Photo books are an amazing way to showcase images in the printed form. During our Covid-affected 2020 year, the club ceased print-making from the early part of the year, and while we resumed making prints right at the end of 2020, there were a few beautiful images which probably missed out on being presented to the club as prints.
So last year, the club invited interested members to submit a favourite image to be included in a special photo book of collected works from 2020. Those photo books have now been published and copies are being distributed to each participating member. This is the first of a three part series where we share the images that went into these wonderful books, along with the words that were included for each picture.
My Girl, by Ken Marchant
“My Girl” was the first image that I received an Honour for at QCG. Taken at Crows Nest – I sat patiently for some time to capture this interaction.
My Girl
A Wagon Full of Trouble, by Georgie Crossley
I received an Honour for this image in Wings and Open, Open category. This shoot was so much fun as we had 13 puppies on the day. This litter was 4 weeks old and all of them were so cute and cuddly. It required 2 puppy handlers to keep all the puppies on the wagon.
A Wagon Full of Trouble
Mates, by Martin Riley
This image received a Merit in the Open section of our July 2020 competition. In addition, it was lucky enough to win 1st place at the 2020 Ekka exhibition in the Camera Club division. These two wonderful characters were spotted in a beautiful cloister in the northern Italian city of Alba. I love this image not only for its wonderful textures and the priceless blank looks on the men’s faces which say 1000 words, but it takes me back to one of my favourite parts of the world renowned for its rolling hills and importantly world famous wine!
Mates
Sarah and Robert Ready for Winter by Margaret Whyte
I have been a fairly regular attendee at QCG's Special Interest Portrait Group and have learned so much about both studio lighting and natural lighting for portraits. I am lucky to have willing family members to model for me and received two merits in the Open section of our August competition.
Sarah
Robert Ready for Winter
Sharing and Caring, Chris Pigott
This image came about as at least one good thing from Covid. One of our QCG committee meetings was held face-to-face in a park rather than via Zoom and I was distracted by the presence of these colourful birds. Anne Pappalardo who knew about them told me they were Rainbow Bee Eaters. So I came back the next day with my camera and they really put on a show.
Sharing and Caring
Back Scratch
Framed in Orange, by Peter Moodie
This image was given an honour in the open category in 2020. When in Iceland in 2019 we visited the Arbaer Open Air Museum, a place that displays the built history of Reykjavik. Among the buildings was a simple grey shed, with orange framed windows, that happened to be framed by autumn orange berries hanging from a tree branch over the window. I enjoy this image because of the striking contrast between the orange and industrial grey.
Framed in Orange
Betty Collerson:
Glittering-throated Emerald Hummingbird
This image, from the May 2020 A Grade Still Life and Open Competition, received an Acceptance. It was taken in March 2020 during a visit to my mother in Brazil. She has a nectar feeder hanging in the veranda of her ninth-floor apartment in Belém, Pará. It attracts a great number of birds during the day, and other creatures, such as microbats and native geckos at night. These incredibly fast, dazzling, and enchanting little creatures are hard to photograph, and I was happy to get these images after much trying.
Nectar Feeding Microbat
This image, from the September 2020 A Grade Wings and Open Competition, was awarded an Acceptance. It was also taken in Belém in March 2020.
Glittering-throated Emerald Hummingbird
Nectar Feeding Microbat
Monument Valley Buttes, by Max Biddlestone
This image was given an honour in an Open subject in 2020. It was taken during a visit to the "American West" located in Utah just over the border from Arizona.
Monument Valley Buttes
Keep on rollin’, by Suzanne Mulligan
This image received an Honour in the set subject ‘Action’ in March 2020. It was taken at the “Lumberjack Show” in Ketchikan, Alaska. These very fit young men (one an Australian) performed various action tasks - wood chopping, axe throwing, pole climbing and in this photo they’re each trying to dislodge the other while staying on a log in the water.
Keep on rollin’
Next week we’ll publish the second installment of the images from QCG’s Collected Works 2020.