Individual awards were presented in four sections; Small Prints – Open, Large Prints – Open, Projected Images – Open and Projected Images – Set Subject (Action). Perpetual trophies were awarded for overall club aggregate points in Prints and Projected Images.

It was a very successful evening for Corio Bay with our members taking three of the four individual awards as well as the two aggregate awards. Corio Bay will host next Year’s competition and we are hoping that the recently formed Bellarine Camera Club will be able to join us and make it a three way competition.

Small Prints – Open
1^st – Barry Feldman (CBCC) – Twisted Growth
2^nd – Ian Creek (CBCC) – Kitty
3^rd – Lyndon Rogerson (CCC) – Busy Bee
Aggregate Scores: CBCC: 113, CCC 107

Large Prints – Open
1^st – Cecily McCarthy (CBCC) – Deserted
2^nd – Ian Creek (CBCC) – Gulls Rest
3^rd – Leanne Kvaternik – (CBCC) – Sparky’s Boots
Aggregate Scores: CBCC: 166, CCC 167

Projected Images – Open
1^st – Tony Long (CCC) – Seagull
2^nd – Barry Feldman (CBCC) – Kaikaoura Beach Sunrise
3^rd – Janet Rogerson (CCC) – Little Green Caterpillar
Aggregate Scores: CBCC 166, CCC 157

Projected Images – Action
1^st – Barry Feldman (CBCC) – Hanging On
2^nd – Colin Klein (CBCC) – The Race Leaders (CBCC)
3^rd – Janet Rogerson (CCC) – The Jump
Aggregate Scores: CBCC 57, CCC 57

Overall Aggregate Prints
Corio Bay CC: 279
Colac CC: 274

Overall Aggregate Projected Images
Corio Bay CC: 223
Colac CC: 214

This year’s winners were:

Small Print of the Year : Wayne Harris – Glory of the Past
Large Print of the Year : Jack Jansen – Dreaming
Projected Image of the Year : Wayne Harris – Uluru After the Rain

These images and aggregate winners can be viewed on our Competitions page.

Individual winners were:

Best Large Print: “Rowers” – Lisa Kenny (CBCC)
Best Small Print: “Still Life Fantasy” – Pam Allen (Ballarat YMCA)
Best Projected Image: “Bee for Breakfast” – Ken Smith (Ballarat YMCA)

The  judge was Brien Cohn from Geelong Camera Club, to whom both clubs are very grateful.

Those that saw Vigex two years ago will know the quality of the entries. It’s a bi-annual competition. So get out your best work and find the correct section and enter. You could find yourself with more glory than one photographer can handle.  There are a number of sections and finding the correct one can mean the all the difference. Sections such as photo journalism, black and white and even a creative section  where Photoshop rules. The competition is prints only (no digital images) so get down to the printers.

The exhibition has received FIAP Patronage 2010/003, APS Patronage 2010/02 PSA Recognition for Monochrome; Colour; Nature; Photojournalism; Creative.

So check out the website for more details. Also please spread the word to all your photography friends.

Vigex International Photography Competition

http://www.vigex.org.au

Competitions:

• Who: Australian Museum
• What: The New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography is awarded to an Australian/s over the age of 18 for a single photograph taken in the past 2 years that most effectively communicates an aspect of science.
• Prize:1st: $5,000, 2nd: $3,000, 3rd: $2,000

• Who: Royal Melbourne Show
• What: A number of different sections see link for details (look at page 12)
• Prize: small amount of prize money. Really it is for the glory!

• Who: Captain Cook Cruises
• What: Entries should depict the diverse beauty and/or character of Sydney Harbour as a tourist destination
• Prize: Every image selected to be published in the Captain Cook Cruises Guide to Sydney Harbour booklet and/or included in the Captain Cook Cruises image library will win a Captains Club Dinner Cruise for two valued at $328. One ultimate winning entry will win a 2-Night Sydney Weekender Cruise for two in Outside Cabin accommodation valued at $1198.

You can get an idea of what we will be up against by visiting their websites:

Focus Photo Club – Dayton Ohio

Kettering and District Photographic Society – Northamptonshire UK

We will have the projected images file name and resize program on the clubs laptop to instruct those that need help with this program, I have heard from a few members of their inability to get it to work.

Don’t forget that entries for the February Competition are due this Thursday as well.

Looking forward to seeing you all, Happy New Year in Photography.

Results

Large Prints     Small Prints  Projected Images   Total

Geelong     227                   141                 229                 597
CBCC        218                   138                 224                 580

Top entries in each section from CBCC were Ian Creek, “Point Henry Unloading” (LP); Tracey Parr, “Pure” (SP) and Cecily McCarthy, “Santan” (PI). Congratualions to these members and all members who submitted images.

And the winner was … CBCC (just).

Overall Results

CBCC 770 points
KPC   757 points
GCC  697 points

Best Image awards from each of the judges were:

Bronwen Casey: “Rhiannon” by Shaun Hartnett of Kaiapoi
Marilyn Siggers: “Dusty Light” by Ailsa McDonald of Gem CC
Frank Green: “Rural Sunset” by Neil Griffin of Corio Bay

Other high scoring entries from Corio Bay were:
Wayne Harris for “Mandrill”
Cecily McCarthy for “Santan”
Lisa Kenny for “Dog Rocks Sunset”
Barry Feldman for “Preparing for Takeoff”

Congratulations to all who participated.