July 2015 - Colac Camera Club

Colac Through The Lens
June Comp Results
View the winning entries
pages 3 - 8
Important News & Info
The "go-to" page for all
CCC members page 9
Member Profiles
Stories behind the members
on pages 13-14
Colac Camera Club
Inc A006153Z
Edition: July 2015
Colac/Corio Bay/ Bellarine
Tri-Competition Invitation
page 11
Meeting venue:
Skills Connection
96 Pound Rd
Colac
Club contact details:
E: colacccpresident@hotmail.com
Postal Address
Colac Camera Club
PO BOX 50
Colac 3250
Committee:
President: Kerrie Anderson
Vice President: Wayne Alexander
Secretary: Murray Howard-Brooks
Treasurer: Dale Gaylard
Comp Secretary: Janet Rogerson
Fiona Brett
Karen Morrow
Duty Roster:
July 13th
Please arrive at 7.15pm
for setup of room
Arthur Grant
Fiona Brett
Linda Laurie
Tony Long
Next Committee Meeting
July 21st 2015
Wayne Alexander
7A Clark St.
Colac 5231 1647
Upcoming Reminders
Saturday or Sunday July 25th/26th
Melbourne Open House Weekend
President’s Prattle
Wow is it cold enough for everyone
lately.....Bbbbbrrrrrr. The only good
thing about that is some very nice
opportunities to get some images
showing frost or fog, hope you have
been out there making the most of these
cold atmospheric mornings. Heather
Matthews posted this one on facebook
a couple of weeks ago Certainly
highlights the chill in the air we have
been feeling lately!
Phote by Heather Matthews
Last month we had David Simmonds
judge for us, a professional photographer
formerly from Melbourne, David
has moved into the Otways and now
lives at Johanna. He specialises in
photographing Architecture and shared
with us some of the great images he
has captured in and around Melbourne.
Congratulations to those who entered
and to the winners and placegetters.
Planning is well under way for our
AGM this year at our August meeting,
we will follow up on last year's
successes and host a Trivia Night after
the formalities of the meeting are over.
We had great feedback from our Trivia
Night last year that was loads of fun, so
we hope to do the same this year. You
will need to arrange teams of four like
last year and BYO small table to sit at.
Please let me know your team of four,
family and friends are most welcome to
make up the team. Our Committee has
been running short handed this year so
anyone willing to join us for next year
please let us know.
We are hosting the Corio Bay/
Bellarine/Colac Tri comp this year on
Saturday August 8th at 7.30pm. Dinner
will be at NuDeli prior, hope you can
join us on the night. Interclub nights
are always a great opportunity to view
some amazing images from other clubs
and to see how well we shape up against
them. I urge you to come along on the
night. Go Colac!
We have an outing on the syllabus
planned for the July "Open Melbourne"
weekend on 25 or 26th July this year
it is called "Discover your Curiocity".
If the weather is forecast reasonable
we will attempt it again this year. We
have tried a few times and not made it
so hopefully this year will be different.
Our plan is to drive to Geelong then
jump on a train so we don't need to
worry about parking when we get there.
Those people keen to join in please let a
committee member know.
This month we will be competing in
our annual team event of the Guys vs
Gals. The competition is going to be
hotly contested again this year for that
amazing trophy! I hope the girls are
able to continue their winning ways this
year. Go Gals!
Happy snapping ~ Kerrie
Front page image
“The Brunt vintage truck collection”
supplied by Ken Riches
Publication of Colac Camera Club
Inc A006153Z
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
Colour Prints - Open
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Falling Down”
by Wayne Alexander
Second Place
“Oil & Water ”
by Kerrie Anderson
Third Place
“Oh My”
by Dale Gaylard
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
Colour Prints - Slow Shutter Speed
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Cool Waters”
by Wayne Alexander
Second Place
“Sweet Cascade”
by Linda Laurie
Third Place
“Winds of Change”
by Janet Rogerson
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
Monochrome Prints - Open
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Soft as a Feather”
by Janet Rogerson
Second Place
“Elli”
by Dale Gaylard
Third Place
“Around and round we go”
by Wayne Alexander
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
Monochrome Prints - Slow Shutter Speed
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Sea Breeze Grasses”
by Janet Rogerson
Second Place
“Filatura”
by Fiona Brett
Third Place
“River Flow”
by Kerrie Anderson
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
EDIs - Open
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Smithy at Work”
by Murray Howard-Brooks
Second Place
“Addi Wave”
by Dale Gaylard
Third Place
“Through the cracked Mirror”
by Murray Howard-Brooks
...Colac through the lens
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July 2015
Competition Results
EDIs - Slow Shutter Speed
June
Date: June 8th 2015 ~ Judge: David Simmonds ~ Competition: Club
First Place
“Fell in Falls”
by Fiona Brett
Second Place
“Aurora over Massacre Bay”
by Wayne Alexander
Third Place
“Scene at Stevensons”
by Janet Rogerson
...Colac through the lens
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Important News and Information
Battle of the Sexes
Guys V Gals
Don't forget to mark in your diaries the date of
Monday night, the 13th July, where the guys take on the
gals. We'll have two judges, one of each sex presenting
our work to us. Be there to cheer on your gender.
Upcoming Interclub Competition
Saturday August 8th, Colac Camera Club hosts the
Interclub between ourselves, Corio Bay and Bellarine
Camera Clubs. The completion will be very tough.
Come along and support our club. Please bring a
plate of supper to share. Competition will start a little
earlier at 7.30pm.
September Club Completion
Duties For Members Rostered On
Please note that there are no set subjects listed for our
September competition, but we have since allocated
the Subject of "Landscape in a portrait orientation"
for Colour Prints. This is one of the subjects set by
Warrnambool for next year's South Western Interclub.
We Want Your Images!
• Arrive early 7.30 to set up chairs & tables (non
comp nights) Comp nights arrive at 7.15
• Setting up data projector and screen & prints on comp nights.
• Bring a plate of supper to share. • Set out cups, coffee, tea, sugar & milo on bench.
• Turn on heater/air conditioner if required.
• Ensure Members & Visitors fill in
attendance book.
• Sell raffle tickets on the night.
• Pack up, wash up and clean up all.
Thanks for your help!!
Organize your own swaps if dates don’t suit, but
please let a committee member know.
New members may be called upon for duty if listed
members are away or ill.
...Colac through the lens
Step 1. If your print or EDI has gained a first place
please email an EDI sized file to Kat Featherstone
(her edumail address) who does our Colac Herald
write up.
Step 2. If your print or EDI has gained a placing,
ie; First, Second or Third please send an EDI of 800
pixels on the longest side @72dpi to both Wayne
Alexander and John Conway for our website and
newsletter respectively.
If anyone needs any of these three people's email
addresses please contact a committee member and
they shall forward their info on to you, rather than
post their emails here for spammers to have a field
day.
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CCC Members Page
Photography Com
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See Colac Cam
era Club websi
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to download th
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and conditions
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CCC Members Page
MEMBERS
in focus
ask me no questions
and I'll tell you no lies.
Where were you born?
London, England.
What town is home now?
I now live just outside Simpson
along with my partner and an ever
growing menagerie of animals.
Which sportsperson or team do
you admire the most?
If you could live in any other
timezone when might that be?
I’m an engineer at heart, so
probably the future, it would
be awesome to see how we’ve
advanced as a species.
Full time photographer, part time
smallholder.
What would be your dream
occupation?
Lion tamer, seriously though I’m
pretty lucky to do what I do now.
What’s your favourite food?
(Dak Galbi), a Korean dish
consisting of spicy chicken,
cabbage and potato.
COLAC
CAMERA
C L U B
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Who’s been your biggest role
model?
I find myself asking myself "what
Ryan Brenizer do?” an awful lot,
I’m lucky that I can drop him a
message and find out.
What’s your occupation?
Paul Benjamin
Member Profile
What’s your favourite movie?
"Small is Beautiful” and not just
because Jeremy bullied me into
saying it*.
*ok maybe a little...
You are gifted $10,000. How do
you spend it?
I’m officially old and boring so
it would mean I could justify a
slightly nicer tractor...
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Genki Sudo, both for the way he
approached the sport and what
he has done since his retirement.
That and he was cool when we
trained together..
You can invite 5 famous people
to join you for dinner. Who are
they?
Assuming we are limited to the
living, I’d invite Alan Moore, Seth
Godin, Matthew Inman, Quentin
Tarantino and Amanda Palmer
(ideally she’ll bring her husband
along too)
Do you have a hobby other than
photography?
Until the move to the country I
spent my free time boxing and
wrestling, now the closest I get is
trying to catch the pigs.
Who or what inspired you to
take up photography?
I’ve always been fascinated by the
ability to capture moments on film
and relive them forever, looking
through my parents photographs
and slides as a child was awesome.
Leaving the UK and wanting to
document my life around the globe
made me take things a bit more
seriously.
What’s something that you’ve
always wanted to try?
Right now I’m really keen to
try producing wet plates and
other alternative processes, it’s
definitely on the list once I have
the darkroom built.
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CCC Members Page
MEMBERS
in focus
ask me no questions
and I'll tell you no lies.
Where were you born?
Born in Tamworth NSW.
What town is home now?
Member Profile
Who’s been your biggest role
model?
Julia Anderson (former dep PM
John Anderson's wife) she had
a great influence on me when I
was a child growing up.
Home now Colac.
Which sportsperson or team do
you admire the most?
If you could live in any other
timezone when might that be?
None, don't follow sport.
1920's for the music and more
simplistic lifestyle.
What’s your occupation?
Stay at home Mum/Actor.
What would be your dream
occupation?
Actor full time.
You can invite 5 famous people
to join you for dinner. Who are
they?
Darwin, Einstein, Cory Ten
Boon, Jesus, C.S.Lewis.
Do you have a hobby other than
photography?
Music, playing guitar, writing
poetry and songs.
What’s your favourite food?
Thai.
Melinda Heinze
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CAMERA
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Who or what inspired you to
take up photography?
What’s your favourite movie?
The Lion, the witch and the
wardrobe.
I often see things differently
and like to express that in
pictures.
You are gifted $10,000. How do
you spend it?
What’s something that you’ve
always wanted to try?
donate half to the Hamblin
fistula foundation, other half
pay off the car.
Learn the Piano.
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