the NSW Art Gallery and Darling Harbour. Locations will depend on interest.

If you would like to attend please send me an email: (secretary.maitlandcamerclub@gmail.com) and if there is enough interest it will go ahead.

TOP SHOT

This is a Federation of Camera Clubs (FCC) annual competition and is very prestigious.

Sections: Mono print, Colour print, Nature, Print, Open Mono Digital, Open Colour Digital, Nature Digital, Creative Digital, Australian Landscape Digital, Drone/Aerial Photography Digital.

A maximum of three images per section can be entered.

https://fccnsw.myphotoclub.com.au/

Closing date is 19^th May, 2024.

NORTHERN PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION CONFERENCE

The NPF weekend conference will be held on Saturday 27^th and Sunday 28^th July at the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club.

Brad is busy organizing a range of speakers as well as the trade exhibition.

Entries to the photographic competition are open. Sections: Prints – Colour, Mono and Nature. Digital: Open, People and Macro.

Closing date: 5^th July 2024.

MEETING RECORDS

Copies of meeting minutes and financial reports are available to members under the Members Documents menu on the website.

by Debbie Sutton, May 9, 2024

2024 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting was held last night. Thank you to all the members who attended and assisted with a quorum.

Two things of interest to members.

The 2024 Committee

Position	Nominee
President	Brad Le Brocque
Vice-President	Peter Ryan
Secretary	Debbie Sutton
Treasurer	Phil Whiteman
Competition Secretary	Petro Holowinskyj
Web Administrator	Nancy Morley
Membership Secretary	Mick Lynch
Ordinary Members	Brian Lea, Wayne Munce
NPF Delegates	Phil Whiteman, Petro Holowinskyj
FCC Delegate	Brad Le Brocque

Rule Change – 3.10

Following discussion at the AGM the wording of rule 3.10 be modified as follows:

• Images captured during workshops, where a member is being taught/instructed by a third party in a paid capacity are not eligible to be entered into any Maitland Camera Club competitions. Images taken on such occasions can be used as a personal learning tool, as a reference only.

by Debbie Sutton, May 1, 2024

MCC Annual General Meeting

This important meeting will be held tomorrow evening, Tuesday 30^th April at 7.00pm in the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club. We need as many members present as possible to meet the requirements for a quorum. Please come along and support the club.

All the meeting papers were emailed to all members on 3rd April, 2024.

This meeting is not a long one, generally only taking about an hour.

by Debbie Sutton, April 29, 2024

MCC April Update #2

April has been a busy month necessitating a second update!

Colour On A Tuesday Night – Chris Munce

Chris has kindly made her presentation available to members as a pdf document.

Check it out under the Members Documents tab on the website.

Attention Lightroom Users – The Annual Lightroom Summit

The Blurb!

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15 world-class instructors teaching 45 classes over 5 days

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This is always a good learning experience. You need to register – link below.

It runs for 5 days with access to each presentation is free for a limited time. If you want ongoing (lifetime) access then you have to pay – $99 USD.

I have always found it very worthwhile, and the free access is quite generous.

https://www.lightroomsummit.com/

MCC Annual General Meeting

This important meeting will be held on Tuesday 30^th April at 7.00pm in the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club. We need as many members present as possible to meet the requirements for a quorum. Please come along and support the club.

Club Excursion – Tuesday 23^rd April

This month Petro has organised for a visit to the Shot Exhibition, State Library of NSW.

Travel details:

Petro will be on the all-stations train, second carriage, that departs Hamilton at 6.45am and (Cardiff at 6.58am) arriving at Central at 9.29. Members will then need to catch a train to Martin Place and walk up to Macquarie Street to the State Library.

For members finding alternative options the key idea is to meet at the State Library at 10.00am. I suggest at the intersection of Hunter and Macquarie Streets, on the side of the library.

by Debbie Sutton, April 21, 2024