• Focus Meetings
  • Digital Meetings
  • Competition Meetings
  • Membership

  • The Focus meetings, held on the 2nd Monday of the month, is open for general discussion and presentation of photographic topics. BCG invites guest speakers to these focus meetings to provide interesting and topical information for our members.

    Focus meetings are open to all and cover any and all facets of photography including camera basics and creativity.

  • Our most popular meetings, the Digital Group is held on the 3rd Monday of the month and is a forum for all things digital. From cameras to production techniques and technology, there's something for all digital enthusiasts.

  • Held on the 4th Monday of the month, monthly competitions nights are where our member' images are critiqued by a PSQ accredited Judge and assessed for Merits or Honours.

    Competition nights are a valuable insight into what makes a good image, and what can make a good image great.

  • From January 2012, new members will receive a membership badge as part of the joining fee. Membership fees will remain the same.

    • Full membership - $10 joining fee + $50 membership
    • Concession membership - $10 joining fee + $25 membership
    • Family membership - $20 joining fee + $75 membership
    • Renewing memberships are $50 (full) and $25 for affilliate

     You can download our membership form here to bring it to a meeting. Membership is half price from July to December.

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Hunt and Shoot Competition

The Hunt and Shoot competition is run annually on the date determined by the committee and is open to members and non-members. Competitors register and pay at a previous club meeting.

Venue

The Organizer of the Hunt and Shoot chooses the venue for the outing and the twelve subjects for the competition. The venue is a defined public area and images can only be taken from within that area. It may be a park precint or section of the city.

Subjects

The twelve subjects are not known to the competitors until the day of the shoot and may be defined subjects or broad topics which require lateral thinking.

Organisation

All competitors meet at a pre-arranged time at the venue. Only digital cameras may be used. Participants have thier first image logged at the start of the event and only the first 24 consecutive image numbers may be used. Memory cards must be presented to the Organiser for validation and for downloading of the images onto the Organiser’s laptop no later than the nominated end time of the competition. 

All competitors are given the list of 12 subjects and at the specified time are allowed to commence photographing.

No post-production of images is possible.

Selection of images

Following the outing, participants shall select one image for each subject and email the list of subjects with the corresponding file name to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the format Subject-Your Name-Image Number.

Judging

The entries are impact judged by a panel of three judges. The judges are either BCG judges, who have not taken part in the competition, or external judges.

Awards

The highest scoring BCG member will be awarded the applicable life points and the BCG Hunt and Shoot perpetual trophy.

The highest scoring BCG non-member/Affiliate will be awarded free membership/membership upgrade for one year.

Competition Notices

  • The 2011 Annual Competition results are here

  • Entries for the 27 Feb Competition, "Aged" are due by 13 Feb.

  • Results for October are available here

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