Weekly News #3 7-Feb-2021

 Monday 8th February  8:00

Photo Discussion Group

After a long hiatus with the closure of the clubrooms in 2020, the Photo Discussion Group will resume face to face meetings on Monday 8 February at 8pm. We welcome you to bring along anything photographic that you would like to discuss with like minded members. That could be photographs (yours or someone else’s), books or even photographic equipment.

Meetings will of course be COVID-safe and subject to ongoing approval for continued face to face meetings by the Board.

We look forward to seeing you again on Monday night.

Gary Richardson

Wednesday 10th February 7:00

Meeting of SIG Coordinators and facility managers with the Board

Thursday 11th February 8:00

Print Competition – set subject: Patterns in Nature

Monday 15th February 8:00

Digital Editing Group 

The Digital Editing Group will resume face to face meetings on Monday 15 February at 8pm. Our guest speaker for the evening will be A Grade Photographer of the Year 2020 – Paul Dodd. Paul is going to talk about how he creates his wonderful Jeffrey Smart style architectural images which gained him so many accolades during 2020.

Meetings will of course be COVID-safe and subject to ongoing approval for continued face to face meetings by the Board.

We look forward to seeing you back at the clubrooms again.

Gary Richardson

The new coordinators of the Grace Lock Group, Kaye Linsdell and Anne Shellard invite any interested members to join them for a discussion on re-establishing the group and to plan for the year ahead.
The Grace Lock Group has historically been a group focussing on women photographers who met to explore various aspects of photography as suggested by the group.
Date: Friday 12 February, 7pm at Railway Hotel, 280 Ferrars St, South Melbourne
If attending please RSVP by 6pm Wednesday 10 February: gracelockgroup@melbournecameraclub.org.au

The next Introduction to Photography Course to be run by the Melbourne Camera Club begins on 23 February and runs for 6 weeks. As well as learning how to handle your camera, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of composition, light and how it impacts images and a range of photographic genres. Your course also includes 12 months membership of the Club for you to continue your photographic journey. More information can be found here.

Thank you to the Members and friends who have already registered for Melbourne Camera Club’s 2021 International Women’s Day Exhibition. Registrations have been extended and now close on Friday 12 February at 11.59pm.

If you would like to be a part of our upcoming exhibition, you are welcome to enter two of your favourite prints. The IWD theme is #ChooseToChallenge, but don’t get daunted by this – the challenge is to enter your favourite images, not reference the theme.

If you have already registered your interest, please take a moment to submit your print titles on the link below, both registration and print titles close on Friday 12 February at 11.59pm.

Please join us as we bring together women in photography and explore the IWD theme, #ChooseToChallenge.

Open: Now! 
Register Here before Friday 12 February 2021, 11.59pm
Enter your print titles by Friday 12 February 2021, 11.59pm

We apologise to those club members who were not mentioned in last weeks news item.

Congratulations to all those MCC members that entered and were awarded in the Australian Photography Photographer of the Year Awards. 

If your images are not shown in the article on the website, please contact Paul Dodd (paul.dodd@melbournecameraclub.org.au) so that the article can be updated.

Print and PDI Monthly Competitions resume in February now that we can have face to face club meetings. The set-subject for February is “Patterns in Nature. For 2021 there will be some changes to the Print Competition beginning on Thursday February 11.

There are some very important changes to the competition rules that you need to be aware of. Please click here to view these changes on the web site.

MCC Competition Committee

The December 2020 issue of VAPS Newsbrief is now available online.

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