Monthly competitions in 2025

February – Suburbia

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 7 January 2025
Judged: Tuesday 4 February 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: Your perspective on living in the suburbs. The image can be documentary or interpretive, there are no editing restrictions.

March – Self-portrait (monochrome)

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 4 February 2025
Judged: Tuesday 4 March 2025
Sections: Monochrome open print
Monochrome open EDI
Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition: A portrait of the photographer in which they have posed themselves within the picture. The shutter release must be under his control i.e. remote, electric etc. (APJA) Creative processing is allowable.

April – Water

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 4 March 2025
Judged: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: An image where water is the dominant feature.

May – Technology

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Judged: Tuesday 6 May 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: Capture the essence of technology in our daily lives. From the elegance of modern gadgets, showcase how technology shapes our world.

June – Nature with a difference

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 6 May 2025
Judged: Tuesday 3 June 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: Any different approach to an image of nature- that is, NOT a standard shot. Subjects can be animals, botanicals… macro. Creative techniques (Adamski, Vanoost, Pep Ventosa, ICM, multiple exposures….), filters etc. can be used for an interpretation of the subject.

July – Light

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 3 June 2025
Judged: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: An image where unusual lighting adds interest to the scene. This may be high key, low key, bokeh – or maybe just experiment with light.

August – Wabi Sabi

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Judged: Tuesday 5 August 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: The Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection.Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi-sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in the things that bear the mark of this impermanence.

September – Streets at night (monochrome)

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 5 August 2025
Judged: Tuesday 2 September 2025
Sections: Monochrome open print
Monochrome open EDI
Monochrome set subject EDI
Set subject definition: Street images taken after dark.

October – Abstract

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 2 September 2025
Judged: Tuesday 7 October 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: An arrangement of colours and shapes which are not recognisable as known objects, although they may suggest any object or scene. (APJA)

November – Phoneography

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 7 October 2025
Judged: Tuesday 28 October 2025
Sections: Open print
Open EDI
Set subject EDI
Set subject definition: Use your phone to take/made photos. All processing must be done in the phone. Consider the use of some phone appllications such as Snapseed, Slow shutter, ProCam, PhotoSplit or Distressed FX. Any Apps that introduce third party textures such as Distressed FX must be notified when loading the image, but are allowable.

December – End of year

Judge: TBA
Entries due: Tuesday 28 October 2025
Judged: TBA
Sections: Open print
Colour EDI
Monochrome EDI
President’s trophy

National Steam Centre – Sunday 24th November 2024

Our outing on Sunday 24th November 2024 will be to the MSTEC National Steam Centre

We will meet at 11am at the National Steam Centre, 1200 Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby 3179.

This outdoor museum offers access to many sheds that contain machines driven by steam. One popular exhibit is the small model steam train that runs on a track around the property. You can hop on for a ride!

In addition to the sheds, you can wander the paddocks that are packed with old and rusty relics of farm and construction equipment.

November 2024 ‘Sport (photojournalism)’ results

Judge: Craig Wetjen

Set subject EDI

Rahul Kapur - Riding The Waves
Intermediate: Rahul Kapur – Riding The Waves

Geoff Shaw - Foggy Footy 1
Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Foggy Footy 1

Open EDI

Jenny Adams - Govetts Leap Sunrise
Intermediate: Jenny Adams – Govetts Leap Sunrise

Vicki Moritz - Pelican on a post
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Pelican on a post

Open Print

Colleen Singleton - Megan
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Megan

Stephen Jude - Remnants
Advanced: Stephen Jude – Remnants

Set subject definition:

Images of sporting events or sport participants where a known sport is the key feature. Creative or composite images not permitted. Following the definition of PSA Photojournalism.

4-Club Interclub 2024 results

This year we hosted the 4 Club interclub competition which is a competition between Camberwell Camera Club, Caulfield Photographic Society, Maroondah Photographic Society and us.

Our judge was Christopher Ian and we are pleased to announce that – by a single point from Camberwell – we came out first overall.

Special recognition to the following award winning images:

Rebecca Kashyap - Rainy Night in Ginza
Rebecca Kashyap – Rainy Night in Ginza

Tuck Leong - The Gift
Tuck Leong – The Gift

Stephen Jude - Into the Light
Stephen Jude – Into the Light

Jenny Hartman - Taking a Break
Jenny Hartman – Taking a Break

Daryl Lynch - Struggle for survival
Daryl Lynch – Struggle for survival

Kirsten Morton - Banksia
Kirsten Morton – Banksia

Leanne Poole - Floating
Leanne Poole – Floating

John Crawford - Otherworldly
John Crawford – Otherworldly

Jenny Adams - PepVentosaStyle Autumn Magpie
Jenny Adams – PepVentosaStyle Autumn Magpie

Kerry McFarlane - Down Time
Kerry McFarlane – Down Time

Felix Shparberg - Different emotions
Felix Shparberg – Different emotions

All of our entries can be viewed in out 4-Club 2024 galleries.

End of year competition 2024

Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 29 October 2024. This is a best of images entered throughout the year, members select from their previous entries to enter the end of year competition sections:

  • Two images for Open Print
  • Two images for Colour EDI
  • Two images for Monochrome EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2024 monthly competition and in the same format. Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI images were entered in the Open EDI and Set Subject EDI sections.

Select your entries through the Competition upload system. As well as selecting your print entries in the upload system, also ensure that your print entries are placed in the print box on Tuesday 29 October 2024 at our November competition night.

We allow images to be altered prior to entry in the end of year competition (eg to incorporate comments from the judge).

5.c.1. Alterations are limited to ensure that the altered (EOY) version is clearly recognizable as a revision of the same image as entered in the monthly competitions. Conversions from colour to monochrome (or vice versa) are allowed.

To enter an altered image:

  1. In the upload system select the image from the monthly competition as normal, then indicate via the dropdown that it will be altered for end of year.
  2. Email your altered entry to the competition steward at comp@waverleycameraclub.org.

The subject for the President’s Trophy is “Blue” with your entry due on Tuesday 19 November 2024, this is also to be submitted via the competition upload system.

October 2024 ‘Mood of the Weather’ results

Judge: Deborah Mullins

Set subject EDI

Belinda Kerr - Storm over Flinders
Intermediate: Belinda Kerr – Storm over Flinders

Felix Shparberg - Foggy autumn morning
Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Foggy autumn morning

Open EDI

Kirsten Morton - Grandmas Apple Pie
Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Grandmas Apple Pie

Angela McLeod - Lines of Wisdom
Advanced: Angela McLeod – Lines of Wisdom

Open Print

Kirsten Morton - Cisticola Antics
Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Cisticola Antics

Felix Shparberg - Chick feeding
Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Chick feeding

Set subject definition:

An image depicting some aspect of the weather e.g. storm [actual or impending] rain, hail, snow, fog or wind. Normal sunny conditions or the aftermath are not acceptable. (SAPF) There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.