Melbourne Camera Club

Introduction of Photography Course
2023-02-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-02-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-02-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-03-07 19:30 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Introduction to Photography – Enrolments Open

Conceptual Photography Special Interest Group
2023-02-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-03-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Check the Group pages for more information about the Group Meetings

Guest Speaker: Portrait Lighting Demo with Andrew Campbell
2023-02-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Thursday 16 February: Portrait Lighting Demo with Andrew Campbell
Andrew Campbell is one of only 26 Grand Masters of the Former Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP). He has been a professional photographer since 1983, specialising in Corporate, People and Fashion photography.
Andrew will be demonstrating how to take arresting or memorable portraits at MCC, 8pm on Thursday 16 February.
If you would like to be a model and have your portrait taken by an esteemed portraitist, bring a prop of your choice and volunteer on the night.

Zoom will be available for anyone unable to attend in person, Members refer to Sunday’s MCC News for the details.

Introduction to Photography Workshop
2023-02-19 09:30 - 12:30, 2023-03-05 09:30 - 12:30 | VIC

Digital Editing Group
2023-02-20 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 programmes.
Topics for the nights’ discussions will be:
Lightroom – the presence tools of Texture, Clarity and Dehaze.
Photoshop basics – layers.
Advanced topics – High Dynamic Range processing.

Mid-Week Outing
2023-02-21 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Botanic Gardens Melbourne – details sent via mailout on Tue 24th Jan 2023.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

IWD Exhibition – Print drop off 6-8pm
2023-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2023-02-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Self-portrait
Judge: Robert Groom
Competition Entry Date: Wednesday 8 February 2023
Club Competitions: https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/members-only/club-competitions/

Nature Outing
2023-02-26 10:00 - 15:00 | VIC
Visit to Bunyip National Park – to be confirmed – weather dependent

APG February meeting
2023-02-27 19:30 - 22:30 | VIC
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras.
What makes a good print. Members to bring along prints for discussion. Talking points; composition, exposure, developer, development times, toning.

Board Meeting
2023-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 | VIC
The MCC Board meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Any items for the Board should be sent to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au

International Women's Day Exhibition – Opening Event 7.30pm
2023-03-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

International Women's Day Exhibition
2023-03-04 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-18 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-19 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Portrait Group
2023-03-06 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
2023-03-07 09:30 - 15:00 | VIC
Nature Exhibition Geelong
Details sent via mailout on Mon 20th Feb 2023
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Grace Lock Group meeting - What makes an appealing image?
2023-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC
Meet at the club rooms to review images from the current International Women’s Day Exhibition and discuss what makes an image appealing. How can I apply those same elements into my own photography practice?
Members are also invited to bring their own images for constructive feedback and discussion.
The Grace Lock Group focuses on women photographers, supporting conversations on personal projects (eg. the creation of portfolios or new bodies of work), as well as the work of other women photographers. It explores our visual expression in a like-minded group in a non-competitive way. Participants are encouraged to bring along their idea or images for discussion.

Print Competition (Club rooms only)
2023-03-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Serenity
Judge: Alli Harper
Competition Entry Date: Wednesday 8 March 2023
Club Competitions: https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/members-only/club-competitions/

Photowalk Community – Moomba Festival
2023-03-12 17:00 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us for our March photowalk, we will be visiting the Moomba activities on the Yarra, including dinner/drinks then fireworks (optional).
We will meet outside Hamer Hall then start with a walk along the Yarra and Alexandra Gardens area, along Swan St bridge, and returning to Fed Square past the water skiing and carnival area.
Moomba program link, click here.
We welcome all photographers – bring along your favourite camera: digital, film, phone, Polaroid etc.
All visitors, friends and members of the Melbourne Camera Club are welcome.
Casual drinks/dinner will be at a city pub, followed by fireworks from Birrarung Marr.
What to bring:
• Tripod for fireworks
• Spare battery as long exposures can drain batteries quickly
• Warm clothing as we will be waiting around for the fireworks
Date: Sunday 12 March
Time: 4.50pm for 5.00pm start
Meeting location: Outside Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd – across the bridge from Flinders St Station
Duration: 4-5 hours, including dinner and fireworks

Public Holiday
2023-03-13 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Club Member Barney Meyer: Drones Presentation, and Panorama Demo
2023-03-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

IWD Exhibition – Print Collection 3-4pm
2023-03-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Digital Editing Group
2023-03-20 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 programmes.
Topics for the nights’ discussions will be:

Lightroom – importing and exporting including how to size for PDI competition;
Photoshop – following from our discussion last month on layers, we will look at how layers can be blended using a couple of techniques, blending modes and blend if.
Finally we will have a look at a couple of Photoshop’s AI based neural filters.
