Melbourne Camera Club

PDI Competition (Zoom only)
2026-10-22 20:00 - 22:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Via Zoom
Set Subject: Public sculptures (use coloured lighting effects, different compositions, make it conceptual)
Judge: Mario Mirabile ( )
Closing Date for Entries: Midnight Wednesday 7 October 2026
Zoom Link: published in the Newsletter

Nature Group Outing
2026-10-25 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-11-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
TBA

APG October Meeting
2026-10-26 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Agenda:

Welcome: welcome guests and new members. Apologies.
Introduce guest speaker: Morganna Magee.
Presentation 45 minutes.
Q&A 15 minutes.
Show and tell of projects, cameras and all things analogue.
Questions and answers on analogue issues.
Announcements of upcoming workshops, excursions, presenters, activities.

Greg Branson will host this meeting.
About the guest speaker:
Morganna Magee is a photographer and educator working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Her photographic practice examines human relationships with the natural world through innovative applications of traditional techniques.

In 2022 she published her debut monograph “Extraordinary Experiences” with Tall Poppy Press. The book was nominated for Australian Photobook of the Year, and was listed as one of the photobooks of 2022 by both Gabriela Cendoya and Robin Titchner.

Portrait Group
2026-11-02 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
2026-11-03 10:30 - 14:00, 2026-12-01 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Details will be sent via mailout.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Photo Discussion Group
2026-11-09 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, PDI, the latest tools, or just looking for tips – you will not be disappointed.

Digital Editing Group
2026-11-16 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.
More detail of the topics to be discussed will be announced in the weeks before the meeting.

Mid-Week Outing
2026-11-17 10:30 - 14:00 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Brunswick Street Walk.
Details will be sent via mailout.
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Outing Group

Conceptual Photography Group
2026-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Check the Conceptual Group Home Page for details of each monthly meeting.

APG November Meeting
2026-11-23 19:30 - 22:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Agenda:

Welcome: welcome guests and new members. Apologies.
Show and tell of projects, cameras and all things analogue.
Questions and answers on analogue issues.
Announcements of upcoming workshops, excursions, presenters, activities.
Topics for discussion:

Plans for 2027 personal projects and EOY social.

Adelaide Bernard will host this meeting.

Portrait Group Outdoor Shoot
2026-12-07 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.
