Waverley Camera Club

For those of you trying to decide whether to go on the 2010 Labour Day long weekend trip to Halls Gap, have a quick look at this short A/V I put together of our 2009 trip to Beechworth.

We had a great time, and occasionally got some good photos…

Beechworth 2009 from Peter Myers on Vimeo.

A quick message from the President, Pete regarding the club visit to Point Nepean on Sunday 4th October 2009.

Sunday the 4th of October is the next of this years exciting outings. This time around we will be visiting Point Nepean.

For those that don’t know Point Nepean is at the end of the Mornington Peninsula. The plan is to be there for the sunset which we believe is at 7.20pm. Roger Howell has very kindly arranged for the Parks people to hang around for us to shoot the sunset as they would normally have booted out all park visitors well before then.

There is a cost of $20 per person (for the bus) for them to do this for us but as the bus is normally $16 it doesn’t seem like such a rip off. We must have a minimum of 10 people on the bus and a maximum of 40. The cost per person does not change based on the numbers we have.

Once you have said you want to go you are up for $20 per person regardless of whether you show up or not.

We must be at the visitor centre by 4.45 sharp.

We will drive down with cars to the inside car park where we will be met by the park transport. That will take us to the Point and return us to the car park.Sunset is 1920 and they do want us to leave the park by 1930 or shortly afterwards. Should the weather be unsuitable there are arrangements for cancellation.

If you want to go then please rsvp with the number of people attending by 7pm next Tuesday (29th).

Pete

Message From Andy Armitage…

Hi All!! In the words of a very beautiful baby girl “…Poppy I have and Idea…” Lets have a Waverly Camera Club Christmas outing. I propose we go somewhere together, not too far, and if we get enough takers lets book the place out. Lets take our cameras with us, and lets make it a club outing where we all take pictures of each other, dressed up (or not) Of course if we want to do this THIS Christmas then arrangements must be made quickly. Is there anyone in the club who might have access to a venue? I have at least 2 suggestions The Portsea Pub – is a fabulous venue, and that resturant on the top of Mt Dandenong where people go to take pictures of the city at night. Skyhigh Mount Dandenong.

How many members – and their guests of course, would like to go? I am prepared to coordinate such an event if I am not treading on some-one-elses toes. Think about it and let me know andrewmichael33@hotmail.com

The workshop scheduled for the 15th of September will no longer be a Photoshop night. Instead we have the distinct pleasure of a presentation from profressional photographer David Williams.

David Williams M.Photog. FRPS ALPE is a very well respected wedding photographer who is going to present a talk entitled “Cycles and Echoes”. This presentation formed the keynote speech to about 400 international members of the Digital Wedding Forum at their annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in January 2009. It is about the importance of our family portrait collection – the visual history that we all possess. What are the gaps in it, and why do they exist?

Using a collection of images from various Art Collections, David picks out the essential communications and lesson to us as photographers. He then blends this into a short AV presentation of his own family’s photographic collection followed by a discussion of how we relate to images and their true value – the ‘minds eye view’. David will discuss, illustrate and demonstrate:

• The truth of front-lighting, and the minimalization of retouching
• The art and acquisition of story-telling detail miniatures
• Discovering and appreciating Style over Trends
• Broadening your horizons through Art, Design and Graphics
• The age of Superb pigment ink printing – a return to the true artisan.

Amongst working Wedding/Portrait professionals, David is one of the most respected and beloved lecturers of his time, and spends more than half of every year training already practicing professional photographers in the UK, USA, Canada and Asia. As such we are extremely lucky to have David come to WCC.

The meeting will be held in the craft room at Mt Waverley Community Centre on the 15th September 2009 which is where we held the 4 Club competition earlier in the year. The evening will commence at 7:30pm and I ask that you please bring a plate as we are expecting guests from the Royal Photographic Society.

Pete Davies, WCC President

My apologies for the lack of the Member of the Month article, moving house made this quite difficult. This month the article focusses on a long standing member and current Secretary, Ron Weatherhead.

Q. What sort of equipment you use and what you would like to own in an ideal world?

My first SLR was a Praktica, a good affordable camera made in the (former) East Germany. I got a Nikon F601 when I joined the club, then moved on to a Nikon D80. I use the 18-135mm kit lens, which does not have good reviews, but gets reasonable images with the help of Photoshop. I don’t really crave any fancy equipment, but would have liked the VR Nikon 18-200mm lens, but it was not available at the time.

Q. What sort of photography you like and where do you like to take pictures?

I like “found” images, not so keen on set-up shots. A camera is often with me when out and about, and most of my shots are taken quickly when I see something interesting. They tend to be of buildings, flowers, birds, etc, not many of people.

Heart of a Harley Eucalyptus

Q. How has the WCC changed since you joined?

The format of meetings is much the same as it always was, but the members are now a lot younger and there are more activities outside of the two main monthly meetings. Skills have also changed, mainly due to digital cameras and computers. We used to have members who specialised in B&W processing, cibachrome, slides, hand colouring etc, but now we rely on the computer. Digital photography is great, giving easy access to creativity, much better than spending hours in the darkroom!

Q. Who is your favourite photographer, why, and what is your favourite image?

I am a regular at the MGA, so get to see the works of Australian photographers and really like the B&W images of people like Olive Cotton, Max Dupain and David Moore.

Teacup Ballet – Olive Cotton


Meat Queue – Max Dupain


St Paul’s Cathedral – David Moore

One of my own favourite photos is this one of St Kilda Pier, taken not long before the building was burnt down and replaced by a similar one,

St Kilda Pier – before the fire