Melbourne Camera Club

Board Meeting
2020-08-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2020-07-08 19:30 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Via Zoom

Board Meeting
2020-08-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2020-07-08 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: MCC Member - Tuck Leong "Impressions of Nature"
2020-08-06 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Please refer to email to all Members for Zoom login details for this virtual meeting – the email will be sent a couple of days in advance of the event.

Board papers due
2020-08-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-07-01 19:00 - 19:30 | VIC
All submissions to the Board must be to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au by this date.
Any proposal to go to the Board must use this proforma otherwise it may not be considered.

Mid-Week Group (Virtual Meeting)
2020-08-04 10:30 - 11:30, 2020-07-07 10:30 - 11:30 | VIC
Click here for further details about the Mid-week Outing Group

Portrait Group
2020-08-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Special exercise – August Zoom meeting
For this meeting David Gilliver will be guiding everyone through some camera exercises with on-camera flash to teach some basic flash concepts. These concepts may be useful for taking portraits in your own home.
To participate you will need:
– digital camera with manual controls for aperture/shutter/ISO/white balance
– “speedlight” flash (most exercises can be done with popup flash if required)
– something to take photos of (eg. coffee mug, bowl of fruit, stuffed toy, another person, store mannequin)
– a white piece of paper
If there is time at the end, David will demonstrate using a speedlight as an off-camera flash.
If you need the Zoom meeting info, please email portrait@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Please Note
Until further notice Portrait Group shoots are being replaced with online Zoom Meetings.
For meeting details please make sure you are on the Portrait Group mailing list (email portrait@melbournecameraclub.org.au if you are not).

This is the monthly meeting of the Portrait Group – first Monday of each month. An excellent chance to practice portrait photography skills 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) and $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.

*MCC Clubroom Events are cancelled until 30 September 2020*
2020-08-01, 2020-07-01 | VIC
https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/2020/03/21/announcement-from-mcc-board-15-march-2020/
https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/2020/04/05/announcement-from-mcc-board-1-april-2020/

Virtual Meeting: Guest Speaker - Bindi Cole Chocka "Artist Talk - Narrating Identity through Photography"
2020-07-30 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Virtual Meeting: Guest Speaker – Bindi Cole Chocka “Artist Talk – Narrating Identity through Photography”

Award-winning artist, Bindi Cole Chocka was born in 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently a PhD candidate at Deakin University.
Mixing photography, video and installation, Bindi makes artwork exploring identity that traverses the line between the self, the cultural and the political. In the last 10 years, Chocka has held 25 solo shows and been in over 60 group exhibitions. She has been shortlisted for 18 art prizes and won or placed in 6. In 2010, Chocka was named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential people in Melbourne.
Her work is held in many collections across the globe. She lives and works in Melton, is married and has two children.

**Please refer to email to all Members for Zoom login details for this virtual meeting – the email will be sent a couple of days in advance of the event.

Bindi Cole Chocka

Virtual Nature Meeting - Guest Speaker - Kim Wormald
2020-07-28 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
Virtual Meeting of the Special Interest Nature Group involving presentation by Kim Wormald, an internationally awarded wildlife photographer listed in the International Who’s Who of Nature Photographers, best know for her stunning bird photography.

Analogue Photography Virtual Group Meeting
2020-07-27 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
The Analogue Photography Group meets on the 4th Monday of the month. Members are encouraged to bring along their current work- either completed or in progress. Each meeting will have either a talk, a demonstration or an activity (or all of the above). The APG program can be found on the website.
Visitors who would like to attend can send an email to analogue.group@melbournecameraclub.org.au to obtain the Zoom details.

Virtual PDI Competition
2020-07-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
PDI Competition
Set Subjects
Competition Scores
Rules
Rules for Monthly Competitions
Entry format & presentation rules
Competition entry rules

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2020-07-23 20:00, 2020-06-25 20:00 | Via Zoom
The monthly competition for digital projected images.
The images must be uploaded via —- by the previous Thursday

Digital Editing Group
2020-07-20 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
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 . Send a digital image to digital.editing@melbournecameraclub.org.au a few days before an upcoming meeting..
MEETING ONE: Monday February 17th: .Beginner: Preparing entries for PDI Comp
Beginner, Intermediate Advanced A look at available software – subscription, paid and free.

Virtual Meeting: Guest Speaker - Mieke Boynton: Awesome Abstracts – the fun and curiosity of macros and aerials.
2020-07-16 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Please refer to email to all Members for Zoom login details for this virtual meeting – the email will be sent a couple of days in advance of the event.
Awesome Abstracts – the Fun and Curiosity of Macros & Aerials
Mieke Boynton is a professional landscape photographer based in Bright, Victoria, and is one of Australia’s leading abstract aerial specialists. She is the current Victorian Landscape Photographer of the Year, and the first Australian and first female to be awarded the prestigious “Photographer of the Year” title in the Epson International Pano Awards (which she won with three abstract aerial panoramas). She will be joining us on Thursday evening via Zoom to share her fascination with Abstract photography, and show a selection of her favourite abstract captures. These will include a series of aerial abstracts, but also some recent work using oil & water, smoke, and other creative manipulations which can be achieved in the comfort of your own home. Mieke will also be sharing some unpublished recent work from an exciting new series she is working on.
She regularly shares new work, updates and events on Facebook and Instagram.
Website: www.miekeboynton.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MiekeBoyntonPhotography
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miekeboyntonphotography

Photo Discussion Group
2020-07-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
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. the

Print Competition
2020-07-09 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

Virtual PDI Competition
2020-07-09 20:00 - 22:00 | VIC
PDI Competitions
Set Subjects
Competition Scores
Rules
Rules for Monthly Competitions
Entry format & presentation rules
Competition entry rules

Portrait Group
2020-07-06 19:00 - 23:00 | Via Zoom
Please Note
Until further notice Portrait Group shoots are being replaced with online Zoom Meetings.
For meeting details please make sure you are on the Portrait Group mailing list (email portrait@melbournecameraclub.org.au if you are not).

This is the monthly meeting of the Portrait Group – first Monday of each month. An excellent chance to practice portrait photography skills 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) and $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.

Guest Speaker Bryce Dunkley Photobooks and Project Management
2020-07-02 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Photographer and teacher Bryce Dunkley will present a brief overview of producing a photobook including selecting a theme, identifying a target audience, editing, layout, text, cover selection, colour management and how to get started. As a case study Bryce will then discuss the project management involved in producing his coffee table book ‘The Great Ocean Road, Sea Breeze and Surf’.

Analogue Photography Group Meeting
2020-06-29 19:30 - 23:00 | VIC
The Analogue Photography Group meets on the 4th Monday of the month. Members are encouraged to bring along their current work- either completed or in progress. Each meeting will have either a talk, a demonstration or an activity (or all of the above). The APG program can be found on the website.

Nature Group Outing Woodlands Historic Park
2020-06-21 10:00 - 15:00 | VIC
Visit to Woodlands Historic Park to photograph birds, river gums, kangaroos and fungi. Due to restrictions on numbers for group activities, all attendees must register first at mcc@melbournecameraclub.org.au.

Virtual Meeting - MCC Member: Greg Thomas "Intro to Macro"
2020-06-18 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC

Virtual Meeting Conceptual Photography Group
2020-06-17 19:30 - 22:00 | VIC
Member Proposal Presentations

What themes am I interested in photographing?
Commencing our conceptual body of work
