External Australian Photo Competitions to enter.

These are two popular competitions that you might like to enter. Click on the INFORMATION link below for more information.

Entries Close: 28 May 2023 (Early Birds close 19 March)
Do you love shooting and editing in black and white? Now in its fourth year, The Mono Awards celebrates everything you love about black and white photography. Early Bird entry pricing is on until 20 March. Winners Runners-up and top 40 entries in each category will be published in Australian Photography and Capture in September 2022.

INFORMATION  

Closing Date: 18 May 2023
Finalists Announced: 30 May
Winner Announced: 1 July
The MCPP is a very special photographic Prize, providing the opportunity for Conceptual photographers to be recognised as the best in Australia – and to win significant prize money.

INFORMATION

by Di East, February 9, 2023

Results for competitions in FEBRUARY 2023

There were 16 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 FEBRUARY 2023

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Geisha Girl Tony Allison – 5 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Every body’s looking for some one. Peter Hyndman – 5 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Sail Away Di East – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Manly Boat Harbour High Key Ralph Brown – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Thoroughbreds in the Mist Barry Beckham – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Low tide on the Somme Peter Hyndman – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital
At The Height Of Their Game John Organ – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Im not comming out Jeff Heck – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Forest 3 Gerry Gibson – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Where is the train Mark Stewart – 4 B Grade Open Digital
Imbil Rodeo Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Open Digital	Zoom Trees Ralph Brown – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
A wave at Sunset Colleen Brooks – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Delicate Hibiscus Ann Bryan – 4 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Bungle Bungles Alison Hall – 4 B Grade Open Print	Rodeo Gang Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Open Print

by Alison Hall, February 9, 2023

ALL THE WAY TO TIN CAN BAY!

COME AND JOIN US ON ANOTHER CAMERA CLUB TRIP!

We are proposing a short trip away towards the end of March (Tuesday 28^th March to Saturday 1^st April) to Tin Can Bay, staying at Tin Can Bay Tourist Park – check it out at tincanbaytouristpark.com.  Cabins are available as well as powered sites. 

Tin Can Bay is a beautiful seaside village that is known for its abundant wildlife, easy atmosphere and magnificent wild-catch seafood, harvested from the pristine waters of the Great Sandy Strait. 

There are also plenty of opportunities for some great photos!  If you are interested, please contact Ann Bryan as soon as possible on 0411 486 939 or email abryan@bigpond.net.au as bookings need to be made very soon.

by Ann Bryan, February 1, 2023

ONLY 315 SLEEPS TILL AWARDS NIGHT!

But I’ll bet you already knew that and have been out and about filling your SD cards with wonder to share over the coming months!

If you’re up to date with your membership subscription for the new year, don’t forget that February starts next Wednesday, which means that the second Wednesday of the month and our first Competition night of the year, has crept up on us at a great pace.

Oh… if you aren’t up to date with your dues, could you be a dear and sort it as soon as poss? Ta!

by Peter Hyndman, January 28, 2023

New Upcoming Australian Competitions

It’s great to hear that some of you have started entering competitions already and we’re not even back at our meetings yet. Well done!

Here are 2 Australian competitions that we think are worth considering.

by Di East, January 27, 2023

External Competitions

Welcome back to Sunshine Coast Photography Club and to a new year of external competitions.

To keep you more easily updated on the status of the competitions we enter on your behalf as a club; as well as those you might like to enter for yourselves, we now have an EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS button on the right hand side of our web page. Please have an explore to see what’s there. We’ll be adding new competitions as they’re announced, as well as the images that we choose for you in the inter-clubs and the results as we get them.

First Interclub Competition:
The first inter-club competition for this year is SEQ which is organised by the Photographic Society of Qld (PSQ) and this is the only inter-club competition of the year which you need to enter for yourselves. Our club has done well with this competition in the past and with some more entries, could come first or second, so let’s blitz it this year with lots of entries in both digital and print categories. Prints will need to be brought to our Judging on the 8th of March, so we can deliver them for you on time. Entries close on 19th March. For more information, click this link to our Interclub Competitions Page. SEQ23

We look forward to seeing you all for our first judging night on Wednesday 8th February.

by Di East, January 24, 2023

SAILING INTO THE NEW YEAR

We hope that everyone is sailing smoothly into the new year. Our first competition night is only two weeks away on the 8th February.

If you didn’t manage to wake up in time to get your entries in, don’t fret, our March competition set subject is “Water in Motion” and you still have a couple of weeks to get your act together.

Behind the scenes we’ve experienced a strange glitch or two, with a couple of members accidentally entering multiple images in one competition. This technically is not possible and none of us can work out how it happened. It’s all fixed of course, but we’d really appreciate it if, when you are entering comps in the coming weeks you could keep an eye out for check boxes not checking themselves after upload and let us know if they don’t!

by Peter Hyndman, January 18, 2023

A BIT OF OLD NEWS

SUNSHINE COAST PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB INC.
Those among us who haven’t been around because they are in their caravan in Thargomindah or for whatever other reason, may have missed the announcement that approval for the change of name of our club was received on Friday of last week.

Due to a bureaucratic masterstroke, this is to take effect from the “date of the letter” which was something like the 29th November, and of course we are obliged to change all our documents, letterheads and so forth by then, somewhat retrospectively.

We’ve done our best to push post-Awards hangovers aside and do just that, but we’ve been in a bit of a flap, so if you discover that we’ve missed anything on the way, we would love you to let us know!

COMPETITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I know, I know, you just want to be left alone until after Christmas!

Maybe you will after this – but remember that all competitions are now open for entry and that February entries close on January 11th.

The Caloundra Camera Club’s first ever handbook is available for download by logging at the INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS LINK on our website, which is at the old familiar address for the time being.

by Peter Hyndman, December 13, 2022

ANNUAL AWARDS 2022

Our 2022 Competition year finally concluded last week with our Annual Awards Dinner and a heart felt thanks goes to all who made that possible including every person who entered an image in our competitions during the year.

Congratulations to all of our winners of course, and our best wishes to those who have been selected for elevation to A Grade next year.

A complete catalogue of all winning entries and a summary of all awards can be viewed at the following link: AWARDS CATALOGUE 2022

by Peter Hyndman, December 12, 2022

IT’S TIME TO PUT ON YOUR HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS!

Yes it’s time to put on the high heeled sneakers, (ladies may choose whichever shoes they wish!)

Our ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT is nigh.

When – Saturday December 10th

Time – Be there at 5:30pm for a 6:00pm kick off.

Where – Our club room at Burke Street Golden Beach

How Much?– $30.00 per head. Please pay by bank transfer with the Message <your name>_AWARDS

Bring?– BYO drinks and Glasses please!

NUMBERS ATTENDING MUST BE FINALISED THIS WEEK (to confirm our catering orders) so please don’t dally. Contact Gerry or Trefor if you have any questions!

by Peter Hyndman, November 27, 2022