Join us for an earlier start time of 6:30pm for our traditional BBQ welcome back. We'll follow this with a matt cutting workshop and a presentation on Camera Basics.

Entries due for competition 1: Monochrome and Open

Bring along your camera for this interactive presentation/workshop by Gary Smith.

Find Gary at his website and Instagram

VAPS Entries Due - Subject is Open

Join us as we complete the journey started in 2023 by visiting sites around the bay from Seaholme to Altona.

Bring along your camera gear including tripod to capture our backyard. We will start this day off with a look at the camera basics we discussed at our first meeting, before we make our way around the bay ending at Altona Pier.

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Join us for the judging of our first competition: Monochrome & Open categories in A and B grades

Photographer Belinda Richards of Frog Dog Studios in Yarraville joins us for a presentation on her work as a pet photographer.

Find Frog Dog Studios at their Website, Instagram, Facebook

Entries due for competition 2: Still Life and Open

We'll take a look at all things Layers in Adobe Photoshop. This will include masking, blend layers and the tools we use on layers during post production such as Repair and Remove.

It has been a while since we've visited the Zoo as a club. Come along and hang out with the animals and people of Melbourne Zoo.

A visit to the zoo offers members the opportunity to try out different camera techniques including using your depth of field to go beyond the enclosure barriers. Macro on the plants, their flowers, and butterflies in the humid butterfly house. Using a telephoto lens to find the animals hiding in their zoo homes.

Join us for the judging of our second competition Still Life and Open in A and B grades

The annual Spudfest in Trentham will offer many photographic opportunities to our members. You might find a bunch of opportunities to capture some street photos for our upcoming competition.

Meet a little before 10am in the Railway Precinct on Victoria Street near the information desk.

Note there are numerous street closures, so consider car-pooling and arriving a little earlier to get to the meeting point on time.

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We're always enamoured by the colours of Autumn in Bright. Join us for a weekend away in Victoria's High Country region.

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As a refresher before our landscape competition (entries due August 13, 2024), Neil will reinforce the principles of good landscape photography.

Following this Neil will present his tips and methodologies when it comes to photography equestrian events in support of our day-trip to the Melbourne 3 Day International Event at the Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre (on June 10 long weekend).

Entries due for competition 3: "Street Photography" and open

Entries due of Knox Interclub: Subject is monochrome

Meet us at our usual place, Altona Beach for a night of light painting. A regular much-loved evening out of the club rooms.

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Test your ability to capture horse and rider as they take on the Melbourne 3 Day International Event at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre. Full details advised closer to the date.

Note this is the Monarch's Birthday Public Holiday Monday.

Join us for the judging of our 3rd competition and see what our members make of Street Photography!

VAPS holds an annual Convention every year where members of different clubs come together to learn more about photography. There are presentations by guest speakers, workshops, and photographic excursions to participate in and of course interaction with members from other clubs. It is a great forum for exchanging ideas about the activities of other clubs.

See full information on the VAPS website

We're going to be working with standard flash units. On and off the camera. We'll look at the pros and cons of the many different ways to use your flash in photography for portraiture work and for lighting macro photos.

We will also following this up with a practical day on the weekend to practise using our flash outdoors.

Entries due for competition 4: "Red" and Open

James will join us via Zoom and take us through the concept of Negative space in photography can how it can be used to create an emotional response to your images or to focus on a singular subject.

Following this we will have part 2 of the landscape presentation by Neil and Ian Street.

Due to unfavourable forecast for this weekend we’ve decided to postpone this event.

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As usual we will quickly dispense with the business of our Annual General Meeting and get into the judging of our 4th competition of the year: Red and Open.

A look at the upcoming portraiture course by our in-house portrait team. More details to come.

Entries due for competition 5: Landscape and Open

Let's take a short trip to the  You Yangs Regional Park and capture an array of images: Landscapes, intimate landscapes, macro, etc

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Richard Tatti joins us to present the art of Astrophotography. Long-time members will remember Richard and newer members are in for a treat as Richard explains his method for finding locations and photographing the night sky.

Find Richard at his website, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

Join us on an adventure to the coastal town of Inverloch. 

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Join us for the judging of our 5th competition of the year "Landscape" and Open in A and B Grades

Monique and Wade will be bringing us a presentation about their adventures on Safari and tell us a bit about how they captured their images.

Entries due for competition 6: Negative Space and Open

Submit your photos for our Image Evaluation meeting. In groups we will take a look at each others' images and provide constructive critique of the works.

The intention of the evening is to learn to give and receive critique using the judging guidelines of the APJA, the group which trains the judges we have judge our competitions.

A visit to the beautiful Cranbourne Gardens. This location provides member with a no shortage of opportunity to practice their photography skills. Its vast area allows for landscape photos to be taken and it's array of plants, flowers and the creatures who call them home are perfect macro enthusiasts.

Join us for the final round of judging for the year, Negative Space and Open

Entries Due for the End of Year Competition

Member Chrisy Dennis will let us in on her process for creating beautiful still life images through lighting.

Chrisy's presentation will show two studio lighting styles for still life or table top subjects. She has made the images using studio lighting, however speedlights will work just as well. Chrisy's subject and background are the same in both styles. The effect is achieved using different styles of lighting.

Neil will be doing a presentation for us on making a photo books. Always a great way to keep your images and share them with friends and family.

The one where we celebrate the year that was 2024 and hand out awards!

Join us for a fun evening of socialising and food.

We will have the main course catered but bring along plate of nibbles or dessert to share as well as a drink or two.