Details about the event are coming soon! As at 28 June.
Don’t forget to get your entries in ASAP – more information here: https://topshot.myphotoclub.com.au/
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. 🙂
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.
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
Please see attached. RSVP is required – private property location details will be sent via text message. Thanks! 🙂WCC_Field-Trip_Astro_Oct-22
All details are in this PDF – please download it. Thanks! 🙂
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
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.
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
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
Also available on Zoom. Please email wccmmmaker@gmail.com if you would like an invitation link.
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.
Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.
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.
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
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 🙂
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:
- Each member shares their image for the topic and explains it. Other members of the group may offer suggestions for improvement.
- A presentation/s by a member/s on a topic and/or techniques for the next month.
All details are attached. Any changes will be noted here! 🙂
Please ensure your prints are on the display by 7.15pm – thank you.
The set subject for this meeting’s videos is SPORT.
Full program available here: 20230506 CCM Meeting Notification 2
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.
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.
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
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.
Also available on Zoom. Please email wccmmmaker@gmail.com if you would like an invitation link.
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.