Melbourne Camera Club

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2021-05-27 20:00, 2021-06-24 20:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Via Zoom
The monthly competition for digital projected images.
The images must be uploaded via —- by the previous Thursday

PDI Competition
2021-05-27 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-06-24 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Set Subjects

Grace Lock Group - Photo sharing and feedback
2021-05-28 18:00 - 20:30 | VIC
Join us for dinner at the Railway Hotel, cnr Bank and Ferrars sts at 6.00, or MCC clubrooms from 7.30pm. Share your favourite photos or bring along images you’d like some feedback on.

APG field workshop
2021-05-29 00:00 - 17:00 | VIC
MCC Analogue Group Workshop Saturday 29 May 12-5pm.
Newport Railway Museum

Nature Exhibition - Closed due to Covid regulations
2021-05-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-05-30 10:00 - 16:00 | VIC
The Melbourne Camera Club is holding its second Nature Photography Exhibition, opening on 22 May 2021. The Exhibition will feature a selection of exciting works from Club members and from invited, guest nature photographers.
Following the Australian Photographic Societies guidelines for nature photography, images for the exhibition will cover all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, including animals, birds, invertebrates, marine and fresh water species, botany and natural landscapes. The Melbourne Camera Club is also introducing this year a section called ‘Interpretations of Nature’.
The Exhibition Coordinators invite members, exhibitors and visitors to join us at the opening event on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 8pm at the Clubrooms.
The exhibition will be open to the public for two weekends, 10am to 4pm:

Saturday, 22 May, Sunday 23 May 2021
Saturday 29 May, Sunday 30 May 2021

Mid-Week Outing
2021-06-01 10:30 - 14:00, 2021-06-22 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Click Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

Virtual Meeting: Guest Speaker - Ali MC (Alister McKeich)
2021-06-03 20:00 - 21:30 | Via Zoom
Analog Iran
In 2019, Ali MC spent four weeks travelling through Iran with a 35mm film camera. His aim was to document everyday life on black and white film. The result is Analog Iran, an online exhibition which explores the diversity of a country that is often stereotyped in the media. From the border of Afghanistan to the bustling metropolis of Tehran, these photographs bring to life the everyday lives of Iranian people. Ali’s travels to Iran coincided with an increase in sanctions and threat of war with the United States and an acute rise in living costs for Iranian people. Yet despite these pressures, Iranian people remained extraordinarily generous. Using a fixed-lens manual camera, Ali’s work shows the tension between the hospitality and graciousness of the Iranian people, and the constant political and economic pressures of daily life.
About Ali MC
A former touring musician and producer, Ali MC (Alister McKeich) is a photographer, writer and lecturer in law and criminology. Along with traditional photojournalism, Ali also travels internationally to conduct projects based on social issues, politics and culture, and is the author of the full length travel book The Eyeball End. Recent projects include work with Rohingya refugees, Khasi stone labourers in India, marginalised groups in East Timor and street photography in Iran. Working predominantly in analogue film, Ali’s work is also grounded in research and academic study, holding a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History and a Masters in Human Rights Law.

Image courtesy of Ali MC

Board Meeting
2021-06-09 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC
The MCC Board meets on the second Wednesday of the month. All Board items must be to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.auby the previous Wednesday.

Virtual meeting: Guest speaker Mario Mirabile - A View of the Street (Print Competition cancelled)
2021-06-10 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Thursday night’s Print Competition has been cancelled due to the continuing lockdown in Melbourne. Instead this will be replaced by a Zoom only presentation by Mario Mirabile on “A View of the Street: including a brief discussion of the history of street photography and a personal exploration of urban photography.”

Mario Mirabile – Contemplating dessert

Print Competition
2021-06-10 20:00 - 23:00, 2021-07-08 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

**POSTPONED to July** Photowalk Community – Astro photo walk
2021-06-12 18:00 | VIC
Due to the lockdown restrictions, we will be postponing the scheduled Astro photowalk until 10 July.

POSTPONED to July 10 - Grace Lock Group - Astro photo walk
2021-06-12 18:00 - 22:30 | VIC
Due to COVID-19 restrictions in place in Metropolitan Melbourne, the astro photo walk has been postponed to July 10.

Queen's Birthday Public Holiday
2021-06-14 | VIC

Conceptual Photography Group - On Zoom
2021-06-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of every month!
The Conceptual Photography Group sends out a monthly email to advise members of what will be discussed at the upcoming meetings.
You can check whether you are registered to receive these emails by logging into the website.
Under the “Members” tab, select “My Profile”. Scroll down past your contact information to “Groups” and make sure there is a tick in the box next to Conceptual Photography Group. Click on “Save” before exiting the page.

Guest Speaker - Glynn Lavender - Travel Portrait Photographer
2021-06-17 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
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Glynn’s images and articles have been featured in numerous publications including Better Photography, Australian Photographer, Digital Photography and Travel Photography Guide.
Glynn’s passion is people photography, whether it be in the far flung deserts of India or the interesting faced delivery guy banging on his door.
Glynn runs photography workshops in Australia and the United States as well as leading photo tours to countries such as India, Myamar and Vietnam among others.
Glynn is also co-host of Shutters Inc Podcast, with weekly episodes covering all aspects of photography.
https://www.discoveryphototours.com/guide/glynn-lavender/

Introduction to Ballet Photography Workshop - Members Only
2021-06-19 09:00 - 2021-06-20 18:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
A members only event – More details to follow

Digital Editing Group - Guest speaker Sandra Dann
2021-06-21 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
For October, our guest speaker will be Sandra Dann. Sandra was recently one of our competition judges in August and provided many insightful comments.
Sandra will be talking about colour theory, and how to use the tools in Photoshop to implement colour theory in your images.

Digital Editing group meets on the Third Monday of the month from February to November. The aim of the group is to help the members of the group to improve our ability to edit images digitally regardless of the end requirement – be it for Print Comp, PDI Comp, AV, slideshows, books or any other use.
Most meetings with be broken into topics suitable for beginners, intermediate or advanced users.
There is a range of software available but our focus will be on Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
We also happy to look at processing issues you might have – email your image to digital.editing@melbournecameraclub.org.au a few days before an upcoming meeting.

Analogue Photography Group Meeting
2021-06-28 19:30 - 23:00 | VIC
This is the monthly meeting of the Analogue Photography Group. More details about each month’s events can be found on the Program page. Details of the meeting for this month can be found here.

Nature Meeting with guest speaker Georgina Steytler
2021-06-29 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
Virtual meeting with guest speaker, award winning nature photographer, Georgina Steytler,

Virtual Meeting – Guest Speaker: Craig Wetjen – Environmental Portraiture
2021-07-01 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
MCC Virtual Meeting – Guest Speaker: Craig Wetjen – Environmental Portraiture
Members please join us on Zoom (only) for this week’s guest speaker – Craig Wetjen, he will be talking on Environmental Portraiture. He’ll also do a live shoot “on air” as part of the presentation.
Bio – Hailing from the USA, Craig Wetjen moved to Australia in 1996, he introduced one of the country’s first digital photography subjects in a university, at RMIT. The dawn of digital photography during that year was far different to the photography we know today.
In over three decades working in the photography industry, Craig has won countless awards around the world. His method remains constant in the knowledge that a photographer learns from every one of their images. Whether your photograph is an award-winning piece, or it is the final photograph you deliver to a client, you will always take something away.
Craig has a great passion for not only the captured image but the many facets that go into creating an image. He is dedicated to creativity, superior quality, exceptional service and an enjoyable experience in capturing a perfect moment or someone’s personality, with natural expressions along with being an educator and mentor in the craft of photography.

Cancelled - Mid-Week Outing
2021-07-06 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC

Print Competition
2021-07-08 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC

Nature Photography Exhibition
2021-07-10 10:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature Photography Exhibition

July 10 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

The Melbourne Camera Club’s second Nature Photography Exhibition, opened on 22 May 2021. The Exhibition features a selection of exciting works from Club members and from invited, guest nature photographers.
Following the Australian Photographic Societies guidelines for nature photography, images for the exhibition cover all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, including animals, birds, invertebrates, marine and fresh water species, botany and natural landscapes. The Melbourne Camera Club has also introduced this year a section called ‘Interpretations of Nature’.
The exhibition will reopen to the public for two days, on 10 and 11 July from 10am to 4pm

Photowalk Community – Astro photo walk
2021-07-10 18:00 - 22:30 | VIC
For our July Photowalk we’re meeting up with the MCC Grace Lock Group to make the most of a new moon for some Astro and Nightscape photography. We will be heading out west to Little River, a small town 50km from Melbourne between Werribee and Geelong. As we’re a bit of a social group, we’ll catch up for a meal before heading out into the (hopefully) clear and crisp night air. The evening will include a workshop in the pub before we head out, this will be all about the settings, equipment, tools and techniques to get you started for Astro photography.
Important – please RSVP in advance to attend the dinner as numbers will be limited due to restaurant capacity – please book your place to join the dinner, as soon as you can, and ideally before 5pm Friday 9 July, by commenting below or email us: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au
If you wish to join for the workshop and Astro session only, please email us to arrange a suitable time to join the group: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au
What to bring:
– Camera capable of shooting at high ISO: 1600 to 3200
– Wide angle lens (10mm up to 50mm with large aperture F2.8 or F4)
– Tripod, cable/remote trigger release (or use self-timer in camera)
– Spare battery as cold and long exposures can drain batteries quickly
– A red light – torch or headlamp
– Warm clothing
All visitors, friends and members of the Melbourne Camera Club are welcome.
The coordinators will record contact details of all attendees.
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Date: Saturday 10 July 2021 (note that this event is Saturday night instead of our usual Sunday events)
Time: 6.00pm dinner booking (please RSVP in advance as per above)
Meeting location: Little River Hotel – booking under Melbourne Camera Club
Address: 14 Flinders St, Little River VIC 3211
Duration: 3-5 hours
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Grace Lock Group - Astro photo walk (rescheduled from June 12)
2021-07-10 18:00 - 22:30 | VIC
We’re meeting up with the Monthly Photo Walk group to make the most of a new moon for some astro shooting. As we’re a bit of a social group, we’ll catch up for a meal before heading out into the (hopefully) clear and crisp night air. Bring warm clothes and a tripod if you have one.
The evening will include a workshop on shooting the night sky.
Dinner at 6pm at the Little River Hotel, 10/14 Flinders St, Little River
