Annual Awards and Perpetual Trophies

Hi All,

Just a gentle reminder that end of year is approaching and images and prints need to be in by Competition night, 3rd November 2021, which is less than 3 weeks away. This will also allow for images and prints submitted on the Competition night 3rd November 2021, to also be entered, if you so wish to.

This date has been set to allow for judging to be completed and time for the trophies and medallions to be engraved before the Annual Dinner night on 11th December 2021.

Also, a request to holders of perpetual trophies, if they could also be returned on or before competition night 3rd November 2021, as this will allow time for re-graving for this years’ winners.

Annual Awards 

Criteria for awards and submitting images is summarised below:

Points are accumulated in each competition category throughout the year as follows. 

The highest aggregate point scores in each category are presented with an Award. 

In addition, members may also submit any of their DPI images entered during the year to be judged for Annual Awards in each category. 

Only ONE DPI image can be entered in a category from those DPI images submitted in 2021.

Perpetual trophies are awarded for the following categories:

• President’s Trophy (Print, subject, and definition previously provided by the President),
• The Don Attree Founder’s Award (DPI Nature image), 
• The Robin Simpson Trophy (DPI Australian Landscape) and 
• The Ted Gillingham Trophy (Print, B-Grade, “My Country” based on the Dorothea Mackellar poem). 

As usual, print images will also need to be entered into MPC for cataloguing, as well as the DPI competition entries.   These images for the Perpetual Trophies are to be new work by the maker and not entered into any competition in 2021 or accepted into previous club competitions. If images have received awards of 3 or less in previous competitions, they may however be submitted.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact any Committee member, details for which can be found on the Members’ Directory

by Bruce Atkinson, October 15, 2021

Results for competitions in OCTOBER 2021

There were 39 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in OCTOBER 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

The undertakers wedding Clive Hammond – 9 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Welcome Earthlings Di East – 9 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Pretty in Pink Di East – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Lily Bill Ewen – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Mystical Garden Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Sunrise on Ngkala Rocks Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Open Digital
No Name 43 Gerry Gibson – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Jessica in Florence 3 Susan Grundy – 8 All Grades Open Digital
White Hibiscus Ann Bryan – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Gazania’s Clive Hammond – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Lotus Bud Denise Organ – 8 B Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Agies Airlie Andrews – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.
Hibiscus Mike West – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.	Where is the bee Jeff Heck – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Morning surf training Di East – 8 All Grades Open Print	Arnhem Land Artist Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Open Print
Spotted Sun Orchid John Organ – 7 A Grade Set Subject Digital	three tulips Clive Hammond – 7 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Jacobean Lily Robert Gillingham – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital	Mixed Blossom Colleen Brooks – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Kangaroo Paw Trefor Ellacott – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital	Magnolia Denise Organ – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital
BLOW ME DOWN Ty Fox – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Tropical Coastline Bruce Atkinson – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital
Birds Flying High Douglas Battison – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	My Time Mark Stewart – 7 All Grades Open Digital
White In The Centre John Organ – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Concrete And Glass Trefor Ellacott – 7 All Grades Open Digital
motor trio Jeff Heck – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Ships Creek Denise Organ – 7 All Grades Open Digital
Looking Regal Troy Holland – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Not the Fern Bill Ewen – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Pale Sundew John Organ – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Cyclamens. James Ferris – 7 B Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Becoming a Poppy Di East – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.	Jonquils Airlie Andrews – 7 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Green Receptacle Airlie Andrews – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Print	Cemetry Bruce Atkinson – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Print
Where the wild things are. James Ferris – 7 All Grades Open Print

by Ann Bryan, October 14, 2021

Results of 2021 Qld Interclub Competition and AIPC

The 2021 Qld Interclub Competition was judged on 11^th September.  Caloundra came 12^th out of 21 clubs entering.  Congratulations to David Bryan for a 2^nd in Nature with his Image Nyala Trio 2.  

Full results are available via this link https://tpsi.org.au/2021-qld-interclub/.

SEQ 21 and Australian Interstate Photography Competition (AIPC).  Several images were entered in the SEQ 21 competition earlier this year and were selected by the judges for entry into AIPC which was judged recently.  Unfortunately none of those from Caloundra received awards.

Details of winning images can be seen at Australian Interstate Photographic Competition (a-p-s.org.au).   

CCG images selected  for entry were:

Dust Buster – Airlie Andrews (Mono digital)

Lonely Figure – Mike West (Mono digital)

Good Morning – Di East (Colour digital)

On the Slopes – Di East (Colour digital)

Cheers Di East

by Bruce Atkinson, October 8, 2021

FRANK HINCE EXHIBITION

You are invited to a Black and White Photographic Exhibition
by Frank Hince
on Wednesday 22 September, 7:00 pm
at the Caloundra Camera Club
Burke Street Golden Beach

Don’t miss out on your chance to attend this amazing exhibition, and to discover how we came to be custodians of the Frank Hince collection.

Also this month, for those looking forward to travelling again, Barbara and Ralph Brown will share a little of Razza’s Tours future plans, so that we will be well prepared when the gates are open once again!

REMINDERS
Don’t forget the trans-national Twin-Sunshine Coast Clubs’ competition “Negative Space” is open (more detail to follow next week), and for those currently still thinking about it, some space is still available in the Bundaberg Caravan Park late in August. Contact Gerry for more detail.

by Peter Hyndman, September 18, 2021

Results for competitions in SEPTEMBER 2021

There were 13 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in SEPTEMBER 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Yoga Di East – 9 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Cienfuegos Blue Airlie Andrews – 9 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.
Yayoi Outdoors Peter Hyndman – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Red Doors. James Ferris – 8 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Under the Milky Way. Clive Hammond – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Hard at it. Clive Hammond – 8 All Grades Open Digital
Life on the Lake Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Blue car David Bryan – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Watching Di East – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.	Cienfuego Yellow Airlie Andrews – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Pretty in Pink 1 Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print	Read me a story Di East – 8 All Grades Open Print
Taking Point Lighthouse Lucinda Clarke – 8 All Grades Open Print

by Ann Bryan, September 9, 2021

Shelly Beach – TOMORROW!

If you’ve never been to Shelly Beach, or even if you have and you’d like to help welcome the members of Tin Can Bay Camera Group who are presently visiting (and will be at our Competition night on Wednesday), please SET YOUR ALARMS NOW!

Meet at Shelly Beach at 5:30am for a sunrise photo shoot, and then Breakfast at Sunny’s Cafe around the corner at Moffat Beach!

The times are:-

TUESDAY 7th September
Shelly Beach meet at 5.30 am
Sunrise will be at 5.54am

To book let me (Gerry) know  gg@gerrygibson.com.au

by Peter Hyndman, September 6, 2021

A Meet-up, Annual Competitions and an Important Update.

A Visit From Tin Can Bay Camera Club

On the Week beginning the 6th of September, 11 members of the Tin Can Bay Camera Club will be visiting Caloundra and will be visiting us on our next competition night.

We have arranged to meet them at Shelly Beach the day before for a sunrise photo shoot, and follow up wit Breakfast at Sunny’s Cafe around the corner at Moffat Beach and it would be great if there were at least as many of us as there are of them!

The times are:-

TUESDAY 7th September
Shelly Beach meet at 5.30 am
Sunrise will be at 5.54am

The tide that morning will be a low tide only rising to 1.4 metres, it will be at 1.4m at 8.04am.

To book let me (Gerry) know  gg@gerrygibson.com.au

Annual Competitions and Perpetual Trophies

Perpetual Trophies and “Image of the Year” Competitions are now open for entry.
Please note that in accordance with our usual custom Image of the Year entries will be judged for each category as well as an overall image. Please note that this year you may enter ONE image from each category that you have entered during the year. Further information is available at the “ANNUAL COMPETITIONS” link on our website.

Our New Secretary

On behalf of our entire Caloundra Camera Group community, we would like to thank Airlie for her tireless efforts in her formal role of Secretary for our Club and unofficially as the person who picked up all the loose threads in our administration processes in the course of the past three years.

Airlie has resigned from her role on the committee and is hopefully enjoying a well-earned break from the many hours she has spent each week attending to Club administration.

She has left an enormous pair of shoes to fill, and it’s an indication of how broad was her role that her tasks will be spread among several people for the time being at least.

To that end we are pleased to announce that the committee has appointed Bruce Aitkinson as interim secretary to comply with our our statutory requirements for the balance of this year, with other tasks shared among various committee members.

by Gerry Gibson, August 27, 2021

Results for competitions in AUGUST 2021

There were 26 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in AUGUST 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Castle on the hill Clive Hammond – 9 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	In the Dark Di East – 9 A Grade Set Subject Print.
The great pretender. Clive Hammond – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	I SEE YOU Ty Fox – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital
No Name 37 Gerry Gibson – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	The Jewel Thief Susan Grundy – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Angus Bill Ewen – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Girl with hat Tony Allison – 8 B Grade Set Subject Digital
A bit of a hair raiser Helen Debnam – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	PEACEFUL WALK Ty Fox – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital
Favourite Flowers Trefor Ellacott – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Shades of Pink Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital
Breaking Out Bruce Atkinson – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Macadamia Cracker Bill Ewen – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital
Drumhela Alberta Sunrise Clive Hammond – 8 All Grades Open Digital	DUSK AT 1770 Ty Fox – 8 All Grades Open Digital
Three In Pink Ralph Brown – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Point Cartwright Denise Organ – 8 All Grades Open Digital
Bay of Fires Sunset Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Open Digital	No Name 35 copy Gerry Gibson – 8 All Grades Open Digital
Elise II Susan Grundy – 8 All Grades Open Digital	FOGGY RIDE HOME Ty Fox – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
The Detective Susan Grundy – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Misty Day Douglas Battison – 8 B Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Saint Michel Mike West – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.	Bag Man Airlie Andrews – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.

by Ann Bryan, August 26, 2021

Problems with Macro Photography?

Next Wednesday (25th August) Peter O’Brien may well have the solution in his presentation “Macro Photography”.

Peter is a regular judge for our Competitions and it goes without saying that he has a lot of useful information to impart.

AUGUST PRINTS

If you have entered prints in the August Competition which was disrupted by “lockdown”, please bring them along to the share night. Peter has kindly agreed to provide his services on the night, so we’ll have a mini competition night as well!

by Peter Hyndman, August 21, 2021

President’s Trophy

This is a tough one, but it is now August and you have until early November to come up with an image.

The photograph you will make is an image inspired by the image first produced by Pep Ventosa from Barcelona referred to as the Pep Ventosa Technique (you will find instructions at pep ventosa technique) 

The easy part is finding his technique online, the difficult part is finding a tree or an object that is suitable to photograph. Once you have done that, it’s into lightroom, camera raw or whatever you choose for your standard software, then into photoshop. You may be able to put the images together in camera by multiple exposures, I have not tried that and am not about to.

The Technique

Find your subject which has plenty of room around it on all sides. Start off with a photograph of your subject where the subject almost fills the frame of your view finder, leave some room for adjustments. The next image will be taken at say 10 steps (does not have to be 10 could be any number, Pep has made images with 100 photos which may be just 2 steps) to the right or left and all being at a similar distance from the subject, continue until you have returned to where you made your first image, this may be 10 images or more, the more the better. 

Then in photoshop open the images in the same file. The opacity is reduced on each image to show many images. I can explain how this is done.

You will find more instructions on the photoshop technique at “Glenys Garnett’s Pep Ventosa” on YouTube, her instructions are very good. 

The print you arrive at will be a photograph on paper surrounded by a mat board, the overall size being no bigger than 500mm x 400mm and no smaller than 100mm x 150mm, it will not be framed or be ready to hang. The print may be rectangular or square, square sometimes suits very well.

If you have questions let me know and I will point you in the right direction.

by Gerry Gibson, August 5, 2021