On Tuesday 7th January 2025 from 6:30pm will be a social BBQ at Brickmakers Park in Oakleigh, BYO everything.
This is also the due date for our February competition, so bring along your print entries and make sure you are a paid up member!
Our venue:
Brickmakers Park
23-29 Stamford Road, Oakleigh 3166
End of year competitions
Judge: Bert Hoveling
1st – Leanne Poole – Mayfly
2nd – Helen Warnod – The gardener
3rd – Vira Vujovich – Girl on the Shore Lake Simcoe
1st – Jenny Adams – Poppies
2nd – Stephen Edmonds – Launch
3rd – Sim Chong – Welcome Swallow Feeding 2
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
Fiona Jones – A cuppa will make it better
February – Suburbia
| Judge: | Mario Mirabile |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Entries due: | Tuesday 28 October 2025 |
| Judged: | Tuesday 2 December 2025 |
| Sections: | Open print Colour EDI Monochrome EDI President’s trophy |
Judge: Craig Wetjen
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Rahul Kapur – Riding The Waves
Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Foggy Footy 1
Open EDI
Intermediate: Jenny Adams – Govetts Leap Sunrise
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Pelican on a post
Open Print
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Megan
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.
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
Tuck Leong – The Gift
Stephen Jude – Into the Light
Jenny Hartman – Taking a Break
Daryl Lynch – Struggle for survival
Kirsten Morton – Banksia
Leanne Poole – Floating
John Crawford – Otherworldly
Jenny Adams – PepVentosaStyle Autumn Magpie
Kerry McFarlane – Down Time
Felix Shparberg – Different emotions
All of our entries can be viewed in out 4-Club 2024 galleries.
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:
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:
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.
Judge: Deborah Mullins
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Belinda Kerr – Storm over Flinders
Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Foggy autumn morning
Open EDI
Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Grandmas Apple Pie
Advanced: Angela McLeod – Lines of Wisdom
Open Print
Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Cisticola Antics
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.
We recently participated in the the 34th Eastern Interclub run by Maroondah Photographic Society where we came first in Open EDI and fourth in Black & White EDI.
Congratulations to:
Black and White – First Place – Jen Fawkes – The Sweeper
Open EDI – Second Place – Rebecca Kashyap – Path to Mt Fuji
Open EDI – Highly Commended – Stephen Edmonds – Licking
All of our entries can be viewed in our Eastern Interclub 2024 galleries.
Thank you to all that submitted images for our creative interclub with the Geelong Camera Club Creative Group.
Congratulation to the first place images:
Geelong – Heather Prince – The Lighthouse Keepers Domain
Geelong – Heather Prince – Soaring