UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS CAMERA CLUB
FORMED 27th JULY 1987
- Formed on the 27th July 1987 by Les Edwards, Cathy McBey, Phil Rapley, Gary Secombe and Sandra Sproule.
- 5th to 11th October 1992 the Club held an exhibition of 150 framed photographs at the Charles Darwin Gallery in the Blue Mountains City Council Chambers, Katoomba. As well as Max Gurr's Kokoda Trail display "Guns and Ghosts" featuring photographs and poems inspired from his participation in the Kokoda Trail 50th Anniversary re-enactment in June 1992.
- Max Gurr's Kokoda Trail display "Guns and Ghosts" was also displayed at the Wentworth Falls Autumn Festival in 1994.
- Jacinta Shailer launched her unique and breathtaking photographic book "Mountains, Mist and Mystery" on the 19th March 1995 at the Wentworth Falls Conservation Hut. The photographs are accompanied by poetry. Jacinta says of herself, "I am by choice a sister, by profession a teacher, by chance a photographer and by passionate interest a lover of Australian wildflowers".
- In 2012 they celebrated their 25th Anniversary.
SYDNEY WEST INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2013
The Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club hosted a successful Interclub with the Blacktown City Photographic Club and the Blue Mountains Photography Group. There was 90 images on display, 30 from each Group, in the following categories - Color prints, Monochrome prints and Projected Images.
Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club gained the award for the Best Monochrome print by Louise Mathews;
Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club gained the award for the Best Color print by Chris Wilson;
Blacktown City Photographic Club gained the award for the Best Projected Image by Phil Marshall.
Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club won the Interclub by a small margin.
| SYDNEY WEST INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2017 | |||||
| - | - | COLOR | MONOCHROME | PROJECTED | TOTAL |
| - | Blue Mountains Photography Group | 131 | 133 | 122 | 386 |
| - | Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club | 127 | 132 | 121 | 380 |
| - | Hawkesbury Camera Club | 120 | 121 | 125 | 366 |
| - | Blacktown City Photographic Club | 123 | 118 | 118 | 359 |
| 2017 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | COLOR | Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club | Alan Daniel |
| 2017 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | MONOCHROME | Blue Mountains Photography Group | David Thomas |
| 2017 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | PROJECTED | Hawkesbury Camera Club | Jenelle Gavin |
SYDNEY WEST INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2018
| - | - | COLOR | MONOCHROME | PROJECTED | TOTAL |
| - | Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club | 130 | 136 | 144 | 410 |
| - | Hawkesbury Camera Club | 134 | 130 | 140 | 404 |
| - | Blue Mountains Photography Group | 131 | 130 | 135 | 396 |
| SYDNEY WEST INTERCLUB COMPETITION 2019 | |||||
| - | - | COLOR | MONOCHROME | PROJECTED | TOTAL |
| - | Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club | 138 | 127 | 135 | 400 |
| - | Blue Mountains Photography Group | 130 | 129 | 127 | 386 |
| - | Hawkesbury Camera Club | 131 | 124 | 118 | 373 |
| 2019 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | COLOR | Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club | Rob Lipscombe |
| 2019 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | MONOCHROME | Hawkesbury Camera Club | Michelle Goadsby |
| 2019 JUDGES CHOICE AWARD | PROJECTED | Blue Mountains Photography Group | Graeme Mel |
Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club
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Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club
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Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club
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