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25.01.2022 The results from the East vs West shoot-out competition are in! Drum roll........................... The winning club is..................................... WAUPS! Well done and congratulations to everyone who entered from both Snappers and WAUPS. There were some really great images in what were less than ideal conditions on both sides of the country. Each club will be showing the submitted entries plus the Top 5 from each club in each category at their next meetings. We'll show the images at the WAUPS May meeting next week and we also have a special prize for the highest scoring photographer in our club.

25.01.2022 Congratulations to Mary Gudgeon, winner of the 2020 Open Portfolio competition! Congratulations also to Daniel Messom who was the Runner-up! Well done to everyone who entered, the portfolios were all fantastic! Our thanks to The DiveTub for their continued support of this competition through their generous sponsorship.

24.01.2022 Looking forward to the first meeting of 2019! Put the date in your calendar, we look forward to seeing you there

23.01.2022 Congratulations to Tammy Gibbs, winner of the WAUPS Image of the Year for 2019 as voted by the members at the AGM last night. This image of two speckled adult Atlantic Spotted Dolphins and a yet-speckled calf was taken in The Bahamas in August 2018.

22.01.2022 REMINDER!! Our last club meeting for 2018 is TOMORROW! It's going to be a big one with the announcement of the 2018 Novice Portfolio Competition awards, and a fab presentation from Wade & Robyn Hughes about photographing Humpback & Sperm Whales! Starts 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th November... Drabble House, 2 Webster Street, Nedlands Meeting is open to members and guests! Looking forward to seeing you there :)

21.01.2022 Great work from the 9 WAUPS members who entered the Novice Portfolio Competition this year. The entries are now being judged and the winner will be revealed at the November meeting. Good luck everyone! Our thanks to Perth Scuba for their ongoing support of this competition.

21.01.2022 Our April Meeting is the week! Looking forward to seeing you there MAGICAL UNDERWATER INTERACTIONS Viv Matson-Larkin will be showing some videos of a few interesting interactions with various sea creatures, that she has filmed over the years.... Tuesday April 23rd @ 7:30pm - 9pm Drabble House - 2 Webster St, Nedlands (behind the Nedlands Library)

20.01.2022 Our March meeting is all about Caribbean diving with club members Leanne and Tammy giving a trip report of their recent diving adventures in Grand Cayman and Bonaire. We are back at our usual venue so see you at Drabble House in Nedlands (behind the Nedlands library) at 730pm on Tuesday March 24.

20.01.2022 Unfortunately the Paint the Port event in Freo tomorrow has been cancelled. WAUPS was looking forward to showcasing our member's images taken in our local waters and we hope to be able to share the exhibition with you another time.

19.01.2022 Our last club meeting for 2018 is Tuesday 27th November and you are in for a treat from our guest speakers Wade & Robyn Hughes! This lovely duo travel the world looking for and photography whales, and have won many photography awards in the process! Come along and hear about their adventures. Starts 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th November Drabble House, 2 Webster Street, Nedlands ... Meeting is open to members and guests! Looking forward to seeing you there :) Photo Credit: http://www.wadeandrobynhughes.com/

18.01.2022 The East vs West shootout is on in a couple of weeks. We've had some great conditions lately, where are you going to dive?

18.01.2022 In light of the current COVID-19 situation, the Committee has made the decision to make our March meeting a fully virtual meeting. Meeting details including the video link were emailed to members this afternoon, please let us know if you didn't receive them. Any non-members who would like to join us, please email [email protected] to receive the link. Cayman and Bonaire... WAUPS members Tammy Gibbs and Leanne Thompson will be presenting on their recent trip to the Cayman Islands and Bonaire in the Caribbean. The trip included a wide angle lighting workshop with Alex Mustard and a week and a half in the shore diving capital of the world. Tuesday 24th March, 7:30pm

17.01.2022 Our club will be at the Paint the Port community event in Victoria Quay in Fremantle on March 14 from noon until 4pm. Come down and check out an exhibition showcasing images from our members taken in our local waters. Lots of other fun stuff to do and hang around to wave off the Queen Mary 2 as she departs Freo at 6pm.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Brad Pryde who was the highest scoring WAUPS photographer in the East vs West shootout. Brad submitted three stunning images in the colour, open and patterns/textures categories, all taken over just two days of shooting. Well done Brad!

14.01.2022 A reminder that our August meeting is this Tuesday evening, and we are back at Drabble House! We'll also be live streaming via Zoom so we'll see you in-person on online for a fantastic talk by WAUPS member and artist Angela Rossen on her recent deep sea expedition. Full details in the enews, visitors are most welcome, email us if you need more info - [email protected]

14.01.2022 Wow, what a great club meeting we had last night to finish the year! Congratulations to Pat Swallow for winning the 2018 Novice Portfolio Competition and Jason Milligan for placing Runner Up!! Well done to everyone who entered, such a great collection of images. Thanks to Perth Scuba for sponsoring the competition

14.01.2022 Excellent photo by Jason at our monthly club dive yesterday! What a great find! #uwphoto #underwaterphotography #underwatermacro #perth #scubadiving

13.01.2022 There's a couple of competitions closing soon that may be of interest to members. The first is the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (closes Jan 25) and the second is the OZTek2019 Underwater Photography Competition (closes Jan 31). Please note that these competitions have strict rules/T&C's and they are different for each competition so make sure you read them carefully before entering. Particularly take note of the timeframe when the image was taken, amount of post-processing/cropping allowed, images having won previous competitions, upload specs for entries, and geographic location the image was taken. Links in the comments below.

13.01.2022 Shout out to Bluefish Photo, a very generous supporter of WAUPS. Ross and Mary Gudgeon from Bluefish not only sponsor the Image of the Year competition, they also offer discounts to members. Get in touch with them for your next printing job.

12.01.2022 The March meeting isnt far away now! We are looking forward to hearing from Ross Gudgeon. Tuesday 26th March Drabble House, 2 Webster Street Nedlands ... Open to all! About the speaker: Ross learnt to dive in December 1979 and still remembers the thought that went through his head on his first dive clearly, Ive gotta get a camera, no one is going to believe this!. Three months later he got his first underwater camera, a second hand Nikonos III and has been taking photos underwater ever since. Ross has been awarded many major photography awards and has been published in several magazines. You can check out some of Ross photos here http://bluefish.gudgeon.id.au/

09.01.2022 Entries are now open for the Perth National Photographic Competition. Accepted entries will be displayed at the Perth Royal Show. All the details at the link below.

09.01.2022 Have you put your entry in yet?! Entries close this Friday (21st June at 11.59pm) for the Image of the Year Competition! The winning image will be the face of the club for the next 12 months on the back on member cards, at the top of our Facebook Group and the banner on our website. Members will vote for their favourite image at our AGM next Tuesday. ... Here are a few examples from previous years, and see all information / guidelines & rules here http://waups.org.au/competitions/image-of-the-year/

08.01.2022 Happy new new! We hope you all had a nice Christmas break and got to have a splash! Heres a stunner of a shot by Brad Pryde in Perth over the break #underwaterphotography #underthesea #ocean #perth #westernaustralia

05.01.2022 Final call for Novice Portfolio entries. Get your entry in by midnight tomorrow, Sunday November 10, upload link in the member enews.

05.01.2022 Congratulations to Ross Gudgeon, winner of the 2019 Open Portfolio competition with a stunning set of snooted images. Congratulations also to Marjon Phur who was Runner-up with her colourful and creative portfolio of images. Well done to everyone who entered, all of the submitted portfolios were fantastic!... Our grateful thanks to The DiveTub for their continued support of our Open Portfolio competition, we really appreciate it!

05.01.2022 May Meeting! Join us next Tuesday for our general meeting. Not yet a member? Join us at the meeting as a visitor We will be welcoming Nick Melidonis to be the speaker at the meeting. Nick is a well known local travel and wildlife photographer who runs a number of workshops and also travel photography holidays. For more information take a look at his website here: https://www.nickmelidonis.com/

05.01.2022 Calling all novice underwater photographers! Entries for our annual Novice Portfolio Competition close at 11.30pm on Saturday 10th November This is a great opportunity to participate and get some feedback on your images. We want to encourage you all to enter! If you need some guidance or information about becoming a member to enter, reach out to the committee via email [email protected] More information, examples of winners from previous years and submission guidanc...e information can be found here http://waups.org.au/competitions/novice-portfolio/ Photos of recent winning submissions: 2017 Isla Cath 2016 Emma Burdett 2015 Leanne Thompson The Novice Portfolio is open to all members who have not won: Previous WAUPS competitions including Image of the Year, Rottnest day dive overall winner, Portfolio, PIXELS overall winner or won/placed in a major underwater photography competition. A portfolio consists of 6 images placed on a black background that work well together. It is judged annually in November and is sponsored by Perth Scuba.

04.01.2022 WAUPS will be at the 2018 We Love Diving Open Day at Dolphin Scuba this Saturday between 10am to 2pm. Come say hello and find out more about what our club is all about https://www.facebook.com/events/242784766386197/

04.01.2022 The WAUPS October Meeting is tomorrow night (Tuesday 23rd). We have a guest judge coming to do a critique night - a great way to learn more about your photography! We look forward to seeing you there for 7.30pm start @ Drabble House, Nedlands

01.01.2022 The East vs West shootout is on next weekend! The competition rules can be found on our website. Make sure you read them as they also contain the image upload link.

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Patricia Swallow, winner of the 2019 Wayne Storrie Humour Award! A great use of Photoshop to make us all laugh! Pat and runner-up Amanda Blanksby each won a beautiful handmade piece from award sponsor Willyabrup Dreaming Pottery, thank you Bill for your ongoing support.