Portrait Group
2024-08-05 19:00 - 22:30, 2024-09-02 19:00 - 22:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | 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/)

No Outing - Mid-Week Group
2024-08-06, 2024-08-20 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
No Outing – Winter Break
To receive mailouts, tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Introduction to Photography Course
2024-08-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-08-11 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-08-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-08-18 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-08-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-08-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This course consists of 5 lessons and 3 workshops held over a 5 week period. The lessons are held at the MCC Clubrooms on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Workshops are held on the Sunday mornings 9.30am – early afternoon. See the website for course outline and FAQ

Print Competition (Club rooms only)
2024-08-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Set Subject: Still Life
Judge: TBA
Closing Date for Entries (digital upload): Midnight 7 August 2024

MCC Lighting Group
2024-08-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Using a single light in the Studio

Photo Discussion Group
2024-08-12 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 Speaker: Peter Berzanskis-Architecture
2024-08-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Peter Berzanskis
Ladies and Gentlemen
Please mark the 15th August in your diary so you don’t miss out on this amazing presentation by this master of photography.
Peter is an innovative artist who uses photography, digital manipulation, and AI to explore modern urban landscapes. His work blurs the lines between realism and surrealism, presenting familiar spaces with a uniquely unsettling twist. By highlighting the dichotomy within urban environments—from corporate monuments to forgotten, shadowy corners—Peter’s images offer a profound social and political critique of contemporary Western society. His deliberate exclusion of people in his frames underscores themes of loneliness and missed opportunities, emphasizing capitalism’s failure to embrace inclusivity.
Recently, Peter has embraced AI to generate images, pushing the boundaries of digital manipulation and blending human creativity with cutting-edge technology. This new direction allows him to explore new dimensions of visual expression, creating intricate and thought-provoking compositions.
In 2022, Peter earned a Master of Arts in Photography and received the prestigious MGA Monash Gallery of Art Award for Excellence. This accolade marked a significant milestone in his career, affirming the resonant impact of his work.
Commercial Photography, Digital Artist – Peter Berzanskis

Photowalk and Nature Group Outing
2024-08-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature Group & Photowalk Community – Melbourne Zoo outing
Our August Photowalk & Nature Outing will be an afternoon at the Melbourne Zoo. This is a good opportunity to capture animals and their environment.
We will finish with early dinner/drinks at a nearby pub in Royal Parade, Parkville.
Please RSVP to attend the dinner before 5pm Friday 16 August email: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au
Important: Zoo Tickets must be pre-booked
The Zoo recommends all non-zoo members, need to have a pre-booked zoo ticket before you arrive at the zoo to avoid missing out on entry. Zoo Members, no longer need to pre-book your zoo ticket as you have guaranteed entry to the zoo but you do need to scan your member card at the gate. Purchase tickets: https://www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/whats-on/events/entry/

Ticket prices: Adult $53.00 / Senior $48.00 / Concession $40.00

Public Transport:

Tram: #58 West Coburg to Toorak runs from William Street in the city, stopping at Stop 26 – Rail Gate Entrance to the Zoo.
Train: Upfield Line to/from Royal Park Station

Car parking:

$2 for a five-hour ticket. Please check that your parking ticket is correctly displayed on your dashboard before leaving your car, as the area is regularly monitored by City of Melbourne parking officers. Download the EasyPark App to skip the queue and pay for parking from your phone. https://easypark.com.au/en_au

Outing Details:
Date: Sunday 18 August 2024
Time: 1pm for 1.15pm start
Meeting location: ‘Meerkats Cafe’ inside the Main Gate near the carpark, make your way to the meeting location after entering the zoo
Address: Melbourne Zoo, Elliott Avenue, Parkville
Duration: 4 hours plus dinner (optional)
Please ensure you RSVP for the dinner by 5pm Friday 16 August email: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au
We look forward to MCC Members and friends joining us for the August Photowalk & Nature Outing.

Digital Editing Group
2024-08-19 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 will be looking at:
Editing in Lightroom – masking, Generative remove AI tool, dodging and burning.
Photoshop – masking hair, colour matching, using a tablet for editing.

Conceptual Photography Special Interest Group Meeting
2024-08-21 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.

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2024-08-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Via Zoom
Set Subject: Still Life
Judge: TBA
Closing Date for Entries: Midnight 7 August 2024
Zoom Link: published in the Weekly Newsletter

Board Meeting
2024-08-26 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

APG August meeting
2024-08-26 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
August meeting @ the club
Guest speaker TBA
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras

Analogue Exhibition Launch
2024-08-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Analogue Exhibition
2024-08-31 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-07 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-08 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Mid-Week Outing
2024-09-03 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
ANZ Banking Museum & 333 Collins Street, Melb CBD
Details sent via mailout on 21 Aug 2024.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Introduction to Photography Course
2024-09-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
For Registered Participants
This course consists of 5 lessons and 3 workshops held over a 5 week period. The lessons are held at the MCC Clubrooms on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Workshops are held on the Sunday mornings 9.30am – early afternoon.
See the website for course outline and FAQ.
Introduction to Photography – Enrolments Open

Guest Speaker: Brian Martin-NGV
2024-09-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Brian will take us on a tour of some of the NGV’s most iconic photographs from their exhibition and give us a fascinating insight to their history along with some terrific “back stories’ that he includes in his tour’s, and also talk about the shift in “photographic technology”. Brian will also be referring to smart phones and some of his photos taken using the iPhone 12 taken on one of his self-funded visits to India looking at some of his Rotary water and sanitation projects they have partnered with local Rotary clubs and explain some positive aspects of life in India as opposed to uninformed view that India is “full of beggars in the streets”. Be prepared for a really entertaining evening.

MCC Lighting Group
2024-09-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Using a Second & Third Light in the Studio
