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Aims of the Westville Camera Club

Club Meetings

Outings

Club Competitions

Set Subjects for the year

Judging

AIMS OF THE WESTVILLE CAMERA CLUB
The aim of the Westville Camera Club is to hold regular meetings for the purpose of promoting and fostering a spirit of good fellowship; whilst sharing each others work, receiving and giving advice and instruction on how best to achieve the maximum stimulation from photography.

CLUB MEETINGS

WHERE AND WHEN WE MEET

The Westville Camera Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday of every month with the exception of December and January,where the meetings closest to Christmas are dropped.

We meet in the Activities Room of the Westville Library, behind the Westville Town Hall.

Meetings commence at 7.45pm

PROMPT !!

OUTINGS

Outings are held every month at a venue with photographic appeal, where members not only have the opportunity to capture stunning images, but also to learn from each other, sharing the joys and frustrations of photography, while getting to know each other better. These meetings take place over a single morning, afternoon or evening. Some interesting excursions have visited photolabs, photographers sessions, darkrooms, parks, race meetings, craft locations, the harbour, yachtmole and nature reserves to name a few.

Social full day outings and weekend outings are undertaken quarterly and are well attended. Some of the highlights have been weekends away to Glengarry Resort in the lower Berg and a time share weekend away to Margate on the Natal South Coast. Game reserves are always popular, especially Hluwhluwe and Umfolozi for weekends and Itala and Stainbank for the single day outings.

REGULAR CLUB ACTIVITIES

2^nd TUESDAY of the month: meetings are set aside for instruction in the form of practical sessions and lectures by both local and visiting guest speakers.

3^rd WEDNESDAY of the month: meetings are given over to the monthly COMPETITION side of the club, where member's monthly entries are assessed by the judges, awards made, and various extra competitions held. Members then retire to a local watering hole to enjoy each other's company, and a pint or two.

MONTHLY COMPETITIONS

Monthly competitions are held for MONOCHROME and COLOUR prints and the TRANSPARENCY sections.

The PRINT section includes:

COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED and HOME PROCESSED work

as well COMPUTER ENHANCED prints.

The SLIDE section is held in the 35mm format with 50 x 50mm mounts.

Work in both sections is entered in the

OPEN, SET-SUBJECT and NATURE categories.

The OPEN category is divided into the PICTORIAL, PORTRAIT, CONTEMPORARY and PHOTO-JOURNALISM sub categories

The SET-SUBJECT themes are published at the beginning of each club year; one being allocated to each month of the year. This gives all members ample opportunity to attempt these challenging subjects.

The NATURE category follows the strict rules laid down by the "Photographic Society of Southern Africa" but does include 'Pictorial Nature'.

PHOTO-JOURNALISM is defined as "Man in his environment; at work or at play, reporting and interpreting human drama. Pictures must be newsworthy and captured from real life situations."

CONTEMPORARY is defined as "Work which utilises Line, Shape, Form, Texture and Colour; to the exclusion of reality; as well as creative darkroom manipulations"

The AUDIO-VISUAL presentations are shown as necessary and are judged once a year.

ANNUAL EXTRA COMPETITIONS HELD DURING THE YEAR

Peter Craig-Cooper Versatility Competition: This is designed to showcase the versatility of the photographer by setting 5 obscure themes for interpretation by the entrant.

Tell a Story in 4-6 Slides/Prints: As the title suggests, the entrant must submit 4 to 6 slides/prints which collectively tell a story.

Slides to Music: Members are asked to combine slides with a piece of music. Without the aid of multi-projection or electronic pulsing, they must project this sequence. This competition is designed as an entry level introduction to the AUDIO-VISUAL section of the club.

SET SUBJECT THEMES FOR 2001/2002

MAY 01	Numbers	APR 01	Board Games
JUL 01	Cracks & Crevasses	JUN 01	Squares
SEP 01	Abstract	AUG 01	Stairs
NOV 01	Reflections	OCT 01	Colours in Nature
JAN 02	Festive	DEC 01
MAR 02	Repitition	FEB 02	Smoke

CLUB JUDGING
To prevent the Westville Camera Club becoming set in its ways; we vary the judging format randomly throughout the year, alternating between single judge, 3 judge and in house judging. Emphasis is placed on creativity whilst adherence to technical excellence is strongly encouraged.We do not believe that we have found the ideal judging format; but while the storm of dissention rolls on, the Westville Camera Club remains open minded to new, innovative ideas on ways to apply the principles of fair play to the judging systems, whilst maintaining a realistic, logistically practical mode of assessing our member's efforts. Judges are drawn from both inside the Westville Camera Club, and from the surrounding area of Kwa-Zulu Natal. We are always actively involved in the training of potential judges within our ranks, and will continue to be actively involved with all efforts to improve and expand the scope of club judging in South Africa.

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