PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2024-05-22 20:00 - 22:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Via Zoom
Due to this month’s judge not being available for live judging on Thursday night, the session will be held on Wednesday 22 May, and the video will be replayed on regular club night of Thursday 23 May.
Set Subject: Photojournalism
Judge: Alli Harper
Closing Date for Entries: Midnight 8 May 2024
Zoom Link: published in the Weekly Newsletter

PDI Competition - Replay (Zoom only)
2024-05-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom

Gum bichromate multi colour workshop
2024-05-25 10:30 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
An advanced multi colour gum bichromate workshop. You can bring your own digital neg or use one supplied by Selby. At the end of this you will walk away with a multi colour gum print. You must have done the introduction course.

Nature Outing
2024-05-26 10:00 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature Outing – details to be confirmed

APG May meeting
2024-05-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
May meeting @ the club
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras

Guest Speakers : Darran and Pearce Leal - World Photography Adventures
2024-05-30 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Leal family are Australian photography royalty. Their mission is clear: to empower and inspire photography enthusiasts of all levels through dynamic workshops and captivating expeditions.
Darran’s lifelong dream has been to explore the world and he has done just that, camera in hand for well over 40 years.- Photographer/Tour Operator/Author/TV Presenter/Fisherman.
Pearce Leal, Darren son (1993) is a photographer based in Naarm. He approaches photography with a focus on the subtle interrelationships between humanity and fragile ecosystems.
This night is not to be missed.

'Battle of the Malverns' International Interclub Competition (Zoom only)
2024-05-31 20:00 - 21:00 | Via Zoom
Please join us on Friday 31 May at 8pm (Zoom only) for a Special Event to showcase the ‘Battle of the Malverns’ Interclub Competition to view the images from all the clubs.
Judging and Audience voting is complete and the results are as follows:
Club Results

First Place: Johannesburg Camera Club with 1013 points
Second Place: Melbourne Camera club with 996 points
Third Place: Beacon Camera Club 978 points

MCC Individual Results
Congratulations to Kyffin Lewis for achieving the ‘Best in Show’ award for Pied Herons.
Kyffin’s image also received two judges 1st awards and 2 audience awards: Third place (from Beacon CC) and Second place (Johannesburg CC).
Other MCC member awards were:

Sally Paterson: Blackberries (2nd Beacon Audience award)
Andrew Costigan: Lunch Break (3rd Equal Beacon Audience award)
Gary Richardson: Colours of Broome (3rd Beacon Judge award)
Juerg von Kaenal: Blood Moon (3rd Johannesburg Judge award)

Congratulations to all participants for entering this inaugural international competition.

Smartphone Photography Workshop with Mike James
2024-06-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Unleash your smartphone cameras full potential and enhance your photography skills. Learn to see, capture and edit your best photos in this club workshop.

Topics include:

Secret camera features

Capture techniques

Photo intention/storytelling

Composition (framing the photo)

Mobile camera apps and accessories

Mobile photo editing​ apps and workflows

Portrait Group
2024-06-03 19:00 - 22:30, 2024-07-01 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
2024-06-04 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
University of Melbourne
Details sent via mailout on Wed 22nd May 2024.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Guest Speaker: Julie Powell-Still Life, Macro and Portrait Photographer and Educator.
2024-06-06 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Our guest speaker this week is Julie Powell. Julie describes herself as a bit of a dag and you will instantly be drawn into her larger than life personalty as she presents at the MCC. Julie loves nothing better than to help photographers, just like you, improve your skills and boost your confidence in your photography, and indeed in yourself. Especially for photographers & creatives with an affinity for Still Life, Macro, Food and Product Photography. Check out Julie’s website www.juliepowellphoto.com and just try to take it all in.
Julie’s motto is Life is meant to be enjoyed…so have fun! Dont miss this opportunity to be inspired by the many facets of Julie’s career as a photographer and educator.

Australian Wildlife Displays invite you to a unique photographic experience.
2024-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne Camera Club would like to invite you to a unique photographic experience in our studio.
Australian Wildlife Displays offer an enchanting and immersive experience for nature enthusiasts and photography enthusiasts alike. Australia boasts an array of fascinating native animals that captivate photographers with their distinctive behaviours and vibrant colours. From iconic marsupials like possums and crocodiles to elusive creatures like the pythons, lizards, birds, frogs and bats you will be provided an up-close encounter with this most extraordinary wildlife.
More information will be available soon.

Print Competition (Club rooms only)
2024-06-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: People Portrait
Judge: TBA
Closing Date for Entries (digital upload): Midnight 12 June 2024

VAPS Convention: Federation University, Berwick: 14-16 June
2024-06-14 - 2024-06-16 | VIC
Registrations are open – cut off date: 26 May 2024
Link: https://www.vaps.org.au/online-registration-2.html
The 2024 VAPS Convention will be held at Federation University, Berwick Friday 14 to Sunday 16 June.
The event will include a Cocktail Party on Friday night at the University. Presentations and workshops at the University and local locations over Saturday and Sunday.
The Awards Dinner on Saturday night will be held at the Cranbourne Turf Club.
The Print Exhibition will be open from 2pm on Friday, as will registrations, and the EDPI and AV’s will be available for viewing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

MCC Lighting group - lighting in macro photography
2024-06-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us at the MCC Studio where we will look at lighting in a macro shooting environment

Introduction to Darkroom Basics Course – 15th June & 16th June 2023
2024-06-15 12:30 - 2024-06-16 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Film Developing and Printing Course – Darkroom

Digital Editing Group
2024-06-17 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.
A few weeks ago we had Michael Marlborough from Kayell present on the Thursday night on the subject of printing. This month for Digital Editing Group, I thought it would be opportune to follow up with a deep dive into printing workflow. This will include an initial image edit, soft proofing and amending the file through to test printing and final printing. Both Lightroom and Photoshop are demonstrated in the videos I have for you this month.

Mid-Week Outing
2024-06-18 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Australian Sports Museum, MCG
Details sent via mailout on 4 June 2024.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Conceptual Photography Special Interest Group Meeting
2024-06-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us for a fun interactive session on the topic of Conceptual Photography. Newbies welcome! See the Group Page for more information.

Nature Exhibition Launch
2024-06-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Nature Exhibition
2024-06-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-22 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

APG June meeting
2024-06-24 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
June meeting @ the club
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras

Board Meeting
2024-06-25 19:30 - 21:00 | VIC
The MCC Board meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Any items for the Board should be provided on the standard proposal template – link here
and emailed to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2024-06-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Set Subject: People Portrait
Judge: TBA
Closing Date for Entries: Midnight 12 June 2024
Zoom Link: published in the Weekly Newsletter

Mid-Week Outing
2024-07-02 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Docklands Walk
Details sent via mailout on 18th June 2024.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Guest Speaker: Adam Kopf "LAOWA "
2024-07-04 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This Thursday night 4 July (8pm) we will welcome Adam Kopf from RADBITZ.com to MCC, the exclusive distributor in Australia for Laowa by Venus Optics
Adam will bring a range of lenses to the club to try out – bring along your camera!
Laowa camera lenses are renowned for their innovative designs and exceptional optical performance.
Produced by Venus Optics, these lenses stand out in the photography world due to their unique features like ultra-wide angles, macro capabilities

and specialty lenses such as the world’s widest rectilinear lens.
Laowa lenses are crafted with meticulous attention to detail, offering photographers and videographers alike a tool that combines versatility with high image quality.
Whether capturing expansive landscapes, intricate macro details, or creative perspectives, Laowa lenses consistently deliver sharpness and clarity, making them a preferred choice among professionals and enthusiasts looking to push the boundaries of their creativity.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these exciting lenses and get a chance to speak to Adam Kopf from RADBITZ.com, the exclusive distributor in Australia for Laowa Visitors are very welcome!

MCC Lighting group - Hard vs Soft light
2024-07-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join us at the MCC studio where we will explore the different types of light – Hard vs Soft
