Weekly MCC News #25 – 16July2023

We warmly welcome our newest members to the Club who have joined over the past month.

If you see our new members at club events and meetings, please introduce yourself and make them feel welcome.

• Ken Opeskin
• Alice Levin
• Reade Smith
• Angela Mamalis
• Murat Gurdag
• Tina Wilkins
• Chassity Jackson
• Geoff Shaw
• Debbie Ray
• Margaret Alexander
• Luca De Angelis

Currently we have 334 members.

This year, MCC is coordinating the Interclub Portrait Competition previously managed by Camberwell Camera Club. The participating clubs this year will be Williamstown, Camberwell, Caulfield, Eastern Suburbs, Warragul and Melbourne.

We invite all members to consider entering their best portrait photos for consideration as part of our club entry. There are 3 sections:

• Single person portrait
• Two or more people
• Creative portraiture – Polyptychs (diptychs, triptychs, etc) are permitted in this category only.  

Image Size

• JPEG images of up to 3840×2160 and 5MB. 

Entries are open now and close on 30 September 2023

We are looking for Members to assist with the August Introduction to Photography Course which runs at MCC on Tuesday evenings, and 3 Sunday mornings during August.

Members will be required to assist course participants to locate and change settings on their cameras and to provide general support during the sessions and workshops. We currently have Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Lumix and Sony users attending.

Please get in touch if you can help out.

Contact: Graeme Diggle, ph: 0409 598 770 or email below.

Congratulations to Ruth for taking out a category win in the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers. This is a major international photographic competition attracting thousands of entries from women photographers, worldwide.

Congrats also to Graeme who was awarded a Merit for his image ‘Polo Action’ in the EDPI section of the VAPS Interclub Competition, held recently at the VAPS Convention. 

Image: The Horses by Ruth Woodrow

We have Three double passes to give away this coming week at our club meeting on Thursday 20 July. 3 lucky winners will be drawn on the night.

Dalíland – Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psyco).

Dalíland stars Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century. The film focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala, and takes the tale back to a young Dalí.

Thursday 3 August, 8pm at Clubrooms and via Zoom

Andrew Greig specialises in model portfolios and Art Nude photography. He will be presenting on how to work with models and the required values for a successful shoot and for building a reputation for safety.

A component of this presentation will be a practical interactive session and Andrew will demonstrate how to direct and pose a model for a successful outcome.

Members are encouraged to go to this website before the session and read about “Posing Pitfalls, 5 things which ruin poses and how to fix them”.

For those viewing on Zoom who have young children, please be aware that there could be nudity presented during this session.

The exhibition will continue until 30 July.

MCC members’ participating photographers: Greg Branson, Lesley Bretherton, Des Crossley, Paul Dodd, Ralph Domino, Sally Paterson, Matt Smith, Russell Spence, Renee Sterling, Ruth Woodrow, Mary Willis – are exhibiting their works at the Visual Foray exhibition at Wolfhound Gallery during July.

Wolfhound Gallery
Level 1, 386 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
See website for opening hours

Image: Russell Spence

The Mosman Photography Club is holding their annual photography awards competition which is open to entries from across Australia. Categories include:

Open

• Open
• Monochrome
• Animals and Birds
• Smartphones 
• Landscapes of Mosman

 Portfolio

• Art
• Landscape

Important Dates:

• Entries midnight on 1 August 2023
• Judging will be completed by the end of August 
• Shortlisted entries announced early September
• Awards Event will be held on the evening of Friday 13 October, in Sydney

The Australian Association of Street Photographers is proud to bring the eleventh ‘Shot in the Heart of Australia’ exhibition.

Held in the beautiful Frater, Hammond and McCubbin galleries at the historic Victorian Artists Society building, the exhibition is focused  on each photographer’s personal interpretation of street photography within the Australia.

• Opening Event: Friday 28 July, 7pm-8:45pm
• Exhibition Dates: 27 July to 7 August
• Opening Hours: M-F 10am-4pm; Weekends 11am-4pm

Location: 
Victorian Artists Society
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne

Latest Issue

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If you have any recent results you would like to share to inspire other members in their photography journey, please email the Newsletter team so the website page can be updated and shared in the Weekly News.

MCC does not endorse any competitions/exhibitions that are listed, the content is for informational purposes.