Weekly MCC News #06 – 05-March-2023

Plans are well underway for this year’s major event on the VAPS calendar – the Annual Convention, which is being held in Colac this year. Members of all affiliated camera clubs are invited to attend. 

The Committee has organised a very interesting and informative group of presenters that will teach and inspire. There are a range of events including practical workshops that all who register can take advantage of over the weekend.

The Committee has put their combined talents and effort into bringing attendees another excellent annual event. Please seriously consider registering and attending. Putting your support behind the VAPS committee and the hard work they have already done will help ensure that this great event will continue in the years ahead.

All details including the Program and Registrations are available online, refer link.

First-time attendees are warmly welcome. Photographers don’t need prior knowledge to get the most out of this meeting. Our Agenda:

• Monthly optional exercise “An image I generated using AI”
• Work in progress (images from Conceptual Group Members, and others)
• Presentation: Four Photographers A-Z (Garrie and Bob): Richard Avedon, Maleonn, Nan Goldin, Anne Zahalka
• Short Presentation: Mood Boards (Garrie)
• Optional Exercise for April – Expression of Interest for the CP Group Exhibition

Club Member Barney Meyer will be presenting on Drones, and Panorama Demonstration. 

Barney Meyer, photographer and “Hidden Melbourne” website author, will present an illustrated talk about Melbourne’s old and new panoramic photographers, including some of the early photographers of the likes of Walter Woodbury, the Paterson Brothers and Charles Nettleton.

Paying tribute to the city, Hidden Melbourne captures modern panoramic views from the old towers where these old guys stood, using digital cameras to capture multiple frames which are stitched to form a continuous panoramic view.

The time-line of image making and photographic technique is illustrated by panoramic views within Melbourne taken from the same location over a period of 176 years, starting in 1841. 

Gaining access from historic locations like Xavier College (1872), Melbourne High School (1927) and Melbourne University (1853), it is possible to capture gigapixel aerial views using a modern-day drone, digital camera, or alternatively, the views taken from their historic towers.

Barney is founder of ‘Hidden Melbourne Virtual Tours’.

Barney is also a Power Electronics Design Engineer, historian and virtual tour creator, as well as an accomplished photographer. He is a new member of the Melbourne Camera Club and is keen to talk about his work and interests.

If you have any recent results you would like to share to inspire other members in their photography journey, please email the Newsletter team so the website page can be updated and shared in the Weekly News.

MCC does not endorse any competitions/exhibitions that are listed, the content is for informational purposes. 

With 59 photographers represented in this exhibition, we can’t list them but they do represent a veritable who’s who in the world of Australian Street photography – including some MCC members.

February 22 – March 19

Wolfhound Gallery
Level 1, 386 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

See website for opening hours

VAPS CONVENTION & EXHIBITION 2023: COLAC

The VAPS Committee is pleased to announce this year’s annual convention will be held 16-18 June in Colac. Registrations are open and Program details are on the VAPS website.

VAPS NEWSBRIEF

Monthly issues of VAPS Newsbrief are available online, published at the start of each month.