Club Night: Guest Speaker – Clubrooms & Hybrid Meeting
2022-07-07 20:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
Please join us in person at the Clubrooms or on Zoom for this event.
Zoom details will be emailed to members a couple of days before the event.

Photo Discussion Group
2022-07-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-08-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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.

Board Meeting
2022-07-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-10 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.

Competition Entries Due
2022-07-13 23:59, 2022-08-10 23:59 | VIC
Club Competitions
Print Upload
PDI Upload
Set Subjects

Change to Competition Entry Submission Date starting July 2022
The submission date for the electronic versions of both Print and PDI entries are to be changed to the Wednesday night before the Print Competition, at 11:59pm.
This will allow the stewards time to identify potential duplicate images prior to the Print Competition night and prior to images being sent to the judge for PDI.
If a member puts up a print image that has not been submitted electronically the night before, then it will be moved to the Image Critique section.
We believe this will make the competitions fairer for all entrants.
Competition Committee

Print Competition (In club rooms only)
2022-07-14 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-08-11 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC

Print Competition
2022-07-14 20:00 - 23:00, 2022-08-11 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

Nature Outing - Flying Foxes
2022-07-17 10:00 - 14:00 | VIC
Visit to Yarra River to view flying fox colony
For more details contact mcc-nature@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Digital Editing Group
2022-07-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-08-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
For the October meeting we have the following organised:
For those new to Lightroom, demystifying some of the tools you will use;
Intermediate: How to combine exposure bracketing and focus stacking to generate a single image (Lightroom and Photoshop); and
Advanced photoshop: What is “Blend if” and how is it used.
Finally if time permits, we can look at start to finish processing by the professionals.

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 – email your image to digital.editing@melbournecameraclub.org.au a few days before an upcoming meeting.

Mid-Week Outing
2022-07-19 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Collins Street Walk, Melbourne (Not: Chinese Museum)
Details sent via mailout on 11 Jul 2022
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

Conceptual Photography Group
2022-07-20 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC

Club Night: Guest Speaker – Carly Michael – Clubrooms & Hybrid Meeting
2022-07-21 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Photos.
An overview of the world of photos looking at where we have come from and where we are going from the perspective of a photo manager.

In March 2020, Carly Michael founded PhotoGenie. Carly was the fifth generation family member to manage michaels camera video & digital, the 100-year-old iconic camera store in Melbourne’s CBD. Over almost 18 years she worked in and managed the photo lab of the family business which specialised in digitising, restoring & preserving family photos.
Carly had always been concerned that when providing archiving services her lab was simply transferring the physical mess into a digital mess. In 2017 she discovered that Photo Management was an emerging industry providing a system to organise photos and finally providing a solution for this problem.
Please join us in person at the Clubrooms or on Zoom for this event.
Zoom details will be emailed to members a couple of days before the event.

Grace Lock Meeting - Image sharing and discussion
2022-07-22 18:30 - 21:30 | VIC
An optional dinner at the Railway Hotel at 6.30pm followed by a meeting at the club rooms from 7.30pm.
The purpose of this meeting is to inspire and motivate with sharing our current photographic projects/journey and images. Please bring images either print or electronic and any other photographic issues that you may want to share or get assistance with.
All welcome

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2022-07-28 20:00 | Via Zoom
The monthly competition for digital projected images.
The images must be uploaded via —- by the previous Thursday

PDI Competition - Zoom Only
2022-07-28 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Club Competitions
PDI Upload
Set Subjects

Change to Competition Entry Submission Date starting July 2022
The submission date for the electronic versions of both Print and PDI entries are to be changed to the Wednesday night before the Print Competition, at 11:59pm.
This will allow the stewards time to identify potential duplicate images prior to the Print Competition night and prior to images being sent to the judge for PDI.
If a member puts up a print image that has not been submitted electronically the night before, then it will be moved to the Image Critique section.
We believe this will make the competitions fairer for all entrants.
Competition Committee

Open House Melbourne
2022-07-30 10:00 - 16:00, 2022-07-31 11:00 - 15:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Portrait Group
2022-08-01 19:00 - 23:00 | 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 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/)
Due to changes in government and MCC COVID-19 policy, our restrictions are somewhat relaxed, However, we strongly recommend wearing a mask, especially when socialising between taking shots.

Mid-Week Outing
2022-08-02 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Serendip Sanctuary
Details sent via mailout on 19 July 2022
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

Introduction to Photography
2022-08-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

*Zoom Only* Club Night: Guest Speaker – Karen Alsop & Others – Preparing Your Images for Competition
2022-08-04 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Karen Alsop will be speaking to us about how to prepare your images for competition – or exhibition.
Karen owns and runs StoryArt which she describes as “Imaginative, conceptual art born of Photography, and manipulated into a mesmerising surreal story telling image”. Karen’s work combines her photography with incredible photo compositing, using PhotoShop – resulting in amazing artwork that she sells or is available for commission. Karen has arranged for a number of photographers to show some of their award winning work and to discuss what they have done to prepare their work for entry into competitions.
Karen, together with Robyn Campbell, have created the Australian Photographic Prize – a competition designed to fill the void caused by the closure of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers (AIPP). This competition caters to both amateur and professional photographers and includes print and digital competitions. In addition, there are categories for composited work such as her own StoryArt creations and also for short videos.
Please join us on Zoom for this event.
Zoom details will be emailed to members a couple of days before the event.

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 1
2022-08-07 09:30 - 12:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 2
2022-08-14 09:30 - 14:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
