Don’t miss NEXT WEDNESDAY!

I know what you’re thinking: “what a splendid photograph of a tiny beetle sitting on the very top of a stump!”, and it is too, but I have to say if I’d taken it a millisecond earlier it might have been even better.

NEXT WEDNESDAY IS COMP NIGHT!!

That’s right, it’s November when our Competition night is a week earlier than normal. A few days after that, all Annual Competitions close.

If you have prints to enter in the Annual Competition, it would assist us greatly if you could bring them to the Competition Night for lodgement. If you absolutely can’t, we understand, but please contact Alison to make alternative arrangements to drop them off before the closing date.

by Peter Hyndman, October 26, 2023

Awards Night/Christmas Party 2023

By now I hope everyone is starting to get their entries in for the End of Year Awards. Our Awards Night/Christmas Party will be held on Saturday 9th December from 5.30 pm in the Clubhouse at Palmwoods Garden Retirement Village (Sundale), 61 Jubilee Drive, Palmwoods. Along with presentation of Awards, we will be serving a meal (BYO drinks and glasses please) – cost is $25.00 per head (partners, wives, husbands all welcome). Please pay our Treasurer, Trefor, as soon as possible, either by paying cash to him on a Club night, or transfer funds into the Club bank account – BSB 645646, Account No. 102588775 (payment required before the night please, so we have numbers for catering purposes) – make sure you put your surname as the reference if transferring funds. It will be a great night, so come along and enjoy it – hope to see you all there!

by Ann Bryan, October 24, 2023

Life as Arte

Join us at our Share Night next Wednesday where Nikki Olivier will be our special guest, bringing her story of passion and purpose in her photography.

Of course there will be other special people speaking too, but you will have to come along to find out who!

by Peter Hyndman, October 20, 2023

Have you seen this person?

He or she has volunteered to help on every committee next year.

I checked our membership directory (you can too by clicking on the grey “MEMBERS” link on our website), and then on “MEMBERS DIRECTORY” link at the top left of the page that follows.

It turns out there are quite a few people who are so close to identical in appearance one could be forgiven for thinking they were clones, so I am going to nominate them all.

To avoid this fate and to help us just a bit, could you please add your profile photo as soon as possible.

And on the same very serious note, this is the time of the year when I start to compile the members directory for club distribution. (Phone number only)

While you are in there adding your photo (or updating it at least) could you please check that your email address and preferred phone number is current so that we can contact you to tell you what you have won.

by Peter Hyndman, October 15, 2023

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

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

IMAGES SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF SUNSHINE COAST PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEMBERS

by Di East, October 9, 2023

Results of Qld Interclub Competition

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 Club	Portrait	Connection to country	Annette Scott		21
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Water-in-Motion	Colourful water	Gerry Gibson		20
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Social-Documentary—B-W	Hello Mum	Mike Cave		19
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Water-in-Motion	The big bang	Ty Fox		19
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Portrait	Wild child	Di East		18
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	High-Key	Sail away	Di East		18
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Social-Documentary—B-W	The protest	Douglas Battison		18
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Scapes	Sunset long exposure	Belinda Kranz		17
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Scapes	Moffat Beach sea mist	Bruce Atkinson		17
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Portrait	Water babies	Clive Hammond		17
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Open—AB-and-B-Grade	Lunch time in the city	Mark Stewart		17
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Animals	Greetings	Annette Scott		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Animals	Be the light	Belinda Kranz		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	High-Key	Thoroughbreds in the mist	Barry Beckham		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	High-Key	Low tide on the Somme	Peter Hyndman		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Social-Documentary—B-W	Yes Ive got a table for two	Ann Bryan		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Water-in-Motion	Waters of the Gwydir River	John Organ		16
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Animals	Rifle birds	David Bryan		15
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Open—AB-and-B-Grade	Lilac breasted Roller bird	Helen Debnam		15
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Open—AB-and-B-Grade	My cup runneth over	Mark Stewart		15
Sunshine Coast Photography Club	Scapes	Lake Redbrook	Ty 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