Date | Type | Description |
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Feb 9th 7:45pm | Presentation | Zoom Meeting: Black and White Photography Len Metcalf will be joining us from NSW, via Zoom, to discuss Black and White Photography. Find out more about Len via his Website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Entries due: “Street Photography” and Open - This is a digital only round. No prints for this competition. Location: Zoom |
Feb 23rd 7:45pm | Presentation | Entering External Competitions Brett Ferguson will take us through his process on entering competitions outside Club competitions. If time permits it may also include a presentation on screen calibration. VAPS Entries due Location: Brooklyn Community Hall |
Mar 9th 7:30pm | Judging | Judging: Street Photography Street Photography and Open Location: Zoom |
Mar 20th 11:00am | Photo Opportunity | Point Roadknight / Aireys Inlet We'll be taking a look at Point Roadknight and some of it's interesting rock formations. We will then work our way along to Aireys Inlet and the Split Point Lighthouse. Some members may choose to stay overnight and capture some astro photos while they are down that way. Meet at the Point Roadknight Beach Car Park at 11am. People may come and go as they wish in during the day. Location: Point Roadknight |
Mar 23rd 7:30pm | Meeting | Environmental Portraiture with Craig Wetjen Join Craig Wetjen as he discusses his approach to Environmental Portraiture. Find out more about Craig via his website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Entries due: "Monochrome" and Open Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Apr 10th 10:00am | Photo Shoot | Full Flight Birds of Prey Birds of Prey will offer our members the ability to get up and close with birds of prey and capture them as they fly. We might do lunch after 12:30 at Pipers by the Lake. If you'd like to stay for lunch let us know. Location: Full Flight Bird of Prey |
Apr 13th 7:45pm | Workshop | Creative Photography Ahead of our Creative competition theme we'll work through some creative processes that may be used for your entries into the competition. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Apr 27th 7:45pm | Judging | Judging: Monochrome Judging of our second competition: Monochrome and Open Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
May 1st 10:00am | Workshop | Portrait Workshop with Glynn Lavender A portrait shoot with Glynn Lavender at Werribee Park Mansion. Please see email for details. Location: Werribee Park |
May 11th 7:45pm | Presentation | Zoom Meeting: Food Photography A presentation by food photographer Naomi Sherman. Learn more about Naomi via her website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Note: Naomi is located in Tasmania, so this will be a Zoom presentation. Members can attend in person at Walker Close Community Centre to see it on the big screen. Entries due: "Old Buildings" and Open. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
May 25th 7:45pm | Meeting | Light Painting It was a much-loved event in 2019 so we're giving it another go. Join us at Altona beach at the end of Millers Road and to the right. This is a workshop exploring the use of light for painting on our cameras. We'll be looking at using manual mode during this workshop. Bring a tripod, a wide lens: between 20 and 120mm, a headlamp or torch, a remote trigger, or know your timer settings. It will be quite dark and it will be cold, so ensure you rug up for the evening. Also dark clothing is best as you might help out with the lighting and the darker your clothing the less you are likely to appear in the shot. There will be a few stations on the night so we can spread out. Location: Altona Beach |
Jun 4th 12:00pm | VAPS Event | VAPS Convention 2021 The VAPS Convention will be held in Wangaratta this year. Visit the VAPS website for more details (when they become available). Location: Wangaratta, Victoria |
Jun 8th 7:45pm | Judging | Judging: Old Buildings Judging night for our Old Buildings and Open competition. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Jun 22nd 7:45pm | Workshop | Photography Disciplines Stations On this night we'll set up some workstations to explore fundamentals of photography such as Depth of Field, Macro, Portraits and others. Entries due: "Creative" and Open Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Jun 27th 9:00am | Photo Shoot | Mount Macedon Fungi Hunt Another outing that was hindered somewhat in 2020 due to COVID restrictions, we're bringing it back so we can explore the macro world with the gorgeous array of fungi available to us at Mount Macedon. Location: Days Picnic Ground |
Jul 13th 7:45pm | Presentation | Zoom Meeting: Intimate Landscapes Presentation by Dale Rogers Dale Rogers of Photo Rangers is beaming in via Zoom to help us understand the Intimate Landscape and how to make a great photo of that genre. Much needed primer for our weekend away in the Otways and also for our upcoming "Intimate Landscapes" competition a little later in the year. Find out more about Dale on his website, Instagram, and Facebook. Location: Zoom |
Jul 27th 7:45pm | Judging | Judging: Creative, and our AGM In typical fashion we will dispense with the required machinations of the AGM quick smart and move onto the judging of our "Creative" and Open competition. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Jul 30th 6:00pm | Weekend Away | Otways A weekend away at the Otways. More details including itinerary to come. Location: Otways |
Aug 10th 7:45pm | Meeting | Do competitions inhibit my photographic creativity? We've had to postpone Adams vs Man yet again due to lockdown and restrictions that will likely remain in place when this is due to be on. Selby Markham will instead present "Do competitions inhibit my photographic creativity?" An exploration of/if competitions create a "competition mentality" in participants. Location: Zoom |
Aug 24th 7:45pm | Presentation | Special Presentations This meeting was supposed to be about Cameraless Photography with a practical example by Neil. However, a COVID-19 lockdown in Victoria sees us locked at home once again. So we'll be having a couple of presentations from members. Come along via Zoom to join in. Check your email or our Facebook group for the link. Location: Zoom |
Sep 14th 7:45pm | Judging | Judging: Macro and Open The judging of our fifth competition of the year, Macro and Open Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Sep 18th 7:45pm | Photo Shoot | Cancelled: Geelong Waterfront and Dog Rocks Sorry folks, this even has been cancelled due to COVID-19 Restrictions. Location: Cancelled |
Sep 28th 7:45pm | Meeting | Image Evaluation Our presenter was unable to join us, so instead we are doing some image evaluation work using images from past competitions. Entries due: "Intimate Landscapes" and open Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Oct 12th 7:30pm | Meeting | Brett Wood: Landscape Photographer We'll take to Zoom and have a presentation by landscape photographer Brett Wood. Find out more about Brett via Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and see Brett's upcoming photo tours on his website. This meeting was supposed to be a city night walk, the same meeting we had to cancel last year due to lockdowns. Location: Zoom |
Oct 17th 9:00am | Photo Shoot | Cancelled: Photography Scavenger Hut Due to the ongoing lockdown of Melbourne we have had to cancel this event. Hopefully we can reschedule this for the coming year. We'll be meeting up in our hometown and scouring the place looking for things to photograph that match the criteria on our scavenger hunt list. Location: Nelson Place, Williamstown |
Oct 26th 7:45pm | Judging | Judging: Intimate Landscapes and Open Come along and see what the judge has to say about the photos we entered into our sixth and final round of competition for the year. End of year entries due Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Nov 9th 7:45pm | Meeting | Paper Bag Challenge An annual event now on our calendar, the Paper Bag Challenge is a night where members are indeed challenged to take an ordinary object, and in the course of the meeting, create an extraordinary image of it for presentation at the end of the night. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Nov 23rd 7:45pm | Meeting | Photo Books - The How and Why A look at putting together a photo book, we'll take a look at the software that many of the main photo book manufacturers use and we'll hear from members about their experiences in creating books for themselves. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Dec 7th 6:30pm | Social | End of Year Dinner I'm sure we've had a great year, so we're going to celebrate. Join us for a Christmas feast. Details to come. Location: TBA |
Dec 14th 7:45pm | Meeting | End of Year Presentation The awards night of the year. We'll find out who has taken out the aggregate prizes and also who produced the images of the year across the grades and formats. It's also a big supper night so bring along a plate to share. Location: Walker Close Community Centre |
Entertainment for the whole family. Cowkids hour, rides, great food and drinks, as you watch the pretty fast horses in the barrel racing, take the chance to get down and dirty with the steer wrestlers and lay your eyes on the fastest woman’s equine sport in the world - in the breakaway roping.
Geelong RacecourseIn addition to our welcome back BBQ, member Monique Whear will give a presentation on the whys and hows of entering competitions beyond our club.
Entries due for our first round of competition: Monochrome and Open
Walker Close Community Centre