Weekly MCC News #04 – 13-Feb-2022 – Melbourne Camera Club

This week we have a lead image based upon a conceptual project being carried out by Russell Spence. He is recording the River Red Gums at Woodlands Historic Park and sees them as having ” a sense of awe and majesty and a history well before European settlement”.

Thanks to Russell letting us share his vision and lets hope some more of you offer examples of your conceptual and creative activities.

Image credit: Russell Spence : Unititled

Trierenberg Super Circuit 2022

Every year, Melbourne Camera Club organises a club entry into the Trierenberg Super Circuit.
Over the years, many members have been awarded and the club has been remarkably successful in this competition.
2022 marks the final year of the Trierenberg Super Circuit.
Please provide Jim with your entries on either a memory stick or DVD along with completed paper entry forms.
Contact Jim O’Donnell, External Competition Coordinator, email: itsme21try@gmail.com
Website: https://www.supercircuit.at/Home
Entry Form: https://www.supercircuit.at/Entry-Form

The closing date for entries is very soon – Tuesday 1 March 2022, so please get your entries to Jim as soon as possible and let’s go out with our best year ever!

VAPS Interclub Competition 2022

Every year the Melbourne Camera Club organises a club entry into the VAPS Interclub Competition and the Club has been very successful over the years.

Entries include both prints and PDIs – see the website for further details:

https://www.vaps.org.au/competitions/vaps-interclub-competitions.html

The closing date for entries is very soon – Tuesday 15 March 2022, so please get your entries to Jim O’Donnell, External Competition Coordinator, at itsme21try@gmail.com as soon as possible.

The Introduction to Photography Course is now fully subscribed with 40 participants.

The assistance of some members to act as mentors for Lesson 1 on 15 February and the 3 Sunday workshops (20 & 27 Feb and 6 Mar) would help the course enormously. If you are able to assist on any or all dates, please shoot me an email at intro.course@melbournecameraclub.org.au.

Gary Richardson

Emerald Hill Reimagined – Then and Now Exhibition

After being shut down twice last year due to COVID lockdowns, we have decided to mount this exhibition from Thursday 31 March and the following two weekends, 2-3 April and 9-10 April. More details on the website at: https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/emeraldhill2021/

What’s On This Week

Monday 14 February at 8pm

Photo Discussion Group returns for 2022 with meetings in the clubrooms. We encourage you to bring along images (prints, PDI’s, books etc) or anything else photographic to discuss with like-minded members. Do you have images you are thinking about for competitions you are not sure about, bring them along and we will give you some views on how they may be improved.

Tuesday 15 February at 10:30am

Monash Gallery of Art ‘Visions of India from the Colonial to the Contemporary’ Exhibition

Wednesday 16 February at 7:30pm

Conceptual Photography Group (Zoom meeting)

Thursday Feb 10 8.00pm

Navigating Photography Competition Rules

Sunday Feb 20 3.00 to 7.00 PM

Visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens

The Grace Lock Discussion Group and the Nature Photography Group will get together for their first activity of 2022 with a visit to the Botanical Gardens on Sunday 20 February. This is an opportunity to catch up and photograph flowers, insects, birds and whatever inspires you.

Meeting details are:

3pm, Sunday 20 February (Gates close at 7.30pm). We will not be organizing a meal after the outing.

Meeting point is Visitor’s Centre – Birdwood Ave (near Shrine of Remembrance and Gate 5 of Gardens)

Proof of full vaccination and sign in will be required in line with the club’s covid policy.

All welcome. There is no need to RSVP for this outing.

Monday 21 February at 8pm

Digital Editing Group returns to clubroom presentations and discussions. This month we will have a look at the major updates to Lightroom and Photoshop. Do you selectively adjust your images? If not why not? Selective adjustments are the key to creating drama in your images so we will look at how that can be done.

Wednesday 23 February at 7:30pm

The new lighting group will hold its first meeting on Wednesday 23 February at 7.30pm at MCC clubrooms. Over the course of this year, together, we will explore technical skills around lighting, using small, medium, large light sources, along with direct and diffused light. We’ll predominantly work in the studio, teaching how to use our club’s equipment and what results different tools produce.
We’ll look into portrait light, product light and many more topics. Come join us, it will be a great learning opportunity.

Erik Sawaya, Coordinator
Photographic Lighting Group

News Updates

What’s On Outside the MCC

VAPS Newsbrief

The December 2021 issue of VAPS Newsbrief is now available online.

Virtual Meetings – Video Library

Video replays of most of last year’s Thursday night Guest Speaker’s presentations and PDI Competitions are available on the Members / Video Library page on the website.

To access the Members section you will need to login first. Any issues with your login please contact us: webcontent@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Video Library