Weekly MCC News #26 – 23July2023

This year, MCC is coordinating the Interclub Portrait Competition previously managed by Camberwell Camera Club. The participating clubs this year will be Williamstown, Camberwell, Caulfield, Eastern Suburbs, Warragul and Melbourne.

We invite all members to consider entering their best portrait photos for consideration as part of our club entry. There are 3 sections:

• Single person portrait
• Two or more people
• Creative portraiture – Polyptychs (diptychs, triptychs, etc) are permitted in this category only.  

Image Size

• JPEG images of up to 3840×2160 and 5MB. 

Entries are open now and close on 30 September 2023

We are looking for Members to assist with the August Introduction to Photography Course which runs at MCC on Tuesday evenings, and 3 Sunday mornings during August.

Members will be required to assist course participants to locate and change settings on their cameras and to provide general support during the sessions and workshops. We currently have Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Lumix and Sony users attending.

Please get in touch if you can help out.

Contact: Graeme Diggle, ph: 0409 598 770 or email below.

The exhibition will continue until 30 July.

MCC members’ participating photographers: Greg Branson, Lesley Bretherton, Des Crossley, Paul Dodd, Ralph Domino, Sally Paterson, Matt Smith, Russell Spence, Renee Sterling, Ruth Woodrow, Mary Willis – are exhibiting their works at the Visual Foray exhibition at Wolfhound Gallery during July.

Wolfhound Gallery
Level 1, 386 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
See website for opening hours

Image: Russell Spence

July 26th – August 6th, 2023

An exhibition of photographs by members of the Waverley Camera Club.

• Opening night Wednesday July 26th, 6-8pm.
• Thereafter open daily 10am – 3pm
• Free Entry (donations welcome)

Location: Track Gallery at the Mount Waverley Community Centre’ 47 Miller Crescent, Mt Waverley

The Mosman Photography Club is holding their annual photography awards competition which is open to entries from across Australia. Categories include:

Open

• Open
• Monochrome
• Animals and Birds
• Smartphones 
• Landscapes of Mosman

 Portfolio

• Art
• Landscape

Important Dates:

• Entries close by midnight Tuesday 1 August 2023
• Judging will be completed by the end of August 
• Shortlisted entries announced early September
• Awards Event will be held on the evening of Friday 13 October, in Sydney

The Australian Association of Street Photographers is proud to bring the eleventh ‘Shot in the Heart of Australia’ exhibition.

Held in the beautiful Frater, Hammond and McCubbin galleries at the historic Victorian Artists Society building, the exhibition is focused  on each photographer’s personal interpretation of street photography within the Australia.

• Opening Event: Friday 28 July, 7pm-8:45pm
• Exhibition Dates: 27 July to 7 August
• Opening Hours: M-F 10am-4pm; Weekends 11am-4pm

Location: 
Victorian Artists Society
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne

Latest Issue

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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.