Dates and Categories – Gem Camera Club

DATES & CATEGORIES

Captured by Jason Matz

DATES & CATEGORIES - 2023

22-Feb	Summertime
	An image the captures the essence and feeling of the season of summer in Australia. Beaches, bbqs, sunny weather, summer parties, ice-creams, sweating, holidays, Christmas in Australia, bushfires, harvests…. Anything you feels demonstrates the essence of summer in Australia.
29-Mar	MONO street
	Street photography is a genre of photography that captures the day-to-day life of people in a public setting. Your task is to capture at a candid image in a public setting that contains at least 1 human. The image must be monochrome – i.e. in black/white/greyscale or in varying tones of only one colour (e.g. Sepia, or cyan as examples).
26-Apr	Curves
	Curves can be found in nature, on buildings, people and abstracts. Show us where you found some curves, which should be the predominant feature of the image.
31-May	Fauna – birds, bees, bugs, domestic, wild.
	Capture any animal life of your own choice in any setting. The image must be devoid of humans
28-Jun	Still life
	Create a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, using common objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made. Use natural or artificial lighting or a combination.
26-Jul	Macro and closeup – NOT an animal or flower
	Take a macro or a closeup of an object that is not an animal, or a flower.
30-Aug	Reflections
	Reflection photos refer to any shot, no matter what type of photography genre, that uses a reflective surface. Note – refraction photographs will not be accepted
27-Sep	Music
	Capture an image of or about music e.g. musicians, bands, concerts, dancing, instruments, practicing, playing, repairing instruments, recording and playing devices, CDs, records, tapes… You are limited only by your imagination.
25-Oct	NIGHT scape – image
	Capture an image outdoors between dusk and dawn. Dusk is the period of partial darkness between day and night You can use artificial lighting, long exposures, exposing shots for seconds, minutes or even hours to capture a desirable image.