Macro Photography workshop – 21st January 2025

As we embark upon 2025, there is a diverse range of interesting and exciting workshops ahead, some facilitated by our own members and some by external presenters, from Victoria, interstate and overseas.

Thank you to those who have submitted ideas and those who have volunteered to share their skills and ideas with others.

The first workshop is on Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 7.30 pm in the main hall. The topic is Macro Photography and the presenter is Geoff Shaw.

Macro Photography: Principles and Techniques

  • Uses for macro/close-up photography
  • Camera settings
  • Equipment
  • Lighting
  • Post-processing (including focus stacking)
  • Traps for beginners/things to be aware of
  • Q and A

Please bring your camera in order to check various settings.

Looking forward to the year ahead and hope to see lots of you at this first workshop.

End of Year Results 2024

End of year competitions

Judge: Bert Hoveling

Best Print

Leanne Poole - Mayfly

1st – Leanne Poole – Mayfly
2nd – Helen Warnod – The gardener
3rd – Vira Vujovich – Girl on the Shore Lake Simcoe

Best Colour EDI

Jenny Adams - Poppies

1st – Jenny Adams – Poppies
2nd – Stephen Edmonds – Launch
3rd – Sim Chong – Welcome Swallow Feeding 2

Best Monochrome EDI

Sim Chong - Huge Vases

1st – Sim Chong – Huge Vases
2nd – Tim Keane – The Specialists
3rd – Rebecca Kashyap – The Crossing

Aggregate awards

Open Print – Advanced

1st – Leanne Poole – 20 points
2nd – Stephen Jude – 15 points
3rd – Stephen Edmonds – 14 points
3rd – Vicki Moritz – 14 points

Open Print – Intermediate

1st – Colleen Singleton – 29 points
2nd – Jenny Adams – 19 points
3rd – Kirsten Morton – 18 points

Set Subject EDI – Advanced

1st – Sim Chong – 19 points
2nd – Stephen Edmonds – 16 points
3rd – Jen Fawkes – 15 points

Set Subject EDI – Intermediate

1st – Kirsten Morton – 17 points
2nd – Elaine Whitton – 16 points
3rd – Jenny Hartman – 14 points
3rd – Lyndel Holt – 14 points

Open EDI – Advanced

1st – Vicki Moritz – 23 points
2nd – Sim Chong – 18 points
2nd – Felix Shparberg – 18 points

Open EDI – Intermediate

1st – Kirsten Morton – 13 points
2nd – Fiona Jones – 12 points
2nd – Jenny Hartman – 12 points
2nd – Lyndel Holt – 12 points

Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)

Kirsten Morton – 49 points

President’s trophy

Fiona Jones  - A cuppa will make it better
Fiona Jones – A cuppa will make it better

Monthly competitions in 2025

February – Suburbia

Judge: Mario Mirabile
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: Andrew Esposito
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: Mark Bloothoofd
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: Jose Aguiar
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: Louise Sedgman
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: Ian Rolfe
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: David Norris
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: Lyn Haywood
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: Camberwell Camera Club panel
Entries due: Tuesday 28 October 2025
Judged: Tuesday 2 December 2025
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.