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SUNSHINE COAST PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

The Sunshine Coast Photography Club (formerly The Caloundra Camera Group) is one of the oldest Clubs of its type in the region. It was incorporated in 1997 and is affiliated with the Photographic Society of Queensland. 

The club offers members a wide range of excursions, social activities and photography competitions in a supportive environment for all skill levels.

New members are always welcome regardless of photographic experience or equipment as we strive to encourage the development of photographic skills and knowledge so that we all may achieve and share a greater enjoyment of the art of photography.

Sunshine Coast Photography Club Inc.   
ABN 80 235 726 988

Sunshine Coast Photography Club Recent Posts Archives

End of Year Awards 2023

Trophies! Medals! Trophies! Medals……….the 2023 Awards Night/Christmas Party is approaching – Saturday 9th December (make a note of the date now!) – and the closing date for entries to be in for those End of Year Awards is coming up even quicker – Sunday 5th November to be exact! All members can enter the following:

IMAGE OF THE YEAR (for both DPI’s and Prints) – you may select ONE image that you have entered during this year’s competitions from EACH category, to enter into the Images of the Year competition.

DON ATTREE FOUNDERS AWARD – NATURE – Digital – members of both grades may submit ONE entry for this award – it must be a new image that has not been entered in any Club competition before.

ROBIN SIMPSON TROPHY – AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE – Digital – members of both grades may submit ONE entry for this award – it must be a new image that has not been entered in any Club competition before.

TED GILLINGHAM TROPHY – “My Country” B Grade Print – B Grade members may submit two prints illustrating a line from the poem “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar – again, it should be a new image that has not been entered in any Club competition before.

PRESIDENT’S TROPHY 2023 – “The Sound of Music” – Print competition for members of both grades – two prints may be entered. Definition shown where you upload entries – again, a new image not entered in Club competition before.

Awards are also given for points accumulated during the year from our monthly competitions.

So get busy everyone and get those entries in! Full details of the Awards Night/Christmas party will be available on our next Share Night, 25th October – look forward to seeing you then!

by Ann Bryan, October 15, 2023

Results for competitions in October 2023

There were 18 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 October 2023

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

the dog walker
Clive Hammond – 5
A Grade Creative Photography Digital

Divine comunication
Jeff Heck – 5
A Grade Set Subject Print.

Chenrezig
Di East – 4
A Grade Set Subject Digital

Sistine Chapel Hallway.
Clive Hammond – 4
A Grade Set Subject Digital

Sagaing Pagoda
Ann Bryan – 4
A Grade Set Subject Digital

Pisa Cathedral
Ralph Brown – 4
A Grade Set Subject Digital

Brisbane Church
Colleen Brooks – 4
A Grade Set Subject Digital

red door sm copy
Clive Hammond – 4
A Grade Open Digital

I am here you can pass
Joy van Loggerenberg – 4
A Grade Open Digital

Sleeping Shipwreck
Belinda Kranz – 4
A Grade Open Digital

impressive
Mike Cave – 4
B Grade Open Digital

Do you agree
Ken Marchant – 4
B Grade Open Digital

Tree Climbing
Douglas Battison – 4
B Grade Open Digital

stairway to heaven
Bruce Richardson – 4
A Grade Creative Photography Digital

The Minors Lot
Barry Beckham – 4
A Grade Creative Photography Digital

The beauty of pink.
James Ferris – 4
B Grade Creative Photography Digital

Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Metz
Peter Hyndman – 4
A Grade Set Subject Print.

Coffin Bridge
Ken Marchant – 4
B Grade Open Print

by Alison Hall, October 12, 2023

Results – Tewantin Shield Good News for SCPC

Champion Image
Fence Line
by Bob Walpole Noosa Photo Club

Many of our members attended the judging of the Tewantin Shield at Gympie last week and enjoyed watching the judging process. Happily, Sunshine Coast Photography Club took out 3rd place. The photo above is the overall winning image, and other category winners are shown below, as are images submitted on behalf of our club.

Total Points per Club
1st Peninsula Camera Club – 321 points
2nd Maryborough Camera Club. – 316
3rd Sunshine Coast Photography Club. – 315
4th Caboolture Photography Club – 313
5th Gympie Camera Club – 312
6th Hervey Bay Photography Club – 310
7th Burpengary Camera Club – 308
8th Bundaberg Photographic Group – 308
9th Tin Can Bay Camera Club – 291

1st Place ICM – Lynette Webb – Hervey Bay Photography Club
1st Place Nature – Egret Fishing 5855 – Stephan Labuschagne – Peninsula Camera Club
1st Place Humour – Nothing to See Here – Eric Brandseth – Maryborough Camera Club
1st Place People – Time is Passing – Marjorie Borissow – Caboolture Photography Club

IMAGES SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF SUNSHINE COAST PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEMBERS

by Di East, October 9, 2023

Results of Qld Interclub Competition

The top image was from Mt Gravatt Camera Club with:
A Life and Death Struggle Serengeti
Geoffrey Hui – Individual Gold award, Animals

Full details can be seen on the Qld Interclub Wesite here.

Sunshine Coast Photography Club came 11th of 21, with Annette Scott achieving our top score of 21. All SCPC scores are listed below and the photos we submitted can be seen on our website here.

Sunshine Coast Photography ClubPortraitConnection to countryAnnette Scott 21
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubWater-in-MotionColourful waterGerry Gibson 20
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubSocial-Documentary—B-WHello MumMike Cave 19
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubWater-in-MotionThe big bangTy Fox 19
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubPortraitWild childDi East 18
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubHigh-KeySail awayDi East 18
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubSocial-Documentary—B-WThe protestDouglas Battison 18
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubScapesSunset long exposureBelinda Kranz 17
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubScapesMoffat Beach sea mistBruce Atkinson 17
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubPortraitWater babiesClive Hammond 17
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubOpen—AB-and-B-GradeLunch time in the cityMark Stewart 17
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubAnimalsGreetingsAnnette Scott 16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubAnimalsBe the lightBelinda Kranz 16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubHigh-KeyThoroughbreds in the mistBarry Beckham 16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubHigh-KeyLow tide on the SommePeter Hyndman  16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubSocial-Documentary—B-WYes Ive got a table for twoAnn Bryan 16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubWater-in-MotionWaters of the Gwydir RiverJohn Organ 16
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubAnimalsRifle birdsDavid Bryan 15
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubOpen—AB-and-B-GradeLilac breasted Roller birdHelen Debnam 15
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubOpen—AB-and-B-GradeMy cup runneth overMark Stewart 15
Sunshine Coast Photography ClubScapesLake RedbrookTy Fox 13

by Di East, October 8, 2023

Tewantin Shield Day Out and our November Comp Night

Hi folks – no that is not a picture of the Tewantin Shield (it’s our “Most Improved” trophy and was the only photo I had of a shield!!) But this is a post about Tewantin Shield Day Out, which will take place next Saturday, 7th October at Gympie Camera Club’s Clubhouse, 39 Saleyard Road, Gympie Q 4570, arrive 8.30 am for a 9 am start. Cost is $5 a head, plus sausage sizzle lunch for sale, raffles etc (so bring a few $$). Morning tea provided and photography activities are planned for the morning with a guest speaker too. Judging of all the entries (including ours) will take place after lunch. Do come along for a great day out (we are going) and stay for the judging – its a chance to see how judging of an external competition takes place. Please let me know if you are coming by Tuesday 5 pm, for catering purposes (Ann 0411 486 939 or abryan@bigpond.net.au).

And a VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER! Images for our own November competition (set subject Light Painting) must be entered onto MPC by this Wednesday, 4th October – a week earlier than usual as our November Competition Night is on Wednesday 1st November.

by Ann Bryan, September 30, 2023

Candid Photography in a Public Place

If you enjoyed our Share Night last night with Peter Mitchelson, come along on Sunday morning and join Peter and his partner, Elayne, at the Sunday Markets in Caloundra – put what you learnt into practice! Meet at 8.00 am in the Happy Valley carpark, near the Playground area, Caloundra. Look forward to seeing you there!

by Ann Bryan, September 28, 2023

Street is Neat – with some practice afterwards!

While next year’s set subject list hasn’t been finalised, a little birdy has been whispering that one of the subjects might possibly maybe involve Street Photography.

Just to be sure everyone is up to speed on what that might be, on Wednesday night we will welcome back our guest speaker Peter Mitchelson.

Like most of us, Peter’s equipment and techniques may have changed over time but his love of photographing the real world has remained. Many may call it “Street Photography”, he just think of it as “photography”.

He will take us through some examples of “Street Photography” from the days before hand held cameras through to the advent of the 35mm format and consider its impact on photography.

We will look at some different “styles” as well as what we can target when we get on the street. For anyone who can make it we will do a walkabout the Caloundra Markets this Sunday and try and put some of this into practice and see what we can see.

Just to be sure – that’s Wednesday next 27th September – hopefully we’ll see you in our clubroom then!

by Peter Hyndman, September 25, 2023

Ooops, more details……

If you want to enter the BUDERIM GARDEN CLUB’S Photo competition, you will need to know the classes you can enter! They are:

64 – Single Flower; 65 Multiple Flower; 66 Flower produced by bulbs, corms or rhizomes; 67 Flowering native plant – small plant, shrub or tree; 68 Australian Fauna in local garden. (2 entries per class)

by Ann Bryan, September 20, 2023

Buderim Garden Club Flower Festival Photo Comp

Buderim Garden Club are holding their Annual Flower Festival from 13-15 October 2023 in the Buderim War Memorial Hall and are holding a Photographic Competition in conjunction with the Festival. Non-members of the Garden Club can submit entries, fees will be $2 for each photo entered – please tell BGC if you want the photo back after the Festival, otherwise the printed photos will be sold to the public at $2 each. Exhibitor must have taken the photo and it must not have been previously entered in the BGC photo comp. Photographs must be submitted electronically in JPEG format, file size between 1-10 MB via BGC website: www.buderimgardenclub.com/festival

Closing date for entries in 4.00 pm Tuesday 30th September 2023.

by Ann Bryan, September 20, 2023

Stonebridge Gardens Photographic Morning

A ‘competition’ has been created in which to submit up to three images of our morning at Stonebridge Gardens. Please use the 1920 x 1080 format as usual. Closing date is 11.59 25th September 2023.

We look forward to seeing the resulting slideshow at an up-coming share night near you!

by Alison Hall, September 16, 2023