Digital Judging:
Judging will be by a jury viewing the images together. Images will be displayed to the Judges at the size submitted. Virtual judging will be conducted using large colour calibrated monitors of 17 inches or greater with a display resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and operating in sRGB colour space. Images will be viewed prior to the virtual judging session providing judges with optimal viewing quality.
An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout each round of judging in that particular section. An image may be entered in only one section.
The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Australian Photographic Society (APS).
Judging Panel
Lewis Choi FPSA, GMPSA/S, EFIAP/p, Hon EFIAP, GPU CR-5, Hon FPSHK, FPSHK
PSA Membership Vice President, Director of FIAP Photographer’s Card Service
FIAP Liaison Officer, Hong Kong, GPU Representative for Hong Kong
Lewis was born in Hong Kong and educated in Hong Kong, Canada, and USA. He has been interested in photography since elementary school. When he studied in United States for his bachelor’s degree, he travelled around with his cameras and Kodachrome films. After his graduation, he came back to Hong Kong, further studied professional photography, and joined Kodak Far East in a technical post. Before he left Kodak in 2005, he was the product manager in the Digital & Film Imaging Systems to help Kodak develop the business opportunities on the Internet and digital imaging services. He is currently a chartered / registered professional engineer in profession. In photographic networks, he is serving as the Membership Vice President of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the Director of FIAP Photographer’s Card Service, FIAP Liaison Officer, Hong Kong, and the GPU Representative for Hong Kong to support and foster the photography in worldwide.
Lou Marafioti EFIAP/g, MAPS
Lou has judged International Salons, National and State exhibitions. Lou is also active in local camera club judging.
Lou is a life member of Adelaide Camera Club and was a professional photographer for 38 years.
To date Lou has 123 International awards and 36 national awards with over 1000 international acceptances.
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Ian English GMAPS, FIAP/p, MPSA
Ian has always had an interest in photography and apart from a box brownie when he was a kid, he bought his first SLR in 1970. He used this camera in Europe and on an overland journey from London to Capetown in 1975. He did not do much photography after that until he joined the Castle Hill Camera Club in Sydney in 2006. He joined the APS in 2007 and started entering competitions to improve his photography.
His main interests in photography have progressed towards people images while still maintaining a very keen interest in every other genre of photography. He also has a passion for creative/composite work mainly around people.
Ian started entering International Salons in 2008 and has had many successes along the way as well as some disappointments due to the vagaries of photographic judging. He has judged many Club, National and International photographic competitions. He served as Chairman of the Maitland International Photographic Salon for three years.He runs an International Exhibitors Group for photographers in the Hunter and Sydney regions.
Margaret Metcalfe EFIAP, FAPS
Photography has always held a strong interest for me, which quickly grew into a passion for all things photographic.
I joined a local camera club in 2008, Australian Photographic Society & PSA to help fill my thirst for knowledge & learning.
I discovered the Australian National Salons and International Salons in 2010 and found this a great way to compete anonymously and successfully gaining APS, FAPS, FIAP AND EFIAP honours. Along the way, my images have been lucky enough to be awarded at National and International Exhibitions, including the VIGEX Salons.I have been honoured to judge at camera clubs over the past years and at national & international level.
My personal interest in photography includes people and animal portraits, off camera flash, landscape & travel and the occasional emotive Audio Visual.A great photograph should always evoke a wow factor, a sense of wonder and admiration that returns with anticipation when the picture is viewed again and then kept in your mind for some time.
I draw inspiration from my peers consider myself very lucky to have shared the journey with so many outstanding photographic artists.
Leanne Alessi GMAPS, EFIAP/s, EPSA, EMFCC
Leanne is a multi-award winning national and international exhibition photographer and judge.
She has been entering national and international exhibitions since 2011 and has earned the distinctions “Grand Master of the Australian Photographic Society” (GMAPS), EFIAP/Silver – Excellence Silver level of Federation Internationale del’Art Photographique (France); and EPSA – Excellence Distinction of the Photographic Society of America.
Her images have represented Australia and been exhibited in 90 countries around the world to date.
Her chosen genre is diverse, from literal pictorial and documentary studies to a creative, evocative and contemporary style. Her approach to each style is as diverse as each subject, however, research plays an integral part in successful capture.
Other keen interests include family history, Australia’s colonial history, architecture, music, nature, Australia and photography which unifies all her passions
Trace O’Rourke EFIAP FAPS CAPS/b
Trace is a Melbourne based photographer specialising in scapes, mono and printing. Trace has an interest in the beautiful and unusual images created from drone photography. Trace has been a Member of the Australian Photographic Society (APS} since 2016 and the Waverley Camera Club for approximately 5 years. Trace assists with the selection of images for Interclub competitions that Waverley Camera Club are involved in. Trace is passionate about printed images; she loves to see images printed on different types of paper. She often enters Art shows around Melbourne, Geelong, and Gippsland
David Norris FAPS, EFIAP/b (Emergency Judge)
David has been involved behind the scenes of Melbourne based camera clubs for over a decade. Organising club outings, training events and mentoring at a variety of levels. Over the past six years he has been actively judging at local, state and national level.
David has achieved National and International recognition for his photography and have been a member of the Australian Photographic Society (APS) since 2012. David currently holds the position of Australian Photographic Society e-News editor, this position gives him a great insight into many personalities and stories from across the country and within APS.
David’s current photographic interest is seascapes but he is also partial to street, portrait, night sky photography and many other genres. David enjoys helping others who are starting out on a photographic journey. David gets a great deal of satisfaction from watching them develop and grow the necessary photographic skills to became competent photographers.
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