Calendar of Future Events - 

50th Year Celebrations  & Annual Awards night here

Our Syllabus - Competition Rules

Competitions are held each month, for which members may submit a maximum of three slides and up to six print images with no more than three images in
any of the print divisions. 

 2006  ‘Printers & Scanners’ and more talks/demonstrations workshops on digital imagining more often. 
Speakers to range from artists; both paint and photographic,  to digital equipment and software suppliers, and members of other Camera clubs.

February 3: Bring along a humorous photo :
Entries due for February open competition
February 17: Competition Night - Open Competition Judge: Ralda and Alnis
March 3: Portrait Night -start early at 7 pm for outdoor shots
 Entries due for March open competition
March 17: Competition Night - Open Competition
 Judge: Oakleigh Camera Club - us! We give simple placings
 on all the club entries, except our own!
April 7th: Site visit to Digital Works (NOT at our usual venue)
 Entries due for open and set subject "Food, Glorious Food"
April 21 : Competition Night -open and set subject "Food, Glorious Food"
 Judge: Rob McKay - Philip Island Club
May 5: "Portraits on the Run" - Pamela Aldersea
 Entries due for 15 Oakleigh Trophy Competition
May 19: Competition Night-15th Oakleigh Trophy Competition
 Judge: Paul Robinson
June 2: Workshop on Calibration, Software, PhotoPaint etc by Des Lowe
 Entries due for June open competition
June 16: Competition Night - Open Competition
Judge: New judge/Local Arts Society/Judy Perfect
July 7: Image Review/Confessional by Oakleigh members Entries due for Mid-year competition
July 21: Competition Night - Mid-year competition Judge: Eastern Photographic Society

SET SUBJECT DEFINITIONS
April Set Subject "Food Glorious Food" "An image whose main feature is food, its preparation or consumption"
Midyear Competition Members submit one entry into any three of these four subjects:
Landscape "an image where land form is apparent. A structure, person or persons may be included but must not dominate the picture" 

Portrait,an image of a person or persons, either a head and shoulders shot or a full length portrayal of the subject" 

3 Images in 1 Mount
"3 distinct yet related images mounted on the same board" 

Wrecks and Ruins
Interpret this as you wish!

September " Photojournalism"

February 18 -  Competition Night - Open Competition Judge: John Ibbotson

March 4 - Portrait Night - Who's the lucky person?
Entries due for March open competition

March 18 -  Competition Night - Open Competition
Judges: Oakleigh Camera Club - us!

April l -  "A passion for Pixels" - Kevin Power
Entries due for open and set subject "A book character"

April 15  -  Competition Night -open and set subject "A book character"
Judge: TBA.

May 6 -  Portrait Session - Another lucky person!
Entries due for 1st Oakleigh Trophy Competition

May 20 -  Competition Night - 1st Oakleigh Trophy Competition
Judge: Bronwen Casey

June 3 -  Still Life with a Light Tent
Entries due for June open competition

June 17 - Competition Night - Open Competition
Judge: Ian Bock, Melbourne CC

July 1 - Art Photography - Alnis Ansons
Entries due for Mid-year competition 

MIDYEAR COMPETITION
Members submit one entry into any three of these four subjects:
Landscape 
“an image where land form is apparent. A structure, person or persons may be  included but must not dominate the picture”
Portrait 
“an image of a person or persons, either a head and shoulders shot or a full length  portrayal of the subject”
Emotion
“an image that shows strong feelings e.g. anger, fear,..”
Still Life
“Still life such as flowers, but not including people.”
 

July 15 -  Competition Night - Mid-year competition Judge: Adrian Smith

August 5th: ?  - 50th Anniversary Dinner time TBA 

Entries due for 2nd Oakleigh Trophy Competition
 

August 19th: Competition Night
Second Oakleigh Trophy Competition
Judge: Juliette Peers

September 2nd:  AGM
Your ideas for the future please.
Entries due – open and set subject “Art Photography”

September 16th: Competition Night – “Art Photography” 
 Judge: Judy Perfect

October 7th: Portrait Session

October 21st: Four Club Competition Night 
Judge: Ian Bock

November 4th: Passion for Pixels: Kevin Power
Entries due for 3rd Oakleigh Trophy Competition

November 18th:  Competition Night 
Judge: Tuck Leong
Third Oakleigh Trophy Competition  - Entries due for Print and Slide of the Year Competition. 
Special rules regarding entries for this competition

December 2nd: Competition Night
  Print and Slide of the Year Competition
  Judge: Gaynor Robson 
  End of Year Awards Night
  Please bring a plate of supper to share
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SET SUBJECT DEFINITIONS

MIDYEAR COMPETITION
Members submit one entry into any three of these four subjects:
Landscape 
“an image where land form is apparent. A structure, person or persons may be  included but must not dominate the picture”
Portrait 
“an image of a person or persons, either a head and shoulders shot or a full length  portrayal of the subject”
Emotion
“an image that shows strong feelings e.g. anger, fear,..”
Still Life
“Still life such as flowers, but not including people.”
 

SEPTEMBER 
Art Photography
“ An image with emphasis on the artistic elements of imagination, mood and/or concepts.”
 

COMPETITIONS
Competitions are held each month, for which members may submit a maximum of 3 slides and up to 6 print images, with a maximum of three in any one of the print divisions [this is expanded to 9 print images spread across any 3 divisions for Print & Slide of the Year Competition]. 

These competitions comprise

June 2005 
COMPETITIONS
Competitions are held each month, for which members may submit a maximum of 3 slides and up to 6 print images, with a maximum of 3 in any one of the print divisions [this is expanded to 9 print images spread across any 3 divisions for Print & Slide of the Year  Competition]. These competitions comprise:-
“OPEN” COMPETITIONS:
The images submitted may be of any subject.
“SET SUBJECT” COMPETITIONS:
Some months have a subject set for images. A description of the set subject is set out in the syllabus. On such months there is also always an open competition running concurrently. Members spread their entries over both sections, that is either two “open” and one “set” or vice versa.
OAKLEIGH TROPHY COMPETITION:
Three competitions each year are designated as “trophy competitions”- members’ scores in each of the divisions, large print, small print and slides are totalled to determine the “Oakleigh trophy” winners for that year.
MIDYEAR COMPETITION:
The midyear competition is self contained and gives members the choice of four set topics from which to choose their three entries. Trophies are awarded on the night of competition for the member with the highest total in each division. 
PRINT AND SLIDE OF THE YEAR
Entries for this competition MUST have already been exhibited in an Oakleigh Camera Club competition during the current calendar year. Note that the large print section is divided into monochrome and colour for this competition and workers may submit up to 3 images into each of these, as well as 3 into one of the small print divisions.

ENTRIES
Please note that the same image may be used in an open competition, an internal member judged competition, one aggregate, a set subject (including the midyear) and the Print and Slide of the Year Competition.

When submitting entries to the Print and Slide Stewards for competition, please observe the following:-

All  entries should be clearly marked with:

· Your member number
· The section and/or category for which the entry is being submitted
· A title, for identification only. 
· Where there may be some doubt, prints should have “top” marked on the back to indicate the correct viewing position.
· Slides should be spotted on the bottom left hand corner when viewed

 2004
OAKLEIGH CAMERA CLUB  HALF YEAR SYLLABUS -AGM September

July 2nd: Print Presentation - a demonstration of retouching, matte cutting and attaching of prints

July 16th:: Midyear Competition. Judge: Paul Robinson

August 6th: Cameras Old & New - presentation of a range of cameras from the past (Brian) and where the new digital sensors are taking us in the future (Ken).

Entries due for 2nd Oakleigh Trophy Competition 

August 20th: Competition Night

Second Oakleigh Trophy Competition Judge: Warrigul Camera Club 

September 3rd: Portrait Session- as the AGM
Entries due - open and set subject "photojournalism" 

September l7th: Competition Night Judge: Melbourne Camera Club

October lst: Print Discussion - Changed to Portrait Session.
Entries due - open competition

October 15th: Competition Night Judge: Ken and Winnie McGregor 

November 5th: Digital Cameras, from Point & Shoot to SLRs. A talk, and hopefully, some hands on.
Entries due for 3rd Oakleigh Trophy Competition 

November 19th: Competition Night Judge: Peter Belmont Third Oakleigh Trophy Competition
Entries due for Print and Slide of the Year Competition.
There are  special rules regarding entries for this competition

December 3rd: Competition Night
Print and Slide of the Year Competition Judge: Bert Hoveling

End of Year Awards Night
Please bring a plate of supper to share
 

Looking ahead:  2005
February 2005  - `Through Bubbles' 

March 2005  - "Food, Glorious Food " Any image where food is the dominant subject
 

February 20th: Competition Night - Open Member Judging - all members are invited to participate

5 March   2004
Club will attend the inaugural Small Print Competition, hosted by Southern Suburbs in Brighton East.
Entries due for March Competition - open and set subject "Urban Landscape" -an image taken in the built up areas of any city

19 March   2004
Competition Night - Open and set subject Judge: Rob McKay

2 April  2004
Portrait Workshop - using both tungsten lamps and flash; bring camera, small flash gun, tripod and blue correction filter if using colour film
Entries due for April Competition - open

16 April 2004 Competition Night Judge: Alnis Ansons

7 May   2004
Print Discussion - bring along for discussion images taken at outings/workshops this year. Entries due for First Oakleigh Trophy Competition

21 May  2004
Competition Night - 1 Oakleigh Trophy Competition
Judge: Knox Photographic Society

4 June  2004
Talking Digital - speaker to be confirmed Entries due for June competition - open
V.A.P.S. Annual Convention - Bendigo Friday iith to Monday 14th June

18 June 2004
Competition Night - open
Judges: Robyn and Brian Sorensen

2 July  2004
Print Presentation - a demonstration print retouching, mount cutting and attaching of prints

January to July, 2004 SET SUBJECT DEFINITIONS

March Competition: Urban Landscape "an image taken in the built up areas of any city"

Midyear Competition :Members submit one entry into any three of these four subjects:
 

Landscape :"an image where land form is apparent. A structure, person or persons may be included but must not dominate the picture" 
Portrait: "an image of a person or persons, either a  head and shoulders shot or a full length portrayal of the subject" 
Motion: "an image which suggests movement" 

Inspired by Visual Art :"an image which suggests a recognisable artistic style"

Looking ahead: September 2004 :PHOTOJOURNALISM 
" a story telling image of people, places or  events"

COMPETITIONS
Competitions are held each month, for which members may submit a maximum of 3 slides and up to 6 print images, with a maximum of three in any one of the print divisions [this is expanded to 9 print images spread across any 3 divisions for Print & Slide of the Year Competition]. 
These competitions comprise:"OPEN" COMPETITIONS:The images submitted may be of any subject. 
"SET SUBJECT" COMPETTI'IONS: Some months have a subject set for images. A description of the set subject is set out in the syllabus. On such months there is also always an open competition running concurrently. Members spread their entries over both sections, that is either two "open" and one "set" or vice versa.

OAKLEIGH TROPHY COMPETITION: 
Three competitions each year are designated as "trophy competitions"- members' scores in each of the divisions, large print, small print and slides are totalled to determine the "Oakleigh trophy" winners for that year. 

MIDYEAR COMPETTI'ION•
The midyear competition is self contained and gives members the choice of four set topics from which to choose their three entries. Trophies are awarded on the night of competition for the member with the highest total in each division. 

PRINT AND SLIDE OF THE YEAR Entries for this competition MUST have already been exhibited in an Oakleigh Camera Club competition during the current calendar year. Note that the large print section is divided into monochrome and colour for this competition and workers may submit up to 3 images into each of these, as well as 3 into one of the small print divisions.
 

July 4th 
"More than just a record" a talk by Alnis Ansons, and artist and teacher of photography.

Alnis showing Liz his soft-hued 
photographic silk screen print 

Entries due for MID-YEAR COMPETITION
Subjects: Landscape, Portrait, Book Title, Patterns/Shapes [choose any 3 subjects]

July 18 
Midyear Competition - trophies awarded on the night.
Judge: Paul Robinson

August 1st
Portrait Workshop - This will be a flash workshop where all cameras will be suitable.
Entries due for Second Oakleigh Trophy Competition

August 15
Competition Night -Second Oakleigh Trophy
Judges: Caulfield Photographic Society

September 5 
Annual General Meeting followed by a Copy Workshop - a demonstration showing equipment used for copying of documents etc.
Entries due for September Competition - open and set subject "season".
Where "SEASON" = "an image where the time of year is the main feature"

September 19
Competition Night - open and set subject- "season".
Judge: Ian Littler

October 3
Still Life Workshop - using photofloods; tripods will be needed; also an 80 series blue filter for colour correction if you are shooting in colour.

No club competition this month

October 17
Oakleigh hosts the Four Club Competition
Judges: Jane & Mario Suban

November 7
The Changing World of Digital - a talk by Maggie Smith
Entries due for Third Oakleigh Trophy Competition

November 21
Competition Night - Third Oakleigh Trophy
Judge: Ian Bock

Entries due for End of Year Competition - 
remember only those images submitted during the year are eligible.

December 5
End of Year Competition
Judges: Ivanhoe Photographic Society- web site
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More in 2003
INTERCLUB COMPETITIONS
FOUR CLUB COMPETITION, 17 October 2003

14th ANNUAL EASTERN  INTERCLUB
TBA, probably in  October 2003, North Ringwood 
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