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Stunning praise from a respected VAPS judge Paul Robinson

The August competition saw Jim Hancock receive tremendous praise for her image of 'Misty Dawn'.
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WACC AGM At the November meeting the annual AGM will be held. Those who would like to nominate for a Committe position are asked to contact the Secretary

October 'Open Subject' Competition

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The October meeting saw a good turn up of 30 members. (Our judge Andrea Cornwall was present and gave us a great image Critique.
The 6 image template video tutorial in Photoshop was shown and an image critique and cropping session was given by Mark Slater.
Members were reminded that our Audio/Visual seasion starts in November so if you have a finished A/V for November please let David Willis know?

The Competition and Major Award winners were:

First Places: Colour EDIA: David Woolcock Monochrome EDIMA: David Willis Colour EDI: Chrissi Miles Monochrome EDIM: Joanna Rath

Second Places: EDIA: Win van Oosterwijck EDIMA: David Woolcock EDI: Deirdre Blunt EDIM: Judy Hofmeyer

'The Paatsch Shield 2024'

On Sunday 18th of August Both WACC and BCC members travelled to the Wangaratta Club at Wangaratta, to hear the results of this years Paatsch Shield. (Our judge who Critiqued the competition images was Sam Mariani.).
After a chat and a nice meal, we watched a video of the Award Presentation.
The winner this year was the Benalla Camera Club. Congratulations to Benalla.

Pictured: The Best Imaged by Benalla member Kerry McFarlane, Titled Welcome Gums. (Well done Kerry).
Below that is WACC President David Woolcock handing over the shield to Acting Benalla President Helen Repacholi.
The Competition and Major Award winners were:

The Places: Best Image: Kerry McFarlane ~ BCC 2nd Place: David Skinner ~ WACC Merit: Michael Black ~ BCC Merit: Joe Bourke ~ BCC Merit: Joe Bourke ~ BCC Merit: Geoff Bayes ~ WACC Merit: Pauline Todd ~ WACC

'Composition Workshop'

On Sunday the 7th of July members travelled to the Wonga Wetlands for a workshop on photographic composition.
After a short talk by Brian and Yvonne, members headed off for a leisurely walk around the Wet Lands practising what they learnt.
A big thank you to the co-organisers for this outing, Brian Paatsch and Judy Hofmeyer.