Creative Shots Photo Club Inc
Mackay’s Fun and Enthusiastic Camera Club!
Welcome to Creative Shots Photo Club:
Please click on the above buttons to find out more detailed information on the below.
We are a passionate collective of photographers of all ages and skill levels in Mackay.
Our emphasis on mutual respect, laughter, and shared inspiration.
Meetings:
Monthly meetings with two formats:
Photo Judging Night for photo critiques and skill enhancement.
Information Night covering various photography topics.
When: Third Wednesday of Each Month (excluding December)
Time: 6:45 pm for a 7:00 pm Start
Venue: Jubilee Community Centre, “Sarina” Meeting Room, MRC Building, Alfred St, Mackay.
Events/Outings:
Explore various types of photography through a wide variety of outings/workshops offered
Monthly opportunities for diverse photography experiences.
Weekend getaways for bonding and learning.
Annual Exhibition:
“People’s Choice” Exhibition with member-submitted images.
Public voting for the People’s Choice Winner, who receives a trophy.
Membership Details:
Benefits:
Regular meet-ups to stay updated.
Learning and sharing with fellow photographers.
Bi-monthly internal club competitions with external judges’ feedback.
Access to competition guidelines and resources.
Find out more about how to join by clicking on Membership button above.
Contact: Email info@creativeshots.com.au for more information.
Join Creative Shots Photo Club to share your passion for photography, learn, and create lasting memories through your lens. We’re excited to welcome you to our vibrant community!
by Cheryl Eagers, November 14, 2023
Ideas on Suggested Themes for 2025 Qld Interclub
The Qld Interclub organisers have asked participating clubs to put forward suggestions for the 2025 competition, for the 3 changeable categories. We only need to put forward 3 suggestions to Qld Interclub, but we’ll keep note of the others as possibilities for our own club competitions.
Here are some suggestions that have been put forward so far (some descriptions need more work).
- Abandoned and Forgotten – Images of abandoned buildings, vehicles, objects or living things that have been left to the ravages of time, demonstrating the hidden beauty or eerie mood in these left behind and forgotten about subjects.
- Abstract – Abstract images focus on elements such as colour, form, texture, and composition to evoke emotions, ideas, and impressions. They use perspective, movement, and light to transform the world we see into an unexpected, often unrecognizable image.
- Silhouettes – Images showing the dark and dramatic outlines of subjects against vibrant backgrounds.
- Silent Histories – Capturing the artistry, atmosphere and hidden stories of memorial grounds.
- Hidden Symmetry – Finding unexpected balance in everyday scenes.
- Shadows and Light – Dramatic interplay between illumination and darkness
Please email comps@creativeshots.com.au by 3 August 2024, with which suggestions you like or if you have any suggestions.
by Karen Monk, July 26, 2024
Reminder – Voting for Club Submissions to Qld Interclub Due 2 August 2024
Just a reminder that your votes for the images Creative Shots will submit to the 2024 Qld Interclub competition are due by midnight on Friday 2 August 2024.
Here is a link to Dropbox to the PDF containing the images we are voting for.
Choose your top three favourites for each of the seven categories:
– Architecture
– Creative
– Food Photography
– Nature
– Non-A Grade Open
– People
– Scapes
Please reply to the email sent on 18 July with your votes, listing them by the Category and Number i.e.:
– Architecture 04, 05, 07,
– People 03, 04, 06 etc.
Thank you to everyone that has voted so far and if you have any questions please contact Karen Monk on 0412 398250 or email comps@creativeshots.com.au.
by Karen Monk, July 24, 2024
Coffee, Camera, Conversation
by Helen Senyard, July 23, 2024
Birds, Beach, Breakfast, Bucasia.
Yes, it’s going to be chilly and it’s early but I’m sure there will be some great images. As an added incentive the breakfast is always great at the cafe. This outing will not only give you images for the ‘Outings Competition’ but also for the end of year display. We’ll meet in the shelter shed opposite the cafe at 6:00am then venture down to the beach. Bring some props, such as shells or shivering people as a point of interest.
Please let me know if you are coming by tonight as I will book a table for us.
Email me at outings@creativeshots.com or text me: 0407368827
by Helen Senyard, July 19, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 July CSPC Competition
There were 23 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in 2024 July CSPC Competition
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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The Amazing Flying Banana Bird Lyn Hutchins – Champion Image of the Month Open Colour 
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Beehave Mark Evans – Honour Open Colour 
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Flamenco Marian Moyle – Honour Open Colour 
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The eyes Janice Terrill – Honour Open Colour 
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Graceful Trio Lenore Hansen – Honour Monochrome 
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Peaceful Pair Marian Moyle – Honour Set Subject – A Pair 
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A Cocky Pair Helen Senyard – Honour Set Subject – A Pair 
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Togetherness Lenore Hansen – Honour Set Subject – A Pair 
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Fashion Divas Cheryl Eagers – Honour Creative 
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Sunset Cruisin’ Stacey Nicholas – Honour Creative 
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A Harmony That Delights Cheryl Eagers – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Miles Of Smiles Cheryl Eagers – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Gotcha Helen Senyard – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Lazy Day Read Marian Moyle – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Aqua Dreamscape Wendy Coad – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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The ammonite in the sky Janice Terrill – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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The Spotter Carolyn Smithson – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Keeping a Watchout Karen Monk – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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And I SAID Belinda Eckford – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Small Worlds Samantha Andrews – Highly Commended Open Colour 
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Whispers of the Wilderness Belinda Eckford – Highly Commended Monochrome 
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I Luv You Clara Lyn Hutchins – Highly Commended Set Subject – A Pair 
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Cosmic Voyage Cheryl Eagers – Highly Commended Creative 
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by Karen Monk, July 18, 2024
Reminder Images Due for 2024 Qld Interclub Competition
Just a reminder that your images for consideration for Creative Shots participation in the 2024 Qld Interclub competition are due by midnight on 17 July 2024, so we can send them back out for you all to vote on the final competition entries.
Please email your images to comps@creativeshots.com.au, or give them to Karen Monk on a memory stick at the Information Meeting on 17 July.
View the full details in the 2024 Qld Interclub Competition post.
Note that the competition post has been updated to clarify the vertical and horizontal size requirements for the images you submit.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted images so far, and I look forward to seeing all the submissions.
by Karen Monk, July 11, 2024
Help Needed
Hi everyone, I hope you’re enjoying another drizzly Sunday!
I know some of you are managing to get out and shoot regardless of the weather.
We are in urgent need of a volunteer or volunteers to get the key for our monthly meetings and open the room on the corresponding night. The key needs to be picked up before 4.00pm from the council reception. There are only 5 more meetings for the year: 17th July, 21st August, 18th September, 16th October and 20th November.
If you can help our club in this way, please ring or text Mitch (0419888515) or Tracey (0412190514) ASAP.
Our club shirts look great. I will bring them to the next meeting but if you need them before the July meeting just text or ring Tracey to arrange pick up.
by Mitch Galletly, July 7, 2024
CSPC Dates 2024 – July Update
Here is a link to the updated CSPC 2024 date list for July.
by Karen Monk, July 2, 2024
Submissions due for 2024 Qld Interclub Competition
I hope you have been thinking about the images you would like to submit for consideration for CSPC’s participation in the 2024 Qld Interclub competition. The Entry Details and Set Subjects & Definitions can be found on the competition’s My Photo Club page, and the attached documents also have some more detailed information so please look at both.
How we work it
– We ask the members to submit up to 4 images for each category they have suitable images for.
– We will then email out a pdf of all the photos and ask for everyone’s votes for our final selections to submit to the competition i.e. clubs can submit 3 images for each Competition Category, with a maximum of 21 images per club.
Submissions are Due no later than midnight on 17th July.
Images may be submitted on USB to me at the club meeting on 17 July, or by email to comps@creativeshots.com.au.
Image size
Image sizing requirements are the same as the CSPC competitions i.e. digital images must:
- be in JPG file format.
- be in sRGB colour space.
- be a maximum of 1920 pixels on the long edge and 1080 pixels on the short edge for example, a landscape or pano image would be no more than 1920 pixels on the horizontal (width) and 1080 on the vertical (height), a portrait image would be no more than 1080 on the horizontal and much shorter on the vertical, and a square image would be no more than 1080 pixels on either edge.
- be no more than 2MB in size.
- have no watermarks or identification of the maker.
Refer to the club resizing video on My Photo Club for guidance on resizing your images.
Naming your images
For competition purposes, your image (TITLE only) must have a maximum title length of 35 characters including spaces (but no special characters or numbers). To submit your images for consideration, please include your name and the following Set Subject key in the title of your submission images. These characters and your name are not included in the maximum title length and will be removed prior to submitting successful images to the competition.
A – Architecture
F – Food Photography
C – Creative
S – Scapes
P – People
O – Non A Grade Open (sometimes referred to as AB & B Grade)
N – Nature
Please name your images:
setsubjectkey_your name_image name e.g. A_John Smith_Bucasia Dawn
Submission requirements
Please read the entry information in the attachments and on the My Photo Club page carefully before you submit your images. In particular, note the following:
- If you belong to more than one club, you can only enter with one club.
- Images in all of the Competition Categories may be in colour or monochrome.
- AI images are NOT allowed, including use of ‘Generative Fill’ in Photoshop.
- Because our club does not have grades, Non A Grade – Open is for less experienced members, for any suitable images that have not been selected for a Set Subject.
- Images cannot have been entered in previous Qld Interclub competitions.
- There isn’t a timeframe restriction so your less recent photos can be submitted.
I encourage you all to submit your images and look forward to your participation 🙂
by Karen Monk, June 28, 2024
Coffee, Camera, Conversation
Our next Coffee, Camera, Conversation is at the Goose Ponds in North Mackay. We’ll meet in the carpark behind the bowls club on Saturday 29 June at 8:30. We’re sure to meet some characters in the form of birds as we venture along the paths around the Goose Ponds. Then back to Charlies in the North Mackay Bowls Club for our favourite part coffee and conversation. I won’t be there for this one but it’s great to see so many members enjoying and getting involved in this activity. Enjoy.
by Helen Senyard, June 4, 2024
