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Our club’s aim is to foster an interest in and the enjoyment of photography. We do this through competitions, workshops, lectures, outings and meetings with other camera clubs.
Our members are all keen amateur photographers. Their photographic interests may vary – landscape, portraiture, sporting, abstract, etc., but they all share a passion for capturing great images, improving their skills and techniques and sharing their knowledge and experiences with other members. Some examples of our members’ recent photos appear on this page.
Would you like to improve your photography? Our Club meets monthly in a friendly, informal atmosphere. If you’d like to join – or just see how we operate – come along to one of our meetings. Club application forms are available at our club evenings.
We meet at 7.30 pm on the 3rd and 5th Tuesday of each month.
Hi Members,
Don’t miss our Portrait Photography Night!
Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30 PM at the Mount Colah Community Centre!
We’ll be exploring various lighting setups to create expressive, storytelling portraits.
We’ll have 4 models on the night, and if time allows, some members may also get the chance to model. Four stations will be set-up with lights, backgrounds, and triggers for everyone to use and we’ll move between sets together as 4 groups. We’ll start with a demonstration of camera settings and lighting a subject.
This workshop will be great for beginners and there will be an experienced portrait photographer in each group to guide you when needed.
Please bring your camera, flash and any props you’d like to incorporate.
We’ll be giving our models a selection of your photos to choose from as a thank you for their time.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Your Committee
Dear Members,
We’re excited to invite you to a joyful afternoon at Crosslands Reserve in Hornsby Heights! We’ll gather just beyond the end of the car park.
Details:
📅 Saturday, 23rd November
🕚 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
📍 Crosslands Reserve – roughly here: View on Google Maps
Bring along a chair, a plate to share, a picnic just for yourself, or some BBQ essentials. Don’t forget your Christmas cheer!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Best regards,
Your Committee
Dear Members,
Join us for an exciting evening of portrait photography on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30 PM in the Mount Colah Community Centre. We’ll be experimenting with various professional lighting setups to capture compelling storytelling portraits.
We’ll have models on hand (male & female), and if time permits, we might also invite some of our members to model if they are willing. We’ll have four different setups with backgrounds, lights, and triggers for everyone to use.
Please bring your camera and any props you’d like to use. If you have a flash, please bring this along as it can be used as a trigger. As we work to tell our models’ stories, think about the questions you might ask them.
To show our appreciation for our models’ time, we’ll offer them a selection of photos they can choose from before we create the final portraits.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Your Committee
There were 21 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 9. October – Open
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
Straight as an Arrow
David Curtis – Top Shot
All Grades Open Mono Large Print
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Australian Emperor
Bruce Williams – Top Shot
All Grades Open Small Print
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Misty morning on Lake Wallace
Philippa Gordon – Top Shot
All Grades Open Digital
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Double Helix staircase UTS
Elaine Holliday – Top Shot
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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Honey Seeking Tongue
Leo Darby – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Whoops Iam avoiding you
Leo Darby – Merit
All Grades Open Mono Large Print
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F35 in full flight
Richard Shakenovsky – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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New Earth
David Curtis – Merit
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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Ladybird love
Philippa Gordon – Merit
All Grades Open Small Print
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Market Chaos
Nilmini De Silva – Merit
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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All in a Days Work
Nilmini De Silva – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Finding the Light
Sonia Conn – Merit
All Grades Open Mono Large Print
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Bashful
Sonia Conn – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Salted Doughnuts
Nilmini De Silva – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Bird In Cage
Brian Halls – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Howdy Cowboy
Elaine Holliday – Merit
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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Pensive
Elaine Holliday – Merit
All Grades Open Mono Large Print
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Berber
Jonathan Holliday – Merit
All Grades Open Small Print
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Lake on fire
Jonathan Holliday – Merit
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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Painted Desert Beauty
Jonathan Beckerleg – Merit
All Grades Open Colour Large Print
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City of Old
Sonia Conn – Merit
All Grades Open Digital
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Dear Members
This month we welcome a new judge to club in David Groundwater. He has sent us some information about himself and his photography, which he took up when he retired in 2011. Initially, he was capturing ‘happy snaps’ with a point and shoot camera while travelling overseas.
- Invested in a DSLR and commenced photography classes with Ray Williams as mentor/educator to raise the standard of his photography.
His Camera Club activity started at St Ives Camera Club, which
later morphed into Hornsby Camera Club. - He found a new home at Manly Camera Club and was
promoted (talked into becoming) to Treasurer. He enjoys the regular
competitions and critiques received to aid his growth in the art
of photography. His favourite genre is fine art architectural
photography. - Attended the FCC Judges Course in 2023 and became a fledgling judge in 2024. The highlight was being a member of the judging panel for the FCC 2024 Top Shot Competition.
He has thanked us for the invitation to judge our competition. He asks that we be aware that the comments he makes are from his point of view and experience and will probably differ from
others’. They are meant to identify the elements of the image
that meet competition standard and those that he thinks could be
improved. He is grateful for the opportunity to learn from viewing
our images and hopes that the members will also learn
something from his critiques. Please ask questions as they
arise and he is happy to discuss his critique with you afterwards.
David’s instagram is @davegroundy. We look forward to welcoming him on Tuesday night.
Thanks, Your Committee.
