Wangi Workers Camera Club Achievements

2019-

2020

https://wangi.myphotoclub.com.au/

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Wangi Workers Camera Club Membership and Achievements 2019-2020

Our Club has achieved so much because we have 66 great members who are friendly and supportive of

each other, happy to share skills and learn new ones. Our club has seen some great images in our

competitions and the standard of photography, has improved significantly.

As a club, we have shown, we are capable of adapting and adjusting to conditions beyond our control. Our

successful response to Covid 19 through online virtual meetings, illustrates the importance of photography

and our community to us all.

Tutorials and Workshops

We offer tutorial and workshop presentations once a month. These presentations include many given by

our own talented members including:

Matt Board Cutting with David Price and Ian English Lightroom tutorials by Mike Fidler Vertical panoramas by Ian English Digital Art Colleen Price Other presentations were: Mick Lynch Basic elements for judging photos Photographing Reptiles by Brad Walker Barry Madden Explaining Histograms and Exposure Michelle Kennedy providing inspiration through her Creative tutorials via Zoom Greg Carruthers Providing Lightroom editing tips and tricks.

We also host special presentations by Professional photographers and invite other camera club members

to join us.

Members’ individual achievements:

1382 entries in our 2019-2020 Wangi Workers Camera Club competitions

5 1st place awards in 3 National/Regional competitions

9 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals in 8* international exhibitions Club level achievements

1st/2nd place in 2 of 5 categories in 2020 FCC Interclub (NSW)

7th place in 2019 APS Australia Cup (national)

1st place in 3 of 4 categories in the PSA (worldwide) interclub competition with 8 individual (best of the best) end of year awards

Competitions

Our club runs a monthly competition night with the accredited judges coming from outside our club. Most of our members enter these competitions.

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Interclub Competitions

APS Interclub Competition 2019 2019 Wangi ranked 7th. Our club has also entered this year’s APS interclub but results are not out yet. FCC interclub Of 22 clubs in NSW we achieved: • 1st place in Australian Landscape/Seascape - Digital • 2nd place in Nature - Digital • 6th place in Creative - Digital • 6th place in Open Colour - Digital • 6th place in Open Monochrome - Digital

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Photographic Society of America Interclub Competition 2019-2020

WWCC is a club member of the PSA and as such competes against other affiliated clubs from around the

world in different divisions three times a year. Clubs can submit six images from six different members in

each division in the three rounds over the year. At the end of the year, all images in each division, which

achieved Awards of Merit are put together and rejudged to give End of Year awards in each division.

WWCC has entered competitions in four divisions and the results appear below.

Division Title Score Award EOY Awards First Name Surname

Open 1 2019/20

Dandelion Snack Time 11 HM

Colleen Price

Rhythm in the Dew 12 Award Silver David Hansell

Smoke Haze 9

David Whyte

Grannys Bonnet 14 Gold Gold Dianne English

Hold Up 12 Award

Ian English

Flip Out 9

Lee-ann Hattander

Open 2 2019/20

Autumn Gold 9

Megan Willis

I Love Dandelions 12 AW

David Price

Birds on a Wire 12 AW

Bettina Damme

Hot Shoe 12 AW

Dianne English

Will and Missy 11

Ian English

Whoo 12 HM

David Hansell

Open 3 2019/20

Horses 13 AW

Megan Willis

Out of the Deep end 14 AW

Mike Martin

Andean Condor 13 AW

Dianne English

Burnt Toast 11 HM

Ian English

Nicole Formal 7

Susan Hansell

Astrangea Major 13 AW HM Colleen Price

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WWCC finished 1st in our group at the end of the year.

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Division Title Score Award EOY Awards

First Name Surname

Creative 2 2018/19

Decorating the Tree 9

Sue Winsley

Egg Rescue 11 AM

Ray Watts

Magic 11 AM

Dianne English

Splash the Cash 11 AM

David Hansell

The Presence 12 AM

Ian English

Yesteryear 11

Colleen Price

Creative 3 2018/19

A Splash of Art 14 HM

David Hansell

Apologies to King Kong 14 AM

Ian English

Fridge Raid 13

Ian Nunn

Nigella Buddy Iced 14 HM

Dianne English

Shakin Out A Sunset 13

Ray Watts

What Came First 15 AM

Lee-Ann Hattander

Creative 1 2019/20

Storm in a Teacup 9

David Hansell

Colour Burst 10

Dianne English

Oddfellow 12 AM HM Ian English

Close Pumpkin Encounters 11 HM

Ray Watts

IRONONG DAY 15 AM Silver Sue Winsley

Orange Splash 11 HM

Susan Hansell

Creative 2 2019/20

Climate Change 10 HM

Ian English

Secret River 12 AM

Dianne English

Where is my future 11 HM

Colleen Price

Space Oddity 10

Bettina Damme

A Shower of Daisies 7

David Hansell

Buddy in a Teacup 13 AM

Sue Winsley

Creative 3 2019/20

Super Moon Lunacy 12 HM

Ian English

Teapot Capers 12 HM

Ray Watts

A Splash of Cream 12 AM

David Hansell

Yep… I'm Human 12 AM

Sue Winsley

Magic Mushroom 13 AM

Megan Willis

My Camera and I 12 AM

Bettina Damme

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The club finished 1st in our group at the end of the year

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Division Title Score Award EOY

Awards First Name Surname

Nature 2 2018/19

Cicada Emerging 12

Ian English

Get in Line 11

Sue Winsley

Puffin with Sand Eels 12

David Hansell

Spying Lunch 9

Brad le Broque

Territorial Dispute 11

Andrew Gardyne

Turtle Snack 12

Colleen Price

Nature 3 2018/19

Australian_Pygmy_Possum 14 HM

Dianne English

EAGLE_TUCKER_BW 13

Mike Fidler

Got_You 14 HM

Colleen Price

Grooming 12

Lee-Ann Hattander

Immature_Pied_Heron 12

Ian English

Long_Lunch_2 12

Mike Martin

Nature 1 2019/20

Turtle Snack Time 10 AM Bronze Colleen Price

Jacana protecting chicks 14 BOS

David Price

Please Share 9

Dianne English

Eye to Eye 12 Honours

Else Seligmann

No Escape 8

Michael Martin

Dusky Tid Bits 1 of 1 8

Mike Fidler

Nature 2 2010/20

Can I Escape 15 BOS HM Colleen Price

Sharing Is Caring 15 Honours

Dianne English

Double Drummer Cicada

on NymphShell 14

Ian English

Eyeballing 13

Mike Fidler

Scuffy 13

Andrew Gardyne

Mum and Bub Corella 14 Honours

Bettina Damme

Nature 3 2019/20

Smoking Tucker 11 HM

Frank Bleechmore

Family Meeting 12 HM

Ian English

Fish Dinner 15 AM BOS

David Price

Mouse desert 10

David Whyte

Its Mine Now 10

Joy Thomas

Wedge Tail Eagle 11

Mike Martin

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The club finished 1st in our group at the end of the year.

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Division Title Score Award EOY

Awards First Name Surname

Travel 2 2018/19

The Long Paddock 10

Colleen Price

Sydney Fireworks 14 HM

Dianne English

Food Prep Vietnam 10

Ian Nunn

Cycling with a load 12

David Whyte

Crescent Head Sunset NDB 12

Megan Willis

Aboriginal Artist 11

Michael Martin

Travel 3 2018/19

Al Fresco Butcher 9

Dianne English

An Alternate View 9

David Hansell

Harbour Bridge on Display 12

Toni Conquest

Meeting on the Bridge 9

Lee-Ann Hattander

The Pinnacles at Sunset 9

Ian English

Village activity 11

Colleen Price

Travel 1 2019/20

Waiting 8

Bob Carey

Preparing the dye 7

Colleen Price

Bridging the Millennia 8

David Hansell

Marrakech Tannery 8

David Price

TOMORROWS ROOF 1 of 1 8

Mike Fidler

Flatiron NY 8

Ian English

Travel 2 2019/20

The local markets 10

David Whyte

Marrakesh Market 8

David Price

Sharing 6

Colleen Price

Central Havana Colour 12

Ian English

From the Balcony 6

Dianne English

Rice Paddy At Dawn 12

Elisabeth Fidler

Travel 3 2019/20

NZ, ablaze with Autumn

colours 12 A HM Megan Willis

1950 Chevy 10

Ian English

BURMA RICE HARVESTING 12 A

Elisabeth Fidler

Desert Dwelling 7

Frank Bleechmore

Neuschwanstein Castle 13 A

Bettina Damme

Lunch at the markets 11 HM

Rene Schipper

The club finished 5th in our group at the end of the year.

We finished the year top of our division of the PSA Interclub competition and have been moved up a

division for next year’s interclub round.

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External Competitions

We have many of our members participating in external competitions such as NPF, Lake Macquarie

National Exhibition, FCC Top Shot and many others.

• Northern Photographic Federation (NPF) Awards 2019

Division Title Name Award

Open Colour Digital

Rhythm in the Dew David Hansell 1st

Place

Rainbow in Flight David Price Highly Commended

The Dish Looking Out Brad Le Brocque Highly Commended

Open Mono Digital City Life Megan Willis Highly Commended

Nature Digital Got You Colleen Price Highly Commended

Creative Digital

Iris and Ice Colleen Price Highly Commended

Storm in a Teacup David Hansell Highly Commended

Bird Chatter Bettina Damme Highly Commended

Open Colour Prints

Blazing Pier Megan Willis Highly Commended

A view of Half Dome David Whyte Highly Commended

Colour Explosion Toni Conquest Highly Commended

Open Mono Prints

Nigella in BW 2 Toni Conquest Highly Commended

Juvenile Australian Water Dragon

Bettina Damme Highly Commended

Nature Prints Opportunistic Hyena Joy Thomas Highly Commended

Open Small Print

Portrait Baby Galah Bettina Damme 1st

Place

Red Capped Robin Toni Conquest Highly Commended

Out of the Dark Megan Willis Highly Commended

128 Acceptances

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• Federation of Camera Clubs (FCC) NSW Top Shot Awards 2019

Division Title Name Award Nature Digital Got You Colleen Price 1

st Place

Mono Digital QVB Toni Conquest Highly Commended

Open Colour Digital Afternoon Reading Dianne English 2nd

Place

Australian Landscapes/Seascapes Digital

Camel Rock David Hansell Highly Commended

Open Mono Prints Indian Root Pills Ian English 3rd

Place

Open Colour Prints My Home Ian English 2nd

Place

41 Acceptances

• Lake Macquarie National Exhibition 2019

Division Title Name Award Open Colour Can I Escape Colleen Price APS Gold Medal

Nature Sea Eagle on the Hawkesbury Megan Willis APS Gold Medal

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Listing of club achievements in International Photographic Salons

In these competitions, between 25 – 35% of entries are accepted for display in the Exhibition. Of these

images, a small proportion of higher scoring images are given various awards. These are what have been

listed below. The images achieving “Acceptance Level” are too numerous to list here.

12th International Photographic Salon Varna Bulgaria 2019

Division Title Name Award Landscape Heavenly Shade Joy Thomas Salon Bronze Medal

Nature Turtle Snack Time Colleen Price GPU HM

6th Queensland International Digital Circuit Australia 2019

Division Title Name Award Gold Coast Creative Storm in a Teacup David Hansell APS Silver Plaque

Maryborough Open Colour Out of the Dark Megan Willis GPU HM

Rhythm in the Dew David Hansell PSQ HM

Open Monochrome Taking Cover Dianne English FIAP HM

Skate Board Fun Michael S Martin PSQ HM

Nature Turtle Snack Time Colleen Price PSQ HM

Mt Gravatt Salon Nature Australian Pygmy Possum Dianne English APS Merit

Townsville Open Colour Whooo! David Hansell QIDC Salon Gold Medal

Creative – Bougainvillea Iced Dianne English GPU Silver Medal

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9th Salon Mondial Photographique de Limours France 2019

WWCC was the best club overall in the Nature Section

Division Title Name Award Open Colour Sunrise at Camel Rock David Hansell PSA HM

Open Colour Can I Escape Colleen Price ISF HM

Nature Got You Colleen Price FIAP HM

Nature Please Share Dianne English ISF HM

Nature Sea Eagle on the Hawkesbury Megan Willis Judges Choice HM

Intercontinental Circuit – Spain, Andorra, Cuba, Panama, Dominica 2019

Division Title Name Award Open Mono Andorra Misty Morning Bettina Damme Intercontinental Circuit Diploma

Open Colour Spain Can I Escape Colleen Price CEF Gold Medal

Open Colour Cuba Can I Escape Colleen Price FCF Gold Medal

Open Colour Andorra What came first Lee-Ann Hattander Intercontinental Circuit Diploma

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63rd Maitland International Salon of Photography Australia 2020

Division Title Name Award Nature Digital Kakadu Burning Colleen Price PSA Gold Medal Best Image

Photo Travel Digital 1950 Chevy Ian English FIAP Gold Medal For Excellence

Photo Travel Digital Truck Tyre Racers Ian English APS Gold Medal

Open Colour Print Out of the Deep End Michael Martin Salon Honourable Mention

Open Colour Print Autumn Gold Megan Willis Salon Certificate of Merit

Open Colour Print Delicate Astrangia Colleen Price Salon Certificate of Merit

Nature Print Dogs Dinner Mike Fidler PSA Gold Medal Best Image

Nature Print Turtle Snack Time Colleen Price FIAP Gold Medal For Excellence

Nature Print Aah got Me David Price FIAP Honourable Mention

Nature Print Double Drummer Cicada on Nymph Shell

Ian English FIAP Honourable Mention

Nature Print Cormorant with Leatherjacket 2

Ian English Salon Honourable Mention

Motion Salon North Macedonia 2020

Division Title Name Award Open Monochrome Nicole Formal Susan Hansell PSA Honourable Mention

Travel Neuschwanstein Castle Bettina Damme IAAP Ribbon

City Looking Up Bettina Damme IAAP Ribbon

City City Life Megan Willis IAAP Bronze Medal

City Flatiron NY Ian English National Diploma

Landscape Hutt Lagoon Aerial WA Ian English IAAP Ribbon

Motion Can Crush Ian Nunn National Diploma

Motion Cruising the Bay Michael Martin National Diploma

Motion Splash Dianne English IAAP Ribbon

Motion The race Roy Killen IAAP Ribbon

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15th Exhibition Ecological Truth Circuit Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria 2020

Division Title Name Award Zagecar Serbia Nature Turtle Snack Time Colleen Price Salon Silver Medal

Open Colour Rainy Days Megan Willis Salon Praise

Nova Gorica Slovenia Landscape

Cathedral Rock David Hansell FIAP HM

Slovenia Nature Slovenia Nature Slovenia Nature Slovenia Nature

Open Colour Rainy Days Megan Willis FZS Praise

Bulgaria Water White Water Canoeing Race Susan Hansell APB Praise

Bulgaria Landscape Horse Head Rock at Dawn David Hansell Salon Praise

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Skopje Photo Salon North Macedonia 2020

Division Title Name Award Travel NZ, ABLAZE IN AUTUMN COLOUR Megan Willis IAAP Bronze Medal

Travel Exploring Venice David Hansell IAAP Ribbon

Sport Ian English Balmoral Ocean Swim PSA Gold Medal

Morisset Show 2020 Our club organises the photography exhibition with many photography awards

going to our members.

4 NATIONS INTER-COUNTRY COMPETITION 2020

The Australian Photographic Society has chosen images from 4 of WWCC members to represent Australia

in this competition between Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. These are:

Ian English- White Bay Power Station

Dianne English- Please Share

Colleen Price- Got You

David Hansell- Whooo

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UK Royal Horticultural Society Photographic Competition and other Garden Competitions.

Dianne English was the overall winner in 2017 with the above image and had it exhibited at Chelsea Flower

Show.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Dianne English won “The Beauty of Plants” 2018

Dianne English also won 1st Place in “Gardens in Focus” a competition run nationally by the Royal Botanic

Gardens, Sydney.

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Social Activities

The Social Activities have been limited this year but we did manage to get to Hunter Zoo at Cessnock, The

Hunter Region Botanic Gardens and a Pyrmont – Ultimo walk. We usually have a trip away for a few nights

but Covid19 has prevented that this year.

Our Christmas Party and Awards night was well attended and a lot of fun!

Colleen Price

President 2019-2020

Wangi Workers Camera Club

https://wangi.myphotoclub.com.au/