Mid-Week Outing
2021-05-04 10:30 - 14:00, 2021-05-25 10:30 - 14:00, 2021-06-01 10:30 - 14:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
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Guest Speaker - Delly Carr - Sport Photographer
2021-05-06 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Delly Carr was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The HACCI Lifetime Excellence Award is a special Award that is presented by HACCI to “individuals who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of their creative endeavour.”
This follows his 2019 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Honour recognising his outstanding service and contribution empowering communities around the world through the art of sport photography.
http://www.sportsphotography.com.au/about

Mothers Day
2021-05-09 | VIC

Photo Discussion Group - meeting cancelled due to clash with Portrait Group
2021-05-10 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
The Photo Discussion Group meeting for November has been cancelled due to a clash with the rescheduled Portrait Group meeting. We hope to be able to meet in person in December.

Photo Discussion Group is a photographic discussion group open to all Members.
We have a night of discussion on all things photographic – prints, PDI, cameras books etc. You are may bring prints or photographs on a memory stick or even a computer to show on the large TV.
You are also welcome to just join in the discussion.

Board Meeting
2021-05-12 19:30 - 21:30, 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.

Print Competition
2021-05-13 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Set Subjects

Print Competition
2021-05-13 20:00 - 23:00, 2021-06-10 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

Introduction to Lightroom Basics
2021-05-15 08:30 - 16:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Showcase event in Collaboration with Malahide Camera Club
2021-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | VIC
Further details to follow.

Digital Editing Group - Guest speaker Sandra Dann
2021-05-17 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.

Conceptual Photography Group - On Zoom
2021-05-19 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.

Opening of Nature Photography Exhibition with Guest Speaker - Scott Portelli - Underwater Photographer
2021-05-20 19:30 - 22:00 | VIC
We are pleased to have Scott Portelli to open the Melbourne Camera Club’s second Nature Photography Exhibition which will be open to the public the following two weekends.
Scott Portelli is an international award winning wildlife, nature and underwater photographer and film maker. A member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and Accredited Professional Video Producer (APVP), he is regarded as a leading professional in his field. Scott has spent thousands of hours in remote locations across the globe filming and photographing wildlife, the underwater environment, and wild places with a focus on conservation and education.
He was awarded at the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year in London in 2016 and announced National winner of the Sony World Photography awards 2016 and winner at Travel Photographer of the Year 2015. More recently he was awarded winner in the Animal Behaviour Category at the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year ANZANG 2017 and again in 2019. Awarded at the Sienna International Photography Awards 2017 and again in 2019 and Winner in the Underwater Category of the Asferico International Nature Photography awards 2018. Recently announced Winner at the 2020 AIPP silver Linings awards in the WILD category.
About Me

Nature Exhibition
2021-05-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-05-23 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

Analogue Photography Group Meeting
2021-05-24 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.

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2021-05-27 20:00 | 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 | VIC

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

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

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

**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
