Melbourne Camera Club

Photo Discussion Group
2025-08-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-08 20:00 - 22:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Photo Discussion Group provides a regular forum where you can discuss your passion for photography with like-minded people.
In a friendly, helpful environment, we explore a diverse range of photography topics – what makes competition winning images, creative techniques, how do judges evaluate our work, what tools we use to create the images we love, and how we may progress our skills to a higher level – to name a few.
Whatever your interests – photographic genres, image capture, image processing, printing, PDI, the latest tools, or just looking for tips – you will not be disappointed.

Introduction to Photography Course
2025-08-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-17 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-31 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Introduction to Photography Course – Free 12 Month Membership – August 2025
Tuesday, Starting the 5th of August 2025
PLEASE NOTE 7.15 pm START (AEST)
254-256 Ferrars Street – South Melbourne, VIC 3205 – Australia
More information to follow.

New Members Induction
2025-08-14 19:00 - 19:45 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
There will be a tour of the club rooms as well as a description of the special interest groups, competitions, exhibitions and a Q&A.
Come along to meet other new members and learn more about making the most of your MCC membership.
Stay on and enjoy the monthly print competition.

Print Competition (Club Rooms only)
2025-08-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Shadow/Light

Judge: Lisa Law (link)

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 13 August 2025

MCC Lighting Group SIG - August 2025
2025-08-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us in the studio where we will explore basic flash functions, including on-camera flash and off-camera flash (remote). Please bring your own flash if you have one. This is a hands-on event where you will learn to use your own equipment. (If you don’t have your own equipment, come anyway to learn about flash photography).

Film Developing and Printing Course – Darkroom
2025-08-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-17 09:30 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This Analogue Photography course is open to MCC members as well to non-members. It is designed for those people who are just starting to process and print film. It can also be taken by those who wish to update their film processing and printing skills. Course participants must be over 18 years old.
The course is divided into two units:

Processing the exposed film – Unit 1
Printing from a set of negatives – Unit 2

This course has been pre-booked and full. For more information and if you are interested in the course please contact the organiser via the course page below:
https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/courses/analogue-photography-basics-course2/

Digital Editing Group
2025-08-18 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.
This month we will have a look at some Lightroom start to finish editing which of course can be also done in Photoshop’s Camera Raw.
Ever spent a lot of time removing dust spots, well now it can be done automatically. Adobe very recently released an update to Camera Raw which automates this tedious job. At the moment it is only available in ACR, but will probably make it’s way into Lightroom soon.
Another new feature that is currently only in Photoshop Beta is the Harmonize tool, something that is going to make compositing so much easier.

Mid-Week Outing
2025-08-19 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Richmond Street Walk (West of Burnley St).
Details sent via mailout on 6 Aug 2025.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Conceptual Photography SIG
2025-08-20 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.

August CPSIG Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 20 August
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Place: MCC Clubrooms

Please bring an Artist Statement to discuss, especially if you will be submitting work for the Exhibition in October.

Our Agenda:
Report on Ballarat Bienalle: Open Walls, Opening, and CPSIG Excursion to Ballarat – Andrew
Presentation on two photographers – Robin
Exhibition: EOI and Matting, Mounting, and Alternatives – Bob
Share Your Artist Statement – All members
What’s On – garrie

Cheers
Bob Warfield, Andrew Tan, garrie maguire, Wayne Harridge, Robin Tully,
Coordinators of CPSIG

Special Guest Presenter Kay Gibbons.
2025-08-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Celebrating life through a lens
A little about Kay …don’t miss what will be a sensational night at the club.

​As a child growing up around Avalon Beach and Lara, Australia, Kay was taught to respect the moods and movement of land, sea and sky. These observations influence her works.
As a young adult Kay took up photography, singing, and painting. A 30-year career as a professional singer-songwriter ensued.​ In her spare time she completed courses in photography, professional writing and editing, and interior design.
With a passion for colour psychology and metaphysics, Kay is also extensively practiced in the art of healing modalities and meditation.
​Combining an artistic eye with mindfulness and her love of nature and humanness, Kay reminds us to see beauty in the detail, find gratitude in the ordinary, and feel the rhythm of life in the everyday.

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“In a very focused way (pun intended) I’ve learnt so much about living in the moment, being in awe of the tiniest details, slowing down, and falling in love with the world over and over again through the lens of my camera. Photography sharpens my gratitude, keeps me mindful, and reminds me to add happiness to the world, not subtract from it. If people consider my images to be without meaning, then they have overlooked mankind’s need to feel peace and joy.”

APG August Meeting
2025-08-25 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
August 25, 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.
Guest speaker: Eddie Jim 10×8 Olympians project – Introduced by Greg.

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2025-08-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Set Subject: Shadow/Light

Judge: Lisa Law (link)

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 13 August 2025
Zoom Link: published in the Newsletter

Mounting, matting, and framing for the 25th analogue exhibition.
2025-08-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Nature Group Outing
2025-08-31 10:00 - 14:00 | Royal Botanical Gardens Cranbourne, 1000 Ballarto Road, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Royal Botanical Gardens Cranbourne
Join us for our August nature outing to the at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. This beautiful site offers a wealth of photographic opportunities, including iconic Australian flora such as grass trees, flowering eucalypts, and Banksias, along with a variety of native birds like honeyeaters, wrens, and parrots.
If it a sunny day and so close to Spring, there are also excellent chance for macro photography, with native bees, dragonflies, and other insects often active in the garden’s warm, sheltered spots.
Please remember to bring comfortable walking shoes and a chair for lunch. Friends and family are most welcome to join us for this enjoyable day out in nature.
Julie and Jo
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zHu7iq9DDv7hQ9zH8

Mounting, matting, framing and hanging for the 25th analogue exhibition.
2025-08-31 10:00 - 17:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Portrait Group
2025-09-01 19:00 - 22:30 | 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
2025-09-03 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Note: This outing is on a Wednesday.
Note: This is not Scienceworks
Science Gallery, Parkville.
Details will be sent via mailout.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

25th Annual analogue photography exhibition launch
2025-09-04 07:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Launch of the 25th annual analogue photography exhibition with guest speaker.

MCC Lighting Group SIG - September 2025
2025-09-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us in the club studio, where we will explore flash photography of Products/Still Life subjects.
Please bring along something to photograph, this could be a piece of fruit, a flower, a toy or an old camera, which will be used to explore lighting and photography of your subject.

25th annual analogue photography exhibition
2025-09-06 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Come along to see a wide range of analogue photographs prepared by the analogue photography group. This is the longest running analogue exhibition in Australia.

EVENT FULL An Evening with World-Renowned Photographer TONY HEWITT
2025-09-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Secure you place now by registering online
An Evening with World-Renowned Photographer

Date: Tuesday 9 September
Time: 7:30 PM (Wine & Cheese from 7:00 PM)
Venue: Melbourne Camera Club
254–256 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne

TONY HEWITT

Sponsored by:
Canson – Premium Fine Art Papers
Kayell Australia – Photographic Solutions Experts

Presenting their Iconic Fine Art Papers along with the latest tech and advice in printing.
About Tony Hewitt
Tony is a Grand Master and Honorary Fellow of the AIPP, a Fellow of NZIPP, and the recipient of over 400 national and international photography awards.
His body of work spans fine art, aerial, portrait, and abstract landscapes – all infused with emotion, craftsmanship, and conceptual depth.
Evening Highlights

A curated showcase of Tony’s breathtaking imagery
• Insights into his creative journey and techniques
• Q&A with one of Australia’s most visionary photographers
• Relaxed wine & cheese reception from 7:00 PM

Print Competition (Club Rooms only)
2025-09-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Cultural Diversity

Judge: Harriet Tarbuck (link)

Closing Date for Entries: Midnight 10 September 2025
