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

Street Photography and Open

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.

More details to come.

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

Birds of Prey will offer our members the ability to get up and close with birds of prey and capture them as they fly. Cost TBA.

Ahead of our Creative competition theme we'll work through some creative processes that may be used for your entries into the competition.

After having to postpone this in 2020 due to COVID we're trying again. Join us for an interesting day out at the Pink Cliffs.

Judging of our second competition: Monochrome and Open

A portrait shoot with Glynn Lavender at Werribee Park Mansion.

This will be run as a series of groups of 8 people over 4 sessions, numbers are strictly limited so pre-booking will be essential. There will be a cost associated with this event. More details TBA.

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.

Entries due: "Old Buildings" and Open.

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.

The VAPS Convention will be held in Wangaratta this year. Visit the VAPS website for more details (when they become available).

Judging night for our Old Buildings and Open competition.

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

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.

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.

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.

A weekend away at the Otways. More details including itinerary to come.

We had hoped to bring this to you in 2020 and finally it's here.

Presenter Selby Markham will discuss the work of Ansel Adams vs Man Ray, two of the worlds most impressive black and white photographers. A presentation not to be missed.

Entries due: "Macro" and Open

Our very own industrial chemist, Neil Anderson, will be leading us in a Cameraless Photography workshop.

The judging of our fifth competition of the year, Macro and Open

We'll be exploring the Geelong Waterfront and taking in sunset at Dog Rocks.

What does it take to be a sports photographer? Join us and hear from Eric Dickinson.

Entries due: "Intimate Landscapes" and open

Heading out of the club and into the city for a night walk. On the cusp of the end of Daylight Savings we'll be in a good position to capture the city during the golden and blue hours.

Meet at Siddeley Street Car Park, there is a cost for parking ($12 per car at time of writing 21/12/2020) check the CarePark website for details.

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.

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

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.

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.

I'm sure we've had a great year, so we're going to celebrate. Join us for a Christmas feast. Details to come.

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.