Aug
23
Tue
2022
PG: Competition – Open – Judge Richard Fackender @ Figtree Heights Public School
Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm
Aug
30
Tue
2022
Social Night – RSVP required @ Balgownie Hotel
Aug 30 @ 6:30 pm

Social night – for Members and their ‘plus-ones’ has been booked at Bally Pub!

Great food at reasonable prices, ample parking and a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere.

Our booking is for 20 people, so please RSVP as soon as possible, to Kaz.

Contact her either by email marketing.wollongongcameraclub@gmail.com, text or phone 0414 377 999, or via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wccprivate.

Bistro menu is here. 🙂

Sep
6
Tue
2022
MM: Editing for 4K
Sep 6 @ 7:30 pm
Sep
13
Tue
2022
PG: Speaker – Peter Rowland (WWW – Wildlife photography, Writing and Working with Lightroom) @ Figtree Heights Public School
Sep 13 @ 7:30 pm
Sep
20
Tue
2022
Creative: Speaker Jenny Davidson on Zoom
Sep 20 @ 7:30 pm
Sep
27
Tue
2022
PG: Competition – Sports – Judge Steen Barnes @ Figtree Heights Public School
Sep 27 @ 7:30 pm

Sports

An athletic activity that involves a degree of competition.
Sports Photography is one of the most exciting and challenging types of photography.
In sports everything in the scene will be moving. Decide how you would like to capture that movement, Fast shutter speed; to freeze the action. (so it looks still) or a Slow shutter speed; to let the movement blur giving the feeling of speed or excitement. Panning; moving your camera along in time with the moving subject so they come out nicely in focus/sharp but the background blurs. This gives a feeling of movement and speed. Sports photography isn’t just about capturing star athletes at the top of their game, some of the greatest shots focus on the reaction after a win, fans and athletes coming together, or the crowning of a champion on the Olympic podium. Others highlight an athlete’s physique.

Oct
4
Tue
2022
MM: Making an AV
Oct 4 @ 7:30 pm
Oct
11
Tue
2022
PG: Speaker – Andrew Murrell :: Astrophotography @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm

Andrew will speak on:

  • Focusing tricks
  • How to take single Astro shots properly (no stacking or blending)
  • Composition
  • Processing

Bring the following if you have them:

  • Tripod
  • Wide angle lens
  • Remote shutter release
  • Red torch

More about Andrew’s Astro Workshops: https://www.andrewmurrell.com.au/workshop-2-astro

Oct
18
Tue
2022
Creative: Competition (Water and/or Lines and/or Red) – Judge Sandra Dann @ Zoom
Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm
PG: Creative – Show and Tell on Zoom @ Zoom
Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm
Oct
22
Sat
2022
Combined Clubs Meeting @ Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club
Oct 22 @ 9:30 am
Oct
25
Tue
2022
PG: Competition – Open – Judge Alan Hitchell SSAPS
Oct 25 @ 7:30 pm
Oct
28
Fri
2022
Field Trip – Under the Milky Way :: astrophotography
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm

Please see attached. RSVP is required – private property location details will be sent via text message. Thanks! 🙂WCC_Field-Trip_Astro_Oct-22

Nov
1
Tue
2022
MM: Creating a Reunion Showreel
Nov 1 @ 7:30 pm
Nov
5
Sat
2022
Field Trip: Carnival at Festival of Fisher’s Ghost **UPDATED** @ LEUMEAH COMMUTER CAR PARK
Nov 5 @ 2:00 pm

All details are in this PDF – please download it. Thanks! 🙂

WCC_Field-Trip_Carnival_Fishers-Ghost_Nov-22_UPDATED

Nov
8
Tue
2022
PG: Speaker – Martin Ollman (Photojournalist) @ Zoom
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm

Martin began his career in Photojournalism, shooting national news events, features, and sports for Canberra Times, then moving to London to work at Reuters News Agency as a Stringer and Sub-Editor ending up eventually as a freelance photographer in the UK.

After a hiatus of over 15 years, spent building the front, back, and middle of almost every type of web and intranet service you care to name, Martin returned to photography to find the tools had changed dramatically. His eye for the striking image, however, had not altered.

In the last several years Martin has been photographing and promoting Canberra through various initiatives with the ACT Government along with commissioned work from many long-term clients including: The National Capital Authority, Canberra Convention Bureau, The National Convention Center, The Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Getty Images, AAP, Nike, Uber, NBA, Molonglo Group, LendLease, Woodford Folk Festival , News Limited

https://martinollman.com/

Nov
15
Tue
2022
Creative Group – Yearly wrap-up and future directions @ Zoom
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Nov
22
Tue
2022
PG: Competition – Close-up – Judge Nic Van Oudtshoorn @ Figtree Heights Public School
Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm

Close-Up

A photograph taken at a very short distance (or with a long focal length lens), to permit a close and detailed view of an object in a much more intimate way than you would see with the naked eye.

Nov
29
Tue
2022
Social Night: Dinner at City Diggers @ City Diggers
Nov 29 @ 6:30 pm

Please RSVP before Monday 28 November (reservation will be confirmed on the Monday afternoon)

Contact: Kaz Childs  |  0414 377 999  |  marketing.wollongongcameraclub@gmail.com

It’s the last casual-social-dinner-night of the year!

If you’re not a Member of City Diggers, please bring photo ID.

Bistro Menu: https://www.citydiggers.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/city-diggers-new-menu-april-2022.pdf

Dec
6
Tue
2022
MM: Gala Evening
Dec 6 @ 7:30 pm
Dec
13
Tue
2022
Annual Dinner and Presentation: Judge Mark Kelly
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm
Jan
20
Fri
2023
Special Access – Field Trip – Albion Park Show – 3 days!
Jan 20 @ 8:00 am – Jan 22 @ 3:00 pm

RSVP is required. 

Please don’t rock up n the ‘day of’ and ask for free entry or special access, as it won’t be possible then.

Plan ahead if you’re interested in entering the photography competition!

All details are attached in the linked PDF: WCC_Field-Trip_Albion-Park-Show_Jan-23_HR

Feb
7
Tue
2023
Movie Makers: Audio for Video & A/V @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Feb 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Also available on Zoom. Please email wccmmmaker@gmail.com if you would like an invitation link.

Feb
14
Tue
2023
PG Guest Speaker: Surprise! Holiday Adventures @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Entry uploads due by 11.45pm for this month’s Photo Competition
Feb 14 @ 11:45 pm
Feb
20
Mon
2023
Committee Meeting @ Zoom
Feb 20 @ 7:00 pm
Feb
21
Tue
2023
Workshop – Movie Makers: Video Camera Interviews @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Feb
28
Tue
2023
Special General Meeting – all members are requested to attend @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 7:45 pm

Please refer to the email you received on Mon 6/02/2023 4:20 PM, from secretary.wollongongcameraclub@gmail.com

The sole purpose of the Special General Meeting is for Members to Vote on a Special Resolution to adopt an updated version of the Club’s Constitution.  Passage of a Special Resolution currently requires agreement from 75% of the eligible membership which is why we are seeking support from all of you.

Our regular program, the Photo Group Competition, will commence immediately after the SGM, with Judge Peter Sherlock.

Photo Group Competition: OPEN | Judge Peter Sherlock @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Feb 28 @ 7:45 pm – 9:45 pm

Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.

Mar
7
Tue
2023
Movie Makers: Close-Up Video making @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Mar 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Mar
14
Tue
2023
Photo Group Guest Speaker: David Wastie | DRONES @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Mar 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Entry uploads due by 11.45pm for this month’s Photo Competition
Mar 14 @ 11:45 pm
Mar
20
Mon
2023
Committee Meeting @ Zoom
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm
Mar
21
Tue
2023
AGM (Annual General Meeting) @ Figtree Heights Public School
Mar 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Mar
28
Tue
2023
Photo Group Competition: NATURE | Judge Nic Peters @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Mar 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.

Definition:

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation.
The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality.
Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed.
Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible.
All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome.
Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter.
This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted.
Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
Infrared images, either direct captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Stitched images are not permitted.

Apr
1
Sat
2023
Field Trip: Brigadoon (Scottish Highland Gathering)
Apr 1 @ 8:00 am

Field Trip info is here: WCC_Field-Trip_Brigadoon_Apr-23. If you have a ticket from the postponed event in 2022, hang onto it, it’s still valid for the new date.

Website here: https://brigadoon.org.au/ 

Site Map here: https://brigadoon.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022-Programme_v05_p28_LR.pdf

Tickets here: https://www.ticketebo.com.au/bundanoon-highland-gathering/brigadoon-2023 

Apr
4
Tue
2023
Movie Makers: Filming for the Combined Clubs Meeting @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Apr 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Apr
11
Tue
2023
Photo Group Guest Speaker: SYLVIA LIBER
Apr 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

You may recognise this photographer’s name from The Illawarra Mercury.
Sylvia could be giving a talk on underwater photography… or perhaps on her award-winning images. Maybe both!
In any case, it will be a fantastic evening. Below are some links to investigate beforehand 🙂

Sylvia Liber – The Walkley Foundation (walkleys.com)

Illawarra Mercury photographer Sylvia Liber wins fifth Walkley Award | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW

Black Summer revisited: meet the survivors of Australia’s devastating 2019-2020 bushfires rebuilding their lives one day at a time | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT

Sylvia Liber Photography (pixieset.com)

Entry uploads due by 11.45pm for this month’s Photo Competition
Apr 11 @ 11:45 pm
Apr
17
Mon
2023
Committee Meeting @ Zoom
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm
Apr
18
Tue
2023
Creative Group Meeting : Perspective with Sue Martin @ Zoom
Apr 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

This is the first meeting of the Creative Group for 2023 and will set the agenda for the year ahead.

All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The Aims of Creative group are:

  • To share knowledge, learning and on-going development amongst the members of the group,
  • To introduce a range of skills and techniques both in-camera and in post-processing to enable members make creative images,
  • To provide a friendly and non-judgemental space where all members can share, and critique images with confidence, and
  • To create a space where rules can be broken and guidelines ignored.
  • Members are encouraged, though not obliged, to enter their images in regular monthly competitions.

Format of meetings:

  1. Each member shares their image for the topic and explains it. Other members of the group may offer suggestions for improvement.
  2. A presentation/s by a member/s on a topic and/or techniques for the next month.
Apr
23
Sun
2023
Field Trip :: Street Photography, Sydney
Apr 23 @ 8:30 am

All details are attached. Any changes will be noted here! 🙂

WCC_Field-Trip_Sydney_Street-Photography_Apr-23

Apr
25
Tue
2023
Photo Group Competition: OPEN | Judge Linda Fury @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Apr 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.

May
2
Tue
2023
Movie Makers :: TBC @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
May 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
May
6
Sat
2023
Combined Clubs Biannual Meeting hosted by WCC Movie Makers @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
May 6 all-day

The set subject for this meeting’s videos is SPORT.

Full program available here: 20230506 CCM Meeting Notification 2

May
9
Tue
2023
Photo Group Guest Speaker: Paul Spinelli – “What makes a winning image” @ Figtree Heights Public School
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The main attributes that an image needs to be a winner. We will talk about why we like an image, or whether we don’t. What is pleasing to eye. The theme is to motivate the photographer to succeed and take more images that impress the viewer.

Paul has been taking images for many, many years. He still remembers going to Wollongong Camera Club back in the 1970’s.
Paul a specialty camera shop, processing labs and studio for over 20 years in the good old film days. He had photography contracts with many Industrial companies like BHP and was a Photography tutor at WEA for 14 years.
Entry uploads due by 11.45pm for this month’s Photo Competition
May 9 @ 11:45 pm
May
15
Mon
2023
Committee Meeting @ Zoom
May 15 @ 7:00 pm
May
16
Tue
2023
Creative SIG : Intentional Camera Movement with Gerry Lefoe @ Zoom
May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
May
23
Tue
2023
Photo Group Competition: AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE | Judge Bob Cook @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
May 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.

Definition:

Australian Landscape

A photograph taken in Australia of natural land or coastal scenery, which may include people, buildings or other objects, provided that these elements do not dominate the photograph. Seascapes with no land do not fit the section. Urban-scapes are not acceptable.

May
30
Tue
2023
Social Night: RSVP required | Dinner at The Builders Club
May 30 @ 6:30 pm

Social Night – group booking for dinner

All Members and their invitees are welcome

Tuesday 30 May at 6.30pm

At Platform 61 at The Builders Club

Parking entry is on Church Street

Pedestrian entry is on Campbell Street

Please RSVP before Monday 29 May to Kaz:

Text 0414 377 999

Or email marketing.wollongongcameraclub@gmail.com

Menu here

The Club has been informed that we have some celiac, vegetarian and dairy intolerant Members – however please double check when you order, that your chosen dish is suitable for you.

Jun
6
Tue
2023
Movie Makers: Midyear Competition @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Jun 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Also available on Zoom. Please email wccmmmaker@gmail.com if you would like an invitation link.

Jun
13
Tue
2023
Photo Group WORKSHOP – Hanging Exhibitions @ Red Point Arts
Jun 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Free for Club Members ONLY.
Please DO NOT go to the school hall for this meeting! Go to Red Point Gallery at The Wentworth.
A two-hour workshop presented by Kathryn Orton, specifically for Wollongong Camera Club Members.
We have an exhibition at The Old Court House in September, and suggest that anyone planning to participate will enjoy attending this special workshop.

Entry uploads due by 11.45pm for this month’s Photo Competition
Jun 13 @ 11:45 pm
Jun
19
Mon
2023
Committee Meeting @ Zoom
Jun 19 @ 7:00 pm
Jun
20
Tue
2023
Creative SIG : ‘Double Exposure’ @ Zoom
Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jun
27
Tue
2023
Photo Group Competition: OPEN (Digital images MONO only) | Judge Don Munro @ Figtree Heights Public School hall
Jun 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.

Jul
4
Tue
2023
Movie Makers: Mid-Year Comp and Ian’s “making of” Max Berry’s biography @ Zoom
Jul 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jul
11
Tue
2023
Photo Group Guest Speaker: Naomi Sherman :: the Ugly/Beautiful challenge @ Zoom
Jul 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Food Creative Naomi will take a horrifyingly ugly food and make it look delightfully mouth-watering.
This is product photography at its yummiest!

Check out her website here.