2024 Fraser Coast Ag Show
Here are the details to this years Fraser Coast Agriculture Show taking place on 23 – 24 May at the Maryborough Showgrounds. This year’s theme is “Mary to Migaloo.” There are an additional 8 subjects which anyone can enter their printed and mounted images. Click link below for all needed information: https://herveybay.myphotoclub.com.au/hervey-bay-agricultural-show-photography-schedule-link/
by Ryan Tutor, April 7, 2024
Australia Cup Competition
Hi Members, I have again extended the Australia Cup competition on website as we are still looking for more member’s images to represent HBPC this year.
Theme is: THIS IS AUSTRALIA and entries are now closing this Sunday 7/4/24. “This is Australia” was the theme from our February competition, so would be great to see more of your images to put our best work forward. Member’s may submit 3 images online which will then be judged by a 3 person panel. With current club membership numbers, HBPC can then include a maximum of 2 images per person for Australia Cup. Best of luck, look forward to more beautiful images!
Definition for THIS IS AUSTRALIA: Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals. Images may be taken in any of Australia’s territories. Entries must be a single image as captured by the camera; no composites allowed.
All entered Images & individual awards are eligible to count as national acceptances towards APS Honours LAPS, AAPS.
by Ryan Tutor, April 2, 2024
Competitions
Hi Members, with the recent changes to the by-laws for our monthly competitions, there is now a new subject of “Creative” for monthly entries. If member’s have submitted any of their composite or “creative” work into the open category, could you please resubmit your images into the creative category.
AUSTRALIA CUP:
The external competition for AUSTRALIA CUP has now been extended and we are calling for many more images to represent HBPC for this year’s Australia Cup. Theme is: THIS IS AUSTRALIA and entries are now closing on Sunday 24/3. This was the theme for last month’s HBPC competition, so would be great to see more of your images to put our best work forward. Member’s may submit 3 images online which will then be judged by a 3 person panel. With current club membership numbers, HBPC can then include a maximum of 2 images per person for Australia Cup. Best of luck, look forward to more beautiful images!
Definition for THIS IS AUSTRALIA: Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals. Images may be taken in any of Australia’s territories. Entries must be a single image as captured by the camera; no composites allowed.
All entered Images & individual awards are eligible to count as national acceptances towards APS Honours LAPS, AAPS.
by Ryan Tutor, March 20, 2024
External Competitions
Hi Member’s, here are a few new external competitions for any of you interested. These can also be found with many other competitions by clicking the External Competitions button at Hervey Bay Photography Club (myphotoclub.com.au)
Illustrative Photography Competition – The Society of Photographers | International Photography Organisation (thesocieties.net) – closes 30 April 2024
Street Photography Competition (sittp.com) – closes 31 May 2024
SINWP Bird Photographer of the Year closes 31 October 2024
by Ryan Tutor, March 10, 2024
Closing Competitions
Hi Members, here are a few external competitions that are closing soon that you may be interested in. Included is info sent over about Salon of Excellence.
- APS National (myphotoclub.com.au) – closes 15 March
- PSQ: Salon of Excellence Queensland (myphotoclub.com.au) – closes 17 March.
Dear PSQ affiliated camera clubs
This is a final reminder to all camera clubs that the 2024 Salon of Excellence competition entries close within two weeks on Sunday March 17. Club secretaries could you please circulate this reminder to all club members.
Entries will be submitted via the SEQ MyPhotoClub website https://psq-seq.myphotoclub.com.au/. Detailed information, including the invitation document, is available on the website.
Subjects are: Open Colour, Open Mono, People (Colour or Mono), Nature (Colour), Social Documentary (Mono) and Creative (Colour or Mono).
There are both Print and Digital competitions, with separate competitions for A Grade and Non A Grade competitors.
This is a wonderful opportunity for all members to participate in a Queensland-wide competition and to test your skills beyond your own club competition. We would especially encourage Non A Grade members to take advantage of the opportunity.
While this is primarily an individual competition, it is also a chance for clubs to compete against one another, with trophy awarded to clubs with the highest overall points, the highest average points (to encourage smaller clubs) and most number of Acceptances.
We look forward to continuing support for this longstanding competition.
Kind regards
Martin Riley
President, Queensland Camera Group
0417762767
3. Drone Photo Awards | Siena Awards (droneawards.photo) – closes 1 April
by Ryan Tutor, March 6, 2024
Open Competitions for HBPC
Hi Members,
Here the current competitions that are open and requiring your images:
AUSTRALIA CUP: HBPC entries close at 11:59pm on 18/3/24
Please submit your best 3 images that showcase the theme for this year’s Australia Cup: This Is Australia. This was also the subject for our monthly competition just held in February – hoping to see lots of entries!!!
Definition: Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals. Images may be taken in any of Australia’s territories. Entries must be a single image as captured by the camera; no composites allowed. Once HBPC competition closes, three Committee Members will vote through the best 2 images from each member to represent HBPC in this year’s Australia Cup. HBPC may enter up to 20 mages in total.
All entered Images & individual awards are eligible to count as national acceptances towards APS Honours LAPS, AAPS.
Saturday Snappers on 2/3/24: entries close at 11:59pm on 25/3/24
Theme was Quirky. Members may enter up to 3 images.
March Print Competition – CREATIVE
Images must be uploaded to website by 8pm on Monday 25/3/24. Once competition closes, members may then log back into the closed online competition to print their labels to be placed on back of prints for our Tuesday 26/3/24 judging/competition at Kondari at 7pm.
April Digital Competition – FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY – entries close at 11:59pm on Tuesday 26/3/24.
by Ryan Tutor, March 4, 2024
2024 PSQ Convention
Registration opens for the 2024 Photographic Society of Qld Convention on the 29th February. Don’t miss out, please be sure book early as some sessions have limited numbers. Bookings will close well before the Convention date to allow for further planning. Book early!
“Where Art Meets Inspiration”
Follow this link for all the details https://psq-convention.com.au/
We hope to see you there 4,5,6 May 2024 at the Kedron Wavell Services Club Kittyhawk Drive Chermside in Brisbane.
Hosted by the Aspley Camera Club on behalf of The Photographic Society of Qld.
by Ryan Tutor, February 18, 2024
External Competitions
Good Morning Members, here are a list of soon to close and or upcoming external competitions for those interested.
Landscape photography competition – The Landscape Awards – entries close 18 February 2024 (CLOSES TONIGHT)
APS National: APS National (myphotoclub.com.au) closes 15 March 2024
Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize: Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize-Competitions (a-p-s.org.au) – opens 4 March 2024, entries close 12 June 2024
Outback International Photography Exhibition: Outback International Photography Exhibition (myphotoclub.com.au) opens 1 February 2024
Salon of Excellence Queensland 2024: Salon of Excellence Queensland (myphotoclub.com.au) opens 1 January, closes 17 March 2024
HBPC AFFILIATED EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS:
Coinciding with our February – This is Australia monthly competition is the theme for this year’s Australia Cup. Member’s will soon be invited and asked to submit their images to a competition on the HBPC website where a panel of 3 judges will then choose the best 20 images to represent HBPC; max of 2 images per member. Stay tuned for more info around the end of our February competition to enter your images.
Here are the entry details for your Australia Cup images:
Theme: THIS IS AUSTRALIA: Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals.
Images may be taken in any of the Australia’s territories.
Images must be a single capture as captured by the camera.
Images must not be “composite images’ that combine subjects or elements from different scenes – replacing a background or sky, for example.
HDR, focus stacking etc that has been performed in camera is permissible.
by Ryan Tutor, February 18, 2024
Friday Snappers 2/3/24- Silhouettes
Hi Members,
The competition for Friday Snappers is now up on the website. This competition can be found with all the monthly competitions.
To anyone who entered their photos this afternoon, please double-check and make sure your entries are still entered. Had to do some maintenance and fix some things up.
Competition will close and be voted by Members on Tuesday 20/2. Theme is silhouettes.
by Ryan Tutor, February 3, 2024
Through Our Eyes – Photography Exhibition
Hi Everyone,
In September last year all members were invited to participate in a Photography Project. Eleven members took up the challenge and an exhibition of our work opens on 2nd February and closes on the 3rd of March. The opening by our own Michel Scutts is on Saturday Feb 3 between 11am and 1pm with a lemonade after at the Criterion Hotel. The attached flyer has the information but it will be held at Gatakers Art Space in the POP UP Gallery at the front on Kent Street. It will be a great advertisement for our club and the variety of approaches the members have adopted to express themselves. You are all invited so hope you are able to drop in for the opening or any time that suits and please leave an encouraging comment in the comments book.
Thank-you
by Ryan Tutor, January 26, 2024