Melbourne Camera Club

Competition Entries Due
2022-08-10 23:59, 2022-09-07 23:59 (Australia/Melbourne) | 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)
2022-08-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-09-08 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC

Print Competition
2022-08-11 20:00 - 23:00, 2022-09-08 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

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

Digital Editing Group
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.

Introduction to Photography
2022-08-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Conceptual Photography Group
2022-08-17 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC

Club Night: Guest Speaker – Paul Dodd – Minimalist Photographers – Clubrooms & Hybrid Meeting
2022-08-18 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
In September the competition set subject is Minimalism. Tonight MCC Member Paul Dodd will present a talk on Minimalist Photographers. This talk follows on from a previous presentation on Modern Still Life Photographers. Whilst not a discussion of Minimalism per se (although that will certainly be mentioned), this talk covers some of Paul’s favourite Minimalist photographers and discusses their work in an interactive manner.
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.

Nature Outing - Yea Wetlands
2022-08-21 10:00 - 14:00 | VIC
Visit to Yea Wetlands – please contact nature@melbournecameraclub.org.au for further information

APG monthly meeting
2022-08-22 19:30 - 23:00 | VIC
Monthly club meeting

Portrait session: Shooting studio portraits on film
By Matt Smith
This will be the format for the night

Quick overview of using off camera flash for portraits
Show how to position and meter a simple two light set up
Test the setup and settings with a tethered digital camera so participants can see what the lighting will look like
Test everyone’s camera will fire the trigger (Best ask participants not to load film until they’ve tested their camera with the sync cable and flash trigger)
Buddy up in pairs and depending on how many participants we have, allocate a time for each pair to shoot each other. I’ll be on hand to provide posing advice
Bit of a debrief about how participants found the experience

Instructions for participants before attending:

Can use any 35mm or medium format film camera with manual settings (but no point and shoots) providing it has an X sync
Preferably shoot iso 200 film just for consistency of settings across the group
Don’t load film until we’ve tested their camera will fire the lights!!

Matt will bring the lights, trigger, sync cable and an adapter that should enable the trigger to attach to any cold or hot shoe. If their camera doesn’t have a shoe (like my Rolleiflex) will just have to hold the trigger! Will use the club’s stands and soft boxes.

If we have lots of problems with peoples cameras not firing the flash, we can have a plan B set up just using the modelling lights as a ‘constant’ light.

Show and tell
Depending on time the normal show and tell will be after the portrait session.

Mid-Week Outing
2022-08-23 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Note: This outing is on the 4th Tuesday of August
State Library
Details sent via mailout on 22 July 2022
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

2022 Inter-Club Portrait Competition | Judging & Awards: Zoom only
2022-08-23 19:30 - 21:00 | VIC
Thank you everyone for submitting your images for selection to represent the Melbourne Camera Club in the 2022 Club Portrait Competition being run by the Camberwell Camera Club.
A panel of four curators have selected the 21 images (out of over 140 images submitted by you), which have now been submitted to the competition.
The judging and awards night will be held on Tuesday 23 August 2022 commencing at 7:30pm via Zoom.
The following week on Tuesday 30 August 2022 at 7:30pm, there will be a further Zoom gathering, where photographers of winning and various award images will be invited to discuss their image in some detail.
Zoom details will be made available closer to the date.
Any queries please contact Competition Committee: email: mcc-compcommittee@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2022-08-25 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
2022-08-25 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

Grace Lock Meeting - Image sharing and discussion - Zoom only
2022-08-26 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC
Join us online to be inspired and motivated by your fellow members, as we share our current photographic projects/journey and images. Come with your images and queries ready on screen, along with any other photographic issues and info that you may want to share or get assistance with. Or just to spend some time with your fellow photography enthusiasts, from the comfort of your lounge room.
All welcome

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 3
2022-08-28 09:30 - 12:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

2022 Inter-Club Portrait Competition | Winning Images Discussion: Zoom only
2022-08-30 19:30 - 21:00 | VIC

Club Night: Guest Speaker – Clubrooms & Hybrid Meeting
2022-09-01 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Tonight MCC member Paul Dodd continues his series on renowned photographers of different genres. This evening’s presentation ties in with an upcoming competition set subject and is on Architectural Photographers. “Classic” architectural photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Julius Shulman and Wolfgang Sievers, as well as more recent photographers such as Julia Anna Gospodarou, Arnaud Bertrand, and Australia’s own John Gollings will be featured.
Join this evening to find out more about this fascinating and diverse topic – and hopefully find some inspiration for the competition in October.
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.

Father's Day
2022-09-04 | VIC

Portrait Group
2022-09-05 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
2022-09-06 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Chapel St, Prahran
Details sent via mailout on 18 Aug 2022
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

Photowalk Community – Toorongo Falls, Gippsland
2022-09-11 13:30 - 19:00 | VIC
Photowalk Community – Toorongo Falls, Gippsland

We welcome MCC members and friends to the September photowalk.

For this month’s outing we heading out of the city to Toorongo Falls in Gippsland.

In addition to photographic opportunities of the waterfalls, keep a look out for bats, sugar gliders and possums who call the dense eucalypt bush home.

Date: Sunday 11 September

Drive time from Melbourne approx 1hr 45min
1.30-1.45pm: Meeting location: Noojee Heritage Centre / Tourist Information Centre, 405-415 Mt Baw Baw Tourist Rd, Noojee
2.00pm: Leave for Toorongo Falls and Amphitheatre Falls carpark (20 mins drive from Museum)
On arrival at the Falls, park in carpark – start the hike uphill to Toorongo and Amphitheatre Falls. The round trip will take approx 2.5 hrs
Dinner at 6pm at Noojee Hotel 411 Mt Baw Baw Tourist Road, Noojee (20 mins drive)

Notes

Bring a tripod, ND filter/s if you plan to capture long exposures of the waterfall
Check the weather and bring hiking boots or gumboots if it is wet.
Warm clothing, check weather forecast

RSVP is essential for planning purposes and dinner numbers, please advise by Friday 9 September, 8pm if you will be joining the outing and dinner. Email: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au

All MCC events require all attendees to check in using MCC QR code. If you are unwell at all, please stay home. Please see the Photowalk Coordinators on arrival to register.

We look forward to you joining us on Sunday 11 September.

Any queries, please contact the Photowalk Coordinators: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Photo Discussion Group
2022-09-12 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.

Lighting Group
2022-09-13 19:30 | VIC
Lighting Group will meet at MCC studio at 7.30pm.

Board Meeting
2022-09-14 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.
