Melbourne Camera Club

Conceptual Photography Special Interest Group Meeting
2024-10-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | 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.

Conceptual Exhibition Launch
2024-10-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Conceptual Exhibition
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-20 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Digital Editing Group
2024-10-21 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 are going to look at how to make your images pop by using selective editing. To do this we need to understand the fundamentals of masking in Lightroom and ACR. From there we will move onto fixing mistakes in Photoshop and have a look at the how you can master the curves tool. Finally if time permits, we will have a look at a start to finish edit.

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2024-10-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Set Subject: Minimalism
Judge: Alan Moyle
Closing Date for Entries: Midnight 9 October 2024
Zoom Link: published in the Weekly Newsletter

Nature Outing
2024-10-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

APG October meeting
2024-10-28 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
October meeting @ the club
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras

Guest Speaker :-Luke Robinson
2024-10-31 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Luke is the solo creative behind DROPMEDIA.com.au
With a lifetime of photographic experience and a passion for video, he decided to put together a creative media company. With his drive for excellence in his field we are guaranteed a great night.
Luke is also a very passionate and experienced drone pilot using those skills in his videography and photography. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity.

MCC Lighting Group - CANCELLED
2024-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Due to ill health this event has been cancelled

Portrait Group
2024-11-04 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
2024-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Note: Time changed to 6pm
Cup Day Portraits
Details sent via mailout on 16 Oct 2024
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Guest Speaker: Masa Hoss
2024-11-07 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Masa Hoss did not set out to find an art practice, instead it found her.
It was while pausing a flourishing business career to have children, Masa picked up a camera and thought to wonder, “How does one visualise the feeling of a moment?”
With this question in mind Masa turned her attention to creative photography, studying with the New York Institute of Photography in 2016 subsequently taking on an ever growing variety of commissions.
A unique mix of creative vision and visual precision distinguishes her work, influenced by a career as a strategist and an academic background in engineering.
Her work is informed by a passionate thirst for enquiry and an aesthetic awareness gathered from the cultural influences of Iran, New Zealand, Japan and Australia, concentrating on brand, portrait and art photography, and her practice of sumi ink painting.
Masa’s minimalist visualisations transport us with reverence, humour and gratitude to a realm of contemplation, a moment of calm to breathe and focus. It invites us to pay compassionate attention, to feel our connection and belonging to this world

Photo Discussion Group
2024-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 | 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, EDI, the latest tools, or just looking for tips – you will not be disappointed.

Guest Presenter - Mr Mark Bloothoofd
2024-11-14 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
With over 30 years of professional experience behind the lens, Mark brings passion and enthusiasm to his photography. For more than 20 years, he has been a judge at Camera Club’s, where he enjoys guiding photographers in developing their creative vision and ‘eye’.
As the Photographic Manager and Senior Photographer at Arthur Reed Photos, Mark leads a team of over 35 photographers. The company specialises in school, corporate, sport and event photography, with Mark at the forefront of training and overseeing the quality of the work produced.
Mark’s career is as varied as it is accomplished, having worked as a press photographer and as a still’s photographer on independent films. For him, photography is more than a profession — it’s a lifelong journey that keeps him curious and inspired, always seeking to capture the world in new ways and helping other photographers as well.

Digital Editing Group
2024-11-18 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.
The topic for the last DEG meeting for 2024 is colour. There are an enormous number of tools in Lightroom and Camera Raw for adjusting colour. In this meeting, we will try to demystify those colour tools so that you can achieve the results you are looking for. Even if you are going to convert your image to monochrome, colour is important to ensure you achieve greyscale separation in your image.

Board Meeting
2024-11-19 19:30 - 21:00 | VIC
Any items for the Board should be provided on the standard proposal template – link here
and emailed to secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Mid-Week Outing
2024-11-20 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Newport Railway Museum.
Note that this is on a Wednesday, rather than the normal Tuesday.
Details sent via mailout on 5 Nov 2024
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Guest Speaker: Brien Cohn - Vigex Awards
2024-11-21 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Each Vigex exhibition is conducted with approval from the Australian Photographic Society Inc., the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (the International Federation of Photographic Art) and the Photographic Society of America, in line with the requirements of these organisations.It is also supported by the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (VAPS).VIGEX has been running successfully since its inception in 1980. The Victorian Government was the first sponsor, soon followed by the first major private sponsor, being Alcoa of Australia Limited. Many other local and national Australian sponsors have contributed over the years, including local municipal councils. Come and enjoy all the finalists in all genres and see some of the best photography from around the world.

**Cancelled** Nature Outing
2024-11-24 10:00 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature outing – details to be confirmed

APG November meeting
2024-11-25 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
November meeting @ the club
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras
Wrap up of year
Social event

Guest Presenter- Alex Meagher- Blonde Robot
2024-11-28 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Blonde Robot is an importer and distributor of leading products for the consumer camera and professional content creation markets in over 15 countries throughout Oceania and South East Asia.
Blonde Robot was born over a few beers when two friends shook hands and decided to start a company – done deal. Over the next few months we learned that a handshake is not actually a contract accepted by the Australian government, the banking sector, accountants and other businesses; in fact no one really took us seriously until we hired a lawyer, signed a heap of documents and came back under the name “Blonde Robot Pty Ltd“.

We still pride ourselves on being handshake guys and a third robot director was added in exactly that way. A handshake over a beer. We take this handshake philosophy right through to our customers, suppliers and basically anyone we do business with.
From humble beginnings in residential Fitzroy, Blonde Robot has moved twice as we outgrow premises and are now the distributor for the coolest new products from consumer cameras and electronics and the most prestigious brands available for professional video. Our mantra is simple – we sell the cool stuff.
Alex will be bringing along the absolutely brilliant range of Hobolite compact lighting among other gear.

Portrait Group Outdoor Shoot
2024-12-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
For the last Portrait Group meeting of the year we will (weather permitting) have an outdoor shoot making use of natural light (while it is about) and portable flash (after the Sun goes down).
We will have a number of models (we invite all the models who have been at Portrait Group this year, but won’t know until shortly before the day how many will come along).
An excellent chance to practice portrait photography skills and grow your portfolio, the meeting is a practical photography session.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.

Note that we will meet at 6pm to get more use of natural light. Venue will be determined closer to the date, and will be published here and on the Portrait Group mailing list (make sure you join by going to https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/member-profile-page/ and ticking the Portrait Group box).
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/)
If the weather is against us we will revert to the Club studio.

Mid-Week Outing
2024-12-03 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Eureka Sky Deck.
Details sent via mailout on 20th Nov 2024
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

EOY PDI Slideshow & Exhibition Opening
2024-12-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

MCC Lighting & Photowalk Outing
2024-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Flinders Street Station, cnr Flinders / Swanston Sts, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Join us for an evening in the city with the MCC Lighting and Photowalk groups, exploring the evening light and visiting the laser and light show on the Yarra outside Crown.
Date: Friday 6 December
Meeting time: 7.30pm
Meeting location: under the clocks on the steps of Flinders Street Station

MCC End of Year Exhibition
2024-12-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
