Category Archives: MCC News

Kevin Cummins a former Club President in 1971 passed away last Sunday. Our sincere condolences to Kevin’s family and friends. The eulogy that club member and past president from 1970 David Ellis delivered at Kevin’s funeral on Thursday is available to read with some history below. Image above : The EYE PORTRAIT by Kevin Cummins […]

Congratulations to 3 of our members, Ian Bock, Lou Chen, Sally Paterson who were finalists in the Friends of Monash Gallery of Art  Competition and Exhibition.  Ian Bock won the Best Creative category and Sally Paterson won the Architecture category. 

For our October photowalk, we will be heading to Ballarat International Foto Biennale for the day.  The Ballarat International Foto Biennale was founded in 2005 and attracts significant International and Australian photographers as one of Australia’s pre-eminent photographic festivals. It is a not-for-profit event that immerses the historic town of Ballarat in photographic art. For […]

This workshop is open to Members and Non-Members – workshop fee $35 Join Karl Ludik from Olympus for a 2.5 hour evening workshop. The first hour of the workshop will be twilight portraiture, we will learn how to manage our exposures as we shoot portraits into a setting sun using off camera speedlights. Then, as the […]

Spring is the best time to visit the Botanical Gardens (South Yarra). Trees are budding, and many flowers are already out.  Very good for macro-photography.  We will meet at 10.30am in the Observatory Café in the building with the Information Centre, just off Birdwood Avenue opposite the Shrine.  I will give everybody a detailed map […]

Our next photowalk will be held on Sunday 8 September, in Albert Park/Port Melbourne, with opportunities to photograph the park and gardens at Gasworks Arts Park, and the beaches and neighbourhoods around Port Melbourne. Gasworks Arts Park is a vibrant arts precinct producing a range of high-quality arts programs, workshops and activities for all ages. […]

Melbourne Camera Club Outing Tuesday 3 September 2019. The outing this month will be to the Ballarat Biennale, to see the usually outstanding and sometimes challenging images that make up the various displays located around the city. We shall take the 9:16 train from Southern Cross Station, arriving at 10:39. Luncheon venue will be decided […]

Living in an Analogue World Join us for Opening Night of our 19th Annual Analogue Photography Exhibition: Thursday 29 August at 8pm Mat Hughes is special guest speaker, he will describe his personal aesthetic that drives an approach towards Photography using the concept of the ‘Complete Picture’. His own Photographic practice moves seamlessly between film and […]

The next meeting of the nature group will be an outing to Serendip Sanctuary on Sunday 18 August. The Sanctuary comprises open grassy woodlands and provides an opportunity to photograph a variety of birds and animals. The group will meet in the car park at 10.30 for a short introduction to the Sanctuary before heading into the park. […]

Mid-Month Excursion: Wednesday, 21st August In August we plan to visit one of Melbourne’s newest galleries: Buxton Contemporary Art Gallery, which houses the collection of Michael Buxton. It is contemporary art ‘with a vengeance.’ Some you’ll adore, some will irritate you, some you’ll find perplexing, and some you will find pointless (Anyway, those were my […]