Melbourne Camera Club

Grace Lock Outing - Newport Railyards Open Day
2022-03-13 13:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
Visit to the Newport Railyards Workshop Open Day 2022
Visit their website https://www.steamrail.com.au/opendays for details of the trains and displays available. If you want to attend, you need to book a ticket. Tickets for adults are $30.00. To book follow the links on the website above. All visitors are required to be fully vaccinated and show proof of this.
Here is a sample of what we will see:
See 30 STEAM LOCOS ON DISPLAY over two sites!
– Steamrail Victoria’s A2 986, D3 639, K153, K183, K190, R711, R761 & Y112 all in steam! – See them operate up close, view the cab, blow the whistle and meet the volunteer crew!
– K183 – Newly restored after a 19-year hiatus, joining in for its first ever Open Days
– 132 year old Y112 – Currently Australia’s oldest operating mainline locomotive – on loan from Sovereign Hill & operational in steam
Meeting details are:

1.00pm meeting on the left-hand side of the main gate as you face the gate.
Newport Railway Workshops, Champion Road North, Williamstown. The main gate is near the water tower opposite the cemetery.
5.30pm dinner Peachy Keen Rear of 82 Ferguson Street, Williamstown (down the lane)

All welcome.
There is no need to RSVP for this outing but if you wish to attend the dinner please inform us via gracelockgroup@melbournecameraclub.org.au to ensure an appropriate booking. If you are booking for dinner you will receive a response from Anne to confirm your booking.
Proof of full vaccination and sign in will be required in line with the club’s covid policy.
All welcome

Print Competition
2022-03-10 20:00 - 23:00, 2022-02-10 20:00 - 23:00 | VIC
The monthly competition for printed images

Print Competition (In club rooms only)
2022-03-10 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-02-10 20:00 - 21:30 | 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

Board Meeting
2022-03-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-02-09 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.

Introduction to Photography Course
2022-03-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-03-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-02-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-02-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Melbourne Camera Club, 254 Ferrars St, South Melbourne, VIC, Australia
For Registered Participants only
Further details: https://melbournecameraclub.org.au/courses/itp/
Please Contact Course Coordinator for more information.

Portrait Group
2022-03-07 19:00 - 23:00, 2022-02-07 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.

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 3
2022-03-06 09:00 - 12:30 | VIC
Please Contact Course Coordinator for more information.

Club Night: Street Portraiture (Hybrid Meeting)
2022-03-03 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
“Street Portraiture”
Some amazing portrait images are made simply by photographing people on the street and asking them to be photographed. For many people the fear of approaching strangers is so overwhelming that they think that could never overcome it. On Thursday we will have a panel presentation and discussion about approaching people in the street to make a portrait. Topics discussed include:

How to approach people
Overcoming the fear of approaching people
Developing confidence
Differences between “Street Portraiture” and “Street Photography”
Camera settings and technique
Looking for the light
Posing subjects
Where to photograph people
Etiquette – when with a group of photographers

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.

Mid-Week Outing
2022-03-01 10:30 - 13:00 | VIC
City West Outing – the new buildings in Spencer Street are very different
Details have been sent via mailout on 14 Feb 2022 12:20
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Scheduled and future Mid-Week Outing details

APG meeting
2022-02-28 19:30 - 23:00 | VIC
Monthly club meeting

Photowalk Community – Hispanic Latin American Festival and Street Art
2022-02-27 14:00 - 19:00 | VIC
We welcome MCC members back for our first photowalk for 2022.
This month’s photowalk we will be photographing street art in around the streets of Fitzroy ending up at the Hispanic Latin American Festival in Johnston St, Fitzroy.
We will meet at the Fountain on the Eastern end of The Royal Exhibition Building (Nicholson St) and traverse the streets of Fitzroy.

Meeting Time 2pm, Sunday 27 Feb 2022

Location: At the fountains Nicholson St side of The Royal Exhibition Building (9 Nicholson St, Carlton).

There will be no organised dinner as street food is available at the festival.

All MCC events require all attendees to check in using MCC QR code and show evidence of double vaccination, electronically or on paper.

Please see Photowalk coordinators on arrival to register.
Any queries, please contact the Coordinators: photowalks@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 2
2022-02-27 09:00 - 12:30 | VIC

PDI Competition - Zoom Only
2022-02-24 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

Projected Digital Image Competition - Set Subject - Industrial
2022-02-24 20:00 | Via Zoom
The monthly competition for digital projected images.
The images must be uploaded via —- by the previous Thursday

Digital Editing Group
2022-02-21 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.

Grace Lock and Nature Outing
2022-02-20 15:00 - 19:00 | VIC
Visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens
The Grace Lock Group and the Nature Group will get together for their first activity of 2022 with a visit to the Botanical Gardens on Sunday 20 February. This is an opportunity to catch up and photograph flowers, insects and birds.
Meeting details are:
3pm, Sunday 20 February (Gates close at 7.30pm)
Meeting point is Visitor’s Centre – Birdwood Ave (near Shrine of Remembrance and Gate 5 of Gardens)
Proof of full vaccination and sign in will be required in line with the club’s covid policy.
All welcome

Introduction to Photography - Workshop 1
2022-02-20 09:00 - 12:30 | VIC

Club Night: Navigating Photography Competition Rules (Hybrid Meeting)
2022-02-17 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
Please join us in person at the Clubrooms or on Zoom this week – several club members will discuss the rules for entering photography competitions – in particular, speakers will talk about the rules regarding:

Nature Photography
Photojournalism
Conceptual Photography
and, briefly, the ethics of photography for photographic competitions

Zoom details will be emailed to members a couple of days before the event.

Conceptual Photography Group (Zoom meeting)
2022-02-16 19:30 - 21:30 | VIC
Further details will be emailed to members.

Mid-Week Outing
2022-02-15 10:30 - 14:00 | VIC
Monash Gallery of Art
‘Visions of India from the Colonial to the Contemporary’ Exhibition
Details have been sent via mailout on 2 Feb 2022 @ 11:14
To receive the mailout tick ‘MidWeek Outing Group’ on your profile page.
See Mid-Week Group details

Photo Discussion Group
2022-02-14 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.

APG Annex clean up day
2022-02-06 11:00 - 14:00 | VIC
APG Annex clean up day. Volunteers needed. Starting at 11am.

Club Night: Members' Promotion Evening (Hybrid Meeting)
2022-02-03 20:00 - 21:30 | VIC
The 2022 Program for the Melbourne Camera Club will kick off on Thursday, February 3 with a Members’ Promotion Evening.
Please join us in person at the Clubrooms or on Zoom as we hear from the members that were promoted from B Grade to A Grade at the end of last year. We will also hear from our Photographers of the Year.
Traditionally this evening is an opportunity to catch up with people that you haven’t seen since last year – this year that is true, of course – but we won’t be having our usual BBQ unfortunately.
