SENIOR SCHOOL
Mandurah Camera House Photography Competition
Three Senior School students were
recently encouraged to enter their
photographs in the Mandurah Camera
House Photography Competition. All
three students were shortlisted, with one
student winning a category prize!
As part of our photography course, I regularly
encourage students to enter photography
competitions. When details of the Mandurah
Camera House Photography Competition
came through and I noticed they had a Youth
Landscape section, I encouraged several of
the boys to enter their work, knowing of
their talents in this particular area.
There were over 500 entrants for the Youth
Landscape category alone and all three of
our entrants, Jade Clifford (11Be), Bremer
Sharp (12St) and Michael Port (11Fr), made
the shortlist of finalists. They were all invited
to the opening of the Exhibition of finalists’
works and presentation of the winners of
each category. The judge’s comments made
it clear that the competition was very close,
with lots of high-quality work entered,
and that the boys were lucky to have been
selected. I am proud to report that Michael
Port was announced as the winner of the
Landscape Young Achievers Award, to his
total surprise!
The boys’ dedication to their photography
is evident when you learn how they each
captured their photos. Bremer Sharp took
three days to take his photo, heading to the
Crawley boatshed early each morning. On
the first two days it was too overcast and the
lighting was very dull, but on the third day
he woke at 5.30am and the sunrise and sky
were perfect after the storm had passed. He
describes the shot as his first major photo
that people have enjoyed looking at, and he
has even been able to sell some copies.
Jade Clifford and Michael Port took their
photos when they were on holiday in
Above:
Michael Port (winner).
Left:
Michael Port (finalist).
Bottom left:
Jade Clifford (finalist).
Bottom right:
Bremer Sharp (finalist).
Margaret River. They went on a cape-tocape trek from the lighthouse at Cape
Leeuwin to Canal Rocks. They decided to
take some shots at the last stop, around
sunset, and spent two and a half hours in
harsh windy, rainy conditions, climbing over
rocks taking photos before they decided to
camp there and have dinner. Jade took 40
photos of the landscape using a tripod and
stitched them all together using Photoshop
to create his picture.
For his winning photograph, Michael
said that there were lots of photographic
opportunities that afternoon, especially with
the sunset colouring the sky as it did, and he
managed to get the timing just right!
Well done to Michael, Jade and Bremer on
these outstanding photos. We hope to see
more of their works represented in other
competitions in the future.
Ms Emma Brown
Teacher of Design and Technology
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