Welcome to the Berwick and District Camera Club website.
We are a small but friendly club with members of all ages

The programme includes talks by talented photographers. Advice given by judges in the slide and digital image competitions can help you develop your skill.

Meetings are held in the Village Hall, East Ord on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm and the season runs from September to March.

Fees: Adult: £20.00

 

 

 

 

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These pages are provided
with the compliments of
Worldrover Travel Magazine.

 

In the viewfinder.......	9th February The 2nd Print Competition Judge Vince Rooker
		To check out competition rules click here
26th January. The second 'Projected Image Competition' was held on the 26th January and was judged by Phil McLean.
Illustrative, 1 Robin Simpson, 2 Malcolm Pattison, 3 John Tully. Natural History, 1 Ron McCoombe, 2 Ron McCoombe, 3 John Tully Portrait, 1 Bob Craig, 2 Ronnie Tait, 3 Allan Rogers Record, 1 Ron McCoombe,2 Henry Craig, 3 Peter Eccles Pictorial, 1 Michael Mcaskill, 2 Allan Rogers, 2 Henry Grey Landscape, 1 Michael Macaskill, 2 Ron McCoombe, 2 Ron McCoombe The winning picture in each catagory can be viewed in the gallery
JAMES JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL TROPHY COMPETITION
ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY MEMBERS ENTERED BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS AND VOTED FOR THE BEST . ROBIN SIMPSON TOOK BOTH FIRST AND SECOND PLACES WITH PICTURES OF A WINTER TREE AND A CHURCH. THIRD EQUAL WERE JOHN TULLY WITH A PICTURE OF BOATS AND A BOB CRAIG WITH A PORTRAIT.
THE OTHER BERWICK CAMERA CLUB
WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ROSIE APPELTON IN AUSTRALIA, SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BERWICK VIEWFINDERS CAMERA CLUB AND SHE INVITES US TO LOOK AT THEIR NEW WEBSITE. IT REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT SITE, WITH GREAT PICTURES AND AN INTERESING PROGARM OF EVENTS. (Berwick is 26 miles south east of Melbourne)
		www.berwickviewfinders.com.au
ALTERED IMAGES
ON THE 15th OF DECEMBER PETER CLARKE GAVE A THOUGHT PROVOKING TALK ON THE USE OF RAW FILES AND DEMONSTRATED OF JUST A FEW OF THE FACILITIES IN THE PHOTOSHOP PROGRAM. IT WAS CERTAINLY A STARTING POINT FOR FOR IMPROVING THE IMAGES WE TAKE.
PANEL COMPETITION
		PETER ECCLES KEPT A WEATHER EYE OPEN TO CAPTURE THIS PANEL OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES.
ON THE 8TH OF DECEMBER JOE PAYNE SPOKE ENTERTAININGLY ON HIS EXPERIENCES AND THE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED DURING HIS CAREER AS A LOCAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER. HE ALSO JUDGED THE COMPETITION TO PRODUCE A PANEL OF PICTURES WITH A MATCHING THEME The entries were placed 1st - John Tully, 2nd - Peter Eccles, 3rd - Paul Marshall, 4th - Bob Craig..
AV & IMAGE WORKSHOP
ON THE 1ST OF DECEMBER AN AUDIO-VIDEO AND PROJECTED IMAGE WORSHOP WAS HELD IN PLACE OF A SCHEDULED TALK - CONTRIBUTIONS BY ALLAN ROGERS, ENID TAYLOR, CLAIRE THACKRAY AND JOHN TULLY WERE WELL RECEIVED.
1ST PRINT COMPETITION
		CAROLYN MCGREGGOR'S PICTURE OF A BEDOIUN GIRL WITH A BUCKET TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE PORTRAIT SECTION OF THE FIRST PRINT COMPETITION IN THE 2009-10 SEASON. Taking top marks in the different catagories were, John Tully, Ron McCombe, Allan Rogers, Carolyn McGregor, Robin Simpson.
BUSY STILL LIFE EVENING
ON THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER IN A WELL ATTENDED WORKSHOP SESSION THE CLUB SET ABOUT MASTERING TABLE TOP PHOTOGRAPHY
RON'S PICTURE COMES TOP OF THE PECKING ORDER IN THE BORDER NFU'S 2009 AGRI COMPETITION AT THE GALASHEILS CAMERA CLUB
IT WAS RON MCCOMBE'S IMAGE WHICH WON THE BEST PICTURE IN THE COMPETITION. IT WON THE BEST DIGITAL IMAGE IN THE COMPETITION AND THEN WENT AGAINST THE BEST PRINT IN THE COMPETITION AND ULTIMATELY WON THE BEST OVERALL PICTURE IN THE COMPETITION THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN SKELEFTEA WHICH IS IN NORTH EAST SWEDEN. IT WAS A OPPORTUNIST PICTURE, THE BIRD LANDED ON THE TREE IN FRONT OF THE HIDE FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE THE HIDE WAS -25° AT LUNCHTIME.
BORDER BATTLE ON THE 10th OF NOVEMBER THE PLEASENT VIEWING OF SOME FIFTY IMAGES BY CLUB MEMBERS RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF TEN PICTURES (AND TWO RESERVES) FOR SUBMISSION TO THE BORDER BATTLE COMPETITION .
CAMER A - DER IE
"HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" ON THE 3rd OF NOVEMBER, WITH THE HELP OF JOHN TULLY AND BOB CRAIG WE FIGURED OUT WHAT SOME OF THE BUTTONS ON OUR CAMERAS CAN DO.
WINDOW SHOPPING PHOTOSHOP .
ON THE 27th OF OCTOBER LYNN McCOOMBE GUIDED MEMEBERS THROUGH THE VAST ARRAY OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE ON THE PHOTO SHOP SOFTWARE PROGRAM.
MOUNTING SUCCESS ON THE 20th OF OCTOBER BOB CRAIG GAVE A DEMONSTRATION ON THE VARIETY OF WAYS THAT INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE MOUNTED AND JAMES WALKER SHOWED HOW EFFECTIVE A PANEL DISPLAY CAN BE.  HIGH STANDARD IN PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION.

VISITING JUDGE, IAN FULLERTON, WAS WELL PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SUBMITTED FOR THE 'FIRST PROJECTED IMAGES' COMPETITION ON 13th OCTOBER.
TAKING TOP MARKS IN THE DIFFERENT CATAGORIES WERE,
ENID TAYLOR, BOB CRAIG, RON McCOOMBE, JOHN TULLY AND
ALLAN ROGERS. To see their pictures click the camera

RON GIVES US A BRILLIANT NIGHT WITH THE BIRDS
ON THE 6th OF OCTOBER NO FEWER THAN A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SPECIES OF BIRD FLITTED ON TO THE CLUB'S SCREEN.
RON McCOMBE GAVE AN ILLUSTRATED TALK ON THE BIRDS THAT HE HAD PHOTOGRAPHED IN RONDEAU AND PELEE IN ONTARIO.
MOST WERE MIGRATING AND ALMOST ALL WERE BRIGHTLY COLOURED.
THE SOUND OF THE BIRD CALLS ADDED TO THE PLEASURE OF VIEWING SOME WONDERFULLY CRAFTED PICTURES.

A TOUCH OF CLASS WITH COLIN SMURTHWAITE
ON THE 29th of SEPTEMBER THE COMPETITION SECRETARY,
COLIN SMURTHWAITE RAN A HELPFUL PRACTICAL SESSION COVERING THE COMPETITION RULES AND DEFINED JUST WHAT TYPE OF PICTURES CAN BE ENTERED IN THE DIFFERENT CLASSES.
(n.b. the next competition is on 13th October)