Photojournalism - hand in 10th Oct. Print & Digital

Results for Photojournalism - hand in 10th Oct. Print & Digital are now available.

Click here for up and coming MCC events - or email info@marlboroughcameraclub.org.nz for more info

From Feb to November every year
Every 2nd Thursday of the month - MCC club evening. at the St Marys Community Centre, Maxwell Rd. from 7pm to 9:30pm
Every 4th Thursday of the month - MCC Workshop. at the St Marys Community Centre, Maxwell Rd . from 7pm to 9:30pm

2024/2025 Topic calendar

MCC New Year – 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025
July 11th		Monochrome / B&W	Digital
July 20th		Hay On Wye Zoom session with MCC & HOY	Competition
Aug 8th		Club Play Time - sports, hobbies, kids, etc	Digital
Sept 12th		Winter -- bbrrrrr	Digital
Sept 19th -22nd		Seddon Shield – Buller Thurs 19th to Sun 22nd Sept	Competition
Oct 10th		Photojournalism	Digital & Print
Nov 14th		Triptych If we comment to this topic, we'll need workshops 4, 2 and 1 month out - digital and print. videos. zoom sessions	Digital & Print
Nov		End of Year function	DRINKS !!
2025
Feb		Melt your heart (ahhhhhh) - digital only Judge is Lynda Mowat	Digital
March		Landscape Trophy - March submission - digital and print - 4 images Judge is Neil Gordon	Digital & Print
April		Reflections Judge is Judy Ally	Digital
May		Natural History Trophy - May submission - digital and print – 4 image Judge is	Digital & Print
June		One photo – 1x Colour, same image B&W In house critique / hand voting - best of the two images	Digital
June		SOY - Shot of the Year - 3 topics 1: Digital Open. 2: Print Open. 3: Print & Digital B&W/Mono Judge ??	Digital & Print
MCC New Year – 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2026
July	Another topic Ilan Wittenberg ???
Aug	another topic Gail Stent
Sept	To be managed by the 2023-2024 committee

10 monthly topics. 7 are scoring for points / progression in a calendar year.

Welcome to the new 2024-2025 committee

As elected at the 8th Aug AGM 2024 - the following financial members hae been selected for the MCC Commitee 2024-2025.

PRESIDENT Stephen Colman
VICE PRESIDENT Carol Spaulding
TREASURER Nikky Doyle
SECRETARY Carol Spaulding
COMMITTEE Sue Henley (PSNZ coordinator & Judge coordinator), Stu Wilson, Norman Gamble, Michelle Brown (Competition Secretary), MaryJane Hiller (Website), Bev Hanson, Liz Koppert

(added Tues 17th Sept - by Carol as Stephen Colman has been elected by the commitee as the President)

Yearly summary of activities

Ten monthly topics that are judged and critique provided (Digital and Prints) with Accepted, Merit and Honours results awarded when appropriate
Landscape trophy competition - MCC internal
Natural History trophy competition - MCC internal
Marlborough / Nelson / Motueka interclub competition
PSNZ afflicted NZ Landscape Salon and the Trenna Packer Salver Competition (Nature)
International interclub competition with Hay On Wye (Wales)
Seddon Shield Area Photography Convention for the top of the South Island interclub competition with currently 6 clubs: Golden Bay, Motueka, Nelson, Marlborough, Buller and Westport. It is open to other clubs in the top of the south / west or east coasts if they are interested. The 50th year anniversary in 2024 will be hosted by Buller.
MCC - Shot Of Year submissions to celebrate individuals and their growth with their photography for the MCC Calendar year. There are trophies for "Best Open in Digital", "Best Open in Print" and "Best Black&White/Monochrome in ether Digital or Print".
Our yearly AGM is in August

PSNZ - the MCC club is affiliated with PSNZ.

If you're new to the club, you may not be aware that Marlborough Camera Club is part of a bigger family of photographers. PSNZ or the Photographic Society of New Zealand, is the national organisation that represents photography enthusiasts (neither MCC nor PSNZ care whether you are an enthusiastic amateur or a seasoned professional, you've just got to love photography) in NZ, and this club is an affiliated club. PSNZ has its own workshops, competitions and awards, some which you need to be a member of PSNZ to participate in, but there are opportunities, even if you're just a member of your local club. (If you join both PSNZ and MCC, you get a small discount on your MCC membership). The judges who critique our monthly competitions are drawn from a pool of PSNZ accredited judges from around the country. You certainly don't have to be a member of PSNZ to enjoy the club, however if you're already confident in your photography, and want additional challenges and opportunities to take your photography to the next level, PSNZ membership might be a worthwhile progression for you.