FCC 2021 TOPSHOT – Open for Entries

The 2021 Topshot is Open for Entries!

There are 3 Print and 5 Digital Sections.

Please see the competition home page for full details, topic definitions, and conditions of entry.

https://topshot.myphotoclub.com.au/

Prints must be received by an FCC Committee Member by Friday 18 June as well as uploaded to the Website as instructed.

If you have any queries, please reach out, but do not leave it till the last minute.

Goodluck to all of those who enter!!

by Michelle Kennedy, June 1, 2021

Topshot 2021

The Federation of Camera Club’s Annual Topshot Competition is coming soon! Start getting your prints & digital images ready!

Categories are as follows:

• Open Colour Print
• Open Monochrome Print
• Nature Print
• Open Colour Digital
• Open Monochrome Digital
• Nature Digital
• Creative Digital
• Australian Landscape/Seascape Digital

Further details regarding this competition will be provided soon….. stay tuned!!!

by Michelle Kennedy, March 12, 2021

Passing of Jeff Akers

It is with great sadness that we advise the passing of Jeff Akers, Vice President and F.Stop Editor for the FCC (NSW). Jeff was an amazing, kind hearted man who was many things to many people. He will be missed by us all. On behalf of the Federation of Camera Clubs (NSW) we offer our condolences to Jeff’s Family and Friends.

A celebration of Jeff’s life has been arrange for this Friday and details can be provided on request.

Rest easy Jeff.

by Michelle Kennedy, December 9, 2020

August F/Stop

The August issue of F/Stop is now available for download and distribution to Camera Club members by club committees, by clicking on the link or by clicking on the F/Stop newsletter tab and downloading it from there. There are also backissues available in this tab.

by Jeffrey Akers, August 20, 2020

June/July 2020 F/Stop

The June and July issue of F/Stop is now available by clicking on the link or by going to the F/Stop page.

by Jeffrey Akers, July 23, 2020

FCC TOPSHOT RESULTS

Because of the restrictions placed upon us as a result of the Covid-19 virus, the Topshot competition this year was run as a digital competition, judged remotely by Judges from different areas in Australia. The entries in the different sections were compiled and distributed to the Judges who scored them remotely. The scores from the 3 judges in each section were then added together to get an overall score for each image. Once this was done the Judges for each section met together via a Zoom meeting to select the overall winners from the top scoring images.

 Because the judging was not done in a central location, which has occurred in the past, the Committee as a whole was not able to vet the entries to confirm that all the images complied with the definitions for the sections for which they were entered,  before judging.

When the online Topshot presentation was shown on Sunday the 14^th of June, there were many questions about whether some of the entries, entered in the Australian Landscape section, that received acceptances or better, complied with the definition listed on the FCC Topshot Entry website for that section.

The definition for AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE that is listed is as follows, “A photograph of a NATURAL landscape or coastal scenery which may include people, buildings or other objects, provided that these elements do not dominate the photograph. Seascapes with no land do not fit this section.

After receiving a number of emails and communications on this matter, the FCC Committee convened an extraordinary committee meeting on Thursday night the 18^th of June, to consider these concerns. As a result a number of images that received acceptances or better have been rescored.

The reasons that these images were rescored was that,–

1. The landscape was not an Australian landscapes, but was a landscape or features in another county.
2. The subjects were Cityscapes/ urbanscapes, and not NATURAL landscapes
3. The image had a building, man-made structure, or people as the dominant feature in the image.

Because of the unusual circumstances under which the Topshot Competition was judged, I hope that the Topshot entrants affected understand that this action was necessary, and we apologise for any disappointment that this may have caused.

These decisions were made and approved by all Committee Members, and no correspondence will be entered into.

The Topshot results are now being published on the Topshot Entry Website.

Kerry Boytell 
President 
Federation of Camera Clubs (NSW)

by Michelle Kennedy, June 22, 2020

TOPSHOT 2020 – Live Online Presentation

Please join us on 14 June at 2:30pm for the live online Presentation of Topshot 2020!!!

Click the link below to register for this Event. Everyone is welcome! Please share this invitation with your family, friends and Camera Club Members.

Register for this Event:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcOCgqT0uHtZ1Q4YHIeikJuiVvPuG12sc

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join on the day.

We look forward to ‘seeing’ you all there.

Goodluck to everyone who entered!!!

by Michelle Kennedy, June 12, 2020

May 2020 F/Stop

The May issue of F/Stop is now available by clicling on the link or going to the F/Stop page.

by Jeffrey Akers, May 29, 2020

April F-Stop

The April F/stop is now available and can be donwloaded by clicking on the link or by going to the F/stop page. I hope that everybody is keeping safe during this difficult time.

by Jeffrey Akers, April 8, 2020

March 2020 F-Stop

The March 2020 F-Stop is now available and can be downloaded by clicking on the link or by going to the F-Stop page. My apologies for the late delivery of the newsletter, but this has been because of ill health.

by Jeffrey Akers, March 15, 2020