Portrait Group
2025-05-05 19:00 - 22:30, 2025-06-02 19:00 - 22:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This is the monthly meeting of the Portrait Group – first Monday of each month. An excellent chance to practice portrait photography skills, learn about studio lighting and grow your portfolio.
The meeting is a practical photography session. We use flash lighting in a studio setting. We will have 2 sets operating and 2-3 models, so there will be ample opportunity to shoot.
Open to all MCC members (and visitors may attend up to 2 sessions).
If you want to shoot, please bring:

your camera (with a standard hot shoe on top for the flash trigger)
$10 for a shooters licence.

Please come along at 7pm to help set up. We start shooting at 8pm, and stop when the models say they’ve had enough (typically 2-3 hours).
Please remember that after the shoot you are required to send some photos back for the models. (See https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/interest-groups/portrait-group/portrait-image-returns/)

Mid-Week Outing
2025-05-06 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Oakleigh Walk
Details sent via mailout on 15 April 2025.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Print Competition (Club Rooms only)
2025-05-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Trees

Judge: Mark Bloot’hoofd (link)

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 7 May 2025

Mastering Photography Filters: Enhancing Your Images with Creative Techniques
2025-05-10 14:00 - 18:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mastering Photography Filters with Expert Greg Thomas
Do you, like so many, have a filter kit floating around in your camera bag that you don’t use because you don’t know why or how?
Or have you always wanted to know how filters can enhance your photography before you purchase a set?
This hands-on workshop, led by expert photographer and MCC Member Greg Thomas, is designed to guide participants through the essential aspects of using photography filters to enhance their images creatively.
Greg has arranged multiple sets of Haida Filter System’s generously supplied by Maxxum Pty Ltd for the use of participants in this workshop and offering a very generous MCC members only discount on any of their kits.
This workshop will take place in the beautifully restored Gatehouse on Princes Pier Port Melbourne for theory, then out onto the pier to put your knowledge into practice.
The workshop will cover the fundamental concepts of purchasing, selecting, and using various photography filters. Greg Thomas will provide valuable insights on how filters can be used to creatively alter the light, colour, and mood of photographs, enabling participants to elevate their work.

Initially: Learn how to choose the right filters for your camera and photography style, including ND filters, polarizers, and colour correction filters.
Practical Use: Explore hands-on techniques for using filters in real-world shooting scenarios, focusing on proper application and filter combinations.
Photographic Outcomes: Understand the impact of filters on image quality, with a focus on how they can transform compositions, enhance details, and create unique visual effects.

The workshop will equip attendees with the knowledge to make informed filter purchases.
Participants will gain practical experience using filters in various settings, including landscape, portrait, and creative photography.
Attendees will leave with the skills to incorporate filters into their workflows, enhancing their photos with precision and creativity.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have a solid understanding of the role filters play in photography and be able to use them to achieve striking, professional-quality results.
Location- The Gate House Building 2 Pier St Port Melbourne TBA then onto the pier for practical session.
Cost – $20.50 inc. per person, refreshment supplied.
Date & Time – 10th May 2025 / 2pm – 6pm +
Robin Tully – 0425744360 – robin.tully@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Camberwell Camera Club Nature Interclub Zoom
2025-05-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Camberwell Camera Club Nature Interclub judging and awards night – Zoom 7.30pm

Photo Discussion Group - May meeting cancelled
2025-05-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Due to the unavailability of group coordinators it has been necessary to cancel the May meeting of the Photo Discussion Group.

Presentation by Members of the Nature SIG
2025-05-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
One of the great benefits of being a member of the Melbourne Camera Club is the diverse groups of people and the Special Interest Groups that are open to everyone to participate in. This year the SIGS will be bringing their world into ours on a Thursday evening and these nights are not to be missed. Tonight, we welcome the Nature Photography Group, and you are in for a very special experience. Nature Photography is a passion, and we are blessed at the MCC to have some of the best nature photographers you will find anywhere. Come along and be amazed at the beauty around us and how amazing it can be to photograph.

Analogue Workshop: Multicolour Cuprotype, Cyanotype, and Vandyke
2025-05-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Workshop: Multicolour Cuprotype, Cyanotype, and Vandyke run by Selby.

Board Meeting
2025-05-19 19:30 - 21:00
Any items for the Board should be provided on the standard proposal template – link here
and emailed to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Digital Editing Group
2025-05-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As the level of understanding of digital editing techniques varies enormously among members, we will aim to provide information to members at basic, intermediate and advanced levels in each meeting.
The focus is not on how to capture an image, but on what can be done with it in post-processing after downloading the images to your computer. Topics such as adjusting exposure and saturation, compositing, HDR and special effects will be just some of the areas covered. The digital editing techniques discussed will primarily be applicable to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, however these techniques are generally transferable to many other digital editing programs.

The topics for discussion this month will mostly relate to the updates to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and Camera Raw that were released at the end of April.
Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw all had major updates to AI masking. For some time we have had People masking tools, now we have Landscape masking tools.
The difference in functionality between Camera Raw and the Lightroom versions is increasing. DeNoise, Super Resolution and Enhance details in Camera Raw no longer need to produce a new DNG file. Additionally Camera Raw has implemented the remove distracting people feature previously only in Photoshop.
On the flip side, Photoshop has significantly upgraded the select object tool to bring AI masking previously only available in Camera Raw into the Photoshop Workflow. Additionally changes have been made to Hue/Saturation Adjustments.
If time permits, we have some quick start to finish editing videos.

Mid-Week Outing
2025-05-20 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Motorcycle Museum, Cheltenham (Near Moorabbin Airport).
Details sent via mailout on 6 May 2025.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Conceptual Photography SIG
2025-05-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Check our homepage for the annual plan for 2025,
and the link to all past presentations.

May CPSIG Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 21 May
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Place: MCC Studio
More hands-on workshopping!
Bring along your camera and an object you can photograph for a symbollic selfie. It might be an old camera, a slide rule, or your ballet shoes. Or anything else you can photograph to represent something about yourself.
We will have some fixed lights set up, and maybe some strobes. A tripod might be useful if you can bring one.
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Wednesday 21 May
Studio (downstairs) at MCC – 254 Ferrars St
Cheers
Bob Warfield, Andrew Tan, garrie maguire, Wayne Harridge, Robin Tully,
Coordinators of CPSIG

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2025-05-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Set Subject: Trees

Judge: Mark Bloot’hoofd (link)

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 7 May 2025
Zoom Link: published in the Newsletter

Nature Outing
2025-05-25 10:00 - 14:00 | sanatarium lake
Sanatorium Lake Macedon Ranges
The May outing of the nature group will be to the Sanatorium Lake in the Macedon Ranges. We are looking forward to the opportunity to photograph a wide variety of fungi species. There was a successful outing there last year in the cooler months and we decided it was definitely worth further investigation.
The different vegetation types will also provide birds and insects, and the lake has the potential for beautiful reflections. Remember to bring chair and sturdy boots and shoes as the area can be quite muddy.
We will meet at 10am at Lions Head Rd, Sanatorium Lake, Hesket

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wGy4HiLTDYjZvNKy7

APG May Meeting
2025-05-26 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
May 26, 2025 @ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Show and tell, feedback on printmaking, passion projects, work in progress, sharing of interesting cameras.
Outline 2025 exhibition calendar and process.
Presentation by Tara Gilbert
Tara will talk about her project as an artist in residence at the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Police Point Artist in Residency program in 2018 and 2019. Using solargraphic and pinhole techniques, she produced powerful and haunting images to capture a unique and other worldly perspective of Point Nepean.
This solagraphic series tells the story of the Old Quarantine site at Point Nepean in Victoria through use of arcane recording devises. Forming part of a larger creative investigation undertaken to explore some of its layered histories.

Special Guest Presenter - "Foto Creative" Louise Sedgman
2025-05-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Foto Creative

A little about Louise from here website.
Photography has been my daily joy and passion for almost 30 years along with my deep love of horses. I crave knowledge and have spent years learning, evolving and mastering my craft, and while I continue to do so, I love nothing more than sharing my knowledge with other photographers learning theirs.
For me, photography is so much more than just taking a photo. It’s about embracing a moment and creating imagery with depth, feeling and heart. Photography is a never-ending journey that has no bounds, with opportunities that can change someone’s life. It’s powerful, not just for the viewer, but for the image creator as well.
If you’ve ever stood quietly in a place and immersed yourself in the sights, sounds, smells and visual feast surrounding you, and spent time capturing that, you know exactly what I mean. And if you haven’t, let me take you by the hand and show you…It’s glorious and you’ll never see the world around you the same again.
Mark it in your diary as not to be missed.

Photowalk Community – Melbourne CBD Urban Walk
2025-06-01 14:00 - 18:00
We welcome MCC members and friends to this weekend’s photowalk.
For this month’s outing we will be exploring the CBD area, laneways and architecture, with opportunities to capture image for the upcoming MCC exhibition: ‘Stories of the City’.
We will conclude with dinner/drinks at a city pub. If you would like to stay for dinner, please RSVP before Friday 30 May, 5.00pm: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au
PHOTOWALK DATE: Sunday 1 June

Meeting Time: 2.00pm for 2.15pm start
Meeting location: The Atrium at Fed Square on Flinders Street
Duration: 3 hours, plus dinner (optional)

We look forward to you joining us on Sunday 1 June.
Any queries, please contact the Coordinators: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Mid-Week Outing
2025-06-03 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Station & Princes Piers.
Details sent via mailout on 19 May 2025.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Nature Group Zoom Aussie Macro Adventages
2025-06-03 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for a special Zoom session with Aussie Macro Adventures, where Bridgette will be talking all things macro, wildlife, and herping. Bridgette is a passionate macro photographer and herpetologist who runs guided nature tours focused on Australia’s unique small creatures.

more information to follow

Wine & Cheese Social Event
2025-06-05 19:30 - 20:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Prior to the guest speaker this Thursday, we will be holding a Wine and Cheese Social Event, from 7.30pm-8pm in the Gallery, please come along to socialise with other members prior to the presentation.

Very Special Guest Presenter John Gollings
2025-06-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
John Gollings is one of Australia’s most respected and revered photographers. He specialises in photography of the built environment, including the documentation of both ancient and modern cities around the world.
John Gollings first picked up a camera at the age of nine, falling in love with the process of photography. He continued snapping, Nikon F in hand, throughout his time at the University of Melbourne, where he formally studied architecture during the 1960s. After graduating with a Masters degree in Architecture, he decided to pursue his self-taught hobby full‑time, stepping into the world of advertising and fashion photography.
For more than 50 years, John has combined his interests in photography and architecture to capture the cultural construction of social spaces, from images of sacred rock art sites and ancient temples to commissioned shots of suburban dream homes and monuments of cultural and corporate architecture.
Through a presentation of over 100 slides covering his whole career from high school photographer, fashion and advertising, cultural projects and architecture you are in for an inspiring experience you will not want to miss.
A very special event you will not want to miss.

MCC Lighting Group
2025-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Meeting in the Club Studio we will have a Portrait Session with the Joker

Print Competition (Club Rooms only)
2025-06-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Speed/Motion

Judge: MCC Members

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 11 June 2025

Workshop: Analogue Portraits
2025-06-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Workshop: Portraits using LED flood lights by Peter T.

Digital Editing Group
2025-06-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As the level of understanding of digital editing techniques varies enormously among members, we will aim to provide information to members at basic, intermediate and advanced levels in each meeting.
The focus is not on how to capture an image, but on what can be done with it in post-processing after downloading the images to your computer. Topics such as adjusting exposure and saturation, compositing, HDR and special effects will be just some of the areas covered. The digital editing techniques discussed will primarily be applicable to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, however these techniques are generally transferable to many other digital editing programs.
For June I thought we would have a look at “The Art of Black and White”. We will look at how you can transform your colour capture into beautiful black and white images using Lightroom, Photoshop and NIK Silverefex Pro.

Mid-Week Outing
2025-06-17 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Boroondara Cemetery, Kew.
Details sent via mailout on 3 June 2025.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Conceptual Photography SIG
2025-06-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Check our homepage for the annual plan for 2025,
and the link to all past presentations.

June CPSIG Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 18 June
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Place: MCC Clubrooms
Please bring along a Moodboard to share and discuss. If it is a digital one, you can email it to us prior to the meeting, or upload it to the WiP folder using the link provided at our meetings (members only).
Your Moodboard can be the one you have worked on for the end-of-year Conceptual Photography Exhibition, or any other Moodboard you have. Even a rough draft will be fine.

Question: What is the difference between a Moodboard and an Artist Statement?
Answer: A Moodboard provides inspiration for what you WILL do. An Artist Statement gives information about what you HAVE done.

Following the Moodboard discussion, we will have a workshop on Artist Statements. Bring a notepad and pen, or a laptop, and we will produce draft Artist Statements for the end-of-year Conceptual Photography Exhibition!
Cheers
Bob Warfield, Andrew Tan, garrie maguire, Wayne Harridge, Robin Tully,
Coordinators of CPSIG

Nature Exhibition Opening Event
2025-06-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature Exhibition launch

Nature Exhibition
2025-06-21 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
