Weekly News #05 25February2024

The Railway Hotel is a close neighbour and friend of MCC and serves delicious modern pub food, a curated wine list and selection of the finest beers.

The Railway Hotel has kindly offered MCC Members the following discount when dining at the pub:

• 20% discount on Mains and Pub Classics on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
• Exclusions: Specials such as Parma Night and Steak day are not included. Public holidays are excluded.
• When booking a table mention that you are MCC member and advise the staff when ordering.
• Discount available until 31 May 2024

Railway Hotel, 280 Ferrars St, South Melbourne
Phone: 03 9690 5092

MCC is celebrating 2024 International Women’s Day by curating our 6th exhibition of photography from female photographers, to be on display 8–10 March in our clubrooms.

For full information about the Exhibition and the Terms and Conditions: Click here.

Important Dates

• Entries close: Sunday 25 March, 11.59pm
• Print drop off: Thursday 29 February, 6-8pm
• Opening event: Thursday 7 March, 7.30pm
• Exhibition dates: 8–10 March

Roster Request

• This year the exhibition will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday over Labour Weekend in early March. Members and exhibitors are requested to help out to welcome our visitors, we have 2 hour shifts available, please email Nicole Andrews with your preferred time and date.

Save the Date: All members are warmly invited to attend the Opening Night event on Thursday 7 March and bring your friends and family to the exhibition over the weekend 8-10 March. 

In the first segment, delve into the art of body sculpting. Explore the interplay of light and shadows to capture intricate forms, focusing on creative lighting techniques and the artful sculpting of the human body. Transition to the second part, where you’ll explore Rear Curtain sync with studio flash.

Workshop Dates: Saturday 4 May or Sunday 5 May

Learn the art of creating & capturing beautiful still life images. Julie will show you how slowing down will enable you too  create beautifully simple still life images, with a combination of constant controlled studio lights as well as soft natural light and creatively placing and staging objects to create a myriad of beautiful serene art. 

Workshop Dates: Saturday 6 July or Sunday 7 July

Camberwell Camera Club is again coordinating the Interclub Nature Competition, previously known as The Glennie, for participating Australian clubs.

We would like to invite you to enter your best nature photos for consideration as part of the MCC club entry.

There are seven categories:

• Landscape/Seascape
• Botany
• Birds
• Mammals
• Invertebrates
• Other Nature
• Urban Wildlife

Please read the definitions under Terms & Conditions carefully before submitting your images.

Entries can be uploaded via the Club Competitions page on the MCC website – upload link.

Cut off for submission is midnight on 3 March 2024

Only one image will be selected per MCC member for judging and a maximum of ten images for the club.

The judge will be Georgina Steytler – an outstanding nature photographer and author based in Western Australia.

Awards night will take place on Monday 13 May by Zoom – details to follow.

Image: Whistling Duck in Flight – Kyffin Lewis (Highly Commended – Open A Grade PDI – Oct 2023)

The Competition program (Print and PDI) will be pushed back a month and will commence in March. There will be no competitions held in February.

The Set Subjects will remain the same, with Landscape (Landscape, Seascape, Urbanscape) now being the Set Subject for March. The upload deadline will be midnight Wednesday 13 March. 

Spicers are offering MCC members a discount on selected paper products: 30% on their range of Hahnemuhle sheet paper and a 45% discount on their 17” rolls of paper.

Photography Studies College (PSC) are offering MCC members 20% discount on for all Fine Art Papers – Ilford, Canson, and Hahnemuhle papers.

Photobooks: Momento Pro offer for Club members: once registration is setup, you will have access to Momento Pro services (only open to professional photographers or camera club members), 15% discount on all orders.

Full details of these special offers are on the Resources and Links page in the Members area of the website. 

VAPS CONVENTION & EXHIBITION 2024: BERWICK

The VAPS Committee is pleased to announce this year’s annual convention will be held 14-16 June 2024 at Federation University Australia in Berwick. Program and registrations will be available on the VAPS website.

VAPS NEWSBRIEF

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

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.

To have your nomination included in the Sunday newsletter please submit it before the end of the preceding Friday with details of the Competition Name, Award, Category (if any) and image title. If possible, please also send the image or a link to the image, award or gallery.

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