Weekly News #28 3August2025 – Melbourne Camera Club

Introduction to Photography Course – August enrolment

This week we welcome a full class of 40 participants to the Introduction to Photography Course, starting on Tuesday night at 7.30pm. All participants are full members for the next 12 months, please make them feel welcome around the club in the months ahead.

Many thanks to the club presenters who will be generously sharing their photography knowledge teaching the sessions and workshops, your time is greatly appreciated.

PDI Competition Replay

Thank you to Alan Moyle who provided some fantastic comments for PDI judging recently. If you missed judging of the PDI Competition, the recording is available, link here and the winning images are uploaded in the website Gallery, link here.

This Week at MCC

For the Club events this week, refer below and the What’s On calendar:

Monday 7pm: Portrait Group – bring camera and $10 for shooters license
Tuesday 7.30pm: Introduction to Photography Course for Registered Participants
Wednesday 10.30am: Mid Week Outing: Heide Museum of Modern Art. Note: This outing is being held on Wednesday instead of the usual Tuesday.
Thursday 7:30-8:00 pm: Wine & Cheese Social Event
Thursday 8pm: Guest Presenter: Adrian Whear APSEM

Image: People’s Choice Award winning image: Vitas Anderson, A Melbourne Laneway in the Rain

News Updates

MCC Stories of the City Exhibition – People’s Choice Winners

Congratulations to Vitas Anderson who won the People’s Choice Award for his image A Melbourne Laneway in the Rain.

Runner up for her image taken at the Elizabeth St/Bourke St intersection with the sun low enough to shine through the foliage was Stanislaus Krisna Putra.

Congratulations!!

The lucky voter prize went to Kim Ngo.

Both the Vitas and Kim receive a copy of The Great Ocean Road, Sea Breeze and Surf book by Bryce Dunkley.

People’s Choice winners

Matting Guide

The MCC Board is keen to see more entrants to our print competitions and exhibitions, especially from our newer members.

To help those members who are unsure about how to mat prints for competition and exhibitions, the Club has created a low fuss guide which you can find on the Print Competition entry page at the club website.

If you would like any information about entering MCC Competitions, please get in touch with the Competition Committee, email:
mcc-compcommittee@melbournecameraclub.org.au

Matting Guide – on the Print Comp website page

Start a conversation from your name tag!

The Melbourne Camera Club aims to be an inclusive and friendly place for its members. To further that end the MCC Board would like to recommend a simple icebreaker initiative.

We invite each member to write the camera brand(s) that you use (e.g. NIKON, CANON, FUJIFILM) as well as the style(s) of photography that most interest you (e.g. nature, street, analogue) on your MCC name tag.

Next time we meet at the club we hope this simple idea will help spark new connections, especially for our newer members.

What’s On This Week

Further information about the upcoming events are in the What’s On calendar.

You can subscribe to the MCC event calendar on your phone/computer so the events get automatically added to your calendar. Refer to the Subscribe to Calendar link on the bottom right of the What’s On page.

What’s On Outside MCC

VIGEX Digital Salon 2025 – Entries close today!

VIGEX has been running international salons (competitions) open to both professional and amateur photographers since 1980. VIGEX has been successfully hosting and exhibiting both print and digital photography from around the world.

An invitation to Photographers – please view this introduction to the Digital Salon 2025 and be inspired to enter your beautiful images.

Please view the VIGEX 6.22min Presentation through the link below.

Entries via VIGEX website, link:

https://vigex.org.au/
Entries close 3 August 2025

Presentation video link

Center for Contemporary Photography Exhibition: AUTO-PHOTO: A Life in Portraits

Auto-Photo A Life in Portraits is a Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) exhibition, presented in partnership with RMIT Culture.

Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits is a distinctly Australian story, centred on the figure of Alan Adler. Adler, while little known, is likely the most photographed man in Australia and is also the oldest and longest serving photobooth technician in the world. For over 50 years, Adler has been maintaining a suite of photobooths across Melbourne/Narrm, most notably, the site near Flinders Street Station. His story reflects the local communities and a shared dedication and passion for image-making and creative expression.

Official opening: Thursday 5 June 6pm-8pm
Exhibition dates: 6 June to 16 August
Location: RMIT Gallery, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne
Hours: 11am-5pm Tuesday-Friday, 11am-4pm Saturdays

Exhibition link

Links

Discounts for MCC Members

Railway Hotel, South Melbourne
Lucky Straps
Spicers paper products
Photography Studies College (PSC) – Printing services
Refer to the Resources and Links page in the Members area of the website

VAPS Information

Link to monthly issues of VAPS NEWSBRIEF (published at the start of the month).

Celebrating MCC Members’ Photography Success

Members are welcome to share any recent competition results or photography exhibitions to inspire other members in their photography journey
Email the Newsletter team – including Competition / Results / Link. Deadline Friday evening.
Celebrating Members website page
MCC does not endorse any competitions/exhibitions that are listed, the content is for informational purposes.

Editorial Committee: Sally Paterson / Mark Devaraj / Vitas Anderson

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