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
Results for competitions in February Digital (PI) Competition
There were 48 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 Digital (PI) Competition
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Purple-crowned Fairywren Glenn Roman – Honour A Grade Open Digital 
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Grey crowned Babblers Glenn Roman – Honour A Grade Open Digital 
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Consulting the expert Malcolm Wade – Honour A Grade Open Digital 
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C Rose A 54 OPEN Antarctica Christina Rose – Honour A Grade Open Digital 
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Gang Gang Cockatoo Glenn Roman – Honour A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Echo of the sky Malcolm Wade – Honour A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Stairway to Heaven ken york – Honour A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Frilled Lizard Glenn Roman – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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C Rose A 54 SET SKIPPY Christina Rose – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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C Rose A 54 SET CHECK UP DAY Christina Rose – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Gold Coast Beach Heather de Villiers – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Outback view Heather de Villiers – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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65 A S Its Ok Mate Amanda Keys – Honour A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Sentinel Michele Mapunda – Honour B Grade Open Digital 
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31 C O The wolf dog Virginia Wright – Honour C Grade Open Digital 
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church of the good shepherd Dianne Wyatt – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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ripples Dianne Wyatt – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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The Drought Margaret Kossowski – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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Tough Living Janelle Hultgren – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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C Rose A 54 OPEN ICM trees Christina Rose – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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Incoming Melissa Arentsen – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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3 A O Bibles & Roses Violet Whitaker – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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Happy Christmas Celina Hurworth – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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Hazel Celina Hurworth – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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Singapore Skyline ken york – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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The Layover Ryan Tutor – Merit A Grade Open Digital 
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full moon Dianne Wyatt – Merit A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Foggy Morning Margaret Kossowski – Merit A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Billy and Damper Heather de Villiers – Merit A Grade Monochrome Digital 
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off the beaten track Dianne Wyatt – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Riverside at night Malcolm Wade – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Icon Graveyard Janelle Hultgren – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Ypunya Janelle Hultgren – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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The Desert Margaret Kossowski – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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The Gold Mine Margaret Kossowski – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Wave Rock Melissa Arentsen – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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65 A S Incomming Amanda Keys – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Opera at Night Ryan Tutor – Merit A Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Skateboarder Michele Mapunda – Merit B Grade Open Digital 
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the toogoom tree Michele Mapunda – Merit B Grade Monochrome Digital 
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australia day Michele Mapunda – Merit B Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Perceids Meteor Shower Point Vernon Stephen Potts – Merit C Grade Open Digital 
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31 C O Painting of the pier Virginia Wright – Merit C Grade Open Digital 
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The cup Izabela Meadows – Merit C Grade Open Digital 
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Beach Volleyball Glynis Stewart – Merit C Grade Monochrome Digital 
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Family beach day_ Stephen Potts – Merit C Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Fraser Tourists Stephen Potts – Merit C Grade Set Subject Digital 
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Terrigal Beach Glynis Stewart – Merit C Grade Set Subject Digital 
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by ken york, February 27, 2024
Protected: Agenda for 12 March 2024 – 7.00 pm, Hibiscus Room, Kondari Hotel
by Dianne Wyatt, February 25, 2024
Learning the Basics
Just a reminder, if you haven’t regisgtered yet for the workshop being run by Doug Holloway on Saturday 24 Feb at 1.00 pm in the Pandanus Room, Kondari Hotel, could you please do so asap.
Doug would like to remind you to bring along your camera, instruction manual, maybe a notebook and pen, a name badge and a water bottle.
There will be a photo shoot afterwards in the grounds of the Kondari, so you can practice what you’ve just learned.
Please let me know if you’d like to come along.
cheers from Di
by Dianne Wyatt, February 20, 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
Learning the Basics
On Saturday 24 February, 1.00 pm in the Pandanus Room, Kondari, Doug Holloway will present a workshop for “newbies” or those who want to get a refresher on how to use their camera. Please bring your laptops and cameras (and instruction manual) as there will be a practical session following the workshop. Please also wear your name badge if you have one.
If you’re not sure about altering aperture, shutter or ISO, you could check it out on google beforehand. That way we will have a head start and get the most out of the day.
You may be aware that the Pandanus Room is not huge, so if you want a seat at this workshop, please respond to president.hbpc@gmail.com as soon as possible, to reserve your seat.
Kind regards from Di
by Dianne Wyatt, February 10, 2024
Contact with Committee
This is a request to all members to respect the private lives of committee members. Sending Facebook messages to committee members close to 10.00 pm regarding club issues is just not on. Could you please restrict your contact to the email addresses provided on the front page of our web page.
by Dianne Wyatt, February 8, 2024
