Melbourne Camera Club

Photo Discussion Group
2023-11-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | 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.

Conceptual Photography Special Interest Group
2023-11-15 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

*Zoom only* Portrait Interclub Competition Awards Night
2023-11-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Digital Editing Group
2023-11-20 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 programs.
For the last DEG meeting for the year we are going to look at some start to finish editing using Lightroom, Photoshop or both. I will also demonstrate how some of my awarded images from 2023 were created.

Mid-Week Outing
2023-11-21 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Ian Potter Centre NGV, Fed Square
Details sent via mailout on 8 Nov 2023.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
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VIGEX Presentation
2023-11-23 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Presentation of PDI images from the VIGEX Competition.

Nature Outing
2023-11-26 09:00 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Nature Outing – Pound Bend Warrandyte

APG Meeting
2023-11-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras
Planning Session & EOY Social

Board Meeting
2023-11-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-01-23 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

EOY PDI Slide Show & Exhibition Opening
2023-11-30 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Lighting Group
2023-12-02 10:00 - 11:30 | Mr Margareta’s, 52 Park Street, South Melbourne, Australia
This will be a fun morning where we will be ordering food (at your own expense) and photographing it using a range of lighting techniques before eating it

EOY Exhibition
2023-12-02 10:00 - 2023-12-03 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Portrait Group Outdoor Shoot
2023-12-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Mr Margareta’s, 52 Park Street, South Melbourne, 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
2023-12-05 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve, Elsterwick
Details sent via mailout on 22 Nov 2023
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
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EOY Awards Night
2023-12-07 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

APG January meeting
2024-01-22 19:30 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
January meeting @ the club
Show and Tell, feedback on printmaking, Passion Projects, Work In Progress, sharing of interesting cameras

Social BBQ from 6.30pm
2024-02-01 18:30 - 20:00 | VIC
MCC Members are invited to join the Board to welcome everyone back to the Clubrooms for our annual BBQ on Thursday evening.
Following the BBQ will be promotion presentations by Members who were promoted from B Grade to A Grade at the End of Year Awards. Please join us at 8pm in the gallery.
Any queries please contact the Secretary: secretary@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Promotion To Grade A Presentation
2024-02-01 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Please join us to hear some inspiring presentations from our awarded members being promoted from B grade to A grade at the end of year awards in December 2023
The following people are promoted to grade A:
Alison Crea
Richard Coathup
Andrew Costigan
Renate Parton
Megan Smith

MCC Lighting Group - Sunset Shoot
2024-02-02 19:30 - 21:00 | D’Lish Fish, 105 Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Vic, 3207, Australia
Join us at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne for a fun exploration of shooting the Sunset, we will also have a special under the Pier shoot (tide permitting)
We will meet outside D’Lish Fish at 7.30pm (Sunset is at 8:33pm)

Portrait Group
2024-02-05 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
2024-02-06 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Blue Lotus Water Garden.
Details were sent via mailout on 18 Jan 2024.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Introduction to Photography February Course 2024
2024-02-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-02-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Introduction to Photography – Enrolments Open

Special Event - Ludovico Hart
2024-02-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As there will be no Print Competition this month, this Thursday Club Night we will be holding a special event on Ludovico Hart (c.1836 – 1919) who was the founder of Melbourne Camera Club back in 1891. We will have a display of some of Ludovico’s photographs on display from our archives and have a short presentation from our archives.

Portrait Workshop - Film Noir & Gatsby Inspired Portraits
2024-02-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Portrait Workshop – Film Noir & Gatsby Inspired Portraits

Introduction to Photography Workshop
2024-02-11 09:30 - 12:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Portrait Workshop – Film Noir & Gatsby Inspired Portraits
2024-02-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Club Member: Joanne Rinaldi-Storytelling
2024-02-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
‘A picture tells a
thousand words’
Storytelling photography is the art of
telling compelling and captivating stories
through pictures.
As for me, there’s no better
story shared than from the
people themselves.
